EP1285592A3 - Apparatus for forming a tobacco rod in a rod making machine - Google Patents

Apparatus for forming a tobacco rod in a rod making machine Download PDF

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EP1285592A3
EP1285592A3 EP02017423A EP02017423A EP1285592A3 EP 1285592 A3 EP1285592 A3 EP 1285592A3 EP 02017423 A EP02017423 A EP 02017423A EP 02017423 A EP02017423 A EP 02017423A EP 1285592 A3 EP1285592 A3 EP 1285592A3
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forming
making machine
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conveyor
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Ralf Barkmann
Rolf Lindemann
Reinhard Hoppe
Bernhard Jürgens
Peter Schumacher
Manuel Hansch
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Koerber Technologies GmbH
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Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24CMACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/39Tobacco feeding devices
    • A24C5/396Tobacco feeding devices with separating means, e.g. winnowing, removing impurities
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24CMACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/39Tobacco feeding devices

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  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)

Abstract

A supplier supplies a constituent such as shreds of tobacco leaf laminate to a foraminous conveyor (41). A guide has a surface defining path for advancement of the constituent to the conveyor. A sifter (12) is arranged to supply the constituent and air towards a metering device, from the conveyor.
EP02017423A 2001-08-16 2002-08-03 Apparatus for forming a tobacco rod in a rod making machine Expired - Lifetime EP1285592B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE10140309A DE10140309A1 (en) 2001-08-16 2001-08-16 Rod-like filler building apparatus, for cigarette making machine, includes sifter arranged to supply constituent such as shreds of tobacco leaf laminate, and air towards metering device
DE10140309 2001-08-16
DE10154807A DE10154807A1 (en) 2001-08-16 2001-11-08 Rod-like filler building apparatus, for cigarette making machine, includes sifter arranged to supply constituent such as shreds of tobacco leaf laminate, and air towards metering device
DE10154807 2001-11-08

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EP1285592A2 EP1285592A2 (en) 2003-02-26
EP1285592A3 true EP1285592A3 (en) 2004-05-26
EP1285592B1 EP1285592B1 (en) 2008-01-16

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EP02017423A Expired - Lifetime EP1285592B1 (en) 2001-08-16 2002-08-03 Apparatus for forming a tobacco rod in a rod making machine

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US (1) US6782890B2 (en)
EP (1) EP1285592B1 (en)
JP (1) JP4338370B2 (en)
CN (1) CN1241501C (en)
AT (1) ATE383781T1 (en)
DE (3) DE10140309A1 (en)
PL (1) PL204980B1 (en)

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DE102015001618A1 (en) 2015-02-09 2016-08-11 Ralf Stöcker Method and device for producing a rod-shaped article made of vegetable foil
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DE102015010563A1 (en) 2015-08-12 2017-02-16 Ralf Stöcker Machine for producing a rod-shaped article of vegetable film in the strand process
EP3375302B1 (en) 2017-03-17 2019-09-25 Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH Assembly and method for the formation of at least two fibre strands in a rod processing machine in the tobacco processing industry
CN106954888B (en) * 2017-05-17 2017-12-15 青岛易百超科技发展有限公司 Cigarette on drum is drawn off to cigarette machine and draws off conveying storehouse fluidized bed type conveyer
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JP4338370B2 (en) 2009-10-07
US6782890B2 (en) 2004-08-31
PL204980B1 (en) 2010-02-26
DE10140309A1 (en) 2003-02-27
ATE383781T1 (en) 2008-02-15
EP1285592B1 (en) 2008-01-16
JP2003070455A (en) 2003-03-11
EP1285592A2 (en) 2003-02-26
CN1406528A (en) 2003-04-02
DE10154807A1 (en) 2003-05-22
CN1241501C (en) 2006-02-15
PL355309A1 (en) 2003-02-24
US20030034040A1 (en) 2003-02-20

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