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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5505213
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08332874

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A tobacco threshing apparatus, and related method, including a plurality of tobacco threshers, each thresher including a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a rotor adapted to be rotated at a constant speed; conveyor for conveying a stream of tobacco leaves; a plurality of doffers positioned to sequentially remove secondary streams from the primary stream, and direct the secondary streams to the threshers; a plurality of measuring devices adapted to measure the ratio of tobacco fed to each thresher; a doffer controller adapted to compare the desired ratio to the actual ratio of tobacco within each secondary stream; and plurality of doffer positioners operable to move the doffers relative to the primary tobacco stream in response to signals from the doffer controller.

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DIMON INTERNATIONAL INC1200 WEST MARLBORO ROAD FARMVILLE NC 27828

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Rooks, Paul S 781 Goldrock Rd., Rocky Mount, NC 27804 1 0
Webb, Marshall W 301 Eason St./P.O. Box 324, MacClesfield, NC 27852 2 5

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