Patent ID: 8387345

Claim:
A cigarette packing method comprising the steps of: applying a layer of colored pigment ( 59 ) to a portion ( 58 ) of a web ( 49 ) of packing material; making, at a work station, at least one reference mark ( 57 ) on a web ( 49 ) of packing material by removing part of the colored pigment ( 59 ) from the portion ( 58 ) of the web to which it had been applied; feeding the web ( 49 ) of packing material through a control station arranged down stream of the work station for determining the position of the reference mark ( 57 ) on the web ( 49 ); feeding the web ( 49 ) through a cutting station, downstream from the control station, to cut from the web ( 49 ) a sheet ( 6 ) of packing material, the position of which along the web ( 49 ) depends on the position of the reference mark ( 57 ); and feeding the sheet ( 6 ) of packing material to a packing station for folding the sheet ( 6 ) of packing material to form a package ( 3 ) about a respective group ( 7 ) of cigarettes.