WO2001093705A1 - Dispositif et procede de battage du tabac - Google Patents

Dispositif et procede de battage du tabac Download PDF

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WO2001093705A1
WO2001093705A1 PCT/GB2001/002444 GB0102444W WO0193705A1 WO 2001093705 A1 WO2001093705 A1 WO 2001093705A1 GB 0102444 W GB0102444 W GB 0102444W WO 0193705 A1 WO0193705 A1 WO 0193705A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B5/00—Stripping tobacco; Treatment of stems or ribs
    • A24B5/10—Stripping tobacco; Treatment of stems or ribs by crushing the leaves with subsequent separating
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for threshing tobacco leaf material and to a process of threshing tobacco leaf material using the apparatus.
  • the tobacco leaf In the tobacco industry, it is well known, that in order to process the tobacco into a suitable form for use in the manufacturing of products, the tobacco leaf has to have the midrib stem removed from the rest of the tobacco leaf.
  • WO 98/26677 describes a machine for tobacco threshing in which the tobacco is not all forced through a fixed screen but instead the threshing rotor and two feeding rotors are mounted inside a rotating drum and the tobacco can pass down the drum through the rotors without being forced through a screen. Whilst this has the advantage over current processes in that it will generate less small-sized lamina pieces as waste, it does not produce a significantly greater lamina size.
  • Tognana describes a threshing mill in which some of the tobacco is not forced through a screen with the intention that this will produce pieces of tobacco with a larger particle size.
  • the type and speed of the beaters described in this patent are similar to those found in a conventional thresher.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a means for threshing tobacco leaf material to obtain pieces of tobacco lamina, the majority of which are of a large particle size.
  • the present invention provides an apparatus for threshing tobacco comprising a housing having an upper entrance for charging tobacco leaves or parts thereof to the housing and a lower exit for discharging threshed tobacco from the housing and, located within the housing, a first rotatable stripping means having a plurality of radially extending elements each presenting a leaf puncturing tip for puncturing the lamina of a tobacco leaf, means for rotating the rotatable stripping means, a rotatable rotor located adjacent to the rotatable stripping means wherein said rotor has a plurality of blades or teeth which intermesh with the radially-extending elements on the stripping means and means for rotating the rotatable rotor wherein the rotatable rotor, in use, rotates at a speed slower than that of the rotatable stripping means, the housing and the stripping means being arranged such that, in use, the leaf puncturing tip of a radially extending element on the stripping means as it rotates punctures the la
  • threshing efficiency which is defined as the amount of free tobacco lamina that is removed from the tobacco leaf relative to the total amount of lamina available.
  • particle size or particle size distribution
  • a further criterion is the number of impacts to which the tobacco is subjected in order to achieve a particular threshing efficiency and/or particle size.
  • the threshing apparatus of the invention which does not require a basket, is able to achieve a relatively high threshing efficiency by a single impact or a controlled number of impacts by the radially extending elements to produce lamina pieces of large size and a particle size distribution which has a high proportion of lamina pieces of relatively large size and a small proportion of pieces of relatively small size.
  • some tobacco will, unfortunately, be subjected to a greater number of impacts by the rotating elements than is necessary with the inevitable result that more smaller pieces of lamina than is desired are produced.
  • the apparatus comprises rotatable stripping means located within a housing.
  • the axis of rotation of the rotatable stripping means may be tilted at from 0° to 10° to the horizontal but preferably, will be substantially horizontal.
  • the stripping means has a plurality of radially extending elements each presenting a leaf puncturing tip.
  • the radially extending elements may be radially extending plates, teeth, blades or flexible arms, for example continuous plates, single or multiple spaced teeth which may be straight, bent or curved, knives and spines, which may be flexible.
  • the radially extending elements are blades which according to a particularly preferred embodiment are L-shaped with the bend in the intended direction of rotation of the stripping means.
  • the radially extending elements each present a leaf puncturing tip for puncturing the lamina of tobacco leaf material.
  • the leaf puncturing tip may comprise a single sharpened projection at the tip of the radially extending element or, alternatively, may comprise a saw-tooth projection at the tip of the radially extending element.
