Title:
シガレット束の供給装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5344659
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A cigarette bundle feeder (1) has a discharge duct (7) which forms a lower part of a hopper and delivers filter cigarettes (2) towards a bottom plate (17) located under the hopper to produce a cigarette bundle (5) on the bottom plate (17), the discharge duct (7) having a plurality of discharge passages arranged adjacent to each other in a width direction of the hopper to make the filter cigarettes (2) flow downwards separately, the discharge passages opening in one direction; a front plate (20) disposed at one side of and adjacent to the discharge duct (7), and extending in the width direction to cover the discharged passages of the discharge duct (7); and a plurality of suction holes (22) formed in the front plate (20) and having open ends that open towards the discharge duct (7), for sucking, through the open ends, tobacco shreds (6) that spill from the cigarette ends of the filter cigarettes (2) and drop into a gap between the front plate (20) and the discharge duct (7) towards the bottom plate (17).
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Inventors:
Koichi Akagi
Kushihashi Shigenobu
Ueno Tetsuo
Kushihashi Shigenobu
Ueno Tetsuo
Application Number:
JP2012506703A
Publication Date:
November 20, 2013
Filing Date:
March 24, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Japan Tobacco Inc.
International Classes:
B65B19/04
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2001031007A | 2001-02-06 | |||
| JPH05178312A | 1993-07-20 | |||
| JPH07137708A | 1995-05-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Koji Nagato