Method of bulk conveying cigarettes

摘要

A method of bulk conveying cigarettes, whereby a mass of cigarettes is fed along a path by a reversible conveying line defined by a first and second conveyor for masses of cigarettes; the first conveyor defining a closed-top channel for a stream of cigarettes; the second conveyor being an open-top conveyor, and being operated at a speed at most equal to the speed of the first conveyor when the cigarettes are transferred from the first conveyor to the second conveyor; and the second conveyor being operated at a speed at least equal to the speed of the first conveyor when the cigarettes are transferred from the second conveyor to the first conveyor.