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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yutaka Okumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hisao Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/18 ;
Abstract
A belt-type compression molding apparatus for a tobacco stream includes a compression belt integral with a tobacco band for forming the tobacco stream, and the compression belt extends from the tobacco band toward a wrapping section of a cigarette manufacturing machine. The compression belt defines a compression molding passage for the tobacco stream in cooperation with a molding groove of a molding bed for guiding wrapping paper. The compression belt travels at the same speed as the tobacco band and serves as a movable ceiling wall of the compression molding passage.