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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter A Clarke, High Wycombe, GB;
Assignee:
Molins PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ; A24C / ; B65G / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131283 ; 131282 ; 198347 ; 198572 ; 198580 ;
Abstract
A cigarette conveying system for connecting several makers, packers and reservoirs is arranged with cross linking conveyors (22) which allow sub-division of the system into sub-systems which can be operated independently and can therefore handle different brands. Sub-systems may be defined by activating or de-activating selected conveyors and/or closing and opening gates provided at junctions between conveyors. In a preferred arrangement the system comprises a main loop and the cross linking conveyors sub-divide the main loop into sub-loops.