Method and device for forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes

Details Method and device for forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes Method and device for forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes

1985-02-25

1986-12-23

Valenza, Joseph E.

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198417, 198951, 198450, 131282, B65G 4724

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046307249

ABSTRACT:
A method of forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes at a high speed with a simple device. The device for forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes comprises a supply drum having support recesses formed on an outer circumferential portion thereof at equal intervals of a predetermined pitch for receiving two rows of the cigarettes, an inverting drum for receiving the cigarettes from the supply drum and having rotating slots arranged at a pitch equal to that of the support recesses, a roll drum for receiving the cigarettes from the supply drum and having relatively shallow support recesses formed at a patch half the pitch of the support recesses of the supply drum, the roll drum being arranged in parallel relation with the inverting drum, rotation guide members mounted to the inverting drum, a cigarette rolling member provided in opposed relation with the roll drum, and a take-up drum for receiving the cigarettes from the inverting drum and the roll drum, the take-up drum having axially continuous support recesses formed on an outer circumferential portion at a pitch half the pitch of the support recesses of the supply drum.

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