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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2022
Applicant:
I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a., Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Inventors:
Antonio Caporale, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Luca Galletti, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Assignee:
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTMOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31C 1/00 (2006.01); B31C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31C 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically producing tubular elements to make smoking articles and/or products for food use includes at least one forming unit configured to form the tubular elements starting from shaped flat sheets. The forming unit includes one or more forming devices which are moved by movement means along a work path closed in a loop, in order to form the tubular elements.