Patent ID: 6092532
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A24C,B65B

Abstract:
Apparatus for manufacturing and packaging cigarettes, comprising a production station (10) for the manufacture of cigarettes and a packaging station (11) for packaging the cigarettes, wherein:(a) two independently operating manufacturing machines (12, 13) for cigarettes are assigned to a common packaging machine (14) for the manufacture of cigarette packs,(b) the two manufacturing machines (12, 13) are connected to the packaging machine (14) via a common cigarette conveyor (15),(c) the output of the packaging machine (14) corresponds substantially to the combined output of the two manufacturing machines (12, 13),(d) a packaging machine for wrapping cigarette packs in a film includes a film-wrapping unit (28) disposed with respect to its working direction parallel to the packaging machine (14) and at a distance from same,(e) the packaging machine (14) is connected to the film-wrapping unit (28) via a pack conveyor (27) which runs transverse to the packaging machine (14) and to the film-wrapping unit (28),(f) the film-wrapping unit (28) is immediately followed by a bundle-packing unit, including a carton-packing unit (29), with a transverse working direction with respect to said wrapping unit (28),(g) a box-packing unit (32) for filling the bundles produced by the carton-packing unit (29) wherein the working directions of the box packing unit (32) and carton-packing unit (29) are parallel and the units are located at a distance from each other,(h) the carton-packing unit (29) is connected to a box-packing unit (32) via a carton conveyor (30), and(i) the box-packing unit (32) is arranged in a space surrounded by the packaging machines (11, 28, 29) and the manufacturing machines (12, 13).