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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1980
Barry G Applegate, London, GB;
Desmond W Molins, London, GB;
Molins Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
A reservoir, particularly for cigarette packets, stores rectangular arrays of packets on vertically-spaced platforms. The reservoir is filled or emptied by moving successive batches of packets transversely off (or onto) a conveyor on which packets are moved in line, e.g. from a cigarette packing machine to a cigarette wrapping machine. When a platform is completely full it is indexed upwards and another platform moved from a store to take its place. The spacing between adjacent platforms in the empty platform store is less than that between platforms in use for supporting packets; this is achieved by supporting the platforms by tapes, similar to those of a venetian blind.