Variable speed transferring device for a cigarette wrapping apparatus.

摘要

A variable speed transferring device for a cigarette parallel-arranging device used in a cigarette wrapping apparatus comprises variable speed transferring drums (40) disposed between a plurality of cigarette parallel-arranging drums (30) for holding groups of parallel-arranged cigarettes (C) and a cigarette piling drum (50). Each variable speed transferring drum (40) is provided on its peripheral surface with holding grooves (42) for holding at least one group of parallel-arranged cigarettes (C) and is rotated by a variable speed driving mechanism (70) at a lower speed when the holding grooves (42) face the parallel-arranging drums (30) and at a higher speed when the holding grooves face the piling drum (50). Since the peripheral speed of receiving drums (20) disposed upstream of the variable speed transferring drums (40) is lowered, the shock applied to cigarettes (C) when they are received by the receiving drums (20) from cigarette supplying passageways (12) is reduced and the speed-up of the operation of the variable speed transferring device is achieved. <IMAGE>