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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1996
Heinz Focke, Verden, DE;
Harald Gosebruch, Verden, DE;
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Abstract
To increase the output of packaging machines for cigarettes, a common cigarette stock, in particular a cigarette magazine, is assigned a plurality of independently working packaging units (11, 12, 13, 14). These are fed with cigarette groups, for packaging, by the cigarette magazine (10) via a common conveyor. The packaging units (11 to 14) consist of a folding unit (24), of a material unit and of a drive unit. Depending on the desired output, a pluraity of packaging units (11 to 14) can be combined as part of the packaging machine. The packaging units (11 to 14) are subdivided again into units to be handled independently, in particular into a folding unit (24), a material unit and a drive unit. These are exchangeable and, for the operation of the packaging machine, are connected functionally to one another.