Tobacco – Cigar or cigarette making – Tobacco feeding
Patent
1976-05-28
1977-09-27
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Tobacco
Cigar or cigarette making
Tobacco feeding
100151, 198626, A24B 508
Patent
active
040504670
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a compact strand of tobacco leaves in which the stems of the leaves are oriented predominantly longitudinally of the strand. Tobacco leaves distributed onto a horizontal conveyor in loose, randomly distributed fashion are subjected to progressive lateral crowding as they pass into a narrow channel section. The crowding effects displacement and/or deformation of leaves to achieve the desired orientation and the formation of the compacted strand. The crowding effect and the narrow channel section are afforded by upstanding endless conveyor flight portions overlying the horizontal conveyor and driven in the same direction and substantially the same speed as the horizontal conveyor.
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Johansen Johan Peter
Pedersen Rolf
Reinhart Frans Remko
Van Sluis Jan Adolf
Andresen Joh. H.
Koninklijke Bedrijven Theodorus Niemeyer B.V.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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