CN103841846B - For the equipment that object is incorporated in smoking article and method - Google Patents
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Abstract
A kind of equipment for object being incorporated into continuous material stream, including: for the bin (1) of object；Transmission wheel (3) that can rotate, for being transported to the insertion unit for being incorporated into by object in continuous material stream by object；Transfer chamber (2), described transfer chamber (2) is arranged between bin (1) and transmission wheel (3) that can rotate.Provide the circus movement generator of circus movement of the outer peripheral face along transmission wheel (3) that can rotate for producing object.Returning component (20) makes the object direction of motion in transfer chamber (2) reverse.Return component (20) is in drops, and described drops includes top (200), two linear side (201) and connects the sweep (202) of two linear side (201).Top (200) is towards the inside of transfer chamber (2).One substantially tangential outer peripheral face in transmission wheel (3) that can rotate of sidepiece (201) extends.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to for object being incorporated into the equipment in continuous material stream and method.Such as,
Object can be will to be introduced in filtering material during manufacturing the filter element of smoking article
Pearl in stream or capsule continuously.
Background technology
Smoking article such as medicated cigarette is generally of club shaped structure, and include such as tobacco shred can point
The charging of material, volume or the post of combustion suction.Tobacco shred is generally wrapped up by wrapping paper, thus is formed
So-called " tobacco rod ".In cigarette with filter tip, Cylindrical filter mouth element and tobacco rod are with end
The relation alignment of opposite end.As example, filter element can include cellulose acetate tow mistake
Filtering material.Filtering material can be by the papery material being referred to as " filter stick formation paper (plug wrap) "
Material parcel.Filtering material generally uses referred to as the external packaging material of " tipping paper " to be attached to cigarette
One end of strand.
The multiple method of the sensory attribute for changing smog having pointed out is included in smoking article
Use filter element as the carrier for adding extra spice to mainstream smoke.Such as,
Propose to be incorporated in filtering material by all capsular objects during manufacturing filter element.
Have been proposed for for manufacturing this thing during the filter element of smoking article
The multiple method and apparatus that body is incorporated in filtering material.Such as in WO2010/055120
Describe a kind of such equipment.Described equipment described in WO2010/055120 includes accommodating
There is the bin of object.Bin leads to transfer chamber, and object goes in ring in described transfer chamber.
The object gone in ring in transfer chamber moves along circulation path.A part for circulation path along
The outer peripheral face of rotatable transmission wheel extends.Rotatable transmission wheel has depressed part in its outer peripheral face
(pocket).Object is incorporated in depressed part by means of being applied to the suction of depressed part and protects
Hold in depressed part.Rotatable brush be arranged in transfer chamber and be positioned at circulation path along
Transmit the end of the part of the outer peripheral face extension of wheel.By rotating conveyor wheels, object is transported
Delivering on position, at described on position, described object is by from transmitting wheel release and being drawn
Enter in the stream continuously of filtering material.
During batch micro operations filter plug, need as far as possible effectively and reliably to manufacture this filtration
Mouth.This means to need one to be reliably placed in each filter tip section by a capsule
Equipment.
Summary of the invention
According to the present invention, it is provided that for object being incorporated into the equipment in continuous material stream and side
Method.Although in the following description, merely illustrating the enforcement inserting an object in filtering material
Example, but present invention additionally comprises such example, and in described example, object is inserted into be sent out
In the other parts of tobacco product, such as, it is inserted in the chamber in tobacco rod or filter plug.
Equipment according to the present invention includes: for providing the bin of multiple object；Rotatable biography
Sending wheel, it is for transporting object and being delivered to the insertion list being introduced in continuous material stream
Unit；And transfer chamber, described transfer chamber for being sent to rotatable transmission wheel by object.Pass
Chamber is sent to be arranged between bin and rotatable transmission wheel.Equipment according to the present invention also includes
For producing the circus movement of object in transfer chamber, object is moved along circulation path
Circus movement generator.The outer peripheral face that a part for circulation path is taken turns along rotatable transmission is also
And the direction of rotation taken turns along rotatable transmission extends.
