Drum elevator system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6123201
SERIAL NO

09154775

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A drum elevator and method of elevating cigarettes, the apparatus having a series of rotatable cigarette transferring drums including a first plurality of horizontally disposed drums at a first elevation and a second plurality of vertically disposed drums extending to a second elevation, the second plurality of vertically disposed drums receiving output from the first plurality of drums, the series of drums adapted to receive a procession of cigarettes at the first elevation and to elevate the cigarettes along a transfer path to the second elevation while maintaining the cigarettes arranged substantially in the procession; a rejection station at a location along the transfer path; a controller operative to selectively actuate the rejection station; and a stack former at the second elevation, the stack former receiving output of the second plurality of vertically disposed drums.

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PHILIP MORRIS USA INC6601 WEST BROAD STREET RICHMOND VA 23230

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Atwell, Charles Gary Mechanicsville, VA 8 106
Cooper, Ricky N Concord, NC 4 20
Garthaffner, Martin T Chesterfield, VA 65 702
Gillespie, Andrew J Richmond, VA 7 183
Honaker, Ronald D Powhatan, VA 6 21
Pettigrew, William H Richmond, VA 2 9
Smick, III William H Richmond, VA 4 29

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