Apparatus for transporting and changing the orientation of cigar

Details Apparatus for transporting and changing the orientation of cigar Apparatus for transporting and changing the orientation of cigar

1985-09-04

1986-04-29

Valenza, Joseph E.

Material or article handling

Device for emptying portable receptacle

198347, 1984651, 198951, A24C 535

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045853860

ABSTRACT:
An automatic apparatus which transports filter cigarettes from a tipping machine to a packing machine has a first transporting unit which directly couples the output of the tipping machine with the magazine of the packing machine, and a second transporting unit which receives the surplus of filter cigarettes from a diverting device of the first transporting unit when the output of the tipping machine exceeds the requirements of the packing machine and delivers the removed surplus back to the first transporting unit when the requirements of the packing machine exceed the output of the tipping machine. The second transporting unit employs a tray filler which receives cigarettes from the diverting device, a first conveying section which transports filled trays away from the tray filler, a tray evacuator which converts the contents of successive filled trays into a stream of cigarettes and turns the cigarettes through 180.degree. so that the orientation of cigarettes in the stream deviates from the orientation of cigarettes in the first transporting unit, and a second conveying section which delivers the stream to a junction of the first transporting unit. In order to restore the original orientation of diverted cigarettes, the first or second conveying section embodies a loop-shaped inverting device which changes the orientation of cigarettes in filled trays or the orientation of cigarettes in the stream by 180.degree. so that the orientation of cigarettes which reenter the first transporting unit is the same as that of non-diverted cigarettes.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3777911 (1973-12-01), Bornfleth
patent: 4207720 (1980-06-01), Tolasch et al.
patent: 4241822 (1980-12-01), Molins et al.
patent: 4278385 (1981-07-01), Bardenhagen et al.
patent: 4338057 (1982-07-01), Molins

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