Device for feeding tobacco items, particularly cigarettes, to a grouping machine.

摘要

A device (4) for feeding tobacco items (2), particularly cigarettes, to a grouping machine (5), particularly a packing machine, for forming the items (2) into groups of "n" items each; the device (4) presenting a conveyor (9) with seats (11) for a succession (15) of items (2) featuring gaps (16) defined by the absence of a number of consecutive items (2) equal to "n" or a multiple thereof; a sensor for detecting a first and second incomplete group in time with the grouping machine (5) and located respectively at the upstream end and downstream end of each gap (16); and a timing roller (18) for transferring the items (2) housed in the first group of seats (11) into a corresponding position in the second group of seats (11). <IMAGE>