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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Gottfried von Bismarck, Hamburg, DE;
Horst-Dieter Preuss, Glinde, DE;
Ralf Grassmel, Hamburg, DE;
Nikolaos Georgitsis, Hamburg, DE;
Hauni Maschinenbau AG, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for confining commodities in containers each of which consists of several components. The commodities are advanced along an elongated path past a series of stations where the components of the containers are draped around successive commodities. At least some of the components are provided with characteristic indicia, and a control circuit processes the indicia into information which is encoded upon the finished containers. Such information is decoded, when necessary, to ascertain the genuineness or lack of genuineness of the commodities, for example, the identity of the maker and packer of cigarettes in cigarette packs.