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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Focke, Verden, DE;
Hans-Jürgen Bretthauer, Bremen, DE;
Henry Buse, Visselhövede, DE;
Hermann Blome, Blender-Einste, DE;
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 4/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 4/900 ;
Abstract
In order to produce (cigarette) packs with an (inner) wrapper made of heat-sealable sheet material and with folding tabs which are connected to one another by sealing, first of all a cigarette group ( ) is enclosed by a wrapper blank and. following completion of the necessary folding operations, is fed to a sealing turret ( ). In the region of the latter, folding tabs on sideways directed side walls and on radially outwardly directed end walls of the folded wrapper are sealed.