Patents by Inventor Horst Hedtstuck

Horst Hedtstuck 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).

  • Side-folding packer for soft cigarette packs
    Patent number: 4655030
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in the packaging of cigarettes which eliminates interior package edges which interfere with reinsertion into a cigarette package of partially withdrawn cigarettes. The creation of interfering internal edges if avoided by employment of a novel technique for the folding of the package inner wrapper about a block of cigarettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Alfred Schermund
    Inventors: Joachim Zeitel, Horst Hedtstuck