Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090077929 | 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 seat is designed to house the insert and is separate from the first seat; and the group of cigarettes and the insert are expelled together from the pocket by a common ejector device, so as to combine the insert with the group of cigarettes. | 03-26-2009 |
20090199515 | Method and Wrapping Unit for Folding a Sheet of Wrapping about a Group of Cigarettes - A method and wrapping unit for producing a package containing a group of cigarettes, and which include: feeding the group of cigarettes along a path; feeding a sheet of wrapping perpendicularly to the path of the group of cigarettes; feeding a tubular spindle along the path of the group of cigarettes to intercept the sheet of wrapping and fold the sheet of wrapping into a U about the tubular spindle; and feeding the group of cigarettes through the tubular spindle to slide the sheet of wrapping off the tubular spindle and apply the U-folded sheet of wrapping to the group of cigarettes. | 08-13-2009 |
20090242136 | Unit for applying adhesive labels to a continuous strip - Adhesive labels are applied to a continuous strip by a unit fed with a first continuous strip of wrapping material advancing along a first path, and a second continuous strip of backing material presenting a succession of labels and advancing along a second path. The labels are detached singly from the second strip by a diverter blade placed along the second path and presenting a sharp edge over which the backing strip is routed through an acute angle to induce the separation of the labels. The unit comprises an aspirating first drum rotating substantially in contact with the edge of the diverter blade at an angular velocity greater than the linear velocity of the second strip, so as to increase the distance between successive transferred labels, and a second drum around which the first strip is looped in such a way that it can be offered to the first drum; the first and second drums rotate tangentially one to another and at the same angular velocity through a point of mutual tangency coinciding with the point at which the labels are transferred from the first drum to the first continuous strip. | 10-01-2009 |
20090288371 | WRAPPING METHOD AND UNIT FOR FOLDING A SHEET OF WRAPPING MATERIAL ABOUT A GROUP OF CIGARETTES - A wrapping method and unit for producing a package containing a group of cigarettes and having a cigarette extraction opening; a sheet of wrapping material, complete with the cigarette extraction opening, is fed into a pocket of a wrapping wheel so that the sheet of wrapping material folds into a U inside the pocket; then the group of cigarettes is fed into the pocket containing the U-folded sheet of wrapping material. | 11-26-2009 |
20090288966 | Rigid packet with a hinged lid - A rigid hinge-lid packet ( | 11-26-2009 |
20090308766 | HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKET - A hermetically sealed cigarette packet is fashioned from a flat blank of substantially rectangular outline, referable to a longitudinal axis, having at least one face coated with an impermeable and heat-sealable material. The blank is divided by two crease lines extending parallel to the axis and by further crease lines transverse to the selfsame axis into a series of panels aligned on the longitudinal axis, each furnished with two flaps extending from its opposite ends; each flap is separated from the adjacent flap by a V-shaped notch of which the tip is positioned at a given distance from the corresponding longitudinal crease line, on the side remote from the longitudinal axis, rather than extending the full depth of the flap and intersecting the selfsame crease line. | 12-17-2009 |
20090320414 | METHOD OF FOLDING A SHEET OF PACKING MATERIAL ABOUT A GROUP OF CIGARETTES - A method of folding a sheet ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100132312 | Packing Method and Unit for Folding a Sheet of Packing Material about a Parallelpiped-Shaped Article - A packing method and unit for folding a sheet of packing material about a parallelepiped-shaped article, the packing unit having: a conveyor for feeding the article along a path; a feed device for feeding the sheet of packing material perpendicularly to the path and in front of the article, so the article, as it moves forward, intercepts and gradually folds the sheet of packing material into a “U”; two lead-in devices mounted to move parallel to the path and positioned on opposite sides of the article, so the article is enclosed between the two lead-in devices; and an actuating device for feeding the two lead-in devices parallel to the path and together with the article, so the sheet of packing material is also intercepted by the lead-in devices. | 06-03-2010 |
20100276311 | Package of Cigarettes - A package of cigarettes having a group ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100282626 | PACK CONTAINING PACKETS OF CIGARETTES - In a pack ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100287890 | CIGARETTE PACKING MACHINE AND METHOD - A method and machine for folding sheets of packing material about respective groups of cigarettes to form respective packages, and wherein a web of packing material is first fed through a control station for detecting the position of a reference mark made on the web at a work station upstream from the control station, and is then fed through a cutting station where the web is cut into sheets of packing material, each of which is fed to a packing station where each sheet of packing material is folded about the respective group of cigarettes. | 11-18-2010 |
