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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1987
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 Limited, both of, JP;
Japan Tobacco, Inc., both of, JP;
Abstract
A method for feeding cigarettes or filter plugs or the like to a working machine, such as a transporting machine, using a flat feeding passage with a bottom which can store and convey the cigarettes etc. in the horizontal direction, comprising introducing receiving boxes containing the cigarettes etc. into the feeding passage and moving them to a feeding station, and raising the receiving boxes at the feeding station so that the cigarettes etc. in the receiving boxes are discharged at one time. The invention discloses also an apparatus for carrying out the method.