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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2000
Rainer Herrmann, Ammersbek, DE;
Thomas Jung, Bayreuth, DE;
Rolf Kramp, Ahrensburg, DE;
Norbert Schulte, Bayreuth, DE;
Wolfgang Wurf, Heinersreuth, DE;
Heiko Hertrich, Bayreuth, DE;
British-American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a banderole handling device including at least one cassette arranged for supplying banderoles to a banderoling machine, a closure for the discharge end of each cassette and including a cassette support, wherein each cassette is arranged substantially vertically at the cassette support and is positionable above a banderole feeder chute of the banderoling machine. In addition, the invention relates to device for arresting a cassette including banderoles relative to a banderole feeder chute of a banderoling machine, including a closure for the discharge opening of the cassette wherein the closure is configured so that it is accommodated in a receiving portion arranged in a fixed position relative to the banderoling machine or banderole feeder chute during its opening operation. The invention relates further to a system for filling cassettes with stacks of banderoles, in which the cassettes are filled by means of a banderole stack feeder.