Circus movement generator includes returning component, curved in transfer chamber of described return component
Bent side of sidewall portion office is arranged in transfer chamber.Especially, return component and be arranged in ring road
The end of the part extended along the outer peripheral face transmitting wheel in footpath.Return component and transmission cavity
The direction of motion that the sidewall sections of the bending of room is arranged to make object in transfer chamber is reverse.Return
Returning component is drops, and described drops includes top, two linear side and connects two directly
The sweep in line side portion.Top is towards the inside of transfer chamber so that a side in sidepiece
The outer peripheral face that portion takes turns towards rotatable transmission, and one sidepiece is substantially tangential in rotatable
The outer peripheral face transmitting wheel extends.Term " substantially tangential in " refers to this linear side with outer
Side face outer peripheral face normal by return component top point at tangent line extend in parallel or
Person forms the angle that can be up to 15 degree.In the situation that described linear side and tangent line are at an angle
Under.Preferably, the space between described linear side and outer peripheral face is along towards circulation path
Direction along the end of the part of outer peripheral face extension is gradually reduced.
According to the present invention, object refers to can be by operated by apparatus and method according to the invention
The article of any individuality.Preferably, described object is object generally spherical in shape.Preferably,
Object generally spherical in shape has the diameter between about 0.5mm and about 6.5mm；More excellent
Selection of land, the diameter of object generally spherical in shape is between about 2.5mm and about 4.0mm.Preferably
Ground, object generally spherical in shape is capsule.Preferably, capsule includes liquid.Preferably, liquid
It is the spice of such as menthol.Preferably, capsule can be crushed, i.e. sufficiently large in applying
During extruding force, capsule can discharge its content.For this type objects, the particularly important is little
Heart operates this object so that will not liquid in release capsule during manufacture processes.
Thus, use and return component advantageously by the first party substantially along the periphery transmitting wheel
The capsule moved upward and return of moving along contrary direction after not transmitted wheel pickup
Capsule in transfer chamber is separated.This separation allows to better control over capsule along transmission
The speed of the periphery of wheel.Additionally, the stress which reduced on capsule, thus prevent capsules break.
When object moves along the outer peripheral face that rotatable transmission is taken turns, some in object are transmitted
Take turns to rotatable transmission.As example, rotatable transmission wheel can include depressed part, and object leads to
Cross the suction being applied to bottom depressed part and be sent in described depressed part.Generally, most
The outer peripheral face that the object of amount is taken turns along rotatable transmission moves, every to guarantee that rotatable transmission is taken turns
One depressed part the most correctly accommodates an object.Taking turns along rotatable transmission in circulation path
The end of part that extends of outer peripheral face, object enters into and returns the sidepiece of component and can revolve
Turn in the space between the outer peripheral face transmitting wheel.All depressed parts at the most rotatable transmission wheel
In the case of having accommodated object, return component and promote that an object enters into any sky
In depressed part so that transmit each depressed part of wheel when depressed part leaves the region of transfer chamber
All accommodate object.Move along the outer peripheral face transmitting wheel but be not communicated to rotatable
Transmit the belt return of those objects in wheel.To this end, during the motion further of object, return
The sidewall sections of the bending returning component and transfer chamber makes the direction of motion of object reverse.?
Go in ring after returning, it is possible to reuse these objects, to be sent to rotatable by these objects
Transmit in the depressed part of wheel.And, make object go in ring in transfer chamber and advantageously prevent
Blocking.
In one embodiment of an apparatus according to the present invention, the periphery taken turns towards rotatable transmission
The outer peripheral face that the linear side in face is arranged to rotatable transmission is taken turns is predetermined distance.This is pre-
Set a distance can be chosen such that and formed between the outer peripheral face that linear side and rotatable transmission are taken turns
One layer of 1 to 6 object.Especially, this preset distance can be chosen such that in straight sides
One layer of 2 to 4 object are formed between the outer peripheral face of portion and rotatable transmission wheel.This embodiment
It is favourable, because this further helps in the outer peripheral face that object is incorporated into rotatable transmission wheel
In depressed part in so that when each depressed part leaves the region of transfer chamber, rotatable
Transmit in each depressed part of wheel and all maintain an object.
