Patents Assigned to Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
  • Publication number: 20250000712
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a cuboidal bundle pack, and the bundle pack produced thereby, for compressible hygiene products, wherein a group of hygiene products is inserted into a sleeve, open on two sides, consisting of packaging material, and the sleeve is then sealed for the purpose of forming a wrapping, preferentially closed on all sides, by unwinding a continuous web of material, preferentially paper-based, for the sleeve is unwound from a bobbin, applying lines of weakening to the unwound continuous web of material, separating a portion for a sleeve from the continuous web of material, the portion is righted and the preferentially compressed group of hygiene products is inserted into the righted portion via an open side of the sleeve, and sealing opposing sides of the sleeve by means of an envelope fold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Josef Schulte
  • Patent number: 12179994
    Abstract: A packaging for products of the tobacco industry, wherein the packaging has a box portion and a lid which is pivotably arranged on the box portion by means of a line hinge, and wherein a packaging content is arranged in the box portion, and wherein the packaging has a collar which at least partially surrounds the packaging content at several sides and which protrudes with the packaging content from the box portion which is open at the top. There is provision for walls of the collar to extend from a front side of the box portion up to the region of an opposing rear side of the box portion on which the line hinge is also located. A method and an apparatus for producing such a packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Dirk Förstmann, Christoph Schneider
  • Publication number: 20240383670
    Abstract: A multi-pack for packs for products of the cigarette industry, and a corresponding device and a packaging method, wherein a plurality of packs for products of the cigarette industry is arranged in ordered formation and wherein the packs are wrapped in a blank made of packaging material as an outer casing. At least one filler piece is arranged, together with the packs, in the outer casing, wherein the filler piece is arranged opposite from a bottom side of the outer casing or from a bottom side of the packs, and wherein the bottom sides of the packs directly abut the inside of the bottom side of the outer casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Johann Köster
  • Patent number: 12145808
    Abstract: A method and to a device for handling hygiene products, in particular nappies, wherein the products are transported by a feed conveyor in a first transport direction into compartments of a removal conveyor, in particular a grouping conveyor, which transports the products in a second transport direction, wherein the second transport direction extends transversely, in particular perpendicularly, to the first transport direction. At least one intermediate conveyor which serves to reduce the transport speed of the products in the first transport direction is located between the feed conveyor and the removal conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Matthias Vocks, Andreas Prahm, Arthur Wilhelm, Torsten Kramer
  • Patent number: 12115046
    Abstract: A method and device for forming groups of compressed hygiene products, wherein uncompressed hygiene products are supplied by a first conveyor and are transferred to a compressing apparatus having a compartment for a group of uncompressed hygiene products, and a plurality of uncompressed hygiene products are transferred from the first conveyor into the compartment while the compartment is moved, together with the first conveyor, in a transport direction. The group of uncompressed hygiene products is compressed in the compartment during the transporting in the transport direction such that, after compression, a group of compressed hygiene products is situated in the compartment, and the group of compressed hygiene products is discharged to a compartment of a second conveyor during the further transporting of the compartment of the compressing apparatus, wherein the compartment of the compressing apparatus is moved in the transport direction with the compartment of the second conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Marco Schlörmann, Matthias Vocks
  • Patent number: 12103744
    Abstract: A packet for cigarette industry products, having a tray for receiving at least one group of products, and a device and a method for producing the same. The packet is characterized in that the tray is specified for receiving at least two groups of products, and in that at least one separator for delimiting two receptacle spaces for in each case at least one group of products is disposed in an interior of the tray, and in that the separator is formed from a wall of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Dirk Förstmann
  • Patent number: 12084213
    Abstract: A method for strapping a group of packages, in particular for products of the cigarette industry, with a strip of packaging material, wherein the packages are brought together to form a cuboid group and are then strapped with at least one strip of packaging material. The at least one strip of packaging material is provided on one side with a preferably continuous layer of adhesive, and the group of packages is completely strapped with the at least one strip of packaging material, wherein the layer of adhesive is brought into direct contact with the packages of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Johann Köster
