FILLING SYSTEM FOR A MACHINE FOR FILLING TRAYS AND A METHOD FOR FILLING TRAYS

摘要

A filling system for a machine used, in a tobacco industry for filling trays with rod-shaped articles that are dispensed from a dispenser, the filling system comprising a filling unit comprising rotary rollers for facilitating the passing or traversing of the rod-shaped articles from the dispenser to the tray below the filling system and a blocking unit for blocking passing or traversing of the rod-shaped articles from the dispenser to the tray. In an embodiment, the blocking unit may comprise pressing elements movable in a direction of axes of the rotary rollers between a blocked position, in which the pressing elements are located at a first distance, not greater than a length of the rod-shaped articles, from a back wall of the dispenser and an unblocked position, in which the pressing elements are located at a second distance, greater than the length of the rod-shaped articles, from the back wall of the dispenser..

主权项

1. A filling system for a machine used in a tobacco industry, the filling system comprising:
a plurality of rotary rollers to convey rod-shaped articles from a dispenser to the tray, the tray disposed below the apparatus; a blocking unit to block conveying of the rod-shaped articles from the dispenser to the tray, the blocking unit comprising pressing elements movable in a direction of axes of the rotary rollers between:
a blocked position, in which the pressing elements are located at a first distance, not greater than a length of the rod-shaped articles, from a back wall of the dispenser; andan unblocked position, in which the pressing elements are located at a second distance, greater than the length of the rod-shaped articles, from the back wall of the dispenser.