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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1986
Ichiro Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
Takayoshi Sagawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shichisei Tani, Hiratsuka, JP;
Katsuo Kato, Hiratsuka, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transport system for rod-shaped objects, according to the present invention, comprises a feeder unit for delivering the rod-shaped objects, one by one, a transport pipe connected at one end to the feeder unit, and adapted to transport the objects, a receiving unit connected to the other end of the transport pipe, a blower unit for circulating compressed air in the transport pipe, from the feeder unit toward the receiving unit, so that the objects therein are transported through the pipe, from the feeder unit to the receiving unit, by the current of compressed air; a detecting switch for detecting any jamming of the objects in a transport path, extending from the feeder unit into the receiving unit, and a pressure relief unit mounted on a part of the transport pipe near the receiving unit, whereby the compressed air is released from the transport pipe into the atmosphere, the pressure relief unit being adapted to be actuated when jamming of the objects is detected by the detecting switch.