Process for producing cigarette packs

US6751934B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Focke & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Heinz Focke · Verden, DE
• Kurt Meyer · Kirchlinteln, DE
• Martin Stiller · Verden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 16, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 22, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 16, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B59/003
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In the production and packaging of cigarettes, the procedure for carrying out a product changeover is such that the entire production and packaging installation is largely emptied. In the region of a film packer (16) and of a following multipacker (17), subassemblies for producing web connections (splice) are controlled such that a last cigarette pack of the old configuration is assigned to a last cigarette multipack (24) and this is then separated out.