Method of, and apparatus for, handling blanks, in particular coupons
AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorsHeinz Focke, Stefan Bachner, Jens Schmidt, Jurgen Focke, Doris Focke
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Abstract
For producing (cigarettes) packs (10) with a coupon positioned between the pack and outer wrapper made of film, the coupons are supplied to a packaging machine for the outer wrapper and are transported in the region of the packaging machine by a coupon conveyor (17). The coupons pass into the region of a feeder (20) and are applied by the latter to a free top side (13) of the packs.
Claims17
Method of handling blanks, in particular of supplying printing carriers, coupons (11, 12) or the like as an insert to a pack (10) or cigarette pack, characterized by the following features:
- a) the coupons (11, 12) are supplied in adjacent pairs in each case, in particular on account of a double coupon (15) being severed,
- b) the coupons (11, 12) are transported in the region of a packing machine by a coupon conveyor (17), namely to a (coupon) feeder (20, 21) or to a coupon magazine (22),
- c) the coupons (11, 12) arriving in pairs are separated during transportation such that individual coupons (11, 12) are supplied one after the other to the feeder (20, 21) or coupon magazine (22).
Apparatus for handling blanks, in particular for supplying printing carriers, coupons (11, 12) or the like as an insert to a pack (10), in particular cigarette pack, the packs (10) being transported preferably continuously along a conveying path (19) in the region of a packaging machine for applying an outer wrapper, characterized by the following features:
- a) the coupons (11, 12) can be supplied lying next to one another in pairs to a coupon conveyor (17), which transports the coupons (11, 12) to a feeder (20, 21) in order to be applied to a top side (13) of the packs (10),
- b) during transportation by the coupon conveyor (17), the coupons (11, 12) pass one after the other through a separating subassembly, namely an intermediate conveyor (27), by means of which the coupons (11, 12), which are spaced apart from one another in the conveying direction, are supplied one after the other to a further conveyor—connection conveyor (28).
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