Tobacco opening and conditioning apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4554933
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06420221

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Apparatus for opening and pre-conditioning a case or hogshead of tobacco in which the tobacco is a laminated body, comprises a chamber for receiving the laminated tobacco body and device for emitting an air/moisture jet stream in said chamber capable of being reciprocated in a plane parallel to and in close proximity to the tobacco laminae or of being rotated in the plane about an axis normal to the plane to lift one lamina or more progressively from the tobacco body. Additional structure may be provided whereby water may be added to the jet stream and the separated tobacco fed directly to a silo to await cutting without further treatment.

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AMF INCORPORATED A CORP OF NEW JERSEYNJ

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Neville, Richard E Salisbury, GB2 1 3

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