Method and apparatus for pouching tobacco having a high moisture content
US8602068B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 25, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B37/20
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for dispensing charges of high OV moist smokeless tobacco (MST) includes a rotary metering device. The rotary metering device includes a lower disk, a metering disk, a plurality of cavities in the metering disk; and at least one vacuum housing located around the periphery of the lower disk and in communication with the plurality of cavities. A vacuum is applied to the cavities to aid in the filling of the cavities and an air discharge mechanism ejects a charge of the MST from each cavity at a discharge station.
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