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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Andrzej Boleslawski, Radom, PL;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
The object of the application is a cleaning system of a drum conveyor of a filter segment feeding apparatus in the tobacco industry wherein a transport drum () comprises a plurality of discs () on the circumferential surface of which concavities () are formed whereas the concavities of the individual discs are positioned relative to one another so that together they form channels () receiving filter rods (), where in the said channels () the filter rods () are transported during cutting, whereas the borders of adjacent discs () do not contact one another and in this way they form circumferential grooves (). The discs () have passages () discharging the dirt, the circumferential grooves () have a connection with the passages () discharging the dirt, and the system comprises a vacuum channel () receiving the dirt having a connection with the passages () discharging the dirt in the discs ().