FIELD: tobacco industry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method for opening cigarettes that generate cigarette wastes in a device containing a rotary drum (1), its inner wall equipped with at least one grip (2, 2', 2"), passing generally along the drum, and at least one beater (4, 4', 4") of rotary design positioned inside the drum (1) and colliding with cigarettes; cigarettes supplied into the rotary drum (1), raised by means of the said at least one grip (2, 2', 2") and under action of gravity are hit by means of the said at least one rotary beater (4, 4', 4") in a direction essentially perpendicular to such cigarettes axes with a force ensuring cigarettes opening.
EFFECT: design improvement.
19 cl, 9 dwg
