Focke & Co. (GmbH) & Co. KG) Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160083129 | METHOD FOR HANDLING CONTAINERS, IN PARTICULAR CARDBOARD BOXES, FOR GROUPS OF OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR PACKAGES - A and device method for handling containers, in particular cardboard boxes, for groups of objects, in particular packages, in which the objects are inserted one after another into the container and are deposited there in an ordered formation, and in which the containers are held ready in each case by a handling device, in particular a cardboard box robot, for the insertion of the objects, and in each case several containers are held ready at the same time by the handling device so that they can be filled with objects. | 03-24-2016 |
20160075459 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HANDLING ELONGATED ARTICLES - A method for handling elongated articles wherein the articles are removed from a hopper, combined to form a group of articles, and supplied as a group of articles to a packaging process, wherein the formation of the articles in the group corresponds to the formation of the articles in the packaging process. The articles are removed from the hopper and are transferred to a pocket of a first intermediate conveyor as part groups with layers of several articles, wherein the number of layers of articles in the pocket of the first intermediate conveyor is smaller than the number of layers of articles in the group, and the part groups are transferred from the first intermediate conveyor to a second intermediate conveyor, and several part groups are transferred together as a group from the second intermediate conveyor to a removal conveyor, which supplies the group to a packaging device. | 03-17-2016 |
20150375877 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING BLANKS FOR COLLARS OF PACKETS FOR CIGARETTES - A method and a device for producing collars ( | 12-31-2015 |
20150284210 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HANDLING SANITARY ARTICLES - A method for handling (flat) objects ( | 10-08-2015 |
20150232219 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILLING PACKS WITH PRODUCTS - A method for filling packs with products, in particular for filling boxes with multipacks of cigarette packs in which several products are put together to form a product group. The completeness of the product group is detected by a first control device. Several product groups are put together by a handling device to form a group of product groups and are inserted into the pack, wherein the presence of the group in the pack and/or the completeness of the group of product groups is detected by a second control device. The feeding of groups to the pack is repeated where necessary until a provided number of groups have been filled into the pack, which corresponds to a required quantity of groups or product groups in the pack, and the presence of the groups in the pack is detected or documented by a control device, in particular the second control device. | 08-20-2015 |
20150232218 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING PACKS HAVING SHRINK FILM - For the production of packs ( | 08-20-2015 |
20150225100 | PRODUCTION AND PACKAGING INSTALLATION FOR HYGIENE PRODUCTS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A method for operating a production and packaging installation for hygiene products, wherein the hygiene products are produced by a production machine, and the hygiene products produced are packaged by at least two packaging machines which are assigned to the production machine and are intended for packaging the hygiene products in particular so that they are ready for dispatch. At least two packaging machines assigned to a grouping conveyor form a machine group, wherein the performance of the packaging machines of the machine group are adapted automatically in accordance with the performance of the production machine and/or the individual performances available for the packaging machines of the machine group, and/or wherein the number of hygiene products with which the holders of the grouping conveyor are filled is selected automatically for each holder in dependence on which of the packaging machines the hygiene product of the respective holder is intended. | 08-13-2015 |
20150203231 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HANDLING HYGIENE ITEMS - A method for handling (flat) objects, particularly hygiene products such as nappies, sanitary napkins or similar, said objects being transported on a substantially continuously-driven feed conveyor and being compressed following transport on said feed conveyor. A group of objects is shifted from the feed conveyor by a shifting device, particularly a slider, said slider at least partially travelling in the transport direction of the feed conveyor with the objects during the shifting action; in that the group of objects is preferably fed, by said shifting device, to a first compression device and is at least partially (pre)compressed thereby; and in that the at least partially (pre)compressed group of objects is subsequently fed to a second compression device and undergoes a further (main) compression therein. | 07-23-2015 |
20150027916 | PACKAGE FOR CIGARETTES, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An aroma-tight cigarette pack with an outer pack ( | 01-29-2015 |
20150013277 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING PACKAGES INTO CARTONS - For the automatic insertion of packs ( | 01-15-2015 |
20140352262 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HANDLING BAGS COMBINED INTO BUNDLES - A method for handling bags ( | 12-04-2014 |
