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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Warren A Brackmann, Cooksville, CA;
Karel Hrboticky, Etobicoke, CA;
Assignee:
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited, Don Mills, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ; A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1311 / ; 131110 ;
Abstract
A novel tobacco feed device (10) and method of use thereof for the direct feed of tobacco to rod formation in a cigarette making machine are described. The device (10) includes a reservoir tube (42) containing a reservoir of opened cut tobacco, metering rolls (54) to meter required amounts of cut tobacco from the reservoir tube (42) to discharge metered tobacco to the cigarette maker. Internal hoppers, carding drums and picker wheels are avoided by the structure of the invention giving rise to greatly enhanced tobacco filling power.