EP4289752A1 - Machine d'emballage et procédé d'emballage pour coupler un cadre interne à deux groupes d'articles à fumer - Google Patents

Machine d'emballage et procédé d'emballage pour coupler un cadre interne à deux groupes d'articles à fumer Download PDF

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EP4289752A1
EP4289752A1 EP23177280.7A EP23177280A EP4289752A1 EP 4289752 A1 EP4289752 A1 EP 4289752A1 EP 23177280 A EP23177280 A EP 23177280A EP 4289752 A1 EP4289752 A1 EP 4289752A1
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Massimo Fortini
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/12—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers
    • B65B19/20—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers into boxes with hinged lids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B15/00—Attaching articles to cards, sheets, strings, webs, or other carriers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/223—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in a curved path; in a combination of straight and curved paths, e.g. on rotary tables or other endless conveyors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/228—Preparing and feeding blanks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B45/00—Apparatus or devices for supporting or holding wrappers during wrapping operation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B49/00—Devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents

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  • the present invention relates to a packer machine and to a wrapping method to couple an inner frame (namely, a reinforcing element) to two groups of smoking articles.
  • the present invention finds advantageous application to the production of a rigid pack of cigarettes with a hinged lid and of the "train" type containing a single sealed wrap that encloses two twin and side-by-side groups of cigarettes, to which the following disclosure will make explicit reference without thereby losing of generality.
  • Patent application EP2008935A1 describes a method and a packer machine to couple an inner frame (namely, a reinforcing element) to a group of cigarettes, wherein the group of cigarettes is fed to a first seat of a pocket, the inner frame is fed to a second seat of the pocket separated from the first seat, and finally the group of cigarettes and the inner frame are extracted together from the pocket by means of a single common extractor device so as to couple the inner frame to the group of cigarettes (namely, so as to bring the inner frame in direct contact with the group of cigarettes).
  • an inner frame namely, a reinforcing element
  • a pack of cigarettes known commercially as "twin” and comprising a rigid outer container which houses two groups of identical cigarettes (namely, " twin " hence the commercial name of the pack of cigarettes), which are arranged next to one another and can be wrapped in a common single wrapping sheet or can be wrapped in a corresponding separate wrapping sheet.
  • Patent application WO2019162982A1 represents the closest state of the art and describes a device for forming a collar (inner frame) of a rigid pack of cigarettes with hinged lid and of the " train " type.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a packer machine and a wrapping method to couple an inner frame to two groups of smoking articles, which packer machine and wrapping method are simple to implement, allow to operate at a high production speed (measured as packs of cigarettes produced per time unit), and allow avoiding damage to the smoking articles when being coupled to the inner frame.
  • a packer machine and a wrapping method are provided to couple an inner frame to two groups of smoking articles, as claimed in the attached claims.
  • number 1 denotes as a whole a rigid "twin" pack of cigarettes.
  • the pack 1 of cigarettes comprises a container 2 made of rigid and cup-shaped cardboard or paperboard and a single sealed wrap 3 (partially illustrated in Figure 3 ) housed on the inside of the container 2.
  • the container 2 has an open upper end and is provided with a lid 4, which is cup-shaped and is hinged to the container 2 along a hinge (illustrated in Figure 2 ) to rotate, relative to the container 2, between an opening (illustrated in Figure 3 ) and a closing (illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 ) position of the open upper end.
  • the sealed wrap 3 encloses two parallelepiped-shaped and side-by-side groups 5 of cigarettes (partially illustrated in Figure 7 ); each cigarette is provided with a filter and therefore the group of cigarettes has an upper wall made up of the circular ends (tips) of the filters and a lower wall, opposite the upper wall, made up of the circular ends (tips) of the tobacco rods.
  • the sealed wrap 3 has two side-by-side extraction openings 6 at the top and in front, each delimited by a pre-weakened tearable line, is closed by a reusable closing label 7 and it affects a portion of a front wall of the sealed wrap 3 and a portion of an upper wall of the sealed wrap 3.
  • the sealed wrap 3 is devoid of the extraction openings 6 and of the respective closing labels 7 and has (at least) a removable upper portion, which is separated from the rest of the sealed wrap 3 by a pre-weakened tearable line to be removed by tearing upon the first opening of the sealed wrap 3.
  • the wrap 3 is not of the sealed type, it is devoid of the extraction openings 6 and of the respective closing labels 7 and has (at least) one removable upper portion, which is separated from the rest of the wrap 3 by a pre-weakened tearable line to be removed by tearing upon the first opening of the wrap 3.
