Pocket element for the packing wheel of a cigarette packing machine
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorsMarco Ghini, Fulvio Boldrini, Antonio Gamberini
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Abstract
A pocket element for a packing wheel for packing groups of cigarettes in rigid packets with a hinged lid; each packet being formed by folding a precut blank; and the pocket element presenting a seat having a pair of locating elements, each having an oblique surface for supporting respective edges of a respective pair of end tabs of the blank defining a small longitudinal wall of the lid of a respective packet.
Claims6
A pocket element (5) for the packing wheel (1) of a cigarette packing machine, said pocket element (5) comprising a seat (8) for receiving a package (13) having a hinged lid (3), said package (13) being formed by folding a blank (11) about a preformed group of cigarettes, said hinged lid (3) having two lateral walls (32), each said lateral wall (32) having a free edge (33) facing said package (13) that is defined by the coincident edges (20, 21) of two superimposed, mutually connected tabs (18, 19) of said blank (11), said seat (8) having two lateral shoulders (30) within the seat, each said lateral shoulder (30)protruding into the seat to communicate with said coincident edges (20, 21) for constituting a means for locating and supporting said coincident edges (20, 21) of said tabs (18, 19) of said blank (11) within said seat (8).
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