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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
The Japan Tobacco & Salt Public Corporation, Tokyo, JA;
Neo Filter Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JA;
Sanjo Machine Works Ltd., Minami-kanbara, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53148 ; 53236 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for piling rod-shaped articles in a container, in which a hopper member having at least one levelling means such as a swing pin is employed in combination with a push means. The rod-shaped articles temporarily collected in the hopper member are pushed out into the container by the push means at least every one layer thereof thereby to make an orderly pile of the rod-shaped articles in the container.