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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1978
Derek H Dyett, London, GB;
Jan A Rakowicz, London, GB;
Molins Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
A trimming device for trimming the cigarette filler stream in a cigarette making machine comprises a first fixed blade and a first rotating brush member which cooperate to remove from the tobacco stream tobacco lying further than a first predetermined distance from the tobacco conveyor; a second fixed blade and a second rotating brush member which are situated upstream or downstream of the first blade and brush member and cooperate to remove tobacco at regular spaced intervals corresponding to portions of the stream forming intermediate sections of the filler for each finished cigarette, the second blade being set at a second predetermined distance from the tobacco conveyor which is smaller than the first predetermined distance.