| 摘要 |
<p>Apparatus for opening and pre-conditioning a case or hogshead of tobacco in which the tobacco is a laminated body, comprises a chamber for receiving the laminated tobacco body and means for emitting an air/moisture jet stream in said chamber capable of being reciprocated in a plane parallel to and in close proximity to the tobacco laminae or of being rotated in said plane about an axis normal to said plane to lift one lamina or more progressively from the tobacco body. Means may be provided whereby water may be added to the jet stream and the separated tobacco fed directly to a silo to await cutting without further treatment.</p> |
