US Patent Issued to British American Tobacco on July 21 for "Cutting and arranging rods for tobacco industry products" (British, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,333, issued on July 21, was assigned to British American Tobacco Ltd. (London).

"Cutting and arranging rods for tobacco industry products" was invented by Andrew Jonathan Bray (London), Gerhard Le Roux (Paarl, Canada) and Gary Fallon (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for cutting and arranging rods for use in a tobacco industry product assembly machine. The apparatus comprises a first cutting mechanism for cutting a four-length rod into first and second axially-aligned double-length rods. Each double-length rod has respective remote ends. A positioning mechanism for moving at least o...