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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Brand, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Hauni Maschinenbau AG, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1311093 ; 131108 ;
Abstract
A tobacco distributor wherein a flow of tobacco particles is delivered to a rotary carded drum by a duct which is at least substantially horizontal so that the overall height of the distributor can be reduced accordingly. The duct comprises or cooperates with devices which segregate fragments of rock and/or fragments of metallic material from the flow which is being advanced into the range of the carding on the drum. The latter converts the flow into a carpet which is ready to be transformed into one or more continuous rod-shaped fillers. The duct is agitated to promote the advancement of the flow from its receiving section to its discharge end at the carded drum.