Feeding device for cigarette filters and similar rods
USRE31777E · kind E · reissue
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 1983 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A device for feeding cigarette filters or similar rod-like articles comprises a fluted drum and a conveyor for feeding a stack-like stream of filters towards the drum and including a conveyor band which is arranged to engage one side of the stack-like stream of filters while moving between two longitudinally spaced guides between which the conveyor is capable of deflecting outwards, in response to the pressure of the filters and against a restraining force, to accommodate a variable quantity of filters in the region of the conveyor band.
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