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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Riccardo Mattei, Bologna, IT;
Gastone Dall'Osso, Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
G.D. Societa per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ; A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1984741 ; 131281 ; 131282 ; 198377 ; 1984711 ; 1988035 ; 209535 ;
Abstract
A transfer device in which the bar-shaped articles, in particular cigarettes, are transferred transversely to their axis by three rollers, of which one is disposed in an intermediate position between the other two and is tangential thereto at two separate points defining between them a transfer arc, and are made to advance along said transfer arc supported by respective cradles associated with a rotation device arranged to rotate the cradles about their axis at a constant angular speed equal to a whole multiple of the angular speed of the intermediate roller.