  • each individual tooth will typically have a depth to pitch ratio in the range of from 1 :1 to 2:1 , for instance, having a depth to pitch ratio of 2:1, such as one having a depth of 1 inch and a pitch of about 0.5 inch or, alternatively, the depth may be foreshortened in such a way as to eliminate the pinch point at the base of the teeth and thus reduce the propensity of the blade to clogging.
  • stator element which typically is fixed to or mounted on the internal wall of the housing in which the stripping means is located.
  • the stator element extends into the housing such that it co-operates with the radially extending elements provided on the rotatable stripping means.
  • the position of any stator element in relation to the position of the radially extending elements on the rotatable stripping means is such that as the rotatable stripping means rotates in the housing the leaf puncturing tips intermesh with the stator element to improve the puncturing performance of the tips and to create shearing forces that apply to the tobacco leaf material caught between the stator element and the leaf puncturing tips.
  • the distance between the stator element and the leaf puncturing tip is typically less than 100mm.
  • a rotatable rotor is located adjacent the rotatable stripping means which rotor has teeth or blades which intermesh with the radially extending elements on the rotatable stripping means.
  • the radially extending elements on the rotatable stripping means are teeth or blades.
  • the rotatable rotor in use, rotates at a speed lower than the speed or rotation of the rotatable stripping means, typically at a speed which is 90% or less of that of the rotatable stripping means and preferably at a speed of rotation which is 80% to 25% of the speed of rotation of the rotatable stripping means during normal operation of the thresher.
  • This speed differential will, to a certain extent, depend on factors such as the relative diameters of the rotatable stripping means and the rotor and also on the numbers of teeth or blades and the numbers of rows of teeth or blades on the rotatable stripping means and the rotor, respectively. For instance, if the number of rows of teeth or blades on the rotatable stripping means and the number of rows of teeth or blades on the rotor is the same then the speed of rotation of the rotor will typically be half of that of the rotatable stripping means.
  • the speed of rotation of the slower rotor might, typically, be two thirds of that of the rotatable stripping means.
  • the intermeshing teeth or blades on the slower rotor need not, for the performance of the invention, be provided with leaf puncturing tips.
  • the performance of the apparatus of this embodiment is improved if the teeth or blades of the slower rotor do present leaf puncturing tips and, for this reason, the slower rotor will preferably have teeth or blades having leaf puncturing tips. It will be understood that in use the rotatable rotor will be rotated in a direction similar to that or counter to that of the stripping means.
  • a further embodiment of the apparatus described above has a first slow rotatable rotor adjacent to a second slow rotatable rotor and adjacent to at least one of the first and second slow rotatable rotors a rotatable stripping means which, in use, rotates at a speed greater than the speeds of the first and second rotors.
  • the first and second rotors will, in use, rotate at the same speed.
  • the teeth or blades provided on at least one of the slower rotating rotors will intermesh with the teeth or blades which form the radially extending elements on the rotatable stripping means as described above.
  • the first and second rotors will, in use, rotate in opposite directions.
  • the housing is preferably in the form of a substantially vertical tower providing a substantially vertical chute for introducing the tobacco leaves to the stripping means.
  • the stripping means is typically in the form of a rotatable cylindrical element having an axis of rotation coincidental with the horizontal axis of a drum-like chamber provided in the housing from which rotatable cylindrical element the radially extended elements radiate outwardly towards the internal surfaces of the drum-like chamber along the length of the rotatable cylindrical element.
  • the drum-like chamber will have an internal diameter which is preferably only slightly greater than is necessary to allow both the stripping means and the rotatable rotor, respectively, to rotate without there being any contact between the radially extending elements of the stripping means and the internal surfaces of the chamber and without there being any contact between the teeth or blades of the rotatable rotor and the internal surfaces of the chamber.
  • the total diameter of the stripping means will typically be in the range of from 12 to 30 inches (30 to 77cm), preferably in the range of from 18 to 24 inches (45 to 61cm) and will have a length of several feet, typically about 6 to 7 feet (1.8 to 2.2m) in length.
  • the total diameter of the rotatable rotor will be similar to that of the stripping means.