  • the sealed wrap 3 is obtained by directly folding a wrapping sheet around two groups 5 of cigarettes placed side-by-side so as to be in direct contact with the cigarettes. Once the wrapping sheet has been folded around two groups 5 of cigarettes placed side-by-side to form the sealed wrap 3, the shape of the sealed wrap 3 is stabilized by heat-sealing the overlapping portions of the wrapping sheet.
  • the wrap 3 is of the unsealed type, it is obtained in a similar way, that is, by directly folding a wrapping sheet around two groups 5 of cigarettes placed side-by-side so as to be in direct contact with the cigarettes; in this case the shape of the wrap 3 is either not stabilized or glue is used.
  • the sealed wrap 3 comprises an inner frame 8 (namely, a reinforcing element), which is made of cardboard or rigid paperboard, is shaped like a double "U", and is arranged inside of the sealed wrap 3 in contact with the two groups 5 of cigarettes thus forming a division (separation) between the two groups 5 of cigarettes.
  • a function of the inner frame 8 is to give greater stiffness and greater shape stability to the sealed wrap 3 so as to prevent the sealed wrap 3 from collapsing after having extracted a part of the cigarettes contained in the sealed wrap 3 making the extraction of the remaining cigarettes complicated and in particular making the opening and subsequent re-closing of the closing label 7 extremely complicated.
  • a further function of the inner frame 8 is to provide mechanical protection to the cigarettes during the folding of the wrapping sheet, mechanical and thermal protection to the cigarettes during the heat-sealing of the overlapping portions of the wrapping sheet, and mechanical protection to the cigarettes during the handling of the sealed wrap 3.
  • a final function of the inner frame 8 is to divide the inner space of the sealed wrap 3 into two distinct and separate chambers, each containing a corresponding group 5 of cigarettes.
  • the inner frame 8 comprises a (first) front (or main) wall 9 arranged in contact with the cylindrical side walls of the cigarettes of a (first) group 5 of cigarettes, a (second) front (or main) wall 10 arranged in contact with the cylindrical side walls of the cigarettes of a (second) group 5 of cigarettes, two side walls 11 arranged at opposite ends of the two front walls 9 and 10, and two dividing walls 12 which are interposed between the two front walls 9 and 10.
  • the two side walls 11 are folded by 90° relative to the corresponding front walls 9 and 10 and similarly the two dividing walls 12 are folded by 90° relative to the corresponding front walls 9 and 10 and one against the other; in this way two "chambers" are formed which are mutually separated by the two dividing walls 12 (overlapping one another and perpendicular to the front walls 9 and 10) and each housing a corresponding group 5 of cigarettes.
  • the inner frame 8 has no two side walls 11.
  • the inner frame 8 comprises a (first) front (or main) wall 9 arranged in contact with the cylindrical side walls of the cigarettes of a (first) group 5 of cigarettes, a (second) front (or main) wall 10 arranged in contact with the cylindrical side walls of the cigarettes of a (second) group 5 of cigarettes and two dividing walls 12 that are interposed between the two front walls 9 and 10.
  • the two dividing walls 12 are folded by 90° relative to the corresponding front walls 9 and 10 and against one another; in this way two "chambers" are formed which are mutually separated by the two dividing walls 12 (overlapping one another and perpendicular to the front walls 9 and 10) and each housing a corresponding group 5 of cigarettes.
  • the pack 1 of cigarettes described above is made by means of a packer machine which, in at least some of its parts, works with intermittent motion (namely, with a motion which provides for a cyclical alternation of motion steps and stop steps).
  • the packer machine comprises a forming unit 13 (illustrated in Figure 6 ) in which two pairs of groups 5 of cigarettes are formed in succession, each coupled to a corresponding inner frame 8, a wrapping unit 14 (schematically illustrated in Figure 6 ) in in which a respective wrapping sheet is wrapped around each pair of groups 5 of cigarettes to form a sealed wrap 3, and a further wrapping unit in which a blank is wrapped around each sealed wrap 3 to form the container 2 provided with the lid 4.
  • the forming unit 13 comprises a forming conveyor 15, which supports a plurality of supporting bodies 16, each comprising two side-by-side seats 17 (illustrated empty in Figures 8 and 9 ) each designed to house a group 5 of cigarettes and a seat 18 (illustrated empty in Figures 8 and 9 ) arranged below the seats 17 and designed to receive a partially folded inner frame 8.
