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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1985
Gastone Dall'Osso, Bologna, IT;
G.D. Societa per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
The device is of the type comprising a hopper (1), the lower portion of which contains the cigarettes (2) disposed in piles which are mobile stepwise along respective outlet channels (5) of the hopper (1), sensor (13) for checking the individual cigarettes (2) in the channels (5) at each advancement step of the cigarettes (2), a pusher element (8) arranged to remove the cigarettes (2) from the hopper (1), and at least one discarding device (40) for defective cigarettes (2), controlled by the sensor in the direction of advancement of the cigarettes (2); the discarding device (40) being provided with an engaging, retaining and extracting device (41) the defective cigarettes (2) and, at least during each extraction of a defective cigarette (2), being driven in phase with the pusher element (8).