20140311930 | PACKS, IN PARTICULAR FOR CIGARETTES, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SAID PACKS - A pack, and a method and apparatus for producing the pack, comprising an outer pack and an inner pack as a sealed block with an inner blank which encloses the pack contents, the inner pack having, in the region of an inner end wall, an opening aid which can be used a number of times and, in the region of side walls of the inner pack, folding flaps which are connected to one another by thermal sealing. Folding flaps in the region of an inner rear wall of the inner blank are configured as a fin fold and are connected to one another by thermal sealing outside the region of the cigarette group to form a fin seam, the fin seam being arranged at a spacing from regions of folding flaps which cover one another multiple times, in the region of the inner side walls. | 10-23-2014 |
20140311096 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PACKAGE FOR A GROUP OF SMOKABLE ARTICLES - A device and a method for manufacturing an item of packaging for a group ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140290180 | Method and Production System for Producing and/or Packaging Cigarettes - A method for producing and/or packaging cigarettes, in a system in which at least one production unit is fed packaging units from a lower packaging level, and the production unit packages the packaging units in associated packaging units from a higher level, and the packaging units from the higher packaging level each comprise one or more packaging units from the lower packaging level. A camera records images of the packs of the packaging units from the lower level which are to be fed, or have been fed, to the production unit, and a camera records images of the packs of the packaging units from the higher level which are respectively assigned to the packaging units from the lower level, and the recorded images of the packs of the respectively associated packaging units are each assigned to a common identifier, preferably to a machine-internal counting number of the production unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140137515 | METHOD AND LINEAR DEVICE FOR HANDLING ARTICLES - The invention relates to a method for handling (flat) articles ( | 05-22-2014 |
20130213834 | MULTIPACK - A multipack having a plurality of preferably cuboidal packs ( | 08-22-2013 |
20120318690 | MULTIPACK - The invention relates to a multipack having a plurality of preferably cuboidal packs ( | 12-20-2012 |
20120241339 | PACKS, IN PARTICULAR FOR CIGARETTES, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SAID PACKS - A pack, and a method and apparatus for producing the pack, comprising an outer pack and an inner pack as a sealed block with an inner blank which encloses the pack contents, the inner pack having, in the region of an inner end wall, an opening aid which can be used a number of times and, in the region of side walls of the inner pack, folding flaps which are connected to one another by thermal sealing. Folding flaps in the region of an inner rear wall of the inner blank are configured as a fin fold and are connected to one another by thermal sealing outside the region of the cigarette group to form a fin seam, the fin seam being arranged at a spacing from regions of folding flaps which cover one another multiple times, in the region of the inner side walls. | 09-27-2012 |
20120037823 | VALVE, PARTICULARLY GLUE VALVE - A glue valve with electromagnetic actuation of a valve tappet ( | 02-16-2012 |
20120037020 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PACKAGES FOR CIGARETTES - A method of, and an apparatus for, producing packs for cigarettes, having a continuously driven conveyor, such as a transporting belt with drivers, for transporting the packs, and having an arrangement for applying printing carriers, such as labels, coupons or the like, to a side surface of the packs, the arrangement for applying the printing carriers being arranged in the region of the conveyor, for the purpose of applying the printing carriers to a side surface of the pack, this side surface being directed toward the arrangement, during transportation along the conveyor. A pivoting arrangement for altering the relative position of the packs is arranged in the region of the conveyor and/or of the arrangement for applying the printing carriers, wherein the pivoting arrangement is set up for receiving a respective pack in a relative position appropriate for transportation on the conveyor, and for rotating the pack into a relative position suitable for applying the printing carrier, and for further rotating the pack into a relative position appropriate for further transportation on the conveyor. | 02-16-2012 |
20110062658 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING STACKS OF PRINTING MEDIA - An apparatus for handling stacks ( | 03-17-2011 |
20100262273 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of pouches - The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of pouches ( | 10-14-2010 |
20100242972 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, FILLING AND CLOSING TOBACCO BAGS - A method and apparatus for filling, closing, folding and transporting away tobacco bags ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100242412 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING CIGARETTE PACKS - Cigarette packs of the hinge-lid-box type with an outer wrapping of shrinkable film are transported through a shrinkage station ( | 09-30-2010 |
20090205982 | FLIP-TOP PACKET FOR CIGARETTES - A cigarette pack of the hinge-lid-box type comprises an outer pack ( | 08-20-2009 |
20090152139 | PACKAGING SACHET AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | 06-18-2009 |