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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Focke, Verden, DE;
Irmin Steinkamp, Seevetal, DE;
Assignee:
Foche & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 4/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 4/900 ;
Abstract
Method of cleaning packaging machines, in particular cigarette packaging machines, with the aid of cleaning bodies (,) which are directed through the packaging machine instead of pack contents and packaging material. The cleaning bodies (,) are thus configured and dimensioned in approximately the same way as the pack contents—cigarette group—or pack.