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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1988
Riccardo Mattei, Bologna, IT;
Gastone Dall'Osso, Bologna, IT;
G.D. Societa Per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
Groups of cigarettes are inserted in succession into the peripheral pockets of an indexed wrapping wheel, each together with a relative sheet of heat-sealable wrapping material that incorporates a tear-open strip to facilitate the operation of breaking open the pack; the sheet is folded initially to create a sheath, enveloping the group of cigarettes lengthwise, the overlapping flaps of which are fused together by heat-seal elements that operate each time the wheel pauses; the projecting ends of the sheet are then folded down over the top and bottom of the pack by an assembly of mechanisms, and fused together by further heat-seal elements.