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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161979 | Method and apparatus for preparing a finished tobacco product including an attached outer pre-rolled sheet and inner shell A finished tobacco product is formed by an inner shell and attached outer pre-rolled sheet where the inner shell has a means to open an interior volume to add selected tobacco filler material. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7665469 | Cigarette and tobacco packing machine This is a device to pack cigarettes into a standard cigarette pack. It is designed to be portable and is comprised of a series of wheels, which are located in the interior of the casing. A handle on the outside of the device rotates a wheel, which in turn rotates an... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7371298 | Linear stamp applicator machine and method of operating the same A method for applying tax stamps to individual cigarette packages of different cigarette cartons, having different height dimensions, comprises the provision of a cigarette carton height determination station, a cigarette carton opening station, a cigarette package ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364052 | Unit for feeding cigarettes to a packer machine A unit for feeding cigarettes to a packer machine is equipped with a hopper containing a mass of cigarettes and a device serving to compensate the depletion of the mass as groups of cigarettes are removed from the hopper and directed into a plurality of boxes carrie... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7207158 | Method and device for producing a tubular wrapping A folding method and device, whereby a tubular wrapping is formed about a product by inserting the product inside a U-shaped pocket together with a sheet of wrapping material, a first lateral portion of which is interposed between the product and a first lateral wal... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7168551 | Device linking a supply unit and a user unit for the manufacture of tobacco products A supply unit and a user unit employed in the manufacture of tobacco products, typically cigarettes and the like, are linked by a duct along which a mass of the cigarettes is advanced from the outfeed of the supply unit toward the infeed of the user unit. The advanc... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7134257 | Method and device for producing hard packs for cigarettes For producing hard packs, namely hinge-lid boxes or shell and slide packs in particular, inner and outer pack units are prepared separately in each case, namely a shell (20), on the one hand, and a blank for a hinge-lid box, on the other hand. The inner pack ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7127318 | Method and device for guaranteeing an authorized and process-optimized use of semi-finished pieces in a production unit A method and device for guaranteeing an authorized and process-optimized use of semi-finished pieces for product generation in a production unit are disclosed. In order to guarantee that semi-finished pieces not released for production or similar cannot be processed... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117872 | Method and a device for managing the supply of wrapping and/or additional and/or auxiliary materials in a system for the manufacture of tobacco products The supply of consumables and other materials to production machines in a system for the manufacture of tobacco products is managed using a method whereby, once a nominal target number of products has been programmed at a master control unit, a tally is kept of the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7059478 | Method and a device for the rejection of commodities A cigarette packer (1) incorporates a station at which cigarettes (2) are formed into groups (12) and from which the groups (12) are advanced by a first conveyor (13) along a first feed path (P) toward a wrapping station (16... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6799577 | Automatic cigarette processing machine An automatic cigarette processing machine having a control unit and a number of successive work stations, each having a respective number of operating devices; for each work station, the control unit has at least one respective controller directly connected to the w... | 10/05/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6513533 | Method for forming tubular wrappings on a cigarette packing machine A method and unit for forming tubular wrappings on a cigarette packing machine, whereby groups of cigarettes are fed successively to respective conveying heads of a continuous wrapping wheel, on which an end portion of a sheet of wrapping material, folded... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6435334 | Cigar feed unit A unit for feeding cigars from an input hopper to a pocket conveyor for feeding single cigars successively along a given path, wherein the cigars are fed along a downfeed channel, an outlet of which faces a rotary transfer member for feeding the cigars su... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6357201 | Packaging machine, in particular for cigarettes Packaging machine, in particular for cigarettes, having subassemblies and elements for handling packaging material and cigarettes. In order to reduce the outlay on servicing for the packaging machine, the practice, in the region where dust and material pa... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6125854 | Method for packaging tubular articles A method for packing unfilled cigarette tubes into a receptacle consists of the steps of feeding tubes to a conveyor, moving the tubes along the conveyor to a holding position, and laterally moving a predetermined number of tubes to a container. The conta... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6092532 | Installation for manufacturing and packaging cigarettes An installation for manufacturing and packaging cigarettes consists of a production station (10) and a packaging station (11). The production station (10) consists of a plurality of, especially two, manufacturing machines (12, 13) positioned in a special ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6006492 | Machine for packing groups of cigarettes A machine for packing groups of cigarettes, wherein a step-operated first conveying device, having a pocket conveyor belt, a transmission pulley rotating about an axis of rotation, and a number of first conveying pockets, receives a given number of groups... