Patent ID: 6115991
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
A machine for making packets of cigarettes, each packet (2) comprising a group (6) containing a given number of cigarettes (4), each group (6) containing a given number of layers (18); wherein said machine (1; 56) comprises a first portion (3; 57) comprising a hopper (8) having a plurality of outlets (11) for feeding the cigarettes (4) in a first direction (D1); a second portion (5; 58) comprising a succession of conveyors (20, 30, 31, 32, 33; 20, 60, 61, 62) operated continuously, adjacent to one another and defining a single supply path (P1; P2) having one path portion (54; 103) extending in a second direction (D2) crosswise with respect to said first direction (D1) for receiving said layers from said plurality of outlets (11), and an undulated path portion (55; 104) for forming said packets; and a third portion (7; 59) comprising a drying conveyor (44; 77) defining a plurality of drying paths (Pe1, Pe2, Pe3, Pe4, Pe5, Pe6, Pe7, Pe8, Pe9, Pe10, Pe11, Pe12) extending parallel to one another in a third direction (D3; D4) extending crosswise to said second direction (D2), each drying path (Pe1, Pe2, Pe3, Pe4, Pe5, Pe6, Pe7, Pe8, Pe9, Pe10, Pe11, Pe12) receiving said packets from said single supply path (P1; P2).