Garniture tongue of a garniture device

Abstract

Garniture tongue of a garniture device of a rod machine arranged for compressing a material. The garniture tongue includes a rod guide surface and the garniture tongue being composed at least in part of a steel alloy with high titanium carbide content. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

What is claimed:  
     
         1 . A garniture tongue of a garniture device of a rod machine arranged for compressing a material, comprising: 
 a rod guide surface; and    said garniture tongue being at least in part composed of a steel alloy with high titanium carbide content.    
     
     
         2 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein said garniture tongue is structured and arranged in a tobacco processing apparatus.  
     
     
         3 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein said garniture tongue is structured and arranged to compress a rod of tobacco.  
     
     
         4 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein at least a part of said rod guide surface comprises the steel alloy with high titanium carbide content.  
     
     
         5 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein said steel alloy with high titanium carbide content is a steel alloy produced by powder metallurgy.  
     
     
         6 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein a titanium carbide content of said steel alloy is over 20% by weight.  
     
     
         7 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 6 , wherein said titanium carbide content of said steel alloy is between 31% by weight and 35% by weight.  
     
     
         8 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 6 , wherein said titanium carbide content of said steel alloy is between 32% by weight and 34% by weight.  
     
     
         9 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the binder phase of said steel alloy is martensite or austenite.  
     
     
         10 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein said steel alloy is hardened.  
     
     
         11 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 1 , further comprising a first tongue part and a second tongue part, which are coupled to each other.  
     
     
         12 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 11 , wherein said second tongue part includes said rod guide surface.  
     
     
         13 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 11 , wherein said first tongue part is composed of a steel alloy.  
     
     
         14 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 13 , wherein said first tongue part and said second tongue part are soldered together.  
     
     
         15 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 14 , wherein said second tongue part is composed of said steel alloy with high titanium carbide content.  
     
     
         16 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 15 , wherein said first and second tongue parts are composed of different steel alloys.  
     
     
         17 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 15 , wherein said first and second tongue parts are composed of same steel alloys.  
     
     
         18 . The garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein said steel alloy with high titanium carbide content is structured so as not to effect taste of the material.  
     
     
         19 . A garniture device of a rod machine of a tobacco processing industry with a garniture tongue in accordance with  claim 1 .  
     
     
         20 . The garniture device in accordance with  claim 19 , further comprising: 
 a garniture intake area;    a rod conveyor structured and arranged to convey the material to said garniture intake; and    a removal device structured and arranged to remove and transfer particles of the material from said rod conveyor to said garniture intake area.    
     
     
         21 . The garniture device in accordance with  claim 20 , wherein said removal device comprises a rod guide surface in which at least a part of said rod guide surface of said removal device is composed of said steel alloy with high titanium carbide content.  
     
     
         22 . The garniture device in accordance with  claim 21 , wherein said steel alloy with high titanium carbide content of said rod guide surface of said removal device corresponds with that of the rod guide surface of said garniture tongue.  
     
     
         23 . The garniture device in accordance with  claim 22 , wherein said rod guide surface of said removal device is aligned with said rod guide surface of said garniture tongue.  
     
     
         24 . The garniture device in accordance with  claim 19 , wherein said removal device is coupled to said garniture tongue.  
     
     
         25 . The garniture device in accordance with  claim 19 , wherein said removal device comprises a removal edge.  
     
     
         26 . The garniture device in accordance with  claim 25 , wherein said removal edge is composed of a hard ceramic material with embedded polycrystalline diamond.  
     
     
         27 . The garniture device in accordance with  claim 25 , wherein said removal edge is covered with an abrasion resistant layer.  
     
     
         28 . The garniture device in accordance with  claim 27 , wherein said abrasion resistant layer comprises a polycrystalline diamond layer sintered into an underlying metal.  
     
     
         29 . A rod machine of a tobacco processing industry comprising a garniture device in accordance with  claim 19 .  
     
     
         30 . A compression surface of a compression mold comprising: 
 a guide surface arranged to contact a material to be compressed; and    said guide surface being at least in part composed of a steel alloy with high titanium carbide content.    
     
     
         31 . A compression mold comprising: 
 a compression surface comprising a guide surface structured and arranged to contact a material to be compressed;    a compression channel into which the material is compressed by said guide surface; and    a removal device structured and arranged to transfer particles into said compression channel,    wherein said compression surface is at least in part composed of a steel alloy with high titanium carbide content.    
     
     
         32 . The compression mold in accordance with  claim 31 , wherein said removal device comprises a guide surface, and said guide surface of said compression surface and said guide surface of said removal device are each at least in part composed of the steel alloy with high titanium carbide content.  
     
     
         33 . The compression mold in accordance with  claim 32 , wherein said guide surface of said removal device is aligned with said guide surface of said compression surface.  
     
     
         34 . The compression mold in accordance with  claim 32 , wherein said compression channel comprises a guide surface arranged opposite said guide surfaces of said removal device and said compression surface.  
     
     
         35 . The compression mold in accordance with  claim 34 , wherein each of said guide surfaces include a unshaped channel arranged to compress the material into a cylindrical form.  
     
     
         36 . The compression mold in accordance with  claim 32 , wherein said removal device and said compression surface are coupled to each other.  
     
     
         37 . The compression mold in accordance with  claim 32 , wherein a titanium carbide content of said steel alloy is over 20% by weight.  
     
     
         38 . The compression mold in accordance with  claim 37 , wherein said titanium carbide content of said steel alloy is between 31% by weight and 35% by weight.  
     
     
         39 . The compression mold in accordance with  claim 37 , wherein said titanium carbide content of said steel alloy is between 32% by weight and 34% by weight.  
     
     
         40 . The compression mold in accordance with  claim 32 , wherein the binder phase of said steel alloy is martensite or austenite.  
     
     
         41 . The compression mold in accordance with  claim 32 , wherein said steel alloy is hardened.  
     
     
         42 . A process for compressing a material in a garniture device of a rod machine, said process comprising: 
 guiding the material along a rod guide surface of a garniture tongue that, at least in part is composed of a steel alloy with high titanium carbide content,    wherein the material becomes compressed as it is guided along the rod guide surface.