Class 131/109.3 - With vibrating tamper or rake

Subclass of Class 131 - Tobacco
Definition: Subject matter under subclasss 109.1 including an agitating
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 02/26/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7335847	Method and apparatus for foreign-body separation from a material flow Method and apparatus for the separation of foreign bodies from a material flow, in particular a tobacco stream. Method is characterized in that at least a portion of the material from the material flow is conveyed into the area of a foreign-body detection device in ...	02/26/2008
6782890	Apparatus for building tobacco rods in cigarette making machines The distributor of a cigarette rod making machine employs a zig-zag sifter which receives a mixture of tobacco ribs and shreds from a reservoir by way of a duct or an elevator conveyor. The shreds leave the uppermost stage of the sifter and are conveyed, by a Coanda...	08/31/2004
6514014	Method and apparatus for collecting and transporting cigarettes and cigarette rejects An apparatus for receiving and transporting cigarette rejects in a cigarette manufacturing process comprises a receptacle having a receiving opening and an insertion opening for receiving rejects, a conduit having a first end and a second end and communic...	02/04/2003
6170489	Tobacco distributor for cigarette rod making machine The carding at the periphery of a driven wheel in the distributor of a cigarette rod making machine receives tobacco particles from the lower portion of a substantially upright duct the upper portion of which can receive tobacco particles from a magazine ...	01/09/2001
6053174	Method and apparatus for the enhancement of tobacco A tobacco enhancement apparatus and a method of enhancing tobacco using the apparatus comprising a tunnel (12) having a vibratory conveyor floor (18), and an inlet (14) for receiving unexpanded tobacco shreds. A steaming and swirling station (32) is locat...	04/25/2000
5511566	Distributor for particles of tobacco and the like A tobacco distributor wherein a flow of tobacco particles is delivered to a rotary carded drum by a duct which is at least substantially horizontal so that the overall height of the distributor can be reduced accordingly. The duct comprises or cooperates ...	04/30/1996
5477869	Tobacco delivery system An exhaust fan draws air and entrained tobacco through delivery pipes from a tobacco feeder to the respective dischargers of a group of cigarette making machines, where the tobacco is screened out and the air passes on through exhaust pipes. When a discha...	12/26/1995
5337762	Apparatus for storing and distributing comminuted tobacco An apparatus for temporarily storing and distributing comminuted tobacco to a plurality of consuming machines (particularly for distributing cut tobacco to cigarette rod making machines) has a circular tray which receives batches of comminuted tobacco at ...	08/16/1994
5331978	Method and apparatus for separation of heavy and light particles from particulate material Apparatus for the separation of heavy and light particles from material which includes means for fluidising and agitating the material to cause heavy particles to sink from the acceptable material and comprising a deck adapted to receive material at a rec...	07/26/1994
5277204	Device for the directed supply of tobacco ribs to a cutting tool 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...	01/11/1994
5115819	Method of homogenizing the constituents of a tobacco stream An inhomogeneous stream of tobacco particles is homogenized by feeding the stream onto a vibrating support having openings through which the particles descend onto a conveyor serving to transport the thus homogenized stream in a direction counter to that ...	05/26/1992
5083577	Apparatus for metering tobacco An apparatus for metering a measured amount of tobacco to, for example, a cigarette making machine to provide a uniform feed of tobacco to the cigarette making machine thereby reducing variations of the tobacco in the cigarettes made by the cigarette maki...	01/28/1992
5063944	Method and apparatus for separation of objectionable particles from tobacco material A method of separating objectionable particles from host tobacco material which includes fluidizing the tobacco material with a fluidizing air stream to allow heavy unwanted particles to fall, to cause light unwanted particles to rise and be air transport...	11/12/1991
4883077	Apparatus for transporting and treating particles of tobacco and the like A stream of air is circulated by a blower along an endless path a portion of which is defined by an upright duct having an air inlet at its lower end, an air outlet at its upper end, and an inlet for comminuted tobacco particles intermediate its air inlet...	11/28/1989
4756315	Cigarette manufacturing machine with an auxiliary tobacco feed unit A cigarette manufacturing machine having an auxiliary recycled tobacco feed unit communicating with a downflow duct for feeding tobacco to a continuous cigarette rod forming section; the aforementioned auxiliary unit comprising an input conveyor belt comm...	07/12/1988
4646759	Vibrating trough tobacco separator and classifier A method and apparatus are disclosed for the separation and classification of tobacco into two fractions, e.g., into heavies and lights. A stream of fluid is employed to produce a stratified bed of the tobacco, preferably in cooperation with vibration of ...	03/03/1987
4627447	Tobacco winnowing method and apparatus Winnowing of shredded tobacco stem material, or other particulate tobacco material, is effected by metering the shredded stem material from a reservoir and then picking the metered flow to open and separate the particles one from another. The resulting st...	12/09/1986
