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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386971 | Detergent products, methods and manufacture A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volu... | 06/17/2008 |
| 6397559 | Process and apparatus for producing cigarette packs In the production of cigarette packs, it is necessary to form cigarette groups (10) from a plurality of cigarettes (11) arranged in layers, to be precise by virtue of the cigarette group (10) (or a sub-group) being pushed out of shafts (13) of a cigarette... | 06/04/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6116245 | Apparatus for packaging tubular articles In an apparatus for the packaging of unfilled cigarette tubes into boxes, a counter counts a predetermined number of tubes and these are subsequently advanced to a holding position and then pushed laterally into a containment member having substantially t... | 09/12/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5548941 | Method of feeding groups of tobacco items, in particular cigarettes, to a continuous packing machine A method of feeding a continuous packing machine with groups of tobacco items, in particular cigarettes, composed of at least one layer of items, whereby a continuously-moving conveyor with pockets for respective groups is supplied successively with the g... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5540034 | Process and apparatus for introducing cigarettes or the like into packs Process and apparatus for introducing a cigarette group (11) into a supporting member (14) for positioning the cigarettes (10) at a distance from one another within the pack. For introducing cigarettes (10) or the like into orifices (22) of the supporting... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5494148 | Method of feeding tobacco items, particularly cigarettes, to a continuous packing machine A method of feeding tobacco items, particularly cigarettes, to a continuous packing machine, whereby a continuously-moving conveyor, presenting pockets for respective groups composed of a number of superimposed layers of items, is supplied successively wi... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5339606 | Method for accepting continuously supplied products from a production facility and respectively discontinuous delivery of a number of these products at a delivery station A method for discontinuous delivery of products, such as tubes or capsules supplied continuously by a production facility to a delivery station of a machine. A box-filling installation, for example, is located at the delivery station. The machine has two ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5299679 | Apparatus for piling and transferring cigarettes A plurality of cigarette piling heads are provided on a cigarette piling drum. The same number of cigarettes as the number of cigarettes in a cigarette package are piled on each cigarette piling head. An intermediate drum includes the same number of cigar... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5282527 | Apparatus for arranging and piling cigarettes An apparatus for arranging, side by side, cigarettes to form three cigarette layers, seven, six and seven cigarettes in the corresponding layers, the total number being twenty cigarettes and piling the cigarette layers on one after another in a staggered ... | 02/01/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5070991 | Apparatus for forming groups of rod-like articles Successive rows of cigarettes delivered axially from a packing machine hopper outlet (12) are engaged by a cyclically-movable transfer member (24, 32, 425) which accelerates each row sideways and closes up spaces between cigarettes (C) before transferring... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5065564 | Apparatus for the formation of cigarette groups An apparatus for forming cigarettes groups consisting of a plurality of cigarette layers to be received by a pack, employs a group-forming turret and cells equipped with a tamping device adjustable relative to the cell floor via a control cam. Layers of c... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4964501 | Apparatus for transferring layers of rod-shaped articles in packing machines The lower ends of several ducts which dispense layers of parallel cigarettes are located at different levels adjacent the path of movement of a stepwise advancing chain with receptacles for multi-layer arrays of cigarettes which are to be draped into blan... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4962772 | Formation of cigarettes into groups An apparatus for the formation of cigarettes into groups each consisting in at least one layer of single cigarettes lying parallel with and side by side one another. The cigarettes exit from the bottom of a plurality of channels, arranged side by side and... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4722169 | Parts sensor for conveyor apparatus An apparatus and method for transferring elongated parts, such as spark plug insulator bodies, travelling in a single row, end to end, on a first conveyor to a receptacle travelling on a second conveyor, the parts being placed each in a part-holding cavit... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4711339 | Cigarette stacking method and apparatus A cigarette stacking method is disclosed. It uses a stacking drum and a plurality of arranging drums near to its outer periphery, establishes different positions in the axial direction for cigarette pieces arranged by the arranging drums, stacks cirgarett... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4700825 | Method for forming incomplete groups of cigarettes in a cigarette packeting machine In a cigarette packeting machine, the formation of groups of cigarettes to be packeted disposed in superposed layers of which at least one is incomplete in that it lacks at least one intermediate cigarette. The cigarettes of the incomplete layer being kep... