Patent ID: 8863751
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: A24C

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for filling cigarette tubes with tobacco, said apparatus comprising: a base; a magazine chamber adapted to receive a supply of tobacco, said magazine chamber including a base wall, two side walls opposite each other, a first end, and a second end opposite said first end; a lid adapted to close a top of the magazine chamber; a pusher adapted to move the tobacco in a moving direction inside the magazine chamber towards said first end; a filling chamber disposed generally adjacent the first end of the magazine chamber, said filling chamber defining a longitudinal direction transverse to the moving direction of the pusher and being adapted to receive the tobacco to be filled into a cigarette tube; a stamp movable in a direction transverse to the moving direction of the pusher and transverse to the longitudinal direction of the filling chamber and adapted to shape the tobacco of the filling chamber; a slider disposed in the filling chamber, said slider being movable in the longitudinal direction of the filling chamber towards an opening in an end side thereof, and being adapted to transfer the tobacco of the filling chamber from the filling chamber via said opening into the cigarette tube supported in front of said opening; a press-down lever operatively connected to the stamp and being adapted to move the stamp; and a coupling mechanism operatively connected to the press-down lever and being adapted to move the slider after the tobacco has been transferred to the filling chamber and shaped by the stamp, said lid being slidably guided with respect to the magazine chamber and adapted to decrease the volume of the magazine chamber by pressing the lid at least generally in a downward direction that is different from the moving direction.