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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Martin Stiller, Verden, DE;
Burkard Roesler, Blender, DE;
Jens Schmidt, Grasberg, DE;
Jürgen Schwecke, Hilgermissen, DE;
Martin Stiller, Verden, DE;
Burkard Roesler, Blender, DE;
Jens Schmidt, Grasberg, DE;
Jürgen Schwecke, Hilgermissen, DE;
Focke & Co. (GmbH & CO. KG), Verden, DE;
Abstract
Cigarette packs of the hinge-lid-box type with an outer wrapping of shrinkable film are transported through a shrinkage station () in two pack rows (), in each case comprising individual packs. In the region of said shrinkage station, shrinkage elements, namely heating plates (), subject the upper side and/or lower side of the packs (), during a standstill phase of the same, to (contact) heat. The packs () are transported such that the lower side and the upper side are simultaneously or consecutively exposed for contact by the heating plates.