Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray & Borun
Method and machine for producing cartons of cigarettes
 A method and machine for producing cartons of cigarettes, each consisting of a number of packets of cigarettes housed inside a box formed from a flat blank divided by yield lines into a number of panels; the carton being formed by feeding the blank along a first path to a prefolding station where the blank is folded substantially in a U, and by transferring the prefolded blank to a loading station where a respective group of packets is fed inside the prefolded blank, and is pushed further, along a further path, so as to feed the blank and respective group of packets into a folding channel for closing the box. 
G.D Societa' per Azioni
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inventional inventional
Silvano Antonio
Boriani Gamberini