Device and process for conveying rod-shaped filter elements

A device for conveying filter elements to a filter element magazine, the device comprising:

• a rotatable drum comprising a plurality of seat grooves for receiving a filter element;
• a detection device that controls a rotation of the drum and detects the filter elements by detecting when an end of a filter element has passed the detection device while being conveyed into one of the seat grooves;
• and
• a mechanism that feeds the filter elements in a lengthwise axial manner past the detection device and then to one of the plurality of seat grooves of the drum, the lengthwise axial manner being defined as a direction alone an axis of the filter element,
• wherein the filter elements are fed in a crosswise axial manner to the filter element magazine by rotating the drum.

A device for conveying filter elements to a filter element magazine, the device comprising:

• a rotatable drum comprising a plurality of seat grooves for receiving a filter element;
• a detection device that controls a rotation of the drum and detects when the filter element is entering into one of the plurality of seat grooves by detecting when an end of a filter element has passed the detection device while being conveyed into one of the seat grooves;
• a mechanism that feeds the filter elements in a lengthwise axial manner past the detection device and then to one of the plurality of seat grooves of the drum, the lengthwise axial manner being defined as a direction along an axis of the filter element,
• wherein the filter elements are fed to the filter element magazine by rotating the drum.