Semi-automatic and fully-automatic cigarette-making machines for making cigarettes of varying lengths

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PATENT NO 9949503
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14602064

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A cigarette tobacco compacting mechanism for making cigarettes in two or more different lengths having a compacting chamber for receiving loose tobacco, a compacting member mounted for reciprocal motion in the compacting chamber to compact the loose tobacco, and one or more retractable sizing members each having a tab mounted for movement across the compacting chamber for shortening the effective width of the compacting chamber to enable the compacting chamber to accommodate hollow cigarette tubes of varying lengths.

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REPUBLIC BRANDS L P2301 RAVINE WAY GLENVIEW IL 60025

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Lin, Jeongqiang Jiangmen, CN 2 10
Lin, Mei Northbrook, US 40 365

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