Machine for packing of cigarettes in soft packets

Claim 2

A machine for packaging cigarettes in soft packets comprising: a. a supply container for the cigarettes to be packaged, b. feed means located within said supply container for feeding at least two groups of cigarettes, c. a first turntable positioned adjacent said supply container and having stations thereon. d. a plurality of said stations having means for preparing arrangements of at least two blocks of cigarettes at an individual station, e. at least one of said first turntable stations having two parallel positioned recesses for receiving said two block arrangements of cigarettes, f. a second turntable positioned adjacent said first turntable and having stations thereon, g. said second turntable cooperating with the first turntable to receive said block arrangements of cigarettes, h. means located at several of said second turntable stations to perform the operations of making and closing two packet arrangements for said twO block arrangements of cigarettes in an individual station, i. means for transferring the two block arrangements from the first turntable to the packet arrangements, j. said performing means of second turntable including a pair of folding means for folding packet blanks, said folding means being parallel to each other and located at several of the second turntable stations.

Claim 3

A packing machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the feeding means in said supply container comprises U-shaped channel members and an ejector means, the lower portion of said channel members allowing the ejection of at least two groups of cigarettes by the insertion of said ejector means in said channel portions.

Claim 4

A packing machine as defined in claim 1 wherein the two parallel positioned recesses are formed by pressing pocket members having a pressing position and an open position for receiving said two block arrangements of cigarettes.

Claim 5

A packing machine as defined in claim 3, wherein the two parallel positioned recesses are formed by pressing pocket members having a pressing position and an open position for receiving said two block arrangements of cigarettes that have been ejected by said ejector means from said channel portions.

Claim 6

A packing machine as defined in claim 1, and further comprising detector means associated with several of said first turntable stations and sensitive to the operative conditions thereon to detect defective blocks of cigarettes.

Claim 7

A packing machine as defined in claim 1 and further comprising detector means which are independently associated with said respective parallel recesses of said first turntable, which are sensitive to the operative conditions of said recesses, and which include groups of pins which operate with independently controlled circuits to detect defective blocks of cigarettes.

Claim 8

A packing machine as defined in claim 1, and further comprising movably mounted holding members for positioning of said packet blanks in the range of said pair of folding means.

Claim 9

A packing machine as defined in claim 1, said performing means further comprising a folding tool mechanism reciprocally movably mounted at one of said second turntable stations to fold the inner edges of said packet blanks.

Claim 10

A packing machine as defined in claim 1, said performing means further comprising a double folding tool mechanism movably mounted at one of said second turntable stations to fold the overlapping edges of said packet blanks.

Claim 11

A packing machine as defined in claim 1, said performing means further comprising movable folder means having finger members thereon at one of the stations on the second turntable for folding the paper blank to form at least the rear side of the packet.

Claim 12

A packing machine as defined in claim 1, further comprising a third turntable associated with one of the other two turntables and having openings thereon of a size to receive packets; said third turntable separates the defective packets from the acceptable packets.

Claim 13

A packing machine as defined in claim 1, and further comprising a third turntable operatively associated with said second turntable for receiving packets and for determining the defective ones.

Claim 14

A packing machine as defined in claim 1 further comprising a third turntable operatively associated with the second turntable, said third turntable having recesses to receive packets, and means on said third turntable to reject the faulty packets.

Claim 15

A machine for packaging cigarettes comprising: a. a supply container for the cigarettes, b. feed means located within said supply container for feeding groups of cigarettes, c. a first turntable positioned adjacent said supply container and having stations thereon, d. a plurality of said stations having means for preparing arrangements of at least two blocks of cigarettes at an individual station, e. at least one of said first turntable stations having two parallel positioned recesses for receiving said two block arrangements of cigarettes, f. a second turntable being positioned adjacent said first turntable and having stations thereon, g. a pair of folding means parallel to each other and located at several of said second turntable stations for folding packet blanks, h. said second turntable cooperating with said first turnable to receive said block arrangements of cigarettes, i. said folding means being transversly mounted with respect to the position of the two parallel positioned recesses of said first turntable, j. a stamping and cutting means movably mounted between said pair of folding means wherein a single packet blank fed in the rotary direction of the second turntable is wrapped around said folding means and severed during the folding operation, and k. means located at several of said second turntable stations to perform the operations of making, filling and closing two packet arrangements for said two block arrangements of cigarettes in an individual station.

Claim 16

A machine for packaging cigarettes comprising: a. a supply container for the cigarettes, b. feed means located within said supply container for feeding groups of cigarettes, c. a first turntable positioned adjacent said supply container and having stations thereon, d. a plurality of said stations having means for preparing arrangements of at least two blocks of cigarettes at an individual station, e. at least one of said first turntable stations having two parallel positioned recesses for receiving said two block arrangements of cigarettes, f. a second turntable being positioned adjacent said first turntable and having stations thereon, g. a pair of folding means parallel to each other and located at several of said second turntable stations for folding packet blanks, h. said second turntable cooperating with said first turnable to receive said block arrangements of cigarettes, i. said folding means being transversly mounted with respect to the position of the two parallel positioned recesses of said first turntable, j. a stamping and cutting means movably mounted between said pair of folding means wherein a single packet blank fed in the rotary direction of the second turntable is wrapped around said folding means and severed during the folding operation, and k. means located at several of said second turntable stations to perform the operations of making, filling and closing two packet arrangements for said two block arrangements of cigarettes in an individual station.

