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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Focke, Verden, DE;
Kurt Meyer, Kirchlinteln-Neddenaver-bergen, DE;
Martin Stiller, Verden, DE;
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/934 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/934 ;
Abstract
In the production and packaging of cigarettes, the procedure for carrying out a product changeover is such that the entire production and packaging installation is largely emptied. In the region of a film packer ( ) and of a following multipacker ( ), subassemblies for producing web connections (splice) are controlled such that a last cigarette pack of the old configuration is assigned to a last cigarette multipack ( ) and this is then separated out.