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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruno Belvederi, Pietro, IT;
Assignee:
G. D. Societa per Azioni, , IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131 844 ; 131 841 ; 177119 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling tobacco flow on cigarette manufacturing machines, whereby a first stream of shredded tobacco, containing tobacco in excess of the required amount, is fed on a conveyor along a path extending through a shaving station where the excess tobacco is removed by shaving members cooperating with the first stream; the shaved-off tobacco being removed by a throwing device, which forms a jet of tobacco, at the output of the shaving station, directed on to a screen connected to a load cell for emitting a control signal varying according to the kinetic energy transmitted by the jet to the screen.