Patents Assigned to Focke & Co.
  • Method and device for producing packs from at least two partial packs
    Patent number: 7475525
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing packs (23) from at least two partial packs (25, 26) to form one groups of packs (21, 22) each of especially cuboid (cigarette) packs (20), a one-piece blank (24) being folded along (embossed) fold lines (46, 47) around the groups of packs (21, 22) in such a way that mutually facing inner walls (27) of the partial packs (25, 26) are folded in between the groups of packs (21, 22) in a V shape. According to the invention, the substantially flat blank (24) is conveyed along a blank path (36) and, during the transport, is at least partially upset in such a way that the inner walls (27) are folded in a V shape along fold lines (46) arranged transversely with respect to the transport direction. The invention also relates to a corresponding device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Doris Focke, legal representative, Jürgen Focke, legal representative, Harald Freudenberg, Holger Broek, Heinz Focke
  • Cigarette package
    Patent number: 7455176
    Abstract: A cigarette pack of the hinge-lid-box type is provided with predominantly or fully rounded side walls (19, 20) and lid side walls (24, 25). The side walls here are made up of a plurality of rounded regions with different radii, and also with a planar central side strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Doris Focke, legal representative, Jürgen Focke, legal representative, Viktor Hein, Reinhard Lohmann, Hans Schönberger, Heinz Focke
  • Cigarette packaging
    Patent number: 7438183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cigarette pack of the hinge-lid type comprising an opening (36) configured in the lower section of the front face, namely in a front wall (12) of the pack. A marking (38), applied to the inner wrapper for identifying the product, is visible through said opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Doris Focke, legal representative, Jürgen Focke, legal representative, Valeri Goncharenko, Henry Buse, Heinz Focke
  • Device For The Creating Of A Homogeneous Cut Tobacco Flow
    Publication number: 20080142029
    Abstract: In order to treat cut tobacco so as to loosen and homogenize the same, a tobacco stream (12, 16) passes through a plurality of processing stations (18, 19, 20), in the region of which the tobacco is loosened, during transportation, with the aid of different processing arrangements. The tobacco stream or main stream here is divided up into a plurality of smaller sub-streams during treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: FOCKE & CO. (GMBH & CO. KG)
    Inventors: Christina Ott, Ralf Barkmann, Stefan Harms, Reinhard Hoppe, Thomas Jessen, Torben Baumgardt
  • Device for Covering Packaging Groups
    Publication number: 20080134636
    Abstract: For the purpose of wrapping articles, in particular groups (19) of packs, in a blank (10), use is made of a folding turret (21) having a single pocket (23) passing through its diameter. Lateral boundaries of the pocket (23) comprise belts (30, 31) which, upon introduction of a group (19) of packs with blank (10), can be moved in the pushing-in direction and which butt in a friction-free manner against legs (27, 28) of the blank (10), which is folded in a U-shaped manner. A block-form stop component (37) can be moved within the pocket (23) from one end position to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: FOCKE & CO. (GMBH & CO. KG)
    Inventors: Alfred Drenguis, Michael Wegmann, Andreas Storcks
  • Hinged Lid Box for Cigarettes
    Publication number: 20080121538
    Abstract: In a hinge-lid box comprising a box part (13), lid and collar (15), the collar (15) is configured such that the collar side tabs (29, 30) lie at a distance from the box side walls (26). The collar side tabs (29, 30) are supported by supporting tabs (35, 36; 40, 41) on the box side walls (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: FOCKE & CO. (GMBH & CO. KG)
    Inventor: Henry Buse
  • Method and device for transferring, in particular, flavoring agents to cigarettes
    Patent number: 7367170
    Abstract: (Liquid) flavoring agents and other substances are transferred to cigarettes immediately prior to or during the packaging operation of the cigarettes (12). An advantageous solution is that of the substances being transferred directly to free ends of the cigarettes (12) once cigarette groups (11) have been formed and during transportation of these groups. As an alternative, the substances can be transferred to the inside of an inner wrapper of the cigarette group in particular to a folding tab of a base wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Thomas Häfker, Axel Leifheit, Ralph Sgodzai
  • Cigarette packaging, method and device for the production thereof
    Patent number: 7344024
