EMPTYING MAGAZINE AND TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR A HOPPER EMPTYING APPARATUS, HOPPER EMPTYING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR EMPTYING HOPPERS FILLED WITH ROD-SHAPED PRODUCTS AND FORWARDING SAID PRODUCTS TO DEVICES LOCATED THEREBEHIND

摘要

The invention relates to an emptying magazine (13) for a hopper emptying apparatus (10) used for emptying hoppers (12) that are filled with rod-shaped products. Said emptying magazine (13) comprises a connecting means (16) for adapting the hoppers (12) that are to be emptied to the emptying magazine (13), and an at least partially enclosed receiving space (17) for the products flowing out of the hoppers (12). Said receiving space (17) is open at the top in a feeding zone (18) for the products while being delimited at the bottom in a discharging zone (19) for the products. The emptying magazine (13) is characterized in that a sending station (23) which delimits the receiving space (17) at the bottom is associated with the receiving space (17) in the discharging zone (19) in order to directly forward the products to devices located therebehind such that the sending station (23) is an integral part of the emptying magazine (13). Furthermore, several slot walls (24) are designed and arranged inside the receiving space (17) in order to subdivide the receiving space (17) into individual slots (25).