Tobacco – Cigar or cigarette making – Wrapping devices
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-05
2005-07-05
Walls, Dionne A. (Department: 1731)
Tobacco
Cigar or cigarette making
Wrapping devices
C131S071000, C131S072000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06913022
ABSTRACT:
Devices for filling a cigarette tube with tobacco are disclosed. In one aspect, the devices contain separate metering, compression, and injection mechanisms, which may be manual, partially automatic, or fully automatic. The metering mechanisms move a proper amount of tobacco to a compression chamber, where the tobacco is thereafter compressed for eventual injection. In some embodiments, means are provided for assessing whether a sufficient quantity of tobacco has been metered into the compression chamber, and if not, further metering is accomplished prior to injection. In another aspect, the metering and compression mechanisms are combined into a single mechanism to the same effect.
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Daily Robert J.
Moser Larry E.
Cousins Distributing, Inc.
Walls Dionne A.
Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri
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