Cigarette making machine
US5515873A · kind A · utility
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6Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24C5/39
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A hopper for a cigarette making machine has a carded roller (14;52;54;60) arranged to feed a carpet of tobacco, a generally horizontally extending conveyor band (32) for receiving the tobacco from the carded roller, and means for removing the tobacco from the carded roller, for delivery onto the conveyor band, comprising an air pressure source (26;66) and one or more air passages (22;24;56;58;64;68) extending from the air pressure source for directing one or more jets of air into the tobacco to project the tobacco in a generally horizontal direction as a shower onto and along the conveyor band.
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