Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
131286000 | With cleaning away unwanted product component, e.g., gum or adhesive | 7 |
20080283070 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, FORMING PORTIONS OF FIBROUS MATERIAL AND REMOVING THE SAME - A method and apparatus of forming portions of tobacco, and of removing the same by an conveyor having at least one path of holders for a respective portion, in which the holders are filled with individual portions of the contents at least two filling lines of one or more filling stations, and, prior to the individual filling operations, individual portions of the contents are weighed and weighed portions that satisfy the predetermined conditions—acceptable portions—are filled cyclically into the holders and weighed portions that do not satisfy the predetermined conditions are detected and ejected as defective portions, characterized by components and steps of (a) following detection of a defective portion, that holder which the filling line originally predetermined for filling this holder would have filled with the contents portion, on which the defective portion is based, had the contents portion satisfied the predetermined conditions—defective-portion holder—is sensed, and a filling line other than that originally predetermined for filling the defective-portion holder—compensating filling line—fills the defective-portion holder, preferably outside the original filling cycle thereof, with an acceptable portion that satisfies the predetermined conditions. | 11-20-2008 |
131287000 | By pneumatic means | 1 |
20110220132 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING TOBACCO FROM CIGARETTE WASTE - Method of separating tobacco from cigarette waste using an apparatus comprising a circular revolving screen, in which the cigarette waste is fed onto the said screen in order to be screened by gravity, the method including relocation the cigarette waste over the surface of the screen, the said relocation being aided by scraping means cooperating with said screen and the angular position of the screen in the apparatus relative to the horizontal plane being adjustable. | 09-15-2011 |
131288000 | By liquid means | 1 |
20100101592 | FLUSHING DEVICE IN MACHINES FOR MANUFACTURING SINGLE POUCHES OF COHESIONLESS MATERIAL AND IN SYSTEMS FOR PORTIONING AND PACKAGING TOBACCO MOLASSES - Machines manufacturing pouches of a smokeless tobacco product or other cohesionless material, and systems for portioning and packaging tobamel type smoking mixtures, can be fitted with a flushing device that uses a number of spray nozzles ( | 04-29-2010 |
131289000 | By scraping, wiping, etc. | 4 |
20120055495 | CIGARETTES FILLING MACHINE - The present invention relates to electrical cigarettes filling machine with supporting additional accessories such as:
| 03-08-2012 |
20120240950 | CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE TOBACCO CLEANOUT MECHANISM AND TUBE HOLDING DRUM - A cigarette making machine tobacco cleanout mechanism comprising a slide support, a slideable compacting plate disposed on the slide support, a slideable cleanout plate located adjacent the slideable compacting plate, and an engaging mechanism for removeably engaging the slideable compacting plate to the slideable cleanout plate, wherein the slideable cleanout plate is slid by the slideable compacting plate when the slideable compacting plate is slid while removeably engaged to the slideable cleanout plate. Also disclosed is a drum for holding at least one cigarette filling tube and a cleanout container for a cigarette making machine. | 09-27-2012 |
20130276800 | Self-Cleaning Cigarette Tobacco Compacting Mechanism - A self-cleaning cigarette tobacco compacting mechanism with a compacting member mounted for reciprocal up and down motion between top and bottom plates and a self-cleaning slot extending across one of the plates to engage at least one of the plates during its up and down motion between the plates. | 10-24-2013 |
20130291881 | Self-Cleaning Cigarette Tobacco Compacting Mechanism - A self-cleaning cigarette tobacco compacting mechanism with a compacting member mounted for reciprocal up and down motion between top and bottom plates and either a single self-cleaning slot or multiple slot portions extending across one of the plates to engage the compacting member during its up and down motion between the plates. | 11-07-2013 |