Tobacco leaf sorting system for picking and sorting leaves of tobacco plants

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PATENT NO 4773434
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06836401

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A sorting system according to the present invention comprises a leaf picking apparatus for picking off tobacco leaves from tobacco plants and dropping the leaves while the plants are being passed through the leaf picking apparatus, a collecting vessel disposed under the picking apparatus and adapted to receive and collect and picked and dropped tobacco leaves, a plurality of partition walls disposed in the vessel and dividing the inside thereof into a plurality of compartments successively arranged in a guide direction across the passing direction of the plants, a pair of inclined guide rails for guiding the collecting vessel in moving in the guide direction, and a rack and pinion for moving the collecting vessel in association with the transport of the tobacco plants.

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JAPAN TOBACCO INC A CORP OF JAPAN2-1 TORANOMON 2-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 105

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Manzawa, Katsuyuki Tochigi, JP 3 27
Miyake, Yasuhiko Oyama, JP 11 79

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