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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Focke, Verden, DE;
Martin Stiller, Verden, DE;
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/904 ; B65B 5/524 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/904 ; B65B 5/524 ;
Abstract
Packaging machine, in particular for cigarettes, having subassemblies and elements for handling packaging material and cigarettes. In order to reduce the outlay on servicing for the packaging machine, the practice, in the region where dust and material particles occur to a pronounced extent, is for air to be extracted constantly or temporarily by suction, the particles being carried along in the process. Furthermore, particles adhering to articles, in particular to material webs, may be processed mechanically, in particular by brushes ( ), in order for particles to be detached and extracted by suction.