摘要 |
<p>A machine manufacturing tobacco products, typically filters for cigarettes, is supplied continuously with bales of cellulose acetate tow by a device equipped with a first tray (2) holding a first such bale (3) of material in the process of depletion, movable from an operating position to a standby position, and a second tray (4) holding a replacement bale (5), movable from the standby position into the operating position; the second tray (4) is elevated and transferred from the standby position to the operating position by a handling component (6), and the first tray (2) conveyed from the operating position to the standby position by a translation component (7) operating simultaneously with the handling component (6), so that the positions of the depleted bale and the replacement bale can be switched in a single operation.</p> |