METHOD AND WRAPPING UNIT FOR FOLDING A SHEET OF WRAPPING ABOUT A GROUP OF CIGARETTES

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a wrapping unit for producing a package (1) containing a group (2) of cigarettes. SOLUTION: The method for producing the package containing the group of cigarettes includes: feeding the group of cigarettes along a path; feeding a sheet (6) of wrapping perpendicularly to the path of the group of cigarettes; feeding a tubular spindle (49) along the path of the group of cigarettes to intercept the sheet of wrapping and fold the sheet of wrapping into a U about the tubular spindle; and feeding the group of cigarettes through the tubular spindle to slide the sheet of wrapping off the tubular spindle 49 and apply the U-folded sheet of wrapping to the group of cigarettes. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT