Transfer apparatus for rod-shaped articles
Abstract
Abstract 1. APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES OF PREDETERMINED DIAMETER, PARTICULARLY SECTIONS OF TOBACCOCONTAINING RODS, COMPRISING A CONVEYING UNIT AND A FEEDING UNIT, ONE OF SAID UNITS BEING ARRANGED TO DELIVER ARTICLES TO THE OTHER UNIT AND SAID FEEDING UNIT COMPRISING A PNEUMATIC TUBE WHEREIN THE ARTICLES ARE TRANSPORTED LENGTHWISE, SAID CONVEYING UNIT COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO ADJACENT BUT SPACED WALLS DEFINING A CHANNEL WHEREIN THE ARTICLES ARE CONVEYED SIDEWAYS AND AT LEAST A PORTION OF WHICH HAS A WIDTH WHICH IS SLIGHTLY LESS (THEN) THAN SAID DIAMETER, SAID CHANNEL HAVING A FIRST END AND A SECOND END AND SAID WALLS BEING MOVABLE GENERALLY LENGTHWISE OF SAID CHANNEL, SAID CONVEYING UNIT FURTHER COMPRISING DRIVE MEANS FOR MOVING (AT LEAST ONE OF) SAID WALLS FROM ONE END TOWARD THE OTHER END OF SAID CHANNEL TO THEREBY TRANSPORT THE ARTICLES THROUGH THE CHANNEL.
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