Supplying device for supplying shredded tobacco to rod forming section of cigarette manufacturing machine

摘要

A supplying device of shredded tobacco has a conveying unit (24) arranged between a first tobacco band (16) and a second tobacco band (26). The conveying unit (24) has a reforming passage (36). When a first layer of the shredded tobacco is supplied from the first tobacco band (16) into the reforming passage (36), the shredded tobacco of the first layer is dispersed within the reforming passage (36). Thereafter, the shredded tobacco in the reforming passage (36) is deposited on a bottom face of the reforming passage (36) and forms a second layer of the shredded tobacco. The second layer is supplied from the conveying unit (24) to a rod forming section of a cigarette manufacturing machine through the second tobacco band (26). <IMAGE>