In another embodiment of the equipment according to the present invention, described linear side is arranged to make
The space obtained between the outer peripheral face of described linear side and rotatable transmission wheel is gradually reduced.Preferably
Ground, space is along that portion of the outer peripheral face extension taken turns along rotatable transmission towards circulation path
The direction of the end divided is gradually reduced.As it has been described above, being slightly gradually reduced of space can help
In any possible empty depressed part that object is sent to rotatable transmission wheel.But, gradually
The degree reduced or should make in the range of object ruptures damaging object.Preferably,
The amplitude being gradually reduced is less than about 1/4th of capsule diameter.
In another embodiment of the equipment according to the present invention, for producing the belt fortune of object
Dynamic described circus movement generator also includes nozzle.These arrangement of nozzles are in circulation path
The end of the part that the outer peripheral face taken turns along rotatable transmission extends.Nozzle can produce gas
Stream, described air-flow makes the object direction of motion in transfer chamber reverse.By air-flow and transmission
The sidewall sections of the bending of chamber together or with return together with component or with the side of described bending
Wall part realizes the reversing of motion of object together with returning component.
Although the speed of object can generally in broad scope change, but according to according to
One embodiment of the equipment of the present invention, for producing object circus movement in transfer chamber
Circus movement generator be designed so that in operation, object is taken turns along rotatable transmission
The speed of outer peripheral face is equal or essentially identical with the speed of the outer peripheral face that rotatable transmission is taken turns.Special
Not, the term " of substantially equal " about object speed refers to object along rotatable transmission
The speed of the outer peripheral face of wheel the outer peripheral face taken turns than rotatable transmission speed slow about 25% to than
In the range of the speed fast 25% of the outer peripheral face of rotatable transmission wheel.It is highly preferred that the speed of object
Degree is different from the speed of the outer peripheral face of rotatable transmission wheel, and outside taking turns than rotatable transmission
The speed of side face slow about 10% is to the speed fast about 10% of the outer peripheral face taken turns than rotatable transmission
In the range of.Combine use term " about " the most in this application with occurrence, and this is all the time
It is intended to also disclose this occurrence.This can also improve object from transfer chamber further to revolving
Turn the transmission of the depressed part transmitting wheel.
Another aspect of the present invention relates to a kind of for being incorporated in continuous material stream by object
Method.Said method comprising the steps of:
The bin accommodating multiple object is provided；
Object is incorporated into transfer chamber from bin, described transfer chamber be arranged in bin and
Between rotatable transmission wheel；With
The circus movement of object is produced so that object moves along circulation path in transfer chamber.
Outer peripheral face that a part for circulation path is taken turns along rotatable transmission and taking turns along rotatable transmission
Direction of rotation (in operation) extend.
Described method also includes by providing the motion returning component and make object in transfer chamber
The step that direction is reverse.Return component and be arranged in biography in the side of sidewall portion office of the bending of transfer chamber
Send in chamber, and the outer peripheral face taken turns along rotatable transmission being positioned at circulation path extend that
The end of part.
Additionally, described method includes the step that object is sent to rotatable transmission wheel from transfer chamber
Suddenly.The object transmitted is transported on position by rotatable transmission wheel, at described on position,
Object is introduced in continuous material stream.
Preferably, returning component is drops shape, and includes top, two linear side
With the sweep connecting two linear side.Top is towards the inside of transfer chamber.Towards can
The substantially tangential outer peripheral face taken turns in rotatable transmission of linear side of the outer peripheral face of rotating conveyor wheels prolongs
Stretch.
The advantage of the method according to the invention corresponds to already in connection with the equipment according to the present invention upper
Those advantages discussed in literary composition.This is also applied for following example of the method according to the invention.
Preferably, according to one embodiment of the method for the invention, produce object and transmitting
Circus movement in chamber so that the speed that the outer peripheral face that object is taken turns along rotatable transmission moves
Equal or of substantially equal with the speed of the outer peripheral face that rotatable transmission is taken turns.
