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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Alec Clarke, High Wycombe, GB;
Assignee:
Molins PLC, Milton Keynes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1983473 ;
Abstract
A system for conveying cigarettes in multi-layer stack formation between at least two combinations, each including a cigarette maker (10,10A), packer (14,14A) and buffer reservoir (12,12A), includes an interconnecting conveyor defining a closed loop path (18,20,18A,20A) allowing cigarettes made (or stored) in one combination to pass to the packer of any combination, the arrangement being such that associated with each combination there is an inverted T-junction (16,16A) at which cigarettes are delivered from above to the path from the maker or reservoir, and a further T-junction (22,22A) at which cigarettes are delivered downwards from the path to the packer.