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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Marek Sieredziński, Radom, PL;
Robert Chmielewski, Jedlnia Letnisko, PL;
Marek Sieredziński, Radom, PL;
Robert Chmielewski, Jedlnia Letnisko, PL;
Abstract
Method and system for arranging cigarette packs according to the position of the filters of the cigarettes contained in the packs, each pack being provided on its outside with a detectable indicator (), the position of the indicator on the pack () in relation to the filters of the cigarettes contained in the packs being predefined, in which the packs are successively delivered in the form of a first stream () of the packs travelling on a conveyor () to a detection station () for detecting the indicators () where the position of the indicator on each particular pack is detected, the packs being subsequently arranged depending on the position of the indicator () detected thereon by the driving means () controlled basing on the information concerning the position of the indicators received from the detection station (). The arranging consists in dividing the first stream () of the packs into at least two separate streams of the travelling packs.