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US3308600A
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Machine for making and handling cigarettes and similar articles
Assignee: Körber AG
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Filing: 1962-08-14
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Granted: 1967-03-14
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Expires: 1982-08-14
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Erdmann Otto
- 👤 Schmid Adolf
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 06:55
CPC Classifications
A; A24; A24C; A24C5/00; A24C5/35; A24C5/352; A24C5/354
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
211 words
AN APPARATUS FOR CIRCULATING STORING DEVICES FOR CIGARETTES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES ALONG A TRANSFER STATION AT WHICH THE ARTICLES ARE TRANSFERRED INTO AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY FILL THE STORING DEVICES, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAME; A SERIES OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS FORMING A CARRIER UNIT ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE A STORING DEVICE; GUIDE MEANS PROVIDED IN SAID FRAME AND DEFINING AN ENDLESS PATH FOR SAID CARRIER UNIT, SAID PATH COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS INCLUDING A PATH SECTION IN WHICH THE CARRIER UNIT MAY ADVANCE WHILE PASSING ALONG SAID TRANSFER STATION; A PLURALITY OF ADVANCING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIER UNIT IN THE SECTIONS OF SAID PATH, EACH OF SAID ADVANCING MEANS BEING ARRANGED TO ENGAGE THE CARRIER UNIT WHILE THE CARRIER UNIT MOVES IN THE RESPECTIVE SECTION OF SAID PATH AND EACH THEREOF BEING DISENGAGED FROM THE CARRIER UNIT WHEN THE CARRIER UNIT MOVES IN ANOTHER SECTION OF SAID PATH; AND MEANS FOR DELIVERING EMPTY STORING DEVICES INTO AND FOR WITHDRAWING FILLED STORING DEVICES FROM SAID CARRIER UNTI AT A POINT UPSTREAM OF SAID PATH SECTION SO THAT A FILLED STORING DEVICE ACCOMMODATED IN SAID CARRIER UNIT MAY BE WITHDRAWN AND THAT AN EMPTY STORING DEVICE MAY BE INTRODUCED INTO SAID CARRIER UNIT BEFORE THE CARRIER UNIT ADVANCES TO SAID PATH SECTION.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
211 words
AN APPARATUS FOR CIRCULATING STORING DEVICES FOR CIGARETTES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES ALONG A TRANSFER STATION AT WHICH THE ARTICLES ARE TRANSFERRED INTO AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY FILL THE STORING DEVICES, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAME; A SERIES OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS FORMING A CARRIER UNIT ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE A STORING DEVICE; GUIDE MEANS PROVIDED IN SAID FRAME AND DEFINING AN ENDLESS PATH FOR SAID CARRIER UNIT, SAID PATH COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS INCLUDING A PATH SECTION IN WHICH THE CARRIER UNIT MAY ADVANCE WHILE PASSING ALONG SAID TRANSFER STATION; A PLURALITY OF ADVANCING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIER UNIT IN THE SECTIONS OF SAID PATH, EACH OF SAID ADVANCING MEANS BEING ARRANGED TO ENGAGE THE CARRIER UNIT WHILE THE CARRIER UNIT MOVES IN THE RESPECTIVE SECTION OF SAID PATH AND EACH THEREOF BEING DISENGAGED FROM THE CARRIER UNIT WHEN THE CARRIER UNIT MOVES IN ANOTHER SECTION OF SAID PATH; AND MEANS FOR DELIVERING EMPTY STORING DEVICES INTO AND FOR WITHDRAWING FILLED STORING DEVICES FROM SAID CARRIER UNTI AT A POINT UPSTREAM OF SAID PATH SECTION SO THAT A FILLED STORING DEVICE ACCOMMODATED IN SAID CARRIER UNIT MAY BE WITHDRAWN AND THAT AN EMPTY STORING DEVICE MAY BE INTRODUCED INTO SAID CARRIER UNIT BEFORE THE CARRIER UNIT ADVANCES TO SAID PATH SECTION.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
198 words
