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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Fausto Negrini, Castelfranco Emilia, IT;
Roberto Marchetti, Castelmaggiore, IT;
Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Casalecchio Di Reno, IT;
Andrea Biondi, Bologna, IT;
Fausto Negrini, Castelfranco Emilia, IT;
Roberto Marchetti, Castelmaggiore, IT;
Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Casalecchio Di Reno, IT;
Andrea Biondi, Bologna, IT;
G.D Societa'per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
A machine for packing cigarettes, having a group-forming device for forming a group of cigarettes, and a conveyor for feeding the group along a given path; the group-forming device has a number of seats, each for housing a respective subgroup of cigarettes; the subgroups are pushed, in use, through respective insertion channels tapering towards the conveyor, into a pocket of the conveyor to define the group of cigarettes; and the pocket has a substantially triangular cross section parallel to the path.