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US 2016/0095348 A1Published application
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 channels feed the excess material into the catch basin. A lid prevents loss of work material.
Claims17
A cigarette filling machine comprising:
- a rotatable platform with a rotational axis at its center of mass;
- a rotation means functioning to rotate the rotatable platform;
- a peripheral raised perimeter housing offset a distance from the rotational axis so as to form a dispersing area between the rotational axis and an inward facing circular wall of the raised perimeter housing;
- said inward facing circular wall comprising a plurality of adjacent square entry ports sized to receive a rolled up cigarette paper;
- each square entry port having a tapered receiving channel to hold the rolled up cigarette paper during a load cycle;
- each tapered receiving channel having an exit port at an outer boundary wall of the raised perimeter housing;
- wherein the rolled up cigarette paper extends outboard from the exit port during the load cycle;
- an outer retaining wall located along a perimeter of the rotatable platform forming a catch basin between itself and the outer boundary wall;
- a removable lid sized to cover the rotatable platform and rest upon a flat surface of the raised perimeter housing, thereby preventing any excess work material from escaping over the raised perimeter housing;
- a brake means functions to stop a rotation of the rotatable platform;
- wherein inserting a rolled up cigarette paper in each square entry port and placing a work material in the dispensing area and rotating the rotatable platform packages the work material into the rolled up cigarette papers;
- and
- wherein any excess work material is captured in the catch basin.
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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 square entry ports sized to receive a cigarette wrapper;
- each entry port tapering outbound to form a wrapper channel with an exit hole which communicates into the catch basin;
- wherein rotation 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 wrappers and forces the work material out the exit holes in any empty wrapper channel.
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A method to fill a work material into a plurality of cigarette wrappers, the method comprising the steps of:
- forming a circular rotatable loading platform;
- forming a donut shaped wrapper mounting housing adjacent a perimeter of the loading platform;
- forming side by side square entry ports along an inside wall of the donut shaped wrapper mounting housing;
- forming a tapered wrapper channel outbound from each entry port with an exit hole at a periphery of the donut shaped wrapper mounting housing;
- forming a catch basin outbound from the periphery of the donut shaped wrapper mounting housing;
- selecting a wrapper with a closed end;
- mounting the wrapper in a tapered wrapper channel with the closed end protruding from the exit hole;
- placing a work material inbound from the donut shaped wrapper mounting housing;
- placing a lid on the circular rotatable loading platform;
- rotating the circular rotatable loading platform until the work material fills the wrapper;
- stopping the circular rotatable loading platform;
- removing the lid;
- pushing the closed end so as to project a tip of the wrapper beyond the square entry port;
- removing the wrapper;
- and
- collecting excess work material from the catch basin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.