4617943	Cigarette manufacturing machine Cigarette manufacturing machine comprising a distributor on which a duct for conveying shredded tobacco presents an intermediate portion tapered towards the outlet on the duct itself, the intermediate portion being defined by walls at least one of which o...	10/21/1986
4616663	Method and apparatus for forming a homogeneous mass of comminuted smokable material A stream of agglomerated short, medium long and long tobacco shreds as well as clumps or lumps of shreds and elongated fragments of tobacco ribs is fed onto a vibrating sieve which permits the short and medium long shreds to descend onto a first vibrating...	10/14/1986
4601297	Cigarette manufacturing machine with an auxiliary tobacco feed unit Cigarette manufacturing machine with an auxiliary recirculated tobacco feed unit communicating with a downward duct supplying the machine itself. An input conveyor on the auxiliary unit communicates with a tray located between an output on the conveyor it...	07/22/1986
4557278	Tobacco lamina and stem processing Shredded tobacco lamina material and shredded stem material are mixed for use in cigarette making. A coarse intermixture of the materials first is formed and the mixture is metered and opened to form individual particles. The individual particles then are...	12/10/1985
4524781	Cigarette-making machine with an auxiliary tobacco supply unit A cigarette-making machine having a main tobacco supply unit; a descending chimney for shredded tobacco, said descending chimney extending downwards from the main tobacco supply unit; an intermediate lateral aperture in the chimney; an auxiliary tobacco s...	06/25/1985
4517988	Feeding tobacco cutting machines The transportation of a tobacco layer, in which the tobacco lamina or leaves are horizontally oriented, on a vertically-reciprocating conveyor surface to a cutting machine wherein tobacco shreds are formed from the tobacco in the layer is assisted, so tha...	05/21/1985
4463769	Method and apparatus for storing and transporting comminuted tobacco or the like Shredded tobacco is supplied from a storage reservoir to one or more cigarette making machines by way of discrete pneumatic conveying pipes. The reservoir receives fresh tobacco at regular or irregular intervals so that the quantity of tobacco in its inte...	08/07/1984
4408619	Vibratory pneumatic tobacco feeder Tobacco feeder (10) consists of a conveyor belt (12), vibrating collecting pan (26), and control flaps (22a-b, 24a-b). Metering tube (16) delivers tobacco to conveyor belt (12), the speed of which varies depending on the number of cigarette making machine...	10/11/1983
4390029	Apparatus for storing and transporting comminuted tobacco or the like Shredded tobacco is supplied from a storage reservoir to one or more cigarette making machines by way of discrete pneumatic conveying pipes. The reservoir receives fresh tobacco at regular or irregular intervals so that the quantity of tobacco in its inte...	06/28/1983
4369797	Feed mechanism for tobacco cutting machines Tobacco shreds of substantially less impaired filling power result from a tobacco lamina shredding machine when the lamina are formed into a tobacco layer in which the lamina are horizontally oriented and which is precompacted without the use of any force...	01/25/1983
4306574	Machine for shredding tobacco or the like A machine for shredding tobacco wherein the rear portion of the upper reach of the lower chain conveyor of the conveyor system which converts a continuous stream of tobacco particles into a continuous cake is located below the open lower end of an upright...	12/22/1981
4254781	Method and apparatus for delivering particles of tobacco to shredding machines The channel between the convergent tobacco compacting upper and lower chain conveyors of a tobacco shredding machine receives particles of tobacco from one or more vibrating troughs which define paths extending in parallelism with the direction of travel ...	03/10/1981
4244382	Method and apparatus for delivering particles of tobacco to shredding machines The channel between the convergent tobacco compacting upper and lower chain conveyors of a tobacco shredding machine receives particles of tobacco from one or more vibrating troughs which define paths extending in parallelism with the direction of travel ...	01/13/1981
4185644	Distributor for cigarette makers or the like A distributor for use in a cigarette maker has a relatively long and relatively narrow upright duct whose upper end receives particles of tobacco from one or more magazines by way of an endless belt. The resulting column of tobacco descends through the lo...	01/29/1980
4163489	Feeder apparatus for fibrous materials Feeder apparatus in which bulk material, in fibrous or stringy form, is delivered onto an endless belt by means of a rotating rake. The weight of the material on the belt is sensed by a transducer which effects the operation of a control system for automa...	08/07/1979
4149547	Mechanism for orienting tobacco in tobacco cutting machines A tobacco cutting machine wherein two endless chain conveyors define a horizontal channel of diminishing height for conversion of tobacco into a cake whose leader advances into the range of and is shredded by orbiting knives. The lower chain conveyor exte...	04/17/1979
4011876	Device for withdrawing tobacco from the magazine of a tobacco distributor A tobacco distributor wherein a toothed drum withdraws a continuous layer of tobacco shreds from a magazine. The teeth impart to the periphery of the drum a saw-tooth profile and their trailing flanks have outwardly and forwardly extending pins. The pins ...	03/15/1977
3996944	Distributor for cigarette rod making machines or the like A distributor for use in cigarette rod making machines has a magazine for a supply of shredded tobacco, a carded drum which draws from the magazine a continuous layer of tobacco shreds, and a device which homogenizes the layer of the drum adjacent to the ...	12/14/1976

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