Tobacco leaf cleaning device

Details Tobacco leaf cleaning device Tobacco leaf cleaning device

1987-07-14

1989-04-04

Millin, V

Tobacco

Tobacco treatment

Leaf straightening, brushing, smoothing, rolling,...

A24B 104

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048176397

ABSTRACT:
A tobacco leaf cleaning device for removing foreign particles, such as lint and string, from tobacco leaves as the tobacco moves from one point to another on a conveyor in a processing plant, is in the form of a flexible canvas sheet suspended from a rod parallel to the conveyor and extending downwardly into engagement with the leaves on the conveyor. The lower end of the sheet is slit into a plurality of fingers and the surface which engages the moving leaves has male Velcro fastener material attached to it for engaging and removing the lint and string as the leaves pass beneath the canvas sheet.

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