Molins Plc

Leonard Henry Calver

Robert William Davies

Leonard Thornton

Maxwell Francis Veness

A packing machine for cigarettes comprises a carton blank reservoir, a carton blank hopper, a blank feeding device,a blank transfer conveyor, a bundle drum, a packet forming drum,a packet stacking unit and a packet orientation unit. Carton blanks are removed one at a time from the hopper by a suction device and fed intermittently by the transfer conveyor to a position adjacent a pocket in the packet forming drum, the blank then being pushed into the pocket so as to partially form it into a carton. While on the transfer conveyor adhesive is applied to certain parts of the blank and initial folding of the blank takes place. Foil wrapped bundles of cigarettes are pushed, two at a time, into pockets provided on the bundle drum and transferred one at a time into a partially formed carton contained in a pocket on the packet forming drum. Further folding and gumming of the partially formed carton takes place on the packet forming drum and the carton is completed on being pushed from the packet forming drum into the stacking unit, in which the adhesive is reheated and the packet passes between spring loaded walls to ensure it is of the required external dimensions. The completed packets are then fed onto the orientation unit which presents each packet in the correct orientation for further operations to be carried out.

Packing machines

A packing machine for cigarettes comprises a carton blank reservoir, a carton blank hopper, a blank feeding device, a blank transfer conveyor, a bundle drum, a packet forming drum, a packet stacking unit and a packet orientation unit. Carton blanks are removed one at a time from the hopper by a suction device and fed intermittently by the transfer conveyor to a position adjacent a pocket in the packet forming drum, the blank then being pushed into the pocket so as to partially form it into a carton. Whilst on the transfer conveyor adhesive is applied to certain parts of the blank and initial holding of the blank takes place. Foil wrapped bundles of cigarettes are pushed, two at a time, into pockets provided on the bundle drum and transferred one at a time into a partially formed carton contained in a pocket on the packet forming drum. Further folding and gumming of the partially formed carton takes place on the packet forming drum and the carton is completed on being pushed from the packet forming drum into the stacking unit, in which the adhesive is reheated and the packet passes between spring loaded walls to ensure it is of the required external dimensions. The completed packets are then fed into the orientation unit which presents each packet in the correct orientation for further operations to be carried out. In an alternative arrangement the transfer conveyor consists of cooperating endless bands and is driven continuously.

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Leonard Henry Calver