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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Osaka Filter Co., Ltd., Sakai, JP;
Needs Kiko Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198577 ; 198604 ; 198607 ; 198626 ;
Abstract
A lift apparatus for lifting cigarette filter plugs which receives cigarette filter plugs fresh from a plug making machine and delivered by a lower horizontal conveyer and upwardly conveys the plugs while piled in multiple layers to an upper horizontal conveyer. The lift apparatus has a pair of vertical conveyers formed of flat belts and diverging as they extend upwardly. A pressurizing conveyer is provided outwardly of a bend in the conveying passage extending from the lower horizontal conveyer to the vertical conveyers. This pressurizing conveyer is rotatable at a greater speed than the vertical conveyers.