A method of conditioning cigars

摘要

In a cigar-making machine (1), cigars (2) advance continuously in orderly succession occupying a plurality of respective pockets (14) transported by a conveyor (5) along a predetermined feed path (P) toward a piercing station (24) where they are engaged by a plurality of needles (23) fitted to respective movable heads (22); the heads (22) are caused to advance parallel to the predetermined feed path (P) followed by the cigars (2), proceeding continuously and synchronously with the pockets (14) in such a manner that each of the single cigars (2) can be pierced by a corresponding needle (23) with a relative hole (32), aligned substantially on a longitudinal axis (A) of the cigar (2). <IMAGE>