EP0850837A2 - Packaging machine for the production of cigarette packs - Google Patents

Abstract

The machine has two groups of containers. One group is in the form of folder pins (18) which are moved along a continuous track and contain the contents and or packaging material. The other is in the form of pockets (21) which are moved on a plane staggered in position in relation to the first containers. The partially produced packets (10) are transferred from the first to the second containers which move along continuous tracks and can be axially adjusted in speed and relative position. The containers are positioned along the periphery of a folder revolver (11) continuously and jointly rotating.

Description

The invention relates to a packaging machine, in particular for the production of cigarette packs, with a group of first pictures moving along an endless trajectory - folding mandrels - for package contents and / or packaging material and with a group of second recordings - holding bags -, in one of the first shots - folding mandrels Plane can be moved, with partially finished packs in the axis-parallel direction of the first images - folding mandrels - second recordings - holding pockets - in axially parallel direction can be transferred.

In the manufacture of packs, especially cigarette packs, through packaging machines with high performance Folding and filling steps in the range of preferably continuous revolving folding units, especially folding revolvers carried out. The packaging material, the package contents and the partially completed Deliver packs to different groups of organs that are arranged along the circumference of the folding turret. In the The first group consists of manufacturing (soft) cup packs of shots from folding mandrels. The partially folded on this or almost finished packs are in axially parallel Direction - during the rotary movement of the folding turret - handed over to a neighboring group of organs or recordings, for example on bags, in the area of which the packs to get finished.

The invention has for its object the workflow to improve such packaging machines and above all Ensure shorter cycle times with careful management and holding the packs and packaging material.

a) die ersten Aufnahmen - Faltdorne - und die zweiten Aufnahmen - Haltetaschen - sind kontinuierlich entlang endloser Bewegungsbahnen bewegbar,

b) die ersten Aufnahmen - Faltdorne - einerseits und die zweiten Aufnahmen - Haltetaschen - andererseits sind mindestens in einem Teilbereich der Bewegungsbahnen hinsichtlich Relativstellung und Fördergeschwindigkeit in Axialrichtung aufeinander ausgerichtet,

c) die ersten Aufnahmen - Faltdorne - und die zweiten Aufnahmen - Haltetaschen - sind mindestens im Bereich der ausgerichteten Bewegungsbahnen in Axialrichtung relativ zueinander bewegbar, derart, daß zur Übergabe von teilweise fertiggestellten Packungen von ersten Aufnahmen - Faltdorne - an zweite Aufnahmen - Haltetaschen - zwischen diesen kein bzw. nur ein geringer Abstand in Axialrichtung gegeben ist.

To achieve this object, the packaging machine according to the invention is characterized by the following features:

a) the first receptacles - folding mandrels - and the second receptacles - holding pockets - can be moved continuously along endless trajectories,

b) the first receptacles - folding mandrels - on the one hand and the second receptacles - holding pockets - on the other hand, are aligned with one another in at least a partial area of the movement paths with respect to the relative position and conveying speed in the axial direction,

c) the first receptacles - folding mandrels - and the second receptacles - holding pockets - can be moved relative to one another at least in the region of the aligned movement paths, such that for the transfer of partially finished packs of first receptacles - folding mandrels - to second receptacles - holding pockets - between there is no or only a small distance in the axial direction.

Between the groups of recordings, especially between the Folding mandrels on the one hand and the pockets on the other hand are out constructive and functional reasons a distance in the axial Direction available. This must be when the packs are handed over from one group of recordings to the other group of Recordings are overcome. For this purpose, in one Part of the circumference of the folding turret in the axial direction neighboring recordings moved towards each other so that they are preferred close together. Are preferred the mandrels are fixed while the pockets are in Axially parallel direction can be moved to bridge the distance are stored.

In the case of continuously revolving folding revolvers, the sliding ones are Recordings, especially the bags, on guides attached, which are displaced by form-fitting guide elements are, in particular by feeler rollers that are fixed Curves run.

The folding mandrels on the one hand and the pockets on the other are movable, assigned with circumferential folding and holding elements. The organs belonging to the pockets are stationary on the folding revolver positioned, do not follow the axial movement of the pockets.

Further details of the invention relate to the constructive design of the bags, assigned to them Folding and holding elements and on the constructive design of the Folding turret overall.

