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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53234 ; 19839702 ;
Abstract
Packaging machine for producing cigarette packs, having a folding turret (10), on the circumference of which there are arranged receiving means or pockets (26) for packaging material and pack contents along with movable folding elements and other elements assigned to the receiving means or pockets (26). The folding turret (10) is subdivided into a plurality of, in particular two, sub-turrets (17, 18) which are positioned equiaxially one beside the other in the axial direction and are connected releasably to one another. Each sub-turret (17, 18) can be handled, in particular removed, separately.