Patent ID: 9380808
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: A24C

Claim Text:
1. A cigarette tobacco filler device for filling a predetermined amount of tobacco into an empty cigarette tube, comprising: a casing having a tobacco receiving cavity provided at a top side of said casing for receiving the tobacco, and an outlet which is communicated with said tobacco receiving cavity and is adapted for holding the cigarette tube in position; an injection unit which comprises a plunger movably supported in said casing at a position that a front pushing end of said plunger is moved forward from said tobacco receiving cavity to said outlet for delivering the tobacco into the cigarette tube; and a plunger actuation unit which comprises a power shaft rotatably supported in said casing to couple with said plunger and an operation handle which is pivotally extended above said top side of said casing and is arranged in such a manner that when said operation handle is pivotally moved down to said top side of said casing, said power shaft is driven to rotate so as to actuate said plunger for inserting the tobacco in said tobacco receiving cavity to the cigarette tube at said outlet, wherein said plunger actuation unit further comprises a gear unit driven by said power shaft and an actuation arm having a pivot end operatively coupled with said gear unit and a driving end operatively coupled with said plunger in such a manner that when said power shaft is driven to rotate, said actuation arm is pivotally moved to longitudinally move said plunger forward for pushing said tobacco to said outlet.