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US 2016/0106145 A1Published application
Tobacco hopper
OwnerCordell E. Ebelinginventor
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Abstract
A tobacco hopper that may be used with commercially available tobacco rolling machines. More specifically, this disclosure relates to tobacco hoppers that can be made from precut assembly kits, paper kits, cardboard kits, or other elements or material. The tobacco hopper may be position on or to the side of commercially available tobacco rolling machine. In some embodiments the tobacco hopper may be easily disposed after multiple uses.
Claims20
A tobacco hopper kit for use on a tobacco rolling machine, comprising:
- a base;
- side flanges integrated along side edges of the base;
- a front flange integrated along a front edge of the base, the front flange configured to be folded and interlocked with a portion of the side flanges;
- a rear flange integrated along a rear edge of the base, the rear flange configured to be folded and interlocked with a portion of the side flanges;
- and
- wherein the side flanges, the front flange, and the rear flange are configured to be folded into a hopper configuration.
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A foldable tobacco hopper, comprising:
- a base;
- side flanges integrated along side edges of the base;
- a rear flange integrated along a rear edge of the base, the rear flange configured to be folded and interlocked with a portion of the side flanges;
- a front flange integrated along a front edge of the base, the front flange comprising at least two flaps, the flaps being foldable along a line that separates the at least two flaps;
- and
- wherein the side flanges, the rear flange, and the front flange are configured to be folded into a hopper configuration and the at least two flaps of the front flanges are configured to rest on a side wall of a tobacco rolling machine.
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A tobacco hopper comprising:
- sidewalls;
- a back wall;
- a front wall;
- wherein the sidewalls, the back wall, and the front wall connect to form a ridge barrier surrounding an opening, wherein the opening is sized and shaped to surround a tobacco input port of a tobacco chamber of a tobacco rolling machine when the tobacco hopper is arranged on a top surface of the tobacco rolling machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.