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US 11,819,050 B2Granted
Cigarette maker
AssigneeKöRber Technologies GmbH
InventorsMichael Daniek, Shengji Yang, Hamid Atai
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Abstract
A system for manufacturing cigarettes is provided. The system can include an easily removable and/or replaceable metering device that use a cavity drum to dispense a filler material, a modular garniture format parts bank that can be removed and replaced as a single unit from the cigarette manufacturing machinery, and a cutter head having components operated with a single motor that turns a spline shaft.
Claims14
A metering device, configured to be used with cigarette manufacturing machinery, the metering device comprising:
- a hopper comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, the hopper being configured to receive a filler material;
- a rotating agitator within the hopper configured to rotate to agitate the filler material;
- a rotary dispenser configured to rotate below the rotating agitator, into which the filler material is configured to pass after being agitated;
- a chute, below the rotary dispenser, into which the filler material is configured to be deposited by the rotary dispenser;
- a cavity drum having an operator end operably attached to the first sidewall and a drive end operably attached to the second sidewall so as to be positioned within and configured to rotate inside the chute, the cavity drum having a plurality of cavities into which the filler material in the chute is configured to be deposited;
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- a metering bar positioned to form a gap with the cavity drum, such that, when the cavity drum rotates, the filler material deposited into the plurality of cavities passes the metering bar, which controls the amount of filler material in the plurality of cavities.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.