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Process for removing covering material from tobacco bales

US4592698A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 24, 1985
Grant dateJun 3, 1986
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/364
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is a process for removing covering material from a bale of, for example, Oriental tabacco leaves at production line speeds which causes only minimal damage to the underlying bale and only minimal contamination of the underlying bale with particles, fragments and/or fibers of the covering material.

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