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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2002
Jürgen Focke, Legal Representatives, Verden, DE;
Hans-jürgen Bretthauer, Bremen, DE;
Henry Buse, Visselhövede, DE;
Jürgen Focke, legal representatives, Verden, DE;
Hans-Jürgen Bretthauer, Bremen, DE;
Henry Buse, Visselhövede, DE;
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Abstract
For producing hard packs, namely hinge-lid boxes or shell and slide packs in particular, inner and outer pack units are prepared separately in each case, namely a shell (), on the one hand, and a blank for a hinge-lid box, on the other hand. The inner pack unit, comprising a cigarette block () and a further pack part, namely a slide () or a collar, is prepared in the region of a mandrel turret (). The pack units are then brought together, with continued rotary movement, by axial displacement relative to one another.