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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987855 | Apparatus and method for delaminating parcels of tobacco The apparatus and method for delaminating tobacco in the form of slices from a layered parcel comprise conveyor means for delivering a parcel of tobacco to a separating location and a rotatable tine assembly mounted on an axis extending at right angle to the conveyo... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7810506 | Apparatus and method for delaminating parcels of tobacco The apparatus and method for delaminating tobacco in the form of slices from a layered parcel (10) comprise conveyor means (16) for delivering a parcel (10) of tobacco to a separating location (20) and a rotatable tine assembly (32... | 10/12/2010 |
| 6321758 | Tobacco leaf handling assembly The present invention relates to a method for transferring harvested tobacco leaves from an amorphous mass of harvested tobacco leaves to a bulk curing container component for subsequent transfer to a bulk curing site. According to the method, the bulk cu... | 11/27/2001 |
| 4977907 | Tobacco block slicing machine A slicing machine comprises a frame having a support surface (10) onto which the block of material to be sliced is placed, a cutter assembly (14) for moving in a cutting plane transversely of said support surface, said cutter assembly being movable betwee... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4898189 | Method of and apparatus for treating uncured tobacco Uncured tobacco leaves are heated by microwaves or in an electric high-frequency field prior to subdivision into ribs and strips. The strips are separated from the ribs, preferably with a stream of conditioned air, and are thereupon heated again and conde... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4765349 | System for controlling lamina size in a raw material treatment process for tobacco leaves A system for controlling the lamina size, in a material treatment process for tobacco leaves. The system comprises measuring means for measuring the production ratio of the lamina larger than a given size in the raw material treatment process in which the... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4756317 | Tobacco separation pretreatment system Packed tobacco leaves are pretreated by microwave generators with control sensors preliminary to separation.... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4733676 | Sliced bale conditioning Apparatus for slicing tobacco bales for conditioning in which the bales are moved from a conveyor (2) onto an adjacent lift device (16) by a first pusher (6), and are then sliced by a slicing blade (20) which is moved horizontally into engagement with the... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4628948 | System, apparatus, and method for preparing a quantity of tobacco for primary processing A system, apparatus and method is proposed according to which a tobacco mass is proportioned for primary processing. The system and method provide for a controlled selection handling and proportioning of the tobacco mass, and for conditioning of the tobac... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4600024 | Tobacco separation pretreatment system Packed tobacco leaves are pretreated by microwave generators with control sensors preliminary to separation.... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4597396 | Farmer's bale delaminator Apparatus is provided to delaminate farmer's bales of tobacco. The apparatus includes a bed and a delamination chamber and is carried on wheels for portability. Within the delamination chamber, a farmer's bale is gripped by structure which feeds the bale ... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4573484 | Charging device for opening and delivering leaf-type material A charging device for opening and delivering leaf-type material which includes a conveyor having an upper surface along which leaf-type material moves in a downstream direction of travel toward a discharge end, an opening mechanism adjacent the discharge ... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4532946 | Method and apparatus for tipping tobacco leaves packed in bales A tobacco bale tipping apparatus (10) delaminates tobacco bale (12) into slabs of tobacco. The slabs of tobacco are separated into right hand and left hand wedges (14) by conveyor belts (27) and (26) and by weight chains (24). The wedges (14) are tipped b... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4287897 | Treatment and opening of oriental tobacco bales Burlap-clad bales of turkish or other oriental small leaf tobacco are passed between two upright steam applicators each having a plurality of individual steam jet openings. The openings cause injection of steam through the outer burlap cover and penetrati... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4262683 | Apparatus for processing strips cut from tobacco leaves Apparatus for processing strips cut from tobacco leaves, comprising a first conveyor, an intermediate conveyor provided with means for detecting the strip length, a third conveyor on which a carrier of synthetic plastics material can be moved, means for t... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4246911 | Device for storing substantially similar tobacco leaf portions in a tape reel or bobbin A device for storing substantially similar tobacco leaf portions in a tape reel or bobbin comprising a cutting station for cutting substantially similar leaf portions from a whole or a half tobacco leaf, a reel for winding a tape, a table for guiding and ... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4192324 | Process for constituting a large surface of natural tobacco, in particular for making cigar wrappers A process for constituting a large surface of natural tobacco, in particular for making cigar wrappers comprising the steps of: (a) stripping the biggest rib of natural tobacco leaves; (b) dividing each leaf into two half-leaves; (c) arranging the half-leaves in a ... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4128214 | Device for winding a bobbin A device for winding a strip of material into a bobbin for storing tobacco leaf or portions thereof between the layers of the bobbin, the device comprising a spindle for holding a stock reel, a second, driven spindle for the bobbin and a suction box, alon... | 12/05/1978 |
