Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS6357292
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An apparatus for compressing cigarettes comprises a compression pocket having opposite open ends which comprises a pair of L-shaped compression members (7,8) which are disposed in an opposite manner, each member including short (7b, 8b) and long segments (7a, 8a) which extend in an axial direction of a continuously rotatable drum, one of the members being movable in a tangential direction of the outer circumference of the drum, the other member being movable in a direction at a desired angle relative to said tangential direction means for moving a pair of L-shaped compression members in opposite directions using a rack and pinion combination system (12, 16, 19).
Inventors:
NAGATA TOMIZO
KOBAYASHI KAZUTAKA
KOBAYASHI KAZUTAKA
Application Number:
JP4384084A
Publication Date:
November 10, 1988
Filing Date:
March 09, 1984
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NIPPON TOBACCO SANGYO
International Classes:
B65G47/14; B65B19/02; B65B19/24; B65B35/56; B65B63/02