Cigarette filter assembly machine
AssigneeG.D. Societ/a/ per Azioni
InventorFiorenzo Draghetti
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Abstract
A cigarette filter assembly machine having a first and second succession of side by side, oppositely oriented single cigarettes are fed to a turnover unit wherein, with respect to their original position, the cigarettes in the first succession are turned 180.degree. on to the opposite side of the cigarettes in the second succession to form two successions of equioriented, transversely spaced cigarettes which are fed to an output combining roller along respective spatially distinct paths, one of which is defined, at least partly, by two conical rollers with respective axes parallel to each other.
Claims6
A cigarette filter assembly machine (1) comprising first conveyor means (20) for supplying a first (11) and second (12) succession of side by side, oppositely oriented cigarettes (13);
- turnover means (14) for receiving said first (11) and second (12) successions, turning over the cigarettes (13a) in the first succession (11) so that they face the same way as the cigarettes (13b) in the second succession (12), and so forming two successions (12, 26) of equioriented, transversely spaced cigarettes;
- output combining means (36) for combining said two successions (12, 26) into a single final succession (37) of equioriented cigarettes (13);
- and second conveyor means (35) for transferring said two successions (12, 26) from the turnover means (14) to the combining means (36);
- characterized in that said second conveyor means (35) comprise two distinct conveyor lines (33, 34), each relative to a respective said succession (12;
- 26);
- the two conveyor lines (33, 34) extending along two distinct paths (P1, P2) spatially offset both in a first direction (B) crosswise to the paths (P1, P2), and in a second direction (C) crosswise to the first direction (B);
- and a first (34) of said lines (33, 34) comprising a portion (50) extending obliquely in relation to said two directions (B, C).
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