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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2009
Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Casalecchio di Reno, IT;
Luca Testoni, Castelmaggiore, IT;
Antonio Vitali, Molinella, IT;
Cristian Dakessian, Bologna, IT;
Andrea Biondi, Bologna, IT;
Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Casalecchio di Reno, IT;
Luca Testoni, Castelmaggiore, IT;
Antonio Vitali, Molinella, IT;
Cristian Dakessian, Bologna, IT;
Andrea Biondi, Bologna, IT;
G.D Societa'per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
A method and wrapping unit for producing a package containing a group of cigarettes, and which include: feeding the group of cigarettes along a path; feeding a sheet of wrapping perpendicularly to the path of the group of cigarettes; feeding a tubular spindle along the path of the group of cigarettes to intercept the sheet of wrapping and fold the sheet of wrapping into a U about the tubular spindle; and feeding the group of cigarettes through the tubular spindle to slide the sheet of wrapping off the tubular spindle and apply the U-folded sheet of wrapping to the group of cigarettes.