APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING TOBACCO FROM CIGARETTES

摘要

An APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING TOBACCO FROM CIGARETTES The separating apparatus is mounted for vibration on a stationary support and employs a pair of vertically spaced screens and a cover plate spaced a preset distance over the upper screen. The spacing of the screen from the cover plate is such that the vibrating means imparts a sufficient amount of energy into the frame to lift the cigarettes on the upper screen off the upper screen to impact against the cover plate. The bouncing reaction of the cigarettes between the upper screen and cover plate effects an efficient separation of the tobacco from the paper and filter material, if any. The tobacco passes through the upper screen onto the lower screen and is removed at the end of the frame.