| 摘要 |
<p>In an apparatus and method for removing cigarettes from cigarette packs to facilitate individual cigarette recovery and tobacco reclamation, individual packs of cigarettes are conveyed to an opener stage (102) which removes both end panels of a cigarette pack, and then to an extraction stage (104) which increases the cross-sectional area of the pack, thereby loosening the packed cigarette matrix, applies a nonintrusive removal force, removing the cigarettes from the pack and separating the empty pack from the removed cigarettes. The cigarettes are transported to further processing which may include repacking of intact and otherwise acceptable individual cigarettes or, alternatively, separation of the tobacco from the filter and paper of the cigarettes. <IMAGE></p> |
