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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas Häfker, Langwedel, DE;
Axel Leifheit, Häuslingen, DE;
Ralph Sgodzai, Ritterhude, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG), Verden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 19/22 (2006.01); B65B 61/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
(Liquid) flavoring agents and other substances are transferred to cigarettes immediately prior to or during the packaging operation of the cigarettes (). An advantageous solution is that of the substances being transferred directly to free ends of the cigarettes () once cigarette groups () have been formed and during transportation of these groups. As an alternative, the substances can be transferred to the inside of an inner wrapper of the cigarette group in particular to a folding tab of a base wall.