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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1980
Filed:
May. 11, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter A Clarke, London, GB;
Assignee:
Molins Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198572 ; 198347 ; 198575 ;
Abstract
A conveyor system for cigarettes includes means defining a junction zone, at least two conveyors each having one end adjacent to the junction zone and arranged to carry cigarettes into or from the junction zone, and a moving sensor band which has an operative section partly defining the junction zone and capable of flexing outwards, against a tensioning force, under the pressure of cigarettes in the junction zone, the sensor band being driven so as to assist the movement of cigarettes through the junction zone.