Patent ID: 7584758
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: A24C

Abstract:
1. A device for the dressing of cut tobacco in a particular distributor for the production of cigarettes, the tobacco being introduced into the distributor and being treated within the distributor by loosening up, by elimination of tobacco lumps and by sifting, and preparing the tobacco for forming a tobacco strand, with the aid of a metering system ( 12 ), characterized by the following features: a) a cone-type sifter ( b) the tobacco is first conveyed through the sifter ( c) the tobacco is conveyed into the sifter ( d) the connecting line ( e) the sifter ( f) the guide body is of circular cross-section and consists of two double cones arranged one above the other, g) the guide body is arranged centrally within the sifter housing ( h) the guide wall (