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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Sasib S.p.a., Castel Maggiore, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SASIB S.P.A., Castel Maggiore, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31C 7/02 (2006.01); A24C 5/00 (2020.01); A24C 5/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31C 7/02 (2013.01); A24C 5/002 (2013.01); A24C 5/465 (2013.01);
Abstract
A manufacturing machine and a manufacturing method for the production of a tubular element, in particular for a smoking article. There are provided: an input conveyor, which moves at least one pocket along an input path; a wrapping conveyor, which moves at least one spindle, which has the shape of an inner cavity of the tubular element, along a wrapping path; a feeding station, where the pocket receives a wrapping sheet; and a transfer station, where the pocket releases the wrapping sheet to the spindle folding the wrapping sheet around the spindle into a 'U' shape.