Feeder device of products with reduced longitudinal dimensions in machines for the tobacco industry

A feeder device of plugs of filter material with reduced longitudinal dimensions in machines for the tobacco industry, comprising a main feeder roller having a plurality of active peripheral flutes acting to hold a respective plug, the main roller being designed to pass the plugs on to respective flutes on corresponding handling rollers of a main line of feed of the plugs in the machine;

• the feeder device is characterized in that it comprises means for filling the peripheral flutes of the main roller, the filling means comprising at least first feeding and passing-on means and second feeding and passing-on means capable of feeding and passing on corresponding groups of the plugs to respective primary feeding and passing-on rollers, which rotate continuously and which have respective active peripheral flutes acting to hold the respective group of the plugs, and from these to corresponding groups of flutes of the main roller;
• each primary roller continuously receives the respective group of plugs from corresponding means for transferring the group of plugs withdrawn from corresponding means for housing and releasing the selfsame plugs, each of the transferring means comprises a first and a second carrier, movable in sequence between the corresponding housing and releasing means and the respective primary roller;
• the groups of flutes being located one after the other.