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EP4069001B1 - Tambour de transport pour l'industrie de transformation du tabac - Google Patents

Tambour de transport pour l'industrie de transformation du tabac Download PDF

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EP4069001B1
EP4069001B1 EP21700250.0A EP21700250A EP4069001B1 EP 4069001 B1 EP4069001 B1 EP 4069001B1 EP 21700250 A EP21700250 A EP 21700250A EP 4069001 B1 EP4069001 B1 EP 4069001B1
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Torsten Jendrian
Nils Hofmann
Torsten Mörke
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
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  • the invention relates to a conveying drum for the tobacco processing industry and a conveying arrangement for transversely axial conveying of rod-shaped articles for the tobacco processing industry.
  • the invention also relates to a machine in the tobacco processing industry for producing rod-shaped articles, in particular filter rods or filter pieces or cigarettes, and a method for transversely axial conveying of rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry.
  • Conveyor drums are used in machines in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter attachment machines or machines for manufacturing smoking products or alternative smoking products, such as heat-not-burn products or e-cigarettes, to transport cigarettes, filter pieces and their components.
  • the conveying of said rod-shaped objects during the production of cigarettes, filters or filter cigarettes or so-called heat-not-burn products or e-cigarettes is generally done by means of Conveyor drums performed, the lateral surface or the outer, rotating drum body for cross-axial conveying of rod-shaped articles (cigarettes, filter rods or filter plugs, filter cigarettes or the like) are provided with receiving troughs for receiving the rod-shaped articles.
  • rod-shaped articles cigarettes, filter rods or filter plugs, filter cigarettes or the like
  • these rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry are generally arranged in rows transversely axially one behind the other on the conveying drums in receiving troughs.
  • rod-shaped articles such as tobacco rods or filter plugs or filter rods
  • the receiving troughs are arranged in predetermined sections on the peripheral surface of the conveyor drum.
  • a rolling drum having circumferentially sequential projecting receptacles.
  • the cigarettes are arranged on the trailing flank of the receptacles and conveyed in the direction of a rolling block.
  • the cigarettes are set in rotation so that the wrapping paper wraps around the cigarettes, with the wrapped cigarettes being arranged on the leading flank of the following receptacle after the wrapping.
  • EP 1 402 791 A1 a drum arrangement and a method for conveying rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry described, wherein only after the transfer of an article from a first conveyor drum to a second conveyor drum of the rod-shaped Article is subjected to negative pressure.
  • WO 2016/061314 A1 discloses an assembly drum wherein the receiving troughs are constructed such that a first portion of a rod-shaped article is displaced relative to a second portion in the receiving trough. Also wherein the first section is rotated relative to the second section.
  • One object of the present invention is to enable rod-shaped articles to be rotated or rotated in a simple manner, particularly in the receiving recesses, preferably around the longitudinal axis, while rod-shaped articles are being conveyed on a conveyor drum in the tobacco processing industry.
  • a conveyor drum in the tobacco processing industry with an outer drum body, the drum body being rotatable or driven to rotate about an axis of rotation of the conveyor drum and the drum body being aligned in the circumferential direction at preferably regular intervals one behind the other, preferably parallel to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum and longitudinally extending receiving grooves for receiving rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter rods or filter pieces or cigarettes, with the conveyor drum having a control body surrounded by the drum body on the inside, preferably stationary or driven in rotation, for controlling and/or acting on the control body arranged in the receiving grooves rod-shaped articles with negative pressure in a conveying region of the rod-shaped articles on the conveyor drum, the control body having at least one suction air opening, preferably one extending in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum control slot, which is further developed in that the receiving grooves of the drum body are continuously formed without a groove base along their longitudinal extent or are continuously formed without a groove base along their longitudinal extent in a region of
  • the invention is based on the idea that the conveyor drum is set up to receive rod-shaped articles in the receiving grooves and to convey the rod-shaped articles in the receiving grooves transversely and axially, with negative pressure being applied to the rod-shaped articles in a conveying area during the conveyance of the rod-shaped articles in the receiving grooves .
  • a control body is provided inside the outer drum body, which has at least one or more suction air openings, in particular control slots, in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum, so that when a negative pressure is applied in the control body, the rod-shaped articles are sucked out with negative pressure via the at least one or more suction air openings, in particular control slots , the control body are or are subjected to negative pressure in the conveying area of the rod-shaped articles.
