Patent ID: 6698158
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
A machine for producing packets of cigarettes, each packet (2) comprising a group (3) of cigarettes (4) enclosed in packaging material (5, 6, 7), the machine (1) comprising:a number of conveyors (12, 13, 30, 31, 35, 38, 41, 47, 50, 54), each having a respective number, greater than one, of members (18, 19, 33, 45, 37, 40, 43, 49, 53, 56) which are brought into contact with said groups (3) and/or the packaging material (5, 6, 7), and cooperate with the members (18, 19, 33, 45, 37, 40, 43, 49, 53, 56) of at least one adjacent conveyor (12, 13, 30, 31, 35, 38, 41, 47, 50, 54); the members (18, 19, 33, 45, 37, 40, 43, 49, 53, 56) comprising outlets (19) for the groups (3), pockets (18, 33, 45, 53, 56) for conveying the groups (3) and/or packets (2), conveying heads (43, 49) for conveying the packaging material (6, 7), and folding devices (37, 40) for folding said packaging material (5); wherein the number of members (18, 19, 33, 45, 37, 40, 43, 49, 53, 56) of each conveyor (12, 13, 30, 31, 35, 38, 41, 47, 50, 54) is equal to a multiple or to a common divisor of the number of members (18, 19, 33, 45, 37, 40, 43, 49, 53, 56) of an adjacent conveyor (12, 13, 30, 31, 35, 38, 41, 47, 50, 54).