摘要 |
<p>A spacer device for pairs of cigarette pieces in a filter fitting machine, the device being provided with a plurality of conveyors interposed between an input conveyor and an output conveyor and operable to transfer each pair of cigarette pieces from an axial seat formed on the input conveyor to an axial seat formed on the output conveyor; one cigarette piece of each pair of cigarette pieces being transferred directly from the input conveyor to the output conveyor and the other cigarette piece of each pair of cigarette pieces being transferred to the output roller via the said plurality of conveyors, of which one conveyor is a spacer conveyor operable to impart to the said other cigarette pieces an axial displacement in a direction opposite the facing end of the associated first cigarette piece.</p> |