Patent ID: 6698434
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A24C

Abstract:
A method of forming a tobacco bead by means of a forming conveyor (3) for conveying the tobacco bead (2); a pressing device (11) for compacting portions (14) of the tobacco bead (2) equally spaced with a given spacing (15); and a shaving device (21) coordinated with the forming conveyor (3) and for removing a surplus tobacco portion (22) off the tobacco bead (2); the method providing for regulating a first distance (D2), between said shaving device (21) and the forming conveyor (3) as a function of the characteristics of the tobacco bead (2); and the method being characterized by regulating a second distance (D1) between the pressing device (11) and the forming conveyor (3), and regulating the second distance (D1) independently of the first distance (D2).