  • the forming conveyor 15 comprises a belt, which supports the supporting bodies 16, is wound around two end pulleys (one of which is motorized) and moves in a step like manner along a path closed in a loop.
  • the forming unit 13 comprises a hopper 19 provided with (at least) two output mouths for simultaneously feeding two groups 5 of cigarettes to the two seats 17 of a respective supporting body 16 of the forming conveyor 15 in a feeding station S1.
  • the forming unit 13 comprises a feeding device 20 for the reinforcing elements 8, which is arranged along the forming conveyor 15 and upstream of the hopper 13 relative to the moving direction of the forming conveyor 15.
  • the feeding device 20 is designed to feed an inner frame 8 to the seat 18 of a supporting body 16 of the forming conveyor 15 in a feeding station S2 before two groups 5 of cigarettes are fed into the two seats 17 of the supporting body 16 by the hopper 19.
  • the feeding station S2 is arranged downstream of the feeding station S1.
  • the feeding device 20 is designed to feed an inner frame 8 to the seat 18 of a supporting body 16 of the forming conveyor 15 in a feeding station S2 after two groups 5 of cigarettes are fed into the two seats 17 of the supporting body 16 by the hopper 19.
  • each supporting body 16 of the forming conveyor 15 comprises two seats 17, each designed to contain a respective group 5 of cigarettes, and a seat 18, which is designed to contain an inner frame 8 and is separate with respect to the seats 17. Consequently, the hopper 19 feeds two groups 5 of cigarettes into the seats 17 of a supporting body 16, while the feeding device 20 feeds an inner frame 8 into the seat 18 of a supporting body 16.
  • a control station is arranged along the forming conveyor 15, where the completeness of each group 5 of cigarettes and/or the correct filling of the cigarette tips of each group 5 of cigarettes is optically checked, and a subsequent reject station, in which any defective group 5 of cigarettes signalled by the control station is rejected together with the respective inner frame 8 and with the other group 5 of cigarettes arranged alongside (for example by means of a mechanical or pneumatic ejection from the respective supporting body 16).
  • a transfer station S3 is defined between the forming unit 13 and the wrapping unit 14, in which the pairs of groups 5 of cigarettes side-by-side and coupled to the respective inner frame 8 are transferred from the forming unit 13 to the wrapping unit 14.
  • the transfer station S3 comprises an extractor device, which extracts together the two respective groups 5 of cigarettes and the respective inner frame 8 from each supporting body 16 so as to couple the inner frame 8 to the groups 5 of cigarettes; it is important to note that the extractor device is common to all the seats 17 and 18 of the same supporting body 16, that is, a single extractor device simultaneously extracts the two respective groups 5 of cigarettes and the respective inner frame 8 from each supporting body 16.
  • the feeding device 20 comprises a conveyor 21 which supports a plurality of seats 22, each designed to hold (for example by means of suction) a corresponding spread inner frame 8, namely, an inner frame 8 completely plane (flat) as it (still) has no folds (therefore as illustrated in Figure 4 ).
  • the conveyor 21 moves each seat 22 along a feeding path P1 closed in a loop, which passes through an input station S4, configured to feed the spread inner frames 8 in succession to the corresponding seats 22 of the conveyor 21, and passes through a transfer station S5 configured to transfer the inner frames 8 from the corresponding seats 22 of the conveyor 21.
  • the transfer station S5 is arranged along the feeding path P1 downstream of the input station S4.
  • the conveyor 21 comprises a conveyor belt which supports the seats 22 and is closed in a loop around two end pulleys (at least one of which is motorized); according to an alternative embodiment not illustrated, the conveyor 21 comprises a drum which supports the seats 22 and is mounted to rotate around a central rotation axis.
  • the feeding device 20 comprises a conveyor 23 which supports a plurality of pockets 24, each designed to house the inner frame 8 at least partially folded into a double "U" shape (as illustrated in Figures 10 and 16 ), in which the two side walls 11 are folded (approximately) by 60-90° relative to the two main walls 9 and 10 and the two dividing walls 12 are folded (towards one another) by (approximately) 60-90° relative to the two main walls 9 and 10.
  • Each pocket 24 is designed to hold (for example by means of suction) a corresponding inner frame 8 at least partially folded, in particular into a double "U" shape.
