Method and apparatus for making filter plugs for filter tip cigarettes
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1. AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSFORMING ROWS OF ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS A PLURALITY OF COAXIAL ARTICLES INTO A SINGLE FILE OF AXIALLY PARALLEL ARTICLES, COMPRISING A FIRST CONVEYOR HAVING EQUIDISTANT ROW-RECEIVING HOLDERS AND BEING ARRANGED TO ADVANCE CONCECUTIVE ROWS OF ARTICLES IN A DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LONGITUDINAL EXTENSIONS OF THE ROWS;
- A SECOND CONVEYOR SPACED FROM SAID FIRST CONVEYOR AND HAVING EQUIDISTANT ARTICLE-RECEIVING CARRIERS, SAID SECOND CONVEYOR BEING ARRANGED TO ADVANCE AXIALLY AND TRANSVERSELY STAGGERED ARTICLES IN PARALLELISM WITH THEMSELVES;
A THIRD CONVEYOR DISPOSED BETWEEN AND RESPECTIVELY DEFINING WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONVEYORS A FIRST AND A SECOND TRANSFER STATION, SAID THIRD CONVEYOR COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONVEYING ELEMENTS, ONE FOR EACH ARTICLE OF A ROW, AND MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID CONVEYING ELEMENTS AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SPEED, EACH OF SAID CONVEYING ELEMENTS INCLUDING A SECTION EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID TRANSFER STATIONS AND HAVING EQUIDISTANT ARTICLE-RECEIVING RETAINERS WHICH ADVANCE IN A DIRECTION FROM SAID FIRST TOWARD SAID SECOND TRANSFER STATION, SAID SECTIONS INCLUDING A LONGEST SECTION AND A SHOULDER SECTION
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1. AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSFORMING ROWS OF ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS A PLURALITY OF COAXIAL ARTICLES INTO A SINGLE FILE OF AXIALLY PARALLEL ARTICLES, COMPRISING A FIRST CONVEYOR HAVING EQUIDISTANT ROW-RECEIVING HOLDERS AND BEING ARRANGED TO ADVANCE CONCECUTIVE ROWS OF ARTICLES IN A DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LONGITUDINAL EXTENSIONS OF THE ROWS;
- A SECOND CONVEYOR SPACED FROM SAID FIRST CONVEYOR AND HAVING EQUIDISTANT ARTICLE-RECEIVING CARRIERS, SAID SECOND CONVEYOR BEING ARRANGED TO ADVANCE AXIALLY AND TRANSVERSELY STAGGERED ARTICLES IN PARALLELISM WITH THEMSELVES;
A THIRD CONVEYOR DISPOSED BETWEEN AND RESPECTIVELY DEFINING WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONVEYORS A FIRST AND A SECOND TRANSFER STATION, SAID THIRD CONVEYOR COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONVEYING ELEMENTS, ONE FOR EACH ARTICLE OF A ROW, AND MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID CONVEYING ELEMENTS AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SPEED, EACH OF SAID CONVEYING ELEMENTS INCLUDING A SECTION EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID TRANSFER STATIONS AND HAVING EQUIDISTANT ARTICLE-RECEIVING RETAINERS WHICH ADVANCE IN A DIRECTION FROM SAID FIRST TOWARD SAID SECOND TRANSFER STATION, SAID SECTIONS INCLUDING A LONGEST SECTION AND A SHOULDER SECTION
- A SECOND CONVEYOR SPACED FROM SAID FIRST CONVEYOR AND HAVING EQUIDISTANT ARTICLE-RECEIVING CARRIERS, SAID SECOND CONVEYOR BEING ARRANGED TO ADVANCE AXIALLY AND TRANSVERSELY STAGGERED ARTICLES IN PARALLELISM WITH THEMSELVES;
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Current AssigneeBernhard Schubert, Willy Rudszinat
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Original AssigneeBernhard Schubert, Willy Rudszinat
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InventorsWILLY RUDSZINAT, BERNHARD SCHUBERT
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Application NumberUS04/060,929Time in Patent Office1,552 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current198/450CPC Class CodesA24C 5/478 Transport means for filter-...
