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US 10,420,367 B1Granted
Centripetally assisted pre-formed cigarette wrapper filler
OwnerDavid A Greeneinventor
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Abstract
A rotating platform has a peripheral wall to form a catch basin. A donut shaped wrapper housing can hold perhaps 50-100 cigarette wrappers facing inbound with a closed end projecting out an outer wall exit hole into the catch basin. Tobacco or any work material is dropped onto the center of the rotating platform which may be motor driven. Centripetal forces urge the work material into the wrappers. Empty wrapper channel feed the excess material into the catch basin. A lid prevents loss of work material.
Claims18
A cigarette wrapper filling machine comprising:
- a circular rotatable platform having a center axis of rotation and a peripheral edge;
- said peripheral edge having a retaining wall to form a catch basin between itself and a donut shaped wrapper housing having a height the same as the retaining wall;
- said donut shaped wrapper housing having an inner circular wall with a plurality of adjacent entry ports sized to receive a cigarette wrapper;
- each entry port tapering wider outbound to form a wrapper channel with an exit hole which communicates into the catch basin;
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- wherein rotation of the circular rotatable platform and placing a wrapper into each of a plurality of wrapper channels and placing a work material inbound from the inner circular wall forces the work material into the cigarette wrappers and forces the work material out the exit holes in any empty wrapper channel.
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A cigarette wrapper filling machine comprising:
- a rotatable platform having a center axis of rotation and a peripheral edge;
- said peripheral edge having a retaining wall to form a catch basin between itself and a donut shaped wrapper housing;
- said donut shaped wrapper housing having an inner circular wall with a plurality of adjacent entry ports sized to receive a cigarette wrapper;
- each entry port tapering wider outbound to form a wrapper channel with an exit hole which communicates into the catch basin;
- and
- wherein rotation of the rotatable platform and placing a wrapper into each of a plurality of wrapper channels and placing a work material inbound from the inner circular wall forces the work material into the cigarette wrappers and forces the work material out the exit holes in any empty wrapper channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.