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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. Z O.o., Radom, PL;
Andrzej Stanikowski, Radom, PL;
Robert Chmielewski, Jedlnia Letnisko, PL;
Wojciech Jerzy Chojnacki, Radom, PL;
Andrzej Sulkowski, Jedlinsk, PL;
Marek Sieredzinski, Radom, PL;
Krzysztof Stolarski, Radom, PL;
Abstract
Method and system for arranging rod-like elements, in which an unordered portion of rod-like elements, composed each of at least one part selected from cigarette parts being filter parts and tobacco parts, is delivered to a conveyor which arranges the elements on the conveyor in a plurality of compartments, longitudinally in each compartment and transversely to the direction of movement of the conveyor. The compartments have a length which receives at least one filter part and at least one tobacco part of a cigarette. The type, number and location of parts of the element received in each compartment is defined by at least a single scanning of each successive compartment of the conveyor. The result of the scanning is transmitted to a control unit and the elements are subsequently sorted based on information received from the control unit.