Patent ID: 7155882

Claim:
A method of producing a hinged-lid wallet packet, whereby a blank ( 19 ; 19 a ), having a first portion ( 20 ) defining a body ( 2 ) and a second portion ( 21 ) defining a hinged lid ( 3 ) of a relative wallet packet ( 1 ; 1 a ), is fed into a respective conveyor pocket ( 43 ), having two side by side seats ( 44 , 45 ), so that the relative first portion ( 20 ) defines two adjacent receptacles ( 13 , 14 ) separated by a central rib ( 18 ) and each housed inside a respective said seat ( 45 ; 44 ); the pocket ( 43 ) then being fed in a given travelling direction ( 47 ) and along a packing path (P) through a loading station ( 40 ), where the two receptacles ( 13 , 14 ) simultaneously receive respective wrapped groups ( 16 ; 16 a , 16 b ) of cigarettes, and through a following turn-over station ( 50 ), where one of the two receptacles ( 13 , 14 ) is turned over onto the other to define the body ( 2 ) of the relative wallet packet ( 1 ; 1 a ).