  • the receiving grooves of the drum body are continuously formed without a groove base along their longitudinal extent or are continuously formed without a groove base along their longitudinal extent in an area of at least 30 mm, preferably at least 45 mm, particularly preferably at least 60 mm, so that between the lateral ones one behind the other in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum arranged flanks of the receiving grooves of the drum body an opening is formed in the receiving grooves and the lateral flanks of the receiving grooves are not connected to each other.
  • the receiving grooves of Drum body are here on the inside facing the control body open.
  • such specially designed troughs are not receiving grooves without a groove base according to the invention.
  • EP 1 366 679 A2 whereby a suction hole is arranged on the groove base or trough base, also does not represent a receiving groove without a groove base within the meaning of the invention.
  • the receiving grooves are limited in their longitudinal extent by flanks or end flanks at their ends, between which the opening in the receiving groove is formed. Due to the opening, the receiving grooves are formed without a groove base, i.e. without a groove base.
  • the openings in the receiving grooves are preferably formed parallel to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum in their longitudinal extension.
  • the rod-shaped articles arranged in the receiving grooves without a groove base are sucked into the control body by means of the negative pressure in the control body via the at least one suction air opening, in particular the at least one control slot, so that these rod-shaped articles are on the control body or control flange and/or are held between the flanks of the receiving grooves.
  • the rod-shaped articles are caused to rotate, causing the rod-shaped articles to be rolled or unrolled on the control body in the conveying area of the rod-shaped articles, whereby the Rod-shaped products are or will be rotated.
  • the outer drum body is rotated in relation to the stationary control body, whereby the stick-shaped products held on the control body by means of negative pressure over the surface of the control body are pushed.
  • the rod-shaped products roll off in the conveying area of the rod-shaped products on the surface of the control body.
  • the receiving grooves of the drum body are continuously formed without a groove base along their longitudinal extension.
  • the receiving grooves extend parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum body or the conveyor drum.
  • the receiving grooves of the drum body each have two straight or curved groove flanks extending along the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum or groove flanks that are straight in sections or curved in sections.
  • no trough base or no groove base is provided between the two flanks of the receiving grooves, as a result of which the receiving grooves are designed to be open on their underside.
  • a further embodiment of the conveyor drum is characterized in that the receiving grooves of the drum body each have a longitudinal slot between the respective flanks of the receiving grooves on the inner side of the drum body facing the control body.
  • control body preferably has a plurality of suction air openings, the suction air openings being designed as control slots extending in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum. This makes it possible for the rod-shaped articles arranged in the receiving grooves of the drum body to be subjected to negative pressure at a number of positions or locations.
  • control slots of the control body in relation to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum next to each other are arranged spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum.
  • the distance between two control slots of the control body aligned obliquely to one another or the distance between several control slots of the control body aligned obliquely to one another in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum, preferably in the conveying area of the rod-shaped articles on the conveyor drum increases or decreases .
  • one embodiment of the conveyor drum is characterized in that the control body, preferably in the conveying area of the rod-shaped articles, has at least one elevation on the control body for guiding the rod-shaped articles in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum.
  • control body has several elevations as guide surfaces for the rod-shaped articles.
  • the guide surfaces are preferably arranged next to one another with respect to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum, in particular aligned parallel or at an angle to one another, spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the control body.
  • the distance of the or of two, in particular adjacent, guide surfaces of the control body for the rod-shaped articles in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum preferably in the conveying area of the rod-shaped articles on the conveyor drum, increases or decreases.
  • a development of the conveyor drum is characterized in that in the conveying area of the rod-shaped articles on the conveyor drum, the radial distance between the inside of the drum body and the outside of the control body is formed in such a way that in the conveying area the rod-shaped articles come into contact with the outside of the Control body can be brought or is brought. This makes it possible for the rod-shaped articles to be set in rotation in the receiving grooves in the conveying area of the rod-shaped articles and to roll on the outside of the control body.
