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US 7,578,113 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for packaging side opening cigarette packets
AssigneeBritish-American Tobacco (Singapore) Private Limited
InventorsEdwin Cheng Siew Lim, Eric C L Kuek, Zhong Hai Yang, Kia Swee Tan
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Abstract
A method and a device of constructing a side-opening cigarette package. The method comprises gathering cigarettes into a bundled charge. A flat shell (10) is propped open to facilitate insertion of the bundled cigarettes. The shell containing the cigarettes is rotated and placed in a desired orientation onto a blank. The blank is folded to form the side opening cigarette package.
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A method of constructing a cigarette package including the steps of:
- gathering a pre-determined number of cigarettes into a bundled charge;
- providing an insert for containing said bundled charge;
- inserting said bundled charge longitudinally into said insert;
- rotating said insert containing said bundled charge through 90 degrees;
- placing said insert containing said bundled charge onto a cigarette package blank;
- and
- folding said cigarette package blank about said insert containing said bundled charge to form a cigarette package.
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A device for constructing a cigarette package including:
- a gathering means for gathering a pre-determined number of cigarettes into a bundled charge;
- a means for providing an insert;
- an insertion means for inserting said bundled charge longitudinally into said insert;
- a rotation means for rotating said insert containing said bundled charge through 90 degrees;
- a placing means to place said insert containing said bundled charge onto a cigarette package blank;
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- a folding means to fold said cigarette package blank about said insert containing said bundled charge to form a cigarette package.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.