Patents Assigned to British-American Tobacco (Singapore) Private Limited
  • Method and apparatus for packaging side opening cigarette packets
    Patent number: 7578113
    Abstract: A method and a device of constructing a side-opening cigarette package. The method comprises gathering cigarettes into a bundled charge. A flat shell (10) is propped open to facilitate insertion of the bundled cigarettes. The shell containing the cigarettes is rotated and placed in a desired orientation onto a blank. The blank is folded to form the side opening cigarette package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: British-American Tobacco (Singapore) Private Limited
    Inventors: Edwin Cheng Siew Lim, Eric C L Kuek, Zhong Hai Yang, Kia Swee Tan