Fig. 1

eine Verpackungsmaschine bzw. wesentliche Aggregate derselben in schematischer Seitenansicht,

Fig. 2

einen Faltrevolver als Einzelheit der Verpackungsmaschine in einem axialen Längsschnitt,

Fig. 3

zwei Gruppen von Aufnahmen des Faltrevolvers in einer Abwicklung, bei schematischer Darstellung,

Fig. 4

eine Einzelheit des Faltrevolvers, nämlich einen Ausschnitt der Darstellung gemäß Fig. 2 in vergrößertem Maßstab,

Fig. 5

eine Darstellung entsprechend Fig. 4 für einen anderen Ausschnitt der Fig. 2,

Fig. 6

einen Faltdorn einerseits und eine Tasche andererseits in Übergabeposition, in perspektivischer Darstellung,

Fig. 7

eine Einzelheit einer Tasche in perspektivischer Darstellung

Fig. 8

die komplette Tasche mit einem Halteorgan, ebenfalls in perspektivischer Darstellung,

Fig. 9

eine Tasche im Bereich der Übergabe einer Packung an abförderndes Organ, in perspektivischer Darstellung.

Details of the folding turret and the organs assigned to it are explained in more detail below using an exemplary embodiment of the packaging machine. It shows:

Fig. 1

a packaging machine or essential units thereof in a schematic side view,

Fig. 2

a folding turret as a detail of the packaging machine in an axial longitudinal section,

Fig. 3

two groups of recordings of the folding turret in one development, with a schematic representation,

Fig. 4

3 shows a detail of the folding turret, namely a section of the illustration according to FIG. 2 on an enlarged scale,

Fig. 5

4 for another section of FIG. 2,

Fig. 6

a folding mandrel on the one hand and a bag on the other hand in the transfer position, in a perspective view,

Fig. 7

a detail of a bag in perspective

Fig. 8

the complete bag with a holding element, also in perspective,

Fig. 9

a bag in the area of the delivery of a pack to the conveying organ, in a perspective view.

1 schematically shows core areas of a packaging machine schematically for the production of cigarette packs 10 shown. It is a continuous one revolving folding turret 11 and one in the direction of movement followed by the drying turret 12. Between the folding turret 11 and drying turret 12 there is a transfer turret 13. The package contents, namely cigarette groups 14, will Folding turret 11 fed through a pocket chain 15. Their bags 64 take the cigarette groups 14 from a cigarette magazine (Not shown).

The aggregates listed above can in a known manner be trained. The pocket chain 15 is in an advantageous embodiment shown and described in EP 226 872. Details of the folding turret 11 result from EP 226 872. The transfer turret 13 is described in EP 605 838 as an exemplary embodiment, likewise the drying turret 12.

The present embodiment of a packaging machine refers to the manufacture of cigarette packs 10 of the Type soft cup. The cigarette groups 14 are in this Execution on the circumference of the folding turret 11 in axially parallel Direction pushed out of the pockets 64 of the pocket chain 15 in Recordings distributed along the circumference of the folding turret 11 are. During the continuous rotation of the folding turret 11 the cigarette groups 14 are first cut into an inner blank 16 encased, for example made of tinfoil or paper consists. The inner blank 16 is in the area of a tinfoil unit 17 the folding turret 11 or the cigarette group 14 fed. An advantageous embodiment for a such tinfoil unit 17 is the subject of DE 196 44 079.3. Is specific in the present embodiment the inner blank wrapped around the receptacle, the is designed as a hollow folding mandrel 18.

The folding mandrels 18 provided with the inner blank 16 become from the folding turret 11 into the area of a paper unit 19 promoted. This is designed in the same way as that Stanniolaggregat 17. Here is an outer blank 20, for example made of paper, ready and around the inner cut 16 - on the folding mandrel 18 - folded around, under Formation of a cup-shaped outer wrapper of the cigarette pack 10th

During the further rotation of the folding turret 11 are in the lower Area of the same, the cigarette groups 14 from pockets 64 the pocket chain 15 out and in the folding mandrels 18 and in the pre-folded blanks of the cigarette packaging 10 inserted. The largely finished cigarette packs 10 including the contents of recordings on folding turret 11, arranged offset to the folding mandrels 18 in the axial direction are. These are holding bags 21. While Another turn of the folding turret 11 becomes the cigarette packs 10 completed and to the transfer turret 13 to hand over. This transports the cigarette packs 10 to the drying turret 12.

