Patent ID: 9540126
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A24F,B65B,B65D,B65G

Claim:
1. Apparatus for forming a predetermined collation of rod shaped articles, in particular smoking articles, comprising a feeder arrangement, a pocket, the pocket being adapted to house a predetermined number of rod shaped articles in the predetermined collation, wherein in the predetermined collation each rod shaped article has a predetermined position within the pocket, a hopper with a plurality of hopper vanes, wherein each hopper vane is at least associated to one predetermined position in the pocket, wherein the feeder arrangement comprises: wherein the second feeder is arranged in between the first feeder and the third feeder, and wherein at least the first type of rod shaped articles is different from the second type of rod shaped articles and wherein at least the second type of rod shaped articles is different from the third type of rod shaped articles.