Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS4932992
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
Mechanism for the transfer of batches of cigarettes in an automatic packaging machine, whose cigarettes are arranged side by side in one or more parallel layers, characterized in that it comprises a wheel or hub provided with radial clamps, said clamps comprising a first and a second jaw arms; means capable of rotating said intermittent hub around its own axis in synchronized manner to the presentation of loads or batches of cigarettes successive to the device; means capable of cyclically separating said arms or jaws so that they pass, during rotation, from a first opening position to receive the cigarette lot, to a closing position for the transfer of said lot and then to a second position opening opposite said first position, to leave said batch, the clamping surface of at least one of said arms or jaws presenting a plurality of cradles located next to each other in a direction concordant with that of the axis of said wheel each of said cradles being configured so that it can longitudinally house a cigarette; the pushing means for the introduction of the cigarettes into said arms or jaws, so that the cigarettes of a layer of the batch or load are housed in said cradles or beds placed next to each other and are retained therein; and the means of transfer that perform the removal of the batch or load of cigarettes starting from said second opening position of the clamps for the transfer of the batch or load to successive work stations. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
Application Number:
JP2618568A
Publication Date:
September 04, 1974
Filing Date:
April 20, 1968
Export Citation:
International Classes:
B65B19/04; B65B35/36