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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Robert Bennett, London, EN;
Assignee:
Molins Limited, , UK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214302 ; 214313 ;
Abstract
A tray unloader for rod-like articles such as cigarettes or cigarette filter rods has a rotatable frame haing a pair of tray carriers arranged back to back and in 180.degree. rotational symmetry relative to a cental axis of the frame. The frame is disposed adjacent a hopper so that a tray in one carrier can unload directly into the hopper with a minimum of clearance, while the other carrier releases an empty tray and receives a full one. The frame is rotated through 180.degree. for a tray change and in order to clear the hopper during rotation the axis of rotation is lifted.