Abstract: A device for sequentially transferring cigarettes or cigarette pairs from a rectilinear, preferably horizontal path, so-called "longitudinal", along which the cigarettes are moved forward in a file in which they are axially aligned, to a rotary fluted drum with its axis of rotation being parallel to the rectilinear horizontal path, the transferred cigarettes being successively deposited, parallelly arranged side by side, onto the drum in a row, which is transverse with respect to the cigarette file moving along the longitudinal path. The transferring device includes a rotary drum positively driven at a constant speed, onto which there is mounted a number of swinging arms star-like arranged at an equal distance therebetween and carrying each one a suction head for picking up and transferring the cigarettes.

Abstract: A device for wrapping a glued junction band (T) around an axially arranged pair of cigarettes (S) with a double filter interposed therebetween, wherein the cigarettes and filters are aligned by terns on a rotary drum (1) comprising rolling sectors defined between peripheral gabled ridges (2) on the periphery of the drum.

Abstract: The device for feeding filter plugs to a demand drum comprises, in combination, a gravity-feed hopper containing a supply of multiple length filter rods, the hopper being closed, in correspondence of its bottom end, by a rotating fluted drum wherein each flute of the drum is capable of housing a filter rod. The filter rods, thus removed from the hopper, are cut into three filter plugs, which are delivered, axially aligned, onto a horizontal conveyor belt subdivided into three tracks. As a continuation of the conveyor belt there is provided a horizontal fixed sliding surface onto which the articles slide in three rows, each leading article of the three rows being pushed by the subsequent ones, until the leading article reaches an abutment member, where it is firmly positioned. Also the sliding surface is subdivided into three tracks.

Abstract: The device for the high speed feeding of cigarette filter rods from a magazine, through a vertical chute, to a rotary pick-up drum arranged at the bottom end of the vertical chute, comprises an endless suction belt which defines one side wall of the vertical chute and an adjoining portion of the bottom wall of the magazine. In this manner, the filter rods are positively pushed downwardly through the chute.

Abstract: In a cigarette maker, improved means for condensing a shower of cut tobacco and for transferring the condensed cut tobacco on to a moving suction tape to form a tobacco rod or braid without sudden and severe changes in speed and direction when the cut tobacco is being transferred on to the tape.

Abstract: A tape splicer with suction heads which removes the tail of the depleted tape and perforates the tape on both sides of the splice; the novelty being limited to some structural details.