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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1990
Filed:
May. 26, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Warren A Brackmann, Mississauga, CA;
Stanislav M Snaidr, Mississauga, CA;
Takeshi Nehyo, Willowdale, CA;
Michael H Sheahan, Toronto, CA;
Assignees:
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc., Toronto, CA;
Rothmans International Services Limited, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1311091 ; 131 841 ; 1311092 ; 131 843 ;
Abstract
Degradation of tobacco brought about by refuser and recycle procedures in conventional cigarette-making machine operations is eliminated by feeding, metering and opening tobacco from a reservoir directly onto the external surface of a rotary or rectilinear transportation device which conveys the tobacco to rod formation. Specific modifications to the Molins Mark IX and Hauni Protos cigarette-making machines are described.