Assignee: Molins Limited

Location: London, GB2
No. of patents: 102

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Number	Title	Issue Date
5220992	Apparatus for conveying rods of the cigarette industry Apparatus for conveying rods of the cigarette industry, comprising a fluted drum for carrying rods in the flutes thereof, and means for feeding rods into the flutes of the drum, comprising movable conveyor means disposed in proximity to said drum for conv...	06/22/1993
4860880	Conveyor system for rod-like articles A conveyor system for rod-like articles, particularly cigarettes, includes a transfer conveyor comprising twisting endless bands arranged to convey a multiple-layer stream of articles in a direction transverse to the lengths of the articles and to twist t...	08/29/1989
4646675	Apparatus for applying fluid additive to fibrous material Apparatus for applying fluid additive to a stream of fibrous material such as a filter tow. The apparatus provides structure for blowing air into the filter tow during or immediately after the application of the fluid additive, a plasticiser; this foams a...	03/03/1987
4572352	Apparatus for conveying rod-like articles Apparatus for conveying rod-like articles, especially cigarettes, includes parallel opposed conveyors for delivering articles to a downwardly-extending junction provided with an arrangement for priming the junction such as a pivoted plate or retractable c...	02/25/1986
4560057	Packet handling apparatus Packet handling apparatus, particularly for use between a cigarette packing machine and a cigarette packet wrapping machine, includes a main conveyor for moving packets towards a receiving station, and a reservoir for temporarily storing packets when the ...	12/24/1985
4548216	Cigarette manufacture This invention is concerned with the manufacture of double cigarette units each consisting of a double-length tobacco rod having filters secured to its opposite ends. Cutting in half of such double cigarette units to form separate filter cigarettes may be...	10/22/1985
4503965	Apparatus for handling rod-like articles Apparatus for transferring cigarettes or the like at a transfer station between a mass flow conveyor system including a reversible transfer conveyor and a movable trolley having vertical compartments for holding batches of cigarettes, comprises structure ...	03/12/1985
4483349	Filter cigarette making machine A filter attachment machine includes a fluted drum which is arranged to receive double filters and double cigarettes. A knife cuts the double cigarettes through the middle to form separate cigarette portions and, with the aid of a further drum, the two ci...	11/20/1984
4474511	Continuous tobacco feed Air is conveyed pneumatically to and through a tobacco feed chute by continuously extracting air from a region in the feed chute and continuously applying air upstream of that region in the direction of movement of the tobacco. The feed chute may include ...	10/02/1984
4465178	Composite drive or conveyor belt Conveyor belt for cigarettes or other delicate articles which has flights which extend across its width and are formed with rounded ends so as not to present any sharp edges to damage the articles. The belt is formed from three thicknesses of polyester we...	08/14/1984
4463766	Cigarette and cigarette filter making machine A cigarette or filter making machine has a cut-off device (19) which is driven directly by its own motor (21), pick-up device (22) for monitoring the rotational speed and timing of the cut-off device, and at least one other independent motor (especially a...	08/07/1984
4459998	Manufacture of cigarettes Cigarettes are made by forming a basic filler stream comprising particles of tobacco or artificial tobacco or a combination of both, folding around the basic filler stream a web of reconstituted tobacco, and enclosing the resulting combination in a contin...	07/17/1984
4452172	Gummer for cigarette filter attachment machines A gummer for a filter attachment machine comprises two rollers (10, 12), one of which is arranged to contact the web and the other of which is pressed against the first roller to limit the quantity of gum which is transmitted to the web from a pool of gum...	06/05/1984
4441302	Cigarette packaging machine control and monitoring system A control and monitoring system for cigarette packaging machines comprises a control station (1) connected in cascade to each of a plurality of remote stations (2 and 3) in turn, in a ring. The control station 1 supplies an interrogation signal to a D-typ...	04/10/1984
4438774	Cigarette conveying drums Apparatus for conveying cigarettes by means of one or more fluted drums has a frame including spaced front and back walls defining between them a suction manifold; a fluted drum in front of the frame; a tubular drum-carrying member which extends through a...	03/27/1984
4429779	Reservoir for rod-like articles A variable capacity reservoir for cigarettes or similar rod-like articles, in which an helical support surface is reversibly drivable from a storage position, in which it is compactly stored with adjacent helical turns closely spaced, to an operative posi...	02/07/1984
4423996	Apparatus for handling rod-like articles Apparatus for transferring cigarettes or the like at a transfer station between a mass flow conveyor system including a reversible transfer conveyor and a movable trolley having vertical compartments for holding batches of cigarettes, comprises means for ...	01/03/1984
4421223	Conveyor systems for cigarettes and other rod-like articles A vertical feed apparatus for conveying a continuous stack of cigarettes upwards and/or downwards includes one or two bands which convey the stack around a rotatable member, from a horizontal conveyor to a pair of vertical conveyors, the bands being later...	12/20/1983
4421055	Apparatus for treating filter material Apparatus for treating filter material, particularly a filter tow for forming into a cigarette filter rod, includes an applicator chamber containing a rotatable brush for spraying a fluid additive such as a plasticizer towards the tow. A pressure manifold...	12/20/1983
4420074	Conveyors A pusher conveyor has an endless chain or belt carried on two or more sprockets or other rotary members with parallel axes of rotation, pushers being secured to the chain or belt at regular intervals. The attachment of the pushers to the chain or belt is ...	12/13/1983
