FEEDER DEVICE OF PRODUCTS WITH REDUCED LONGITUDINAL DIMENSIONS IN MACHINES FOR THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY

摘要

A feeder device of products with reduced longitudinal dimensions in machines for the tobacco industry comprises a main feeder roller which rotates continuously and which has a plurality of active peripheral flutes acting to hold a respective product; the main roller is designed to pass the products on to respective flutes on corresponding handling rollers of a main line of feed of the products in the machine the device is associated with; the device comprises means for continuously filling the peripheral flutes of the main roller, the filling means comprising a plurality of feeding and passing-on means, in particular at least first means and second means for feeding and passing on corresponding groups of the products to corresponding groups of flutes located one after the other on the main roller.

主权项

1. A feeder device of plugs of filter material with reduced longitudinal dimensions in machines for the tobacco industry, comprising a main feeder roller having a plurality of active peripheral flutes acting to hold a respective plug, the main roller being designed to pass the plugs on to respective flutes on corresponding handling rollers of a main line of feed of the plugs in the machine; the feeder device is characterized in that it comprises means for filling the peripheral flutes of the main roller, the filling means comprising at least first feeding and passing-on means and second feeding and passing-on means capable of feeding and passing on corresponding groups of the plugs to respective primary feeding and passing-on rollers, which rotate continuously and which have respective active peripheral flutes acting to hold the respective group of the plugs, and from these to corresponding groups of flutes of the main roller; each primary roller continuously receives the respective group of plugs from corresponding means for transferring the group of plugs withdrawn from corresponding means for housing and releasing the selfsame plugs, each of the transferring means comprises a first and a second carrier, movable in sequence between the corresponding housing and releasing means and the respective primary roller; the groups of flutes being located one after the other.