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Cigarette making machine

US5199446A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
3References
15Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 11, 1991
Grant dateApr 6, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 11, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24C5/18
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A cigarette making machine includes a shower channel (10; 46; 59; 75; 90; 102; 113; 121) through which tobacco is arranged to be showered towards two suction bands (11,12; 66,67; 76,77; 103,104; 114,115) arranged to move towards one another so as to form two tobacco substreams (13,14; 78,79) from the showered tobacco and to bring these streams together in a region (15) where the bands are closest.

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