4397457	Sheet feeding apparatus A stack of sheets, in particular hinged-lid blanks B for cigarette packets, are disposed in a vertical stack S from the top of which successive sheets are lifted by a suction member and removed by mechanical means, e.g. by a pair of conveyors 21 provided ...	08/09/1983
4397320	Cigarette making machine A cigarette making machine has a suction tape 10 for carrying the cigarette filler stream 18 onto a wrapper web 22, the tape being supported by a single cable 32 which extends above the edge portions of the operative lower run of the tape and crosses over...	08/09/1983
4396338	Packet reservoir A reservoir, particularly for cigarette packets, stores rectangular arrays of packets on vertically-spaced platforms. The reservoir is filled or emptied by moving successive batches of packets transversely off (or onto) a conveyor on which packets are mov...	08/02/1983
4392338	Packets and the manufacture thereof A hinged lid packet has an integral inner frame comprising a recessed panel extending upwardly from the front wall of the body of the packet, and a pair of side flaps extending backwards from the sides of the recessed panel. A cut-away part is formed at t...	07/12/1983
4392912	Bobbin changer for joining successive reels of web of the cigarette industry A bobbin changer, for use in producing a continuous supply of web by joining the webs from a succession of reels, comprises a splicing device for joining the leading end of the web on each new reel to the web on the expiring reel; at least two cradles for...	07/12/1983
4391083	Packing machine A packing machine for cigarettes, in particular for soft packs, with a plurality of pack-forming assemblies 1-16, has at least one operating member 21-23 in each assembly which is movable, e.g. to clamp a sheet of foil 300 or a paper lable 400 against a p...	07/05/1983
4390032	Cigarette ventilation control An apparatus and a method for making ventilated cigarettes. Either the cigarettes are perforated after assembly or the tipping paper is perforated before assembly. The position of the perforations as a group relative to the mouth end of the cigarette is a...	06/28/1983
4373624	Cigarette conveyor systems In a system for making and packing cigarettes, cigarette making and packing machines are arranged in units each including a making machine, a packing machine and a reservoir, each unit being slightly mis-matched as to its making and packing outputs so as ...	02/15/1983
4373188	Cigarette weight monitoring system Cigarette-rod weight monitoring system in which the signals from a scanner, e.g. a nucleonic device such as Molins "MODIC", are processed and stored in a memory in a digitized form, and the memory contents are used to drive an analog display device. These...	02/08/1983
4370942	Perforation of web material, especially uniting paper for making ventilated filter cigarettes A device for perforating or cutting a moving web of paper by means of pins, especially uniting paper for use in a cigarette filter attachment machine, comprises a roller carrying pins for perforating the paper in cooperation with a backing roller arranged...	02/01/1983
4370908	Cutting head for filter assembler A cutting head for a filter attachment machine comprises a drum carrying a number of knives each of which is urged radially outwards by at least one spring against an adjustable retaining device by which the normal distance of the cutting edge from the ax...	02/01/1983
4369563	Automated machine tool installation with storage means A system comprising a plurality of complementary numerically controlled machine tools in which different workpieces are each subjected to appropriate selected machining operations on selected machine tools in a selected order by appropriate delivery of co...	01/25/1983
4366895	Handling rod-like articles A device for separating a stream of rod-like articles in stack formation by projection in a direction transverse to the lengths of the articles comprises a movable support for guide means around which passes at least one flexible band. As the device is pr...	01/04/1983
4365703	Storing rod-like articles Apparatus for handling rod-like articles incorporates a buffer reservoir system using trolleys having vertical compartments for storing the articles in stack formation. The compartments receive the articles from outlets in a first conveyor and may return ...	12/28/1982
4363332	Detection of rod-like articles Cigarettes, as they are grouped in batches to be packed, have their ends detected for firmness or for missing filter tips, by having an array of individually actuated plungers (9) applied to their ends. Each plunger is actuated by air pressure acting on a...	12/14/1982
4352604	Feeding device for cigarette filters and similar rods A device for feeding cigarette filters or similar rod-like articles comprises a fluted drum and a conveyor for feeding a stack-like stream of filters towards the drum and including a conveyor band which is arranged to engage one side of the stack-like str...	10/05/1982
4350242	Conveyor systems for cigarettes and similar rod-like articles A cigarette elevator for conveying upwards a stack-like stream of cigarettes comprises substantially parallel upwardly-extending conveyors of which at least one has transversely extending ribs on its operative face for engaging the cigarettes, a first pul...	09/21/1982
4344520	Monitoring flow of rod-like articles Apparatus for monitoring the flow of a stack of cigarettes in a conveyor system using a television camera tube or light-sensitive detectors positioned adjacent the ends of the cigarettes, preferably in an array or row covering the whole height of the stac...	08/17/1982
4341298	Forming groups of rod-like articles A non-intermittent cigarette bundle forming device comprises three hoppers, one for each cigarette row. An oscillating ladder (23) at the bottom of each hopper provides an escapement mechanism for a row to form in front of a gate (6). On release of the ga...	07/27/1982
4338057	Handling rod-like articles A mobile reservoir system for rod-like articles such as cigarettes in which trays are moved in trolleys and each tray is capable of receiving articles in stack formation from an overhead mass flow outlet at a combined loading/unloading station. The mass f...	07/06/1982

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