The folding turret 11 forms in terms of structure and function a special feature. The (two) groups of recordings, namely the folding mandrels 18 on the one hand and the holding pockets 21 on the other hand, are along the circumference of the common folding turret 11 each arranged at the same circumferential distances from each other. The row of folding mandrels 18 on the one hand and the row of holding pockets 21 on the other hand have a clear in the axial direction Distance from each other, which is function-related. According to Fig. 2, the folding turret 11 is designed so that two partial turrets 22 and 23 arise. Movable parts of the two turrets 22, 23 form a (one-piece) unit, namely one Rotary body 24 with radially directed supporting walls 25, 26 and this transverse wall connecting them 27. The folding mandrels 18 on the one hand and the holding pockets 21 on the other are radial outer boundaries of the supporting walls 25, 26 arranged or stored.

The rotating body 24 is on or in a fixed supporting body 28 stored, which in turn below with the machine frame (not shown). In the longitudinal center of the folding turret 11 is a shaft 29 with handwheel 30 for manual Moving the folding turret or the rotating body 24.

The folding mandrels 18 are thin-walled, elongated hollow bodies with the inside dimensions of the cigarette packs 10. The two ends open folding mandrels 18 are projecting or projecting on one side, thus fixed to the rotating body 24, namely on the supporting wall 25.

In a first production step, the inner blank 16 is Area of the tinfoil unit 17 around the folding mandrels 18. By rotating the folding turret 11 on the tinfoil unit 17 folding mandrels 18 moving past each take one ready Inner blank 16 with. This lies under a U-shape Folding in a direction of rotation of the folding turret 11 forward narrow side wall 31 of the folding mandrel 18. In the area this side wall 31 is the inner blank 16 by a Pressure element fixed, namely by one consisting of individual rollers Pressure roller 32. Each folding mandrel 18 is one of these Pressure roller 32 assigned, which rotates with the folding turret 11 and from a position at a greater distance from the folding mandrel 18 after feeding an inner blank 16 to the folding mandrel 18 or the recorded inner blank 16 is pressed.

On the radially inner side of the folding mandrel 18, namely on a (large area) inner wall 33, the inner blank pressed by a folder 34, which also the or each Folding mandrel 18 is assigned. The angular in cross section Fold 34 presses the corresponding part of inner blank 16 also on a rear side wall 35 in the conveying direction Folding mandrel 18. The folder 34 is for performing the folding movement can be actuated by a parallelogram linkage 67. This or its handlebars are movable by feeler rollers 68, 69 which in grooves 70, 71 of the fixed part of the folding turret 11 enter while turning.

Radially outer areas of the inner blank 16 are on an outer wall 36 of the folding mandrel 18 is not created by here folding organs shown. Because of the dimensions and relative position of the inner blank 16 project floor flaps 37 on the free End over the folding mandrel 18 (Fig. 4). The bottom flap 37 are for formation before attaching the outer panel 20 a bottom of the inner blank 16 folded.

The outer blank 20 becomes after folding the inner blank 16 fed on the folding mandrel 18, and this analogously to the internal blank 16. The outer cut 20 usually has one another relative position on the folding mandrel 18, such that each other overlapping folding flaps of the outer blank 20 in the area extend the rear side wall 35 of the folding mandrel.

After completion, namely folding the inner blank 16 and the outer blank 20 is in the lower region of the folding turret 11 the cigarette group 14 is pushed into the folding mandrel 18. The pockets 64 of the pocket chain 15 run for this purpose coaxial with the folding mandrels 18, directly next to it this in the region of a recess 38 of the rotating body 24. Die Cigarette group 14 is during this movement phase of the Folding turret 11 by a slide 39 with a slide head 40 first out of the pocket 64 of the pocket chain 15 and into the Folding mandrel 18 inserted over the open side. The pushing motion is continued so that the cigarette group 14 under Taking the inner blank 16 and the outer blank 20, namely by pulling the same from the folding mandrel 18, through this is moved through. The cigarette group 14 thereby passes in the so far completed packaging. The educated Packing unit becomes coaxial with the slide 39 hand over the holding bag 21.

The slide 39 can be actuated by a transverse roller 65, which is arranged at the end of the slide 39 and in a circumferential cam groove 66 of the fixed support body 28 entry. The slide 39 is accordingly automatically in accordance with the rotary movement of the folding turret 11 is actuated.

