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(11) EP 0 124 255 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.04.1985 Bulletin 1985/17

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.11.1984 Bulletin 1984/45

(21) Application number: 84302095

(22) Date of filing: 28.03.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR LI NL

(30) Priority: 31.03.1983 US 481070

(71) Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED
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(72) Inventors:
  • Thatcher, Richard E.
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  • Tomanovits, John
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(54) A method and apparatus for uniformly cutting tobacco sheets


(57) A method and apparatus are disclosed for shredding reconstituted and blended leaf sheets, wherein the sheet (14) is first slit longitudinally (at 18), and then cut off transversely by bringing the points (62) of a serrated blade (60) into contact with the slit sheet at an angle to penetrate the sheet, and then moving the blade to tear off the portion of the sheet between the point of penetration and the end of the sheet. This produces much more uniform shreds, with less dust and shattering, than has hitherto been possible.






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