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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:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mario Spatafora, Bologna, IT;
Fabrizio Tale', Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
G. D Societa' per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method and machine for packing a product—in the example shown, a group of cigarettes—in a blank of packing material, whereby the blank is fed to a first seat on a packing conveyor, the product is fed to a second seat on the same packing conveyor, and a relative movement is imparted to the two seats to form, in one of the two seats, a blank-product assembly.