APPARATUS FOR TRIMMING A STREAM OF SMOKABLE MATERIAL

A tobacco trimming apparatus has a conveyor which transports a stream of tobacco shreds in such a way that the surplus extends downwardly beyond the undersides of two flat disc-shaped members whose marginal portions pinch the moving stream in the region between the main portion and the surplus. Such...

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Main Author WILLY RUDSZINAT
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.07.1985
Edition4
Subjects
CIGARETTES
CIGARS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
SMOKERS' REQUISITES
TOBACCO
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Summary:A tobacco trimming apparatus has a conveyor which transports a stream of tobacco shreds in such a way that the surplus extends downwardly beyond the undersides of two flat disc-shaped members whose marginal portions pinch the moving stream in the region between the main portion and the surplus. Such surplus is removed by short teeth which are machined into the slightly conical peripheral surface of a disc rotating in a plane that makes an angle of 45 degrees with the direction of movement of the stream. The teeth alternate with notches which are machined in part into the peripheral surface and in part into a slightly conical front surface of the disc which latter faces the surplus. The front surface of the disc deflects the surplus into the notches so that the surplus is shifted into the path of the cutting edges on the oncoming teeth and is separated from the remainder of the tobacco stream.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB19840028516