Sasib S.p.a.

Bruno Bagnaresi

Renato Manservisi

The device for the formation of orderly groups of cigarettes in cigarette-packaging machines, in which each group of cigarettes is formed in a collecting container (6) which passes intermittently through two or more successive feeding stations (1,2,3) and receives in each of them a layer of cigarettes (S1,S2,S.sub.3) formed below the bottom outlets of corresponding substantially vertical feeding channels (C1,C2,C3), comprises interceptors (11) which are provided at the feeding stations to prevent the cigarettes (S) from exiting out of the bottom outlets of the feeding channels (C1,C2,C3). The interceptors (11) are actuated sequentially in the direction (F) of advance of the collecting containers (6), so as to be moved sequentially, when starting the packaging machine, upon the passage of the first container to be filled, from an active position in which they prevent the cigarettes from exiting out of the feeding channels (C1,C2,C3), to a rest position in which they permit the outflow of cigarettes from the feeding channels, while on completion of the operative period of the packaging machine or in case of a programmed inactivation thereof, they are moved after each other, upon the passage of the last container to be filled, from the rest position to the active position.

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Imola, Italy

Bruno Bagnaresi