Global Patent Index - EP 3473113 B1

EP 3473113 B1 20210317 - CRIMPING UNIT

Title (en)

CRIMPING UNIT

Title (de)

CRIMPEINHEIT

Title (fr)

UNITÉ DE SERTISSAGE

Publication

EP 3473113 B1 20210317 (EN)

Application

EP 18200863 A 20181017

Priority

IT 201700117799 A 20171018

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3473113A1] This invention relates to a crimping unit for crimping a web (100) of material used to make tobacco industry products, comprising: - a feed station (10) provided with feed means (11) for feeding a web of material (100) used to make tobacco industry products; - a crimping station (20) which comprises a first crimping roller (21) and a second crimping roller (22) operatively coupled to make a plurality of longitudinal easy folding lines on the web (100) in transit between the two crimping rollers (21, 22). The crimping station (20) also comprises a supporting element (23) for supporting the crimping rollers (21, 22) and configured to adopt variable position and/or orientation in such a way as to vary the orientation of the web (100) being fed to the crimping rollers (21, 22).

IPC 8 full level

A24B 3/14 (2006.01); A24C 5/01 (2020.01); A24D 3/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A24B 3/14 (2013.01 - EP US); A24C 5/01 (2020.01 - EP US); A24D 3/0204 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3473113 A1 20190424; EP 3473113 B1 20210317; IT 201700117799 A1 20190418; PL 3473113 T3 20211011

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 18200863 A 20181017; IT 201700117799 A 20171018; PL 18200863 T 20181017