Patent ID: 6684606
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: B65B,B65C

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing sealed packets of cigarettes with revenue stamps and coupons comprising:fashioning packets of cigarettes, in a packaging machine, each delimited by an outer surface that comprises a wrapping material; conveying the packets of cigarettes from the packaging machine to a cellophaner with a transfer means; enveloping each packet of cigarettes in a transparent overwrapping material and securing the material to complete the sealed packet; and applying a respective revenue stamp and applying a respective coupon to the outer surface of each packet during the step of conveying the packets of cigarettes from the packaging machine to the cellophaner, wherein the outer surface presents two mutually opposed and parallel main faces, the respective coupon being applied to a first of the two main faces and the respective revenue stamp being applied to a second of the two main faces.