Device and method for separating light flaky cut rolled stems (CRSs) by throwing roller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11690394-B2
Application number	US-202017775594-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2020
Priority date	Oct 10, 2020
Publication date	Jul 4, 2023
Grant date	Jul 4, 2023

Abstract

A device for separating light flaky cut rolled stems (CRSs) by a throwing roller is provided. The device includes a vertically provided separation bin, and a CRS guide device and a CRS distribution plate which are arranged in the separation bin. The present disclosure further provides a method for separating light flaky CRSs by using the device. The present disclosure achieves full separation of finished CRSs from light flaky CRSs. The device of the present disclosure is designed for the first time, and can be directly connected to a pneumatic CRS feeding and discharging section of a production line. The device of the present disclosure is compact and suitable for industrial production.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for separating light flaky cut rolled stems (CRSs) by a throwing roller, comprising: a vertically provided separation bin, a CRS guide device, and a CRS distribution plate, wherein the CRS guide device and the CRS distribution plate are arranged in the vertically provided separation bin;
the CRS guide device comprises a guide plate and a throwing roller; the guide plate of the CRS guide device is in the shape of a triangular prism, the triangular prism having a first rectangular surface provided with an inwardly concave arc surface which receives an arcuate surface of the throwing roller provided on an upper portion of said throwing roller and a second rectangular surface provided adjacent said inwardly concave arc surface and formed as a guide surface; said guide surface being adjustable at an angle relative to a horizontal plane and the CRS distribution plate is arc-shaped and evenly provided with multiple air vents; and
a CRS feed port is provided above the CRS guide device; the guide plate of the CRS guide device is provided on an upper portion of a side of the throwing roller, such that the guide surface guides CRSs fed through the CRS feed port to the arcuate surface of the throwing roller; a suction port is provided above the CRS distribution plate and is connected to an external suction fan; and the CRS distribution plate is provided under a side of the CRS guide device with a concave arc surface facing and positioned across from the CRS guide device and the throwing roller on an opposing wall of said vertically provided separation bin.

2. The device for separating the light flaky CRSs by the throwing roller according to claim 1 , wherein the inwardly concave arc surface is adapted to receive the arcuate surface of the throwing roller in a complementary manner; and the guide surface has an upper end provided under the CRS feed port and a lower end provided adjacent the arcuate surface of the throwing roller.

3. The device for separating the light flaky CRSs by the throwing roller according to claim 1 , wherein the arcuate surface of the throwing roller is axially evenly provided with multiple homogenizing baffles; and the multiple homogenizing baffles on the arcuate surface of the throwing roller are parallel to each other, and each of the multiple homogenizing baffles is bent at a midpoint, forming a swallow-wing pattern with a tip facing forward on the arcuate surface of the throwing roller.

4. The device for separating the light flaky CRSs by the throwing roller according to claim 3 , wherein the throwing roller rotates in a direction of the tip facing forward; and the throwing roller has an adjustable rotation speed.

5. The device for separating the light flaky CRSs by the throwing roller according to claim 1 , wherein the CRS distribution plate has an open area of 5.0-20.0%.

6. The device for separating the light flaky CRSs by the throwing roller according to claim 5 , wherein an angle of a tangent plane of a convex arc surface of the CRS distribution plate relative to a horizontal plane is adjustable.

7. The device for separating the light flaky CRSs by the throwing roller according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom portion of the vertically provided separation bin is provided with a guide plate; a discharge port is provided at a bottom of the guide plate at the bottom portion of the vertically provided separation bin; and the discharge port is also located under the CRS distribution plate.

8. The device for separating the light flaky CRSs by the throwing roller according to claim 1 , wherein the external suction fan has an adjustable suction speed.

9. The device for separating the light flaky CRSs by the throwing roller according to claim 1 , wherein the vertically provided separation bin is in a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped.

10. A method for separating the light flaky CRSs using the device according to claim 1 and comprising the following steps: turning on the external suction fan and adjusting a suction speed of the external suction fan; allowing the CRSs fed through the CRS feed port to slide down the guide surface and rest between multiple homogenizing baffles provided on the throwing roller; rotating the throwing roller in a forward direction indicated by a tip provided on each of the multiple homogenizing baffles facing forward, such that the CRSs between the multiple homogenizing baffles are dispersed axially and are thrown into the concave arc surface of the CRS distribution plate; forming a negative pressure in the vertically provided separation bin by the external suction fan, such that air flows from under the CRS distribution plate through the multiple air vents to the concave arc surface of the CRS distribution plate to form a single layer of discretized CRSs above the concave arc surface of the CRS distribution plate for fluidized separation; and allowing the light flaky CRSs to be sucked into the suction port, and allowing remaining finished CRSs to fall down to a guide plate provided at a bottom portion of the vertically provided separation bin by gravity and to be discharged from a discharge port; and
separating the light flaky CRSs at an arbitrary separation ratio to obtain finished CRSs by adjusting the angle of the guide surface relative to the horizontal plane, a rotation speed of the throwing roller, an angle of a tangent plane of the convex arc surface of the CRS distribution plate relative to the horizontal plane, and a suction volume of the external suction fan.

11. The method for separating the light flaky CRSs according to claim 10 , wherein in the device, the inwardly concave arc surface is adapted to receive the arcuate surface of the throwing roller in a complementary manner; and the guide surface has an upper end provided under the CRS feed port and a lower end provided adjacent the arcuate surface of the throwing roller.

12. The method for separating the light flaky CRSs according to claim 11 , wherein in the device, the throwing roller has an adjustable rotation speed.

13. The method for separating the light flaky CRSs according to claim 10 , wherein in the device, the arcuate surface of the throwing roller is axially evenly provided with the multiple homogenizing baffles; and the multiple homogenizing baffles on the arcuate surface of the throwing roller are parallel to each other, and each of the multiple homogenizing baffles is bent at a midpoint, forming a swallow-wing pattern with the tip of each of the multiple homogenizing baffles facing forward on the arcuate surface of the throwing roller.

14. The method for separating the light flaky CRSs according to claim 10 , wherein in the device, the CRS distribution plate has an open area of 5.0-20.0%.

15. The method for separating the light flaky CRSs according to claim 14 , wherein in the device, the angle of the tangent plane of the convex arc surface of the CRS distribution plate relative to the horizontal plane is adjustable.

16. The method for separating the light flaky CRSs according to claim 10 , wherein in the device, a bottom portion of the vertically provided separation bin is provided with the guide plate at the bottom portion of the vertically provided separation bin; the discharge port is provided at a bottom of the guide plate at the bottom portion of the vertically provided separation bin; and the discharge port is also located under the CRS distribution plate.

17. The method for separating the light flaky CRSs according to claim 10 , wherein in the device, the external suction fan has an adjustable suction speed.

18. The method

Assignees

• China Tobacco Yunnan Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Ze
• He Banghua
• Qi Lin
• Qiu Changgui
• Li Yongzheng
• Zhu Yong
• Zhou Yuanzhen
• Tang Xishu
• Tang Jun
• Huang Gang
• Zhou Bing
• Cui Yunyue

Classifications

• B07B7/01

  using gravity · CPC title

• B07B11/04

  Control arrangements · CPC title

• B07B11/06

  Feeding or discharging arrangements · CPC title

• A24B5/04

  by cutting out the stem · CPC title

• B07B11/02

  Arrangement of air or material conditioning accessories · CPC title