Conveyor and method of aligning rod-shaped articles

    公开(公告)号:US12004556B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17632691

    申请日:2020-08-06

    申请人: G.D S.p.A.

    IPC分类号: A24C5/35 A24C5/32 B65B19/04

    摘要: A conveyor for aligning rod-shaped articles and including a succession of flutes which are movable along a feed path and which are configured to hold respective rod-shaped articles or groups of rod-shaped articles. For each flute, the conveyor has an abutment portion, disposed at least at one end of the flute to define an abutment surface for one end of the rod-shaped article or group of rod-shaped articles housed in the suction flute. The abutment portion is provided with at least one suction zone to hold the end of the rod-shaped article or group of rod-shaped articles by suction against the abutment portion. The suction zone is defined by a plurality of suction perforations, connected or connectable to a negative pressure source and whose transverse size is, for example, smaller than 1 mm, preferably smaller than 0.8 mm and, still more preferably, smaller than 0.6 mm.

    Method and apparatus to feed and form organized groups of smoking articles

    公开(公告)号:US10954012B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-23

    申请号:US16091511

    申请日:2017-04-03

    摘要: Method to feed and form organized groups of smoking articles, providing to feed a plurality of pockets of a transfer conveyor with pockets moved step-wise, thrusting said organized groups of smoking articles, by means of thrusters actuated independently from each other, in a direction of transfer and through respective forming drawers, into said pockets on the basis of a predefined production rhythm. The method provides, in the event of obstruction, stoppage or blockage of a forming drawer, to vary the operating speed of the thrusters associated with the other forming drawers in coordination and in synchrony with the step-wise feed speed of said transfer conveyor with pockets, in order to obtain an effective production rhythm equal or near to said predefined production rhythm.

    Filling system for a machine for filling trays and a method for filling trays

    公开(公告)号:US10661925B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US15011588

    申请日:2016-01-31

    IPC分类号: B65B19/04 A24C5/354 B65B35/42

    摘要: A filling system for a machine used, in a tobacco industry for filling trays with rod-shaped articles that are dispensed from a dispenser, the filling system comprising a filling unit comprising rotary rollers for facilitating the passing or traversing of the rod-shaped articles from the dispenser to the tray below the filling system and a blocking unit for blocking passing or traversing of the rod-shaped articles from the dispenser to the tray. In an embodiment, the blocking unit may comprise pressing elements movable in a direction of axes of the rotary rollers between a blocked position, in which the pressing elements are located at a first distance, not greater than a length of the rod-shaped articles, from a back wall of the dispenser and an unblocked position, in which the pressing elements are located at a second distance, greater than the length of the rod-shaped articles, from the back wall of the dispenser.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FEED AND FORM ORGANIZED GROUPS OF SMOKING ARTICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20190127097A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US16091511

    申请日:2017-04-03

    申请人: GIMA TT S.P.A

    摘要: Method to feed and form organized groups of smoking articles, providing to feed a plurality of pockets of a transfer conveyor with pockets moved step-wise, thrusting said organized groups of smoking articles, by means of thrusters actuated independently from each other, in a direction of transfer and through respective forming drawers, into said pockets on the basis of a predefined production rhythm. The method provides, in the event of obstruction, stoppage or blockage of a forming drawer, to vary the operating speed of the thrusters associated with the other forming drawers in coordination and in synchrony with the step-wise feed speed of said transfer conveyor with pockets, in order to obtain an effective production rhythm equal or near to said predefined production rhythm.

    Method of emptying trays filled with rod-shaped articles of the tobacco industry

    公开(公告)号:US20180271141A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-27

    申请号:US15920217

    申请日:2018-03-13

    发明人: Adam Gielniewski

    IPC分类号: A24C5/356 A24C5/358 B65B19/04

    摘要: A method of emptying trays filled with rod-shaped articles produced in the tobacco industry, which consist of the following stages: the trays designated for emptying are conveyed to the input area of a hopper containing adjacent channels separated by dividers; the rod-shaped articles are transferred from the tray to the channels of the hopper using support plates; the channels of the hopper are filled with the rod-shaped articles; the support plates are retracted from the channels of the hopper; the channels of the hopper are successively emptied into a chute adapted to move between channel outlets of the hopper; finally, the rod-shaped articles are transferred from the channels of the hopper and through the chute to the discharge conveyor moving towards the receiving device. The method is further characterized in that during emptying at least one channel (7) of the hopper (2), the hopper (2) moves linearly in the direction (S2) opposite to the direction (T) in which the rod-shaped articles are transported by the discharge conveyor (19); and after the channel (7) has been completely emptied, the hopper (2) moves in the direction (S1) concurrent with the direction (T) in which the rod-shaped articles are transported by the discharge conveyor (19), until it achieves a position in which the outlet of the next channel filled with rod-shaped articles is aligned with the inlet (21) of the chute (20), whereas the hopper (2) moves at a variable velocity when moving in the direction (S1) concurrent with the direction (T) in which the rod-shaped articles are transported by the conveyor.

    Apparatus for feeding rod-shaped articles in a packaging machine

    公开(公告)号:US09975706B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-22

    申请号:US13920546

    申请日:2013-06-18

    申请人: SASIB S.p.A.

    发明人: Matteo Lena

    IPC分类号: B65G47/14 B65B19/04 B65B19/10

    摘要: An apparatus for feeding rod-shaped articles includes a hopper having at least one mouth for dispensing the articles, subdivided by vertical walls parallel to each other forming vertical channels positioned side by side, each accommodating a stack of the articles At a position above an upper edge of each wall is positioned a cylindrical roller oscillating in both directions about its axis parallel to the axes of the articles for facilitating entry in the channels. The axis of each roller is offset laterally in a horizontal direction relative to the upper edge of the wall below and adjacent to it, and the upper edges of the walls relative to each channel are positioned at different levels such that the width of the passage defined between each pair of adjacent rollers lying above the walls of the channel is slightly greater than the diameter of the article.