Tobacco stripper and grading machine
OwnerNorris Priceinventor
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Abstract
A device for grading and stripping tobacco leaves or the like from its associated stalk which includes a supporting instrumentality for holding the stalk and a plurality of partitions defining both the stalk support and the areas of demarcation between one section of the tobacco stalk and another which corresponds to different grades of tobacco, the partitions being adjustable on a supporting channel member. A stripping instrumentality is disposed on a housing within which resides an instrumentality for advancing the stalk, the stripping instrumentality and therefore the partitions in the direction of the stripper motion so that leaves retained adjacent the stripper instrumentality are already segregated according to grade.
Claims14
A device for grading into two or more grades and then stripping tobacco leaves or the like from the associated stalk, the device comprising:
- support means supporting the stalk and including grading means movably mounted on said support means, said grading means including partitions which segregate respective groups of leaves on the stalk into corresponding grades,
- stripping means positioned adjacent to one end of said support means adapted to allow the stalk to pass therethrough but retain the leaves still segregated into grades by said partitions, and
- means for advancing the stalk through said stripping means, said grading means including said partitions with the respective groups of leaves being advanced toward said stripping means as the stalk advances and said grading means maintaining the groups of leaves segregated during stripping.
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