公开(公告)号：EP1332683B1

公开(公告)日：2004-12-22

申请号：EP03009700.0

申请日：1999-10-05

申请人： MOLINS PLC

发明人： Bradbury, Robert Mann ,  Cupp, William Albert ,  Kent, Michael ,  Meade, Paul Malcolm ,  Pruessmann, Dirk ,  Theurer, Philip Neil ,  Watson, Clive William

IPC分类号： A24C5/356

CPC分类号： A24C5/356 ,  Y10S131/909

公开(公告)号：EP1332683A3

公开(公告)日：2004-01-14

申请号：EP03009700.0

申请日：1999-10-05

申请人： MOLINS PLC

发明人： Bradbury, Robert Mann ,  Cupp, William Albert ,  Kent, Michael ,  Meade, Paul Malcolm ,  Pruessmann, Dirk ,  Theurer, Philip Neil ,  Watson, Clive William

IPC分类号： A24C5/356

CPC分类号： A24C5/356 ,  Y10S131/909

摘要： A tray unloader for rod-like articles of the tobacco industry includes a horizontally-movable, slidable carriage (18) supporting an independently-driven tray inverting carrier (24) arranged to pick up an upright full tray from a receiving position (10B) and invert it during movement to an unloading position (10A). In the unloading position (10A) articles are received directly over opposed horizontal bands (70) having a delivery channel (72) between confronting ends and defining the initial level at which articles are received over most of the width of the tray. Downstream of the channel (72) is a conveyor (74) which operates at a relatively high rate during a first phase of unloading for each tray and at a reduced rate during a second phase, so as to allow controlled emptying of the tray and establishment of the residual level of articles in the channel (72) after completion of unloading of each tray.