Apparatus for filling chargers with cigarettes or the like

Details Apparatus for filling chargers with cigarettes or the like Apparatus for filling chargers with cigarettes or the like

1978-02-23

1980-06-17

McGehee, Travis S.

Package making

Group forming of contents unit and subsequent or further...

Long slender articles

53236, 53245, 221200, B65B 1904

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042077206

ABSTRACT:
The lower end portion of a magazine for parallel cigarettes or like rod-shaped articles contains a horizontal grid of parallel rods which divide the outlet opening of the lower end portion into parallel passages wherein the cigarettes descend into an empty tray therebelow. When the tray is filled (such filling takes place while the tray descends, either continuously or stepwise), the passages are blocked by rod-like closing members which are parallel to the rods of the grid and are movable from inoperative positions behind the rods of the grid to intercepting positions in or above the passages. The closing members are oscillated and/or vibrated to prevent jamming of passages and/or bridging of cigarettes above the grid. The mechanism for moving the closing members between inoperative and intercepting positions employs a pneumatic motor or an electromagnet which can shift a common carrier for the closing members. The mechanism is actuated in automatic response to completed filling of a tray.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2821828 (1958-02-01), Kernen
patent: 2826883 (1958-03-01), Pollman
patent: 3241286 (1966-03-01), Dearsley
patent: 3320717 (1967-05-01), Molins et al.
patent: 4096938 (1978-06-01), Payne

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