Claim 17

A machine for packaging cigarettes comprising: a. a supply container for the cigarettes, b. feed means located within said supply container for feeding groups of cigarettes, c. a first turntable positioned adjacent said supply container and having stations thereon, d. a plurality of said stations having means for preparing arrangements of at least two blocks of cigarettes at an individual station, e. at least one of said first turntable stations having two parallel positioned recesses for receiving said two block arrangements of cigarettes, f. a second turntable being positioned adjacent said first turntable and having stations thereon, g. a pair of folding means parallel to each other and located at several of said second turntable stations for folding packet blanks, h. said second turntable cooperating with said first turntable to receive said block arrangements of cigarettes, i. said folding means being transversely mounted with respect to the position of the two parallel positioned recesses of said first turntable, j. a heated stamping mechanism at one of the stations on the second turntable for folding paper blanks to form the bottom of each of the packets, and k. means located at several of said second turntable stations to perform the operations of making, filling and closing two packet arrangements for the two block arrangements of cigarettes in an individual station.

Claim 18

A machine for packaging cigarettes comprising: a. a supply container for the cigarettes, b. feed means located within said supply container for feeding groups of cigarettes, c. a first turntable positioned adjacent said supply container and having stations thereon, d. a plurality of said stations having means for preparing arrangements of at least two blocks of cigarettes at an individual station, e. at least one of said first turntable stations having two parallel positioned recesses for receiving said two block arrangements of cigarettes, f. a second turntable being positioned adjacent said first turntable and having stations thereon, g. a pair of folding means parallel to each other and located at several of said second turntable stations for folding packet blanks, h. said second turntable cooperating with said first turntable to receive said block arrangements of cigarettes, i. said folding means being transversely mounted with respect to the position of the two parallel positioned recesses of said first turntable, j. a heated stamping mechanism at one of the stations on the second turntable for folding paper blanks to form the bottom of each of the packets, and k. means located at several of said second turntable stations to perform the operations of making, filling and closing two packet arrangements for the two block arrangements of cigarettes in an individual station.

Claim 19

A machine as defined in claim 1 wherein said folding means includes two adjacent folding cores laterally displaced with respect to each other and means to fold a single packet blank over each of the adjacent cores and said performing means includes means to sever the single packet blank after folding over the adjacent cores.

Claim 20

A machine as defined in claim 16 wherein said performing means includes means located at one of the stations on the second turntable to partially fold the extensions of the packet blank.

Claim 21

A machine for packaging cigarettes in soft packets comprising: a. a supply container for the cigarettes to be packaged, b. a movable packet forming means, c. two adjacent folding cores being disposed on said packet forming means, said core having a pair of broad sides and a pair of narrow sides to form a rectangular cigarette packet, d. at least two of the folding cores having opposite broad sides facing each other whereby the narrow sides of the cores move generally forwardly as the packet forming means moves, e. means for feeding a single packet blank into the path of the forwardly moving folding cores, f. means for draping the single packet blank over the forward side and broad sides of each of the adjacent folding cores, g. means to sever the single packet blank into two separate blanks after the single blank has been folded over the adjacent cores for forming two adjacent open packets, and h. second means for feeding at least two groups of cigaretteS from the supply container into adjacent open packets located on the packet forming means.

Claim 22

A machine for packaging cigarettes in soft packets comprising: a. a supply container for the cigarettes to be packaged, b. a movable packet forming means, c. two adjacent folding cores being disposed on said packet forming means, said core having a pair of broad sides and a pair of narrow sides to form a rectangular cigarette packet, d. at least two of the folding cores having opposite broad sides facing each other whereby the narrow sides of the cores move generally forwardly as the packet forming means moves, e. means for feeding a single packet blank into the path of the forwardly moving folding cores, f. means for draping the single packet blank over the forward side and broad sides of each of the adjacent folding cores, g. means to sever the single packet blank into two separate blanks after the single blank has been folded over the adjacent cores for forming two adjacent open packets, and h. second means for feeding at least two groups of cigaretteS from the supply container into adjacent open packets located on the packet forming means.

Claim 23

A machine for packaging cigarettes in soft packets comprising: a. a supply container for the cigarettes to be packaged, b. a movable packet forming means, c. a plurality of folding cores adjacently disposed on said packet forming means, each said core having a pair of broad sides and a pair of narrow sides to form a rectangular cigarette packet, d. at least two of the folding cores having opposite broad sides facing each other whereby the narrow sides of the cores move generally forwardly as the packet forming means moves, e. means for feeding a single packet blank into the path of the forwardly moving folding cores, f. means for folding the single packet blank over each of the adjacent cores, g. means to sever the single packet blank after folding over the adjacent cores to form adjacent open packets, and h. second means for feeding at least two groups of cigarettes from the supply container into adjacent open packets located on the packet forming means.

Claim 24

A machine for packaging cigarettes in soft packets comprising: a. a supply container for the cigarettes to be packaged, b. a movable packet forming means, c. a plurality of folding cores adjacently disposed on said packet forming means, each said core having a pair of broad sides and a pair of narrow sides to form a rectangular cigarette packet, d. at least two of the folding cores having opposite broad sides facing each other whereby the narrow sides of the cores move generally forwardly as the packet forming means moves, e. means for feeding a single packet blank into the path of the forwardly moving folding cores, f. means for folding the single packet blank over each of the adjacent cores, g. means to sever the single packet blank after folding over the adjacent cores to form adjacent open packets, and h. second means for feeding at least two groups of cigarettes from the supply container into adjacent open packets located on the packet forming means.

Claim 25

A machine as defined in claim 19 wherein said packet forming means revolves and said folding cores are disposed along a radial line of the revolving packet forming means whereby the narrow sides of the cores move in a generally circumferential direction.