Focke & Co.

Thomas Hafker

Heinz H Focke

Martin Stiller

Harald Gosebruch

Burkard Roesler

Michael Schlenker

Jens Schmidt

Hans J Bretthauer

During the production of (cigarette) packs by packers (), the pack, depending on its configuration, has printing carriers, namely coupons which may be folded a number of times, added to it. These are produced by a coupon-production device () in a coupon arrangement () and are introduced into containers, namely magazines (), in a filling station (). A number of these magazines, in turn, which corresponds to requirements is kept on vehicles, namely transporting carts (), in order to be fed to the packer (). The relevant machines and subassemblies are connected to a central control unit () which defines the quantity of coupons which are to be produced and causes the magazines () and/or the transporting carts () to be coded, with the result that the supply of the packers () with coupons is controlled in accordance with the batch of packs which is to be produced.

Apparatus for producing cigarette packs provided with coupons

Cigarette packs (10) are usually provided with an outer wrapper (13) made of thin, transparent or clear film. Furthermore, cigarette packs (10) are furnished with a (revenue) stamp (25). This is attached to the inner side of the outer wrapper (13) with glue or by other means. A tear-off strip (28) for the outer wrapper (13) is laid in place so that it severs the stamp (25) when torn off. This is connected to the pack by gluing its inner side to the facing side wall (16) of the pack.

Apparatus for manufacturing cigarette packs

Method of operating machines with rotating units and machine with a rotating unit, in particular a packaging machine with a (folding) turret. Rotating units, in particular folding turrets (10) of packaging machines, must be supplied with oil as a lubricant. At the same time, areas supplied with oil must be sealed with respect to those areas into which oil must not penetrate. In the case of a folding turret (10), a supporting part (11) is confined with respect to a rotating part (12) by means of a rotating supporting rim (46) and a supporting ring (48) surrounding the latter. The supporting rim (46), as a rotating element, is provided with grooves (52, 53, 54) which prevent passage of oil in the area of a sealing gap (51) formed between the supporting rim (46) and the supporting ring (48).

Method of operating machines with rotating units and machine with a

Process and apparatus for producing bag packs each having a portion (10) of cut tobacco or the like. For the purpose of producing bag packs with portions (10) of different weights, the portions (10) are compressed in the region of a pressing chamber (14) such that the portion (10) which has to be introduced into the bag (11) is always of the same size--irrespective of the weight. During compaction, the portion (10) is simultaneously formatted so that it corresponds to the interior of the bag (11).

Process and apparatus for producing (filling) bag packs for tobacco

In the production of large packs (10) each comprising a pack group (11), in particular comprising cigarette packs (12), different-wrapper versions have to be taken into account. For this purpose, two folding turrets (21, 22) for different packaging material are provided, namely a folding turret (21) for cardboard blanks (13) and a folding turret (22) for blanks (20) made of paper or film. The two folding turrets (21, 22) are arranged one beside the other in horizontal alignment. Each folding turret (21, 22) is provided with four pockets which each run through three operating stations.

Apparatus for producing (large) packs

In the manufacture of packets on which folding flaps or other packaging parts are connected to one another by glue, the latter is applied to the blank (10) of the packet by glue nozzles 16. When there is a temporary breakdown, the gluing unit (15) is moved into a waiting position remote from the rotary folding unit (11) and held here in an operating position in a phased manner by the release of glue portions.

Device for manufacturing packets with glued folding flaps

Soft-case packet plus method and device for manufacturing same and other packets. On soft-case packets for cigarettes, blanks for an inner wrapping (17) and an outer soft pouch (18) made of paper or the like are folded in usual fashion on a hollow folding mandrel (10) of a rotary folding unit (12). Folding flaps of the soft pouch (18) are connected to one another by glue in the region of a side wall (23) and in the region of a base. The glue is applied by glue nozzles during the manufacture of the packet as a row of glue spots (26, 41) to the respective folding flaps, i.e. to an inner flap (24) lying radially on the outside in relation to the rotary folding unit (12) and to the inner side of an outer base flap (39) extending in the direction of the perimeter.

Soft case packet plus method and device for manufacturing same and other

An apparatus for handling reels of webs of material includes a reel conveyor (35), having a downwardly directed supporting journal (41) which can be accurately positioned, serves which for handling reels (10) formed from a wound web of material, especially from packaging material. The supporting journal enters a central orifice (11) of the reel (10) and engages the reel. The supporting journal (41) is accurately alignable with the respective position of the reel (10) or a working journal (33) of a packaging machine or the like by separately operable pressure medium cylinders (47, 48, 49). The working journal (33) at the packaging machine is driven rotatably and, at the same time, tiltably between an upright position and two opposed horizontal positions.

Apparatus for handling reels of webs of material

To improve the possibility of extracting cigarettes from the pack, the bottom wall of the pack is made to be bevelled, that is, oblique, with respect to the from and back walls of the pack. The cigarettes stand respectively to the bottom wall and are thereby offset in height relative to one another. The cigarettes are supported by an upper supporting wall and a lower supporting wall which have recesses aligned with one another for receiving the cigarettes therethrough. The support provided by the supporting walls maintains the cigarettes at a distance from one another and from the walls of the pack.

Pack for stick-shaped articles, such as cigarettes, and blank for

Disclosed is an apparatus for introducing (small) packs, especially cigarette packs, into a box. An intermediate container (18) is used in order to fill containers, especially boxes (16), with a plurality of (small) packs arranged in rows above and next to one another. This intermediate container is formed from elongated compartments (19) which are open at both ends and which receive one pack group (20) each. The intermediate container (18) is positioned in front of the open box (16) in such a way that the contents can be pushed into the box (18) in a single push-out cycle. A feed conveyor (28) which serves for filling the intermediate containers (18) feeds a pack string (15) from a packaging machine (11) to the intermediate container (18) and directly introduces the pack string into the compartments (19).

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Langwedel, Germany

Thomas Hafker