CN103635107A - Apparatus and method for introducing objects into a smoking article - Google Patents
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Abstract
An apparatus for introducing objects into a continuous flow of material comprises: a reservoir (1) for providing objects; a rotatable transfer wheel (3) for transporting and delivering the objects to an insertion unit for introducing the object into a continuous flow of material; a transfer chamber (2) for transferring the objects to the transfer wheel (3), the transfer chamber (2) being arranged between the reservoir (1) and the transfer wheel (3). The rotatable transfer wheel (3) is provided with recesses (320) where the objects can be transferred and retained through the application of suction until they are delivered to the insertion unit. The rotatable transfer wheel (3) comprises a suction inlet arranged in the center of the rotatable transfer wheel (3) such as to provide suction through the center of the rotatable wheel (3) and comprises fluidic connections for providing a fluidic communication between the suction inlet and the recesses (320).
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to for object being imported to the apparatus and method of continuous material stream.For example, described object can be capsule, and it is imported into during by the manufacture of the filter components at smoking article in continuous filter-tip material stream.
Background technology
Such as the smoking articles such as cigarette conventionally there is rod-like structure and for example comprise for go muscle tobacco leaf can smoking material post.Thereby conventionally by wrapping paper, surround and go muscle tobacco leaf to form so-called " tobacco rods ".In cigarette with filter tip, according to end-to-end relation, cylindrical filter element is aimed at tobacco rods.For example, filter element can comprise cellulose acetate tow filter-tip material.Can surround filter-tip material by the paper material that is called as " filter stick formation paper ".Conventionally use the encirclement packaging material that are called as " tipping paper " filter element to be attached to an end of tobacco rods.
For changing the whole bag of tricks proposing of sensory attribute of cigarette, comprise extra element is incorporated to filter tip as medium, described medium is used to the main flume in smoking article to add extra fragrance.For example, someone advises during the manufacture of filter element, for example object for capsule being imported in filter-tip material.
The whole bag of tricks and the device of filter-tip material have been proposed to be used for during the manufacture of the filter element for smoking article, such object being imported.For example, a kind of such device has been described in WO-A-2010/055120.According to the device described in WO-A-2010/055120, comprise the holder that is loaded with object.Described holder is open in transfer chamber, makes in operation object circulate in described transfer chamber.The object circulating in transfer chamber moves along the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel.Transfer wheel has groove (depression) in its peripheral surface, and by means of the swabbing action that is applied to groove, object is directed into and is held in groove.By the rotation of transfer wheel, object is transported in ， insertion position, insertion position them and is released and is imported into continuous filter-tip material stream from transfer wheel.
In filter-tip manufacture in enormous quantities, all need as far as possible efficiently and reliably to manufacture such filter tip always.This means, need a kind of device of an object being put into reliably to filter element.
Summary of the invention
According to the present invention, be provided for object to import the apparatus and method in continuous material stream.Although only example has illustrated that wherein object is inserted into the embodiment in filter-tip material in following description, but the present invention also comprises object wherein and is inserted into the situation in the other parts of smoking article, for example, is inserted in the chamber in tobacco rods or in filter tip.
According to device of the present invention, comprise for the holder of a plurality of objects is provided, for described object being transported to the rotatable transfer wheel of plug-in unit, and for the transfer chamber to described rotatable transfer wheel by described object transfer, wherein said plug-in unit is for importing object continuous material stream.Transfer chamber is arranged between holder and rotatable transfer wheel.Rotatable transfer wheel is provided with groove, by application swabbing action can be by object transfer to groove and object can be held in groove.Object is held in groove until object is transferred into from rotatable transfer wheel the plug-in unit flowing for object being imported to continuous material.Rotatable transfer wheel comprises the suction inlet at the center that is arranged in rotatable wheel, with the center by rotatable wheel, provides swabbing action.Rotatable transfer wheel also comprises for the fluid connecting portion providing fluid to be communicated with between suction inlet and groove.
" for the fluid connecting portion that provides fluid to be communicated with " represent to allow by swabbing action or over pressure from rotatable transfer wheel in the heart or the suction inlet of center be sent to any connecting portion of the groove transfer wheel or a part for connecting portion.
