APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES TO CONSUMING MACHINES

摘要

Apparatus which transfers the contents of cigarette trays into the magazine of a packing machine, comprises a carriage movable between a first station above the magazine and a second station above a platform which introduces into the carriage filled trays from below while the bottom of the carriage is held in open position. The bottom is thereupon introduced into the tray below the lowermost layer of cigarettes and the tray is lowered before the carriage advances to the first station where the bottom is returned to open position to permit the cigarettes to descend into the magazine.