The cigarette pack 10 is in the region of the holding pockets 21 fully folded. In particular, about the cigarette group 14 protruding areas of the inner blank 16 with formation an end wall of the cigarette pack 10 folded. After that the cigarette pack 10 is fed to the transfer turret 13.

A special feature is that between the folding mandrels 18 on the one hand and the holding pockets 21 on the other hand in the normal position existing distance to the delivery of the packaging unit removed from the folding mandrel 18 to an adjacent holding pocket 21 is. As can be seen, for example, from FIG. 2, below, close folding mandrel 18 and holding pocket 21 during this phase directly in the axial direction.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the holding pockets are 21 for this purpose in the axis-parallel direction during the rotary movement slidable. The holding pockets 21 are axially parallel Direction attached to a carrier, in the present case on two spaced-apart support rods 41, 42. These are in an axially parallel guide 43 on the outer circumference of the rotating body 24 slidably mounted. The axially parallel Back and forth movements of the support rods 41, 42 are by a circumferential control groove 43 formed in the support body 28 causes in one with the support rods 41, 42 connected to the feeler roller 44 entry.

The ends of the support rods 41, 42 facing the holding pocket 21 are connected to each other by a transverse crossbar 45. The holding bag 21 is attached to this. Traverse 45 and holding bag 21 are rigidly connected to one another, so that the Holding bag 21 floating freely on the free ends of the support rods 41, 42 or the cross member 45 is attached. By extending the support rods 41, 42 as a result of rotation of the folding turret 11 the holding pockets 21 are successively in the direction of the assigned opposite folding mandrel 18 moves until the Holding bag 21 each with an open side, namely one Insertion opening 46, immediately adjacent and aligned to Folding mandrel 18 is positioned. The slide 39 or its Slider head 40 can now the cigarette pack 10 including its contents slide into the holding pocket 21 (Fig. 6).

The holding pockets 21 are divided for constructional reasons namely from a cross-section U-shaped lower pocket 47 and one attached to side walls 48, 49 of the same Upper pocket 50. This is by screwing to the lower pocket 47, namely the side walls 48, 49, connected.

The holding pocket 21 forms one in the region of a side wall 49 Longitudinal slot 51. A pressure element can pass through this, namely a pressure bar 52. This is used for temporary Fixing one above the other and by gluing interconnected folding tabs of the outer wrapper or Outer cutout 20. The pressure bar assigned to each holding pocket 21 52 is attached to a pivot lever 53. This is pivotable via a shaft journal 54, which in turn can be actuated by a feeler roller 56 running in a control groove 55 is. When the holding pocket 21 is shifted in an axially parallel manner The pressure bar 52 is retracted in the direction (position according to Fig. 6).

A holding element is also assigned to the holding pocket 21, namely a plunger 57. Its plunger rod 58 is between the Support rods 41, 42 arranged. The push rod 58 occurs in the middle through the traverse 45. A plunger head 59 is inside the holding pocket 21 in the longitudinal direction of the same. Of the Tappet head 59 is involved when a cigarette packet is inserted 10 in the holding pocket 21. The plunger head 59 is initially immediately in the area of the insertion opening 46 and migrates then with the inserted cigarette pack 10 in the opposite end position to form a bottom of the Holding bag 21 (position according to FIG. 7).

The movements of the plunger 57 are also in accordance with the rotational movement of the folding turret 11 controllable. On one with the Push rod 58 connected approach 60, a sensing roller 61 is arranged, in a control groove 62 of the fixed support body 28 occurs.

The plunger 57 has the primary task of the finished cigarette pack 10 slide out of the holding bag 21 and on to hand over the transfer turret 13. During this phase the holding bag 21 is moved into a retracted position, that is in a position at a greater distance from the folding mandrels 18, such that the relevant holding bag 21 completely from the Path of movement of the other holding pockets 21 in the normal position the same is moved out (Fig. 10). In this position the cigarette pack 10 from a holder of the transfer turret 13 taken over. This is positioned so that its pockets circulate in the plane in which the holding pockets 21 in the Normal position are positioned (for example, Fig. 2 above).

