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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Applicant:
I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a., Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Inventors:
Antonio Caporale, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Adriano Di Monte, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Assignee:
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/86 (2006.01); A24C 5/00 (2020.01); A24C 5/02 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 59/06 (2006.01); B65G 59/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/847 (2013.01); A24C 5/002 (2013.01); A24C 5/02 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 59/062 (2013.01); B65G 59/106 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0226 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0241 (2013.01);
Abstract
A feed apparatus for automatically feeding casings for smoking articles toward a transport member includes a feed unit disposed in a position above the transport member and configured to temporarily support the casings before they are fed to the transport member below, and a conveyor unit interposed between the feed unit and the transport member to selectively pick up the casings from the feed unit and send them to the transport member.