Abstract: An apparatus and a process for bonding a cardboard blank which has been coated or laminated with a plastic film, and particularly for hinge-lid packets such as cigarette packets on a continuously operated packing machine. The plastic film and a portion of the underlying cardboard material are first treated to expose a more suitable surface for bonding. Preferably, such treatment is by contacting with an apparatus which penetrates the plastic coating and creates depressions in the underlying cardboard. Subsequently, an adhesive is applied to the treated surface. The treated surface is compressed with the complementary area of the cardboard blank to be bonded. The apparatus of the invention comprises a heatable member whose contact surface may be comprised several rows of juxtaposed points or tips which may be approximately 1 to 5 mm in height.

Abstract: A device for enclosing small objects such as coins when packing articles such as cigarette packets in a packaging machine, comprises a feed chute for the coins, a delivery chute in communication with the feed chute and containing a reciprocatable push rod to move the coins through the delivery chute, and a plate above the delivery chute outlet. The plate has a slot to permit the passage of the coins which are moved through the delivery chute and is reciprocatable in the feed direction of the cigarette packets so as to move between a first position blocking the delivery chute outlet and a second position in which the delivery chute outlet is open for the passage of the coins.Separate delivery chutes may be situated in parallel vertical planes, with a connecting feed chute between coplanar delivery chutes.