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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074429 | Apparatus and method for packing smoking articles A packaging apparatus comprises one or more packing machines (MC1, MC2, MC3) which are operable to join together at least two assembled packs (P1, P2). A strap applicator (MC4) applies a strap system (S) to one face of all b... | 12/13/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7578113 | Method and apparatus for packaging side opening cigarette packets A method and a device of constructing a side-opening cigarette package. The method comprises gathering cigarettes into a bundled charge. A flat shell (10) is propped open to facilitate insertion of the bundled cigarettes. The shell containing the cigarettes i... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7415812 | Apparatus and method for packing smoking articles A method and apparatus for making a hinged lid side-by-side vertically hinged cigarette pack (10) having a first bundle (22) and a second bundle (23) of cigarettes is described. The machinery includes a first machine (30) to form a first ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395641 | Method of detecting and rejecting faulty cigarettes A method relates to a production line where cigarettes are arranged in horizontal layers within approximately vertical channel (3) of packing machine feeding system, the width of which is slightly bigger then the cigarette diameter. The cigarettes are moved g... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392899 | Sleeve with pull tab for cigarette pack and method of making A sleeve is wrapped around a package and enveloped within a film. The sleeve can be removed from the interior of the film and used independently of the package and film. The sleeve can include printed information for use by consumers such as product identifier infor... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7325382 | Method and apparatus for loading finished cigarettes into package A device and method for loading cigarettes from a cartridge into a package. The device provides for transferring cigarettes from a cartridge supporting them to a package. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7273157 | Article feeder A screw feeder adapted for rapid changeover of screw types. The feeder has a collator section having a floor with slots to collate random screws into rows and an enclosure about the floor for retaining random screws on the floor. The screws are collated by tilting t... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7222626 | Production and/or packaging installation, and method of operating the same The invention specifies a production and/or packaging installation containing a performance-limiting means, and also specifies the method of operating the same, with the result that this installation can be sold to a purchaser with a certain performance capability g... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222717 | Device for collecting and recycling articles directed to feeding channels A hopper releases articles onto a selecting sieve which selects and keeps complying articles, separating them from defective and/or fragmented ones and from powders. A linear conveyor, situated downstream of the selecting sieve, receives the complying articles for s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220590 | Conductive plastic rack for pipette tips A conductive plastic tip rack for pipette tips includes a conductive outer shell formed around a support insert. The support insert serves as the skeleton for the tip rack, providing structural support to make the tip rack strong and sturdy. The conductive outer she... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216755 | Device for producing cigarette packages For the production of cigarette groups (11) having a formation comprising a plurality of vertical rows of cigarettes (10) arranged one beside the other, after pushing a corresponding number of cigarettes (10) out of shafts (13) of a cigar... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213386 | Device for filling a container with a plurality of objects A device for filling a container with a plurality of objects standing substantially upright on a floor portion of the container includes: a depositing cavity temporarily created and maintained in the container for receiving one of the plurality of objects; a first m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207155 | Method of packing packets of cigarettes using a sheet of packing material for implementing such a method A method of packing packets (2) of cigarettes, in particular an orderly group (1) of packets (2) of cigarettes, wherein the orderly group (1) is packed solely in a sheet (11) of transparent heat-seal plastic packing material, which... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7171796 | Method of forming groups of cigarettes on a packing machine A method of forming groups of cigarettes on a packing machine, whereby a conveyor feeds a succession of pockets in steps past a number of group-forming stations, where the pockets receive respective groups of cigarettes fed axially to the relative pockets by means o... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7155882 | Method of producing a hinged-lid wallet packet A method of producing a wallet packet 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 a respective pair of side by side seats, ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7096649 | Method and apparatus for integrated circuit storage tube retention pin removal and insertion While the manufacturing of integrated circuits (IC) has become a mostly automated process, the loading of the ICs into storage and shipping tubes 105 still requires a large amount of human interaction. A major stumbling block to the automation is the removal ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093412 | Glass base material packing method A method of packing a glass base material (10, 20, 30), which is a base material of an optical fiber comprising packing the glass base material (10, 20, 30) into a cylindrical container (16, 26, 36). The packing has: putting the glass base mater... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7069845 | Equipment for the automatic tray positioning of articles, in particular sausages or other alimentary products Equipment for the automatic tray positioning of single cylindrical or spherical pieces. The equipment includes a first conveyor for the feeding of a sequence of single pieces along a first direction and a second intermittent advancement conveyor for the feeding of s... