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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. Z O. O., Radom, PL;
Robert Stanikowski, Radom, PL;
Abstract
The object of the invention is a feeding apparatus for feeding a single-layer stream of tobacco industry's rod-like articles () comprising a first feeding channel () adapted to convey the rod-like articles () in the form of a mass flow (MF), a second feeding channel () provided with a lower conveyor (), adapted to convey the rod-like articles () in the form of the mass flow (MF), whereas the second feeding channel () is flow-connected with the first feeding channel (), a storage container () adapted to filling with the rod-like articles (), flow-connected with the second feeding channel (), an outlet conveyor () provided with a bearing surface (A,A) comprising grooves (), adapted to take the rod-like articles () from the storage container () and convey the rod-like articles () in the form of a single-layer stream (SF) of rod-like articles (), characterised in that the bottom of the storage container () is formed by the lower conveyor () of the second feeding channel () and the bearing surface (A,A) of the outlet conveyor (), and that the second feeding channel () is provided with an upper drive element () for the mass flow (MF) comprising a bearing surface (A,A) which is at least partially situated convergently to the bearing surface (A) of the lower conveyor () of the second feeding channel () in the direction from the first feeding channel () to the storage container ().