According to the present invention, object refers to can be by any independent article of processing according to apparatus and method of the present invention.Preferably, object is to be roughly spherical object.Preferably, being roughly spherical object has between roughly 0.5mm and the roughly diameter between 6.5mm; More preferably, being roughly spherical object has between roughly 2.5mm and the roughly diameter between 4.0mm.Preferably, being roughly spherical object is capsule.Preferably, described capsule comprises liquid.Preferably, described liquid is flavorant, for example, and menthol.Preferably, capsule is crushable, that is, when the sufficient crushing strength of application, capsule can discharge its inclusion.For similar object, particularly importantly during manufacture process carefully handled object in order to avoid discharge the liquid in capsule.
In the suction inlet at the center of rotatable transfer wheel with for the layout of the fluid connecting portion providing fluid to be communicated with between suction inlet and groove, allow that in single position (at the suction inlet place that is arranged in center, so that at least provide swabbing action along the part of the rotation of rotatable transfer wheel) locates easily to supply swabbing action.Swabbing action is each groove to rotatable transfer wheel by fluid connecting portion " distribution " subsequently.From structure visual angle this be simple and reliable swabbing action, particularly when comparing with the device that can know from prior art.From following described embodiment, can significantly find out, this building method produce various can thinkable embodiment, from the described various embodiment of angle of structure, be simple.Meanwhile, these embodiment are particularly very reliable for transfer wheel at a high speed, therefore make according to device of the present invention effective especially.
According in device of the present invention embodiment, rotatable transfer wheel comprises that three are adjacent to the dishes of arranging.In described three dishes first dish is transmission dish, and it comprises for receive the groove of object from transfer chamber.The second dish is terminal pad, and it is included at least a portion of the fluid connecting portion between suction inlet and groove.The 3rd dish is supplies trays, and it comprises the suction inlet at the center that is arranged in supplies trays.Terminal pad is arranged between supplies trays and transmission dish.The building method that includes above-mentioned three dishes is allowed substantially that following functions is separated: " in the supply of the external suction effect of the center of wheel ", " by the central dispense of swabbing action trailing wheel to each groove ", and " object is transported to plug-in unit from transfer chamber ".Can significantly find out hereinafter, more structure selection is allowed in this of function kind of separation.
According in device of the present invention embodiment, suction inlet comprises the sleeve of the connection cylinder that is suitable for accommodating feed line.Connect cylinder and be provided with bearing, for example ball bearing or sliding bearing.Described bearing allows that rotatable wheel is around connecting cylinder rotation.This embodiment represents and a kind ofly by swabbing action, supplies the simple mode that circuit is attached to wheel.Only need to be connected to supplies trays by connecting cylinder.The whole rotatable wheel that includes supplies trays can, around bearing rotary, be supplied circuit simultaneously and be arranged in sleeve securely subsequently.
According in the another embodiment of device of the present invention, fluid connecting portion is also included in the transmission dish passage extending in transmission dish.Each in described transmission dish passage comprises corresponding radial passage part, corresponding radial passage part from the bottom of corresponding groove towards accordingly radially inner terminal roughly radially extend.Corresponding interconnection part from radial passage part accordingly radially inner terminal extend to corresponding hole, corresponding hole be arranged at transmission dish in the face of in that surface of terminal pad.Corresponding hole and corresponding interconnection partly have specific diameter to the large cross section of the cross section of channel part.This allows good " transmission " to the swabbing action of the bottom of each groove.Correspondingly, it makes it possible to reliably object is pumped in groove and during will being inserted into the position in continuous material stream, they is held in groove being transported to wherein object.
In a specific embodiment of such device, the hole in the surface of transmission dish is arranged in triggers diameter place.Terminal pad comprises the opening at the center of being arranged in, and it is communicated with in fluid with the suction inlet of supplies trays.The opening at the center that is arranged in of described terminal pad has than triggering the little diameter of diameter.Correspondingly, between the opening at the center that is arranged in of terminal pad and the hole being arranged in the surface of transmission dish, do not exist direct fluid to be communicated with.Terminal pad also comprises a plurality of interface channels, and described a plurality of interface channels radially at least extend to triggering diameter from being arranged in the opening at center.Interface channel is communicated with in fluid with circumference trigger port.Trigger port is arranged at facing on the surface of transmission dish of terminal pad.Trigger port has towards the open surface of transmission dish.Transmission dish forms a lid, described lid close trigger port except the open surface the position in hole, wherein trigger port is communicated with hole fluid in the position in hole.Therefore, swabbing action can be sent to trigger port from suction inlet reliably by interface channel, and the hole of coiling by transmission and transmission channels are transferred into the bottom of groove from trigger port.
