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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Applicant:
I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a., Ozzano dell'Emilia, IT;
Inventor:
Fiorenzo Draghetti, Ozzano dell'Emilia, IT;
Assignee:
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATCHE S.P.A., Ozzano dell'Emilia, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 19/04 (2006.01); B65B 19/28 (2006.01); B65B 35/40 (2006.01); B65B 39/00 (2006.01); B65B 57/14 (2006.01); B65B 19/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 19/32 (2013.01); B65B 19/04 (2013.01); B65B 19/28 (2013.01); B65B 35/405 (2013.01); B65B 39/007 (2013.01); B65B 57/14 (2013.01); B65B 2210/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Transfer device configured to transfer smoking articles in a direction of transfer from a feed store to a transfer conveyor with pockets of an apparatus to feed and form organized groups of smoking articles. The transfer device includes a forming drawer comprising an upper wall and a bottom wall. The upper wall is disposed fixed in a position opposite the bottom wall and the bottom wall is configured automatically mobile with respect to the fixed upper wall between a closed position and an open position.