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Apparatus and method for filling containers with rod-shaped products

US7757465B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

HAUNI MASCHINENBAU GMBH · DE

Inventors

Piotr Budny · Hamburg, DE
Thomas Müller · Langendorf, CH
Matthias Horn · Tettnang, DE
Michael Knabe · Geesthacht, DE
Arnd Meier · Beckdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2008
Grant date	Jul 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 17, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24C5/354
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus is provided for filling an empty shaft tray with rod-shaped products. The shaft tray has shaft walls which form a plurality of shafts. The apparatus includes a filling hopper having a receiving region for a mass flow composed of the products, and a storage region for products comprising a front wall, a rear wall, side walls and a bottom wall. The storage region includes partitions that form a plurality of shafts adjacent to each other, wherein the partitions substantially extend over a full height of the storage region, and wherein the rear wall of the storage region includes openings for passage of the shaft walls of the shaft tray. A delivery element delivers the empty shaft tray into the receiving region of the filling hopper to be filled with the products. A removal element removes a filled shaft tray from the filling hopper.

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