Tobacco – Cigar or cigarette making – Recovery of tobacco from cigarettes and cigars
Patent
1991-09-16
1993-05-04
Millin, V.
Tobacco
Cigar or cigarette making
Recovery of tobacco from cigarettes and cigars
A24C 536
Patent
active
052077357
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for reclaiming tobacco from rejected cigarettes is provided. A receiving drum having holes to receive the rejected cigarettes is provided coaxial with a fluted drum, so that both drums rotate in the same direction. Via a control ring turning in synchronization with the receiving drum, jets of compressed air eject the tobacco from the rejected cigarettes, before the empty cigarette wrapper (tube) is also expelled from the receiving hole. A timing disk controls the work cycle. Suction pressure applied to the receiving holes of the receiving drum sucks the rejected cigarette into a predetermined stop position in the receiving hole prior to the application of compressed air. With the aid of restraining needles, the cigarettes are held firmly while the jet of compressed air is applied to expel the tobacco. On release by the restraining needles, the cigarette wrapper (tube) is ejected from the receiving hole to a discharge chute by a jet of compressed air applied via the control ring. A method for operating the apparatus is also provided.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3757799 (1973-09-01), DiIanni et al.
patent: 4117852 (1978-10-01), Newman et al.
Doyle J.
Fabriques de Tabac Reunies, S.A.
Ingerman Jeffrey H.
Millin V.
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