CA1061672A - Chute filling device for filter cigarette casings - Google Patents
Chute filling device for filter cigarette casingsInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present invention provides in a chute filling device for use solely with cigarette tubes empty of tobacco and having respective filters on one end thereof, the device in-cluding a funnel and a chute divided by partitions with a dis-charge opening and a pushing ram, the improvement comprising:
means for loosely suspending said partitions with substantially uniform play throughout their lengths, said means for suspending including a first plurality of slits of substantially uniform width along their lengths and depths in a plate defining a floor of the device and a second plurality of slits of substantially uniform width along their lengths and depths in a swing frame, one end of each of said partitions being placed in a respective one of said slits of uniform width in said plate and the other end of each of said partitions being placed in a respective one of said slits of uniform width in said swing frame, said uniform width of each of said slits being greater than the thickness of the respective end of that partition positioned therein, and means to vibrate said partitions to impart lateral movements of adjacent ones of said partitions toward and away from one another so that the cigarette tubes empty of tobacco and having the respective filters at ends thereof are braked in their downward fall after each action of the pushing ram by frequent contact with slides of said partitions which vibrate with lateral motion towards and away from adjacent ones thereof in said slits of substantially uniform widths, the tubes moving downwardly while maintaining a substantially horizontal position as a result of the braking action.
The present invention provides in a chute filling device for use solely with cigarette tubes empty of tobacco and having respective filters on one end thereof, the device in-cluding a funnel and a chute divided by partitions with a dis-charge opening and a pushing ram, the improvement comprising:
means for loosely suspending said partitions with substantially uniform play throughout their lengths, said means for suspending including a first plurality of slits of substantially uniform width along their lengths and depths in a plate defining a floor of the device and a second plurality of slits of substantially uniform width along their lengths and depths in a swing frame, one end of each of said partitions being placed in a respective one of said slits of uniform width in said plate and the other end of each of said partitions being placed in a respective one of said slits of uniform width in said swing frame, said uniform width of each of said slits being greater than the thickness of the respective end of that partition positioned therein, and means to vibrate said partitions to impart lateral movements of adjacent ones of said partitions toward and away from one another so that the cigarette tubes empty of tobacco and having the respective filters at ends thereof are braked in their downward fall after each action of the pushing ram by frequent contact with slides of said partitions which vibrate with lateral motion towards and away from adjacent ones thereof in said slits of substantially uniform widths, the tubes moving downwardly while maintaining a substantially horizontal position as a result of the braking action.
Description
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The present invention relates to a chute filling device for containing end discnarging filter-cigarette tubes of the kind comprising a funnel, and a chute which is sub-divided by parti-tions and has a discharge opening and pushing ram. By a filter-cigarette tube in this specification and claims in meant a tube whose sleeve is empty, but which is provided with a filter at one end.
For the packing of round rod-shaped articles, parti- -cularly cigarettes, packing machines are known in which the articles are fed by way of a funnel to a chute which is 50 sub-divided by partitions that the articles to be packed can be supplied superimposed, as individual pieces, to an ejection opening. Constant numbers of articles can be pushed out from the chute generally in the axial direction, by a ram which can be accurately adjusted as to height.
Also known is a cigarette magazine with at least one downwardly directed outlet divided by partitions into chute sec-tions, the cigarettes being held in the outlet, closely super-imposed under their own weight in individual columns, ready for removal at the lower end.
For the packing of cigarettes in cigarette packages or boxes, a maximum height of descent in the chute of three cigarette diameters is required, six chute sections being pro-vided for a packet content of eighteen cigarettes. The descent of the cigarettes under their own weight encounters no apprec-iable obstacle, as the cigarettes have a symmetrically located centre of gravity, and, therefore, stable falling properties.
They are, moreover, of stable form due to the filling of tobacco, that is they are of constant diameter or height.
Whereas such packing of cigarettes from magazines ; which are divided into chute sections by partitions is possible in relatively simple fashion, considerable difficulties arise ~ .