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4646938 | Apparatus for packaging elongate articles, especially cigarettes Cigarette magazine consisting of several shafts (12), in each of which cigarettes are supported in rows on top of one another so as to be pushed out in groups from a rest at the lower end of the shafts (12). To prevent the following cigarettes from becomi... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4607475 | Device for forming groups of cigarettes in packaging machines The device for the formation of orderly groups of cigarettes in cigarette-packaging machines, in which each group of cigarettes is formed in a collecting container (6) which passes intermittently through two or more successive feeding stations (1,2,3) and... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4571918 | Apparatus for forming cigarette groups Cigarettes are grouped into multi-layer blocks for packaging by the serial delivery of the plural cigarettes comprising the individual layers into cells of a conveying system from a magazine having an outlet for each layer. The magazine outlets are offset... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4528801 | Device for forming groups of cigarettes in a cigarette packaging machine A device for forming groups of cigarettes in a cigarette packaging machine, in which an outlet hopper of a cigarette feed apparatus comprises a plurality of adjacent outlet mouths each arranged to deliver successive layers of cigarettes. Pusher means disp... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4526268 | Apparatus for assembling arrays of cigarettes or the like Apparatus for assembling multi-layer blocks of parallel cigarettes has a magazine with several outlets having narrow elongated horizontal openings for the discharge of successive layers of cigarettes. An endless conveyor transports a succession of variabl... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4503967 | Apparatus for accumulating arrays of cigarettes or the like Apparatus for accumulating arrays of superimposed layers of parallel cigarettes has a magazine with three layer-accumulating sections having outlets at different levels and a set of pushers which expel layers of cigarettes from the sections during the int... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4502261 | Feeler pins device for cigarette groups A feeler device for sensing the number of cigarettes arranged in groups, particularly groups of three rows, at the interior of a group-forming pocket, includes a plurality of feeler pins which are arranged parallel in the longitudinal direction of the cig... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4471866 | Apparatus of assembling arrays of cigarettes in packing machines The magazine for parallel cigarettes in a packing machine has several groups of ducts each of which serves to accumulate successive layers of cigarettes at different levels so that the layer which is formed in the first group is disposed at a level below ... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4436470 | Retort crate loader and unloader A semi-automatic retort crate loader and unloader is disclosed. A standard retort crate is positioned adjacent the outer edge of a dead plate at one end of a conveyor by horizontal positioning assembly which includes a clamp and a pair of crate sensors. A... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4364464 | Apparatus for the formation of cigarette groups Apparatus for the formation of cigarette groups consisting of three superposed parallel rows of cigarettes comprising three row-forming stations which receive the cigarettes from passageways connected to a feeding hopper. Associated with each row-forming ... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4362235 | Apparatus for assembling arrays of cigarettes or the like Apparatus for assembling multi-layer arrays of cigarettes in a packing machine has a magazine with a reciprocable support having platforms at different levels and a group of cigarette-delivering downwardly extending ducts above each platform so that each ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4342321 | Device for the formation of groups of cigarettes A device for the formation of groups of cigarettes of at least one row of cigarettes arranged parallel side-by-side which comprises a feeding hopper subdivided by partition walls into a plurality of adjacent passageways which open into a collecting chambe... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4306648 | Apparatus for the formation of cigarette groups The receiving pocket of a cigarette group forming apparatus consists of an open-ended tubular member provided at its interior with two partitions defining three pocket sections, one for each row of cigarettes forming the cigarette group. The partitions ex... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4209955 | Device for feeding and checking layers of cigarettes in cigarette packaging machines The device is conventionally associated to a cigarette packaging machine and comprises a hopper for successively distributing individual layers of adjacently disposed cigarettes into transferring means which successively transfer each layer into compartme... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4083460 | Method and device for forming groups of rodlike articles Apparatus for stacking rows of rodlike articles in a tray from a continuous orderly flow of such articles comprising a continuous infeed conveyor providing such articles, a plurality of receiving stations each including an elongated continuous belt type c... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4079569 | Article-handling method and apparatus A buffer store for filled and empty cigarette containers is provided betwen a cigarette making machine either of the machines may be kept running if the other stops. In one example the buffer store consists of separate cigarette loading and unloading stat... | 03/21/1978 |