  • the radial distance between the inside of the drum body and the outside of the control body it is possible for the radial distance between the inside of the drum body and the outside of the control body to increase or decrease in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum. According to one aspect, it is possible that the radial distance between the inside of the drum body and the outside of the control body in one peripheral area of the conveyor drum is greater than the radial distance between the inside of the drum body and the outside of the control body in another peripheral area of the conveyor drum . This makes it possible for the rod-shaped articles to be brought into contact with the outside of the control body in the peripheral area in which the radial distance between the inside of the drum body and the outside of the control body is smaller than in another peripheral area of the conveyor drum, whereby the Rod-shaped articles are rotated in the receiving grooves.
  • the rod-shaped articles are held in the receiving grooves, with the rod-shaped articles not being in contact with the control body in this peripheral area of the conveyor drum.
  • the outer surface of the control body which faces the inside of the drum body, is designed as a rough surface, preferably in the conveying area of the rod-shaped articles, and/or as a surface with a hardened layer is trained.
  • the surface of the control body can, for example, be provided with corrugations or bumps or a surrounding structure or the like.
  • one embodiment provides that the outer surface of the control body has a higher roughness than the surface of the inside of the drum body and/or a higher roughness than the surface of the outside of the drum body.
  • a cutting device in particular a cutting knife
  • a perforation device in particular a laser perforation device
  • a measuring device in particular an optical measuring device
  • the object is achieved by a machine in the tobacco processing industry for producing rod-shaped products, in particular filter rods or filter pieces or cigarettes, with a conveyor drum in the tobacco processing industry described above.
  • a machine in the tobacco processing industry for producing rod-shaped products, in particular filter rods or filter pieces or cigarettes, with a conveyor drum in the tobacco processing industry described above.
  • the object is achieved by a method for the transverse axial conveyance of rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, the rod-shaped articles being conveyed transversely using a conveyor drum as described above.
  • the control body provided inside the conveyor drum which is surrounded by the drum body, is in contact with the rod-shaped articles in the conveying area while the rod-shaped articles are being conveyed.
  • the rod-shaped articles roll in the receiving grooves on one or the contact surface of the control body.
  • the contact surface is the surface of the control body on which the rod-shaped articles roll in the conveying area of the rod-shaped articles.
  • the receiving grooves are designed in such a way that the flank of the receiving grooves that is trailing in the conveying direction is designed as a sliding edge, with the outer end of the sliding edges of the receiving grooves being above the center of the article or the longitudinal axis of the article or below the middle of the article, for example in the middle third of the article. is arranged or formed.
  • the contact surface of the control body for the rod-shaped articles is designed in the circumferential direction in such a way that the rod-shaped articles in the conveying area can rotate about their central longitudinal axis between 180° and 540°, in particular between 270° and 450°, and preferably between 360° and 400°. carry out. At least lead the rod-shaped articles a rotation about their central longitudinal axis of 180 °, 360 ° or 400° off.
  • control body and the drum body have the same axis of rotation and preferably different angular speeds.
  • a rod-shaped article is divided into two, four, six or eight segments while rotating, in particular by a circular knife.
  • the at least two segments are spaced apart from one another, in particular in relation to the longitudinal axis of the segments, with this preferably being implemented via a guide surface arranged on the control body, which is preferably designed as at least one guide line, spring or rail or at least two guide lines, springs or rails are formed and are preferably arranged next to one another, particularly preferably aligned parallel or at an angle to one another in relation to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum, spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum, and in particular that the distance between two guide lines aligned at an angle to one another, springs or rails in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum, preferably in the conveying area of the rod-shaped articles on the conveyor drum, increases or decreases.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows a perspective view of a conveyor drum 10 according to the invention, which is part of a schematically designated filter attachment machine F or another drum machine or Conveyor arrangement for conveying rod-shaped articles is.
  • the conveying drum 10 is set up here to convey the rod-shaped articles 20 in the transverse axial direction.
  • the conveyor drum 10 has an outer drum ring or drum body 12, which has receiving grooves 14 in the circumferential direction, in which the rod-shaped articles 20 are arranged.
  • the drum body 12 is rotatably mounted and is driven by a drive (not shown here).
  • the receiving grooves 14 are designed without a groove base in their longitudinal extension parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum body 12, so that the rod-shaped articles 20 in the receiving grooves 14 during their conveyance on the conveyor drum 10 come into contact with the surface of a control body 16 surrounded by the drum body 14 inside the Conveyor drum 10 are placed.
