Self-cleaning apparatus for compacting tobacco cigarette, cigarette-making machine and method of controlling the accumulation of particles of tobacco and tobacco viscous material during operation of machinery for making cigarettes using compacting device

摘要

A self-cleaning cigarette tobacco compacting mechanism with a compacting member mounted for reciprocal up and down motion between top and bottom plates and a self-cleaning slot extending across one of the plates to engage at least one of the plates during its up and down motion between the plates.