Trimming devices for cigarette-making machines
US4276891A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/313
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A trimming device for trimming the cigarette filler stream in a cigarette making machine comprises a first fixed blade and a first rotating brush member which cooperate to remove from the tobacco stream tobacco lying further than a first predetermined distance from the tobacco conveyor; a second fixed blade and a second rotating brush member which are situated upstream or downstream of the first blade and brush member and cooperate to remove tobacco at regular spaced intervals corresponding to portions of the stream forming intermediate sections of the filler for each finished cigarette, the second blade being set at a second predetermined distance from the tobacco conveyor which is smaller than the first predetermined distance.
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