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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Applicants:
Mario Spatafora, Bologna, IT;
Luca Borderi, Sasso Marconi, IT;
Inventors:
Mario Spatafora, Bologna, IT;
Luca Borderi, Sasso Marconi, IT;
Assignee:
G.D Societa' per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of feeding cigars to a hopper of a wrapping machine, wherein the cigars are housed in bulk and in orderly manner inside containers; each container has a top opening by which to receive and unload the cigars in the aforementioned orderly manner; a full container of cigars is picked up and inverted at the hopper by means of a manipulating device so that the opening faces downwards; and the full container is rested on a supporting surface having a passage smaller than the opening, so as to partly close the opening and provide for controlled unloading of the cigars.