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if the same principle is employed with packing machines or fill-ing devices for filter-cigarette tubes sometimes termed cigarette-- filter. For a package content of a hundred tubes, for example, seventeen chute sections each with six superimposed tubes will be required, a dummy piece being inserted in each of two chute sections. The height of fall for a filling operation amounts to ; six tube diameters. secause the paper sleeve is empty, the centre of gravity of the tube is displaced into the region of the filter, so that, unless counter-measures are taken, the tubes would fall with the filters leading and would assume a tilted ~ -~
position in the chute sections. ~loreover, because of the insta- -bility of form of the empty sleeve, no definite height can be determined for the paper side of the tubes which makes it diffi- `;
cult so to determine the height in the discharge opening that, ;
in particular, the seventh layer will be held back during each pushing operation. `
The invention provides a chute filling device of the kind set forth with which a precisely determinable number of tubes can be pushed by a pushing ram into a package, damage to the tubes being avoided and pushing back of the next row of tubes for a ~ -subsequent filling of a package being avoided.
According to the present invention there is provided in a chute filling device for use solely with cigarette tubes t empty of tobacco and having respective filters on one end there-of, the device including a funnel and a chute divided by parti-tions with a discharge opening and a pushing ram, the improve-ment comprising: means for loosely suspending said partitions with substantially uniform play throughout their lengths, said means for suspending including a first plurality of slits of substantially uniform width along their lengths and depths in a plate defining a floor of the device and a second plurality of slits of substantially uniform width along their lengths and .
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depths in a swin~ frame, one end of each of said partitions -~
being placed in a respective one of said slits of uniform width in said plate and the other end of each of said partitions being placed in a respective one of said slits of uniform width in said swing frame, said uniform width of each of said slits being greater than the thickness of the respective end of that parti-tion positioned therein, and means to vibrate said partitions to impart lateral movements of adjacent ones of said partitions towards and away from one another so that the cigarette tubes empty of tobacco and having the respective filters at ends there- -of are braked in their downward fall after each action of the pushing ram by frequent contact with slides of said partitions which vibrate with lateral motion towards and away from adjacent ones thereof in said slits of substantially uniform widths, the tubes moving downwardly while maintaining a substantially hori-zontal position as a result of the braking action. ~ ;
, With the device according to the invention a problem .~ , is solved which is not encountered in the conventional stacking of cigare$tes for filling packets for sale since filter-cigarette tubes are sold, for example, in packages of one hundred. This requires a greater height of fall of the individual filter-cigarette tubes when filling a package. In contrast to the conditions in the case of complete cigarettes, insofar as filter-cigarette tubes are concerned with centre of gravity is located not at the centre of the tube but near the filter end. The tendency of the filter-cigarette tubes to descend in a free fall with this heavy end downwards has been eliminated by the device according to the invention in that the individual filter-cigarette tubes are laterally (horizontally) gripped in a very rapid sequence. The rapid sequence of this lateral gripping action checks the free fall and thus causes an approximately hori~ontal alignment of the individual filter-cigarette tubes even at the ,, ,:
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end of the fall path. At the heavy end of the filter-cigarette tube this rapid braking and gripping force has a greater effect -than at the light end since the heavy end, i.e., the filter end, has a greater stability of form then the subsequent empty paper sleeve.
Suitably, electromagnetic vibrators are also provided for vibrating the funnel. Advantageously, an eccentric device driven by a motor is used for oscillating the swing frame. The partitions are located in slots in a bass plate of the shaft.
The pushing ram may be slotted like a comb and may be fixed as to its vertical position. Advantageously, for holding back the lowest layer of tubes intended for the next filling operation, a suction element provided with suction nozzles is arranged at the chute wall which, in the use of the device, is adjacent to the filter ends of the tubes. Preferably, a suction nozzle is provided for each tube position in a horizontal plane.
Advantageously such holding back of the next layer is ;
assisted by the provision, at the upper margin of the discharge ~ -opening, of elastic and/or flexible retention means ~or that layer, i.e. the layer next following the quantity of tubes to be ejected in each operation. The retention means may comprise brush means or be of brush-like construction. .`
With such a device, it is possible to achieve reliable -determination of the number of tubes discharged and more protec-tive handling of the tubes by virtue of the omission of separat-ing slides previously employed. Provision may be made for faulty ~! tubes, for example tubes with open seams, tubes pressed out of shape in the manual filling thereof into the funnel and tubes sticking together, to be removed.
One embodiment of the invention by way of example will now be more fully described with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, in which.
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~' Fig. 1 is a cross section through a device ~or contain- ;
ing and discharging filter cigarette tubes, on the line I-I in Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line II-II in Fig. 1.
