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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Armando Neri, Bologna, IT;
Paolo Andreoli, Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
G.D. Societa per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131282 ; 131 94 ; 131908 ; 198438 ; 7386391 ; 7386392 ;
Abstract
A unit for sampling cigarettes on a filter assembly machine, which unit is designed to cooperate with a conveyor for feeding the cigarettes through the filter assembly machine, and features a sampling conveyor tangent to the feed conveyor and having an even number of peripheral seats for the cigarettes; the aforementioned seats being arranged along the sampling conveyor, and each having a respective suction device; and a selecting device being provided for selectively activating the suction devices and so withdrawing given cigarettes off the feed conveyor.