Philip Morris Products S.a.

International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. Z O.o.

Andrzej Boleslawski

Bartosz Cieslikowski

Ryszard Dominiak

Leszek Sikora

Marcin Mamerski

Robert Stanikowski

Michal Deka

A method and an apparatus (A,B,C,D,E) for axial centering of a rod-like article () or a group of rod-like articles wherein the rod-like article () or the group of rod-like articles is conveyed in a flute () situated on the circumference of a drum conveyor (), moreover, the rod-like article () or the group of rod-like articles in the successive flutes () have the same or varying length, with the apparatus (A,B,C,D,E) being provided with pusher elements () of a shifting mechanism axially acting on the rod-like article () or the group of rod-like articles so as to change the position of the rod-like article () or the groups of articles in the flute (), characterized in that the coupled pusher elements () make swinging movements having opposite senses, moreover, the pusher elements () have contact surfaces (A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A) adapted to axially act on the rod-like article () or the group of rod-like articles, the contact surfaces (A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A) of the pusher elements () being convergently positioned in the direction of movement (T) of the rod-like articles, at least one pusher element () being connected with a dynamic element () placing the pusher elements () in a position enabling them to axially act on the rod-like articles (L,R) or the groups of rod-like articles conveyed on the drum conveyor () so that the centers of the rod-like articles () or the groups of rod-like articles are positioned principally in a common plane (S, SL, SR).

Centering device for rod shaped articles of the tobacco industry

An apparatus () for shifting of rod-shaped articles (') of different lengths or rod-shaped article groups () of different total lengths on a drum conveyor (), comprising a pushing unit () mounted angularly to the axis of rotation of the drum conveyor (), forcing the movement of the rod-shaped articles (&#x2032;), whereas the pushing unit () comprises rotational pushing elements () for shifting of the rod-shaped articles (&#x2032;), characterised in that the pushing unit () is movably mounted in a direction being substantially transverse to the axis of the flute () of the drum conveyor () so as to shift the rod-shaped-articles (&#x2032;) or the rod-shaped article groups () inside the flute () of the drum conveyor () by the pressure of surfaces (A,A,A) of the pushing unit () directly on the ends of the rod-shaped article (&#x2032;).

Centering device for rod-shaped articles of the tobacco industry

The object of the application is a detachable cutting head for an apparatus for feeding filter segments provided with a drum conveyor having flutes for crosswise movement of filter rods, provided with circular knives situated in knife units mounted in the housing of the head, characterized in that it comprises a housing of the head () provided with a reference surface () for positioning in the apparatus for feeding filter segments; seatings () for positioning the knife units () and lead-out channels (), knife units () with circular knives (), whereas the positioning seatings () are situated so that the circular knives () do not overlap. Furthermore, the object of the application is a drive apparatus of a cutting head and a method of coupling a cutting head.

Detachable cutting head for the apparatus for feeding sets of filter segments, drive apparatus for detachable cutting head and method of replacement of detachable cutting head

The object of the application is a cleaning system of a drum conveyor of a filter segment feeding apparatus in the tobacco industry wherein a transport drum () comprises a plurality of discs () on the circumferential surface of which concavities () are formed whereas the concavities of the individual discs are positioned relative to one another so that together they form channels () receiving filter rods (), where in the said channels () the filter rods () are transported during cutting, whereas the borders of adjacent discs () do not contact one another and in this way they form circumferential grooves (). The discs () have passages () discharging the dirt, the circumferential grooves () have a connection with the passages () discharging the dirt, and the system comprises a vacuum channel () receiving the dirt having a connection with the passages () discharging the dirt in the discs ().

Cleaning system for drum conveyor of apparatus for feeding filter segments to multi-segment filter manufacturing apparatus and method of cleaning of drum conveyor

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Andrzej Boleslawski