  • the conveyor 23 moves each pocket 24 along a feeding path P2 closed in a loop, which passes through the transfer station S5 configured to insert an inner frame 8, folded into a double "U” shape, into the pocket 24. Furthermore, said pocket 24 moves along feeding path P2 and passes through the feeding station S1 configured to transfer the inner frame 8 folded into a double "U” shape from the pocket 24 to a seat 18 of a corresponding supporting body 6.
  • the feeding station S1 is arranged along the feeding path P2 downstream of the transfer station S5.
  • a single pocket 24 is provided, which does not move, is interposed between the transfer station S5 and the feeding station S1, receives in succession the inner frames 8 folded into a double "U” shape from the conveyor 21, and then successively transfers the inner frames 8 folded into a double "U” shape to the forming conveyor 15.
  • Each seat 22 of the conveyor 21 is designed only hold the inner frame 8 in a spread condition, so that each inner frame 8 reaches (completely) in a spread condition (therefore without any fold) the transfer station S5; namely, each inner frame 8 is arranged (completely) in a spread condition in the corresponding seat 22 in the input station S4 and still leaves the corresponding seat 22 in a (completely) spread condition in the transfer station S5.
  • the transfer station S5 comprises a transfer device 25 (illustrated in Figures 11-17 ) configured to transfer, in the transfer station S5, an inner frame 8 from the corresponding seat 22 to the corresponding pocket 24 simultaneously performing a partial folding, in particular a (at least partial) double "U" fold, of the inner frame 8.
  • the aforementioned folding of the inner frame 8 is aimed at arranging at least the dividing walls 12 in an angled arrangement relative to one another.
  • the dividing walls 12 are intended to be mutually arranged into a "V" shape while the inner frame 8 is transferred from the seat 22 to the pocket 24.
  • the inner frame 8 does not undergo any type of folding until the transfer station S5 and, therefore, remains (completely) in a spread condition up to the transfer station S5, where the inner frame 8 leaves the seat 22.
  • each pocket 24 is U-shaped and in particular comprises a bottom wall 26 and two side walls 27, which are inclined relative to the bottom wall 26 to give the pocket 24 a "U" shape.
  • the side walls 27 of each pocket 24 form an obtuse angle (of about 100-120°) with the bottom wall 26 of the pocket 24; in this way, in a pocket 24 (and therefore in the seat 18 of a supporting body 16), an inner frame 8 does not have the final configuration (in which the walls 11 and 12 are perpendicular to the main walls 9 and 10), but reaches the final configuration only in the wrapping unit 14 (in this way, the inner frame 8 is more "open” and therefore offers more space for the two corresponding groups 5 of cigarettes to enter).
  • an inner frame 8 when an inner frame 8 enters the corresponding pocket 24 it does not yet have the final configuration (in which the walls 11 and 12 are perpendicular to the main walls 9 and 10), but has an intermediate configuration (in which the walls 11 and 12 are not yet perpendicular to the main walls 9 and 10) obtained by only a partial fold which will have to be completed later in the wrapping unit 14.
  • the transfer device 25 comprises a pushing member 28 which reproduces in negative the shape of the pocket 24 and has, at the centre, a cavity 29 sized to allow to house the two dividing walls 12 at least partially folded into a "V" shape one relative to the other (as illustrated in the Figures 13 , 14 and 15 ). Namely, the presence of the cavity 10 gives the pushing member 28 a fork shape having two prongs.
  • the transfer device 25 comprises an actuator 30 (e.g., an electric motor) which is configured to move the pushing member 28 back and forth along a transfer direction D which is perpendicular to both feeding paths P1 and P2 so that the pushing member 28 performs a forward stroke, which brings the pushing member into a pocket 24 stopped in the transfer station S5 together with a corresponding inner frame 8 and a subsequent return stroke in the opposite direction.
  • an actuator 30 e.g., an electric motor
  • the side walls 11 of the inner frame 8 fold relative to the main walls 9 and 10 of the inner frame 8 against the side walls 27 of the pocket 24 and simultaneously the two dividing walls 12 of the inner frame 8 fold towards one another and relative to the central walls 9 and 10 of the inner frame 8.
  • the folding of the two dividing walls 12 of the inner frame 8 takes place because the size of the pocket 24 is such that it forces the two main walls 9 and 10 of the inner frame 8 to be brought closer (therefore further folding the two dividing walls 12 towards one another) so that the inner frame 8 can be contained inside the pocket 24.
