| 摘要 |
An apparatus for threshing tobacco comprises a housing (1) having an upper entrance (2) for charging tobacco leaves or parts thereof to the housing and a lower exit (3) for discharging threshed tobacco from the housing. Located within the housing is a rotatable stripping means (4) having a plurality of radially extending elements (5) each presenting a leaf puncturing tip (6) for puncturing the lamina of a tobacco leaf and means for rotating the rotatable stripping means. The housing and the stripping means are arranged such that, in use, the leaf puncturing tip (6) of a radially extending element (5) on the stripping means (4) as it rotates punctures the lamina of a tobacco leaf, or part thereof, entering into the housing through the upper entrance thereof and effects a slashing action on the lamina during the downward movement of the leaf, or part thereof, through the housing so as to separate at least partially the lamina from the stem of the leaf. The apparatus produces larger pieces of lamina, useful in the production of handrolling tobacco, than conventional threshing machines.
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