Patent ID: 8011372

Claim:
Device for filling cigarette tubes with tobacco, wherein the device comprises at least one separating means adapted to detach a tobacco portion from a tobacco block; at least one portioning means adapted to portion the tobacco block; at least one transport means adapted to transport the tobacco block towards the separating means; wherein the portioning means and the transport means are coupled such that the transport means transports the tobacco block in a number of transport steps, and wherein the at least one portioning means is coupled to the at least one transport means by a gear mechanism, wherein the gear mechanism comprises at least one toothed rack along the slide rod of the transport means and at least one contact element adapted to engage a tooth of the rack to urge the slide rod forward by one pitch of the toothed rack; and at least one filling means adapted to fill a cigarette tube with the detached tobacco portion, characterized in that the device comprises at least one blocking means adapted to block the transport means after each transport step until the at least one filling means has been operated.