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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Focke, Verden, DE;
Hans-Jurgen Bretthauer, Bremen, DE;
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B31B / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53575 ; 53234 ; 53255 ;
Abstract
For the production of soft-cup cigarette packs, use is made of folding mandrels (13) which are designed as hollow bodies, on the outside of which pack blanks (12) are folded, and into which a cigarette group (11) is pushed. To produce a precise pack, the folding mandrel (13) preferably consists of two mandrel parts (19, 20) which are connected to one another by thin laser-weld seams (21, 22). The two mandrel parts are made of spring-steel sheets. The folding mandrel (13) so designed is releasably fastened to a folding turret in a special way via a connecting piece.