EP 2443945 A1 20120425 - Unit and method for feeding additive elements to fibrous material on a machine for producing smoking articles
Title (en)
Unit and method for feeding additive elements to fibrous material on a machine for producing smoking articles
Title (de)
Einheit und Verfahren zum Zuführen von Additivelementen an ein Fasermaterial auf einer Maschine zur Herstellung von Rauchartikeln
Title (fr)
Unité et procédé pour introduire des éléments additifs à un matériau fibreux dans une machine pour produire des articles à fumer
Publication
Application
Priority
IT BO20100634 A 20101020
Abstract (en)
On a machine (1) for producing smoking articles, such as cigarette filters, a feed unit (24) for feeding additive elements (25), such as menthol capsules, into fibrous material, such as filtering material, has at least one hopper (26) containing a mass of additive elements (25); and a transfer device (28) which, at the input, withdraws the additive elements (25) successively from an outlet (27) of the hopper (26), and, at the output, deposits the additive elements (25) successively into the fibrous material. Between the input and output, the transfer device (28) increases the spacing between consecutive additive elements (25), so as to withdraw the additive elements (25) from the hopper (26) with a pickup spacing (Pl), and deposit the additive elements (25) into the fibrous material with an out-feed spacing (P2) greater than the pickup spacing (P1).
IPC 8 full level
A24D 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A24D 3/0216 (2013.01); A24D 3/027 (2013.01); A24D 3/0295 (2013.01); A24D 3/061 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
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Citation (search report)
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Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2443945 A1 20120425; EP 2443945 B1 20140702; CN 102524961 A 20120704; CN 102524961 B 20150506; IT 1408375 B1 20140620; IT BO20100634 A1 20120421; JP 2012125233 A 20120705; JP 5830344 B2 20151209; PL 2443945 T3 20141128
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 11186045 A 20111020; CN 201110321955 A 20111020; IT BO20100634 A 20101020; JP 2011230065 A 20111019; PL 11186045 T 20111020