Patent ID: 6321756
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: A24C

Abstract:
A device for assembling a continuous strand of tobacco, comprising:an assembly track including a shaping arrangement having a strand inlet area for forming a strand of tobacco into a wrapped cigarette strand;a suction chamber;a contact wheel rotatably arranged along the assembly track in the strand inlet area and having an interior bearing space;a suction strand conveyor belt operationally connected with the suction chamber along the assembly track and conducted around the contact wheel which revolves along with the suction strand conveyor belt such that the contact wheel has a circumferential section free of the suction strand conveyor belt; andan air channel delimiting the contact wheel in the area of the belt free circumferential section of the contact wheel, the air channel including a flow connection with the interior bearing space of the contact wheel and another flow connection with the suction chamber.