摘要 |
A conveyor system for rod-like articles such as cigarettes uses compartmented trays adapted for insertion into a holder. Successive compartments of the tray are filled longitudinally with multi-layer batches of the articles delivered on a separator conveyor. Filled compartments are intermittently transversely moved into the holder. Holders containing full trays firmly retain the articles in the trays so that handling of the tray/holder combination is facilitated. The system is reversible so that trays may be unloaded by delivery of batches onto the conveyor between the separators.
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