  • the radially extending elements have the form of separate teeth or sharpened blades radiating outwardly from the rotatable cylindrical element of the stripping means they will be disposed separately along the length of the cylindrical element typically at a distance of from 2 to 8 inches (5 to 21cm) from each other.
  • the spacing along the cylindrical element between one such separate tooth or sharpened blade and the next one to it along the length of the cylindrical element will typically be from 3 to 6 inches (7.6 to 15.2cm).
  • the radially extending elements provided on the stripping means may, alternatively, radiate outwardly from the rotatable cylindrical element continuously along the length of the cylindrical element.
  • the total diameter of the stripping means (i.e., from tip to tip of the radially extending elements) will typically be in the range of from 12 to 30 inches (30 to 77cm) preferably in the range of from 18 to 24 inches (45 to 61cm).
  • the rotatable stripping means will, in use, be rotated at a speed of rotation typically in the range of from 400 to 1200 rpm (based on a stripping means having a total diameter of about 24 inches (61cm)). Where the radially extending elements are sharpened teeth or blades then a rotation speed in the range of 400 to 600 rpm is sufficient to achieve good separation of large lamina pieces of tobacco leaf.
  • the radially extending elements comprise conventional less sharp blades then it is preferred to use a higher rotation speed of the order of 800 to 1200 rpm. This increased speed of rotation improves the puncture performance of the puncturing tip on the radially extending element to puncture the leaf and to slash the lamina thereof in order to effect separation thereof from the leaf stem.
  • the housing contains a first rotatable stripping means, a second rotatable stripping means and means for rotating the second rotatable stripping means.
  • the second rotatable stripping means will have a plurality of radially extending elements each presenting a leaf puncturing tip for puncturing the lamina of tobacco leaf material and will be arranged in the housing such that, in use, it acts in series with the first stripping means.
  • the leaf puncturing tip of a radially extending element on the second rotatable stripping means punctures the lamina of a tobacco leaf, or part thereof, received from the first stripping means and effects a slashing action on the lamina during the downward movement of the leaf, or part thereof, through the housing so as to separate at least partially the lamina from the stem of the leaf.
  • the use of a second stripping means in series with a first stripping means improves the yield of pieces of lamina free of leaf stem material.
  • the tobacco leaf material passing from the first stripping means to the second stripping means is re-oriented, i.e., it's alignment is changed so as to present the lamina in a position more amenable to being removed from the stem in the second stripping means.
  • a tobacco leaf approaches the first stripping means with an alignment with the butt end downwards a large piece of lamina will be removed since the stripping action will tend to act inwards towards the stem.
  • the stripping action is effected on a tobacco leaf presented tip downwards the leaf will tend to tear outwards way from the stem leaving a tear in the leaf but without removing the lamina.
  • the leaf thus, remains largely intact until it is presented to a subsequent stripping means butt end downwards.
  • Re-orienting of the leaf material may, typically, be achieved by transporting the tobacco leaf material from one stripping means towards a subsequent stripping means using a vibrating screen.
  • the apparatus will also comprise a rotatable rotor located adjacent to the second rotatable stripping means and a means for rotating the rotatable rotor.
  • the rotor will, as mentioned above, have a plurality of blades or teeth which intermesh with the radially extending elements on the second stripping means and, in use, rotates at speed slower than that of the second rotatable stripping means.
  • the apparatus may, additionally, comprise a second rotatable rotor located adjacent to the first rotatable rotor and means for rotating this second rotor. These first and second rotors, in use, will preferably be rotated at the same speed in a direction counter to each other.
  • the apparatus may advantageously also contain a third and subsequent separate rotatable stripping means, in series, in a cascade.
  • a third and subsequent separate rotatable stripping means in series, in a cascade.
  • not more than three separate stripping means are arranged in series since the particle size of the lamina pieces obtained will be reduced and the proportion of very small pieces and/or dust obtained will be correspondingly increased.
  • the apparatus additionally comprises in the housing a third rotatable stripping means located in the housing downstream of a second rotatable stripping means as described above and means for rotating the third stripping means.
  • the third stripping means has a plurality of radially extending elements each presenting a leaf puncturing tip for puncturing the lamina of tobacco leaf material.