    Abstract: In the case of a (soft) pack for cigarettes, the blank (10) made of paper or similar material is provided, adjacent to an end wall (16), with a multi-layered folding strip (21) running all the way round. In order that inner layers can be connected to outer, covering layers via glue—spot of glue (20)—a round cutout (29) made by punching is provided, the spot of glue (20) being positioned in the region of said cutout. A special feature is constituted by the production of blanks (10) for such a pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jürgen Focke, legal representative, Hans-Jürgen Bretthauer, Henry Buse, Heinz Focke
  • Cigarette package with coupon and method and device for the production thereof
    Patent number: 7331451
    Abstract: A cuboidal cigarette pack with a large-surface-area pack side, namely rear side (13), is provided with a blank (23), which serves as a printing carrier, in the region of this rear side (13). The blank is positioned between an outer wrapper (19) of film and the pack (10). A top region of the blank (23) is connected to a detachable top part of the outer wrapper, namely a film cap (22), and is also removed when the pack (10) is opened for the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Focke & Co., (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jurgen Focke, legal representative, Doris Focke, legal representative, Irmin Steinkamp, Heinz Focke
  • Method and device for producing filter cigarettes
    Patent number: 7296579
    Abstract: In the production of filter-tipped cigarettes (25), an apparatus (filter attachment machine) is used, which consists of a main cylinder (10) and a plurality of assigned further cylinders. The elements of the filter-tipped cigarettes (25), specifically a tobacco rod (15) or part-rods (16, 17), filter pieces (21), cigarette units (23), and the filter-tipped cigarettes (25) produced therefrom are transported by the main cylinder (10), with the exception that part-rods (16, 17) displaced at a distance from one another and with a filter piece (21) inserted for the attachment of a wrapping paper (22) are transported and connected to one another outside the main cylinder (10), so that one-piece cigarette units (23) are returned to the main cylinder (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Frank Beckmann, Christina Kunig
  • Method and device for controlling a production unit
    Patent number: 7298111
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a production unit in a production installation are specified, controlling referring to the controlling and monitoring of speeds of rotation or angles of rotation of individual drives (20-22) such that the movements of these are monitored in respect of a synchronous value (37) and/or a limit value (33). The monitoring in respect of the limit value (33) results in a safely limited speed of the individual drives. The monitoring in respect of the synchronous value (37) permits detection of asynchronies. The monitoring can be carried out in normal operating mode and/or in setup mode, and, in setup mode, it serves particularly to protect the operating personnel from drives (20-22) that start up suddenly or are running too fast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Wolfgang Linke
  • Method and device for recognition of a tear-off strip on a material web
    Patent number: 7275438
    Abstract: In order to check a material web (12), in particular a film web, with regard to the correct arrangement of a tear-off strip (11) extending in the longitudinal direction of the material web (12), ultrasonic transmitters are used, specifically an ultrasonic transmitter (11) on the one hand and an ultrasonic receiver (19) on the other hand. The sensors are arranged on opposite sides of the material web (12) in such a way that, if appropriate, focused ultrasonic waves are aimed specifically at the region of the tear-off strip (11). If a tear-off strip (11) is missing, an appropriate signal is generated by the ultrasonic receiver (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Doris Focke, legal representative, Jürgen Focke, legal representative, Michael Czarnotta, Heinz Focke, deceased
  • Folding Cigarette Packet
    Publication number: 20070221517
    Abstract: In order to manufacture folding packets having a packet part (11), a lid (12) and a collar (13), a single-piece blank is used, in which a collar (13) is connected to a main blank (14) via connecting webs (15, 16). The collar (13) is connected to a connecting web (15) via an edge-side collar folding line, and the connecting webs (15, 16) are connected to the main blank (14) via transversely oriented web folding lines (41, 42), with the result that the collar (13) can be moved into the position with two folding steps which follow one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Hermann Blome, Viktor Hein
  • Method of, and apparatus for, handling blanks, in particular coupons
    Patent number: 7234696
    Abstract: For producing (cigarettes) packs (10) with a coupon positioned between the pack and outer wrapper made of film, the coupons are supplied to a packaging machine for the outer wrapper and are transported in the region of the packaging machine by a coupon conveyor (17). The coupons pass into the region of a feeder (20) and are applied by the latter to a free top side (13) of the packs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jurgen Focke, legal representative, Doris Focke, legal representative, Stephan Bachner, Jens Schmidt, Heinz Focke, deceased
