EP 1046349 A1 20001025 - Straightlayer for manufacture of tobacco
Title (en)
Straightlayer for manufacture of tobacco
Title (de)
Ausrichtanlage zur Herstellung von Tabak
Title (fr)
Dispositif d'orientation pour la fabrication du tabac
Publication
Application
Priority
NO 991914 A 19990421
Abstract (en)
The straight laying apparatus comprises of a feed conveyor (1) and a perpendicularly running belt conveyor (6). Tobacco leaves (7) are transferred to from the feed conveyor to the belt conveyor via a series of projecting partitions (5) mounted to a frame assembly (4). The partitions are arranged parallely and form a series of channels that orientate the leaves as they pass. An independent claim is included for a method of straightlaying tobacco leaves using the described apparatus.
A straightlayer (8) for orientation of tobacco leaves (7) prior to a cutting operation is disclosed. The straightlayer (8) comprises a lower belt conveyor (6) having an output direction (R), a number of, in respect of the belt conveyor (6), vertically projecting, channel forming partitions (5) that extend in the output direction (R) of the belt conveyor (6) and have some distance from the belt conveyor (6), and a feeding apparatus (1) that supplies from above tobacco leaves (7) down onto the straightlayer (8). Further, the straightlayer (8) comprises a vibrating unit (2) that is lying above the partitions (5) and that is able to shake down into the channels (10) those tobacco leaves (7) that lay down onto the vibrating unit (2) and orient the leaf stems in the longitudinal direction of the belt conveyor (6). <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A24B 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A24B 3/16 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [A] US 2192518 A 19400305 - ERICH EISSMANN OSWALD
- [A] GB 1013533 A 19651215 - KURT KOERBER
- [A] DE 3408269 A1 19850912 - SAGEMUELLER FRANZ GMBH [DE]
- [A] GB 2261646 A 19930526 - BAT CIGARETTENFAB GMBH [DE]
- [A] DE 439634 C 19270113 - MARTIN BRINKMANN FA
- [A] FR 2312206 A1 19761224 - KONINKL BEDRIJVEN T NIEMEYER [NL] & NO 141126 A
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1046349 A1 20001025; EP 1046349 B1 20040303; AT E260577 T1 20040315; DE 60008617 D1 20040408; DE 60008617 T2 20050303; DK 1046349 T3 20040705; NO 309222 B1 20010102; NO 991914 D0 19990421; NO 991914 L 20001023
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 00850067 A 20000418; AT 00850067 T 20000418; DE 60008617 T 20000418; DK 00850067 T 20000418; NO 991914 A 19990421