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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Stefano Bovina, Bologna, IT;
Luca Cavazza, Bologna, IT;
Alessandro Minarelli, Bazzano, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
G.D. Societa' Per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for handling packets of cigarettes has two drying beams, each for feeding a line of packets to an intermediate station; and two transfer units, each for transferring the incoming packets from a respective drying beam from the intermediate station to a single output conveyor; the transfer units and the output conveyor are powered by the same motor, and the speed of the drying beams is so regulated that the packets are fed to the intermediate station in phase with the movement of the transfer units.