| US 7,584,758 B2 | ||
| Device for processing tobacco during the production of cigarettes | ||
| Heinz Focke, Verden (Germany); Doris Focke, legal representative, and Jürgen Focke, legal representative; Ralf Barkmann, Hamburg (Germany); Alfred Drenguis, Börnsen (Germany); Frauke Illigner, Grönwohld (Germany); Reinhard Hoppe, Tespe (Germany); Tobias Jacobi, Winsen/Luhe (Germany); Christina Ott, Hamburg (Germany); Remo Schulz, Stelle (Germany); and Michael Wegmann, Hamburg (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG), Verden (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/533,221 PCT Filed Oct. 25, 2003, PCT No. PCT/EP03/11870 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 29, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/039182, PCT Pub. Date May 13, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 102 51 210 (DE), filed on Oct. 31, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0096606 A1, May 11, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A24B 1/02 (2006.01); A24B 3/06 (2006.01); A24C 1/02 (2006.01); A24C 5/39 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 131—109.2 [131/110; 131/109.3; 131/108; 131/84.2; 131/84.3] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A device for the dressing of cut tobacco in a particular distributor for the production of cigarettes, the tobacco being
introduced into the distributor and being treated within the distributor by loosening up, by elimination of tobacco lumps
and by sifting, and preparing the tobacco for forming a tobacco strand, with the aid of a metering system (12), characterized by the following features:
a) a cone-type sifter (15) for sifting the tobacco, wherein the sifter on one hand and the distributor for loosening up the tobacco and for elimination
of the lumps on the other hand are separate equipments, the distributor being arranged in a distributor housing (17), and the sifter being arranged in a separate sifter housing (16) outside the distributor housing (17),
b) the tobacco is first conveyed through the sifter (15) and after sifting the tobacco is conveyed by a connecting line (20) into the distributor or into the distributor housing (17) respectively,
c) the tobacco is conveyed into the sifter (15) by a supply line (19) at an upper side of the sifter housing (16), while air is introduced into the sifter (15) by an airline (26) at a lower area of the sifter (15),
d) the connecting line (20) for conveying the sifted tobacco into the sifter housing is arranged at the upper side of the sifter housing (16) on one hand and the distributor housing (17) on the other hand,
e) the sifter (15) has an upright guide body (21) within the sifter housing (16), the sifter housing (16) being cylindrical,
f) the guide body is of circular cross-section and consists of two double cones arranged one above the other,
g) the guide body is arranged centrally within the sifter housing (16) and is surrounded by a guide wall (22) of circular cross section, and
h) the guide wall (22) runs at a distance from an outer service area of the guide body (21) forming a wavy or zigzag-shaped sifting duct (23) between the guide body (21) and the guide wall (22).
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