  • the housing and the third stripping means being arranged such that, when the apparatus is in use, the third stripping means acts in series with the second stripping means and wherein the leaf puncturing tip of a radially extending element on the third stripping means as it rotates, punctures the lamina of the tobacco leaf, or part thereof, received from the second stripping means and effects a slashing action on the lamina during the downward movement of the leaf, or part thereof, through the housing so as to separate the lamina from the stem of the leaf.
  • a second and/or a third stripping means may act in co-operation with a suitably positioned stator element as described above.
  • the tobacco leaf material can be subjected to re-orienting as described above.
  • the processed leaf material can be sieved, for instance using a vibrating sieve screen, to separate dust and small particles of leaf and stem from the larger pieces of lamina.
  • the apparatus will also comprise a rotatable rotor located adjacent to the third rotatable stripping means and a means for rotating the rotatable rotor.
  • the rotor will, as mentioned above, have a plurality of blades or teeth which intermesh with the radially extending elements on the third stripping means and, in use, rotates at speed slower than that of the third rotatable stripping means.
  • the apparatus may, additionally, comprise a second rotatable rotor located adjacent to the first rotatable rotor and means for rotating this second rotor. These first and second rotors, in use, will preferably be rotated at the same speed in a direction counter to each other.
  • Figure 1 shows a cross-section through an apparatus for threshing tobacco using a single rotatable stripping means and a single rotatable rotor
  • Figure 2 shows a cross-section through an apparatus for threshing tobacco using a single rotatable stripping means and two rotatable rotors
  • Figure 3 shows a cross-section of a different embodiment of the apparatus of the invention
  • Figure 4 shows a cross-section of an embodiment of the apparatus of the invention which includes a stator element
  • Figure 5 shows a cross-section through an apparatus for threshing tobacco using a cascade of three rotatable stripping means
  • Figure 6 shows a cross-section through an apparatus for threshing tobacco using a cascade of three rotatable stripping means
  • Figure 7 shows a cross-section through an apparatus for threshing tobacco using three rotatable stripping means in series
  • Figure 8 shows perspective view of rotatable stripping means suitable for use in the apparatus of the invention
  • Figure 9 shows perspective views of three types of radially extending elements (or teeth) for use in the apparatus of the invention.
  • Figure 10 shows a plan view of another type of radially extending element for use in the apparatus of the invention.
  • Figure 11 shows a plan view of another type of radially extending element, which shows a modified saw tooth intended to reduce clogging.
  • Figure 12 illustrates types of radially extending elements used in the Tests and the Tables of Results.
  • a housing 1 having an entrance 2 and an exit 3, houses a rotatable stripping means 4 which is driven by a motor (not shown).
  • the stripping means 4 has a plurality of radially extending elements 5.
  • Each of the elements 5 comprises a blade presenting a leaf puncturing tip 6.
  • Adjacent the rotatable stripping means 4 in the housing is a rotatable rotor 7 (which is driven by a motor not shown).
  • the rotor 7 is provided with a multiplicity of blades 8 which intermesh with the radially extending elements 5 on the stripping means 4.
  • the blades 8 need not be provided with leaf- puncturing tips but preferably are provided with tips which, during normal operation of the apparatus, puncture and/or rip the lamina of the tobacco leaves as they pass between rotor 7 and means 4.
  • the rotor 7, in use rotates clockwise and the stripping means rotates anticlockwise.
  • tobacco leaves are fed into the entrance 2 of housing 1 and drop under the influence of gravity into the path of the radially extending elements 5 mounted on the rotating stripper means 4.
  • the action of the puncturing tips 6 on the leaves causes puncturing of the leaves.
  • the elements 5 rotate during the downwards movement of the leaves the lamina of the leaves are slashed and parts of the lamina are removed from the leaf stems.
  • the processed tobacco leaf material falls out of the exit 3 of the housing.
  • two counter-rotating rotors 7 and 9, each provided with blades 8 and 8A, respectively, are provided adjacent to rotatable stripping means 4 having radially extending elements 5.
  • the rotors 7 and 9, in use, rotate at the same speed.