; Referring to the drawing, apparatus illustrated com-prises a funnel 1 to which ready-prepared filter-cigarette tubes ; 12, sorted as to position with respect to their paper side 13 and filter side 14, are fed. The funnel 1 can be vibrated by electro-magnetic vibrators 20 with very high frequency but small ampli-tude in order to avoid "bridging" of the tubes filled into it.
Disposed below the funnel 1, there is a chute 2 having `
a front wall 3 and rear wall 4 (Fig. 2) as well as side walls and ., .
a base plate 5. Chute partitions 6 are suspended, with play in slots 21, on a frame 11 located below the level of the outlet end ;~ of the funnel 1. The frame 11 is connec~ed to an eccentric de- `
vice 23 driven by a motor 24 so that the frame 11 can be oscil-lated mechanically. The eccentric device 23 is disposed with the motor 24 on a bracket or traverse 26 on a side wall of the `~ 2`0 chute. The motor may be adjustable.
~ In the example illustrated, which isintended for the i~ .
' packing of a hundred tubes, eighteen partitions 6 are disposed , side by side to provide seventeen chute compartments or sections.
To ensure a filling of a hundred tubes at each discharge opera-i:
tion, a dummy piece 10 is provided in each of two compartments.
In Fig. 1, only two columns of tubes 12 are shown, actually each compartment is filled with tubes.
Arranged to the rear of the chute 2, as shown in Fig.
The present invention relates to a chute filling device for containing end discnarging filter-cigarette tubes of the kind comprising a funnel, and a chute which is sub-divided by parti-tions and has a discharge opening and pushing ram. By a filter-cigarette tube in this specification and claims in meant a tube whose sleeve is empty, but which is provided with a filter at one end.
For the packing of round rod-shaped articles, parti- -cularly cigarettes, packing machines are known in which the articles are fed by way of a funnel to a chute which is 50 sub-divided by partitions that the articles to be packed can be supplied superimposed, as individual pieces, to an ejection opening. Constant numbers of articles can be pushed out from the chute generally in the axial direction, by a ram which can be accurately adjusted as to height.
Also known is a cigarette magazine with at least one downwardly directed outlet divided by partitions into chute sec-tions, the cigarettes being held in the outlet, closely super-imposed under their own weight in individual columns, ready for removal at the lower end.
For the packing of cigarettes in cigarette packages or boxes, a maximum height of descent in the chute of three cigarette diameters is required, six chute sections being pro-vided for a packet content of eighteen cigarettes. The descent of the cigarettes under their own weight encounters no apprec-iable obstacle, as the cigarettes have a symmetrically located centre of gravity, and, therefore, stable falling properties.
They are, moreover, of stable form due to the filling of tobacco, that is they are of constant diameter or height.
Whereas such packing of cigarettes from magazines ; which are divided into chute sections by partitions is possible in relatively simple fashion, considerable difficulties arise ~ .
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if the same principle is employed with packing machines or fill-ing devices for filter-cigarette tubes sometimes termed cigarette-- filter. For a package content of a hundred tubes, for example, seventeen chute sections each with six superimposed tubes will be required, a dummy piece being inserted in each of two chute sections. The height of fall for a filling operation amounts to ; six tube diameters. secause the paper sleeve is empty, the centre of gravity of the tube is displaced into the region of the filter, so that, unless counter-measures are taken, the tubes would fall with the filters leading and would assume a tilted ~ -~
position in the chute sections. ~loreover, because of the insta- -bility of form of the empty sleeve, no definite height can be determined for the paper side of the tubes which makes it diffi- `;
cult so to determine the height in the discharge opening that, ;
in particular, the seventh layer will be held back during each pushing operation. `
The invention provides a chute filling device of the kind set forth with which a precisely determinable number of tubes can be pushed by a pushing ram into a package, damage to the tubes being avoided and pushing back of the next row of tubes for a ~ -subsequent filling of a package being avoided.
According to the present invention there is provided in a chute filling device for use solely with cigarette tubes t empty of tobacco and having respective filters on one end there-of, the device including a funnel and a chute divided by parti-tions with a discharge opening and a pushing ram, the improve-ment comprising: means for loosely suspending said partitions with substantially uniform play throughout their lengths, said means for suspending including a first plurality of slits of substantially uniform width along their lengths and depths in a plate defining a floor of the device and a second plurality of slits of substantially uniform width along their lengths and .
