Device for the transfer of rod-shaped components of the tobacco-processing industry, in particular a filter plugs, to a strand conveying path

摘要

A method of and an apparatus for delivering successive filter rod sections of a series of such sections onto the upper reach of an endless belt conveyor 22 whereon the sections form a single file of coaxial articles. A first rotary drum-shaped conveyor 2 has axially parallel peripheral flutes 1 which draw successive filter rod sections from a magazine and move them at right angles to their axes to a transfer station where each oncoming section is brought to a halt in the flute of a stationary ramp 8, 9 with suction ports 13. A second rotary drum-shaped conveyor 16 has peripheral pushers 17 which engage the rear end faces of successive sections in the flute of the ramp and move the entrained sections axially toward and onto the belt conveyor. A brush (21, Fig. 1) or other braking means is adjacent the path of 16 sections on the second drum-shaped conveyor to ensure that each section abuts the respective pusher not later than immediately prior to transfer onto the belt conveyor. The second drum-shaped conveyor has a peripheral groove wherein the sections in front of the respective pushers are attracted by suction from ports 18. IMAGE