Patent ID: 8567411

Claim:
A system for self-assembly of cigarettes, said system comprising: a stuffing device; and a tobacco pack, said tobacco pack presenting a first end side and a second end side, said first end side including a removable first covering adapted for removal, said second end side including a removable second covering adapted for removal, said tobacco pack being filled with tobacco, said stuffing device including a pressing chamber presenting a longitudinal direction, said pressing chamber being adapted to receive tobacco therein via a longitudinally oriented introduction opening, said stuffing device including a pressing bar adapted for movement transverse to the longitudinal direction of the pressing chamber to form the tobacco into a tobacco strand, said stuffing device including a pushing-action mechanism adapted for movement in the longitudinal direction of the pressing chamber for transferring the tobacco strand out of the pressing chamber and into a cigarette-paper tube arranged downstream of the pressing chamber, said stuffing device further including a holder into which the tobacco pack is adapted to be inserted with the second end side of the tobacco pack in front such that, in the inserted state, the second end side of the tobacco pack is arranged above the introduction opening of the pressing chamber.