(57) An apparatus for opening a wrapped bundle (1116) of cigarette packages and separating
the wrapping from the packages comprises first and second opposed longitudinal arrays
(1110̸,1112,1120̸,1122) of transverse rollers (1140̸,1142,1144,1146) defining a progressively
narrowing channel (1114,1124) adapted to receive said wrapped bundles (1116), means
(220̸2) for positively driving the rollers (1140̸,1142,1144,1146) so as to move the
bundles (1116) through the channel (1114,1124) towards the narrow end of the channel,
the arrangement being such that the peripheral speeds of the arrays (1110̸,1112,1120̸,1122)
of rollers are unequal, thereby to exert a twisting or shearing action on the bundles
as they passes along the channel so as to remove wrapping material from the bundle.
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