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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1976
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert William Davies, London, EN;
Assignee:
Molins Limited, London, EN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B / ; B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
93 1 / ; 83107 ; 53389 ; 93 44 ; 93 40 ;
Abstract
A machine for packing cigarettes in which packets, having one open end, are made by successively wrapping an inner layer of foil and an outer layer of paper round a former, transferring the open ended packets into a pocket on a conveyor, and then inserting a batch of twenty cigarettes into each packet. A plurality of packet-making devices, and batch-forming devices are provided, the conveyor being so positioned that each pocket first passes all the packet-making devices in succession and then all the batch-forming devices in succession.