A unit for applying printed slips to packets in packaging machines

摘要

Printed slips (3) are applied to packets (4) in a cigarette packer (1) by a unit comprising a first device (11) designed to feed slips (3) procured as single items and ordered in a stack, or a second device (12) designed to feed slips (3) obtainable as cuts made from a continuous strip (20); the two feed devices (11, 12) are conceived as mutually interchangeable accessory components that can be mounted in identical manner to a universal pickup and application device (9) installed permanently in the machine (1) and able to take up the slips (3) with equal facility from the first or the second feed device (11, 12) at a pickup station (10).