In a kind of variant embodiment of this embodiment of described device, terminal pad comprises many interface channels, and the quantity of described interface channel is less than the quantity in the hole in transmission dish.Interface channel is arranged at facing in that surface of supplies trays of terminal pad.Interface channel has the open surface towards supplies trays.Supplies trays forms the lid of the open surface of closing interface channel.Setting extends to circumference trigger port from interface channel through hole through terminal pad is communicated with to set up fluid.For example, interface channel is radially from the straight triggering diameter that extends to of central opening (star).There, the through hole that interface channel is connected with circumference trigger port on the opposite side of terminal pad can be set.This be simple structural scheme by the swabbing action at central supply " distribution " to each hole and be dispensed to therefrom the corresponding groove in transmission dish.
In an alternate embodiment of device of the present invention, the hole in the surface of described transmission dish is also arranged in triggers diameter place.Terminal pad comprises the opening at the center of being arranged in, described in be arranged in the opening at center and the suction inlet of supplies trays is communicated with in fluid.The described opening that is arranged in center has than triggering the large diameter of diameter.Therefore, the opening at the center that is arranged in of terminal pad and the hole of transmission dish directly fluid be communicated with.The opening at the center that is arranged in of terminal pad is covered by supplies trays from a side and covers by transmitting dish from opposite side.This embodiment is different from previous embodiment, because it does not comprise interface channel.On the contrary, be arranged in the opening at center and the hole of transmission dish directly fluid be communicated with to directly transmit swabbing action.Supplies trays and transmission are coiled the opening of drape centerings all so that swabbing action can be sent to the hole of transmission dish reliably.This be to by the swabbing action at central supply " distribution " to each hole and be dispensed to therefrom a kind of alternative simple structure scheme of the corresponding groove scheme in transmission dish.
According to the another embodiment of device of the present invention, also comprise the instrument for generation of object shuttling movement in transfer chamber along circulating path.A part for described circulating path peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel in the direction of rotation of rotatable transfer wheel extends.Object assists to guarantee that along the shuttling movement of (or correspondingly transmission dish) peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel object is passed in each in the groove of rotatable transfer wheel to avoid empty groove.In addition, make object circulate and prevent from stopping up in transfer chamber in transfer chamber.Although the speed of object generally can change in scope widely, yet preferably object is identical or roughly the same with the speed of the peripheral surface of the transfer wheel of rotation along the speed of that part of the extension of the peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel of circulating path.For example, the speed of object can than the speed of the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel slow roughly 25% in fast roughly 25% scope according to the velocity variations of the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel.More preferably, the speed of object can than the speed of the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel slow roughly 10% in fast roughly 10% scope according to the velocity variations of the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel (comprising the wherein roughly the same situation of speed of the speed of object and the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel).Usually, when term " roughly " is combined with particular value, it is usually intended to comprise exact value.
According to another embodiment of device of the present invention, also comprise and return to member.The described member that returns is partly located to be arranged in transfer chamber in the curved sidewall of transfer chamber.Curved sidewall part and return to the end of that part that the peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel that member cloth is placed in circulating path extends.Especially, can by returning, member be arranged to return member and curved sidewall partly reverses the direction of motion of object in transfer chamber.Therefore, return to member and further improve the shuttling movement of object in transfer chamber.
In an embodiment of such device, return to member and there is drop shape.The member that returns of drop comprises tip, two substantially straight sides and the curved part that connects described side.Described tip surface is to the inside of transfer chamber.This side towards the peripheral surface towards rotatable transfer wheel that is arranged so that drop of inside substantially with the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel tangent extend.This can further improve the shuttling movement of object in transfer chamber.Term " substantially straight side " is intended to comprise straight side and crooked side slightly.Preferably, the substantially straight side in the face of transfer wheel has recessed curvature.Preferably, the curvature of this side corresponds essentially to the curvature of transfer wheel, that is, the curvature of described side is concentric with transfer wheel.
Especially, straight side can be arranged to the spacing between straight side and the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel is gradually narrow along the direction of the end of that part of the extension of the peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel towards circulating path.This can assist object to import in the groove (groove) of transfer wheel in addition.Yet described spacing should be only gradually narrow to making the degree that object is not damaged or destroy.Preferably, gradually narrow amplitude be less than capsule diameter roughly 1/4th.
