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US 6,857,358 B2Granted
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.
Claims4
A method for moving cigarette packages to a marking station, comprising:
- aligning cigarette packages behind a block in side by side relationship on a non-movable surface at an accumulation station;
- grasping a batch of said packages from behind said block by opposing first and second clamping jaws;
- moving laterally said first and said second clamping jaws to position said batch of packages at a marking station;
- releasing said packages from said first and said second clamping jaws;
- marking said packages;
- grasping said back of packages at said marking station by said first and said second clamping jaws;
- moving said packages from said marking station to a separating station.
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