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US 4,823,932 AGranted
Method of and apparatus for manipulating filter cigarettes
AssigneeKorber AG
InventorWerner Hinz
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AssigneeKorber AG
InventorWerner Hinz
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A mass-producing filter tipping machine wherein two coaxial plain cigarettes of unit length are simultaneously severed to yield pairs of coaxial plain cigarettes of unit length which are moved apart to provide spaces for filter mouthpieces of double unit length. The filter mouthpieces are connected with the respective pairs of cigarettes of unit length by adhesive-coated uniting bands, and the resulting filter cigarettes of double unit length are subdivided into a series of formations of four coaxial filter cigarettes of unit length each wherein first and second outer filter cigarettes are respectively adjacent first and second inner filter cigarettes. Such formations are then converted into two rows of aligned filter cigarettes of unit length by staggering the outer cigarettes relative to the inner cigarettes, by pneumatically moving the thus staggered first outer cigarettes of successive formations into alignment with the second inner filter cigarettes of the respective formations, and by pneumatically moving the second outer filter cigarettes of successive formations into alignment with the first inner filter cigarettes of the respective formations.
A method of manipulating successive formations of four coaxial rod-shaped articles each, particularly filter cigarettes, wherein first and second outer articles are respectively adjacent first and second inner articles, comprising the steps of advancing successive formations in a predetermined direction substantially at right angles to the axles of the articles;
Apparatus for manipulating successive formations of four coaxial rod-shaped articles each, particularly filter cigarettes, wherein first and second outer articles are respectively adjacent first and second inner articles, comprising means for advancing successive formations in a predetermined direction substantially at right angles to the axes of the articles;
Apparatus for manipulating successive formations of four coaxial rod-shaped articles each, particularly filter cigarettes, wherein first and second outer articles are respectively adjacent first and second inner articles, comprising means for advancing successive formations in a predetermined direction substantially at right angles to the axes of the articles;
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