Sheet cutting apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5445054
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08125054

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A sheet cutting apparatus and a method of cutting tobacco sheet into cut filler are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a fixed ledger blade and a rotatable cutter blade coacting with the ledger blade to simultaneously cut the tobacco sheet transversely and longitudinally into cut pieces useful as cut filler in a cigarette making process. The cut pieces may have a rectangular, zigzag or scalloped shape according to different embodiments of the invention.

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R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY401 NORTH MAIN STREET WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101

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Pryor, James W Winston-Salem, NC 13 457

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