TOBACCO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
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Cantor Colburn LLP
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A feed mechanism to feed objects for insertion into tobacco industry products including a rotary member for receiving objects, the rotary member having a plurality of channels, each channel being adapted so that in use objects assemble in a row in the channel which rotates with the rotary member, ea
A feed mechanism to feed objects for insertion into tobacco industry products including a rotary member for receiving objects, the rotary member having a plurality of channels, each channel being adapted so that in use objects assemble in a row in the channel which rotates with the rotary member, each channel having an outlet for dispensing an object from the channel, and a pneumatic mechanism configured to hold an object in a row prior to the object being dispensed.
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1. A feed mechanism to feed objects for insertion into tobacco industry products, the feed mechanism comprising: a rotary disk for receiving objects, the rotary disk having a first axis of rotation and including a plurality of channels that rotate with the rotary disk about said first axis of rotati
1. A feed mechanism to feed objects for insertion into tobacco industry products, the feed mechanism comprising: a rotary disk for receiving objects, the rotary disk having a first axis of rotation and including a plurality of channels that rotate with the rotary disk about said first axis of rotation, wherein, in use, objects are urged centrifugally through said channels; anda delivery wheel comprising object-receiving pockets for receiving objects dispensed from said channels;wherein one or more of said channels deviates from a radial path;wherein a first angular separation between inlets of two neighboring channels measured from the first axis of rotation is greater than a second angular separation between corresponding outlets of said two neighboring channels measured from the first axis of rotation; andwherein the objects urged through said two neighboring channels are inserted into the tobacco industry product in close succession in correspondence with the second angular separation between the corresponding outlets. 2. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein one or more of said channels is curved. 3. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotary disk has a plurality of sets of one or more channels through which, in use, objects are urged centrifugally, the feed mechanism further comprising: a first input having a first of said sets of channels extending therefrom such that objects received in the first input are passed only into the first of said sets of channels; anda second input, separate from the first input, having a second of said sets of channels extending therefrom such that objects received in the second input are passed only into the second of said sets of channels. 4. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 3, wherein the rotary disk includes one or more barriers to prevent objects from passing the first input into any of the channels of the second set and to prevent objects from passing from the second input into any of the channels of the first set. 5. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in use, objects are confined in a single-file row in at least one of the plurality of channels during rotation of the rotary disk. 6. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein in use objects leave the rotary disk directly when dispensed from the channels. 7. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein each channel has a floor and an object outlet formed in the floor. 8. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the channels are enclosed channels, each having an inlet and an outlet. 9. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein each channel has an inlet sized to receive only a single object at any one time. 10. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotary disk is formed of one or more plates. 11. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 10, wherein the rotary disk is formed of an upper plate and a lower plate. 12. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 10, wherein the channels are defined by grooves formed in one of said plates. 13. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a gaseous flow generating mechanism to generate a gaseous flow to expel an object when a channel is positioned in a dispensing position, thereby dispensing the object. 14. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in use, the rotary disk is dispenses objects one by one. 15. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the channels extend substantially horizontally. 16. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the delivery wheel rotates about a second axis transverse to the first axis of rotation. 17. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a synchronisation mechanism to rotate the rotary disk and the delivery wheel such that the tangential velocity of the rotary disk is equal to the tangential velocity of the delivery wheel at the point of object transfer from the rotary disk to the delivery wheel. 18. Feed mechanism as claimed in claim 17, wherein the delivery wheel has a plurality of object-receiving pockets arranged around a peripheral region thereof, wherein the synchronisation mechanism synchronises rotation of the rotary disk and the delivery wheel so that in use objects pass successively from the channels of the rotary disk to the pockets of the delivery wheel. 19. The feed mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of channels comprises a plurality of pairs of channels each including a curved channel and a non-curved channel. 20. Method of feeding objects for insertion into tobacco industry products, comprising: rotating a rotary disk so as to urge objects centrifugally through a plurality of channels which rotate with the rotary disk;guiding the objects through the channels so that an angular separation between objects changes as objects pass through neighbouring channels;receiving objects dispensed from said channels in object-receiving pockets of a delivery wheel;wherein a first angular separation between the objects as they pass through inlets of two neighboring channels measured from a first axis of rotation is greater than a second angular separation between the objects as they pass through corresponding outlets of said two neighboring channels measured from the first axis of rotation;wherein the objects urged through said two neighboring channels are inserted into the tobacco industry product in close succession in correspondence with the second angular separation between the corresponding outlets.
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