FIELD: tobacco industry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method for combining segments of a smoking article and combiner for combining such segments. Method for combining segments of a smoking article, comprises the steps of providing a group of segments, having a heat source and an aerosol-forming substrate, the aerosol-forming substrate which are coaxially arranged in that sequence along a common central longitudinal axis, aerosol-forming substrate is arranged such that a remote end thereof faces away from the heat source while a near end thereof abuts the heat source; feeding an airflow directing truncated hollow cone, having a widest end and a truncated narrowest end such that the truncated narrowest end is arranged to face the remote end of the aerosol-forming substrate, with a central longitudinal axis of the truncated hollow cone (13; 23) being aligned with the common central longitudinal axis of the group of segments; and moving the truncated hollow cone towards the remote end of the aerosol-forming substrate to abut the remote end thereof or to extend into an indentation in the remote end of the aerosol-forming substrate.
EFFECT: technical result of the invention is a method and an apparatus for efficient and reliable combining segments of a smoking article.
16 cl, 6 dwg
