Patents by Inventor Dirk Förstmann

Dirk Förstmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230002146
    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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Dirk Förstmann, Christoph Schneider
  • Publication number: 20220315274
    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: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Dirk Förstmann
  • Patent number: 6438927
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for producing cigarette packs (10) which are provided with a band (13) which butts against the outside of the packs and is fastened by glue. The band (13), which is positioned on the cigarette pack (10) and glued, is pressed onto the cigarette pack (10) by a pressure-exerting subassembly (26), heat being transmitted by a heated pressure-exerting member (29) for the purpose of setting the glue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Martin Stillor, Dirk Förstmann