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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 10, 2010
Roberto Polloni, Modigliana, IT;
Gilberto Spirito, Bologna, IT;
Claudio Foghetti, Montelabbate, IT;
Vladi Negrini, Bologna, IT;
Giacomo Roffia, Minerbio, IT;
Andrea Biondi, Bologna, IT;
Marco Fiorentini, Marzabotto, IT;
Roberto Polloni, Modigliana, IT;
Gilberto Spirito, Bologna, IT;
Claudio Foghetti, Montelabbate, IT;
Vladi Negrini, Bologna, IT;
Giacomo Roffia, Minerbio, IT;
Andrea Biondi, Bologna, IT;
Marco Fiorentini, Marzabotto, IT;
G. D Societa' per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
A method and machine for folding sheets of packing material about respective groups of cigarettes to form respective packages, and wherein a web of packing material is first fed through a control station for detecting the position of a reference mark made on the web at a work station upstream from the control station, and is then fed through a cutting station where the web is cut into sheets of packing material, each of which is fed to a packing station where each sheet of packing material is folded about the respective group of cigarettes.