The sequence of the individual movements in the area of the folding turret 11 with respect to the folding mandrels 18 on the one hand and the holding pockets 21 on the other hand is in Fig. 3 as a settlement and in shortened version shown. The individual selected items are continuously marked with the letters a to i. The corresponding positions on the folding turret 11 result from Fig. 1, it should be noted that the cigarette packs 10 or the cuts for this during one Phase of more than one revolution of the folding turret 11 of this will be promoted.

In position a, the inner blank 16 is on the Folding mandrel 11. The bottom flaps 37 begin to fold Head folding is completed in position b. In station c begins the folding of bottom flaps of the outer cut 20. This folding process has ended in station d. During the Folds in the area of the bottom, i.e. in stations b, c, d, the slide head 40 of the slide 39 is inside of the folding mandrel 18 adjacent to the bottom folds, so that these against a solid surface.

After station d, the slide head 40 is withdrawn, and in an end position outside the range of motion of the Pocket chain 15. This can therefore in this position g between Slider head 40 and folding mandrel 18 are moved past. In the position g, the slide 39 is already in the opposite Direction effective. The cigarette group 14 in the concerned Pocket 64 of pocket chain 15 is moved by the slider head 40 ejected from the folding mandrel 18, taking the blanks with them on the outside of the folding mandrel 18. The so formed Packing unit is moved by the slide 39 into an adjacent one Holding bag 21 introduced. The transfer process takes place in position h. In this position, the holding bag 21 is through corresponding movement of the plunger 57 into a position immediately moved adjacent the folding mandrel 18 so that the packing unit via the open insertion opening 46 into the holding pocket 21 can reach.

The holding bag 21 is then in the packaging unit in the Normal position retracted (position i). In this position the pressure bar 52 is effective through the longitudinal slot 51 of the holding pocket 21 passes through and lies on this side, overlapping and glued folding flaps of the outer panel 20 presses together.

During the further movement of the folding turret 11, the inner blank becomes 16 folded in the region of an end wall, so that the Inner blank 16 completely surrounds the cigarette group 14. The holding pockets 21 remain in the normal position until position e / f is reached, adjacent to the transfer turret 13, which is positioned in the area of the normal position of the holding pockets 21 is.

For transferring the cigarette packs 10 to the transfer turret 13, the holding pockets 21 are withdrawn further, that is, under Increasing the distance to the folding mandrels 18 (position according to Fig. 9). The plunger 57 or its plunger head 59 remains in the previously reached position, i.e. under contact with the Cigarette pack 10 in the holding bag 21. This will accordingly withdrawn relative to the cigarette pack 10 and to the plunger head 59 in the position according to e and f (Fig. 3). At the same time the exposed cigarette pack 10 by means of entrainment or Pocket walls 63 of the transfer turret 13 are detected. The pressure bar 52 is during this phase, namely in positions e and f, withdrawn from the holding pocket 21.

The device described can adapt individual organs used for the manufacture and filling of other types of packs especially for the production of hinge-lid packs for cigarettes.

Reference symbol list:

10th

Pack of cigarettes

11

Folding turret

12th

Dry turret

13

Transfer turret

14

Cigarette group

15

Pocket chain

16

Internal cut

17th

Foil aggregate

18th

Folding mandrel

19th

Paper aggregate

20th

Outside cut

21

Holding bag

22

Partial revolver

23

Partial revolver

24th

Rotating body

25th

Supporting wall

26

Supporting wall

27

Transverse wall

28

Supporting body

29

wave

30th

Handwheel

31

Side wall

32

Pressure roller

33

Interior wall

34

butterfly

35

Side wall

36

Outer wall

37

Floor folding rag

38

deepening

39

Slider

40

Slider head

41

Support rod

42

Support rod

43

Control groove

44

Tracer roller

45

traverse

46

Slot

47

Bottom pocket

48

Side wall

49

Side wall

50

Top pocket

51

Longitudinal slot

52

Pressure bar

53

Swivel lever

54

Shaft journal

55

Control groove

56

Tracer roller

57

Pestle

58

Push rod

59

Plunger head

60

approach

61

Tracer roller

62

Control groove

63

Pocket wall

64

bag

65

Tracer roller

66

Curve groove

67

Parallelogram linkage

68

Tracer roller

69

Tracer roller

70

Groove

71

Groove

Claims (12)