  • control body 16 has a plurality of control slots 18 aligned parallel to one another in the circumferential direction as suction air openings, so that the rod-shaped articles 20 touching or resting on the outside of the control body 16 and arranged in the receiving grooves 14 are subjected to negative pressure.
  • the interior of the control body 16 is connected to a vacuum source.
  • control slots 18 it is possible for the control slots 18 to be designed in such a way that the distance between the control slots varies in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum 10, i.e. increases or decreases.
  • the rod-shaped articles 20, such as filter rods or other rod-shaped smoking products, are arranged in the groove-free receiving grooves 14 of the rotating drum body 12 and touch the outside of the control body 16. Due to the touching contact of the rod-shaped articles 20 with the outside of the control body 16, the rod-shaped articles 20 are set in rotation when the drum body 12 rotates relative to the stationary control body 16.
  • the receiving grooves 14 here have groove flanks 24.1, 24.2, between which the rod-shaped articles 20 are arranged while they are being conveyed on the conveying drum 10.
  • the groove flanks 24.1, 24.2 are designed as straight or flat surfaces and extend parallel to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum 10.
  • a further exemplary embodiment of a drum body 12 and a control body 16 of the conveyor drum 10 is shown schematically in a detail.
  • the receiving groove 14 of the drum body 12, which has no groove base, is curved in this case, with no connection between the curved groove flanks 24.1, 24.2 of the receiving groove 14 or an opening is formed, so that the rod-shaped articles 20 arranged in the receiving grooves 14 can communicate with the outside of the control body 16 can be brought into contact.
  • the radial distance between the inside of the drum body 12 and the outside of the control body 16 varies. If the distance between the inside of the drum body 12 and the outside of the control body 16 is reduced, ie in this case that the rod-shaped article 20 moves further to the right , the rod-shaped article 20 is brought into contact with the outside of the control body 16, whereby the rod-shaped article 20 in the receiving groove 16 is then rotated in this conveying area due to the touching contact with the outside of the control body 16.
  • FIG 5 a to f embodiments of receiving grooves with different groove flanks are shown.
  • the drum body 12 has receiving grooves 14, each having the flanks 24.1 and 24.2.
  • the conveying direction FR of the drum body 12 defines the article pushing groove flank 24.1 and a leading groove flank 24.2.
  • Analogous to figure 3 are the groove flanks in figure 5 a are designed as straight or flat surfaces that are directed radially outwards, and analogously to Figure 4, the flanks of the groove in Figure 5e designed as curved groove flanks.
  • the groove flanks 24.1 and 24.2 shown extend parallel to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum 10.
  • the groove flanks 24.1, 24.2 can be inclined surfaces according to Figure 5b , as sectionally straight and sloping surfaces according to Figure 5c , as curved surfaces or fillets according to Figure 5d or as stepped flanks 24.1, 24.2 according to Figure 5 f be trained. Combinations of the groove flank 24.1 pushing the article and the leading groove flank 24.2 from the are also preferred Figures 5a to f applicable. Curved, offset, beveled or chamfered groove flanks have an advantageous sliding behavior and/or an advantageous geometry when feeding the rod-shaped articles into the receiving groove.
  • a cutting device (not shown here) for making slots in the rod-shaped articles 20 can be provided on the conveyor drum in a conveying area of the rod-shaped articles.
  • a conveyor drum 10 with a wrapping device 100 is shown.
  • a tacking drum 30 conveys the rod-shaped article 20, for example a multi-segment product or an intermediate product, which is designed in particular as a loose combination of segments, to a covering apparatus 30, which sticks a covering or wrapping paper 26 on the rod-shaped article 20.
  • the tacking drum 40 conveys the rod-shaped article 20 to a folding star wheel 50, by means of which the excess covering or wrapping paper presented in the conveying direction FR is pressed down.
  • the tacking drum 40 transfers the rod-shaped article 20 to a transfer drum 60 in order to ensure the above arrangement of the tipping or wrapping paper when it is transferred to the conveyor drum 10.
  • the rod-shaped article 20 is accommodated in the grooves 14 of the conveyor drum 10, which are preferably designed to be larger in width than the diameter of the rod-shaped article 20.
  • the control body 16 and in particular the control slot 18 are subjected to negative pressure in order to hold the rod-shaped article 20 on the control body 16 in the receiving groove 14 .
