Cigarette hoppers

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1975-09-03

1976-11-23

Tollberg, Stanley H.

Article dispensing

Plural sources, stacks or compartments

Dispensing from plural sources by single actuation

221238, 53151, B65H 340

Patent

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039932176

ABSTRACT:
A hopper for a cigarette-packing machine has a number of vertical channels each accommodating a single column of cigarettes, with their axes horizontal. Plungers reciprocating across the lower ends of the channels remove a selected number of cigarettes from each channel during each forward stroke. During each return stroke of the plungers, vanes interdigitated with the plungers support the cigarettes in the channels above the plungers, said vanes lowering before the next forward stroke of the plungers to control descent of the cigarettes on to a base plate.
To allow faster operation of the hopper without increasing the speed of vane lowering so that cigarette descent is not sufficiently controlled, the plungers are pivotally mounted to permit them to be downwardly inclined during their return stroke and then allow vane lowering to begin earlier in each operating cycle. The base plate may also be pivotally mounted, and downwardly inclined during the plungers' return stroke to increase the angle of inclination possible for the plungers.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1292619 (1919-01-01), Lorenz
patent: 1769650 (1930-07-01), Rose
patent: 2682983 (1954-07-01), Ashcroft

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