DEVICE FOR FEEDING TOBACCO FOR FORMING CIGARETTE STUB Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: tobacco industry. SUBSTANCE: air from tank is sucked through perforated conveyer tape and perforated strap; tobacco is prepared in the tank. Tobacco together with air enters tank. After that tobacco sticks to perforated tape. The tape is driven into motion by driving pulley and slides along the perforated strap, which is mounted onto the guides. So, tobacco is fed for forming stub. The driving pulley is covered with rubber to avoid sliding of perforated conveyer tape along driving pulley. Tension of the perforated conveyer tape is provided by a contrivance, which interacts with driven pulley. EFFECT: improved exploitation characteristics. 2 dwg