Method and device for dividing tobacco leaves or the like into pieces
AssigneeB.V. Arenco P.M.B.
InventorWilhelmus P. L. Boogers
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Abstract
A method and a device for dividing tobacco leaves or the like into pieces, said pieces are suitable for effective and automatic processing, said method is distinguished in that the leaf is applied in a flat state on a supporting element and subsequently a co-operative counter-element is caused to vibrate, after which said elements are pressed together as a result of which a cutting edge provided on one of said elements is pressed across the tobacco material.
Claims10
A method of dividing tobacco leaves or the like into pieces, which comprises the steps of:
- (a) engaging one side of a leaf with a cutting edge while engaging the opposite side of the leaf with an elastically yielding member, to exert pressure on the leaf;
- (b) maintaining the leaf, during step (a), in spread condition;
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- (c) relatively vibrating the cutting edge and elastically yielding member during step (a), to force the cutting edge through the leaf without affecting said elastically yielding member.
A device for dividing tobacco leafs and the like into pieces, comprising in combination:
- cutter means for engaging one side of a leaf and elastically yielding means for engaging the other side of the leaf whereby the leaf is pressed against the cutter means;
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- means for effecting relative vibration between the cutter means and the elastically yielding means whereby the cutter means penetrates through the leaf without damaging the elastically yielding means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.