Method of, and apparatus for, filling and closing tobacco bags

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8528307
APP PUB NO 20100242972A1
SERIAL NO

12739971

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A method and apparatus for filling, closing, folding and transporting away tobacco bags (10) or pouches, using a turret (24) that rotates about a horizontal axis and has preferably six mounts (28), each for one bag (10), arranged along the circumference in the region of planar wall portions (29). The bags are conveyed through a plurality of processing stations, in particular through a filling station, suction-extraction station, closing station and wrapping station, by the turret (24) with cyclic rotary movement. A plurality of sub-turrets, each with corresponding mounts (28), can be arranged one beside the other in the axial direction.

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FOCKE & CO (GMBH & CO KG)SIEMENSSTRASSE 10 VERDEN 27283

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Buse, Henry Visselhövede, DE 78 1084
Häfker, Thomas Langwedel, DE 5 25
Popp, Konrad Augsburg, DE 9 50
Roesler, Burkard Blender, DE 15 75
Thierig, Jörg Aystetten, DE 2 8
Witzmann, Holger Friedrichshafen, DE 1 6

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