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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2004
Thomas Hafker, Langwedel, DE;
Jens Schmidt, Grasberg, DE;
Thomas Hafker, Langwedel, DE;
Jens Schmidt, Grasberg, DE;
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG), Verden, DE;
Abstract
During the production of (cigarette) packs by packers (), the pack, depending on its configuration, has printing carriers, namely coupons which may be folded a number of times, added to it. These are produced by a coupon-production device () in a coupon arrangement () and are introduced into containers, namely magazines (), in a filling station (). A number of these magazines, in turn, which corresponds to requirements is kept on vehicles, namely transporting carts (), in order to be fed to the packer (). The relevant machines and subassemblies are connected to a central control unit () which defines the quantity of coupons which are to be produced and causes the magazines () and/or the transporting carts () to be coded, with the result that the supply of the packers () with coupons is controlled in accordance with the batch of packs which is to be produced.