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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH), Verden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/128 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for handling (cigarette) packs, in particular for transporting and sealing the same. (Cigarette) packs ( ) coming from a packaging machine or a folding turret ( ) are transported in the region of a sealing subassembly ( ) by a pocket conveyor ( ), laterally arranged sealing jaws ( ) sealing sideways-directed end walls during a standstill phase. The packs ( ) are fed, via an intermediate conveyor ( ), to an accumulating conveyor ( ) and, finally, to a pushing-off station ( ) for the formation of pack groups ( ) which are to be pushed off transversely. By virtue of relative movement, the pack group ( ) is separated off from a following line of packs ( ).