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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5566811 | Method and machine for producing filter-tipped cigarettes On a cigarette filter assembly machine, (2), a first and second succession of side by side, oppositely-oriented filter-tipped cigarettes are fed to a turnover unit settable to two distinct operating positions for turning over by 180° the cigarettes in on... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5551544 | Cigarette filter assembly machine A cigarette filter assembly machine having a first and second succession of side by side, oppositely oriented single cigarettes are fed to a turnover unit wherein, with respect to their original position, the cigarettes in the first succession are turned ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 4913170 | Axial cigarette displacing device A device for axially displacing cigarettes arranged side by side in two substantially parallel rows traveling routes substantially perpendicularly in relation to the cigarette axes; which device includes an input roller and an output roller arranged paral... | 04/03/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4823932 | Method of and apparatus for manipulating filter cigarettes A mass-producing filter tipping machine wherein two coaxial plain cigarettes of unit length are simultaneously severed to yield pairs of coaxial plain cigarettes of unit length which are moved apart to provide spaces for filter mouthpieces of double unit ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4668152 | Apparatus for transporting and changing the orientation of cigarettes or the like An automatic apparatus which transports filter cigarettes from a tipping machine to a packing machine has a first transporting unit which directly couples the output of the tipping machine with the magazine of the packing machine, and a second transportin... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4664249 | Turn around device for filter cigarettes A turn around device that is designed for changing two side-by-side parallel rows of filter tipped cigarettes, which are formed by a succession of parallel pairs of co-axial cigarettes (S1, S2) with their filters in facing relation, into only one row of p... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4630724 | Method and device for forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes A method of forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes at a high speed with a simple device. The device for forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes comprises a supply drum having support recesses formed on an outer circumferential portion thereof at equal inte... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4585386 | Apparatus for transporting and changing the orientation of cigarettes or the like An automatic apparatus which transports filter cigarettes from a tipping machine to a packing machine has a first transporting unit which directly couples the output of the tipping machine with the magazine of the packing machine, and a second transportin... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4577644 | Apparatus for tip turning filter cigarettes or the like Filter cigarettes which are produced in a filter tipping machine are transported by a severing conveyor in the form of two rows wherein the filters of cigarettes in one row are adjacent to the filters of cigarettes in the other row. The cigarettes of the ... | 03/25/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4556072 | Cigarette reversing apparatus A cigarette reversing apparatus with a rotating drum having radially extending slots of a width slightly larger than the diameter of a cigarette and of sufficient depth, each slot having at its opposing surfaces a pair of cigarette holding members spaced ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4550821 | Cigarette reversing apparatus A cigarette reversing apparatus comprises a rotating transfer drum having a plurality of openings arranged equidistantly along the circle on the end surface of the drum, the openings being communicated with suction holes formed at the bottom of slots whic... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4483351 | Turnaround device for rod-like articles, in particular cigarettes A turnaround device for rod-like articles, in particular cigarettes, in which a conveyor device is operable to advance the articles in a direction transverse their axes and arranged in two rows; the articles of one row being supported by the conveyor devi... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4344521 | Apparatus for conveying rod-like articles Apparatus for conveying rod-like articles, especially cigarettes, includes parallel conveyors for streams of articles and two transfer conveyors which together re-orientate articles in one stream for combination with articles in the other stream. The tran... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4241822 | Apparatus for conveying rod-like articles Apparatus for conveying rod-like articles includes a conveyor particularly adapted for moving a stream of articles in stack formation around a curved path of small radius. The conveyor includes an endless conveyor carrying cantilevered slats and guided ar... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4236624 | Apparatus for orientating elongated articles, such as bodies of writing pens There is provided an apparatus for orientating elongated articles, in particular bodies of writing pens. These articles are placed in parallel disposition on a conveyor which is moved in step by step fashion. The articles will either be pointing in the de... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4211318 | Plate with tilted reversal heads for a device for orientating cigarettes This rotary plate is of the type comprising reversal heads capable of rotating through half a revolution during a complete revolution of the plate in the opposite direction, with a view to taking up an object such as a filter-tipped cigarette and placing ... | 07/08/1980 |
| 3973671 | Apparatus for changing the orientation of filter cigarettes or the like A turn-around device for filter cigarettes has a fluted conveyor which transports a row of filter cigarettes to be turned end-for-end to a first transfer station where the cigarettes are picked up by successive suction heads of a first set and are transpo... | 08/10/1976 |
