Tobacco blend formation
CA 1298161 C · Owner: Snaidr, Stanislav M. · Inventors: Nehyo, Takeshi; Snaidr, Stanislav M.; Brackmann, Warren A.
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A cigarette filler rod-forming method and apparatus therefor are described for production of a filler rod containing two different blends of tobacco so as to, provide to a cigarette formed from the filler rod more uniform smoking characteristics. Discrete bunches of tobacco of a first blend are formed by employing a vacuum wheel having a belt which forms chords of a circle, so that, after trimming, the bunches have a flat surface adjacent the belt and a curved outer surface. Spaces between the bunches are filled with tobacco of another blend at least to the maximum height of the bunches of the first blend of tobacco, by a variety of procedures.
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- Granted March 31, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 31, 2009.
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