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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
May. 22, 2018
International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. Z O. O., Radom, PL;
Andrzej Lisowski, Radom, PL;
Bartosz Cieślikowski, Radom, PL;
Abstract
The object of the application is a transferring apparatus () for transferring of a stream of rod-like articles () from an apparatus () feeding rod-like articles to an apparatus () receiving the rod-like articles in the machines of the tobacco industry, whereas in the feeding apparatus () the rod-like articles () are conveyed in a first stream (S) of rod-like articles in which the rod-like articles are arranged in a first configuration, and in the receiving apparatus () the rod-like articles () are conveyed in a second stream (S) of rod-like articles in which the rod-like articles () are arranged in a second configuration, comprising: a transferring wheel (); non-slidable lugs () situated on the circumference of the transferring wheel (); a guiding surface () to guide the rod-like article, the rod-like articles being conveyed axially, tangentially to the guiding surface (); characterised by having a slidable lug () being slidable relative to the circumference of the transferring wheel () by means of a drive mechanism () so that the said slidable lug () varies its position relative to an adjacent non-slidable lug ().