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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1980
Robert W Wilson, Charlotte, NC (US);
Powell Manufacturing Company, Inc., Bennettsville, SC (US);
Abstract
A tobacco supporting tine structure comprising an elongated rod bent to define a relatively long longitudinally extending leg portion having a free end thereof shaped to facilitate a piercing movement thereof through a bulk mass of tobacco leaves, a bight portion extending transversely from the other end of the leg portion, a relatively short parallel section extending from the opposite end of the bight portion from which the leg portion extends in the same direction as the latter, a locking section extending transversely from the short parallel sections in a direction toward and at an angle of approximately 45.degree. with respect to the leg portion and a relatively long leg section extending longitudinally from the locking section in generally coextensive parallel relation to the leg portion and having a free end shaped to facilitate a piercing movement thereof through a bulk mass of tobacco leaves.