Device for rolling a connector sheet around the butting points of cigarettes and filters

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR ATTACHING CONNECTOR SHEETS AROUND THE BUTTING ENDS OF ALIGNED PAIRS OF CIGARETTES AND MOUTHPIECE ATTACHMENTS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID PAIRS, SAID CONNECTOR SHEETS BEING WIDER THAN SAID ATTACHMENTS AND OF A SUFFICIENT LENGTH TO COMPLETELY ENWRAP THE ATTACHMENTS AND TO UNITE THEM WITH THE CIGARETTES ON EACH SIDE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A ROTARY CONVEYOR DRUM HAVING A SMOOTH CENTRAL PORTION ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AND COMPRISING MEANS TO HOLD SUCCESSIVE ADHESIVE CONNECTOR SHEETS, UNIFORMLY SPACED AND AXIALLY EXTENDING PROJECTIONS ON THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID CONVEYOR DRUM ON EACH SIDE OF SAID SMOOTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE SAME, SAID CONVEYOR DRUM RECEIVING THE CIGARETTES AND ATTACHMENTS WITH THE ATTACHMENTS AND THE END PARTS OF THE TWO CIGARETTES OVERLYING THE CONNECTOR SHEETS AND WITH THE TWO CIGARETTES IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TRAILING FACES OF THE PROJECTIONS, A STATIONARY COUNTER SURFACE ADJACENT THE CONVEYOR DRUM TO CAUSE THE CIGARETTES AND ATTACHMENTS TO ROLL RELATIVELY TO THE CONVEYOR DRUM AND THEREBY TO ROLL THE CONNECTOR SHEETS AROUND THE ATTACHMENTS TO UNITE THEM WITH THE CIGARETTES, THE MUTUAL SPACING OF SAID PROJECTIONS BEING SUCH AS TO ALLOW THE CIGARETTES TO ROLL TO SUCH AN EXTENT AS IS NECESSARY TO COMPLETELY ENWRAP THE CONNECTOR SHEET AROUND THE BUTTING ENDS, FEEDER MEANS ADAPTED TO FEED ALIGNED GROUPS CONSISTING OF CIGARETTES WITH INTERPOSED MOUTHPIECES AGAINST THE TRAILING FACES OF THE PROJECTIONS ON THE CONVEYOR DRUM, THE MOUTHPIECES BEING HELD BY THE CONNECTOR SHEETS PREVIOUSLY PLACED ONTO AND HELD ON THE SMOOTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CONVEYOR DRUM, EACH GROUP BEING ROLLED BY THE COUNTER SURFACE UNTIL THE CIGARETTES ARE ENGAGED BY THE LEADING FACES OF THE NEXT FOLLOWING PROJECTIONS, MEANS LOCATED IN SPACED RELATION TO AND ADJACENT SAID PROJECTIONS FOR RETAINING THE GROUPS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LEADING FACES OF THE NEXT FOLLOWING PROJECTIONS, AND MEANS TO REMOVE THE ASSEMBLED ALIGNED GROUPS FROM SAID CONVEYOR DRUM AFTER BEING ENWAPPED BY THE CONNECTOR SHEETS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR ATTACHING CONNECTOR SHEETS AROUND THE BUTTING ENDS OF ALIGNED PAIRS OF CIGARETTES AND MOUTHPIECE ATTACHMENTS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID PAIRS, SAID CONNECTOR SHEETS BEING WIDER THAN SAID ATTACHMENTS AND OF A SUFFICIENT LENGTH TO COMPLETELY ENWRAP THE ATTACHMENTS AND TO UNITE THEM WITH THE CIGARETTES ON EACH SIDE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A ROTARY CONVEYOR DRUM HAVING A SMOOTH CENTRAL PORTION ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AND COMPRISING MEANS TO HOLD SUCCESSIVE ADHESIVE CONNECTOR SHEETS, UNIFORMLY SPACED AND AXIALLY EXTENDING PROJECTIONS ON THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID CONVEYOR DRUM ON EACH SIDE OF SAID SMOOTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE SAME, SAID CONVEYOR DRUM RECEIVING THE CIGARETTES AND ATTACHMENTS WITH THE ATTACHMENTS AND THE END PARTS OF THE TWO CIGARETTES OVERLYING THE CONNECTOR SHEETS AND WITH THE TWO CIGARETTES IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TRAILING FACES OF THE PROJECTIONS, A STATIONARY COUNTER SURFACE ADJACENT THE CONVEYOR DRUM TO CAUSE THE CIGARETTES AND ATTACHMENTS TO ROLL RELATIVELY TO THE CONVEYOR DRUM AND THEREBY TO ROLL THE CONNECTOR SHEETS AROUND THE ATTACHMENTS TO UNITE THEM WITH THE CIGARETTES, THE MUTUAL SPACING OF SAID PROJECTIONS BEING SUCH AS TO ALLOW THE CIGARETTES TO ROLL TO SUCH AN EXTENT AS IS NECESSARY TO COMPLETELY ENWRAP THE CONNECTOR SHEET AROUND THE BUTTING ENDS, FEEDER MEANS ADAPTED TO FEED ALIGNED GROUPS CONSISTING OF CIGARETTES WITH INTERPOSED MOUTHPIECES AGAINST THE TRAILING FACES OF THE PROJECTIONS ON THE CONVEYOR DRUM, THE MOUTHPIECES BEING HELD BY THE CONNECTOR SHEETS PREVIOUSLY PLACED ONTO AND HELD ON THE SMOOTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CONVEYOR DRUM, EACH GROUP BEING ROLLED BY THE COUNTER SURFACE UNTIL THE CIGARETTES ARE ENGAGED BY THE LEADING FACES OF THE NEXT FOLLOWING PROJECTIONS, MEANS LOCATED IN SPACED RELATION TO AND ADJACENT SAID PROJECTIONS FOR RETAINING THE GROUPS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LEADING FACES OF THE NEXT FOLLOWING PROJECTIONS, AND MEANS TO REMOVE THE ASSEMBLED ALIGNED GROUPS FROM SAID CONVEYOR DRUM AFTER BEING ENWAPPED BY THE CONNECTOR SHEETS.