  • the rear groove flank 24.1 pushes the rod-shaped article 20 over the control body 16 and causes the rod-shaped article 20 to rotate, with the rod-shaped article 20 rolling on the control body and being wrapped with the covering or wrapping paper 26.
  • the conveyor drum 10 can be designed with a control body 16 forming a continuous rolling surface or with a control body 16 which rotates the rod-shaped article 20 only by a predefined angular section and thus has a limited rolling surface.
  • An exemplary embodiment is in figure 4 shown.

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  1. Tambour de transport (10) pour l'industrie de transformation du tabac, comprenant un corps de tambour extérieur (12), le corps de tambour (12) étant apte à tourner ou étant entraîné en rotation autour d'un axe de rotation du tambour de transport (10), et le corps de tambour (12) comportant, dans la direction périphérique, à des intervalles de préférence réguliers, des rainures de réception (14) orientées les unes derrière les autres, de préférence parallèlement à l'axe de rotation du tambour de transport (10) et s'étendant longitudinalement, pour recevoir des articles (20) en forme de tige de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, en particulier des tiges de filtre ou des morceaux de filtre ou des cigarettes, le tambour de transport (10) présentant à l'intérieur un corps de commande (16) entouré par le corps de tambour (12), de préférence fixe ou entraîné en rotation, pour commander et/ou mettre en dépression les articles (20) en forme de tige disposés dans les rainures de réception (14) dans une zone de transport des articles (20) en forme de tige sur le tambour de transport (10), le corps de commande (16) présentant au moins une ouverture d'aspiration d'air, de préférence une fente de commande (18) s'étendant dans la direction périphérique du tambour de transport (10), caractérisé en ce que les rainures de réception (14) du corps de tambour (12) sont réalisées sans fond de rainure sur toute leur étendue longitudinale ou sur une étendue d'au moins 30 mm sur leur étendue longitudinale, de préférence au moins 45 mm, de manière particulièrement préférée d'au moins 60 mm, et ladite au moins une ouverture d'aspiration (18) du corps de commande (16) est en communication avec les rainures de réception (14) sans fond de rainure du corps de tambour (12) dans la zone de transport des articles (20) en forme de tige.
  2. Tambour de transport (10) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les rainures de réception (14) du corps de tambour (12) présentent chacune deux flancs de rainure droits ou courbes s'étendant le long de l'axe de rotation du tambour de transport (10) ou des flancs de rainure droits par sections ou courbes par sections.
  3. Tambour de transport (10) selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les rainures de réception (14) du corps de tambour (12) présentent chacune une fente longitudinale entre les flancs de rainure respectifs (24.1, 24.2) des rainures de réception (14) sur le côté intérieur du corps de tambour (12) tourné vers le corps de commande (16).
  4. Tambour de transport (10) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le corps de commande (16) présente plusieurs ouvertures (18) d'aspiration d'air, les ouvertures (18) d'aspiration d'air étant conçues en tant que fentes de commande (18) s'étendant dans la direction périphérique du tambour de transport (10).
  5. Tambour de transport (10) selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les fentes de commande (18) du corps de commande (16) sont disposées les unes à côté des autres par rapport à l'axe de rotation du tambour de transport (10), de préférence orientées parallèlement ou obliquement les unes par rapport aux autres, et espacées les unes des autres dans la direction périphérique du tambour de transport (10).
  6. Tambour de transport (10) selon la revendication 4 ou la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la distance entre deux fentes de commande (18) du corps de commande (16) orientées obliquement l'une par rapport à l'autre ou la distance entre plusieurs fentes de commande (18) du corps de commande (16) orientées obliquement l'une par rapport à l'autre augmente ou diminue dans la direction périphérique du tambour de transport (10), de préférence dans la zone de transport des articles (20) en forme de tige sur le tambour de transport (10).
  7. Tambour de transport (10) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que le corps de commande (16), de préférence dans la zone de transport des articles (20) en forme de tige, présente dans la direction périphérique du tambour de transport (10) au moins une surface de guidage pour les articles (20) en forme de tige, conçue comme une élévation sur le corps de commande (16), en particulier sur la surface d'enveloppe ou le côté extérieur du corps de commande (16), et en ce que, de préférence, la surface de guidage est conçue comme au moins une ligne, un ressort ou un rail de guidage ou au moins deux lignes, ressorts ou rails de guidage, -de préférence l'une à côté de l'autre par rapport à l'axe de rotation du tambour de transport (10), de préférence parallèlement ou en oblique l'une par rapport à l'autre, et sont agencées à une certaine distance l'une de l'autre dans la direction périphérique du tambour de transport (10), et en particulier en ce que la distance entre deux lignes, ressorts ou rails de guidage orientés en oblique l'un par rapport à l'autre augmente ou diminue dans la direction périphérique du tambour de transport (10), de préférence dans la zone de transport des articles (20) en forme de tige sur le tambour de transport (10).
