String filter
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsCarl Patrick Kite, Linwood Carneal, Joshua Brock Craft, Richard Kevin Barnhouse
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Abstract
Example embodiments include a system for removing string from shredded tobacco, including an arrangement configured to dispense shredded tobacco from a first location to a second location along a path of communication, a string filter operative at a location along the path of communication comprising a first roller comprising pins, whereby string may be contacted by at least some of the pins and retained at the string filter as the shredded tobacco passes through the filter.
Claims41
A system for removing string from shredded tobacco, comprising:
- an arrangement configured to dispense shredded tobacco from a first location to a second location along a path of communication;
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- a string filter operative at a location along the path of communication comprising a first roller comprising pins;
- whereby string may be contacted by at least some of the pins and retained at the string filter as the shredded tobacco passes through the filter.
A method of removing string from shredded tobacco, comprising:
- dispensing shredded tobacco from a first location to a second location;
- while dispensing, filtering the shredded tobacco of string with a string filter by contacting at least some of the shredded tobacco with pins of a roller while rotating the roller;
- whereby string may be contacted by at least some of the pins and retained at the string filter as the shredded tobacco passes through the filter.
A system for removing foreign matter from shredded material, comprising:
- an arrangement configured to dispense shredded material from a first location to a second location along a path of communication;
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- a filter operative at a location along the path of communication comprising:
- a roller comprising pins;
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- a driver operable to drive rotation of the roller while the shredded material is being dispensed;
- whereby foreign matter may be contacted by at least some of the pins and retained at the filter as the shredded material passes through the filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.