Distributor for particles of tobacco and the like
AssigneeHauni Maschinenbau AG
InventorPeter Brand
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Abstract
A tobacco distributor wherein a flow of tobacco particles is delivered to a rotary carded drum by a duct which is at least substantially horizontal so that the overall height of the distributor can be reduced accordingly. The duct comprises or cooperates with devices which segregate fragments of rock and/or fragments of metallic material from the flow which is being advanced into the range of the carding on the drum. The latter converts the flow into a carpet which is ready to be transformed into one or more continuous rod-shaped fillers. The duct is agitated to promote the advancement of the flow from its receiving section to its discharge end at the carded drum.
Claims17
A distributor for particles of smokable material, comprising a carded conveyor rotatable about a predetermined axis;
- means for delivering to said conveyor an at least substantially continuous flow of particles including a duct having a discharge end at said conveyor, a particle receiving section, and an elongated intermediate section between said receiving section and said discharge end, at least a major part of said intermediate section being at least substantially horizontal;
- means for agitating at least a portion of said duct to thereby advance the flow in a direction from said receiving section to said discharge end;
- and means for smoothing the flow of particles at said discharge end, comprising a flow contacting member which is driven to oscillate in at least substantial parallelism with said axis.
A distributor for particles of smokable material, comprising a carded conveyor;
- means for delivering to said conveyor an at least substantially continuous flow of particles including a duct having a discharge end at said conveyor, a particle receiving section, an elongated intermediate section between said receiving section and said discharge end and a bottom wall including a ramp and being disposed at said receiving section, at least a major part of said intermediate section being at least substantially horizontal;
- and means for agitating at least a portion of said duct to thereby advance the flow in a first direction from said receiving section to said discharge end, said ramp sloping downwardly in a second direction counter to said first direction.
A distributor for particles of smokable material, comprising a carded conveyor;
- means for delivering to said conveyor an at least substantially continuous flow of particles including a duct having a discharge end at said conveyor, a particle receiving section and an elongated intermediate section between said receiving section and said discharge end, said intermediate section including a substantially horizontal part extending from said receiving section toward but short of said discharge end and a substantially vertical part extending from said substantially horizontal part to said discharge end;
- and means for agitating said duct to thereby advance the flow in a direction from said receiving section to said discharge end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.