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Apparatus for changing the distance between rows of cigarettes or the like

US4167995A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Hauni-Werke Korber & Co. K.G. · DE

Inventor

Peter Schumacher · Elmshorn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 10, 1977
Grant date	Sep 18, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 10, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24C5/478
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Apparatus for changing the spacing between two neighboring rows of parallel cigarettes which are transported sideways has a first fluted drum which delivers the two rows of cigarettes to a first transfer station where the cigarettes enter radially extending flutes in the upper end faces of two coplanar disks which are eccentric to each other and one of which surrounds the other disk. The disks transport the cigarettes through 180 degress to a second transfer station where the cigarettes are picked up by the flutes of a second fluted drum which is coaxial with the first drum. The distance between the two rows of cigarettes increases or decreases gradually during transport by the disks.

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