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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard James Bryant, Bucks, GB;
Peter Alec Clarke, Bucks, GB;
Kerry Hierons, Bucks, GB;
Neil Thorp, Didcot, GB;
Robert Howard Taylor, Bucks, GB;
Assignee:
Molins PLC, Milton Keynes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1983471 ; 198778 ; 198812 ;
Abstract
A reservoir system for rod-like articles such as cigarettes has a first-in, first out buffer conveyor with a variable capacity. The capacity of the reservoir is varied by moving a pair of guidestoward or away from each other. The guides support the conveyor belt in a spiral fashion from a lower input level to a higher output level to compensate for temporary fiddefences in flow rates.