| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to an improved random leaf bulk tobacco container for supporting a mass of tobacco leaves therein during a curing and drying process. When oriented in an upright curing and drying position, the bulk tobacco container of the present invention basically comprises a pair of imperforated laterally spaced sides, a back retainer extending transversely between the laterally spaced sides, a front tine support frame also extending between the laterally spaced sides, and wherein the container is adapted to contain a mass of tobacco leaf material therein with the tobacco leaf material being supported by a plurality of tines extending between the front tine support frame and the back retainer of the bulk tobacco container. Provided about the back of the container is a perforated screen-like sheet member having openings formed therein for receiving the piercing ends of the tines and supporting the same. To lock the tines within the bulk tobacco container, the individual tines are angled about the end opposite the piercing end and once properly inserted through the front tine frame support and supported about the piercing end by the perforated screen-like member, the angled ends of the tines may be selectively rotated to where they extend between a locking bar and a transverse member of the front tine frame support, thereby locking the respective tines in place so as to generally prohibit movement of the tines from the normal supported position between the front tine frame support and the back of the container.
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