Patents by Inventor Heido Spöring

Heido Spöring 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).

  • 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
  • Method of, and apparatus for, producing (cigarette) packs
    Patent number: 7086210
    Abstract: In order to produce (cigarette) packs with an insert blank (25) applied within the pack or to the outside of the latter, this insert blank is fixed temporarily by virtue of the pack or pack contents being electrostatically charged in the region of the insert blank (25). The pack is completed while the static charge is active, with the result that, by way of pack blanks, the insert coupon (25) is fixed in the envisaged position by the pack itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jürgen Focke, legal representative, Doris Focke, legal representative, Heido Spöring, Martin Stiller, Heinz Focke, deceased