Abstract: Degradation of tobacco brought about by refuser and recycle procedures in conventional cigarette-making machine operations is eliminated by feeding, metering and opening tobacco from a reservoir directly onto the external surface of a rotary or rectilinear transportation device which conveys the tobacco to rod formation. Specific modifications to the Molins Mark IX and Hauni Protos cigarette-making machines are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 1988
Date of Patent:
September 19, 1989
Assignees:
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc., Rothmans International Services Limited
Inventors:
Warren A. Brackmann, Stanislav M. Snaidr, Takeshi Nehyo, Michael H. Sheahan
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