Tobacco leaf separator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5538017
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08314426

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A mixture of tobacco leaf lamina and stem is separated in an apparatus having a first separation chamber in which the mixture is projected through an air stream by a first impeller and an intermediate mixture segment is projected back through the air stream from the bottom of a return impeller on the opposite side of the chamber. A stem segment is discharged directly from the lower part of the first separation chamber into a second separation chamber in which the mixture is projected across the chamber through a second air stream, and a second mixture segment is projected from beneath a return impeller back through the second air stream.

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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
Monk, Jr Robert T Farmville, NC 1 5
Webb, Marshall W MacClesfield, NC 2 5

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