Classifying – separating – and assorting solids – Sorting special items – and certain methods and apparatus for... – Separating means
Patent
1991-03-22
1992-10-20
Hajec, Donald T.
Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus for...
Separating means
53 53, 798370, 209535, 209919, 414223, B07C 536, B65B 1900
Patent
active
051562790
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus (1) for feeding products, in particular packets of cigarettes (3) comprising a feeder (5) for feeding a succession of packets (2), a first conveyor (9) driven with intermittent motion and provided with seats (1) for receiving respective packets (2) from the feeder (5), and a receiver (3) for receiving the packets (2) from the first conveyor (9) in succession. The apparatus (2) also comprises a second conveyor (19) driven with intermittent motion and provided with seats (18) for containing respective packets (2), the path of travel of the seats (18) of the second conveyor (19) intersecting the path of travel of the seats (10) of the first conveyor (9) at a station (17) for the discarding and replacement of defective packets (2). During each of its stages of movement the second conveyor (19) is able to remove a defective packet (2) from a seat (10) of the first conveyor (9), and to introduce a sound packet (2) into the same seat (10).
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G.D. Societa 'per Azioni
Hajec Donald T.
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