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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mario Spatafora, Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
G.D Societa′ per Azinoi, Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/922 ; B65B 5/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/922 ; B65B 5/700 ;
Abstract
A machine for producing packets of cigarettes, each packet having a group of cigarettes enclosed in packaging material, has a number of conveyors, each having a respective given number of respective members which are brought into contact with the groups and/or the packaging material, and cooperate with the members of at least one adjacent conveyor; the number of members of each conveyor being equal to a multiple or to a divisor of the number of members of an adjacent conveyor.