Method of packing pairs of wrapped groups of cigarettes in hinged-lid wallet packets
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorsGiordano Gamberini, Marco Ghini, Marco Brizzi
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Abstract
A method of packing pairs of wrapped groups of cigarettes in wallet packets with a hinged lid, whereby a blank—having a first portion defining a body, and a second portion defining a hinged lid of a relative wallet packet—is fed into a respective pocket—having a respective pair of adjacent seats—of a packing wheel to define, with the relative first portion, two adjacent receptacles separated from each other by a central rib; the two receptacles are fed through a loading station to successively receive respective wrapped groups of cigarettes having respective collars, and one receptacle is then turned over onto the other to define the body of the relative wallet packet.
Claims16
A method of packing pairs of groups of cigarettes in respective hinged-lid wallet packets, the method comprising the steps of feeding a blank (19;
- 19a)—having a first portion (20) defining a body (2), and a second portion (21) defining a hinged lid (3) of a relative wallet packet (1;
- 1a)—onto a packing path (P), so as to fold the blank (19;
- 19a) to define a first and a second adjacent receptacle (13, 14) located successively along the packing path (P) and separated by a central rib (18) crosswise to the packing path (P), the second receptacle (14) being connected laterally to said second portion (21);
- feeding the blank (19;
- 19a) in a given travelling direction (38) along the packing path (P) and through a loading station (40) for loading said groups (16;
- 16a, 16b) of cigarettes, by performing two successive stops to arrest said first and said second receptacle (13, 14) successively at the loading station (40);
- feeding, at each stop, a relative group (16;
- 16a, 16b) of cigarettes, having a relative collar (17;
- 17a, 17b), into whichever of said first and said second receptacle (13, 14) is currently arrested at the loading station (40);
- feeding the blank (19;
- 19a) and the relative groups (16;
- 16a, 16b) of cigarettes, having relative collars (17;
- 17a, 17b), in said given travelling direction (38) along the packing path (P) and through a turn-over station (42);
- turning said first or said second receptacle (13, 14) over, at said turn-over station (42), onto the other about a vertex portion of said central rib (18), so as to grip the two groups (16;
- 16a, 16b) of cigarettes between the superimposed said first and said second receptacle (13, 14);
- and folding said second portion (21) about the superimposed said first and said second receptacle (13, 14) to form the hinged lid (3).
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