APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING AND PACKAGING MOLDED TOBACCO

摘要

An apparatus for molding and packaging molded tobacco pieces includes a mold having cavities oriented to allow ejection of molded tobacco pieces into a container. The apparatus also includes a knockout for ejecting the molded tobacco pieces, and a cutter having at least two blades for cutting the molded tobacco pieces into vertically aligned slices by passing one or more blades horizontally through the cavities.

主权项

1. An apparatus of packaging molded tobacco pieces, comprising:
a mold having cavities oriented to allow ejection of molded tobacco pieces directly into a container, the cavities having sidewalls defined by openings in a mold plate and a bottom wall defined by a back plate; and a knockout operable to eject the molded tobacco pieces from the cavities into the container when the mold plate is moved to a position allowing the molded pieces to pass through the mold plate.