Focke & Co.

Hans-Jürgen Bretthauer

Henry Buse

Jürgen Focke, Legal Representative

Jürgen Focke, Legal Representatives

In the case of a (soft) pack for cigarettes, the blank () made of paper or similar material is provided, adjacent to an end wall (), with a multi-layered folding strip () running all the way round. In order that inner layers can be connected to outer, covering layers via glue&#x2014;spot of glue ()&#x2014;a round cutout () made by punching is provided, the spot of glue () being positioned in the region of said cutout. A special feature is constituted by the production of blanks () for such a pack.

Cigarette packaging, method and device for the production thereof

For producing hard packs, namely hinge-lid boxes or shell and slide packs in particular, inner and outer pack units are prepared separately in each case, namely a shell (), on the one hand, and a blank for a hinge-lid box, on the other hand. The inner pack unit, comprising a cigarette block () and a further pack part, namely a slide () or a collar, is prepared in the region of a mandrel turret (). The pack units are then brought together, with continued rotary movement, by axial displacement relative to one another.

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Bremen, Germany

Hans-Jürgen Bretthauer