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US 2002/0162561 A1Published application
Apparatus for making a stream of tobacco shreds
AssigneeHauni Maschinenbau AG
InventorUwe Heitmann
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Abstract
A device for creating a spread-out stream of tobacco fibers includes a concave-curved guide track along which the fiber stream of tobacco fibers are conveyed. The guide track has a generatrix based on a uniform generating curve. At least one air jet has an air flow opening interrupting the guide track so that air exiting the air flow jet acts in a conveyance direction of the fiber stream for spreading out the tobacco fibers.
Claims7
A device for creating a spread-out stream of tobacco fibers, comprising:
- a concave-curved guide track along which the fiber stream of tobacco fibers are conveyed, the guide track having a generatrix based on a uniform generating curve;
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- at least one air jet having an air flow opening interrupting the guide track so that air exiting the air flow jet acts in a conveyance direction of the fiber stream for spreading out the tobacco fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.