Cigarette-magazine filling machines

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING CIGARETTE MAGAZINES, COMPRISING A ROTATABLY MOUNTED DRUM, A PLURALITY OF PERIPHERAL FORMATIONS ON SAID DRUM, SAID FORMATIONS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE CIGARETTES FROM A SUPPLY DEVICE AND HOLDING THE CIGARETTES DURING ROTATION OF THE DRUM, MEANS FOR GUIDING A MAGAZINE TO BE FILLED IN A RECIPROCATORY PATH BELOW SAID DRUM AND SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENTIAL THERETO, A PLATE-LIKE MEMBER ASSOCIATED WITH SAID MAGAZINE GUIDING MEANS, SAID PLATE-LIKE MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED INSIDE SAID MAGAZINE, MEANS FOR PROGRESSIVELY LOWERING SAID PLATE-LIKE MEMBER WITHIN SAID MAGAZINE, AND MEANS FOR DISCHARGING CIGARETTES FROM SAID DRUM ONTO SAID PLATE-LIKE MEMBER AND INTO SAID MAGAZINE, SAID CIGARETTE DISCHARGING MEANS FORMING ONE LAYER OF CIGARETTES ON SAID PLATE-LIKE MEMBER ON EACH HALF RECIPROCATION OF SAID MAGAZINE.