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EP 1405573 B1 20080820 - Egalisator for a cigarette rod machine

Title (en)

Egalisator for a cigarette rod machine

Title (de)

Egalisator für eine Zigarettenstrangmaschine

Title (fr)

Egalisateur pour machine de tige de cigarette

Publication

EP 1405573 B1 20080820 (DE)

Application

EP 03004727 A 20030304

Priority

EP 03004727 A 20030304
EP 02021969 A 20020930

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1405573A2] The assembly (19) to trim a strand of tobacco (50), especially in a cigarette production machine, has a mechanism with a pair of trimming disks (60.1,60.2) to shape a trimmed tobacco strand, and a unit (65) to remove surplus tobacco.. The strand trimming components form a trimmed tobacco strand (55) with alternating trimmed (56) and untrimmed (57) zones.

IPC 8 full level

A24C 5/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A24C 5/1814 (2013.01); A24C 5/1842 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1405573 A2 20040407; EP 1405573 A3 20040526; EP 1405573 B1 20080820

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 03004727 A 20030304