  8. Tambour de transport (10) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que, dans la zone de transport des articles (20) en forme de tige sur le tambour de transport (10), la distance radiale entre le côté intérieur du corps de tambour (12) et le côté extérieur du corps de commande (16) est conçue de telle sorte que, dans la zone de transport, les articles (20) en forme de tige sont aptes à être amenés ou sont amenés en contact avec le côté extérieur du corps de commande (16).
  9. Tambour de transport (10) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que la distance radiale entre le côté intérieur du corps de tambour (12) et le côté extérieur du corps de commande (16) augmente et/ou diminue dans la direction périphérique du tambour de transport (10), la distance étant notamment inférieure à 1 mm, 2 mm ou 3 mm par sections et/ou la distance étant notamment comprise entre 0,1 mm et 3 mm par sections, de préférence entre 1 mm et 2,5 mm ou de préférence entre 0,1 mm et 1 mm.
  10. Tambour de transport (10) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que la surface extérieure du corps de commande (16), qui est tournée vers le côté intérieur du corps de tambour (12), est réalisée sous la forme d'une surface rugueuse, de préférence dans la zone de transport des articles (20) en forme de tige, et/ou est réalisée sous la forme d'une surface avec une couche durcie.
  11. Tambour de transport (10) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que, sur le tambour de transport (10), de préférence dans la zone de transport des articles (20) en forme de tige, sont agencés un dispositif de coupe, en particulier une lame de coupe, pour les articles (20) en forme de tige et/ou un dispositif de perforation, en particulier un dispositif de perforation au laser, et/ou un dispositif de mesure, en particulier un dispositif de mesure optique, et/ou un dispositif d'enveloppement, en particulier pour des articles en forme de tige ou des produits multisegments.
  12. Dispositif de transport pour le transport transversal d'articles (20) en forme de tige de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, comprenant un tambour de transport (10) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11.
  13. Machine de l'industrie du tabac pour la fabrication d'articles (20) en forme de tige, en particulier de tiges ou de morceaux de filtre ou de cigarettes, avec un tambour de transport (10) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11.
  14. Procédé de transport transversal d'articles (20) en forme de tige de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    - Réception et transport d'articles en forme de tige dans des logements sur un dispositif de transport, le dispositif de transport étant conçu comme un tambour de transport (10) apte à tourner autour d'un axe de rotation ou entraîné en rotation,
    et le tambour de transport (1) présente un corps de tambour extérieur (12) avec des logements, en particulier des rainures de logement (14), orientés dans le sens de la circonférence, à des intervalles de préférence réguliers, les uns derrière les autres, de préférence parallèlement à l'axe de rotation du tambour de transport (10) et s'étendant longitudinalement, pour recevoir des articles (20) en forme de tige de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, en particulier des tiges de filtre ou des morceaux de filtre ou des cigarettes,
    le tambour de transport (10) présentant à l'intérieur un corps de commande (16) entouré par le corps de tambour (12) ou entourant partiellement le corps de tambour (12), de préférence fixe ou entraîné en rotation, pour commander et/ou solliciter les articles (20) en forme de tige disposés dans les logements (14), en particulier les rainures de réception (14), avec une dépression dans une zone de transport des articles (20) en forme de tige sur le tambour de transport (10),
    - Rotation des articles en forme de tige autour de leur axe longitudinal, de préférence d'au moins 360° ou 400°, par contact de l'article se trouvant dans le logement, en particulier dans la rainure de logement, avec le corps de commande (16) et en particulier dans lequel les articles en forme de tige roulent sur une section de la surface d'enveloppe du corps de commande (16).
  15. Procédé de transport transversal d'articles (20) en forme de tige de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, dans lequel les articles (20) en forme de tige sont transportés transversalement en utilisant un tambour de transport (10) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11.
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