  • Production and/or packaging installation, and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 7222626
    Abstract: The invention specifies a production and/or packaging installation containing a performance-limiting means, and also specifies the method of operating the same, with the result that this installation can be sold to a purchaser with a certain performance capability guaranteed and only the guaranteed performance level can be retrieved, measures for reducing the performance level of the installation being taken or initiated in the event of manipulation for increasing the performance level or for bypassing the performance-limiting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jürgen Focke, legal representative, Doris Focke, legal representative, Hartmut Olbrich, Cord Schröder, Heinz Focke, deceased
  • Device for producing cigarette packages
    Patent number: 7216755
    Abstract: For the production of cigarette groups (11) having a formation comprising a plurality of vertical rows of cigarettes (10) arranged one beside the other, after pushing a corresponding number of cigarettes (10) out of shafts (13) of a cigarette magazine (12), a transverse displacement of the cigarettes (10) is required in order to arrange same in a tightly packed or saddle configuration. At least marginal push rods (18) for pushing the cigarettes (10) out of the shafts (13) of the cigarette magazine (12) can be displaced transversely together with the cigarettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co., KG)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, deceased, Doris Focke, legal representative, Jürgen Focke, legal representative, Hermann Blome, Heido Spöring, Jürgen Tempel
  • Process for producing hinge-lid boxes for cigarettes
    Patent number: 7200978
    Abstract: Process for producing packs made of thin cardboard with an outer wrapper made of shrink-wrap film. Folding tabs of the outer wrapper are connected to one another by full-surface-area heat sealing. The shrink-wrapping process for the outer wrapper may be initiated as a result. In order to ensure a correct form of the outer wrapper, the folding tabs, prior to the full-surface-area sealing operation, are connected to one another by a tack seal, with small, limited sealing surface areas, and are then sealed over the full surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Martin Stiller
  • Apparatus for producing and/or packaging cigarettes
    Patent number: 7185658
    Abstract: During the production of cigarettes, but in particular in the region of a cigarette-packaging machine, a comparatively large amount of tobacco accumulates as waste. This is specifically removed by arranging suction-extraction elements and/or conveying-away elements for tobacco particles (19) in the region of elements and subassemblies of the machines with increased accumulation of tobacco. The air with tobacco particles (19) which has been extracted by suction is led through a tobacco separator (45), which has a separating element (48) for receiving the tobacco particles. From time to time, these are removed from the tobacco separator (45) and recycled into the production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Martin Stiller
  • Process and apparatus for producing packs with an outer wrapper as well as reel unit
    Patent number: 7179215
    Abstract: In the production of packs with outer wrappers which have a tear-open strip (12), the latter of continuous material strips (18), for the purpose of severing the tear-open strips (12), are provided with printing, markings (24), etc. Moreover, the film webs (13) from which the outer wrappers are made also are preferably provided with markings, printing or printed marks (25). Sensing elements help to detect the relative positions of the tear-open strip (12) and the film webs (13) on account of the printing and the drive of the film web (13) and/or of the material strip (18) is controlled accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Martin Stiller, Johann Köster, Gerhard Westermann
  • Packaging machine for cigarettes
    Patent number: 7146777
    Abstract: For the production of (cigarette) packs of different configurations, for example standard pack (13), round-edged pack (14) or octagonal pack (15), subassemblies and elements of the packaging machine are exchanged and/or uncoupled from the drive. For this purpose, a pack-specific operating element is provided with a drive which has a coupling and/or uncouplable gear-mechanism parts. These, in turn, are assigned operable handling elements which allow adjustment for coupling or uncoupling or removing sub-elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Jurgen Focke, legal representative, Doris Focke, legal representative, Jürgen Tempel, Gisbert Engel, Heinz Focke, deceased