EP 4079648 A1 20221026 - A GROUPING UNIT AND METHOD TO FORM A GROUP CONSISTING OF TWO WRAPS, EACH CONTAINING A GROUP OF SMOKING ARTICLES
Title (en)
A GROUPING UNIT AND METHOD TO FORM A GROUP CONSISTING OF TWO WRAPS, EACH CONTAINING A GROUP OF SMOKING ARTICLES
Title (de)
GRUPPIERUNGSEINHEIT UND VERFAHREN ZUR BILDUNG EINER GRUPPE BESTEHEND AUS ZWEI UMHÜLLUNGEN MIT JEWEILS EINER GRUPPE VON RAUCHARTIKELN
Title (fr)
UNITÉ DE GROUPAGE ET PROCÉDÉ POUR FORMER UN GROUPE CONSTITUÉ DE DEUX EMBALLAGES CONTENANT CHACUN UN GROUPE D'ARTICLES À FUMER
Publication
Application
Priority
IT 202100010193 A 20210422
Abstract (en)
A grouping unit (C) and a grouping method to form a group consisting of two wraps (3), each containing a group (14) of smoking articles. There are provided: two pockets (48, 49), each of which is designed to accommodate a respective wrap (3); two output stations (S8, S9); an input station (S7) arranged between the two output stations (S8, S9); an insertion device (50) which is designed to insert a single wrap (3) into a first pocket (48) standing in the input station (S7) or into a second pocket (49) standing in the input station (S7); an extraction device (51), which is designed to extract one single wrap (3) from the first pocket (48) standing in a first output station (S8) or from the second pocket (49) standing in a second output station (S9), which is opposite the first output station (S8) relative to the input station (S7); and a moving device (52), which is designed to move, along a moving direction (D1), the first pocket (48) between the input station (S7) and the first output station (S8) and, simultaneously, is designed to move the second pocket (49) between the second output station (S9) and the input station (S7) so that in the input station (S7) there always is one pocket (48, 49), while the other pocket (49, 48) is in one of the two output stations (S8, S9).
IPC 8 full level
B65B 35/40 (2006.01); B65G 47/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/82 (2006.01); B65B 19/02 (2006.01); B65B 19/20 (2006.01); B65B 35/20 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65B 35/405 (2013.01); B65B 19/025 (2013.01); B65B 19/20 (2013.01); B65B 35/205 (2013.01); B65B 2230/04 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
- EP 3362365 B1 20190925 - GD SPA [IT]
- US 4258528 A 19810331 - FOCKE HEINZ
- EP 3056005 A1 20160817 - SHARP KK [JP]
- EP 3070005 A1 20160921 - GD SPA [IT]
Citation (search report)
- [A] EP 3070005 A1 20160921 - GD SPA [IT]
- [A] GB 2447763 A 20080924 - GD SPA [IT]
- [A] GB 2447779 A 20080924 - GD SPA [IT]
- [A] EP 3492408 A1 20190605 - FOCKE & CO [DE]
- [A] WO 2018141772 A1 20180809 - HICOF AG [CH]
- [A] CN 206615447 U 20171107 - HONGTA TOBACCO GROUP CO LTD
- [A] US 2014061000 A1 20140306 - FORD COLIN P [US]
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
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 4079648 A1 20221026; EP 4079648 B1 20240410; IT 202100010193 A1 20221022
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 22169305 A 20220421; IT 202100010193 A 20210422