Molins Plc

Robert Antony Macgregor

Peter A Clarke

John Dawson

Robert Howard Taylor

Ivan Yehudi Hirsh

Anthony R Brown

Kerry Hierons

Leonard James Bryant

Neil Thorp

A conveyor system for transporting cigarettes between a making machine and a packing machine includes a mass flow conveyor (,) for transporting cigarettes directly and a reservoir system (,) in which successive batches of cigarettes comprising portions of the stream on an input conveyor (,) are diverted when required into compartmented containers (,). Transfer to the containers is made by way of a plunger (,) and shuttle (,) arrangement which allows the stream to move continuously during transfer of a batch. Unloading containers to reform a continuous stream may involve use of a similar plunger and shuttle arrangement so that the reformed stream can move continuously on an output conveyor (,). The input and output conveyors (,) may be provided with retractable spaced partitions to bound the ends of batches of cigarettes transferred from or to the respective conveyor.

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High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Robert Antony Macgregor