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Filter-attachment machine and method of operating a filter-attachment machine

US6840247B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HAUNI MASCHINENBAU GMBH · DE

Inventors

Berthold Maiwald · Schwarzenbek, DE
Manfred Dombek · Dassendorf, DE
Manfred Folger · Hamburg, DE
Karl-Heinz Pawelko · Geesthacht, DE
Franz Rottmann · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 2002
Grant date	Jan 11, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T83/4691
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A filter-attachment machine in the tobacco-processing industry is provided. The machine has a plurality of conveying devices for products in the tobacco-processing industry, and at least one main drive that drives the plurality of conveying devices. The machine also has a pull-off device for pulling a cover tape ribbon from a cover tape supply, a cover-tape cutting device for cutting the cover tape ribbon into sections of a predetermined length, and at least one secondary drive that drives the pull-off device and the cover-tape cutting device. The cover tape ribbon is conveyed from the pull-off device to the cover-tape cutting device, and the sections of cover tape ribbon are transferred to the products on one of the plurality of conveying devices.

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