Global Patent Index - EP 0619231 A1

EP 0619231 A1 19941012 - Packing machine, particularly a machine for packing cigarettes or the like.

Title (en)

Packing machine, particularly a machine for packing cigarettes or the like.

Title (de)

Verpackungsmaschine, insbesondere Maschine zum Verpacken von Zigaretten oder dergleichen.

Title (fr)

Machine d'emballage, spécialement machine pour l'emballage de cigarettes ou similaires.

Publication

EP 0619231 A1 19941012 (EN)

Application

EP 94104933 A 19940329

Priority

IT GE930034 A 19930407

Abstract (en)

A packaging machine, especially one for packing cigarettes or the like, comprises a feeder/gatherer (3, 103) of cigarettes in ordered groups from a magazine of loose cigarettes (2), a first forming unit (5, 6) which forms a foil wrapping, a second forming unit (13, 14, 15) which forms a hard- or soft-type packet wrapping around said groups of cigarettes (12) wrapped in the foil wrapping, means for feeding the packaging material (10, 28, 48), such as sheets of foil and, depending on the types of packaging, wrapping sheets (44) and transverse closure strips (47) or one or more blank parts (130, 31) constituting various parts of a hard packet, and also a magazine (18, 19) for storing discharged finished packets (20). According to the invention, the working parts of the machine and the path followed by the products in various stages of packaging are distributed and interconnected within a small vertical space in such a way that the working parts and the products are directly accessible, visually and manually, to the operative personnel. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B65B 59/04; B65B 19/22

IPC 8 full level

B65B 19/22 (2006.01); B65B 59/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65B 19/223 (2013.01); B65B 59/04 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0619231 A1 19941012; EP 0619231 B1 19980617; DE 69411063 D1 19980723; DE 69411063 T2 19990225; IT 1262269 B 19960619; IT GE930034 A0 19930407; IT GE930034 A1 19941007

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 94104933 A 19940329; DE 69411063 T 19940329; IT GE930034 A 19930407