Apparatus for removing rod-shaped articles from a magazine
First Claim
1. Apparatus for removing rod-shaped articles which constitute or form part of smokers'"'"' products from a magazine which contains a supply of parallel rod-shaped articles, which has an outlet for evacuation of articles and which includes two walls flanking said outlet, comprising a conveyor including a portion adjacent said outlet and a plurality of parallel article-receiving means;
- means for driving said conveyor so that successive receiving means travel along said outlet in a direction toward and beyond one of said walls, thereupon toward and beyond the other of said walls and receive articles during travel between said walls;
a refuser adjacent said outlet intermediate said conveyor and said other wall, said refuser being positioned to prevent said conveyor from removing articles which are not received in said receiving means whereby the articles which tend to leave said magazine while not received in a receiving means of said conveyor exert a force against said refuser; and
means for arresting said driving means in response to exertion of a predetermined force against said refuser.
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Abstract
Apparatus for removing filter rod sections from a magazine in a filter cigarette making machine. The magazine has an outlet which receives a portion of a fluted drum so that, when the drum rotates, its flutes remove filter rod sections from the magazine. A yieldably mounted refuser roller is disposed between the drum and the magazine at the downstream side of the outlet to normally prevent the drum from removing sections which are not received in the flutes. If a section adheres to a section in a flute and displaces the refuser roller against the opposition of a spring, the roller or a lever for the roller actuates a switch which disengages a clutch serving to transmit torque to the drum and to other moving parts of the machine.
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Citations
10 Claims
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1. Apparatus for removing rod-shaped articles which constitute or form part of smokers'"'"' products from a magazine which contains a supply of parallel rod-shaped articles, which has an outlet for evacuation of articles and which includes two walls flanking said outlet, comprising a conveyor including a portion adjacent said outlet and a plurality of parallel article-receiving means;
- means for driving said conveyor so that successive receiving means travel along said outlet in a direction toward and beyond one of said walls, thereupon toward and beyond the other of said walls and receive articles during travel between said walls;
a refuser adjacent said outlet intermediate said conveyor and said other wall, said refuser being positioned to prevent said conveyor from removing articles which are not received in said receiving means whereby the articles which tend to leave said magazine while not received in a receiving means of said conveyor exert a force against said refuser; and
means for arresting said driving means in response to exertion of a predetermined force against said refuser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- means for driving said conveyor so that successive receiving means travel along said outlet in a direction toward and beyond one of said walls, thereupon toward and beyond the other of said walls and receive articles during travel between said walls;
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