| Hauni Maschinenbau AG Patent applications |
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| 20120074958 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND MEASURING PROPERTIES OF A MOVING ROD OF MATERIAL - Device for processing and measuring properties of a moving rod of material of the tobacco processing industry includes a microwave resonator structured and arranged so that the rod of material is conveyable through the microwave resonator. Includes microwave generator with output frequency f | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074957 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND MEASURING PROPERTIES OF A MOVING ROD OF MATERIAL - Device and method for processing and measuring properties of a moving rod of tobacco processing industry. Device includes a microwave measurement device in which endless rod is conveyable through microwave resonator from input side to output side. Microwave generator is included to generate a measurement signal having output frequency f | 03-29-2012 |
| 20110284016 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING GROUND OR CUT TOBACCO MATERIAL TO A PORTIONING DEVICE - A device of the tobacco processing industry and method for supplying ground or cut tobacco material having at least 35% moisture content. The device includes a conveyor, a portioner, and a homogenizer device including a needle roller and a picker roller. The needle roller is located downstream, relative to a tobacco conveying direction, of the conveyor and is structured and arranged to receive tobacco material from the conveyor, and the picker roller is structured and arranged to expel tobacco material out of the needle roller in a direction of the portioner. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110239591 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR METERING TOBACCO IN PORTIONS SUITABLE FOR PACKAGING - An apparatus and method for metering tobacco in portions suitable for packaging. The apparatus includes a feeding element for the tobacco and a device for forming and discharging at least one tobacco portion suitable for packaging. The device comprises a wiping element for wiping tobacco into a portioning chamber. The portioning chamber is variable in volume for compressing the tobacco and releasing the compressed tobacco portion. The portioning chamber is also displaceable relative to the wiping element for displacing from a filling position into a dispensing position and vice versa. An element for discharging the compressed tobacco portion is disposed in the area of the dispensing position. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110162666 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOVING FOREIGN PARTICLES FROM A TOBACCO STREAM - Method and device for removing foreign bodies from a first tobacco stream that is conveyed via an air flow in a region of a first foreign body detection device. Method includes detecting, with a first foreign body detection device, the foreign bodies in the first tobacco stream based on at least one property, and removing, with a jet of compressed air, the foreign bodies from the first tobacco stream. In this manner, a foreign body freed tobacco stream and a second tobacco stream including tobacco particles and the foreign bodies entrained by the jet of compressed air are formed. Method also includes at least one of: accelerating the second stream at a distance from the first tobacco stream; and detecting, with a second foreign body detector, foreign bodies in the second stream based on at least one property and removing the detected foreign bodies with a second jet of compressed air. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20100252056 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR METERING ORAL TOBACCO IN PORTIONS SUITABLE FOR CONSUMPTION - An apparatus for metering oral tobacco into portions suitable for consumption including a delivery device to hold and deliver the tobacco and a metering device to receive the tobacco from the delivery device. The metering device includes a shaping component operative to shape and press the tobacco into at least one endless tobacco rod and a slicing component operative to slice the endless tobacco rod into pre-defined tobacco portions with respect to shape and weight and to discharge the tobacco portions for subsequent processing. Further, a method for metering oral tobacco in portions suitable for consumption, includes the steps of delivering the tobacco, continuous shaping and pressing the tobacco into at least one endless tobacco rod, slicing the endless tobacco rod into pre-defined tobacco portions with respect to shape and weight, and conveying the tobacco portions to a subsequent processing station. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20090193912 | SAMPLING OF INDIVIDUAL ROD-LIKE ARTICLES OF THE TOBACCO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY FROM A MASSFLOW - Method for sampling individual rod-like articles of the tobacco-processing industry from an article massflow via a sampling unit. The article massflow includes a plurality of rod-like articles arranged longitudinally and axially parallel to each other and is conveyed along a conveying section at a predetermined conveyor speed. The method includes moving the sampling unit parallel to a conveyor direction of the article massflow, capturing at least one individual rod-like article from the article massflow with the sampling unit, and removing the captured at least one individual rod-like article from the article massflow in a direction at an angle to the conveyor direction of the article massflow. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090003980 | METHOD FOR REGULATING A CONVEYING STREAM COMPOSED OF ARTICLES OF THE TOBACCO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY BETWEEN A TRAY DISCHARGER AND A FEED DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE FEED UNITS - A method is provided to regulate a conveying stream composed of articles of the tobacco-processing industry between at least one tray discharger and connected to at least one feed device by a conveying element that conveys a mass flow of the articles. The feed device has at least one chamber designed to receive the articles, and each chamber has at least two feed units running independently of each other to feed the articles to subsequent apparatuses. Each feed unit has an individual feed rate (P | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080308387 | RECEIVE DEVICE AND CONVEYOR METHOD - A receive device of a conveyor unit, an apparatus including the receive device and a method for transporting rod-like articles for tobacco-processing. The receive device includes a deceleration device to decelerate the rod-like articles and an acceleration device to accelerate the rod-like articles. The acceleration device is arranged downstream from the deceleration device. A conveyor speed limit device is located between the deceleration device and the acceleration device. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080286078 | BATCH TRANSPORT OF ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES FOR THE TOBACCO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY - The invention relates to an apparatus structured and arranged to transport rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry in a mass flow between an outlet of a first machine and inlets of a plurality of second machines. The apparatus includes guide rails having an inlet side in fixed relation to the outlet of the first machine and a moveable outlet side. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080223803 | Modular shaft trays - A shaft tray for receiving rod-shaped products includes a tray body comprising a rear wall, two substantially parallel and spaced-apart side walls and a bottom wall, arranged to define a receiving chamber for the products. Shaft walls running parallel to the side walls divide the receiving chamber into individual shafts. The shaft walls are mountable separately from the tray body and at least a region of the rear wall of the tray body includes receivers or fasteners to, respectively, receive or fasten the shaft walls to the tray body. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080218575 | APPLYING A PRINTED MARK TO AN ARTICLE IN THE TOBACCO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY - Method for applying a printed mark to an article of the tobacco-processing industry. The method includes applying an ink based on a volatile and organic solvent to the article by at least one printing head. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080213072 | Discharge hopper and method of discharging shaft trays filled with rod-shaped products - A discharge hopper for a tray discharge station for serially discharging shaft trays filled with rod-shaped products includes, a conveying element for carrying away the products flowing from the shaft trays and a connecting device for coupling the shaft trays to be emptied to the conveying element. The connecting device is arranged substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the conveying element to form a channel for the product flow and includes an opening for passage of the products from the shaft tray into the channel. In the region of the connecting device there is provided a closure unit to open and close the opening. The closure device is coupled to a movable actuating element so that the closure device can be opened and closed shaft by shaft in relation to the shaft tray to be emptied. | 09-04-2008 |