According in the another embodiment of device of the present invention, towards the substantially straight side of the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel, be arranged in the peripheral surface preset distance place from rotatable transfer wheel.This preset distance is chosen as and makes to form the layer being comprised of one to six object between substantially straight side and the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel.Especially, described preset distance is chosen as makes to form the layer being formed by two to four objects between substantially straight side and the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel.Preferably, described layer is the degree of depth of an object, over each other so that object is superimposed in delivery areas.
This embodiment is favourable, because it further contributes to object to import in the groove in the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel, so that object is held in each groove when the corresponding groove of rotatable transfer wheel leaves the region of transfer chamber.
According in the another embodiment of device of the present invention, for realizing object, at the instrument of the shuttling movement of transfer chamber, comprise nozzle.These arrangement of nozzles are in the end of that part of the extension of the peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel of circulating path.Nozzle can produce air-flow.The curved sidewall part of these air-flows and transfer chamber or with return to member together, or with curved sidewall part with return to member together, reverse the direction of motion of object in transfer chamber.Nozzle also further improves the shuttling movement of object in transfer chamber.
Another aspect of the present invention relates to for object being imported to the method for continuous material stream.Said method comprising the steps of:
The holder that is loaded with a plurality of objects is provided;
Described object is guided to the transfer chamber being arranged between holder and rotatable transfer wheel from described holder, described rotatable transfer wheel has groove;
Swabbing action is applied to the groove of rotatable transfer wheel, thus object is passed to the groove of rotatable transfer wheel from transfer chamber and object is held in groove;
The object being held in groove is transported to the insertion position that object will be imported in continuous material stream; And
At place, described insertion position, object is imported in continuous material stream.
By carrying out by the center applications swabbing action of rotatable transfer wheel the step that swabbing action is applied to the groove of rotatable transfer wheel via suction inlet with via fluid connecting portion, described suction inlet is arranged in the center of rotatable transfer wheel, and described fluid connecting portion is set up fluid and is communicated with between suction inlet and groove.
Further comprising the steps of according to method of the present invention embodiment:
Produce the shuttling movement of object in transfer chamber, so that move along the circulating path extending in the direction of rotation in rotatable transfer wheel at the peripheral surface place of rotatable transfer wheel object;
In transfer chamber, end at the circulating path of the peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel of object, setting is returned to member to reverse the direction of motion of object in transfer chamber, return to member and there is drop shape, shown in drop shape comprise tip, two straight sides and the curved part that is connected described straight side, wherein said tip surface to the inside of transfer chamber so that the side of the peripheral surface towards rotatable transfer wheel of drop substantially with the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel tangent extend.
The advantage of the embodiment of described method is identical with the above advantage of having mentioned with respect to the corresponding embodiment for device of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 illustrates according to the stereogram of the main member of device of the present invention embodiment;
Fig. 2 illustrates by the view of the header board of the described device of Fig. 1, some extra details shown in it;
Fig. 3 illustrates the amplification view of core of an embodiment of the rotatable transfer wheel that includes supplies trays, terminal pad and transmission dish, and wherein the connection cylinder of central supply conduit is connected to the sleeve of supplies trays;
Fig. 4 illustrates the exploded view of an embodiment of rotatable transfer wheel, some details of the dish of transmission shown in it and terminal pad;
Fig. 5 illustrates first embodiment of terminal pad in the place ahead at transmission dish of rotatable transfer wheel;
Fig. 6 illustrates second embodiment of terminal pad in the place ahead at transmission dish of rotatable transfer wheel;
Fig. 7 illustrates the 3rd embodiment of terminal pad in the place ahead at transmission dish of rotatable transfer wheel; And
Fig. 8 illustrates the details with the transfer chamber that returns to member, wherein returns to member cloth and is placed in transfer chamber to reverse object flowing by transfer chamber.
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In Fig. 1, show under confined state according to the stereogram of the main member of device of the present invention embodiment, and Fig. 2 illustrates the front view of this embodiment that discloses some extra details.As seen from Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, described device comprises holder 1, is wherein provided with the object that will be imported in continuous material stream, for example capsule or pearl.In Fig. 1, can see the opaque header board 10 of holder 1, yet header board 10 is shown as transparent in Fig. 2 so that the extra details of device is visible.
As can be seen in Figure 2, device also comprises the transfer chamber 2 being arranged between holder 1 and rotatable transfer wheel 3.The member 20 that returns with drop shape is arranged in transfer chamber 2.Return to member 20 and help to reverse in Nang transfer chambers 20 along peripheral the moving of rotatable transfer wheel 3, below will further to it, discuss in more detail.
