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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Molins Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131108 ; 1311 / ;
Abstract
In the hopper of a cigarette making machine the tobacco slides down a ramp into a narrow downwardly extending channel situated at a position spaced from the area in the hopper which initially receives the tobacco. The tobacco is fed upwardly from that area by a spiked elevator band and is then removed from the spiked elevator band and transferred to the downwardly extending channel by further conveyor means.