Abstract: This device consists of a pump which delivers ink from a tube of ink to a reservoir device of the apparatus called ink trough, this tube of ink being tightly fitted to a first bore of the pump, and a duct, one end of which is tightly fitted to a second bore of the pump, connecting this latter to the ink trough.

Abstract: This so-called"rod-breaker" device is adapted to break and deflect the cigarette rod between the feed and the cutting machine, and comprises a cutter unit consisting of a rotatably movable blade adapted to accomplish alternating angular movements of about 90 degrees in a plane perpendicular to the rod from a position about 45 degrees to the horizontal, a fixed drying iron peen and a fixed counter-blade disposed in parallel relationship above and beneath the rod, respectively, and adjacent the movable blade for co-action therewith, and a deflector rotatably driven by the movable blade with an angular displacement causing said deflector to become operative after the breaking step.