Method of and apparatus for improving smoking properties of tobacco products
OwnerPeter Wimmerinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for producing radial perforations in cigars or the like comprising a pair of rotating rolls, one having axial recesses in the surface to receive the cigars and the other having opposed pressure application strips, and fine, sharp needles projecting into the recesses, whereby the cigars are perforated as the rollers rotate. A method for perforating cigars in which the surface layers of tobacco are perforated in a predetermined pattern so that there is no delamination of the leaves.
Claims12
A method of making perforations in tobacco products, such as cigars or cigarillos, comprising the steps of:
- a. positioning said tobacco product in a channel secured on an external surface of a first cylindrical shell;
- b. moving said channel by rotating said cylindrical shell about a longitudinal axis thereof;
- c. contacting said tobacco product with a means for perforating said tobacco product, said perforating means being disposed on an external surface of a second cylindrical shell, said contacting performed by rotating said second shell about a longitudinal axis thereof in parallel and opposed relation to the rotation of said first cylindrical shell, whereby said perforating devices disposed on said second shell are brought into a position opposite said channel and perforations are made in the tobacco product positioned in said channel;
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- d. removing said tobacco product from said channel.
An apparatus for perforating tobacco products, such as cigars or cigarillos, comprising in combination:
- a. a first cylindrical shell;
- b. channel means for accomodating and for moving the tobacco product, said channel means having a bottom and being secured to the external surface of the first cylindrical shell;
- c. means for introducing the tobacco product onto the channel means;
- d. a second cylindrical shell having a longitudinal axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first cylindrical shell;
- e. means for applying pressure to the tobacco product, said pressure means secured to the external surface of the second cylindrical shell;
- f. a means for perforating the tobacco product, said perforating means disposed on the pressure application means;
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- g. means for rotating the first and the second cylinders about their longitudinal axes in opposed relation, whereby said second perforating means disposed on said pressure application means is brought into a position opposite said first perforating means disposed on said channel means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.