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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:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
May. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yutaka Okumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131 844 ; 131 841 ;
Abstract
A device for trimming a shredded tobacco layer in a cigarette manufacturing machine comprises a pair of trimming disks rotatably arranged, a peeler wheel rotatably arranged under the trimming disks, the peeler wheel having a peeling blade formed at the peripheral edge thereof to scrape surplus shredded tobacco off the shredded tobacco layer in cooperation with the trimming disks, and an air nozzle for ejecting compressed air to the scraped-off surplus shredded tobacco, thereby deflecting and separating the surplus shredded tobacco.