Title:
UNIT TO FEED TOBACCO IN A MANUFACTURING MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGES FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND MANUFACTURING MACHINE PROVIDED WITH SAID FEEDING UNIT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/012431
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Unit (19) to feed tobacco in a manufacturing machine (8) for the production of disposable cartridges (1) for electronic cigarettes; the feeding unit (19) has: a tank (22), which is designed to contain a tobacco mass and has a first bottom wall (26) provided with at least one output through opening (29); and at least one moving conveyor (30), which is arranged under the tank (22) in alignment with the output opening (29), is designed to receive the tobacco falling, due to gravity, through the first output opening (29), and is designed to move the tobacco along a moving path (P). The moving conveyor (30) is a vibrating conveyor and has: a second bottom wall (33), which is mounted so as to vibrate along a vibration direction (D) and at least one actuator (35), which is coupled to the second bottom wall (33 ) and is designed to cause a vibration of the second bottom wall (33) along the vibration direction (D).
Inventors:
MILANDRI FRANCESCO (IT)
AMORATI VALERIO (IT)
LANZARINI LUCA (IT)
FEDERICI LUCA
AMORATI VALERIO (IT)
LANZARINI LUCA (IT)
FEDERICI LUCA
Application Number:
PCT/IB2019/055960
Publication Date:
March 19, 2020
Filing Date:
July 12, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GD SPA (IT)
International Classes:
B65B37/02; B65B37/04; B65B59/04; B65G65/44
Foreign References:
| US4782644A | 1988-11-08 | |||
| FR2874211A1 | 2006-02-17 | |||
| CN107298189A | 2017-10-27 | |||
| US20110204083A1 | 2011-08-25 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MACCAGNAN, Matteo et al. (IT)
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