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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. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/46 ; B31B 3/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/46 ; B31B 3/44 ;
Abstract
Process and apparatus for producing (cigarette) packs with supporting protrusions ( ), formed within the pack, above a base wall ( ), the supporting protrusions ( ) being formed by folding webs ( ). The folding webs ( ) or folding tabs are pre-folded or folded definitively, during the (customary) transportation of the blanks along a blank path ( ), by corresponding folding elements, in particular by a folding wheel ( ) with a folding protrusion ( ) which folds the folding web ( ).