APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING OF COLLATIONS OF

专利名称：APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING

OF COLLATIONS OF ROD SHAPED ARTICLES

发明人：Arvydas Virsila申请号：US14416100申请日：20130702

公开号：US20150197356A1公开日：20150716

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摘要：The present invention relates to an apparatus for forming a predeterminedcollation of rod shaped articles, in particular smoking articles, comprising a feederarrangement (), and a pocket (). The pocket is adapted to house a predetermined number

of rod shaped articles () in the predetermined collation, wherein in the predeterminedcollation each rod shaped article has a predetermined position within the pocket. Theapparatus further comprises a hopper () with a plurality of hopper vanes (), wherein eachhopper vane is at least associated to one predetermined position in the pocket. Thefeeder arrangement comprises a first feeder () being adapted to provide a first subgroupof rod shaped articles () of a first type to a first subset of hopper vanes, a second feeder() being adapted to provide a second subgroup of rod shaped articles () of a second typeto a second subset of hopper vanes, and a third feeder () being adapted to provide athird subgroup of rod shaped articles () of a third type to a third subset of hopper vanes.The first, second and third subgroups of the rod shaped articles are a first, second andthird part of the predetermined collation, respectively. The second feeder is arranged inbetween the first feeder and the third feeder. At least the first type of rod shapedarticles is different from the second type of rod shaped articles and at least the secondtype of rod shaped articles is different from the third type of rod shaped articles. Theinvention further relates to a method for forming a collation of rod shaped articles andto a use of a feeding apparatus with three hoppers.

申请人：PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.

地址：Neuchatel CH

国籍：CH

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