摘要 |
<p>Unsealed packets (2a) of cigarettes emerging from a packaging machine (5) present an outer surface (10) consisting in an opaque wrapping material, to which a revenue stamp (3) and a coupon (4) are affixed as the packets (2a) are transferred directly and in an ordered succession from the packaging machine (5) to a cellophaner (6); on reaching the cellophaner, each packet (2a) in turn is enveloped in a sheet of transparent overwrapping material (15) covering the opaque wrapping material, the revenue stamp (3) and the coupon (4), and the overwrapping sealed in such a way that the finished packet (2; 72) will remain substantially airtight. <IMAGE></p> |