Patent ID: 6508253
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: A24C

Abstract:
A compression molding apparatus for a tobacco stream, the tobacco stream being formed by being drawn by suction onto a flat, endless tobacco band inside a cigarette manufacturing machine and conveyed toward a wrapping section of the cigarette manufacturing machine as the tobacco band travels, the tobacco band being guided by and passed round a band roller on a wrapping section side, said compression molding apparatus comprising:a compression belt formed by part of an extension of the tobacco band extended from the band roller toward the wrapping section, said compression belt defining a compression molding passage for the tobacco stream on one side thereof; and a guide support for supporting an opposite side of said compression belt over an entire area of the compression molding passage, said guide support including a guide groove for guiding travel of said compression belt, the guide groove causing said compression belt to be curved in a manner such that a cross-sectional form of said compression belt gradually changes from a flat shape at an inlet of the compression molding passage to an arcuate shape at an outlet of same.