Method and unit for feeding beads

Abstract

The subject matter of the application is a method of feeding beads in the tobacco industry system, in a unit for transferring a stream of beads (2), from receiving pockets (18) to outfeeding pockets (21, 21'), where the beads are transferred along guiding grooves (5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, 6C) disposed on guiding plates (5, 5', 6, 6'), comprising the steps in which: the beads are fed to a guiding chamber (22, 22', 22") formed at the intersection of the guiding groove (5A, 5B) of the first guiding plate (5, 5') and the guiding groove (6A, 6B, 6C) of the second guiding plate (6, 6'); at least one guiding plate is rotated relative to the second guiding plate, which forces the movement of the guiding chamber (22, 22', 22") so that the distance of the guiding chamber (22, 22', 22") to the axis of rotation of the guiding plates changes; the beads are conveyed from the guiding chamber (22, 22', 22") to the outfeeding pocket (21, 21'). The subject matter of the application is also a device for the implementation of the method.

Description

Technical field [0001] The purpose of this application is a method and unit for supplying beads used in the filter section of tobacco industry products, especially cigarettes. Background technique [0002] The present invention relates to the supply of spherical or oval objects which are successively put into the filter material. For the sake of brevity, such objects are referred to as beads in the following. Known commercially available products are cigarettes in which the filter part is provided with beads containing aromatic or odorous substances. The substance contained in the beads is released during smoking, or is released by crushing the beads by squeezing the filter before lighting the cigarette. [0003] In the production process, it is difficult to solve a very important problem at the same time: to ensure that the beads are not damaged and maintain high supply efficiency at a high speed to supply the machine manufacturing the filter part with individual beads, that is,...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] In the production process, a problem that is difficult to solve and is very important is to supply the beads alone to the machine that manufactures the filter part at a high speed in a manner that ensures that the beads are not damaged and maintains a high supply efficiency, that is, each manufacturing The filter section of the

However, in the case of very high efficiencies, the construction of the elements may be complicated or may require too much space, so that in order to ensure the correct delivery of the beads, it may be necessary to vary the diameter of the elements transporting said beads

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