Apparatus for transferring cigarettes on a cigarette packaging machine

摘要

A supply and transfer mechanism for use on a cigarette packaging machine including a hopper for receiving a supply of cigarettes, said hopper having a reservoir portion and a vein section. The vein section channels the cigarettes from the reservoir portion into at least three counter sections. A plunger is provided to transfer the cigarettes in the three counter sections into three compression pockets carried on a rotary drum which indexes adjacent to the counter section.