Apparatus for transferring rod-like articles
AssigneeMolins Limited
InventorsThomas William Bailey, Brian Hill, Robert Howard Taylor
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Abstract
Apparatus for transferring rod-like articles such as cigarettes comprising a series of hoppers (2, 4, 6) which deliver rows of cigarettes to fluted planetary wheels (8, 10, 12) which are mounted on a rotating carrier and driven around a central drum (20), by gearing between the planet wheels and the drum. The drum is provided with pockets (22, 24) etc each of which is three rows deep so as to accommodate the output from three of the planet wheels. In this way the cigarettes are grouped into bundles for subsequent packaging.
Claims20
Apparatus for transferring rod-like articles comprising means for supplying articles to a plurality of adjacent delivery positions arranged in a row, rotary conveyor means including means for receiving articles from said positions, the rotary conveyor means comprising a plurality of planetary wheels each having receiving means defining individual article positions;
- an annular carrier for translating said wheels along a path extending adjacent said row so that said receiving means receives articles from said positions;
- and a sun wheel having means defining grouped article positions each of which is adapted to receive articles in successive layers from said planetary wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.