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AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
InventorsGary FALLON, Andrew BRAY, Kie Seon PARK
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A method of manufacturing a pack of smoking articles. The method comprises providing a planar blank of an inner support frame comprising a front panel and a rear panel connected by a bottom panel, and folding the front and rear panels together about the bottom panel to form an inner support frame in a receiving configuration. In the receiving configuration, the front and rear panels diverge in a direction away from the bottom panel and define an opening remote from the bottom panel. The method includes inserting a bundle of smoking articles through the opening into the inner support frame and folding the front and rear panels together about the bottom panel from the receiving configuration to an enclosed configuration to enclose the bundle of smoking articles. The method includes wrapping the bundle of smoking articles and inner support frame with a film to form a sealed pack of smoking articles. Also an apparatus for manufacturing a pack of smoking articles according to such a method.
A method of manufacturing a pack of smoking articles comprising providing a planar blank of an inner support frame comprising a front panel and a rear panel connected by a bottom panel, folding the front and rear panels together about the bottom panel to form an inner support frame in a receiving configuration, in which the front and rear panels diverge in a direction away from the bottom panel and define an opening remote from the bottom panel, inserting a bundle of smoking articles through the opening into the inner support frame, folding the front and rear panels together about the bottom panel from the receiving configuration to an enclosed configuration to enclose the bundle of smoking articles, and wrapping the bundle of smoking articles and inner support frame with a film to form a sealed pack of smoking articles.
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An apparatus for manufacturing a pack of smoking articles including a planar blank of an inner support frame comprising a front panel and a rear panel connected by a bottom panel, the apparatus comprising a folding station configured to fold the front and rear panels together about the bottom panel to form an inner support frame in a receiving configuration in which the front and rear panels diverge away from the bottom panel and define an opening remote from the bottom panel, an assembly apparatus configured to receive the inner support frame in the receiving configuration, and an insertion mechanism configured to insert a bundle of smoking articles through the opening into the inner support frame, a closing mechanism configured to fold the front and rear panels together about the bottom panel from the receiving configuration to an enclosed configuration to enclose the bundle of smoking articles, and a wrapping station configured to wrap the bundle of smoking articles and inner support frame with a film to form a sealed pack of smoking articles.
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