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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1997
Daniele Coi, Bologna, IT;
Fiorenzo Draghetti, Medicina, IT;
G.D Societa' per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
A device for transferring cigarette portions from an output bed of a dual-rod manufacturing machine to an input roller of a filter assembly machine; the device having a transfer unit rotating about an axis inclined with respect to the bed, and which picks up the cigarette portions from the bed and feeds them respectively into first and second seats of a drum conveyor; the first and second seats being arranged respectively along a circular first path and a circular second path coaxial with a common axis; and drums being provided to transfer the second cigarette portions from the second path to a path defined by the input roller of the filter assembly machine and common to the first and second cigarette portions.