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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:
Nov. 27, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marcel-Francois Roullier, Preverenges, CH;
Assignee:
Baumgartner Papiers S.A., Crissier, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
93 7 / ; 73 451 ; 131 / ;
Abstract
A cigarette-filter-making apparatus is comprising a pick-up drum rotatable about its longitudinal axis and provided along its circumference with longitudinally extending retaining grooves for the accommodation of individual filter sections and lateral delivery of them to a laterally adjacent discharge. For ejecting faulty filters the pick-up drum is provided with a guide element extending continuously from the pick-up point to the delivery station and ejector blasting means are provided to blow faulty filter sections out of the drum grooves in their longitudinal direction.