Fig. 3 illustrates the amplification view of core of an embodiment of rotatable transfer wheel 3.Rotatable transfer wheel 3 comprises supplies trays 30, terminal pad 31 and transmission dish 32.The connection cylinder 40 of central supply conduit 4 is connected to the sleeve 300 of supplies trays 30.Sleeve 300 forms suction inlet and is suitable for accommodating connection cylinder 40.Connect cylinder 40 and be provided with ball bearing 400.Ball bearing 400 allows that rotatable transfer wheel 3, around connecting cylinder 40 rotations, can be applied to swabbing action at center by feed line 4 rotatable wheel 3 simultaneously.O type ring 301 is arranged in the groove 302 being arranged in supplies trays 30 inner terminal that connects cylinder 40 to surround so that by conduit 4 with by being connected the swabbing action that cylinder 40 supplies, be applied to the central opening 310 being arranged in terminal pad 31.Terminal pad 31 by swabbing action radially outwardly " distribution " to the transmission dish passage being arranged in transmission dish 32.These transmission dish passages lead to the respective base of the groove that wherein maintains pearl.
Fig. 4 illustrates the exploded sketch of an embodiment of rotatable transfer wheel 3, and wherein rotatable transfer wheel 3 comprises supplies trays 30, terminal pad 31 and transmission dish 32.Although schematically illustrated supplies trays 30 only, has shown terminal pad 31 and some details transmission dish 32 in Fig. 4.Especially, as can be seen from Figure 4, transmission dish 32 comprises that groove 320，Nang Cong transfer chamber 2 is sucked up in groove 320.Capsule is transported to for capsule being imported between the haplophase of continuous filter filament stream and is held in groove 320 at them.Transmission dish passage 321 extends from the bottom of corresponding recesses 320.Transmission dish passage 321 comprises radial passage part 322, and it radially extends towards inner terminal.Interconnection part 323 extends to hole 324 from this inner terminal of radial passage part 322, and described hole 324 is arranged at facing in the surface 325 of terminal pad 31 of transmission dish 32.Hole 324 is arranged in ringwise triggers diameter 326 places.
Hereinafter, in connection with the explain more details of Fig. 4 of the embodiment of the terminal pad 31 shown in Fig. 5.Terminal pad 31 comprises that the opening 310(at the center of being arranged in is referring to Fig. 5), described opening 310 has than triggering internal diameter 311(that diameter 326 is little equally referring to Fig. 5).Correspondingly, the opening 310 that is arranged in center not with the hole 324 of transmission dish 32 directly fluid be communicated with.A plurality of interface channels 312 from the opening 310(that is arranged in center referring to Fig. 5) extend to radially outwardly and trigger diameter 326(referring to Fig. 4) or outwards more more than triggering diameter 326.Interface channel 312 is arranged at facing in the surface of supplies trays 30 of terminal pad 31.Interface channel 312 has towards the open surface of supplies trays 30.When mounted, supplies trays 30 covers interface channel 312 and closes the open surface of interface channel 312 to form the passage of basic sealing.
Facing on the surface of transmission dish 32, terminal pad 31 comprises circumference trigger port 314.Trigger port 314 is arranged in and triggers diameter 326 places and have towards the open surface of transmission dish 32.By through hole 313, be connected in the face of the lip-deep trigger port 314 of transmission dish 32 and be arranged at the lip-deep interface channel 312 in the face of supplies trays 30.When installing, transmission dish 32 is closed the open surface except the position in hole 324 of circumference trigger port 314.
Therefore the fluid, being based upon between suction inlet and groove 320 via the opening 310, interface channel 312, through hole 313, trigger port 314, hole 324 and the transmission dish passage 321 that are arranged in center is communicated with.
Fig. 6 illustrates the second embodiment of terminal pad 34.This embodiment of terminal pad 34 is similar with the embodiment of the terminal pad 31 shown in Fig. 5 to a certain extent.Terminal pad 34 has the opening 340 at the center of being arranged in, and described opening 340 has than triggering diameter 326(referring to Fig. 4) little internal diameter 341.Terminal pad 34 comprises interface channel 342, and it is wider than the interface channel of terminal pad 31 312.Interface channel 342 has equally towards the open surface of supplies trays 30 (not shown in Fig. 6).When installing, supplies trays 30 covers passage 342 and closes the open surface of interface channel 342, so that form the passage of basic sealing.Through hole 343 is set so that interface channel 342 is connected with trigger port.Trigger port is sightless in Fig. 6, but is arranged to as shown in Figure 4.By the through hole 343 of terminal pad 34, can see some in the hole 324 of transmission dish 32.According to shown in Fig. 5 and more than in conjunction with the similar mode of mode in Fig. 4 and the described embodiment of Fig. 5, transmit swabbing action, therefore be no longer described herein.
