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<p>PCT No. PCT/GB86/00785 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 20, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 20, 1987 PCT Filed Dec. 19, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO87/03787 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 1987.A rod cut-off in a cigarette making machine includes a cutting device 32 having a first drive 34, a ledger 10 for supporting the rod during cutting and having a second drive 22, separate from the first drive, a device for synchronizing (prefereably electronically) the first and second drives during normal operation, and a device 40 for mechanically displacing the ledger or cutting device (preferably the former) from the normal position in which it co-operates with the other member to perform rod cutting, the displacement being arranged to occur while the machine is being accelerated from start; that is, during the time while the two drives are being brough into synchronization.</p> |