Machines for handling cigarettes

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR HANDLING OF BATCHES OF ELONGATED ARTICLES SUCH AS CIGARETTES, CIGARS AND CIGARILLOS THE COMBINATION OF A MAGAZINE HAVING MEANS THEREIN FOR UNIFORMLY FEEDING ARTICLES IN AT LEAST TWO DIVIDED PATHS,CHUTES FOR RECEIVING THE ARTICLES IN SUCH DIVIDED RELATION HAVING A DISCHARGE POINTS, A STEP-BY-STEP ADVANCING FRAME HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS MOUNTED THEREON EACH INCLUDING A CHAMBER OPEN AT THE ENDS THEREOF AND POSITIONED UPON SAID FRAME FOR STEP-BY-STEP MOVEMENT SO ALIGN THE CHAMBERS WITH THE DISCHARGE POINTS OF CHUTES, A PAIR OF EJECTOR DEVICES MOVABLY POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO THE CHUTES FOR EACH EJECTING THE ARTICLES AT THE CHUTE DISCHARGE POINTS INTO A PAIR OF CONTAINERS, A PAIR OF BATCH TRANSFER ASSEMBLAGES HAVING MEANS THEREON FOR MOVING THE BATCHES FROM THE CONTAINERS AND TRANSFERRING SAID BATCHES TO A REMOTE LOCATION, EACH EJECTOR DEVICE HAVING MEANS FOR SIMULTANIOUS EJECTION OF BATCHES FROM A PAIR OF SPEED CHUTES AND INTO THE CONTAINERS AND THE EJECTOR DEVICES OPERATING ALTERNATELY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER TO EJECT BATCHES FROM THE CHUTES.