  • the rotatable stripping means 4 rotates at a higher speed than rotors 7 and 9.
  • the blades 8 of rotor 7 and the blades 8A of rotor 9 intermesh with the radially extending elements of stripping means 4.
  • tobacco leaves are fed into the entrance 2 of the housing 1 and, thereafter, between the rotors 7 and 9.
  • the laminae of the leaves are punctured and slashed by the puncturing tips 6 of the elements 5 which mesh with the counter-rotating blades 8 on rotor 7.
  • FIGs 3 and 4 show variants on the apparatus and, for simplicity, do not show the location of the rotatable rotor.
  • each of the elements 5 comprises an L-shaped blade presenting a leaf-puncturing tip 6 which, in use, points in the direction of rotation of the stripping means 4.
  • Figure 4 shows an apparatus similar to that shown in Figure 1 with the exception that the stripping means 4 has a plurality of blades 5 each having a puncturing tip 6 and in that there is provided a stator element S mounted on the internal wall of the housing 1 and extending therein to co-operate with the rotating blades 5.
  • the blades 5 run along the length of the stripping means 4 as shown in Figure 8.
  • the blades 5 may have a flat edge or may have an edge tapered to a point and may also taper from one end to a narrower other end as shown in Figure 9 in order to assist in the shearing of the leaves.
  • the puncturing tips of the blades 5 and the stator element S intermesh.
  • a tobacco leaf entering the housing entrance 2 falls vertically into the path of the advancing blade 5, on the rotating stripping means 4, and the lamina of the leaf is punctured by the tip 6 and is slashed or partially slashed.
  • the leaf is then carried through the housing by the rotation until it meets with the stator element S, where the stator element and the rotating blade 5 co-operate in completing the slashing action where the slashing action was previously partial.
  • a leaf may be punctured and slashed by the tips on successive blades on the stripping means.
  • three stripping means are located in series in a substantially vertical housing 10 having an entrance 11 and an exit 12.
  • a first stripping means 13 which is driven by a motor (not shown) has a plurality of radially extending elements 14 in the form of L-shaped blades each presenting a leaf puncturing tip 16.
  • the rotatable rotor is not shown.
  • a second stripping means 16 is located beneath the first stripping means in the housing 10.
  • the second stripping means which has a direction of rotation opposite to that of the first stripping means is driven by a motor (not shown) and is provided with a plurality of radially extending elements 17 in the form of L- shaped blades pointing in the intended direction of rotation. Each element 17 presents a leaf puncturing tip 18.
  • a third stripping means 19 is located in the housing 10 beneath the second stripping means.
  • the third stripping means 19 is driven by a motor (not shown) and has an intended direction of rotation opposite to that of the second stripping means.
  • the third stripping means is provided with a plurality of elements 20 in the form of L-shaped blades pointed in the intended direction of rotation. Each of the L-shaped blades is provided with a leaf puncturing tip 21.
  • tobacco leaves are fed into the entrance 11 of housing 10 and drop under the influence of gravity into the path of the radially extending elements 14 and are subjected to stripping action as described above with reference to Figure 1.
  • Tobacco leaf material processed by the stripping means then falls into the path of the radially extending elements 17 mounted on second stripping means 16 which is rotating in the direction shown and is further processed after which it falls into the path of the radially extending elements 20 mounted on the third stripping means 19 which is rotating in the direction shown.
  • the pieces of lamina and leaf stem material leave the housing at exit 12.
  • Figure 6 shows a variation of the vertical cascade of three stripping means illustrated in Figure 5.
  • the lower wall 22 of housing 10 between the first and second stripping means and the lower wall 23 of the housing 10 between the second and third stripping means are each in the form of a sieve, e.g., wire mesh or a screen punched with a plurality of holes, to enable dust and small particles of lamina to leave the housing for collection.
  • FIG. 7 shows a different embodiment of a threshing apparatus according to the invention which involves the use of three different stripping means. Again, for simplicity the location of the rotatable rotor is not shown.
  • vibrating screens 24, 25 there is provided, between the exit from the first stripping means and the entrance to the second stripping means and between the exit from the second stripping means and the entrance to the third stripping means vibrating screens 24, 25.
