BEAD FEEDER

• Main Authors: STRAIGHT JEREMY J, GOLDSTEIN DAVID, GARTHAFFNER MARTIN T, EVANS JAMES D, GARTHAFFNER TRAVIS, HEIDORN MARTIN, SCOTT G. ROBERT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 03.05.2010
• Subjects: CIGARETTES; CIGARS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; 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; UNPACKING

A bead feeder for serially delivering beads 12 to a downstream location comprises a bead supply wheel 14 which rotates about a vertical axis 20. The bead supply wheel includes a bead supply bowl 22 and a plurality of radially arranged channels 24 below the bowl connected to rotate with the bowl. Dis...