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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1994
Shigenobu Kushihashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The device according to the present invention has a delivery axis of tobacco rod which extends from a wrapping section to an inspecting section in a cigarette manufacturing apparatus, a rod guide which can move between the forward position on the delivery axis and the backward position away from the delivery axis, the rod guide directing and leading the tobacco rod sent out from the wrapping section to the inspecting section, and a rod deflector which is located above the rod guide and which can rotate from an up position that is higher than the delivery axis to a down position where the delivery axis is shut off, the rod deflector cutting the tobacco rod and also deflecting the delivery direction of the tobacco rod on the wrapping section side to lead it into a dust box when the rod deflector rotates from the up position to the down position.