20100320101 | Package of Tobacco Articles - A package ( | 12-23-2010 |
20110011038 | METHOD OF FEEDING WRAPPING MATERIAL IN A PRODUCT PACKAGING MACHINE, AND A RELATIVE FEED UNIT - Wrapping material is supplied to the folding stations of a packaging machine, such as a cigarette packer, by a method that includes a step of dividing a continuous strip of multilayer material into single leaves, and a step of feeding the leaves to a wrapping unit; the step of dividing the continuous strip into leaves combines a first stage in which a partial cut is made in the strip by means of a laser device, leaving at least one layer of the multilayer strip intact, and a second stage in which a single leaf is detached by means of a tear device, separating along a score line created by the partial cutting step. | 01-20-2011 |
20110062037 | Slide-Open Package of Tobacco Articles, and Relative Production Method - A slide-open package of tobacco articles, having a parallelepiped-shaped inner container which houses a group of tobacco articles and has two opposite, parallel major lateral walls; a parallelepiped-shaped outer container which has two opposite, parallel major lateral walls and houses the inner container to allow the inner container to slide between a closed position, in which the inner container is inserted inside the outer container, and an open position, in which the inner container is at least partly withdrawn from the outer container; and at least one coupon located between a first major lateral wall of the inner container and a major lateral wall of the outer container. | 03-17-2011 |
20110084120 | Package of Cigarettes Having an Inner Package with a Stiffener - A package of cigarettes, having: a group of cigarettes; an inner package enclosing the group of cigarettes and made from a sheet of wrapping folded about the group of cigarettes; and a U-shaped stiffener made of rigid material and located inside the inner package, contacting the group of cigarettes; the sheet of wrapping has two flaps which are superimposed and heat sealed to each other at a rear wall or front wall of the group of cigarettes defined by the cylindrical lateral walls of the cigarettes. | 04-14-2011 |
20110226640 | PACKAGE COMPRISING A WRAPPING WITH A RECLOSABLE WITHDRAWAL OPENING, AND RELATIVE PACKING METHOD AND MACHINE - A package of cigarettes having a group of cigarettes; and a sealed wrapping which encloses the group of cigarettes, has a cigarette withdrawal opening closed by a reclosable sealing panel, and is made from a sheet of multilayer packing material having at least an outer layer, and an inner layer superimposed with the outer layer and having a U-shaped first incision defining the withdrawal opening; the outer layer is larger than the sealing panel, and has a U-shaped second incision located outwards of the first incision, surrounding the first incision on three sides, and defining the edges of the sealing panel. | 09-22-2011 |
20110233080 | Rigid Hinged-Lid Package and Relative Packing Method and Machine - A rigid package having a group of articles; an inner package enclosing the group of articles, and having an extraction opening defined by a U-shaped first incision; a reclosable scaling panel for closing the extraction opening of the inner package; a rigid outer container housing the inner package and having an open end; and a rigid collar, which projects partly from the open end of the outer container, is folded about the inner package to at least partly cover a top portion of the inner package, and is fixed to the inner package. | 09-29-2011 |
20110302886 | Packing Method and Unit for Folding a Sheet of Packing Material about an Article Such as a Group of Cigarettes - A packing method and unit ( | 12-15-2011 |
20120006823 | Rigid, Hinged-Lid Package and Relative Packing Method and Machine - A rigid package having a group of articles; an inner package enclosing the group of articles and having an extraction opening; a reclosable sealing panel, which closes the extraction opening of the inner package, and has an inner surface gummed with non-dry, re-stick adhesive, and a grip tab with none-stick adhesive; and a rigid outer container, which houses the inner package, and has an open end, and a lid hinged to rotate between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open end respectively; the grip tab being designed to project from the lid when the lid is in the closed position closing the open end. | 01-12-2012 |
20120118780 | Hinged-Lid Package - A package having a parallelepiped-shaped container, which is cup-shaped and has a bottom wall, an open top end opposite the bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall opposite and parallel to each other, and two parallel lateral walls interposed between the front wall and the rear wall; and a lid, which rotates between a closed position and an open position respectively closing and opening the open top end of the container, and has a top wall hinged to the rear wall of the container, and a front wall which, in the closed position, is superimposed on the front wall of the container. | 05-17-2012 |
20120137633 | Hinged-Lid Package, and Packing Method and Machine for Producing a Hinged-Lid Package - A packing method and machine for producing a package, the method including the steps of feeding the content of the package into a first pocket of a first packing conveyor; transferring the content of the package from the first pocket of the first packing conveyor to a second pocket of a second packing conveyor at a first transfer station; feeding a first blank to the second pocket by means of a first feed device; and folding the first blank, in the second pocket, about the content of the package to form a container with a lid. | 06-07-2012 |