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depths in a swin~ frame, one end of each of said partitions -~
being placed in a respective one of said slits of uniform width in said plate and the other end of each of said partitions being placed in a respective one of said slits of uniform width in said swing frame, said uniform width of each of said slits being greater than the thickness of the respective end of that parti-tion positioned therein, and means to vibrate said partitions to impart lateral movements of adjacent ones of said partitions towards and away from one another so that the cigarette tubes empty of tobacco and having the respective filters at ends there- -of are braked in their downward fall after each action of the pushing ram by frequent contact with slides of said partitions which vibrate with lateral motion towards and away from adjacent ones thereof in said slits of substantially uniform widths, the tubes moving downwardly while maintaining a substantially hori-zontal position as a result of the braking action. ~ ;
, With the device according to the invention a problem .~ , is solved which is not encountered in the conventional stacking of cigare$tes for filling packets for sale since filter-cigarette tubes are sold, for example, in packages of one hundred. This requires a greater height of fall of the individual filter-cigarette tubes when filling a package. In contrast to the conditions in the case of complete cigarettes, insofar as filter-cigarette tubes are concerned with centre of gravity is located not at the centre of the tube but near the filter end. The tendency of the filter-cigarette tubes to descend in a free fall with this heavy end downwards has been eliminated by the device according to the invention in that the individual filter-cigarette tubes are laterally (horizontally) gripped in a very rapid sequence. The rapid sequence of this lateral gripping action checks the free fall and thus causes an approximately hori~ontal alignment of the individual filter-cigarette tubes even at the ,, ,:
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end of the fall path. At the heavy end of the filter-cigarette tube this rapid braking and gripping force has a greater effect -than at the light end since the heavy end, i.e., the filter end, has a greater stability of form then the subsequent empty paper sleeve.
Suitably, electromagnetic vibrators are also provided for vibrating the funnel. Advantageously, an eccentric device driven by a motor is used for oscillating the swing frame. The partitions are located in slots in a bass plate of the shaft.
The pushing ram may be slotted like a comb and may be fixed as to its vertical position. Advantageously, for holding back the lowest layer of tubes intended for the next filling operation, a suction element provided with suction nozzles is arranged at the chute wall which, in the use of the device, is adjacent to the filter ends of the tubes. Preferably, a suction nozzle is provided for each tube position in a horizontal plane.
Advantageously such holding back of the next layer is ;
assisted by the provision, at the upper margin of the discharge ~ -opening, of elastic and/or flexible retention means ~or that layer, i.e. the layer next following the quantity of tubes to be ejected in each operation. The retention means may comprise brush means or be of brush-like construction. .`
With such a device, it is possible to achieve reliable -determination of the number of tubes discharged and more protec-tive handling of the tubes by virtue of the omission of separat-ing slides previously employed. Provision may be made for faulty ~! tubes, for example tubes with open seams, tubes pressed out of shape in the manual filling thereof into the funnel and tubes sticking together, to be removed.
One embodiment of the invention by way of example will now be more fully described with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, in which.
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~' Fig. 1 is a cross section through a device ~or contain- ;
ing and discharging filter cigarette tubes, on the line I-I in Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line II-II in Fig. 1.
; Referring to the drawing, apparatus illustrated com-prises a funnel 1 to which ready-prepared filter-cigarette tubes ; 12, sorted as to position with respect to their paper side 13 and filter side 14, are fed. The funnel 1 can be vibrated by electro-magnetic vibrators 20 with very high frequency but small ampli-tude in order to avoid "bridging" of the tubes filled into it.
Disposed below the funnel 1, there is a chute 2 having `
a front wall 3 and rear wall 4 (Fig. 2) as well as side walls and ., .
a base plate 5. Chute partitions 6 are suspended, with play in slots 21, on a frame 11 located below the level of the outlet end ;~ of the funnel 1. The frame 11 is connec~ed to an eccentric de- `
vice 23 driven by a motor 24 so that the frame 11 can be oscil-lated mechanically. The eccentric device 23 is disposed with the motor 24 on a bracket or traverse 26 on a side wall of the `~ 2`0 chute. The motor may be adjustable.
~ In the example illustrated, which isintended for the i~ .
