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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:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
Seiji Fuchigami, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rod-shaped article supplying apparatus includes a hopper for reserving rod-shaped articles such as cigarettes and for permitting a rod-shaped article to be discharged through a lower opening thereof, and a supply cylinder formed at its outer peripheral face with a slot for receiving a rod-shaped article. The supply cylinder makes a reciprocal rotational movement between a position where the slot receives a rod-shaped article from the hopper and a position where the slot discharges the same. The supply cylinder is provided with projections disposed at a location diametrically opposite the slot and radially projecting from the outer peripheral face of the supply cylinder. When the supply cylinder is in the vicinity of the delivering position, the projections cause a movable wall or a side plate of the hopper to make an angular motion to vibrate rod-shaped articles in the hopper, whereby a shelf-forming phenomenon among rod-shaped articles or jamming in the hopper is prevented with a relatively simplified arrangement to permit a stable supply of rod-shaped articles.
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