Method and device for producing hard packs for cigarettes
AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorsHans-Jürgen Bretthauer, Henry Buse
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Abstract
For producing hard packs, namely hinge-lid boxes or shell and slide packs in particular, inner and outer pack units are prepared separately in each case, namely a shell (20), on the one hand, and a blank for a hinge-lid box, on the other hand. The inner pack unit, comprising a cigarette block (10) and a further pack part, namely a slide (13) or a collar, is prepared in the region of a mandrel turret (24). The pack units are then brought together, with continued rotary movement, by axial displacement relative to one another.
Claims16
An apparatus for producing hinge-lid boxes or shell and slide packs, comprising block-form pack contents in a form of a cigarette block (10) comprising a cigarette group (12) and an inner blank (11), and an outer wrapper made of cardboard, said apparatus comprising:
- a) a mandrel turret having a plurality of folding mandrels (25), wherein each of the plurality of the folding mandrels has an axis parallel to the others, said folding mandrels being arranged along the circumference of the mandrel turret (24) for producing the cigarette block (10) and/or for producing an inner pack unit, and
- b) a pocket turret (53) arranged in an offset plane in relation to the mandrel turret (24) and having a plurality of shell pockets (54) or pack pockets (107) for accommodating an erected shell (20) or a blank (69) which has been partially folded to form a box part (70) which is open on one side,
- c) wherein the mandrel turret (24) and the pocket turret (53) move continuously and synchronously on a common shaft,
- d) each of the shell pockets (54) or pack pockets (107) of the pocket turret (53) being in alignment with an axis of a respective folding mandrel (25) of the mandrel turret (24) such that the inner pack unit is formed on the folding mandrel (25) and is pushed along said axis into said erected shell (20) held ready in the region of the pocket turret (53), or into the box part (70).
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