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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fulvio Boldrini, Ferrara, IT;
Assignee:
G.D Socitea' Per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221131 ; 221277 ; 131282 ; 131283 ; 53444 ; 53149 ;
Abstract
A device for the orderly supply of cigarettes; the device presenting at least one channel defined by two lateral walls and for feeding a respective column of cigarettes at a given dropdown speed and in a given traveling direction to the bottom opening of the channel; and an ordering device being provided upstream from the bottom opening in the traveling direction, and presenting at least two engaging elements located at either end of one of the two lateral walls and movable inside the channel to accompany the cigarettes along a given portion of the channel and so feed the cigarettes in orderly manner to the bottom end.