20120174534 | Wrapping Method and Unit for Folding a Sheet of Wrapping Material about a Group of Cigarettes - A method and unit ( | 07-12-2012 |
20120211380 | PACKET OF CIGARETTES, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A PACKET OF CIGARETTES | 08-23-2012 |
20130140201 | Slide-Open Package of Tobacco Articles - A package of tobacco articles, having an inner container containing a group of tobacco articles; an outer container which houses the inner container in such a manner as to allow the inner container to slide, with respect to the outer container, between a closed position, in which the inner container is inserted inside the outer container, and an open position, in which the inner container is partly extracted from the outer container; and at least one lock member which, in releasable manner by user action from the outside, prevents the inner container in the closed position from sliding with respect to the outer container. | 06-06-2013 |
20130248392 | CIGARETTE PACKET - A cigarette packet substantially having the shape of a parallelepiped and containing a group of cigarettes includes an outer case formed by two larger lateral walls, respectively a front wall and a rear wall, and by two smaller lateral walls or sides, by a lower wall or base and by an upper wall or lid. An inner case is inserted in the outer case. The outer case includes a projection for controlling the lid, the projection being interposed between the front wall of the outer case and a front wall of the inner case and moveable between a first position in which the lid is closed and a second position in which the lid is open. A mechanism is provided for reciprocal engagement of the projection and the inner case for partially extracting the group of cigarettes from the outer case. | 09-26-2013 |
20130270130 | Slide-Open Package of Tobacco Articles with a Coupon, and Packing Method and Machine for Producing the Same - A slide-open package of tobacco articles, having a parallelepiped-shaped inner container housing a group of tobacco articles and having a bottom wall, an extraction opening opposite the bottom wall, two parallel opposite major lateral walls, and two parallel minor lateral walls interposed between the major lateral walls; a parallelepiped-shaped outer container, which houses the inner container to allow the inner container to slide between a closed position, in which the inner container is inserted inside the outer container, and an open position, in which the inner container is at least partly extracted from the outer container; and a coupon folded about the group of tobacco articles and located between the group of tobacco articles and the inner container. | 10-17-2013 |
20140054185 | Packet of Cigarettes with a Rigid Pull-Up Flap | 02-27-2014 |
20140110286 | Package of Tobacco Articles with an Inner Package Fitted with a Sealing Flap Fixed to a Hinged Lid - A package of tobacco articles having a group of tobacco articles; a cup-shaped outer container having an open top end, and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the outer container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the outer container, between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open top end respectively; and an inner package, which is housed in the outer container, encloses the group of tobacco articles, and has a tobacco article extraction opening closed by a sealing flap; the sealing flap having a connecting tab glued permanently and non-removably to the lid, so that opening and closing the lid also simultaneously opens and closes the sealing flap. | 04-24-2014 |
20140131232 | PACKET OF CIGARETTES, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A PACKET OF CIGARETTES | 05-15-2014 |
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20140202118 | Packing Method and Unit for Producing a Rigid Package with a Hollow Rib - A packing method and unit ( | 07-24-2014 |
20150031517 | PACKING METHOD AND UNIT FOR FOLDING A BLANK ON A PACKING MACHINE - A packing method and unit for folding a blank on a packing machine; a first suction pickup head engages a first panel of the blank inside a store; a second suction pickup head engages a second panel of the blank inside the store; the pickup heads are moved from a withdrawal position at the store to a release position at a packing conveyor, insert the blank inside a pocket on the packing conveyor; and the blank, folded into a ‘U’, is released inside the pocket on the packing conveyor; as the pickup heads are moved from the withdrawal position to the release position, a relative movement between the first pickup head and the second pickup head is produced to fold the blank into a ‘U’ before the blank is inserted into the pocket on the packing conveyor. | 01-29-2015 |
20150031519 | PACKING UNIT AND METHOD FOR FOLDING A BLANK ON A PACKING MACHINE - A packing unit and method for folding a blank on a packing machine; the packing unit having: a packing conveyor having at least one pocket for receiving the blank; and a feed device for inserting the blank into the pocket on the packing conveyor; the packing conveyor has at least a first conveyor belt defining a bottom wall, of the pocket; at least a second conveyor belt separate from, parallel to, and alongside the first conveyor belt, and defining the bottom wall of the pocket together with the first conveyor belt; a first retaining member, which projects perpendicularly from the first conveyor belt and defines a front wall of the pocket; and a second retaining member, which projects perpendicularly from the second. conveyor belt and defines a rear wall of the pocket. | 01-29-2015 |