Patent ID: 6142289
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A24C,B65G

Abstract:
Apparatus for pneumatically expelling rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry from peripheral receptacles of a rotary conveyor which transports the receptacles along a predetermined path past an article ejecting station and which has at least one compressed-air orifice for each of said receptacles, comprising:a rotary valving element;means for rotating said valving element in sychronism with said conveyor;a stationary source of compressed air adjacent said valving element; andair evacuating means adjacent said valving element, said valving element having at least one substantially radially extending port and at least one channel extending in part circumferentially of said valving element to connect said at least one port with said source and with the orifice for a receptacle at said station during a first stage of each revolution of said valving element and to thereafter connect said at least one port with said air evacuating means for releasing air pressure in the channel during a second stage of each revolution of said valving element.