Patents by Inventor Dante Prandini

Dante Prandini has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for feeding pairs of cigarettes with an interposed double length filter plug, directly from a maker to a packer
    Patent number: 3948276
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a direct link-up between a cigarette maker which produces cigarette assemblies each comprising a pair of cigarettes connected together in end to end alignment and a packer which packages groups of individual cigarettes, the link-up having a reservoir for cigarette assemblies which are delivered one by one at a rate determined by the packer, means for dividing cigarette assemblies into individual cigarettes which are arranged in an aligned row providing a continuous flow of cigarettes which are inspected and selectively delivered in accordance with the inspection to the packer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Assignee: AMF Incorporated
    Inventor: Dante Prandini