公开(公告)号：EP1113887A4

公开(公告)日：2007-10-17

申请号：EP99949715

申请日：1999-09-17

申请人： PHILIP MORRIS PROD

发明人： ATWELL CHARLES GARY ,  COOPER RICKY N ,  GARTHAFFNER MARTIN T ,  GILLESPIE ANDREW J ,  HONAKER RONALD D ,  SMICK WILLIAM H III ,  PETTIGREW WILLIAM H

IPC分类号： B65G47/86 ,  A24C5/32 ,  A24C5/34 ,  A24C5/345 ,  A24C5/35 ,  A24C5/39 ,  B07C5/04

CPC分类号： A24C5/321 ,  A24C5/34 ,  A24C5/345 ,  A24C5/35 ,  Y10S131/907 ,  Y10S209/905 ,  Y10S209/919 ,  Y10S209/925

摘要： A drum elevator and method of elevating cigarettes (11), the apparatus comprising a series of rotatable cigarette tranferring drums (102) comprising a first plurality of horizontally disposed drums (106) at a first elevation and a second plurality of vertically disposed drums (103) extending to a second elevation, the second plurality of vertically disposed drums (103) receiving output from the first plurality of drums (106), the series of drums (102) adapted to receive a procession of cigarettes (11) at the first elevation and to elevate the cigarettes (11) along a transfer path to the second elevation while maintaining the cigarettes (11) arranged substantially in the procession; a rejection station (146) at a location along the transfer path; a controller (110) operative to selectively actuate the rejection station (146); and a stack former (104) at the second elevation, the stack former (104) receiving output of the second plurality of vertically disposed drums (103).