| 摘要 |
In a method and an apparatus (1) for filling containers (8) with rod-shaped articles (2) a hopper (3) for feeding the articles (2) comprises at least two mouths (4) for dispensing the articles (2) through respective lower ends, a conveyor device (9) located in the vicinity of the at least two dispensing mouths (4) and supporting a plurality of containers (8) designed to receive inside the superposed layers (12) of articles (2), an extractor device (11) for removing the articles (2) from an unloading zone of each dispensing mouth (4) and inserting them inside containers (8) carried by the conveyor device (9), and an apparatus (29) for dispensing containers (8) designed to feed containers (8) to be filled towards the conveyor device (9), the conveyor device (9) comprises two conveyors (17, 18) placed side by side and designed to operate independently on the containers (8) supported by the conveyor device (9), and respective motor means (21, 22) are associated with the two conveyors (17, 18) so that one of the two conveyors (17, 18) moves towards the hopper (3) the empty containers (8) carried on the conveyor means (9) from the dispensing apparatus (29), and the other of the two conveyors (17, 18) moves away from the hopper (3) the containers (8) full of rod-shaped articles (2). |
