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US 4,282,888 AGranted
Apparatus for stripping leaves from a stalk cured tobacco plant
AssigneeR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorJesse R. Pinkham
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Abstract
An apparatus for stripping the leaves from a cured tobacco plant including a conveyor which receives the tobacco plants with the leaves disposed on opposite sides of the conveyor. A clamping mechanism located adjacent the conveyor means which engages and holds the leaves as the stalk is continuously moved past the clamping means to pull the leaves from the stalk.
Claims10
An apparatus for stripping the leaves from a stalk of a tobacco plant comprising:
- (a) conveyor means for receiving a tobacco plant with its leaves disposed on at least one side of the conveyor means;
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- (b) clamping means located adjacent the conveyor means which engage hold and maintain the leaves in their relative stalk position as the stalk is moved continuously past the clamping means to pull the leaves from the stalk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.