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(11) EP 0 586 919 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.05.1994 Bulletin 1994/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/11

(21) Application number: 93112965.4

(22) Date of filing: 12.08.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A24C 5/47, A24C 5/33
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 03.09.1992 IT BO920311

(71) Applicant: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
I-40133 Bologna (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Belvederi, Bruno
    I-40050 S. Martino di Monte S. Pietro (IT)

(74) Representative: Boggio, Luigi et al
STUDIO TORTA Società Semplice Via Viotti, 9
10121 Torino
10121 Torino (IT)


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    (54) Method of producing and packing filter-tipped cigarettes


    (57) On the filter assembly machine (2) of a cigarette manufacturing and packing system (1), tobacco items (20), each consisting of two cigarette portions (21, 22) joined by a double filter (23), are fed successively to a cutting station (24) to form two successions (25, 26) of side by side, oppositely-oriented single cigarettes (11a, 11b); the cigarettes (11a) in one succession (25) being turned around 180° and outwards in relation to the cigarettes (11b) in the other succession (26) to form two successions (25, 26) of equioriented, transversely-spaced cigarettes (11), which are fed along respective paths (31, 32) to respective outputs (38) of the filter assembly machine (2), for supply to respective transversely-spaced inputs (6, 7) of a packing unit (3).






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