Packaging Machine and Method
First Claim
1. A machine for packaging tobacco industry products in which the products and packaging materials are subjected to successive assembly operations that incorporate products in packs formed from the packaging material, comprising:
- a first set of workstations conditioned to perform a first sequence of assembly operations on the products and packaging materials so as to incorporate tobacco industry products in a pack; and
a second set of workstations conditioned to perform a second sequence of assembly operations on products and packaging materials,the first and second sets of workstations being operable selectively so as to incorporate the same or different tobacco industry products in the same or a different pack.
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Abstract
A method and machine for packaging smoking articles or other tobacco industry products in which the products and packaging may be transported from selected product supply systems (22a-e) and packaging material supply systems (42a-g) selectively along a plurality of alternative transport routes through the machine through a series of workstations (61-69) arranged to incorporate batches of smoking products selectively in different packaging materials according to the transport route selected.
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23 Claims
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1. A machine for packaging tobacco industry products in which the products and packaging materials are subjected to successive assembly operations that incorporate products in packs formed from the packaging material, comprising:
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a first set of workstations conditioned to perform a first sequence of assembly operations on the products and packaging materials so as to incorporate tobacco industry products in a pack; and a second set of workstations conditioned to perform a second sequence of assembly operations on products and packaging materials, the first and second sets of workstations being operable selectively so as to incorporate the same or different tobacco industry products in the same or a different pack. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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- 15. A machine for packaging tobacco industry products in which the products and packaging materials are subjected to successive assembly operations that incorporate products in packs formed from the packaging material, and in which the products and packaging material may be subjected selectively to different sequences of assembly operations, such that successive batches of different products may be incorporated in the same or different packs according to the sequence selected.
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17. A machine for packaging tobacco industry products in which the products and packaging materials are subjected to successive assembly operations that incorporate products in packs formed from the packaging material, and in which the products and packaging material may be subjected selectively to different sequences of assembly operations, comprising a packer for incorporating tobacco industry products in packaging material and a controller arranged to cause products to be transported along a selected one of a plurality of alternative sequences of assembly operations through the machine, wherein the packer is arranged to incorporate successive batches of the same or different tobacco industry products selectively in the same or different packaging materials according to the selected sequence of assembly operations.
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18. A method of packaging tobacco industry products in which the products and packaging materials therefore are subjected to successive assembly operations that incorporate products in packs formed from the packaging material, comprising:
- transporting products and packaging materials in a first batch through a first set of work stations and performing a first sequence of successive assembly operations thereon that incorporate products in packs formed from the packaging material;
conditioning a second set of workstations to perform a second sequence of assembly operations; and
transporting products and packaging materials in a second batch through the second set of work stations and performing the second sequence of assembly operations thereon, whereby successive batches incorporate the same or different products in the same or different packs. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
- transporting products and packaging materials in a first batch through a first set of work stations and performing a first sequence of successive assembly operations thereon that incorporate products in packs formed from the packaging material;
- 21. A method of packaging tobacco industry products in which the products and packaging materials therefore are subjected to successive assembly operations that incorporate products in packs formed from the packaging material, and in which the products and packaging material are subjected selectively to different sequences of assembly operations, such that successive batches of different products are incorporated in the same or different packs according to the sequence selected.
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23. A method of packaging tobacco industry products in which the products and packaging materials therefor are subjected to successive assembly operations that incorporate products in packs formed from the packaging material, and in which the products and packaging material are subjected selectively to different sequences of assembly operations, wherein a controller causes products to be transported along a selected one of a plurality of alternative sequences of assembly operations through the machine and comprising:
- successively incorporating successive batches of the same or different tobacco industry products selectively in the same or different packaging materials according to the selected sequence.
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