Patent ID: 8037991
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: A24C,B65G

Abstract:
1. A method for regulating a conveying stream composed of articles of the tobacco-processing industry between at least one tray discharger and at least one feed device connected to the at least one tray discharger by a conveying element for transporting a mass flow of the articles, wherein the at least one feed device has at least one chamber arranged to receive the articles and each chamber has at least two feed units running independently of each other for feeding the articles to subsequent apparatuses, each feed unit having an individual feed rate (P 1 , P 2 , . . . P n ), the method comprising: monitoring a level within the at least one feed device using monitoring elements; sending a signal to each tray discharger to regulate a speed of transport of the conveying element as a function of a current level within the feed device; and further regulating the speed of transport of the conveying element to a desired speed as a function of a total feed rate P wherein the monitoring step includes: wherein the correction factor comprises first and second predetermined correction factors, the method further including increasing the feed rate (P