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摘要

Disclosed herein is a device for transferring batches of cigarettes or similar from a batch formation line to a line where the said batches are actually packeted. The device in question comprises: an inching rotating head, provided with (a) a pair of four radial surfaces, two by two, parallel and spaced proportionately to the thickness of the layers that form a packet of cigarettes and (b) a pair of grippers, each of which provided with fork shaped jaws which encompass the said radial surfaces; means for cyclically parting the jaws; a movable vertical wall which extends parallel to the cigarettes so as to retain them whilst they are being inserted in between the said four radial surfaces and when the jaws of the grippers are open.