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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091703 | Package of tobacco articles having an inner package with a cover flap fixed to a hinged lid A package of tobacco articles, having: a group of tobacco articles; a cup-shaped outer container (2) having an open top end (6), and a cup-shaped lid (7) hinged to the outer container (2) along a hinge (8) to rotate, with respect t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8037664 | Wrapping method and unit for folding a sheet of wrapping material about a group of cigarettes A wrapping method and unit for producing a package containing a group of cigarettes and having a cigarette extraction opening; a sheet of wrapping material, complete with the cigarette extraction opening, is fed into a pocket of a wrapping wheel so that the sheet of... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7997051 | Method of folding a sheet of packing material about a group of cigarettes A method of folding a sheet (2) of packing material about a group (3) of cigarettes; the method includes the steps of: bringing a first end wall (8a) of the group (3) of cigarettes into contact with the flat sheet (2) of pac... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7954635 | Package of cigarettes A package of cigarettes having a group (4) of cigarettes; an inner package (3) which encloses the group (4) of cigarettes, is defined by a sheet (22) of transparent, heat-seal plastic packing material folded directly about the group (4... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7946330 | Machine and method for applying labels to packets A machine for applying inland revenue stamps to packets of cigarettes, the machine having a conveying device for feeding the packets along a given path through an application station; and a feed device for feeding the stamps to the application station, and applying ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7934359 | Blank for producing a rigid package for tobacco articles A blank for producing a package of tobacco articles; the package of tobacco articles has a group of tobacco articles wrapped in a tubular inner sheet of packing material closed axially by two end folds, and an outer package, which is formed by folding the blank, sur... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7845491 | Rigid hinged-lid package for tobacco articles A rigid package for tobacco articles has a cup-shaped container, which is substantially parallelepiped-shaped and has two major lateral walls, two minor lateral walls, a bottom wall, and an open top end; a cup-shaped lid hinged along a first hinge to rotate between ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7832556 | Package for small groups of tobacco articles A package for tobacco articles, having a group of tobacco articles, and a cup-shaped container which houses the group of tobacco articles and has an open top end, a bottom wall, two parallel, opposite major lateral walls, and two parallel, opposite minor lateral wal... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827767 | Method and packing machine for combining an insert and a group of cigarettes A method and packing machine for combining an insert and a group of cigarettes; the group of cigarettes is fed to a first seat of a pocket, which first seat is designed to house the group of cigarettes; the insert is fed to a second seat of the pocket, which second ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7650730 | Packing method and machine for producing packets of cigarettes On a packing machine, packets of cigarettes, selected from different alternative packets of cigarettes of at least a first and second type, are produced by transferring groups of cigarettes relative to the selected type of packet from a forming path to a first packi... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7625334 | Method and unit for folding a lid reinforcing flap of a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes A method and unit for folding a reinforcing flap of the lid of a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes, wherein at least one reinforcing flap of the lid is folded 180° with respect to a blank and about a fold line onto the blank; the reinforcing flap is prefolded ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7555881 | Method and unit for feeding products to a group-forming unit A method and unit for feeding products to a group-forming unit forming groups of products, each defined by a given number of products; an orderly succession of products is fed in a first direction by a first conveyor; the products are transferred from the first conv... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7530208 | Cigarette packing machine A cigarette packing method and machine, whereby blanks, fed successively along a feed path inside respective feed pockets, are fed to a loading station where each blank is transferred, by a pusher and along a transfer path, to a respective packing pocket fed to the ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7500338 | Method and unit for heat-shrinking overwrappings of heat-shrink plastic material of a succession of products A method and unit for heat-shrinking overwrappings of heat-shrink plastic material of a succession of products; an orderly succession of products is conveyed by conveying means; each product is subjected to a first heat-shrink operation along the conveying means and... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7458196 | Method and machine for packing articles A method and machine for packing packets, whereby, as two packets are fed singly and successively along a path from an input station to an output station, respective sheets of packing material are folded about the two packets to form respective wrappings; the two pa... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7452179 | Method and device for transferring and separating a stream of stacked packets A method and device for transferring packets, whereby two parallel, superimposed rows of packets are fed in a horizontal direction to a first transfer station, and the lead packets in the two rows are then conveyed in a vertical direction from the first transfer sta... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448181 | Packing wheel A packing wheel for packing products in sheets of packing material, and wherein a supporting body is mounted to rotate about a central first axis of rotation, and supports a number of peripheral packing pockets, each of which receives and houses a respective product... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7431153 | Package of tobacco items with a foldable bottom shell A package (1) of tobacco items, of which form part a packet (2) of tobacco items, which opens at the top, is substantially parallelepiped-shaped, and houses a group (3) of tobacco items; and a foldable protective member (4), which assumes... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428967 | Rigid, hinged-lid, click-open package for tobacco articles A rigid package for tobacco articles, having a cup-shaped container having an open end; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closi... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426886 | Embossing device An embossing device having a first embossing unit for satin finishing a strip of packing material, and a second embossing unit for impressing graphics on the strip of packing material; the second embossing unit has two embossing rollers, at least one of which only h... