Patents by Inventor Werner Wollburg

Werner Wollburg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for the directed supply of tobacco ribs to a cutting tool
    Patent number: 5277204
    Abstract: A device provides a directed supply of tobacco ribs to a cutting tool. A vibrator conveyor conveys the tobacco ribs into the inlet area of a press conveyor disposed upstream of the cutting tool. The vibrator conveyor includes vertical partitions extending in the direction of tobacco rib transport. The intervals between the partitions are less than the average tobacco rib length. A device regulates the level of the tobacco rib flow transported between the partitions. Tobacco ribs can be precisely aligned in the axial direction prior to cutting, and can be transferred to the cutting tool without any loss of orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Meinhard Meyer, Werner Wollburg, Friedrich Walther, Wilfried Stiller, Arno Weiss