Module for a machine and method for perforating rod-shaped articles of the tobacco industry
AssigneeHauni Maschinenbau AG
InventorManfred Dombek
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Abstract
A module for a machine used in the tobacco processing industry for processing, assembling, and/or inspecting rod-shaped articles. The machine module includes a vertical conveyor.
Claims24
A module for a machine used in the tobacco processing industry for processing, assembling, and/or inspecting rod-shaped articles, comprising a vertical conveyor.
A module for a machine used in the tobacco processing industry for processing, assembling, and/or inspecting rod-shaped articles, comprising at least two perforation devices that are arranged one above the other.
A method of processing, assembling, and/or inspecting rod-shaped articles in the tobacco industry, comprising utilizing a vertical conveyor in at least one of a filter-tipping machine or an apparatus for assembling rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry.
A method for perforating rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, comprising:
- conveying a sequence of the rod-shaped articles;
- dividing the sequence into at least two partial sequences;
- perforating the rod-shaped articles of each partial sequence;
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- recombining the at least two partial sequences to form a single sequence of perforated rod-shaped articles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.