' packing of a hundred tubes, eighteen partitions 6 are disposed , side by side to provide seventeen chute compartments or sections.
To ensure a filling of a hundred tubes at each discharge opera-i:
tion, a dummy piece 10 is provided in each of two compartments.
In Fig. 1, only two columns of tubes 12 are shown, actually each compartment is filled with tubes.
Arranged to the rear of the chute 2, as shown in Fig.
2, there is a pushing ram 7 which is displaceable in the axial direction of the tubes 12 and which, at each fill:ing operation, pushes from each of the compartments bounded by the partitions 6 six tubes (five in the case of the columns with the dummy pieces .
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10) parallel to the base plate 5 through a discharge opening 17 into a package (not shown). A cylinder-piston unit 27, which may be operated pneumatically or hydraulically serves to drive the ram 7 which has a fixed vertical position. The operative part of the ram 7 is slotted vertically to form a plurality of individual pushers, so -that the ram as a whole is of comb-like shape.
The apparatus is mounted by its base plate 5 on support-ing mean~s, not shown, for example a work bench. The plate 5 has slots 25 in which the lower ends of the partitions 6, which are preferably made from spring bronze, rest. Arranged at a height ``
of six tube diameters above the plate 5 is a horizontal suction -bar or strip 8 with suction nozzles 9, one for each compartment.
The bar 8 or nozzles 9 are connected by a pipe 28, preferably flexible, to a source of suction, for example an air pump.
; The suction from the bar ~ serves to hold back each seventh layer oftubes during the pushing operation. This is `; assisted by elastic or flexible tube-retaining means 19 mounted in a socket at the upper margin 18 of the opening 17. In the example illustrated, the r~taining means is constituted by a brush or brushes with soft bristles. Instead, an air barrier ~; or douche may alternatively be provided at this place.
The device operates in the following manner: Tubes 12 are fed from the funnel 1, vibrated by the vibrators 20, into the seventeen compartments or individual chutes formed by the loosely suspended partitions 6. The frame 11 is oscillated by the eccentric device 23. Due to the resultant oscillation of the partitions 6 transversely of the planes thereof (Fig. 1), the tubes 12 are braked, during their fall in the individual chutes, by fre~uent contact, depending on the fre~uency and ; amp]itude, with the partition walls, particularly on the filter side 14, due to horizontal forming thereof, and descend with a .',:
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substantially horizontal orientation. After the completion of this operation, the tubes 12 of the lowest six layers are pushed out longitudinally from the opening by the ram 7. During the ; pushing operation, the seventh layer of tubes is drawn in the direction towards the filter side 14 and held by the suction ;
nozzles 9. If, however, one or more tubes of the seventh layer should tend to be entrained by the tubes of the layer below, they will be held back by the brush 19, which projects downwardly slightly below the level of the bottoms of an uncompressed seventh layer. In this position, due to the flexibility of the bristles, it will not interfere with the discharge of the sixth layer, but will hold back the tubes of the seventh layer even if these are slightly compressed under the weight of the tubes above. The brush 19 imposes restraint, on the paper side 13, at a predetermined height and assists in holding back the seventh layer.
Variations are possible as regards the number of cigarette tubes ejected for a particular filling operation, the construction and arrangement of the suction bar 8 and nozzles 9 and the arrangement and construction of the retaining means at the opening 17.
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10) parallel to the base plate 5 through a discharge opening 17 into a package (not shown). A cylinder-piston unit 27, which may be operated pneumatically or hydraulically serves to drive the ram 7 which has a fixed vertical position. The operative part of the ram 7 is slotted vertically to form a plurality of individual pushers, so -that the ram as a whole is of comb-like shape.
The apparatus is mounted by its base plate 5 on support-ing mean~s, not shown, for example a work bench. The plate 5 has slots 25 in which the lower ends of the partitions 6, which are preferably made from spring bronze, rest. Arranged at a height ``
of six tube diameters above the plate 5 is a horizontal suction -bar or strip 8 with suction nozzles 9, one for each compartment.
The bar 8 or nozzles 9 are connected by a pipe 28, preferably flexible, to a source of suction, for example an air pump.
; The suction from the bar ~ serves to hold back each seventh layer oftubes during the pushing operation. This is `; assisted by elastic or flexible tube-retaining means 19 mounted in a socket at the upper margin 18 of the opening 17. In the example illustrated, the r~taining means is constituted by a brush or brushes with soft bristles. Instead, an air barrier ~; or douche may alternatively be provided at this place.
