System for conveying electronic cigarette components

    公开(公告)号:US11641884B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-09

    申请号:US17353072

    申请日:2021-06-21

    Applicant: G.D S.p.A.

    Abstract: A system for conveying electronic cigarette components, including: a guide including a stopping station; a carriage to slide along the guide; a retaining device for holding a component of an electronic cigarette; and a locking unit for locking the carriage relative to the guide at the stopping station. The locking unit includes: two abutment elements mounted on the carriage and disposed at a predetermined mutual distance; and an inserting element which is: disposed at the stopping station shaped such that first and second edges contact the abutment elements, respectively, when the carriage is at the stopping station; movable between a retracted position free from the abutment elements to allow the carriage to slide, and an advanced position contacting the abutment elements to prevent the carriage from sliding. Each abutment element is rotatable about its axis to facilitate movement of the inserting element between the two positions.

    LABEL-REJECTING STATION
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220009665A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US17367789

    申请日:2021-07-06

    Applicant: G.D S.p.A.

    Abstract: A label-rejecting station, where labels are carried by a support band along an advancing path. The rejecting station includes a deviator element and a contrast element. The deviator element is arranged along the advancing path and movable between an inactive position and an active position wherein it contacts the support band at a first surface thereof, deviating the advancing path. The contrast element is arranged along the advancing path downstream of the deviator element and includes: an abutting surface provided for receiving partially thereon a second surface of the support band, opposite to the first surface; and a detachment edge provided for detaching a label from the support band when the deviator element moves into its active position.

    METHOD AND UNIT FOR CRIMPING A WEB OF MATERIAL FOR THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY

    公开(公告)号:US20210084966A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-25

    申请号:US16954439

    申请日:2018-12-17

    Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for crimping a web of material for the tobacco industry, including the following steps: feeding a web of material for the tobacco industry along a feed path; crimping the web between two crimping rollers operatively coupled to make a plurality of longitudinal easy folding lines on the web; measuring a value of a thickness of the web before the step of crimping; The step of crimping the web is adjusted as a function of the thickness value measured during the step of measuring.

    DEVICE FOR INSPECTING SMOKING ARTICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20210000163A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-07

    申请号:US16767469

    申请日:2018-11-28

    Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

    Abstract: An inspection device for the quality control of rod-shaped smoking articles includes a drum and an inspection assembly. Each transfer drum has a succession of peripheral retaining portions, each having a retaining groove aligned with the axis of rotation of the transfer drum and configured to receive a respective smoking article to be inspected. Each inspection assembly, which is rotatable about the axis of rotation of the transfer drum, is equipped with a succession of detectors. Each detector has a cavity configured to insertably receive an end portion of the respective smoking article to be inspected and is equipped with a sensor adapted to detect an internal structure within the smoking article. The inspection device also comprises a movement device configured to move each peripheral retaining portion and the corresponding detector reciprocatingly towards and away from each other during the rotation of the transfer drum.

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