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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2022
I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a., Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT;
Antonio Caporale, Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT;
Loris Sacrati, Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT;
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT;
Abstract
An apparatus for packaging packets for smoking articles includes a transfer wheel to transfer the packets from a feed device to an outlet device. A gluing device is disposed in a certain angular position between the feed device and the outlet device to selectively glue two lateral flaps of each packet on the corresponding lateral walls thereof. A pressing device is disposed outside the transfer wheel between the gluing device and the outlet device to press the lateral flaps of the packet against corresponding lateral walls thereof.