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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marco Brizzi, Zola Predosa, IT;
Antonio Gamberini, Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
G.D Societa' Per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53448 ; 53 53 ; 53 54 ; 53171 ; 53228 ; 53449 ; 53466 ; 131283 ;
Abstract
Twin packets of cigarettes, each consisting of two half packets with respective foil wrappings and arranged side by side inside an outer wrapping, are formed on a wrapping line by feeding a single succession of half packets along the input portion of the wrapping line, and successively transferring the half packets to the output portion of the wrapping line by grouping the half packets into twos to form, at the output portion, a single succession of groups, each consisting of two side by side half packets.