Figure 7 illustrates the 3rd embodiment of terminal pad 35.In this embodiment of terminal pad 35, the opening 350 that is arranged in center have to be greater than trigger diameter 326(referring to Fig. 4) internal diameter 351.So, in this embodiment of terminal pad 35, there is no interface channel.The hole 324 of transmission dish 32 is visible in Fig. 7.When installing, be arranged in the opening 350 at center fluid-tight mode is covered by supplies trays 30 from a side according to basic sealing and cover by transmitting dish 32 from opposite side.Therefore, by being arranged in the applied swabbing action of opening 350 at center, being directly sent to hole 324 and by transmission channels 321, being transferred into groove 320(equally referring to Fig. 4 therefrom).
A thin portion having described transfer chamber 2 in Fig. 8, wherein illustrates in greater detail and returns to member 20.Returning to member 20 is arranged in transfer chamber 2 in the end of that part of the extension of the peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel 3 of the circulating path of capsule.Return to member 20 and have drop shape, described drop shape comprises most advanced and sophisticated 200, two sides 201 and the curved part 202 that connects described two sides 201.Most advanced and sophisticated 200 towards transfer chamber 2 inside.Towards that side 201 of the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel 3 substantially with the peripheral surface of transfer wheel 3 tangent extend, to allow that capsule flows around returning to member 20.Therefore, return to member 20 and assist to reverse the direction of motion in Nang transfer chamber 2.
The side 201 that returns to the peripheral surface towards rotatable transfer wheel 3 of member 20 is arranged in peripheral surface preset distance 204 places from rotatable transfer wheel 3.Preset distance 204 is chosen as and makes between side 201 and the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel 3, to form the layer consisting of one to six capsule.Especially, preset distance 204 can be chosen as and make to form the layer being formed by two to four capsules between side 201 and the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel 3.As seen, can be arranged so that the spacing between side 201 and the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel 3 is gradually narrow slightly by returning to member 20.The direction of the end of that part that described spacing is extended along the peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel 3 towards circulating path is gradually narrow.This may cause on capsule, occurring small pressure when capsule moves along circulating path.This small pressure can assist capsule to insert in the groove 320 of rotatable transfer wheel 3.Yet, narrow degree gradually must be chosen as to any damage or the destruction that makes can not cause by described gradually small " pressure " that narrow degree produces capsule or pearl.
In addition, one or more nozzles 203 can be arranged in capsule along rotatable transfer wheel 3(or transmission dish 32 correspondingly) the end of circulating path of peripheral surface.Nozzle 203 can be launched air-flow, the curved sidewall of described air-flow and transfer chamber 2 together, or with return to member 20 together, or with curved sidewall and return to member 20 together, reverse the direction of motion in Nang transfer chamber 2, this represents by the arrow described in Fig. 8.
In operation, holder 1 is filled with capsule, and capsule enters the 2(of transfer chamber referring to Fig. 1 at the lower end of holder 1 under Action of Gravity Field).In transfer chamber 2, produce the shuttling movement of capsule, as represented by the arrow in Fig. 2.Capsule moves along the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel 3.Owing to being applied to the swabbing action of the bottom of corresponding capsule 320, each in groove 320 is filled with a capsule.By means of returning to member 20 and nozzle 203, those capsules that make not to be sucked up in groove 320 return along the represented circulating path of arrow in Fig. 2.By rotatable transfer wheel 3, those capsules that are sucked up in groove 320 are transported to for capsule or pearl are imported to the unit that continuous filter-tip material flows.In that position, capsule is released and is imported into filter-tip material from groove 320, as described in detail in WO-A-2010/055120.During being further rotated of rotatable transfer wheel 3, empty groove 320 arrives the region of transfer chamber 2 again, at this place, again capsule is pumped in groove 320, as mentioned above.
Capsule with the speed of the peripheral surface with rotatable transfer wheel 3 identical or essentially identical speed along the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel 3, move.Especially, capsule along the speed of the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel 3 in than the speed of the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel 3 slow 25% to fast 25% scope.More preferably, the speed of capsule in than the speed of the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel 3 slow 10% to fast 10% scope.The speed of the movement velocity of capsule and the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel 3 identical or basic identical be favourable because it is due to the situation of roughly synchronously and further improving the groove 320 that Jiang Nangcong transfer chamber 2 is passed to rotatable transfer wheel 3 of the speed of capsule and the speed of transfer wheel.