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5979458 | Apparatus for transferring layers of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry Discrete cigarettes or layers of parallel cigarettes which are being propelled by a reciprocable pusher from the magazine into successive receptacles of an indexible conveyor in a cigarette packing machine are prevented from moving away from a stationary ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5836475 | Device for the orderly supply of elongated articles, in particular tobacco products A device for the orderly supply of cigarettes; the device presenting at least one channel defined by two lateral walls and for feeding a respective column of cigarettes at a given dropdown speed and in a given traveling direction to the bottom opening of ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5749782 | Equipment for conveying articles of rod-like appearance, in particular cigarettes In equipment utilized for conveying rod-like articles such as cigarettes, which typically are held for a given duration while in transit inside at least one enclosure, a favorable atmosphere is maintained within the enclosure by means of an air conditioni... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5735987 | Method and device for feeding wrapping material and a tear strip to a user machine A method and device for feeding wrapping material and a tear strip to a user machine, whereby a strip of wrapping material and a tear strip are fed continuously along respective paths to a joining station where they are joined integral with each other to ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5730159 | Unit for supplying layers of cigarettes A unit for supplying layers of cigarettes, wherein a supply outlet, presenting an open bottom end and a number of channels converging towards the bottom end, feeds a succession of layers of cigarettes along the channels to the bottom end; and an extractin... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5718102 | Method and device for forming and transferring groups of cigarettes on a packing machine with multiple wrapping lines A method and device for forming and transferring groups of cigarettes on a packing machine with multiple wrapping lines, whereby each group is fed into a respective pocket of a conveyor, and presents a number of superimposed layers fed successively into t... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5680745 | Packing method and machine for producing twin packets of cigarettes Twin packets of cigarettes, each consisting of two half packets with respective foil wrappings and arranged side by side inside an outer wrapping, are formed on a wrapping line by feeding a single succession of half packets along the input portion of the ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5653086 | Packaging machine for delicate rod-shaped objects, especially cigarettes or the like A packaging machine for delicate rod-shaped objects, especially cigarettes or the like, is provided with at least one wheel (1, 5) for carrying, along a path between many operating units, a series of ordered groups of cigarettes. The wheel (1, 5) is provi... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5628162 | Plant for making and packaging cigarettes In a plant for making and packaging cigarettes, comprising a plurality of cigarette-making machines and a plurality of machines for packaging cigarettes in packs, the makers and packers are combined in a number of modules. The output sides of the modules ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5617943 | Group forming device for cigarette packing machines A group-forming device for use with cigarette packing machines, wherein each group consists of a number of cigarettes arranged in at least two adjacent and offset layers, with each group being formed in a single motion on the end wall of an outlet of a fe... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617701 | System for producing and packing tobacco items, particularly cigarettes A system for producing and packing tobacco items, particularly cigarettes, wherein two packing machines are supplied with items by at least as many production machines, and wherein the outputs of the production machines are connected to one another by a c... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5611191 | Cigarette packing machine A cigarette packing machine comprises a series of individual cigarette hoppers (18) carried by an endless band (16), the hoppers receiving cigarettes from an input conveyor (15) in a receiving region and supplying groups of cigarettes to a pocketed bundle... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5464027 | Hopper for elongate elements, in particular smoking articles A hopper (5) for elongate elements (2), in which an exit (11) of the hopper (5) is defined by a plurality of substantially vertical side-by-side channels (17); each channel (17) is defined by two substantially vertical baffles (18), and is associated with... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5375392 | Formation of cigarette blocks Cigarette blocks comprising an even number of individual cigarettes arranged in an odd number of rows are formed through the use of a hopper having a linear array of parallel shafts with one of the shafts being permanently occupied by a blocking member at... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5353815 | Cigarette packaging machine The packaging machine makes use of a first wheel to supply single groups of cigarettes, in succession, to a work station, where a corrugated paper distance piece is positioned by a feed device on each group, in direct contact with the face uppermost. A se... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5235993 | Variable speed transferring device fo a cigarette wrapping apparatus A variable speed transferring device for a cigarette parallel-arranging device used in a cigarette wrapping apparatus comprises variable speed transferring drums disposed between a plurality of cigarette parallel-arranging drums for holding groups of para... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5201162 | Apparatus for packaging cigarettes A cigarette magazine serves for receiving a small supply of cigarettes (10) and for forming cigarette groups which correspond to the contents of a cigarette pack. For this purpose, the cigarettes (10) are guided into upright magazine shafts (14) in which ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5168883 | Apparatus for applying tax stamps to cigarettes in cartons and for repacking cartons An apparatus for automatically applying trasfers to packages in any size of cartons, such as revenue stamps to cigarettes while in cartons. Initially, cigarette cartons of any size are loaded onto a conveyor belt where they are carried to the various stat... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5056536 | Process and apparatus for testing cigarettes When testing the cigarettes (10, 11) of cigarette groups (16, 17) in pockets (13, 14) of a conveyor, particularly a cigarette turret (12), difficulties relating to adequate spacing of the testing members (29 . . . 32) from one another arise when the cigar... | 10/15/1991 |