IN A MACHINE FOR MAKING AND HANDLING CIGARETTES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, IN COMBINATION, A MAGAZINE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A SUPPLY OF STORING DEVICES; A TRANSFER ASSEMBLY FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES INTO EMPTY STORING DEVICES; AN APPARATUS FOR CIRCULATING STORING DEVICES FROM SAID MAGAZINE TOWARD AND ALONG SAID TRANSFER ASSEMBLY AND BACK TO SAID MAGAZINE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAME, A CARRIER ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE A STORING DEVICE, GUIDE MEANS PROVIDED IN SAID FRAME AND DEFINING AN ENDLESS PATH FOR SAID CARRIER, SAID PATH HAVING A VERTICAL PATH SECTION EXTENDING ALONG SAID TRANSFER ASSEMBLY, ADVANCING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIER IN SAID PATH, AND MEANS FOR DELIVERING EMPTY STORING DEVICES FROM SAID MAGAZINE INTO SAID CARRIER AND FOR RETURNING FILLED STORING DEVICES FROM SAID CARRIER INTO SAID MAGAZINE AT A POINT UPSTREAM OF SAID PATH SECTION SO THAT A FILLED STORING DEVICE ACCOMMODATED IN SAID CARRIER MAY BE RETURNED INTO SAID MAGAZINE AND THAT AN EMPTY SOTRING DEVICE MAY BE INTRODUCED INTO SAID CARRIER BEFORE THE LATTER ADVANCES TO SAID PATH SECTION; AND A MECHANISM FOR MOVING SAID MAGAZINE WITH RESPECT TO SAID CIRCULATING APPARATUS SO AS TO MOVE CONSECUTIVE STORING DEVICES INTO A POSITION FOR INTRODUCTION INTO SAID CARRIER.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
198 words
IN A MACHINE FOR MAKING AND HANDLING CIGARETTES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, IN COMBINATION, A MAGAZINE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A SUPPLY OF STORING DEVICES; A TRANSFER ASSEMBLY FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES INTO EMPTY STORING DEVICES; AN APPARATUS FOR CIRCULATING STORING DEVICES FROM SAID MAGAZINE TOWARD AND ALONG SAID TRANSFER ASSEMBLY AND BACK TO SAID MAGAZINE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAME, A CARRIER ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE A STORING DEVICE, GUIDE MEANS PROVIDED IN SAID FRAME AND DEFINING AN ENDLESS PATH FOR SAID CARRIER, SAID PATH HAVING A VERTICAL PATH SECTION EXTENDING ALONG SAID TRANSFER ASSEMBLY, ADVANCING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIER IN SAID PATH, AND MEANS FOR DELIVERING EMPTY STORING DEVICES FROM SAID MAGAZINE INTO SAID CARRIER AND FOR RETURNING FILLED STORING DEVICES FROM SAID CARRIER INTO SAID MAGAZINE AT A POINT UPSTREAM OF SAID PATH SECTION SO THAT A FILLED STORING DEVICE ACCOMMODATED IN SAID CARRIER MAY BE RETURNED INTO SAID MAGAZINE AND THAT AN EMPTY SOTRING DEVICE MAY BE INTRODUCED INTO SAID CARRIER BEFORE THE LATTER ADVANCES TO SAID PATH SECTION; AND A MECHANISM FOR MOVING SAID MAGAZINE WITH RESPECT TO SAID CIRCULATING APPARATUS SO AS TO MOVE CONSECUTIVE STORING DEVICES INTO A POSITION FOR INTRODUCTION INTO SAID CARRIER.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
93 words
AS A NOVEL ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, A CARRIER FOR SUPPORTING STORING DEVICES OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE STACKED ROWS OF CIGARETTES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES WHILE ADVANCING ALONG THE TRANSFER STATION OF A CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE, SAID CARRIER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BOTTOM WALL; A REAR WALL RIGID WITH AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL; AND HOLDER MEANS PROVIDED ON AT LEAST ONE OF SAID WALLS FOR ENGAGING AND FOR RETAINING A STORING DEVICE SO AS TO SUPPORT THE STORING DEVICE AGAINST MOVEMENTS OTHER THAN IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID BOTTOM WALL.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
93 words
AS A NOVEL ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, A CARRIER FOR SUPPORTING STORING DEVICES OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE STACKED ROWS OF CIGARETTES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES WHILE ADVANCING ALONG THE TRANSFER STATION OF A CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE, SAID CARRIER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BOTTOM WALL; A REAR WALL RIGID WITH AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL; AND HOLDER MEANS PROVIDED ON AT LEAST ONE OF SAID WALLS FOR ENGAGING AND FOR RETAINING A STORING DEVICE SO AS TO SUPPORT THE STORING DEVICE AGAINST MOVEMENTS OTHER THAN IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID BOTTOM WALL.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1970-03-13 | 1970-09-12 | 1971-03-14 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1974-03-13 | 1974-09-12 | 1975-03-14 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1978-03-13 | 1978-09-12 | 1979-03-14 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |