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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Molins Limited, London, EN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ; A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1311 / ; 131110 ;
Abstract
A cigarette machine hopper comprises a first spiked band having an operative run; means for feeding tobacco onto the operative run of the first band; a second spiked band having an operative run adjacent to and approximately parallel to the operative run of the first band and arranged to move at a speed different from that of the first band, the spikes of the two bands being arranged to intercalate and to tease the tobacco and/or stretch lumps in the tobacco as the tobacco is fed forwards between the bands.
Preston, Edward. (1977). Hopper for a cigarette making machine (U.S. Patent No. 4036239). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4036239
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