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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruno Belvederi, Via Giovanni, IT;
Assignee:
G.D Societa' per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198433 ; 53149 ; 53150 ; 53151 ;
Abstract
A method of feeding tobacco items, particularly cigarettes, to a continuous packing machine, whereby a continuously-moving conveyor, presenting pockets for respective groups composed of a number of superimposed layers of items, is supplied successively with the layers, each of which is withdrawn from a feedbox in a substantially transverse direction in relation to the items in the layer, and by rotating the layer in relation to the items in the adjacent upper layer inside the feedbox.