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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:
Aug. 12, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank Heybourn, Milton Keynes, GB;
Assignee:
Molins, Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198493 ; 198577 ;
Abstract
Rod-like articles, such as cigarettes, moving in a transverse stream are decelerated by directing air at the stream from adjustable vanes before the articles reach a slower moving stream formed in a transfer region. The arrangement may be used in a stack former in which a single-layer stream of articles is converted into a multi-layer stream.