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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1983
Yutaka Okumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kanjo Shiote, Tokyo, JP;
Toyomi Arakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shredded tobacco supplying device for a cigarette making machine is disclosed, including a tank to receive shredded tobacco, a conveyor for unloading the shredded tobacco out of the tank, a high speed impeller positioned to scatter the unloaded shredded tobacco toward a vertical chimney arranged above the path of the scattered tobacco and connected to a negative pressure source to draw the lighter weight pieces through the chimney, a channel vertically arranged below the scattered tobacco to allow the heavier pieces to drop, and a mechanism for receiving and crushing the heavier pieces into smaller pieces and for supplying the crushed smaller pieces back to the impeller.