Semi-automatic and fully-automatic cigarette-making machines for making cigarettes of varying lengths
AssigneeRepublic Tobacco L.P.
InventorsMei Lin, Jeongqiang Lin
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Abstract
A cigarette tobacco compacting mechanism for making cigarettes in two or more different lengths having a compacting chamber for receiving loose tobacco, a compacting member mounted for reciprocal motion in the compacting chamber to compact the loose tobacco, and one or more retractable sizing members each having a tab mounted for movement across the compacting chamber for shortening the effective width of the compacting chamber to enable the compacting chamber to accommodate hollow cigarette tubes of varying lengths.
Claims14
A cigarette tobacco compacting mechanism for making cigarettes in multiple lengths comprising:
- a housing;
- a compacting chamber located in the housing and accessible from the front of the housing for receiving loose tobacco;
- a compacting member mounted for reciprocal motion in the compacting chamber to compact the loose tobacco;
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- a retractable sizing member with an external control arm accessible from the back of the housing for operating the sizing member, the sizing member having a tab mounted for movement across the compacting chamber, the tab shortening the effective width of the compacting chamber.
A cigarette-making machine comprising:
- a housing including a compacting chamber located in the housing and accessible from the front of the housing for receiving loose tobacco and a compacting member mounted for reciprocal motion in the compacting chamber;
- a retractable sizing member with an external control arm accessible from the back of the housing for operating the sizing member, the sizing member having a tab mounted for movement across the compacting chamber, the tab shortening the effective width of the compacting chamber;
- an injection spoon for transporting compacted tobacco from the compacting chamber to a cigarette tube;
- a compacting drive mechanism for operating the reciprocating compacting member;
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- an injection drive mechanism for operating the injection spoon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.