The speed referring specifically to object about the term " of substantially equal " of object speed can not
It is same as the speed of the outer peripheral face of rotatable transmission wheel so that the speed of object is than rotatable transmission
The speed of the outer peripheral face of wheel slow about 25% is fast about to the speed of the outer peripheral face taken turns than rotatable transmission
In the range of 25%.
It is highly preferred that the speed of object makes the speed of object in the periphery taken turns than rotatable transmission
The speed in face slow about 10% is to the model of the speed fast about 10% of the outer peripheral face taken turns than rotatable transmission
In enclosing.
Preferably, in yet another embodiment of the method in accordance with the present invention, object is made to transmit
The reverse step of the direction of motion in chamber is additionally included in taking turns along rotatable transmission of circulation path
That end of extending of outer peripheral face extra air-flow is provided.Extra air-flow and transfer chamber
Bending sidewall sections together or with return together with component or with the side of sidewall portion of described bending
Divide and make the object direction of motion in transfer chamber reverse together with returning component.
Accompanying drawing explanation
From by means of the accompanying drawing following description to the embodiment of apparatus and method according to the invention
In, other favourable aspect becomes apparent, in the drawing:
Fig. 1 shows the perspective view of the embodiment of the critical piece of the equipment according to the present invention；
Fig. 2 shows the view of the header board of the equipment through Fig. 1, it illustrates some the thinnest
Joint；
Fig. 3 shows the details of transfer chamber, wherein return component be arranged in transfer chamber with
So that it is reverse by the object stream of transfer chamber.
Detailed description of the invention
In fig. 1 it is shown that be in the critical piece of the equipment according to the present invention of assembled state
The perspective view of embodiment.Fig. 2 shows the front view of this embodiment, it is disclosed that one
The most extra details.If as seeing from Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, equipment includes bin
1, the capsular object of example is arranged in described bin 1.In FIG it can be seen that bin
The opaque header board 10 of 1, and in fig. 2, header board 10 is shown to transparent, in order to
Can the additional detail of facilities for observation.
As in figure 2 it is shown, equipment also includes that transfer chamber 2, described transfer chamber 2 are arranged in storage
Between storage 1 and rotatable transmission wheel 3.There is drop-shaped return component 20 and be arranged in transmission
In chamber 2.As component 20 will be returned and helps to make capsule exist as literary composition is discussed in more detail
Transfer chamber 20 is taken turns the reversing of motion of the periphery of 3 along rotatable transmission.
Multiple nozzles 100 are arranged in antetheca 10.By means of nozzle 100, it is possible to apply overvoltage
Or suction, so that capsule circus movement in transfer chamber 2.This uses transmission cavity in fig. 2
Arrow in room represents.And, the overvoltage that applied by nozzle 100 or be pumped with helping glue
Capsule is towards rotatable transmission wheel 3 motion.Transfer chamber 2 be formed at rear wall 11 and antetheca 10 it
Between.The degree of depth between antetheca 10 and rear wall 11 of transfer chamber 2 makes only to allow to form list
Layer capsule.As example, the degree of depth (" thickness ") of transfer chamber 2 can be at the outer chi of capsule
In the range of very little about 110% to about 120%.Extra nozzle (not shown) can be arranged in
In rear wall 11 with the position class of the nozzle 100 in antetheca 10 as position.By these volumes
Outer nozzle can apply overvoltage or suction in the way of similar with nozzle 100, so that capsule
Circus movement in transfer chamber 2.This additionally aids capsule towards rotatable transmission wheel 3 motion.
