Device for spreading individual tobacco leaf halves
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Jun 16, 1981
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Jan 23, 1979
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Feb 17, 1978
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A device for spreading individual tobacco leaf halves, comprising a first conveyor formed by two endless elements, the operative runs of which are in contact with one another for clamping an edge part of the tobacco leaf portion and by a second conveyor, the conveying run of which joins the side of the first conveyor and the advancing direction of which is at an acute angle to that of the first conveyor, means being provided for lifting the operative runs of the first conveyor each time apart from one another, owing to the oblique conveyance of the second conveyor, the loose part of the tobacco leaf, laying on said second conveyor, which is moved away from the first conveyor while the transverse speed component of the second conveyor ensures stretching or spreading of the tobacco leaf.
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