Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items – By laterally or vertically moving successive items in...
Patent
1986-05-16
1988-05-24
Spar, Robert J.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items
By laterally or vertically moving successive items in...
198410, 131282, B65G 4724
Patent
active
047460067
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for separating axially-aligned rods of the cigarette industry comprises a first pair of conical drums (14,16) mounted on a first common sleeve (32) and arranged to receive respectively the two rods (10) of each pair to be separated, the axes of rotation (22, 24) of the drums being inclined so as to separate the rods carried by the respective drums; a second pair of conical drums (25,26) mounted on a second common sleeve and arranged to receive the cigarettes from the first pair of conical drums, the second pair of conical drums having axes inclined so as to space the rods further apart while returning the rods to axially-aligned orientations; and device (28) for receiving the spaced-apart rods from the second pair of conical drums.
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Nixon John E.
Williams Robert E.
Kimms Lyle K.
Molins Machine Co, Inc.
Spar Robert J.
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