DEVICE FOR UNLOADING COMPARTMENT TRAYS, USED IN TOBACCO INDUSTRY, FILLED WITH ROD SHAPED ELEMENTS

摘要

Device provided for unloading compartment trays (2), filled with rod shaped ele¬ ments (25), having an inlet conveyor (1) for full trays (2) and an outlet conveyors (3) for empty trays (2') arranged parallel in one plane, and having a turning unit (4) for trays (2), provided with a supporting plate (6) and a turning unit (12) for trays (2'). It is provided with a linear transporter (14) for trays (2, T) situated in a plane perpendicular to the plane of conveyors (1, 3), provided with a movable arranged gripping unit (16) for trays (2) and a gripping unit (17) for trays (2'). Below a transporter (14) in the zone of operating of the gripping unit (16) there is situated an unloading conveyor (24) the end of which is situated at the inlet of an immovable throat (27). The turning unit (4) for trays (2) is provided with a supporting plate (6) consisting of elements (5), the number of which corresponds to the number of compartments (8) of the tray (2), and the distance between elements (5) corresponds to the thickness of thickness of inner walls (9) of tray (2). Linear transporter (14) is composed of a guide (15), on which there situated two separate gripping units (16, 17) in form of a carriage (20, 21) provided with two grippers (22, 23). Walls of the throat (27) are movable and constitute an alignment unit (29), and below the throat (27) there is disposed a movable support (30), whereas a vertical wall (26) of the throat (27) between an unloading conveyor (24) and an out-feeding conveyor (28) is pro¬ vided with a swing valve plate (32). Moreover the device is provided with a mechanism (33), for cleaning compartments (8) of the tray (2'), having rotary assembled brushes (34), disposed in the zone of the origin of the outlet conveyor (3) below the gripping unit (17).