Tobacco – Cigar or cigarette making – Wrapping devices
Reexamination Certificate
2002-03-25
2003-06-03
Derrington, James (Department: 1731)
Tobacco
Cigar or cigarette making
Wrapping devices
C131S075000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06571800
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a tobacco filling device which has a pushing member with a plurality of pawls extending from a top surface thereof and each pawls extending upward so as to fit the tobacco in the cigarette.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A conventional tobacco filling device for filling tobacco into a cigarette is shown in FIG.
4
and includes a base
1
with a pushing member
12
movably received therein, an outlet
11
defined in an end of the base
1
, a cover
13
movably connected to the other end of the base
1
. The cover
13
has a pressing member
15
for pressing the tobacco in the pushing member
12
to be a desired shape and a fixing member
14
which is used to fix the cigarette at the outlet
11
. The user has to hold the base
1
by one hand and push the cover
13
toward the outlet
11
with the other hand. After the tobacco in the pushing member
12
is sent in the cigarette, the cover
13
is moved backward. However, some of the tobacco will be brought out from the cigarette when moving the pushing member
12
backward.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tobacco filling device which comprises a base having an outlet defined in a first end thereof and a positioning tube is connected to a top surface of the first end of the base. A cover has a first end thereof pivotally connected to a second end of the base and a pressing member is connected to an underside of the cover. A fixing member is retractably connected the underside of a second end of the cover and located in alignment with the positioning tube. A pushing member is movably engaged with a slot in the base and a plurality of pawls are connected to a top surface of the pushing member. Each pawls has a first end fixed on the pushing member and a second end of each pawls extends upward and away from the positioning tube.
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a tobacco filling device wherein the tobacco is not brought from the cigarette when moving backward the pushing member.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a tobacco filling device that is easily to fill the cigarette by one hand.
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Baxley Charles E.
Lopez Carlos
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