Packaging machine, in particular for the production of cigarette packs (10), with a group of first receptacles moving along an endless movement path - folding mandrels (18) - for pack contents and / or packaging material and with a group of second receptacles - holding pockets (21) - which can be moved in a plane offset from the first receptacles - folding mandrels (18), with partially completed packings (10) in the axially parallel direction from first receptacles - folding mandrels (18) - to second receptacles oriented thereon - holding pockets (21) - in the axially parallel direction are transferable, characterized by the following features: a) the first receptacles - folding mandrels (18) - and the second receptacles - holding pockets (21) - are continuously movable along endless movement paths, b) the first receptacles - folding mandrels (18) - on the one hand and the second receptacles - holding pockets (21) - on the other hand, are aligned with one another at least in a partial area of the movement paths with respect to the relative position and conveying speed, c) the first receptacles - folding mandrels (18) - and the second receptacles - holding pockets (21) - can be moved relative to one another at least in the region of the aligned movement paths, in such a way that for the transfer of partially finished packs (10) of the first receptacles - Folding mandrels (18) - on second receptacles - holding pockets (21) - there is no or only a small distance between them in the axial direction. Packaging machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the first receptacles - folding mandrels (18) - and the second receptacles - holding pockets (21) - are arranged along the circumference of a common, continuously rotatable folding turret (11), the first receptacles - folding mandrels ( 18) - on the one hand and the second receptacles - holding pockets (21) - on the other hand in the starting positions with a larger axial distance - larger than the dimension of a pack (10) - arranged from one another and positioned in the same circumferential planes with an axis-parallel orientation to one another. Packaging machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the folding mandrels (18) are fixed as first receptacles on the folding turret (11) and the holding pockets (21) as second receptacles on the folding turret (11) for taking over the partially folded packs (10) from the folding mandrels (18) can be moved in the direction of the latter into a receiving position, in particular directly after the respectively associated folding mandrel (18) and that the holding pockets (21) can be moved back into the starting position after taking over a pack (10). Packaging machine according to claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the folding turret (11) consists of two partial turrets (22, 23) arranged next to one another in the axial direction and connected to one another, the first receptacles - folding mandrels (18) - on a partial turret (22) and the second receptacles - holding pockets (21) - are arranged on the second partial turret (23). Packaging machine according to claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the holding pockets (21) by mechanical control elements, in particular cam disks or cam grooves during the rotational movement of the folding turret (11) in the axis-parallel direction to a position immediately adjacent to an associated folding mandrel ( 18) and can then be moved back to the normal position. Packaging machine according to claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the one group of receptacles, in particular the holding pockets (21), can be moved into a further, third position, in particular into a position at a distance from the normal position, such that at the movement of the holding pockets (21) the pocket contents can be pushed out and transferred to a conveyor or to a transfer turret (13). Packaging machine according to claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the folding turret (11) consists of two interconnected partial turrets (22, 23), one group of receptacles - folding mandrels (18) - on the one partial turret (22) and the other group of receptacles - holding pockets (21) - are attached to the other partial revolver (23). Packaging machine according to claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the contents of the folding mandrels (18) - a cigarette group (14) - by a slide (39) with a slide head (40) from a conveyor for the cigarette groups (14), in particular a pocket (64) of a pocket chain (15) can be pushed out, into the folding mandrel (18) adjacent to the pocket (64) and can be pushed through it into the holding pocket (21) taking along the position on the outside of the folding mandrel (18), partially folded blanks. Packaging machine according to claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the holding pockets (21) on the side facing the folding mandrel (18) have an insertion opening (46) for the cigarette packs (10) and on the opposite side one inside the holding pocket (21 ) have a displaceable base, in particular a tappet head (59) of a displaceable tappet (57). Packaging machine according to claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the holding pockets (21) are arranged on one side projecting on a carrier which can be displaced in the axis-parallel direction, in particular on supporting rods (41, 42) which are guided by control rollers (44) in control grooves (43 ) are movable. Packaging machine according to claim 10 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the ends of the carrying rods (41, 42) facing the holding pocket (21) are connected to one another by a crossmember (45) and in that the holding pocket (21) is connected to this crossmember (45 ) is arranged. Packaging machine according to claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the holding pocket (21), which is closed in cross section, has a recess, in particular a longitudinal slot (51) on at least one side - side wall (49) - for the passage of a movable pressing member, preferably a pressure bar (52) for pressing together folding tabs of the cigarette pack (10).

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