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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 14, 2009
Adam Gielniewski, Radom, PL;
Radoslaw Owczarek, Radom, PL;
Leszek Sikora, Radom, PL;
Jacek Figarski, Szydlowiec, PL;
Ryszard Siara, Radom, PL;
Adam Gielniewski, Radom, PL;
Radoslaw Owczarek, Radom, PL;
Leszek Sikora, Radom, PL;
Jacek Figarski, Szydlowiec, PL;
Ryszard Siara, Radom, PL;
Int'l Tobacco Machinery Poland SP.ZO.O, Radom, PL;
Abstract
Assembly having a plurality of conveyors () and a variable capacity store () with one inlet () and one outlet () formed on two neighboring levels, a lower one () and an upper one (), closed with a common back plate (), fixed to a slide () making reciprocating movements, the concave surface () of which, on the interior side of the store () constitutes a conveyor (), provided with a rotary arm, fixed to a slide (), the axis of rotation of which is coaxial with a center of curvature of the surface () of the back plate (), and at the inlet () there is a swing mounted valve element () and a swing limiter () for displacing rod shaped elements (), whereas at the outlet () there is swing mounted valve element (). Moreover the invention presents a method of controlling mass flow of rod shaped elements in the store () and self-filling and self-emptying of the store () constituting a part of the assembly disposed in a production line of products of tobacco industry.