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US 4,524,781 AGranted
Cigarette-making machine with an auxiliary tobacco supply unit
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorEnzo Seragnoli
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Abstract
A cigarette-making machine having a main tobacco supply unit; a descending chimney for shredded tobacco, said descending chimney extending downwards from the main tobacco supply unit; an intermediate lateral aperture in the chimney; an auxiliary tobacco supply unit communicating with the chimney and comprising a shredded tobacco output conveyor having an outlet end arranged at the aperture and movable transversely thereacross to sweep a transverse section of the chimney; and an actuator connected to the output conveyor to move it transversely.
Claims7
A cigarette-making machine comprising:
- a main tobacco supply unit (24);
- a descending chimney (30) for shredded tobacco, said descending chimney (30) extending downwards from said main tobacco supply unit (24);
- an intermediate lateral aperture (47) provided in said chimney (30);
- an auxiliary tobacco supply unit (45) communicating with said chimney (30) and comprising a shredded tobacco output conveyor (46) having an outlet end arranged at said aperture (47) and movable thereacross transversely of said chimney (30) to sweep a transverse section of the same;
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- actuator means (58) connected to said output conveyor (46) to impart said transverse movement thereto.
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