EP 1602292 A1 20051207 - A cigarette maker
Title (en)
A cigarette maker
Title (de)
Zigarettenherstellungsmaschine
Title (fr)
Machine de fabrication de cigarettes
Publication
Application
Priority
IT BO20040358 A 20040604
Abstract (en)
A cigarette maker is equipped with an infeed hopper (2), a pneumatic feed duct (4) carrying a flow of shredded tobacco (3) to the hopper (2), a carding unit (7), a descending channel (12), and an ascending channel (15) by which the tobacco (3) is directed up and onto aspirating conveyor belt (16). A separator device (18) installed upstream of the infeed hopper (2) and designed to remove foreign matter from the flow of shredded tobacco (3) is packaged as a module (19), coupled into the feed duct (4), comprising a first section (20) isolated from pneumatic pressure in the duct (4), and a second section (21) in which pneumatic pressure is reinstated; tobacco (3) advancing through the first section (20) is thinned on a conveyor belt (25) and loosened on a vibrating tray (27) in such a way as to disentangle the constituent particles and stems and redistribute the flow as a layer of relatively limited thickness, thereby favouring separation of the foreign matter. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A24C 5/39 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A24C 5/396 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [A] DE 10251210 A1 20040519 - FOCKE GMBH & CO KG [DE]
- [A] US 5511566 A 19960430 - BRAND PETER [DE]
- [A] WO 0201973 A1 20020110 - PHILIP MORRIS PROD [CH], et al
- [A] DE 10149468 A1 20030424 - FOCKE & CO [DE]
- [A] DE 19840143 A1 20000309 - HAUNI MASCHINENBAU AG [DE]
- [A] US 6510855 B1 20030128 - KORTE KEVIN [US], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2005268924 A1 20051208; AT E372063 T1 20070915; CN 1706294 A 20051214; DE 602005002295 D1 20071018; DE 602005002295 T2 20080529; EP 1602292 A1 20051207; EP 1602292 B1 20070905; IT BO20040358 A1 20040904; RU 2005116963 A 20061120
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 14367005 A 20050603; AT 05425400 T 20050531; CN 200510078509 A 20050603; DE 602005002295 T 20050531; EP 05425400 A 20050531; IT BO20040358 A 20040604; RU 2005116963 A 20050603