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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Tobacco Research and Development Institute (Proprietary) Limited, Stellenbosch, ZA;
Inventor:
Gerhard Le Roux, Stellenbosch, ZA;
Assignee:
TOBACCO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED, Stellenbosch, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/02 (2006.01); A24D 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/02 (2013.01); A24D 3/0216 (2013.01); A24D 3/061 (2013.01); A24D 3/0225 (2013.01);
Abstract
A feed mechanism to feed objects for insertion into tobacco industry products including a rotary member for receiving objects, the rotary member having a plurality of channels, each channel being adapted so that in use objects assemble in a row in the channel which rotates with the rotary member, each channel having an outlet for dispensing an object from the channel, and a pneumatic mechanism configured to hold an object in a row prior to the object being dispensed.