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1. A method for filling containers with rod-shaped articles, which can be used in an apparatus comprising a hopper for feeding the articles, having at least two mouths for dispensing the articles through respective lower ends, conveyor means located in the vicinity of the at least two dispensing mouths and supporting a plurality of containers designed to receive inside the superposed layers of articles, extractor means for removing the articles from an unloading zone of each dispensing mouth and inserting them inside containers carried by the conveyor means, and an apparatus for dispensing containers designed to feed containers to be filled towards the conveyor means, characterized in that the conveyor means comprise two conveyors placed side by side and designed to operate independently on the containers supported by the conveyor means, and in that respective motor means are associated with the two conveyors for activating them independently so that one of the two conveyors moves towards the hopper the empty containers carried on the conveyor means from the dispensing apparatus, and the other of the two conveyors moves away from the hopper the containers full of rod-shaped articles and feeds them towards a further handling station.
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