Title: Device and procedure for the batch transfer of tobacco products
Application Number: 200610163956 Application Date: 2006.11.30
Publication Number: 1973702 Publication Date: 2007.06.06
Approval Pub. Date: Granted Pub. Date:
International Classifi-cation: A24C5/35;G05B19/048
Applicant(s) Name: GD SPA Address:
Inventor(s) Name: Borderi Luca;Soli Valerio
Attorney & Agent: mahong
Abstract:
    Cigarettes are transferred in batches adopting a procedure that includes the steps of feeding loose cigarettes (2) en masse into a hopper (13) with a back wall (22) and two side walls (23) delimiting a top inlet (24a) and a bottom outlet (24b), also a shutter (25) by which the bottom outlet (24b) is opened or closed, and actively varying the geometry of the side walls (23) so that the internal volume of the hopper (13) is adapted to accommodate the quantity of cigarettes (2) admitted through the inlet (24a), by means of an actuator mechanism (31) connected to the side walls (23). Thus, it becomes possible to monitor and control both the rate at which the cigarettes (2) flow into the hopper (13), and the pressure to which the single cigarettes (2) are subjected while occupying the hopper (13) and during the process of filling a tray (3).
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