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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Derek Henry Dyett, High Wycombe, GB;
Assignee:
Molins PLC, Miltonkeynes, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ; A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131 94 ; 131282 ;
Abstract
A filter attachment machine for use with a twin-track cigarette making machine is arranged to receive, in alternate flutes of a fluted drum (10), the cigarette rods from the respective tracks of the cigarette making machine, and to convey the cigarette rods from alternate flutes to separate filter assembly devices (38;40) by which filters are attached to the cigarette rods. The machine preferably receives the cigarette rods in one row on the fluted drum (10), and includes separation drums (28;36) arranged to feed the cigarette rods from alternate flutes to upper and lower filter attachment devices (38;40) lying in substantially the same vertical plane.