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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:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Molins PLC, Milton Keynes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/746 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/746 ;
Abstract
Blank feeding apparatus, particularly in a hinged-lid cigarette packing machine, includes rotary blank pick-up means (,), and support means (,), rotatable with the pick-up means, for engaging and supporting the base of a blank stack in a magazine (,) between each pick-up operation. The pick-up means (,) may each comprise a pivotable arm (,), movable as it rotates by means of a pivoted follower member (,) engaging a fixed cam track (,). The blanks may be retained in the stack in the magazine (,) by pivotally-mounted support fingers (,) which are successively retracted to release a blank as the pick-up means (,) passes.