The device operates in the following manner: Tubes 12 are fed from the funnel 1, vibrated by the vibrators 20, into the seventeen compartments or individual chutes formed by the loosely suspended partitions 6. The frame 11 is oscillated by the eccentric device 23. Due to the resultant oscillation of the partitions 6 transversely of the planes thereof (Fig. 1), the tubes 12 are braked, during their fall in the individual chutes, by fre~uent contact, depending on the fre~uency and ; amp]itude, with the partition walls, particularly on the filter side 14, due to horizontal forming thereof, and descend with a .',:
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substantially horizontal orientation. After the completion of this operation, the tubes 12 of the lowest six layers are pushed out longitudinally from the opening by the ram 7. During the ; pushing operation, the seventh layer of tubes is drawn in the direction towards the filter side 14 and held by the suction ;
nozzles 9. If, however, one or more tubes of the seventh layer should tend to be entrained by the tubes of the layer below, they will be held back by the brush 19, which projects downwardly slightly below the level of the bottoms of an uncompressed seventh layer. In this position, due to the flexibility of the bristles, it will not interfere with the discharge of the sixth layer, but will hold back the tubes of the seventh layer even if these are slightly compressed under the weight of the tubes above. The brush 19 imposes restraint, on the paper side 13, at a predetermined height and assists in holding back the seventh layer.
Variations are possible as regards the number of cigarette tubes ejected for a particular filling operation, the construction and arrangement of the suction bar 8 and nozzles 9 and the arrangement and construction of the retaining means at the opening 17.
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Claims (8)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. In a chute filling device for use solely with cigarette tubes empty of tobacco and having respective filters on one end thereof, the device including a funnel and a chute divided by partitions with a discharge opening and a pushing ram, the improvement comprising: means for loosely suspending said partitions with substantially uniform play throughout their lengths, said means for suspending including a first plurality of slits of substantially uniform width along their lengths and depths in a plate defining a floor of the device and a second plurality of slits of substantially uniform width along their lengths and depths in a swing frame, one end of each of said partitions being placed in a respective one of said slits of uniform width in said plate and the other end of each of said partitions being placed in a respective one of said slits of uniform width in said swing frame, said uniform width of each of said slits being greater than the thickness of the respective end of that partition positioned therein, and means to vibrate said partitions to impart lateral movements of adjacent ones of said partitions toward and away from one another so that the cigarette tubes empty of tobacco and having the respective filters at ends thereof are braked in their downward fall after each action of the pushing ram by frequent contact with slides of said partitions which vibrate with lateral motion towards and away from adjacent ones thereof in said slits of substantially uniform widths, the tubes moving downwardly while maintaining a substantially horizontal position as a result of the braking action.
2. A device according to Claim 1, wherein electro-magnetic vibrators are provided for vibrating the chute.
3. A device according to Claim 1, wherein an eccentric device is provided for oscillating the frame to effect vibration of said partitions.
4. A device according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the pushing ram is slotted as a comb and is fixed with respect to its vertical position.
5. A device according to Claim 1, wherein a suction element provided with suction nozzles is disposed at the chute wall which, in the use of the device, is adjacent to the filter ends of the tubes.
6. Apparatus according to Claim 5, wherein a suction nozzle is provided for each tube position in a horizontal plane.
7. Apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein elastic or flexible means for retaining in the chute a layer of tubes above layers of tubes to be pushed out is disposed at the upper margin of the discharge opening.
8. Apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein the retaining means comprises brush means.
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| FR985955A (en) * | 1943-11-17 | 1951-07-25 | Decoufle Usines | Improvements to the distribution of cigarettes in cigarette packers |
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| GB775826A (en) * | 1954-10-01 | 1957-05-29 | Korber Kurt | Improvements in supply hoppers for cigarettes and similar rod-like articles |
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| FR1475759A (en) * | 1966-01-26 | 1967-04-07 | Sas G D Di Enzo Seragnoli | Method and mechanism for forming ordered groups of cigarettes and for their conveyance to a packaging machine |
| DE1757970B1 (en) * | 1968-07-02 | 1971-07-08 | Niepmann & Co Maschf Fr | Feeding device for cigarettes on a cigarette packing machine |
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