Cigarette packing machine
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorMario Spatafora
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Abstract
A cigarette packing machine wherein a hopper for housing a mass of cigarettes has at least two outlets, each for feeding groups of cigarettes successively to respective pockets of a conveyor through a respective lateral output opening and through a tubular connecting member, which is connected to an actuating device for moving the tubular member into a maintenance position to permit access from the outside to the tubular member, and at the same time to close a respective access to the conveyor.
Claims22
A cigarette packing machine comprising an input hopper (2) having at least two outlets (4), each of which has a respective lateral output opening (11) for a respective succession of groups (10) of cigarettes;
- conveying means (14) comprising a number of pockets (19), each for receiving a respective said group (10) from a respective said output opening (11), and for feeding the group in a given direction (21);
- and, for each said outlet (4), a transfer unit (22) for transferring each relative said group (10) from the relative output opening (11) to the relative said pocket (19) through a respective access (20) to the pocket (19);
- the transfer unit (22) comprising connecting means (23) for connecting the relative said output opening (11) to the relative said access (20);
- wherein each said transfer unit (22) also comprises actuating means (35) for moving said connecting means (23) between a connecting work position and a maintenance position in which said connecting means (23) are accessible from outside.
A cigarette packing machine comprising an input hopper (2) having at least two outlets (4), each of which has a respective lateral output opening (11) for a respective succession of groups (10) of cigarettes;
- conveying means (14) comprising a number of pockets (19), each for receiving a respective said group (10) from a respective said output opening (11), and for feeding the group in a given direction (21);
- and, for each said outlet (4), a transfer unit (22) for transferring each relative said group (10) from the relative output opening (11) to the relative said pocket (19) through a respective access (20) to the pocket (19);
- the transfer unit (22) comprising connecting means (23) for connecting the relative said output opening (11) to the relative said access (20);
- wherein each said transfer unit (22) also comprises actuating means (35) for moving said connecting means (23) between a connecting work position and a maintenance position in which said connecting means (23) are accessible from outside and permit access from the outside to the relative said output opening (11);
- each said transfer unit (22) comprising closing means (32) movable with the respective said connecting means (23) to close the respective said access (20) when said connecting means (23) are in said maintenance position.
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