  • the vibrating screens are associated with a means (not shown) for vibrating the screens. In use, the vibration of the vibrating screens 24, 25 changes the alignment of the tobacco leaf material for further processing at a subsequent stripping means.
  • Tobacco leaves of various moisture contents, were used in threshing tests using an apparatus according to the invention.
  • various types of radially extending element as provided on the rotatable stripping means
  • the tests were carried out for different total numbers of passes, i.e., the total number of times the tobacco was recycled through the apparatus.
  • the tooth arrangement of type G was most similar to a conventional thresher blade.
  • the threshing efficiency was calculated and the pieces of lamina obtained after threshing were sieved into different sizes.
  • the pieces of lamina obtained after threshing were separated, in this way, into those which do not pass through a 1 inch diameter round hole sieve, those which pass through a 1 inch diameter round hole sieve but not through a 0.5 inch diameter round hole sieve, those which pass through a 0.5 inch diameter round hole sieve but not through a 0.25 inch diameter round hole sieve and those which pass through a 0.25 inch diameter round hole sieve. No classification took place until after the total number of passes was complete.
  • the percentages of amounts of lamina of different sizes were determined. The results are shown in Table 1.
  • the results obtained in Test 14 show that by using the blade D, with fewer passes, a high threshing efficiency was obtained and that sieving results were superior for the same amount of threshing.
  • Element type is the type of radially extending element. The part of the element which acts against the tobacco is identified by reference to Figure 12
  • the thresher apparatus did not have a basket or screen and the total diameter of the stripping means was 18 inches.
  • the stripping means was, in all cases, rotated at a speed of 355 rpm.
  • Threshing efficiency is the amount of free lamina removed relative to the total lamina available. Tests 20 to 41
  • the thresher apparatus used did not have a screen or basket and the total diameter of the stripping means was 18 inches.
  • the stripping means had a rotation speed of 355 rpm. Tests 42 to 50
  • the radially extending elements used were tapered blades (Figure 7B), wherein the pitch was set at 80mm, which were used in association with similar-bladed stators mounted on the internal wall of the apparatus housing.
  • the radially extending elements used were L-shaped blades having saw-toothed edge having 20mm pitch between the teeth ( Figure 12).
  • the tip speed is the tangential speed of the tip of the radially extending element.
  • the tip speed will be about 4.6ms "1 .

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de battage du tabac, comprenant un logement (1) pourvu d'une entrée supérieure (2) permettant de charger les feuilles de tabac ou des morceaux de celles-ci dans le logement, et une sortie inférieure (3) permettant de décharger le tabac battu du logement. Un moyen d'effeuillage rotatif (4) placé à l'intérieur du logement comprend une multitude d'éléments (5) s'étendant de manière radiale, chacun de ces éléments étant pourvu d'une pointe de perforation (6) de feuille (6) conçue pour perforer le parenchyme de la feuille de tabac; et un moyen permettant la rotation du moyen d'effeuillage rotatif, et un rotor rotatif (7) placé adjacent au moyen d'effeuillage rotatif. Le rotor est pourvu d'une multitude de lames (8) s'engrenant dans les éléments s'étendant de manière radiale sur le moyen d'effeuillage. Le dispositif comprend également un moyen permettant la rotation du rotor rotatif, lequel, en marche, tourne à une vitesse moins élevée que le moyen d'effeuillage. Le logement et le moyen d'effeuillage sont disposés de telle sorte que, à l'état de marche, la pointe de perforation (6) d'un élément (5) ménagé sur le moyen d'effeuillage (4), d'une part, perfore le parenchyme d'une feuille de tabac, ou d'un morceau de celle-ci, au fur et à mesure que les feuilles pénètre dans le logement par l'entrée supérieure et, d'autre part, entaille le parenchyme pendant le déplacement de la feuille, ou d'un morceau de celle-ci, vers le bas à travers le logement de manière à séparer au moins partiellement le parenchyme de la côte de la feuille. Par rapport aux machines classiques, le dispositif décrit dans cette invention permet d'obtenir des pièces plus grandes de parenchyme, particulièrement utiles pour le roulage à la main du tabac.
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