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7389631 | Unit and method of feeding containers arranged in a number of superimposed rows A unit and method for feeding containers, whereby the containers, arranged in two superimposed rows, are fed along a horizontal path and through a reject station; upstream from the reject station, two superimposed containers are parted, by translation in a vertical ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380386 | Method of making a brand change on an automatic production system for processing tobacco articles A method of making a brand change, on an automatic production system for processing tobacco articles and which produces a first product from first materials; the method has the steps of: stopping the automatic production system once production of the first product i... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380552 | Unit for forming a continuous mat of tobacco A unit for forming a continuous mat of tobacco with denser portions, wherein the mat of tobacco is formed on a suction conveyor belt looped about a return pulley and extending through two successive shredded tobacco feed stations; and wherein the return pulley, loca... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377385 | Rigid carton of packets of cigarettes including finger hole A rigid carton of packets of cigarettes, having a first container, which houses a group of packets of cigarettes and is in turn housed inside a second container so as to slide, with respect to the second container, between a closed position wherein the first contain... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374392 | Method and device for forming a stack of packets A method and device for forming a stack of n packets, whereby the packets, fed successively in a substantially horizontal direction to an input of a substantially vertical conveyor channel, are stacked by being lifted, along the conveyor channel, by an n-start screw... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368028 | Method and unit for applying labels to products and collecting reject labels A method and unit for applying labels to products fed by a conveyor along a conveying path; a number of pickup heads are fed along a feed path to withdraw the labels successively from a feeder and apply the labels successively to respective products on the conveyor;... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347033 | Method of packing pairs of wrapped groups of cigarettes in hinged-lid wallet packets A method of packing pairs of wrapped groups of cigarettes in wallet packets with a hinged lid, whereby a blank—having a first portion defining a body, and a second portion defining a hinged lid of a relative wallet packet—is fed into a respective pocket—having... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341141 | Method and unit for grouping products Groups containing a given number of products are produced using a transfer assembly, wherein a first, pocket-type output, conveyor of a production machine, and a second, pocket-type input, conveyor of a group-forming machine move continuously in a first and, respect... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337597 | Unit and method of feeding containers arranged in a number of superimposed rows A unit and method for feeding containers, whereby the containers, arranged in two superimposed rows, are fed along a horizontal path and through a reject station; upstream from the reject station, two superimposed containers are parted, by translation in a vertical ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328783 | Device for controlling a mass of cylindrical articles A device for controlling a mass of cigarettes, and having a conveyor system for feeding the cigarettes in bulk along a path from a cigarette manufacturing machine to a cigarette packing machine; and an operating unit for both determining and at least partly compensa... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326939 | Method and device for quality controlling packets A method and device for quality controlling packets of cigarettes, whereby, as a packet is fed, in use, through a quality control station, an optical detecting unit acquires data relative to given portions of the packet, which portions are coated with material optic... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320399 | Lateral-opening rigid hinged-lid packet A rigid cigarette packet having a case (1) defined by a cup-shaped container (12) closed by a hinged, lateral-opening lid (11), and wherein the lid (11) incorporates at least part of a top wall (4) of the case (1); and the c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318523 | Rigid container for tobacco items and method of producing such a container A rigid container for tobacco items, defined by a tubular lateral wall (11) and by at least one end wall (6), and wherein one of the two walls (6, 11) has at least one inwardly concave portion (13; 82; 91; 96; 102; 113), and the other wal... | 01/15/2008 |
| D559101 | Blanks for cigarette packets | 01/08/2008 |
| 7299726 | Method and unit for transversely cutting cigarette portions or similar on a filter assembly machine A method and unit for transversely cutting cigarette portions or similar on a filter assembly machine, whereby a cigarette portion is fed transversely through a cutting station to intercept a rotary circular blade, which is maintained in a work position by an arm mo... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286892 | Cutting device A cutting device having cutting means for cutting a cigarette rod transversely along a cutting plane; a carriage for accompanying the rod through the cutting plane; an operating unit for moving the carriage back and forth in a travelling direction crosswise to the c... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7243481 | Method and machine for packing a product in a flat tubular package A method and machine for packing a group of cartons of cigarettes in a flat tubular package, whereby a first portion and a second portion of a suction gripping head respectively engage a first lateral wall of the flat tubular package, and a second lateral wall of th... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240783 | Unit for feeding filters to a filter assembly machine A unit for feeding filters to a filter assembly machine, wherein at least one deflecting device receives a respective succession of filter portions in an axial direction, and feeds the filter portions to the filter assembly machine in a transverse direction crosswis... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240469 | Cigarette packing machine for producing rigid hinged-lid packets A cigarette packing machine for producing rigid, hinged-lid, short-hinge packets of cigarettes; the packing machine has a fourth packing wheel which receives wrapped groups of cigarettes from a third transfer wheel at a third transfer station, receives collars from ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234585 | Perfected drum for filter-tipped cigarette manufacturing machines A drum for a filter-tipped cigarette manufacturing machine is fitted to and projects from a frame of the manufacturing machine, and has a drive shaft; an outer shell connected in angularly fixed and axially sliding manner to the drive shaft; and an axial guide membe... | 06/26/2007 |
