Reservoirs for cigarettes

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1978-03-08

1980-11-04

Reeves, Robert B.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system having auxiliary section for storing items...

Auxiliary section has the same entrance and exit

198577, 198601, B65G 100

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042314615

ABSTRACT:
A conveyor system for conveying cigarettes or similar rod-like articles includes means for delivering cigarettes into a junction, and a reservoir including a reversible conveyor for delivering cigarettes to or from the junction to accommodate differences between the rates of supply and demand at the junction, characterized in that the reservoir is formed by a plurality of conveyors defining a zig-zag path extending substantially in a constant plane normal to the axis of the cigarettes and comprising at least two substantially horizontal runs with one or more connecting portions through which cigarettes pass from one run to another.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3071262 (1963-01-01), Bosch et al.
patent: 3921790 (1975-11-01), Hinchcliffe et al.

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