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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2020
International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. Z O. O., Radom, PL;
Bartosz Cieslikowski, Radom, PL;
Abstract
A feeding apparatus for feeding a tobacco industry segment (C) comprising a hopper () for rods (C) with a length being a multiple length of the segment (C), a cutting a conveying unit (), situated underneath the hopper () for the rods (C), for cutting the rods (C) into individual segments (C), whereas from the rod (C), after cutting the rod (C), a group (G) of the segments (C) is formed, a transferring unit () situated underneath the cutting and conveying unit (), adapted to receive the groups (G) of the segments (C) and to form of them a stream (SF) of the segments (C), whereas the gaps (U) between the groups (G) of the segments (C) in the stream (SF) are retained, and the transferring unit () is adapted to reduce the gaps (U) between the groups (G) so that at the outlet () of the transferring unit () the segments (C) are conveyed without gaps.