Feeding system for cotton wrapped sticks
AssigneeBorghi S.P.A.
InventorsCarlo Masotti, Paolo Poli
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Abstract
A feeding system for cotton or flocked sticks comprises a first feeding assembly for moving first groups of sticks along a first feeding direction, a first storage compartment adapted to receive at least one first group of sticks from first feeding assembly, a transfer assembly for transferring a second group of sticks from said first storage compartment to a second storage compartment, a transfer drum rotatable and provided on an external side wall thereof with a plurality of first seats configured to remove from the second storage compartment and house respective sticks and a feeding duct to receive one stick at a time from the transfer drum and convey the stick to a second feeding assembly.
Claims17
A feeding system for cotton or flocked sticks having at least one cotton wrapped or flocked end, the feeding system comprising:
- a first feeding assembly for moving first groups of distinct and separate sticks along a first feeding direction;
- a first storage compartment adapted to receive at least one first group of sticks at a time from said first feeding assembly;
- transfer assembly for transferring one second group of sticks at a time from said first storage compartment to a second storage compartment;
- a transfer drum rotatable about a rotation axis and having an external side wall provided with a plurality of first seats angularly spaced along said external side wall, each first seat being configured to remove from said second storage compartment and house a respective single stick;
- a feeding duct configured to receive one stick at a time released from said transfer drum and convey the stick by gravity along a feeding direction;
- a second feeding assembly adapted to singly receive the sticks from said feeding duct and move the sticks along a second feeding direction, said second feeding assembly being provided with second seats regularly spaced along the second feeding direction, each second seat being configured to remove from said feeding duct and house a respective stick.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.