Patent ID: 6540061
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A24C,B65B

Abstract:
Apparatus for transporting cigarettes lying transverse to the direction of transport, the apparatus comprising:an upright container for transporting the cigarettes downward from an upper entry opening of said container to a bottom end thereof; a support element on which the cigarettes lie as they are transported downward in said container; and a mechanism for moving said support element downward with the cigarettes and then upward, wherein said mechanism is adapted to move said support element in a lower end position thereof from within said container to the outside of said container in a horizontal transverse direction, return said support element to an upper initial position thereof by moving said support element outside said container, and move said support element by a reverse transverse motion thereof in the upper initial position back into said container when said container is at least partially empty, wherein: a) said container is subdivided by dividing elements into a plurality of upright, adjacent paths of movement for the cigarettes; b) each path of movement has disposed therein at least one of said support elements for movement of said support element in the associated path of movement to the lower end position in said container; and c) adjacently arranged said support elements are connected to each other outside of said container to form a common unit adapted to be moved up and down and transversely.