Patent ID: 7044286
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: A24C,B65G

Abstract:
1. A method of separating non-parallel streams of displacing multilayered stacks of rod-like elements filling a horizontal conveyor, wherein the displacing of the elements is forced and a channel positioned at an angle, wherein the elements are displaced by gravity wherein the inside dimensions of the passages of the cross sections of the horizontal conveyor and the channel enable equal intensities of flows of rod-like elements, characterized in that in order to separate the streams the rod-like elements are removed from the adjoining area of the horizontal conveyor or the channel, in which the stack of the elements becomes a passive stream, to the area of the conveyor or the channel, in which the stack becomes an active stream and the space taken up by the removed elements equals the space of one quarter of a cylinder of radius equal to the width of the conveyor or the channel, wherein the walls of the cylinder which are parallel to the axis of the cylinder separate multi-layered non-parallel streams of rod-like elements.