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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:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
G. d. Societa per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B23K / ; A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101-31 ; 2191216 ; 2191217 ; 21912171 ; 21912182 ; 131281 ;
Abstract
A conveyor for stabilizing packets of cigarettes coming off a packing machine, whereby each packet is fed along a stabilizing path and through a marking station by a pair of opposite facing conveyor belts partly engaging respective opposite minor lateral surfaces of the packet; and a laser marking unit is mounted at the marking station to impress a progressive code on a portion, left exposed by the respective conveyor belt, of one of the minor lateral surfaces of the packet.