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A24C

MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
Subclass:
MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES

Description

A24C covers machines and apparatus for the automated or semi-automated manufacture of cigars and cigarettes, including equipment for wrapping, rolling, cutting, and assembling tobacco products. This classification encompasses feeding mechanisms, wrapping material application systems, cutting devices, and complete production lines designed for large-scale or artisanal tobacco product manufacturing. Related equipment for handling, sorting, and quality control of finished products during the manufacturing process is also included. Adjacent classes cover tobacco preparation (A24B) and smoking accessories (A24D).

Scope Notes

Glossary: Cigarette Cigarettes “cigarette” means:• a small tube of wrapper containing tobacco or tobacco substitutes which people smoke by igniting it directly and where the tobacco (or the tobacco substitute) is burned;• in a broader sense it also means a small tube of wrapper containing tobacco or tobacco substitutes which is associated with a heat source at manufacturing or inserted by the user in a device containing a heat source, and where the tobacco (or the tobacco substitute) is heated without being burned. In this broader sense, the word “rod” is also often used in place of cigarette. Simulated smoking device Simulated smoking devices “simulated smoking devices” means devices simulating the act of smoking without burning tobacco, e.g. so called electronic cigarettes

3 direct subcodes

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  • A24C 3/00 Complete manufacture of cigars; Combinations of two or more elements of cigar manufacture