Capsule towards with along rotatable transmission wheel 3 peripheric movement during, capsule is sucked into and sets
Put rotatable transmission wheel 3 outer peripheral face in depressed part in (described depressed part is at Fig. 1 and Tu
In 2 invisible).This can be by via each depressed part being arranged in rotatable transmission wheel 3
Bottom apply suction implement.Each capsule is held in corresponding depressed part, until glue
Capsule is being introduced in continuous material stream for being incorporated at the unit in continuous material stream by capsule
Till.Unit for being incorporated in continuous material stream by capsule is shown without in the accompanying drawings, and
And can be conventional elements well known in the art.As example, WO2010/055120
Figure 10-12 in show the company for capsule being incorporated into filter filament (filter tow)
Suitable unit in afterflow, and the corresponding part of the description of WO2010/055120 is to this
Unit has been described in detail.Accordingly, with respect to this for capsule is incorporated into filtering material
The disclosure of the unit in stream is herein incorporated by reference in this specification continuously.If
As seeing in WO2010/055120, the respective recesses portion taken turns when rotatable transmission is in
Lower section position time, capsule is discharged from depressed part, and is introduced in the company of filter filament
In afterflow.
In fig. 3 it is shown that the details of transfer chamber 2, wherein show in further detail and return
Return component 20.Return component 20 to be arranged in transfer chamber 2, and be positioned at going in ring of capsule
The end of the part that the outer peripheral face along rotatable transmission wheel 3 in path extends.Return structure
Part 20 is in drops, and described drops includes 200, two, top linear side 201 and connects
Connect the sweep 202 of two linear side 201.Top 200 is towards in transfer chamber 2
Portion.Substantially tangential in rotatable towards that sidepiece 201 of the outer peripheral face of rotatable transmission wheel 3
The outer peripheral face transmitting wheel 3 extends, in order to allow capsule to flow around returning component 20.Therefore,
Return component 20 to contribute to making the capsule direction of motion in transfer chamber 2 reverse.
Return the sidepiece 201 of outer peripheral face towards rotatable transmission wheel 3 of component 20 be arranged to
The outer peripheral face of rotatable transmission wheel 3 is represented by dashed line rotatable biography at a distance of a preset distance 204(
Send the outer peripheral face of wheel).Preset distance 204 is chosen to can be in sidepiece 201 and rotatable biography
Send one layer of 1 to six capsule of formation between the outer peripheral face of wheel.Especially, preset distance 204 energy
Enough selection makes it possible to take turns at sidepiece 201 and rotatable transmission form one layer between the outer peripheral face of 3
Two to four capsules.Return component 20 and may be disposed so that sidepiece 201 and rotatable transmission wheel
Space between the outer peripheral face of 3 is slightly gradually reduced.This space is along the edge towards circulation path
The direction of the end the part of the outer peripheral face extension of rotatable transmission wheel 3 is gradually reduced.This
When capsule moves through described space, this can apply slight pressure on described capsule.
This slight pressure can aid in the depressed part that capsule is inserted into rotatable transmission wheel 3
In.But, the degree being gradually reduced is preferably selected such that by the described journey being gradually reduced
Degree produced slight " pressure " will not cause damage capsule or make capsules break.
It addition, one or more nozzles 203 can be arranged in taking turns along rotatable transmission of capsule
The end of the circulation path of the outer peripheral face of 3.Nozzle 203 can produce air-flow, described air-flow
Together with the crooked sidewall of transfer chamber 2 or with return together with component 20 or with described curved side
Wall makes the capsule direction of motion in transfer chamber 2 reverse together with returning both components 20, this
Indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3.
In operation, bin 1 is filled with the lower end at bin 1 and enters into biography
Send the capsule (see figure 1) in chamber 2.In transfer chamber 2, produce by the arrow in Fig. 2
The circus movement of the capsule that head represents.Capsule moves along the outer peripheral face of rotatable transmission wheel 3.
Owing to being applied to the suction of the bottom in respective recesses portion, each depressed part of rotatable transmission wheel 3
Filled by capsule or pearl (bead).By means of returning component 20 and nozzle 203, those
The capsule not being sucked in depressed part returns along the circulation path represented by the arrow in Fig. 2
Return.Those capsules being sucked in depressed part are transported to for by glue by rotatable transmission wheel 3
Capsule is incorporated in the unit during filtering material flows continuously.There, as at WO2010/055120
As middle detailed description, capsule is discharged from depressed part.And it is introduced in filtering material
In stream.In the period that further rotates of rotatable transmission wheel 3, corresponding empty depressed part is again
Arriving in the region of transfer chamber 2, in this region, capsule or pearl are as described above
It is again aspirated in depressed part like that.
