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AssigneeR.E.D. Stamp, Inc.
InventorsJack Edward Spaans, Michael Thomas Dayton, Randall Jay Kuiper, Michael Don-Robert Rupinski
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A tax stamping machine includes an input system that transfers incoming cartons of cigarettes into a conveyor. The input station positions the upper surfaces of the cartons at a predefined height, and the conveyor retains the cartons at the predefined height as the cartons pass through the stamp applicating device. The stamp applicating device includes an opening station, a stamping station, and a closing station. The conveyor includes resilient pulleys that hold the cartons at a predefined height as the cartons move through the opening station, the stamping station, and the closing station such that the upper surfaces of the individual packs of cigarettes are always at the same predefined height regardless of the size of the cartons entering the machine.
A stamping machine for stamping packages of cigarettes, the stamping machine comprising:
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