Patent ID: 7134257

Claim:
An apparatus for producing hinge-lid boxes or shell and slide packs, comprising block-form pack contents in a form of a cigarette block ( 10 ) comprising a cigarette group ( 12 ) and an inner blank ( 11 ), and an outer wrapper made of cardboard, said apparatus comprising: a) a mandrel turret having a plurality of folding mandrels ( 25 ), wherein each of the plurality of the folding mandrels has an axis parallel to the others, said folding mandrels being arranged along the circumference of the mandrel turret ( 24 ) for producing the cigarette block ( 10 ) and/or for producing an inner pack unit, and b) a pocket turret ( 53 ) arranged in an offset plane in relation to the mandrel turret ( 24 ) and having a plurality of shell pockets ( 54 ) or pack pockets ( 107 ) for accommodating an erected shell ( 20 ) or a blank ( 69 ) which has been partially folded to form a box part ( 70 ) which is open on one side, c) wherein the mandrel turret ( 24 ) and the pocket turret ( 53 ) move continuously and synchronously on a common shaft, d) each of the shell pockets ( 54 ) or pack pockets ( 107 ) of the pocket turret ( 53 ) being in alignment with an axis of a respective folding mandrel ( 25 ) of the mandrel turret ( 24 ) such that the inner pack unit is formed on the folding mandrel ( 25 ) and is pushed along said axis into said erected shell ( 20 ) held ready in the region of the pocket turret ( 53 ), or into the box part ( 70 ).