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1. for object being imported to a device for continuous material stream, it comprises:
-for the holder (1) of a plurality of objects is provided;
-for described object being transported to the rotatable transfer wheel (3) of plug-in unit, described plug-in unit is for importing object continuous material stream;
-for the transfer chamber (2) to rotatable transfer wheel (3) by object transfer, described transfer chamber (2) are arranged between holder (1) and rotatable transfer wheel (3),
Wherein, described rotatable transfer wheel (3) is provided with groove (320), can be by object transfer in described groove and object can be held in described groove (320) until object is transferred into for object being imported to the plug-in unit of continuous material stream from rotatable transfer wheel (3) by application swabbing action
And wherein rotatable transfer wheel (3) comprises the suction inlet at the center that is arranged in rotatable transfer wheel (3), with the center by rotatable wheel (3), provide swabbing action, and comprise for the fluid connecting portion providing fluid to be communicated with between suction inlet and groove (320).
2. device according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described transfer wheel (3) comprises that three are adjacent to the dish (30,31,32 of arranging; 34,35), i.e. transmission dish (32), terminal pad (31; 34; 35) and supplies trays (30); transmission dish comprises the groove (320) for (2) reception object from transfer chamber; terminal pad comprises at least a portion of the fluid connecting portion between suction inlet and groove (320); and supplies trays comprises the suction inlet at the center that is arranged in supplies trays (30), terminal pad (31; 34; 35) be arranged between supplies trays (30) and transmission dish (32).
3. according to the device described in any one in aforementioned claim; it is characterized in that; described suction inlet comprises the sleeve (300) of the connection cylinder (40) that is suitable for accommodating feed line (4); described connection cylinder (40) is provided with bearing (400), and described bearing (400) is allowed rotatable wheel (3; 30,31,32; 34,35) around connecting cylinder (40) rotation.
4. according to claim 2 or device claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described fluid connecting portion is also included in the transmission dish passage (321) extending in transmission dish (32), each in described transmission dish passage (321) comprises corresponding radial passage part (322) and corresponding interconnection part (323), corresponding radial passage part from the bottom of corresponding groove (320) towards accordingly radially inner terminal radially extend internally, corresponding interconnection part from radial passage part (322) accordingly radially inner terminal extend to be arranged at transmission dish (32) in the face of terminal pad (31, 34, 35) the corresponding hole (324) in that surface (325), corresponding hole (324) and corresponding interconnection part (323) has the large cross section of cross section than described radial passage part (322).
5. device according to claim 4, is characterized in that, the hole (324) in the surface (325) of described transmission dish (32) is arranged in triggering diameter (326) and locates, and, terminal pad (31; 34) comprise the opening (310 at the center of being arranged in; 340), described in be arranged in center opening be communicated with in fluid with the suction inlet of supplies trays (30), described terminal pad (31; 34) opening (310 at the center that is arranged in; 340) have than triggering the little diameter (311 of diameter (326); 341), and, described terminal pad (31; 34) also comprise a plurality of interface channels (312; 342), described a plurality of interface channel (312; 342) from being arranged in the opening (310 at center; 340) extend radially outward to and trigger diameter and be communicated with in fluid with circumference trigger port (314), described trigger port (314) triggers diameter place terminal pad in the face of being arranged on that surface of transmission dish (32), described trigger port (314) has towards the open surface of transmission dish (32), transmission dish (32) forms a lid, described lid is closed the open surface except the position in hole (324) of trigger port (314), position in described hole, trigger port (314) is communicated with in fluid with hole (324).
6. device according to claim 5, is characterized in that, described terminal pad (31; 34) comprise many interface channels (312; 342), described interface channel (312; 342) quantity is less than the quantity in the hole (324) in transmission dish (32), and wherein interface channel (312; 342) be arranged at terminal pad (31; 34) face in that surface of supplies trays (30), interface channel (312; 342) have towards the open surface of supplies trays (30), wherein supplies trays (30) forms and closes interface channel (312; 342) lid of open surface, and, through hole (313 is set; 343) with the passage (312 that connects; 342) be communicated with described through hole (313 with the fluid of circumference trigger port (314); 343) through terminal pad (31; 34) from interface channel (312; 342) extend to circumference trigger port (314).