  • each seat 22 has a through opening 31 through which the pushing member 28 is inserted during the forward stroke in order to allow the pushing member 28 (which starts behind the seat 22) to reach the inside of a pocket 24 stopped in the transfer station S5.
  • the transfer device 25 comprises a folding element 32 which is aligned with the pushing member 28, is arranged on the opposite side of the seat 22 relative to the pushing member 28, and is configured to come into contact with the dividing walls 12 so as to facilitate (especially at the beginning) a "V" fold of the dividing walls 12.
  • the folding element 32 is "V"-shaped, namely, it is pointed-shaped, and has its apex oriented towards the two dividing walls 12; namely, the apex of the folding element 32 is aligned along the transfer direction D with the folding line that connects the two dividing walls 12.
  • the transfer device 25 comprises an actuator 33 (for example an electric motor) which is configured to move the folding element 32 back and forth along the transfer direction D so as to make the folding element 32 perform a forward stroke, which brings the pushing member in contact with a corresponding inner frame 8 still in a spread condition before the inner frame 8 enters a corresponding pocket 24 stopped in the transfer station S5 and a subsequent return stroke in the opposite direction.
  • the actuator 33 is configured to move the folding element 32 towards the pocket 24 as (that is, while) the inner frame 8 gets closer to the pocket 24.
  • each pocket 24 has a through opening 34 through which the folding element 32 is inserted during the forward stroke to allow the folding element 32 (which starts behind the pocket 24) to come into contact with a corresponding inner frame 8 still in a spread condition before the inner frame 8 enters the pocket 24.
  • the feeding device 20 comprises a hopper 35 which contains a stack of (fully) spread inner frames 8 and a pick-up device 36 which picks up a (fully) spread inner frame 8 from the bottom of the hopper 35 and it lays the inner frame 8 (completely) in a spread condition on a seat 22 stopped at the input station S4.
  • a seat 22 of the conveyor 21 which supports a spread inner frame 8 and an empty pocket 24 of the conveyor 23.
  • the actuator 30 moves the pushing member 28 along the transfer direction D and towards the pocket 24 passing through the through opening 31 of the seat 22; simultaneously, the actuator 33 moves the folding element 32 along the transfer direction D and towards the seat 22 passing through the through opening 34 of the pocket 24 to bring the folding element 32 into contact (or substantially in contact, that is, in proximity) with the inner frame 8 on the opposite side of the pushing member 28.
  • the pushing member 28 and the folding element 32 move together along the transfer direction D to bring the inner frame 8 towards the pocket 24, progressively increasing the "V" folding of the two dividing walls 12.
  • the pushing member 28 enters the pocket 24 together with the inner frame 8 (while the folding element 32 returns behind the pocket 24 again crossing the through opening 34 of the pocket 24) to cause the side walls 11 of the inner frame 8 to fold against the side walls 27 of the pocket 24 and the simultaneous folding of the dividing walls 12 of the inner frame 8 towards one another.
  • the pushing member 28 completes its return stroke to return behind the seat 22 and thus allow the conveyor 21 to move by one step along the feeding path P1 to bring a new seat 22 carrying a further spread inner frame 8 to the transfer station S5 and allow the conveyor 23 to move by one step along the feeding path P2 to bring a new empty pocket 24 to the transfer station S5.
  • the embodiment illustrated in the attached figures refers to the production of a pack of cigarettes, but the present invention can also be applied without substantial modifications to the production of any other type of pack of smoking articles (for example a pack of cigars, a pack of electronic cigarettes of the liquid vaporization type, a pack of new generation cigarettes without tobacco combustion).
  • any other type of pack of smoking articles for example a pack of cigars, a pack of electronic cigarettes of the liquid vaporization type, a pack of new generation cigarettes without tobacco combustion.
  • the packer machine described above has numerous advantages.
  • the packer machine described above allows to produce the contents of each sealed wrap 3 (namely, two groups 5 of cigarettes coupled to an inner frame 8 preferably folded into a double "U" shape) with extreme precision and without damaging the cigarettes (which are delicate and much weaker than the inner frame 8) even when operating at a high production speed (measured as packs 1 of cigarettes produced per time unit).
  • the packer machine described above allows to avoid damage to the cigarettes when coupled to the inner frame 8, since the cigarettes are very delicate, particularly at the tips where the visible tobacco filaments are located.
  • the packer machine described above has high accessibility to all its components and due to this characteristic it is possible to quickly perform the format change operations (namely, the adaptation operations to modify the characteristics of the pack 1 of cigarettes to be produced) .

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