Patent ID: 6135386
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A24C

Abstract:
A tipping paper guide of an automated cigarette tipping machine, wherein a ribbon of tipping paper is directed in a downstream direction along path, said tipping paper guide comprising:a guide frame comprising a receiver portion and an arrangement for affixing said guide frame to a predetermined fixed portion of a tipping machine, said guide frame being configured such that in an affixed condition, said receiver portion is in a fixed relation to a location along said paper path;a guide insert comprising a guide channel portion and means for removably affixing said guide insert to said guide frame such that said guide insert is at least partially received by said receiver portion of said guide insert, said guide channel adapted to slidingly receive tipping paper, said guide insert and said receiver portion mutually configured such that upon affixing said guide insert to said guide frame, said guide insert is positionally registered with said location along said paper path by said receiver portion of said guide frame;said arrangement for affixing said guide frame to a predetermined fixed portion of a tipping machine comprising:a register at a first location along said guide frame, said register operative upon a first portion of said guide frame so as to align said first portion of said guide frame relative to said feed path; andan adjustable mount at a second location along said guide frame, said mount operative to adjust a second portion of said guide frame transversely relative to said feed path.