Apparatus for forming multi-layer blocks of rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry

摘要

A block-forming station (16) of a packing machine magazine (1) for rod-shaped smoking articles (3) which are transferred transversely to the axis via dropping shafts (9) into the block-forming station is assigned lateral orientation means (26, 27) whereby articles lying obliquely are aligned parallel to each other by subjecting the end faces of the articles to the action of a conveying component, in the direction of the block-forming station. <IMAGE>