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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alberto Manservigi, Bologna, IT;
Antonio Gamberini, Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
G.D. Societa per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ; A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131282 ; 131283 ; 53150 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for the formation of cigarettes into groups each consisting in at least one layer of single cigarettes lying parallel with and side by side one another. The cigarettes exit from the bottom of a plurality of channels, arranged side by side and forming part of the outlet of an infeed hopper, and come to rest side by side on a shelf, forming one layer. Pushers provided on either side of the layer effect a sideways compaction of the cigarettes, and a suction-generating seat incorporated into the shelf retains one cigarette at the middle of the layer so as to disallow its moving sideways during operation of the pushers.