Machine for the assembly of cigar filter tip mouthpieces

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF FILTER TIP MOUTHPIECES, IN PARTICULAR FOR CIGARS, COMPRISING A STATION FOR FEEDING FILTER CORES, A FIRST ROTARY CYLINDER PRESENTING PERIPHERAL AXIAL CAVITIES FOR THE RECEPTION OF FILTER CORES ISSUING FROM A STATION FOR FEEDING SAID CORES, MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE DELIVERY OF THE CORES FROM THE FEED STATION, A DEVICE FOR SUCCESSIVELY CUTTING THE CORES CONTAINED IN SAID CAVITIES, A SECOND ROTARY CYLINDER FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE CUT CORES, THIS SECOND CYLINDER HAVING ITS AXIS PARALLEL TO THAT OF THE FIRST CYLINDER AND PRESENTING A NUMBER OF AXIAL CAVITIES, A THIRD ROTARY CYLINDER FOR THE RECEPTION OF MOUTHPIECES HAVING ITS AXIS PARALLEL TO THAT OF THE OTHER TWO CYLINDERS AND PRESENTING A NUMBER OF AXIAL CAVITIES, A STATION FOR FEEDING THE MOUTHPIECES, A MEANS FOR SUCCESSIVELY DELIVERING THE MOUTHPIECES INTO THE CAVITIES OF THE THIRD CYLINDER FROM THE MOUTHPIECE FEED STATION, AND A DEVICE FOR SUCCESSIVELY INSERTING THE CUT CORES IN THE CAVITIES OF THE SECOND CYLINDER INTO THE MOUTHPIECES IN THE CAVITIES AND THE THIRD CYLINDER.