Capsule takes turns the outer peripheral face of 3 with the outer peripheral face with rotatable transmission wheel 3 along rotatable transmission
Speed equal or of substantially equal speed motion.Especially, capsule is along rotatable transmission
The speed of the outer peripheral face of wheel 3 is in the speed slow about 25% of the outer peripheral face than rotatable transmission wheel 3
To the speed fast about 25% of the outer peripheral face than rotatable transmission wheel 3.It is further preferred that
The speed of capsule is in can revolve to ratio than the speed slow about 10% of the outer peripheral face of rotatable transmission wheel 3
Turn in the range of the speed fast about 10% of the outer peripheral face transmitting wheel 3.The movement velocity of capsule with can
The speed of the outer peripheral face of rotating conveyor wheels 3 is equal or of substantially equal is favourable, because this enters
One step improves the capsule transmission from the depressed part of transfer chamber 2 to rotatable transmission wheel 3.
Claims (12)
1. for object being incorporated into an equipment for continuous material stream, comprising:
-bin (1), is used for providing multiple object；
-transmission wheel (3) that can rotate, single for described object being transported and being delivered to insert
Unit, described insertion unit is for being incorporated into described object in described continuous material stream；
-transfer chamber (2), described transfer chamber can be revolved described in being sent to by described object
Transmission wheel (3) turned, described transfer chamber (2) is arranged in described bin (1) and described
Between transmission wheel (3) that can rotate,
-for producing the belt fortune of the circus movement of described object in described transfer chamber (2)
Movable property generating apparatus, described circus movement generator makes described object move along circulation path,
A part for described circulation path along the described transmission that can rotate take turns (3) outer peripheral face and
Direction of rotation along the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3) extends,
Wherein, described circus movement generator includes returning component (20), described return component
It is positioned at the side of sidewall portion office of the bending of described transfer chamber (2) and is arranged in described transfer chamber
(2) in, and described return component is positioned at can rotating along described of described circulation path
Transmit the end of part that the outer peripheral face of wheel (3) extends, described return component (20) and
The sidewall sections of described bending is arranged to the motion making described object in described transfer chamber (2)
Direction is reverse,
And wherein, described return component (20) is in drops, and described drops includes top
(200), two linear side (201) and connect said two linear side (201) curved
Bent portions (202), described top (200), towards the inside of described transfer chamber (2), make
Must be towards the described linear side (201) of the outer peripheral face of the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3)
The substantially tangential outer peripheral face in the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3) extends.
Equipment the most according to claim 1, wherein, towards the described transmission that can rotate
The described linear side (201) of the outer peripheral face of wheel (3) is arranged to and the described biography that can rotate
Sending the outer peripheral face predetermined distance (204) of wheel (3), described preset distance (204) selects
Become to make in described linear side (201) and the periphery of described transmission wheel (3) that can rotate
One layer of 1 to 6 object is formed between face.
Equipment the most according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, described linear side (201)
It is arranged so that this linear side (201) and the periphery of described transmission wheel (3) that can rotate
Space between face is along taking turns along the described transmission that can rotate towards described circulation path
(3) direction of the end of the part that outer peripheral face extends is gradually reduced, wherein, and described straight line
The substantially tangential outer peripheral face in the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3) of sidepiece extends.
Equipment the most according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, for producing described object
The described circus movement generator of circus movement also includes nozzle (203), described arrangement of nozzles
Described circulation path along the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3) outer peripheral face extend that
The end of part, described nozzle (203) can produce air-flow, described air-flow and described transmission
The sidewall sections of the described bending of chamber (2) is together or together with described return component (20)
Or make described object with the sidewall sections of described bending and described return component (20) together with both
The direction of motion in described transfer chamber (2) is reverse.