7. device according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, hole (324) in the surface of described transmission dish (32) is arranged in triggering diameter (326) and locates, wherein terminal pad (35) comprises the opening (350) at the center of being arranged in, the described opening that is arranged in center is communicated with in fluid with the suction inlet of supplies trays (30), and the wherein said opening (350) that is arranged in center has than triggering the large diameter (351) of diameter, so that the hole (324) of the opening (350) at the center that is arranged in of terminal pad (35) and transmission dish (32) directly fluid be communicated with, the opening (350) at the center that is arranged in of terminal pad (35) is covered by supplies trays (30) from a side and covers by transmitting dish (32) from opposite side.
8. according to the device described in any one in aforementioned claim, also comprise for realizing object along the instrument of circulating path shuttling movement of (2) in transfer chamber, a part for described circulating path peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel (3) in the direction of rotation of rotatable transfer wheel (3) extends.
9. device according to claim 8, also comprise and return to member (20), the described member that returns is partly located to be arranged in transfer chamber (2) in the curved sidewall of transfer chamber (2), and the end of that part of extending at the peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel (3) of circulating path is by described curved sidewall part and return to that member (20) is arranged to return member (20) and curved sidewall partly reverses the direction of motion of object in transfer chamber (2).
10. device according to claim 9, it is characterized in that, the described member (20) that returns has drop shape, described drop shape comprises tip (200), two substantially straight sides (201) and the curved part (202) that connects described substantially straight side (201), wherein said tip (200) towards transfer chamber (2) inside so that the side (201) of the peripheral surface towards rotatable transfer wheel (3) of drop substantially with the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel (3) tangent extend.
11. devices according to claim 10, it is characterized in that, the straight sides (201) of the described peripheral surface towards rotatable transfer wheel (3) is arranged in from the peripheral surface preset distance (204) of rotatable transfer wheel (3) and locates, described preset distance (204) is chosen as and makes to form the layer consisting of one to six object, the layer particularly consisting of two to four objects between described side (201) and the peripheral surface of rotatable transfer wheel (3).
Device described in any one in 12. according to Claim 8 to 11, it is characterized in that, describedly for realizing the instrument of object shuttling movement of (2) in transfer chamber, comprise nozzle (203), described nozzle (203) is arranged in the end of that part that the peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel (3) of circulating path extends, described nozzle (203) can produce air-flow, the curved sidewall part of described air-flow and transfer chamber (2) or with return to member (20) together, or with the curved sidewall part of transfer chamber (2) and return member (20) both together, reverse the direction of motion of object in transfer chamber (2).
13. 1 kinds of methods that flow for object being imported to continuous material, comprise the following steps:
-provide to comprise the holder (1) that is loaded with a plurality of objects;
-described object being guided to the transfer chamber (2) being arranged between holder (1) and rotatable transfer wheel (3) from described holder (1), described rotatable transfer wheel (3) has groove (320);
-swabbing action is applied to the groove (320) of rotatable transfer wheel (3), thus object is passed to the groove (320) of rotatable transfer wheel (3) and object is held in groove (320) from transfer chamber (2);
-object being held in groove (320) is transported to the insertion position that object will be imported in continuous material stream;
-at place, described insertion position, object is imported in continuous material stream,
Wherein, by carry out the operation that swabbing action is applied to the groove (320) of rotatable transfer wheel (3) by the center applications swabbing action of rotatable transfer wheel (3) via suction inlet with via fluid connecting portion, described suction inlet is arranged in the center of rotatable transfer wheel (3), and described fluid connecting portion is set up fluid and is communicated with between suction inlet and groove (320).
14. methods according to claim 13, is characterized in that, provide the step of transfer wheel that the dish (30,31,32 that provides three to be adjacent to layout is further provided; 34,35), i.e. transmission dish (32), terminal pad (31; 34; 35) and supplies trays (30); transmission dish comprises the groove (320) for (2) reception object from transfer chamber; terminal pad comprises at least a portion of the fluid connecting portion between suction inlet and groove (320); and supplies trays comprises the suction inlet at the center that is arranged in supplies trays (30), terminal pad (31; 34; 35) be arranged between supplies trays (30) and transmission dish (32).
15. according to the method described in any one in claim 13 and 14, also comprise the step that produces object shuttling movement in transfer chamber (2) along circulating path, a part for described circulating path peripheral surface along rotatable transfer wheel (3) in the direction of rotation of rotatable transfer wheel (3) extends.
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