Feeding devices

Claim 1

A FEEDING DEVICE FOR CIGARETTE MAGAZINES, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FIRST ENDLESS CONVEYOR CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED TO SUCCESSIVELY TRANSPORT CIGARETTE MAGAZINES ALONG A HORIZONTAL FEED PATH, A SECOND ENDLESS CONVEYOR COOPERATING WITH SAID FIRST CONVEYOR AND CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED TO SUCCESSIVELY REMOVE THE MAGAZINES AND ELEVATING THEM OBLIQUELY TO THE LEVEL OF AN ELEVATED FEED STATION, A FIRST PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE MEMBERS OVER WHICH SAID FIRST ENDLESS CONVEYOR IS ENTRAINED, A SECOND PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE MEMBERS OVER WHICH SAID SECOND ENDLESS CONVEYOR IS ENTRAINED, AT LEAST ONE ROTATABLE MEMBER OF SAID FIRST PLURALITY AND AT LEAST ONE ROTATABLE MEMBER OF SAID SECOND PLURALITY BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT A COMMON AXIS, A THIRD CONVEYOR COOPERATING WITH SAID SECOND CONVEYOR AND CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO SUCCESSIVELY REMOVE MAGAZINES FROM SAID SECOND CONVEYOR AT THE ELEVATED LEVEL, A ROCKER ARRANGEMENT FOR SUBSEQUENTLY MOVING THE MAGAZINES FROM THEIR OBLIQUE POSITION OT A VERTICAL POSITION, A CARRIER, MEANS ON SAID CARRIER FOR SUCCESSIVELY ENGAGING THE MAGAZINES WHEN IN THEIR ELEVATED VERTICAL POSITION, A PLURALITY OF GUIDE RODS, SAID CARRIER BEING DISPLACEABLY SUSPENDED FROM SAID GUIDE RODS, A FIRST MOTOR ON SAID CARRIER FOR DISPLACING SAID CARRIER ALONG SAID GUIDE RODS, AND A SECOND MOTOR ON SAID CARRIER FOR INVERTING SAID ENGAGING MEANS ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS RELATIVE TO SAID GUIDE RODS WHILE SAID CARRIER IS BEING DISPLACED WHEREBY EACH MAGAZINE IN SAID CARRIER IS TURNED THROUGH 180* ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS.