BEAD FEEDING METHOD AND BEAD FEEDING UNIT

• Main Authors: FIGARSKI JACEK, FIGARSKI RADOSLAW, MAKOSA KAZIMIERZ, CIESLIKOWSKI BARTOSZ
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.08.2013
• Subjects: CIGARETTES; CIGARS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; STORING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change a flow of beads composed of a plurality of streams of beads in a plurality of fixed supply channels to a flow composed of one stream of beads.SOLUTION: A bead feeding method includes a step in which beads are transferred along supply channels (4), a step in which the beads are placed in a first holding pocket (14), a step in which the beads are fed to a receiving pocket (18), a step in which the beads are inserted into a guiding chamber (22) formed at an area of intersection of a guiding groove (5A) of a first guiding plate (5) and a guiding groove (6A) of a second guiding plate (6) or into grooves (5A, 6A) formed in the guiding plates (5, 6) and forming a guiding channel (19), a step in which the distance from the guiding chamber (22) to the axis of rotation of the guiding plates changes, and a step in which the beads are conveyed from the guiding chamber (22) or the guiding channel (19) to a delivery pocket (21).