Patent ID: 6769435
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: A24C

Abstract:
A cigarette maker outfeed unit, comprising:a feed path along which at least one cigarette rod is caused to advance in a predetermined direction, extending between the outfeed end of a beam on which the cigarette rod is formed and a cutter device by which the continuous cigarette rod is divided into discrete sticks constituting single cigarettes; a cut-off device positioned in close proximity to the forming beam and capable of movement between a position of disengagement from the feed path, and a position of interference with the selfsame path in which the rod is cut and diverted from the path; removal means by which a portion of the continuous cigarette rod separated through the action of the cut-off device is distanced from a final stretch of the feed path extending between the cut-off device and the cutter device, wherein the removal means comprise gripping and feeding means by which the portion of cigarette rod is taken up and advanced along the final stretch of the feed path.