(19)
(11) EP 1 488 710 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.04.2006 Bulletin 2006/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/52

(21) Application number: 04425442.3

(22) Date of filing: 15.06.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A24C 5/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 19.06.2003 IT BO20030378

(71) Applicant: G.D S.p.A.
40133 Bologna (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Draghetti, Fiorenzo
    40059 Medicina (Bologna) (IT)
  • Mengoli, Fausto
    40037 Sasso Marconi (Bologna) (IT)
  • Sartoni, Massimo
    40139 Bologna (IT)
  • Zanetti, Umberto
    41100 Modena (IT)

(74) Representative: Lanzoni, Luciano 
c/o BUGNION S.p.A. Via Goito, 18
40126 Bologna
40126 Bologna (IT)

   


(54) A cigarette maker


(57) In a cigarette maker, shredded tobacco (9) is directed by a conveyor (23) into a riser (24) and ascends as a flow of distinct particles (38) toward an aspirating belt (25), placed at the top outlet end of the riser (24), by which the particles are attracted and gathered progressively to form a stream of tobacco filler. The riser (24) is made up of a lower first portion (26) in receipt of the tobacco (9) from the conveyor (23), and an upper second portion (27) enclosed by the aspirating belt (25); the first portion (26) is embodied separately from the second portion (27), and the two portions are interconnected by the revolving surface of a toothed suction roller (32) designed to transfer a uniform layer of tobacco (9) from the first portion to the second.







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