Global Patent Index - EP 4387475 A1

EP 4387475 A1 20240626 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING AND FORMING ORGANIZED GROUPS OF SMOKING ARTICLES

Title (en)

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING AND FORMING ORGANIZED GROUPS OF SMOKING ARTICLES

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ZUFÜHREN UND BILDEN VON ORGANISIERTEN GRUPPEN VON RAUCHARTIKELN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ D'ALIMENTATION ET DE FORMATION DE GROUPES ORGANISÉS D'ARTICLES À FUMER

Publication

EP 4387475 A1 20240626 (EN)

Application

EP 22769403 A 20220810

Priority

  • IT 202100022109 A 20210820
  • IT 2022050231 W 20220810

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2023021535A1] The apparatus (10) for feeding and forming organized groups of smoking articles (20) comprises a containing compartment (11) configured to contain smoking articles (20) and provided with a lower aperture (16), a plurality of conveying channels (30), each one having an upper aperture (34) communicating with the lower aperture (16) of the containing compartment, and a conveying device (40) comprising a support structure (41) on which there are mounted two or more conveying members (42) with an elongated shape, parallel to each other and disposed in correspondence with the upper apertures (34) of the conveying channels (30).

IPC 8 full level

A24C 5/35 (2006.01); B65B 19/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A24C 5/35 (2013.01); B65B 19/04 (2013.01)

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)

WO 2023021535 A1 20230223; CN 117794398 A 20240329; EP 4387475 A1 20240626; IT 202100022109 A1 20230220; JP 2024530254 A 20240816

DOCDB simple family (application)

IT 2022050231 W 20220810; CN 202280055469 A 20220810; EP 22769403 A 20220810; IT 202100022109 A 20210820; JP 2024510264 A 20220810