公开(公告)号：US3584728A

公开(公告)日：1971-06-15

申请号：US3584728D

申请日：1969-02-04

申请人： AMF INC

发明人： HOLLENTON FRANK

IPC分类号： A24C1/38 ,  B65G47/29 ,  B65G47/26

CPC分类号： A24C1/38 ,  B65G47/29 ,  B65G2203/042

摘要： Apparatus comprising a conveyor for moving cigars, means for transferring the leading cigar from said conveyor and means for arresting the movement of all but the transferred cigar during the process of transference.

公开(公告)号：US3888262A

公开(公告)日：1975-06-10

申请号：US44168974

申请日：1974-02-11

申请人： AMF INC

发明人： HOLLENTON FRANK ,  PARK WILLIAM P

IPC分类号： A24C1/32

CPC分类号： A24C1/32

摘要： Means for a cigar machine to provide multiple knurling operations on each of the head ends and for trimming the other ends of cigars being continuously transported.

摘要翻译： 用于雪茄机器在每个头端上提供多个滚花操作并用于修整连续输送的雪茄的另一端的装置。

公开(公告)号：US3858708A

公开(公告)日：1975-01-07

申请号：US30137772

申请日：1972-10-27

申请人： AMF INC

发明人： HOLLENTON FRANK ,  INGALLS JOHN L

IPC分类号： B65G51/02 ,  A24C5/32 ,  A24C5/35 ,  B65G47/08 ,  B65G47/53 ,  B65G59/06 ,  B65G47/00

CPC分类号： B65G59/066 ,  A24C5/323 ,  A24C5/326 ,  Y10S131/909

摘要： A method and apparatus for handling and transporting rod-like articles between production machines, for example articles such as cigarette filters between filter rod makers and cigarette filter tippers. Rods transported end to end along a longitudinal stream have the leading rods axially separated from the next adjacent rod by separator rollers which engage the rods of the stream, at least one of these rollers being a floating roller resiliently urged against the rod stream. The leading rods are successively deflected downwardly by engagement with and between the peripheries of a pair of rollers, the peripheral portions adjacent the stream of which rollers are inclined upwardly in the direction of travel and when the rollers rotate in the opposite direction such that both peripheries move downwardly adjacent the stream, they receive the leading separated rod, arrest its longitudinal movement and move it downwardly after which the rod is dropped onto a conveyor. The downwardly deflected rods move side by side on a conveyor to an infeed station where they are frictionally gripped and forced through a throat into the lower side of a storage hopper with a force sufficient for the rod-like articles to push upwardly further up into the storage hopper other rods already located therein.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在生产机器之间处理和传送棒状制品的方法和装置，例如过滤棒制造商和香烟过滤器翻转器之间的诸如香烟过滤嘴的物品。 杆沿着纵向流动端对端地运送，前导杆通过与流的杆接合的分离辊轴向地与下一个相邻的杆轴向分离，这些辊中的至少一个是弹性地推靠在杆流上的浮动辊。 引导杆通过与一对辊的周边接合并且在一对辊的周边之间相继地向下偏转，周边部分邻近其流沿着行进方向向上倾斜，并且当辊沿相反方向旋转时，使得两个外周 向下移动邻近流，它们接收前导分离的杆，阻止其纵向运动并向下移动，之后将杆下落到输送机上。 向下偏转的杆在输送机上并排移动到进料站，在该进料站处，它们被摩擦地夹紧并且通过足够的力将其通过喉部进入存储料斗的下侧，该力足以使杆状物品向上进一步向上推入 存储料斗已经位于其中的其他杆。

公开(公告)号：US3680360A

公开(公告)日：1972-08-01

申请号：US3680360D

申请日：1970-09-04

申请人： AMF INC

发明人： HOLLENTON FRANK

IPC分类号： A24C1/04 ,  G01N15/08

CPC分类号： A24C1/04

摘要： A wrapper, prior to being cut to a cigar wrapper shape having a defined configuration, is arbitrarily divided into a plurality of sections, each substantially pneumatically isolated from each other. Each section is then pneumatically examined for the absence or presence of undesired holes or voids. A single pneumatic examining section can be used with good results. A vein detector can be provided to examine the head section of the strip of tobacco for the presence or absence of veins.

摘要翻译： 在被切割成具有限定构造的雪茄包装形状之前的包装物被任意分成多个部分，每个部分基本上彼此气动隔离。 然后对每个部分进行气动检查，不存在或不存在不需要的孔或空隙。 可以使用单个气动检查部分，结果良好。 可以提供静脉检测器来检查烟草条的头部是否存在静脉。

公开(公告)号：US3699977A

公开(公告)日：1972-10-24

申请号：US3699977D

申请日：1970-10-01

申请人： AMF INC

发明人： HOLLENTON FRANK

IPC分类号： A24B5/14

CPC分类号： A24B5/14

摘要： In this invention a tobacco leaf is unraveled by subjecting it to a flow of air that moves across the leaf transversely from its stem to its edges while the leaf is constrained along its stem. There is also provided a first air permeable belt and two divergent air permeable belts which cooperate with suction chambers to flatten and stretch the leaf. Selective control is obtained when manipulating the suction values and speed differential of the belts.

公开(公告)号：US3591044A

公开(公告)日：1971-07-06

申请号：US3591044D

申请日：1969-01-10

申请人： AMF INC

发明人： HOOPER HARRY ALLISON ,  HOLLENTON FRANK ,  BRACKMANN WARREN ARTHUR

IPC分类号： A24C1/28 ,  B65H5/28

CPC分类号： A24C1/28

摘要： Apparatus for feeding stretched oriented tobacco leaf patches from a roll into the die turret of a cigar machine.

公开(公告)号：US3590975A

公开(公告)日：1971-07-06

申请号：US3590975D

申请日：1969-01-28

申请人： AMF INC

发明人： HOLLENTON FRANK

IPC分类号： B65B19/26 ,  B65G47/14

CPC分类号： B65B19/26

摘要： Apparatus for orienting rectangularly shaped cigars carried on a walking beam structure wherein a spring finger mechanism is provided for engaging the upper surface of cigars which are incorrectly positioned to rotate the cigar about its longitudinal axis as it is moved on the walking beam.