Device for forming groups of cigarettes
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorsFabrizio Tale′, Marco Brizzi, Mario Spatafora
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Abstract
A device for forming groups of cigarettes having a number of superimposed layers, whereby each layer is expelled by a movable push member from a respective outlet of a hopper having a number of outlets, and is fed into a respective movable pocket for receiving, a respective group of cigarettes; and each outlet has an intercepting member movable to and from a work position closing the outlet, and defined by a rigid plate connectable to the respective movable push member to move to and from the closed work position.
Claims7
A forming device for forming groups of cigarettes, each comprising a number of superimposed layers (6) of cigarettes (3), the forming device comprising a hopper (12) for supplying cigarettes (3) and in turn having a number of outlets (15) equally spaced along a supply path (P);
- a supply device (5) having a number of pockets (10) spaced along said supply path (P) in the same way as said outlets (15) and each for housing a respective said group (2) of cigarettes (3);
- a movable push member (27) for expelling a respective said layer (6) of cigarettes (3) from a respective said outlet (15) and transferring said layer (6) to a said pocket (10);
- and an intercepting member (30) movable to and from a work position in which the intercepting member (30) is located beneath a respective said outlet (15);
- the forming device being characterized in that each intercepting member (30) comprises a rigid plate (31) connectable to the respective movable push member (27) so as to move, with the movable push member (27), to and from said work position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.