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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
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 for arranging rod-like elements including cigarette parts such as filter and tobacco parts, in which elements are delivered to a conveyor having successive sectors which arrange the elements in separate rows along the conveyor. The type, number and location of element transported on the conveyor are determined by at least a single scanning of each successive element on the conveyor. The scanned results are transmitted to a control unit which assigns each sector of the conveyor information according to its contents. The elements are subsequently sorted based on the information received by the control unit according to the type and the number of parts each element is composed of, the orientation of these parts in relation to the direction of movement of the conveyor. Each of the successive elements is transferred to a predetermined receiving area based on the information received from the control unit.