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APPARATUS FOR MAKING CIGAR BUNCHES

  • US 3,703,902 A
  • Filed: 02/17/1969
  • Issued: 11/28/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1968
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for making cigar bunches with a predetermined target weight of filler tobacco wherein there are provided:

  • a. a variable volume chamber in which filler tobacco is contained;

    b. weighing apparatus for weighing the filler tobacco from the variable volume chamber;

    c. a control device for varying the volume of the chamber, the control device comprising, d. an eccentric shaft on which a movable base of the chamber is mounted so that rotation of the shaft causes movement of the base of the chamber; and

    an electric motor for rotating the eccentric shaft in accordance with control signals determined by the difference in weight determined by the weighing apparatus and the predetermined target weight.

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