Abstract: A device for detacking leaf material (T), such as tobacco leaf, from bobbin (B), provided with a frame (1), a table (2) with co-acting detacking member connected to the frame, a winding-off reel (3) for the filled belt-shaped carrier, a winding-up reel (20) for the emptied belt-shaped carrier connected to the frame and guide rollers (17, 18, 19) such that the belt is guided stretched over the table, wherein a straight guide edge (8) is placed at a short distance to the front edge (26) of the table in order to form a gap-like space, the winding-off reel is held in or close to a plane which extends perpendicularly of the table and through the guide edge, and one of the guide rollers (17) is arranged on the side of the guide edge remote from the winding-off reel, so that the belt is bent sharply, the tobacco leaf is drawn loose of the belt part and still deposited on the same side of the belt part, whereby any adhesion that may occur is eliminated.

Abstract: A device for storing tobacco leaves or parts thereof in a winding belt or a bobbin, mainly comprising a frame having at least one deposition table formed like a suction box (1) having separate sections and a run-on and a run-off rim, a reel (4) for the winding belt adapted to reciprocate with respect to the run-off rim of the table and a rotatable driving element formed like a roller and associated with each table and having its rotary axis arranged parallel to that of the reel freely rotatable in the frame, which roller presses against the bobbin circumference and is adapted to advance the belt across the table and to wind it on the reel whereas the tightening force experienced by the tape during the winding operation is determined by belt-engaging braking means (11, 19) in front of the run-on rim of the table.

Abstract: A cutting die assembly for cigar wrappers is manufactured by rigidly interconnecting a knife blade unit and a die assembly on a common carrier. The die assembly has an opening of particular shape bounded by a generally planar margin over which tobacco leaf may be draped. The knife unit is formed by shaping knife blade strip into a closed form to fit just inside the shaped margin of the die assembly with the knife edge just above same. The shaped knife blade strip is filled with a filling body interiorally to a height substantially below the cutting edge and is internally rigidified thereby. A suction air chamber is defined by the rigidly interconnected units and is bounded by the common carrier, the die assembly and the outer surface of the knife blade strip. Openings are provided through the margin of the die assembly to the suction air chamber to hold the draped tobacco leaf and stretch it over the knife edge.