Patent · US Expired

Tobacco distributor for cigarette rod making machine

US6170489A · kind A · utility

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5References

20Claims

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Assignee

HAUNI MASCHINENBAU GMBH · DE

Inventors

Reinhard Hoppe · Tespe, DE
Rolf Lindemann · Winsen (Luhe), DE
Peter Pinck · Bargteheide, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 1998
Grant date	Jan 9, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24C5/393
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The carding at the periphery of a driven wheel in the distributor of a cigarette rod making machine receives tobacco particles from the lower portion of a substantially upright duct the upper portion of which can receive tobacco particles from a magazine by way of an elevator conveyor. At least the lower portion of the duct is vibrated (e.g., at an amplitude of approximately 6 mm and at a frequency of 15-25 Hertz) in directions at right angles to the horizontal rotational axis of the wheel to thus enhance the homogeneousness of the carpet of particles being transported by the carding beyond the discharge end of the lower portion of the duct.

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