Unit for forming group of cigarettes

Details Unit for forming group of cigarettes Unit for forming group of cigarettes

1997-08-19

1999-01-19

Lewis, Aaron J.

Tobacco

Cigar or cigarette making

Including perforating

131 94, 131282, 53444, 198450, 1984183, A24C 138

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active

058604278

ABSTRACT:
A unit for forming groups of cigarettes, wherein a transfer device transfers the cigarettes from a fixed withdrawal station, defined by an open bottom end of a hopper for cigarettes, on to a release surface traveling continuously along a given first path; the transfer device having an extracting device associated with the bottom end of the hopper to successively extract layers of cigarettes from the bottom end and feed the layers along a second path extending crosswise to the first path, and a rotary-platform device in turn having a number of suction type gripping heads movable between the first and second paths to feed the layers of cigarettes on to the release surface.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4645063 (1987-02-01), Seragnoli
patent: 5070991 (1991-12-01), Hinchcliffe et al.
patent: 5540034 (1996-07-01), Focke

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