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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1985
Katsuhiko Kumata, Nagareyama, JP;
Isao Endo, Nagareyama, JP;
Syozi Numa, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Hirose, Hiratsuka, JP;
Takayoshi Sagawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Katsuyoshi Matono, Fukuoka, JP;
Tokyo Automatic Machinery Works, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for supplying bar-like members such as cigarettes and filter plugs, in which a bar-like member containing box is lifted at a supplying position which supports the containing box in an inverted condition; and a pusher is operated to feed the bar-like members instead of a conventional hopper construction which stores bar-like members and allows them to drop from same, whereby the speed of the supplying operation is increased and a smooth supplying operation is assured without causing disordered orientation of the bar-like members.