摘要 |
A spacing and transport apparatus for cigarette packs 10 includes a linear feed conveyor 11, a first rotary wheel 15 having peripheral depressions 25 for spacing the packs and conveying them along a first quadrant, a second rotary wheel 16 having peripheral arms 40 for further spacing the packs and conveying them along a second quadrant, and a linear discharge conveyor 17. The depression entrances are contoured to minimize pack impact, which is further reduced by oscillating the feed conveyor outlet in synchronism with the arrival of the depressions.
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