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Cigarette blank dispensing apparatus

a technology for dispensing apparatuses and cigarettes, which is applied in the direction of tobacco, instruments, de-stacking articles, etc., can solve the problems of easy damage, difficult dispensing, and inability to accurately dispense cigarette blanks,

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-11-29
LAPLANTE JACQUES
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Secondly, loading the proper amount of tobacco each time is extremely variable.
The other obvious drawback is the tedious nature of the process; each cigarette blank must be mounted on a nozzle manually.
Moreover, the empty cigarette blanks are extremely fragile and easily damaged during the process.
While other electronic machines for use in retail settings have been developed, there remain drawbacks with those machines.
First, separating the cigarette blanks for individual loading onto a filling tube remains imprecise.
Secondly, loading the fragile cigarette blanks unto filling tubes often results in damaged and unusable cigarette blanks.

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[0032]A cigarette making apparatus 10 is illustrated in FIG. 1. The apparatus 10 includes a tobacco input hopper 100 (rotated upward for clarity), a tobacco conveying and compressing device 200, a cigarette blank separation device 300, a filling tube holder 400, a material and product transfer mechanism 500, and a discharge container (not shown).

[0033]The input hopper 100, illustrated in FIG. 2, has a main body 101 with a tobacco inlet 102. The input hopper has a top end 104, a bottom end 105, a first side 106, a second opposing side 107, a discharge end 108, and an input end 109. A conveyor 103 may be mounted in the bottom end 105 of main body 101 to convey the tobacco from the input end 109 toward a strand separator 110 mounted generally on the discharge end 108. The conveyor may include a tension adjustment mechanism 116 for adjusting the conveyor belt tension. The strand separator 110, having a shaft 111 and a plurality of pins or combs 112 extending outwardly therefrom, is moun...

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Abstract

An apparatus for dispensing cigarette blanks in a cigarette manufacturing machine. The apparatus comprises a base having an upper end, a lower end opposite the upper end, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a shaker communicating with the base. The base also comprises a retainer for retaining at least one cigarette blank. Also disclosed is a method for separating and dispensing cigarette blanks.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 503,522, filed on Jul. 15, 2009 (pending), the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]This invention related generally to an apparatus for dispensing cigarette blanks in a cigarette manufacturing machine. More particularly, the invention relates to an apparatus for separating cigarette blanks from a plurality of cigarette blanks and dispensing the separated cigarette blanks to a loading area. The invention also relates to methods of using a cigarette blank dispensing apparatus.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Prior to the invention of the electronic rolling machine, rolling your own cigarettes was restricted to manual table top machines, hand held machines, and attempts that have been made to perfect personal single stick electric machines. These machines employ a chamber for loading tobacco, a manual lever that compresses the to...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D83/02
CPCA24C5/06
Inventor LAPLANTE, JACQUES
Owner LAPLANTE JACQUES