Apparatus for packaging given quantities of snuff
AssigneeSvenska Tobaks AB
InventorGunther Linden
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Abstract
An apparatus for packaging snuff ready for use in the form of portions enclosed, for example, in a paper sachet (3,9) from a snuff store. The apparatus is characterizing in that the portioning means (3,9) is arranged to compress the snuff portion in a portion pocket (9), wherewith each portion pocket comprises a through-passing opening in a portion conveyor (4). The compressed snuff portions are blown by pneumatic means (11,14) to an intended position in a packaging band (16).
Claims6
Apparatus for packaging snuff portions, comprising a snuff store (2), portioning means (3,9;
- 3,26) for transferring snuff from said store to a portion conveyor (4;
- 25) having portion pockets (9;
- 26) in the form of through-passing openings in the portion conveyor, arranged to transfer the portion pockets to a discharge station for sequentially transferring measured snuff portions by means of pneumatic means (11,14) to a movable packaging band (16), in which each individual snuff portion is enclosed by means of sealing means (17, 20,21), characterized in that the portioning means (3,9;
- 3,25) are arranged to compress the snuff portion in a respective portion pocket (9;
- 25);
- and in that the pneumatic means (11,14) are arranged to exert on the end part of the compressed snuff portion at the discharge station a drive force for blowing the portion to an intended position on the packaging band.
Apparatus for packaging moist, flaky materials such as snuff, including a material store (2), a cylindrical wheel (30) having pass-through pockets (31) on the periphery thereof arranged to pick up material from the store (2), a compressed air nozzle arranged to blow the material out of the pass-through pockets one at a time at a discharge location, compacting tubes (35) arranged to receive and compress the material blown out of the pass-through pockets and to guide the compressed material to an intended position on a movable packaging band (36) and sealing means (40) for enclosing each individual material portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.