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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1984
Tomizou Nagata, Tokyo, JP;
Norikuni Miyaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An arbor guiding apparatus is disclosed. It has a plurality of arbors arranged at least in two rows of arbors and in tandem on a rotary packing drum with respect to its axial direction. It also has a guiding device of the arbors in the radial direction. The guiding device includes supporting members axially supporting the arbors as well as connecting rods. One of the connecting rods include a threeway shaft at its one end, one way of the shaft being for engagement with a cam follower for guiding the arbor in the first arbor row while another way of the shaft being for engagement with a cam follower for guiding the arbor in the second arbor row. It further includes a device for effecting a relative movement of the arbors in the first and second arbor rows. The relative movement device essentially includes a pinion interposed therebetween.