FIELD: tobacco industry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to method of separation of movable nonparallel flows of rod-like elements and shutoff device designed for separation of such flows. According to proposed method, rod-like elements are removed from adjoining zone of horizontal conveyor or channel arranged at angle in which pile of rod-like elements forms passive flow, to zone of channel or horizontal conveyor in which pile forms active flow. Volume of space occupied by removed elements is equal to volume of corresponding sector of cylinder with radius corresponding to width of horizontal conveyor and/or width of channel. Walls of cylinder parallel to axis of cylinder divide nonparallel flows. Said elements can be cut off in cavity whose cross section corresponds to form of cross section of horizontal conveyor or channel and which is formed inside rotary cylinder across axis of cylinder turning, axis of cylinder turning being arranged in plane of symmetry of horizontal conveyor and/or channel, cutting off of members being provided by turning of cylinder. Shutoff device designed for separation of flows consists of gate in form of cylinder with radius, or sector of cylinder, placed in zone of intersection of horizontal conveyor and channel. Gate turning axle, being axis of cylinder, is aligned with line of intersection of plane of upper wall of horizontal conveyor with plane of side wall of channel, or with line of intersection of plane of lower wall of horizontal conveyor with plane of side wall of channel, or axle of gate turning is arranged in plane of symmetry of channel and/or horizontal conveyor at distance equal to radius of cylinder or exceeds slightly radius of cylinder and which is measured from line of intersection of plane of side wall of channel with plane of wall and/or horizontal conveyor. Through recess is made inside cylinder whose shape corresponds to shape of channel and/or horizontal conveyor, and axle of gate turning is located in plane of symmetry of recess.
EFFECT: improved quality of rod-like elements at conveying and reduced rejection ion further processing.
9 cl, 7 dwg
