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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Davide Dall'osso, Bologna, IT;
Massimo Sartoni, Bologna, IT;
Fiorenzo Draghetti, Medicina, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
G.D S.p.A., Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A continuous tobacco rod generated by a machine for making tobacco products is separated into reclaimable lengths by a device that comprises a pair of tension rollers designed to exert a pulling force on the rod, also a pair of brake rollers operating upstream of the tension rollers and serving to offer a measure of resistance to the action of the tension rollers; as a result of the interaction between the tension rollers and the brake rollers, the portion of the continuous rod extending between them is forced to break by tearing apart.