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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7810300 | Apparatus for packing articles, in particular stickpacks, in relative cartons An apparatus is situated downstream of a stickpack manufacturing machine with multiple dropping channels for forming a same number of stickpacks, which are distanced from one another by an interaxial measurement which is more than twice the width of the stickpacks. ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7430840 | Method and machine for packing a product in at least one sheet of packing material A machine for packing a product in at least one sheet of packing material has a number of conveyors, each of which has a number of pockets, each for receiving and conveying a respective product; the products are transferred from each conveyor to the next conveyor at... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7313898 | Container carrying system and method for use in an automated filling process In a container carrier system and method for use in an automated process for filling containers of multiple sizes, pucks of various sizes are inserted into compartments of container pallets to allow containers of different sizes to be held in the compartments. A puc... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7185476 | Automated solid pharmaceutical product packaging machine A fully automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine is capable of selectively depositing one or more different solid pharmaceutical products into an individual cavity for each of a plurality of individual patient product package cavities. The system employs a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6904947 | Apparatus for wrapping articles, particularly groups of cigarettes In a wrapping apparatus, particularly for enclosing articles consisting of or containing groups of cigarettes in wrapper material, the articles are received in a pocketed drum in which at least one overlapped region of the wrapper material is heat scaled. Preferably... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6732850 | Cigarette hopper A hopper for cigarettes, having at least one outlet and a number of agitating members over the outlet; at least some of the agitating members are integral with a bar, which is movable cyclically along an annular path to move all the relative agitating members simult... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732497 | Cigarette packing machine A packing machine for packing cigarettes, having a conveyor in turn having at least one pocket for forming and conveying a respective group of cigarettes; the pocket being carried by a carriage run along a fixed guide by a linear electric motor, a stator or primary ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6698158 | Machine for producing packets of cigarettes, wherein the number of members of each conveyor is coordinated with the number of members of the adjacent conveyors A machine for producing packets of cigarettes, each packet having a group of cigarettes enclosed in packaging material, has a number of conveyors, each having a respective given number of respective members which are brought into contact with the groups a... | 03/02/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6273647 | Pressure discharge railway hopper car A pressure discharge railway hopper car includes a car body having a plurality of hoppers arranged in adjacent relation longitudinally, each opening at the bottom end to an aerator tub assembly. Each aerator tub assembly has two aerator units, one on each... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6269931 | Device for forming groups of cigarettes A device for forming groups of cigarettes having a number of superimposed layers, whereby each layer is expelled by a movable push member from a respective outlet of a hopper having a number of outlets, and is fed into a respective movable pocket for rece... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6115991 | Machine for conditioning packets of cigarettes A machine for conditioning packets of cigarettes is divided into a first portion defined by a number of outlets of a hopper through which cigarettes are fed in a first direction; a second portion in which a succession of adjacent conveyors defines a singl... | 09/12/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5822952 | Method and unit for forming and wrapping groups of cigarettes A method and unit for forming and wrapping groups of cigarettes, whereby cigarettes are fed, crosswise to their respective axes, onto a supporting surface to form, on the supporting surface, a multilayer group located between two opposite retaining heads ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5743067 | Device for loading storage containers for elongated articles A device for loading storage containers for elongated articles, particularly tobacco products, wherein a feedbox for the articles presents an output window facing a horizontal plate for supporting an orderly mass of articles; the output window is defined by th... | 04/28/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5678385 | Packaging machine for the production of cigarette packs To increase the output of packaging machines for cigarettes, a common cigarette stock, in particular a cigarette magazine, is assigned a plurality of independently working packaging units (11, 12, 13, 14). These are fed with cigarette groups, for packagin... | 10/21/1997 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5544515 | Method of and apparatus for the formation of the cigarette blocks Relatively fragile articles, such as cigarettes, are formed into blocks consisting of three rows with a middle row containing one cigarette less than the outer rows. The cigarettes in the middle row are also laterally offset by approximately one-half the ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5522493 | Supply hopper for delicate, rod-shaped products, in particular in cigarette packaging machines Supply hopper for delicate, rod-shaped products, in particular in cigarette packaging machines, which hopper (1) is provided in its lower part with a plurality of separate discharge channels (2), each of which is divided by means of intermediate walls (4)... | 06/04/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5473866 | Vacuum packmachine for french fries An improved packaging machine is provided for vacuum packing elongated products such as french fries into a succession of sealed bags. The packaging machine includes a weigh station for dropping pre-weighed product charges through a vertical column for pr... | 12/12/1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4980969 | Rotating multi-station machine for inserting an under-plug in vials and similar containers In a rotating multi-station machine for inserting an under-plug and plug in vials, the periphery of a rotating drum features gripping means for vials, and a series of angularly equidistant insertion devices for inserting the under-plugs and plugs in the n... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4962629 | Apparatus for the testing of cigarettes An apparatus for the testing of cigarettes. In the packaging of cigarettes, it is necessary to test these for correct formation, especially for a complete filling of tobacco. For this purpose, a testing unit (13) is arranged within a cigarette magazine (10) an... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4953711 | Method and device for eliminating imperfect cigarettes in connection with a cigarette packaging machine To examine cigarettes (11) prior to packaging same, a testing unit (17) is disposed in a cigarette magazine (12) above magazine chutes (13). The testing unit (17) is provided with test chutes (28) for the accommodation of a vertical test line (26) of ciga... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4827691 | Machine for filling containers with rod-shaped objects A machine for filling a container with cigarettes comprises a supply hopper for holding the cigarettes, a discharge section arranged in the lower portion of the supply hopper and through which the cigarettes are discharged into the container. The discharg... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4805376 | Apparatus for ejecting cigarettes from a magazine An apparatus for ejecting a row of cigarettes from a cigarette magazine employs an endless conveyor which is actuable by means of a stepping drive. Ejector members fixed to the endless belt are moveable through the magazine case for ejecting the bottommos... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4718216 | Process and apparatus for packaging cigarettes in particular Packaging machines have to, on the one hand, achieve high levels of output but, on the other hand, take into account the sensitivity of the cigarettes to mechanical stresses. A two-track configuration of the packaging machine doubles the output at a given... | 01/12/1988 |
