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Conveyor systems for cigarettes and other rod-like articles

US4120391A · kind A · utility

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15References
55Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 23, 1973
Grant dateOct 17, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 23, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24C5/35
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention involves the transfer of rod-like articles to or from an endless belt conveyor which has protrusions at regular intervals on its operative face by a pulley having a middle part around which the conveyor passes and two coaxial outer parts on opposite sides of the middle part which are of a larger diameter than the middle part for guiding the rod-like articles.

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