Patent ID: 6409646
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B31B,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
A process for manufacturing hinge-lid packs for cigarettes, each said pack being made from a blank having a pair of inner box side tabs on opposite sides of said blank, a pair of outer box side tabs on opposite sides of said blank, a pair of inner lid side tabs on opposite sides of said blank and a pair of outer lid side tabs on opposite sides of said blank, the process comprising the steps of:providing a conveying path for said blanks, wherein a set of nozzles is disposed on each of opposite sides of said conveying path, each said set including two glue nozzles spaced apart transverse to said conveying path and directed upward for applying glue onto surfaces passing over said nozzles in contact therewith; conveying said blanks with said tabs disposed over said glue nozzles; feeding glue from said nozzles as said blank is conveyed relative thereto; pressing said tabs into contact with said glue nozzles as said blank is conveyed relative thereto so as to effect the application by said glue nozzles of two narrow, continuous and parallel strips of glue onto said outer box side tabs and said outer lid side tabs; and folding said each said blank to bring said outer box side tabs into contact with said inner box side tabs and said outer lid side tabs into contact with said inner side tabs thereby to secure said respective inner and outer side tabs together using said strips of glue to form said hinge-lid pack having a box part and a lid part.