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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Casalecchio Di Reno, IT;
Luca Petrucci, Castelfranco Emilia, IT;
Gilberto Spirito, Bologna, IT;
Stefano Negrini, Calderara Di Reno, IT;
Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Casalecchio Di Reno, IT;
Luca Petrucci, Castelfranco Emilia, IT;
Gilberto Spirito, Bologna, IT;
Stefano Negrini, Calderara Di Reno, IT;
G.D S.p.A., , ES;
Abstract
In a cigarette packer, groups of single cigarettes are first assembled by a formation unit and placed in trays carried by a conveyor, then directed in succession along a set feed path, advancing sideways-on, toward a wrapping unit by which each one is enveloped in a transparent or at least partly transparent wrapper; during the transfer from the formation unit to the wrapping unit, the trays are directed past a print unit stationed along the feed path, by which at least one graphic element such as lettering or a logo is impressed on at least one cigarette making up each group.