Device for feeding tobacco items, particularly cigarettes, to a

Details Device for feeding tobacco items, particularly cigarettes, to a Device for feeding tobacco items, particularly cigarettes, to a

1993-12-16

1994-10-25

Bidwell, James R.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items

Subdivides continuous item stream into longitudinally spaced...

1984189, 198444, B65G 4726

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053580931

ABSTRACT:
A device for feeding tobacco items, particularly cigarettes, to a grouping machine particularly a packing machine, for forming the items into groups of "n" items each; the device presenting a conveyor with seats for a succession of items featuring gaps defined by the absence of a number of consecutive items equal to "n" or a multiple thereof; a sensor for detecting a first and second incomplete group in time with the grouping machine and located respectively at the upstream end and downstream end of each gap; and a timing roller for transferring the items housed in the first group of seats into a corresponding position in the second group of seats.

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