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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Desmond Walter Molins, London, EN;
Dennis Hinchcliffe, London, EN;
Peter Alec Clarke, London, EN;
Frank Heybourn, London, EN;
Assignee:
Molins Limited, , EN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209 73 ; 198417 ; 198448 ; 198601 ; 83 79 ; 83102 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for conveying filter-tipped cigarettes, comprises means for receiving two streams of such cigarettes with the filters of the two streams facing in opposite directions, means for conveying the two streams side by side while twisting the streams in opposite directions about longitudinal axes of the streams so that the cigarettes of the two respective streams are then parallel, with the filters all facing in the same direction, and means for merging the two streams.