Abstract
A full automated tying machine was developed for harvested burley tobacco leaves. The purpose of this study was to develop an automatic leaf feeder which saves the labor of tying operation. The physical properties on the automatic feeding of harvest tobacco leaves was measured and the methods of picking-up of a leaf was investigated. The prototype leaf feeders were produced and examined through the performance test. As a result, the method used suction was found to be effective for leaf separation one by one, and suction-holding type leaf feeder was suitable for automatic feeding.
