DEVICE FOR SEPARATING TOBACCO AND TRANSPORT AIR AND STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING AT LEAST TWO TOBACCO RODS IN ENDLESS ROD MAKER

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form more than one tobacco rods in which fiber length, mixing and kinds are uniformly distributed. PSOLUTION: The device for separating tobacco and transport air is provided with a tobacco guide wall 53 and a separating element 36 wherein tobacco can be fed to the air flow 24, 25 of the device and can be separated from the air flow 24, 25 and carried out from the device, and the tobacco guide wall 53 is set as movable so that the tobacco is sequentially delivered to the at least two sites 32, 32', 37, 37' at least on the exit side of the device. In a method for producing at least two tobacco rods from a tobacco storage 80, 80', the tobacco is alternately supplied to dam ducts 40, 40' immediately after separation of the transport air flow 24, 25 from the device 26, 26'. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI