Philip Morris Inc.

Philip Morris Products Inc.

Philip Morris Management Corp.

Angel Amendola

Xuan M Pham

John Mathew Adams

David Moir

Ronald R Stewart

Frederick M Della Crosse

Robert Gallino

Kenneth B Shepard

Jeffrey M Haskin

Jeffrey M Haskins

A sealed cigarette carton is formed by activating an adhesive pre-applied to a carton blank and then setting the adhesive. Cigarette packaging apparatus and method utilizing packaging stock comprising a pre-applied adhesive forms cigarette cartons that are sealed by heat-activating and then setting the pre-applied adhesive.

Method for making a heatsealable carton

Cigarette packaging apparatus and method utilizing packaging stock comprising a pre-applied adhesive to form cigarette packages that are sealed by activating and then preferably setting the pre-applied adhesive.

Cigarette packaging machine and apparatus

An outer wrapper for a container which includes an integral tear tape. The tear tape is formed by cutting two sets of score lines extending partially through the thickness of the wrapper material. The tear tape can be patterned to conform to the parting line along which the container opens, including oblique segments, thus allowing the container to be opened without interference from the parts of the wrapper which remain in contact with the container subsequent to removal of the tear tape.

Container wrappers with integral tear tape, and methods and apparatus

A continuous sheet of metal leaf advanced at a constant rate is moved at variable velocity through a rotary die stamper such that between stamps the metal leaf moves at a velocity which is slower than the velocity of a substrate web; but just prior to stamping the metal leaf is accelerated by contact between the metal leaf and a raised die rotating at the velocity of the substrate web so that when the stamp occurs the metal leaf is traveling at a velocity substantially equal to the velocity of the substrate web. Varying the velocity of the metal leaf has the effect of minimizing the distance the metal leaf travels between stamps which conserves consumption of the metal leaf. Separate means for accelerating the leaf prior to stamping and decelerating the leaf after stamping also may be provided.

Hot rotary stamper apparatus and methods for metal leaf stamping

Container wrapper with integral tear tape, and methods and apparatus for

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Millersville, MD, United States of America

Angel Amendola