  • Publication number: 20240277531
    Abstract: A method and device for forming groups of compressed hygiene products, wherein uncompressed hygiene products are supplied by a first conveyor and are transferred to a compressing apparatus having a compartment for a group of uncompressed hygiene products, and a plurality of uncompressed hygiene products are transferred from the first conveyor into the compartment while the compartment is moved, together with the first conveyor, in a transport direction. The group of uncompressed hygiene products is compressed in the compartment during the transporting in the transport direction such that, after compression, a group of compressed hygiene products is situated in the compartment, and the group of compressed hygiene products is discharged to a compartment of a second conveyor during the further transporting of the compartment of the compressing apparatus, wherein the compartment of the compressing apparatus is moved in the transport direction with the compartment of the second conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Marco Schlörmann, Matthias Vocks
  • Publication number: 20240269705
    Abstract: A method for applying individual portions of adhesive to a substrate, in which the portions of adhesive are applied successively by means of a valve, a coil of an electromagnet being energized with an actuation voltage pulse for each successive dispensing of portions of adhesive from the valve, which causes a valve opening of the valve for an actual opening duration during which adhesive can flow out of the valve for dispensing the respective adhesive portion by moving a closure member of the valve from a closed position into an open position. The actual opening duration of at least one valve opening which follows a valve opening which precedes it in time is shortened in accordance with one or more valve operating parameters to compensate for electromagnetic interference effects which extend the actual opening duration of the subsequent valve opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Martin Wiehe, Alex Erfurt, Rene Knupper, Stefan Harms
  • Patent number: 11975913
    Abstract: A packet for cigarette industry products, having a casing which, preferably on all sides, surrounds a group of cigarette industry products as the packet content, wherein the casing is formed from a packaging material, and wherein folding tabs of the packaging material are connected to one another by seams. Preferably all seams are formed by crimping folding tabs of the packaging material that bear on one another in the overlap region of those folding tabs that bear on one another. The invention also relates to corresponding devices and methods for producing such packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan Schnakenberg, Gerd Städing
  • Patent number: 11905092
    Abstract: A pack for products of the cigarette industry, having an outer pack which is made from a dimensionally stable material and is configured as a flip pack having a box part and a lid, and having at least one cuboid inner pack which is made from a dimensionally stable material, is disposed in the outer pack and encloses the products on all sides, the inner pack having a closure means which prior to the initial use of the inner pack closes a retrieval opening for retrieving individual products which extends at least in an end-side region of the inner pack, preferably additionally extends in a front-side region of the inner pack, and which is able to be converted from the state closing the retrieval opening to a state releasing the retrieval opening, with the closure means being composed of a dimensionally stable material, such as coated cardboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Christoph Schneider, Henry Buse
  • Publication number: 20240051696
    Abstract: A device and a method for filling bags with products, wherein the bags have an opening via which the bags are each filled with at least one product, wherein walls of the bag are spaced apart from one another in the region of the opening in order to introduce the at least one product into the bag via the opening, and wherein, after the walls are spaced apart and before the at least one product is supplied, holding elements are introduced into the bag through the opening in order to hold the open bag in the region of the opening. At least some holding elements have at least one shaping element against which a wall of the bag bears in each case such that the material of the wall is preferably plastically deformed in order to hold the wall on the respective holding element via the respective shaping element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Benjamin Höynck
  • Publication number: 20240051759
    Abstract: A method for handling flat objects, in particular sanitary products, such as nappies, sanitary towels or the like, wherein a group of objects is subjected to a compression operation in a compression device so that the group of objects has a degree of compression as a result of the compression. A plurality of compression devices are arranged one after the other so that the group of objects which is compressed with a compression device is supplied to the following compression device with the respective degree of compression thereof and is further compressed in this compression device in order to achieve a higher degree of compression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Josef Schulte, Andreas Prahm, Matthias Vocks
  • Patent number: 11878856
