Patent ID: 11873127
Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. Method for filling a package with a group of pairs of packs, comprising:
supplying a group of pairs of packs simultaneously from a transport device to a package,
vertically spacing the two packs of each pair of packs of the group of pairs of packs from each other in the package,
horizontally spacing each pair of packs from each other in the package,
maintaining a horizontal spacing between each pair of packs of the group of pairs of packs while supplying the group of pairs of packs to the package by guiding the pairs of packs of the group of pairs of packs along space bars provided in the transport device,
supplying a blank of sheet material and manufacturing a pack spacer and pair spacers from the blank of sheet material, the pack spacer is provided in the package for the vertical spacing between packs of pairs of packs and the pair spacers are provided in the package for the horizontal spacing between pairs of packs, therein
providing a strip former and pushing the strip former into the package at locations of pre-cut strips in the blank of sheet material, thereby forming the pair spacers, and
supplying the group of pairs of packs simultaneously into the package before forming the pair spacers.