Apparatus for receiving rod members
US5657850A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 1995 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24C5/326
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A receiving apparatus for cigarettes having a catcher drum rotatable in one direction, a large number of receiving grooves formed in the outer peripheral surface of the catcher drum, each receiving groove being tunnel-shaped and permitting a received double cigarette to advance, a stopper member formed in each receiving groove and having a stopper surface, a plurality of suction holes formed in the bottom of each receiving groove for supplying a suction pressure to the receiving groove, and a hole permitting the atmosphere or suction pressure to be introduced into the receiving groove from the stopper surface of the stopper member, where the suction pressure supplied from the suction holes and the atmospheric pressure introduced from the stopper surface cooperatively cause the double cigarette advancing in the receiving groove to be stopped at a position short of the stopper member.
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