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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1987
Riccardo Mattei, Bologna, IT;
G.D Societa' per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
A cigarette manufacturing machine having a horizontal bed, at least one belt for forming a continuous cigarette rod, the belt having a portion extending above and along the bed between a first and second end thereof, being movable along the bed towards the second end, and being wound about a suction rotary pulley arranged at the first end; a device for feeding a continuous stream of tobacco onto the belt portion, said tobacco feeding device extending above the first end and the pulley and defining between the stream of tobacco and the belt portion an input space for at least one paper strip; a paper strip guide device for feeding at least one paper strip onto the belt portion, the strip guide device having a device for feeding an end of the paper strip to the input space, and the paper feeding device having a plate for holding the end of the strip and designed to move between a first and a second position in which the plate is arranged away from, and respectively within, the input space.