Method of an apparatus for evacuating arrayed tubular objects from containers
US5730318A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24C5/356
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A container which is filled with an array of parallel hollow cylinders of cigarette paper is opened at the top and is overlapped by a retractible temporary cover prior to being partially inverted onto a downwardly sloping top wall of a magazine. The cover is thereupon retracted and the top wall is pivoted to permit entry of cylinders from the interior of the container into a chamber of te magazine. Such cylinders are thereupon caused or permitted to enter the flutes of an indexible drum-shaped conveyor which transports the cylinders seriatim to a station where successive cylinders receive rod-like fillers of particulate material, such as comminuted smokable material.
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