Patent ID: 8763349

Claim:
A method for producing bundle packages ( 10 ) for cigarettes, wherein a group of cigarette packs ( 12 ) is encased in an outer casing ( 13 ) to form the bundle package ( 10 ), and wherein the packs ( 12 ) respectively exhibit a code ( 19 ), and the group of packs ( 12 ) is encased in the outer casing ( 13 ) such that the code ( 19 ) of the packs ( 12 ) is not concealed by the outer casing ( 13 ) and that a means ( 20 , 23 ) for concealing the code of the packs ( 12 ) and a code ( 21 ) for the bundle package ( 10 ) are then arranged on the bundle package ( 10 ), comprising: a) providing a device comprising: i) a conveyor line formed by a conveying means ( 27 ) and a coding station ( 30 ), wherein the coding station ( 30 ) is arranged along the conveyor line formed by a conveying means ( 27 ) for the bundle packages ( 10 ), the coding station ( 30 ) being for affixing the means ( 20 , 23 ) for concealing the code ( 19 ) of the packs ( 12 ) and/or for affixing the code ( 21 ) to the bundle package ( 10 ) in a region of the code ( 19 ) of the packs ( 12 ), wherein the conveying means ( 27 ) is cyclically driven to allow the application of the concealing means ( 20 , 23 ) and/or code means ( 21 ) to the bundle package ( 10 ) during a stationary phase of the conveying means ( 27 ); and ii) conveyor belts ( 24 ) upstream and downstream of the conveying means ( 27 ), the conveyor belts ( 24 ) being for transporting the bundle package ( 10 ) with its longitudinal extent pointing in the direction of conveyance, the conveyor belts being aligned parallel to the conveying means ( 27 ) and being arranged in an imaginary straight line, the conveying means ( 27 ) being positioned laterally offset to the conveyor line of the conveyor belts ( 24 ); b) feeding the bundle package ( 10 ) to a coding station ( 30 ) for applying the code ( 21 ) for the bundle package ( 10 ) to the outer casing ( 13 ) and/or for affixing the means ( 20 , 23 ) for concealing the code ( 19 ) of the packs ( 12 ), wherein the bundle package ( 10 ), at least in a region of the coding station ( 30 ), is transported by a cyclically driven conveying means ( 27 ); and c) briefly pausing the conveying means, wherein the code ( 21 ) and/or the concealing means ( 20 , 23 ) are affixed in the coding station ( 30 ) during the brief pause of the conveying means ( 27 ).