SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEIGHING CONTAINTERS

    公开(公告)号:US20210302221A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US16643771

    申请日:2018-08-30

    Applicant: G.D S.p.A.

    Abstract: A system for weighing containers includes: a weighing station and a conveying path extending from an upstream infeed section to a downstream outfeed section. The conveying path includes a gripping stretch for gripping the containers and a release stretch for releasing the containers, disposed between the infeed section and the outfeed section; and a conveying device for conveying the containers from the infeed section to the gripping stretch, and the weighed containers from the release stretch to the outfeed section. The conveying device includes first and second groups of housings for receiving the containers and moving them from the infeed section to the gripping stretch. A gripping and transferring device transfers the containers from the gripping stretch to the weighing station and from the weighing station to the release stretch. The first and second groups are movable independently of each other from the infeed section to the gripping stretch.

    A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PACKET FOR SMOKING ARTICLES AND PACKET OBTAINED BY THIS METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210179302A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US16758952

    申请日:2018-10-03

    Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

    Abstract: A method for producing a packet of smoking articles, including the steps of: providing a wrapping sheet having a first layer of first material; removing a portion of the wrapping sheet to define a shaped profile; wrapping a group of smoking articles with the wrapping sheet; arranging a containing frame having an open zone around the wrapping sheet, to contain the group of smoking articles and the wrapping sheet, forming a semi-finished unit, with the open zone facing the shaped profile; supplying a sheet of a heat-sealable material having an opening; providing an adhesive label having a first layer of the first material; attaching the adhesive label onto the opening of the sheet of heat-sealable material; wrapping the semi-finished unit with the sheet of heat-sealable material, so that the layer of first material of the label faces the open zone; sealing the sheet of heat-sealable material, forming a barrier-like envelope.

    SLIDE-OPEN DISPENSER PACKAGE FOR LOOSE ARTICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20210122520A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-29

    申请号:US16771493

    申请日:2018-12-10

    Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

    Abstract: A slide-open dispenser package for loose articles including: a container for containing a plurality of loose articles, in which the container includes a bottom wall and an article dispensing outlet opening made in the bottom wall; a wrapper on the outside of the container and slidably coupled thereto along a sliding direction orthogonal to the bottom wall; at least one occluding element for occluding the outlet opening, in which the occluding element is movable between a closed configuration, in which it prevents the articles from coming out of the opening, and an open configuration, in which it allows at least one article to come out through the outlet opening. The occluding element is fixed to the container and to the wrapper so that the reciprocal sliding of the wrapper and the container causes the occluding element to move between the closed configuration and the open configuration.

    ELECTRIC CARTRIDGE FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE

    公开(公告)号:US20180116285A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15565564

    申请日:2016-04-13

    Applicant: G.D S.p.A.

    CPC classification number: A24F47/008 A61M15/06

    Abstract: An electric cartridge for an electronic cigarette including a piece of flexible substrate material including at least a flexible film which mounts an electrically conductive network in the form of an array and defining a plurality of resistive zones (pixels) and a plurality of power supply pins for supplying one or more electric currents and connected to the resistive zones. The resistive zones define heating means and are grouped into distinct modules. Each module corresponds to an uninterrupted portion of the electrically conductive network and includes at least one resistive zone and respective power supply pins. The electric cartridge includes a plurality of portions of aromatic substance positioned on at least one face of the piece of flexible material. Each portion is associated with a resistive zone and positioned in proximity to a heating surface of the respective resistive zone.

    SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING AND FILLING TWO GROUPS OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES

    公开(公告)号:US20240101297A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18535531

    申请日:2023-12-11

    Applicant: G.D S.p.A.

    Abstract: A system for assembling and filling two groups of electronic cigarettes, includes first and second working stations for assembly/inspection operations on a first group of electronic cigarettes and disposed upstream and downstream of a first conveying path, respectively. Third and fourth working stations perform assembly/inspection operations on a second group of electronic cigarettes and are disposed upstream and downstream of a second conveying path, respectively. A single filling station receives the first group at a first loading zone and the second group at a second loading zone to fill the first group and the second group with a filling product; and releases the first group of filled electronic cigarettes at a first unloading zone and the second group of filled electronic cigarettes at a second unloading zone towards the second working station and towards the fourth working station, respectively.

    CONVEYOR AND METHOD OF ALIGNING ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20220279837A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17632691

    申请日:2020-08-06

    Applicant: G.D S.p.A.

    Abstract: A conveyor for aligning rod-shaped articles and including a succession of flutes which are movable along a feed path and which are configured to hold respective rod-shaped articles or groups of rod-shaped articles. For each flute, the conveyor has an abutment portion, disposed at least at one end of the flute to define an abutment surface for one end of the rod-shaped article or group of rod-shaped articles housed in the suction flute. The abutment portion is provided with at least one suction zone to hold the end of the rod-shaped article or group of rod-shaped articles by suction against the abutment portion. The suction zone is defined by a plurality of suction perforations, connected or connectable to a negative pressure source and whose transverse size is, for example, smaller than 1 mm, preferably smaller than 0.8 mm and, still more preferably, smaller than 0.6 mm.

    DEVICE FOR CHANGING OPERATIVE PARTS FOR TOBACCO INDUSTRY MACHINES

    公开(公告)号:US20200205464A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-02

    申请号:US16301387

    申请日:2017-05-22

    Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

    Abstract: A device for changing operative portions for tobacco industry machines including a receiving portion made in a structural part of a tobacco industry machine; a plug member attached to an operative portion of the tobacco industry machine, a locking member, housed in the structural part of the machine and configured to adopt a locked position, where it locks the plug member in the receiving portion, and a released position, where it releases the plug member from the receiving portion and actuating means acting on the locking member at least to move the locking member from the locked position to the released position.

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