    Abstract: A packet for cigarette industry products, having a casing which at least partially surrounds a group of cigarette industry products as the packet content, wherein the casing is formed from a packaging material, and wherein folding tabs of the packaging material are connected to one another by seams, in which the casing is formed from a paper-based packaging material, and a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan Schnakenberg, Johann Köster
  • Publication number: 20240017285
    Abstract: An application device for applying a flowable medium onto a substrate, having a discharge valve having a closure member which, in its open position, releases a metering opening of the discharge valve, such that the flowable medium can flow through the metering opening in the direction of the substrate, wherein the closure member is movable by an electromagnet of the discharge valve from a closing position, in which it closes the metering opening, to an open position, and having a main control unit, which is connected to the discharge valve, and which delivers electrical output voltage signals which moves and maintains the closure member to the open position. A modification unit is arranged between the main control unit and the discharge valve, which is configured such it receives output voltage signals from the main control unit, modifies these signals and relays the latter in a modified form to the electromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Martin Wiehe, Martin Eilts, Jan-Christian Walter
  • Patent number: 11827438
    Abstract: A tamper-evident, child-proof package having an outer package and having an inner package, the inner package being at least partially received in the outer package, and the inner package for opening and closing the package being disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer package, and the package has at least one securing structure as an anti-tamper feature for impeding or preventing the opening of the package, or the access to the products disposed in the inner package. The at least one securing structure is effective between the inner package and the outer package so as to impede or prevent the inner package being displaced in the outer package in order for the package to be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Irmin Steinkamp, Henry Buse, Gisbert Engel, Viktor Hein
  • Patent number: 11820573
    Abstract: A tamper-evident, child-proof package, having an outer package and having an inner package, the inner package being at least partially received in the outer package, and the inner package for opening and closing the package being disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer package, and the package has at least one securing structure as an anti-tamper feature for impeding or preventing the opening of the package, or the access to the products disposed in the inner package. The at least one securing structure is effective between the inner package and the outer package so as to impede or prevent the inner package being displaced in the outer package in order for the package to be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Irmin Steinkamp, Henry Buse, Gisbert Engel, Viktor Hein
  • Publication number: 20230311141
    Abstract: A valve arrangement for applying flowable medium to a substrate, in particular hotmelt adhesive, which valve arrangement has a distribution element and a heating device, the heating device being arranged outside the distribution element and being fastened, preferably detachably, as a unit to the distribution element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Dennis Bolten
  • Patent number: 11760521
    Abstract: A method and a device for filling containers with products, in which the products are successively conveyed horizontally to a filling installation in which the products, while being combined to form individual product groups, are grouped, and an offered-up container, which is conveyed horizontally to the filling installation, is filled in a single track with one or a plurality of product groups, wherein the filled containers subsequently are in particular horizontally transported away. The method includes conveying the products in multiple tracks to the filling installation, grouping the products to form product groups, feeding the product groups in multiple tracks to a common revolving vertical conveyor of the filling installation, conveying the product groups to an ejection position from which the product groups are conveyed onward in a single track to an offered-up container, and filling the offered-up container with at least one of the product groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Dennis Schmidt, Andreas Prahm, Andreas Neufeld, Frank Sachs
  • Publication number: 20230278065
    Abstract: A valve for flowable media having a valve housing and an elongate closure member arranged therein and which can be axially moved in a medium channel of the valve by a controllable actuator and which in a closed position abuts a valve seat and closes a discharge opening connected to the medium channel, and which is connected to a sealing element to seal the medium channel, namely, a part-piece of an elongate bellows, which moves in an axial direction during movements of the closure member and which is a hollow member made of metal, wherein another part-piece of the bellows is fixedly supported in the valve. The relative axial position between the bellows and the valve seat is adapted to a production-related deviation of the longitudinal dimension of the bellows used from a desired longitudinal dimension so that this deviation is compensated for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Dennis Bolten, Nils Neuhaus, Martin Eilts