Method and apparatus for tipping tobacco leaves packed in bales

摘要

A tobacco bale tipping apparatus (10) delaminates tobacco bale (12) into slabs of tobacco. The slabs of tobacco are separated into right hand and left hand wedges (14) by conveyor belts (27) and (26) and by weight chains (24). The wedges (14) are tipped by knives (20) which are adjustable toward or away from the conveyors to accommodate tobacco leaves of various lengths.