Device and method for marking cigarette packets
AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH
InventorsAndreas Dittrich, Hans-Werner Fuchs, Bernd Rabenstein
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device and a method for marking cigarette packets, comprising a transport device for conveying at least one cigarette packet to a marking station for marking cigarette packets, and the following features: the transport device grasps a batch of adjacent, aligned cigarette packets and moves them to the marking station, where the transport device releases the batch; and the released cigarette packets are marked on at least one exposed area.
Claims24
A device for marking cigarette packets
- a) comprising a transport device for conveying at least one cigarette packet to a marking station for marking cigarette packets
- characterized by the following features:
- b) said transport device grasps a batch of adjacent, aligned cigarette packets and moves them to said marking station,
- c) where the transport device releases said batch;
- and
- d) the released cigarette packets are marked on at least one exposed area.
A method for marking cigarette packets, wherein at least one cigarette packet is conveyed by means of a transport device to be marked in a marking station, characterized in that:
- a) a batch of adjacent, aligned cigarette packets is grasped by said transport device and moved said marking station,
- b) where the transport device releases the batch;
- and
- c) in that the released cigarette packets are labeled on at least one exposed area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.