Cut tobacco layer trimming apparatus for a cigarette manufacturing machine

摘要

A trimming apparatus for a cigarette manufacturing machine has a pair of trimming disks for trimming a cut tobacco layer formed on a tobacco band by rotating, each disk having a plurality of pockets on its peripheral edge, and a synchronizing device in a power transmission line which leads to the disks. The synchronizing device can adjust a rotational phase of the pockets of the trimming disks in accordance with the cutting timing for a formed cigarette rod during operation of the cigarette manufacturing machine.