Method of forming groups of smoking articles
AssigneeBritish American Tobacco Mexico, S.A. De C.V.
InventorLucio Arredondo
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Abstract
A method of forming groups of smoking articles so that each group forms an individual bundle of smoking articles for receipt in a respective smoking article pack is disclosed. The method includes supplying a receptacle of an apparatus for forming groups of smoking articles with different types of smoking articles such that they mix in the receptacle and each group is formed from the mixture of different types of smoking articles by said apparatus. An apparatus for forming groups of smoking articles and a multipack comprising a plurality of smoking article packs is also disclosed.
Claims11
A method of forming groups of smoking articles so that each group forms an individual bundle of smoking articles for receipt in a respective smoking article pack, wherein the method comprises supplying a receptacle of an apparatus for forming groups of smoking articles with different types of smoking articles such that they mix in the receptacle and each group is formed from the mixture of different types of smoking articles by said apparatus, wherein the receptacle comprises a divider to separate the receptacle into a first section and a second section, and the method comprises supplying different types of smoking articles to the first section and supplying smoking articles to the second section, the smoking articles being supplied to the second section being of a different type to the types of smoking articles being supplied to the first section, the apparatus being configured so that each group formed by said apparatus includes smoking articles from both the first section and the second section.
A multipack comprising a plurality of smoking article packs contained within an outer container, each of the smoking article packs comprising a group of smoking articles formed from a mixture of at least two different types of smoking articles, wherein the mixture of different types of smoking articles contained in one of the packs differs from the mixture of different types of smoking articles contained in at least one other of the packs.
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