EP 3944774 A1 20220202 - FEEDING UNIT FOR FEEDING BEADS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTORING RODS
Title (en)
FEEDING UNIT FOR FEEDING BEADS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTORING RODS
Title (de)
ZUFÜHREINHEIT ZUM ZUFÜHREN VON PERLEN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM HERSTELLEN VON STÄBEN
Title (fr)
UNITÉ D'ALIMENTATION POUR DISTRIBUER DES BILLES ET APPAREIL DE FABRICATION DE TIGES
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 20188288 A 20200729
Abstract (en)
The objects of the application are a feeding unit and a rod manufacturing apparatus. The feeding unit (21) for feeding beads (C) comprises a supply channel (24) for feeding a stream of beads (C), a transferring wheel (26) provided with at least one transferring pocket (34), a pushing mechanism (25) comprising a holding pocket (29) for receiving the beads (C) from the supply channel (24), and a pushing element (31) for transferring the beads (C) individually from the holding pocket (29) to the transferring wheel (26). The unit (21) is characterised in that the pushing element (31) having a pushing edge (32) is a rotatable element of a horizontal rotational axis (n). The pushing edge (32) is arranged for passing during the rotation through the holding pocket (29) and the transferring channel (30) in order to push the bead (C) out of the holding pocket (29) through the transferring channel (30) to the transferring pocket (34).
IPC 8 full level
A24D 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: BR CN EP KR US)
A24C 5/18 (2013.01 - CN); A24D 3/0212 (2013.01 - KR); A24D 3/0216 (2013.01 - BR EP KR US); A24D 3/0229 (2013.01 - KR); A24D 3/0254 (2013.01 - KR); A24D 3/048 (2013.01 - KR); A24D 3/061 (2013.01 - KR)
Citation (applicant)
- US 7975877 B2 20110712 - GARTHAFFNER MARTIN T [US], et al
- WO 2009071271 A1 20090611 - PHILIP MORRIS PROD [CH]
- WO 2009071272 A1 20090611 - PHILIP MORRIS PROD [CH]
- EP 2617302 B1 20140430 - INT TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND [PL]
Citation (search report)
- [A] EP 2622973 A2 20130807 - INT TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND [PL]
- [AD] WO 2009071271 A1 20090611 - PHILIP MORRIS PROD [CH]
- [A] WO 2015101592 A1 20150709 - PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS SA [CH]
Citation (third parties)
Third party : Anonymous
WO 2011117983 A1 20110929 - JAPAN TOBACCO INC [JP], et al
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 3944774 A1 20220202; BR 102021014896 A2 20220222; CN 114052286 A 20220218; JP 2022027518 A 20220210; KR 20220014822 A 20220207; US 2022061379 A1 20220303
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 20188288 A 20200729; BR 102021014896 A 20210728; CN 202110850271 A 20210727; JP 2021115027 A 20210712; KR 20210094316 A 20210719; US 202117443803 A 20210727