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6994206 | Apparatus for feeding rolls of cut products to a wrapper An apparatus for advancing cut products from a saw to a wrapper includes a plurality of product supports for supporting multiple rows of cut products. A first or buffer portion of the apparatus includes an entry portion of the product supports and includes a first c... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971213 | Method for the separate rejection of defective items, in particular strip packages, during transferring from a packaging line to a conveying line A method for the rejection of single defective items, in particular strip packages, during transferring from a packaging line to a conveying line, includes a preliminary check of the integrity of each product present on the packaging line and the subsequent removabl... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6901724 | Method and unit for transferring wrappings A method of transferring wrappings, wherein each wrapping is defined by a sheet of wrapping material and has at least one flat wall, provides for feeding a wrapping along a curved path by means of a pocket of a conveyor; for guiding the wrapping along the curved pat... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6751934 | Process for producing cigarette packs In the production and packaging of cigarettes, the procedure for carrying out a product changeover is such that the entire production and packaging installation is largely emptied. In the region of a film packer (16) and of a following multipacker (17)... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6643994 | Process for converting a continuous structure into discrete, spaced apart elements The present invention relates to a process for converting a continuous structure into discrete, spaced apart elements by means of an expandable support web. First, the continuous structure is combined with a support web comprising longitudinal expansion m... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6516811 | Process for controlling a production and packaging system The invention proposes measures for controlling a production and packaging system for cigarettes such that a certain number of cigarettes (batch) of a certain brand or design are produced and the system is then switched off. This is based on a quantity wh... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6488150 | Bulk packaging system and method A method and system for bundling elongated material surrounded with a plurality of binding frames, each binding frame having vertical and horizontal members attached so as to form a rectangular shaped frame. The vertical and horizontal members are connect... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484867 | Device for forming groups of cigarettes Cigarettes are formed into groups by a device comprising a hopper through which to direct a flow of cigarettes, a conveyor with pockets moving intermittently past a discharge outlet of the hopper, and a reciprocating pusher located on the side of the hopp... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6446415 | Method of forming groups of cigarettes on a cigarette packing machine On a packing machine for packing cigarettes, whereby a group of cigarettes is formed by withdrawing the cigarettes from one or more outlets of a hopper, interception, in response to a control signal, of the stream of cigarettes from any one outlet results... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6439239 | Method for forming a packet of cigarettes To pack a group of cigarettes in a rigid packet, a collar, a respective inner sheet of wrapping material and a respective group of cigarettes are fed successively into a same conveying seat in which the collar and the inner sheet are at least partly folde... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6385947 | Method of and apparatus for accumulating and manipulating arrays of cigarettes and the like Blocks of plain or filter cigarettes are accumulated in at least two group building assemblies each of which comprises at least two block forming units receiving cigarettes by gravity flow by way of upright ducts. The assemblies are adjacent the path of a... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6206815 | Method and device for manufacturing hinge-lid packets Blanks (10) made of thin cardboard for hinge-lid packets or similar are produced in the region of a packaging machine. To this end, a material web (19) made of thin cardboard and if necessary partially pre-prepared, is led through a blanks device (20) in ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6168222 | Shipping method for extruded shapes A method and apparatus for shipping a bundle containing elongated articles comprises a stretch film wrapping a plurality of elongated articles and at least one lift strap. Looped ends of the lift straps are routed though holes cut in the stretch film. An ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6141943 | Food article loading head and method A loading head for loading food articles into packaging includes a transfer conveyor in operable communication with a source of articles to be loaded. The transfer conveyor communicates the articles from an upper receiving position to a lower loading posi... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6102187 | Device for the aligning of objects In a device for aligning objects, particularly sausages (1), which are fed for instance to a packaging device (7), at least two elements (14, 15) moving opposite each other are arranged approximately parallel to each other. They leave between them a space... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5983605 | Machine and process for packing smoking articles A machine and method for packaging smoking articles provides an essentially hermetic enclosure of a barrier material around a charge of such articles in an open (incomplete) frame, by driving on the articles themselves to push them through a temporary wal... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5975301 | Vacuum packed shirred sticks A caddy for packaging and transporting shirred food casings. A caddy according to the present invention comprises a plurality of shirred food casings, each of the shirred food casings being generally cylindrical and of generally equal length and diameter,... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5956928 | Method to form bundles of rolled sections and relative device A method to form bundles (11) of one or more layers (20) of adjacent rolled sections (12). The method comprises discharging the rolled sections (12) from a terminal end (13a) of a transporter to cause the rolled sections (12) to fall from the terminal end... | 09/28/1999 |
