FIELD: tobacco industry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a machine for the production of multi-segment rods used in the tobacco industry, containing a system for automatic removal of segments from a receiving band, and to a method for cleaning the receiving band of the machine for the production of multi-segment rods. It would be advisable to provide a device that does not require any additional sensors or control units, which is cheap to manufacture, easy to operate and highly reliable. The machine for the production of multi-segment rods for use in the tobacco industry contains: at least one feeding module for placing segments in a chain, one after the other, on a receiving conveyor for transporting segments along a given transportation path in the direction of a format conveyor; a moving module for moving segments from the receiving conveyor to the format conveyor; a format conveyor for transporting segments to the wrapper; a format device for wrapping the wrapper around a chain of segments to form a continuous rod; a cutting head for cutting a continuous rod into multi-segment rods; and an offset mechanism for deflecting the receiving conveyor relatively to a given transportation path to the cleaning position, wherein segments do not contact any of feeding modules during transportation on the receiving conveyor.
EFFECT: technical result is providing method and device that allow more efficient production of multi-segment rods, allowing easier and faster cleaning of the receiving conveyor from remaining segments after each interruption of the machine operation.
20 cl, 15 dwg
