FIELD: cigarette packing equipment. SUBSTANCE: machine comprises wrapping head 6 for locating sheet 6 of wrapping material and cigarette group 2, conveyer head 39 for cigarette group 2 movement to wrapping head and feeding device for sheet 3 conveying to wrapping head 6. Wrapping head 6 bends sheet 3 into U-shaped sheet around cigarette grouping for forming a pair of wings 14, 15 facing each other and extending transversely relative cigarette group. Conveyer head 39 has movable folding means 18 and control means, which actuates folding means 18 for bending the first wing on 90 deg. angle onto cigarette group 2. EFFECT: simplified structure, reduced manufacturing cost. 5 cl, 3 dwg
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2004-05-20—Published
1999-07-13—Filed