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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
Ahmet Ercelebi, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Martin T. Garthaffner, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Barry S. Smith, Hopewell, VA (US);
Georgios D. Karles, Richmond, VA (US);
Jose Nepomuceno, Beaverdam, VA (US);
Ahmet Ercelebi, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Martin T. Garthaffner, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Barry S. Smith, Hopewell, VA (US);
Georgios D. Karles, Richmond, VA (US);
Jose Nepomuceno, Beaverdam, VA (US);
Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for serially delivering filling media to spaced apart cavities of an endless filter rod, which includes a conveyor which conveys a strip of plug wrap along a feed path, a transfer wheel arrangement which serially delivers filter segments to the plug wrap as it moves along the feed path such that the filter segments are arranged in plug-space-plug relation with cavities separated by the filter segments, and a filling wheel which rotates about a horizontal axis and includes pockets or cleats which receive filling media at the loading zone and deliver the filling media to the cavities at a discharge station along the feed path.