Equipment the most according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, in described transfer chamber
(2) the described circus movement generator of the circus movement producing described object in is designed to make
Described object take turns the speed of outer peripheral face of (3) and described energy along the described transmission that can rotate
The speed of the outer peripheral face of enough transmission wheel (3) rotated is equal or of substantially equal.
Equipment the most according to claim 5, wherein, described object can revolve along described
The speed of the outer peripheral face of transmission wheel (3) turned is different from the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3)
The speed of outer peripheral face so that the speed of described object is taking turns (3) than the described transmission that can rotate
The speed slow 25% of outer peripheral face to the outer peripheral face than the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3)
In the range of speed fast 25%.
Equipment the most according to claim 6, wherein, described object can revolve along described
The speed of the outer peripheral face of transmission wheel (3) turned is different from the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3)
The speed of outer peripheral face so that the speed of described object is taking turns (3) than the described transmission that can rotate
The speed slow 10% of outer peripheral face to the outer peripheral face than the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3)
In the range of speed fast 10%.
8. object is incorporated into the method in continuous material stream, and described method includes following step
Rapid:
-bin (1) accommodating multiple objects is provided；
-described object is incorporated into from described bin (1) be arranged in described bin (1) and
Transfer chamber (2) between transmission wheel (3) that can rotate；
-the circus movement of generation object in described transfer chamber (2) so that described object edge
Circulation path motion, a part for described circulation path is taken turns along the described transmission that can rotate
(3) outer peripheral face and the direction of rotation along the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3) extend；
-by providing return component (20) to make described object motion side in described transfer chamber
To reversely, described return component is positioned at side of sidewall portion office and the cloth of the bending of described transfer chamber
Put in described transfer chamber (2), and described return component is arranged in described circulation path
End along the part that the outer peripheral face of the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3) extends；
-described object is sent to the described transmission that can rotate wheel from described transfer chamber (2)
(3), the object transmitted is transported to described object quilt by described transmission wheel (3) that can rotate
It is incorporated into the on position in described continuous material stream；
-at described on position, described object is incorporated in described continuous material stream；
Wherein, described return component (20) in drops, described drops include top (200),
Two linear side (201) and the sweep (202) of connection said two linear side (201),
Described top (200) is towards the inside of described transfer chamber (2) so that towards described can
The described linear side (201) of the outer peripheral face of transmission wheel (3) rotated is substantially tangential in described
The outer peripheral face of transmission wheel (3) that can rotate extends.
Method the most according to claim 8, wherein, in described transfer chamber (2)
The step of the circus movement producing described object includes the such belt fortune producing described object
Dynamic, described circus movement makes the outer peripheral face motion along the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3)
The speed of described object equal with the speed of the outer peripheral face that (3) are taken turns in the described transmission that can rotate
Or it is of substantially equal.
Method the most according to claim 9, wherein, along the described biography that can rotate
The speed sending the described object that the outer peripheral face of wheel (3) moves is different from the described transmission that can rotate
The speed of the outer peripheral face of wheel (3) so that the speed of described object is than the described biography that can rotate
Send the speed slow 25% of outer peripheral face of wheel (3) to than the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3)
In the range of the speed fast 25% of outer peripheral face.
11. methods according to claim 10, wherein, along the described biography that can rotate
The speed sending the described object that the outer peripheral face of wheel (3) moves is different from the described transmission that can rotate
The speed of the outer peripheral face of wheel (3) so that the speed of described object is than the described biography that can rotate
Send the speed slow 10% of outer peripheral face of wheel (3) to than the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3)
In the range of the speed fast 10% of outer peripheral face.
12., according to Claim 8 to the method described in any one in 11, wherein, make institute
The step stating the object direction of motion in described transfer chamber (2) reverse is additionally included in described ring
The end of the part that the outer peripheral face along the described transmission that can rotate wheel (3) in walking along the street footpath extends
Extra air-flow is provided at portion, described extra air-flow be arranged so that described extra air-flow with
The sidewall sections of the described bending of described transfer chamber together or with described return component (20)
Rise or make described thing with the sidewall sections of described bending and described return component (20) together with both
The body direction of motion in described transfer chamber (2) is reverse.
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