Vorrichtung zum Überführen von Gegenständen

摘要

A unit (5) for transferring groups (3) of cigarettes has a conveyor (12) having pockets (13) for housing the groups (3) and for feeding the groups (3) in a first direction (D1); a guide (11) for guiding each group (3) into a respective pocket (13) along a path (P) in a second direction (D2) crosswise to the first direction (D1); and a safety device (25) having a guide member (18) adjacent to the conveyor (12) and movable between a work position defining part of the path (P), and an emergency position remote from the path (P); the unit (5) also having a spring (34) for setting the guide member (18) to the emergency position when a group (3) of cigarettes transmits to the guide member (18) a force over and above a given threshold value.