An ink jet type image forming device comprising a suction fan (11) for sucking from below a platen (12) a print medium (14) that is being conveyed on the platen (12), and a variable control means for variably controlling the suction force of the suction fan (11) according to predetermined conditions. The variable control means has a means that, as a predetermined condition and in each scanning of a head, recognizes presence or absence of the head in a printing region ranging from the printing start position to the printing end position and that controls suction fan such that the suction force is lower when the head is outside the printing region than when it is within the printing region. Alternatively, it has a means that, as a predetermined condition, recognizes the kind of a print medium that has been set and that controls the suction force of the suction fan according to the recognized kind of print medium. Adjustment of the suction force of the suction fan lowers the load on a conveyance motor and generally reduces power consumption and noise.

Ink-jet type image forming device

An automated pharmaceutical dispensing system comprises a retrieval subsystem (4) for selecting and retrieving a pharmaceutical pack (38). The retrieval subsystem (4) is arranged to deliver the pack (38) to a labelling station (6). The labelling station (6) comprises a label printer (18) arranged to print a label (36) comprising information specific to a patient for whom said pharmaceutical pack (38) is intended and a label applicator subsystem (22) for applying the label (36) to the pack (38). The system further comprises a delivery subsystem (8) for delivering the pack from the labelling station to a user-accessible point. The label applicator can apply the label (36) in a way determined by a dimension of the pack (38) - e.g. at a predetermined position, predetermined orientation or across two discrete planes of the pack (38).

Automated dispensing system

The invention relates to a device (1) for feeding cigarette packets (3) out of a packing machine, where the packets (3), being substantially in the shape of parallelepipeds, are moved forward with their large lateral faces (4) in contact with each other along a first path (P1) by a conveyor (2) that stabilises them in a defined direction (D) transversal to the large lateral faces (4). Downstream of the stabilising conveyor (2), there is a unit (33) for printing on the packets (3). Comprising a spacing conveyor (11, 19, 43) that separates the packets (3) from each other and feeds them along a second path (P2) along which there is a printing device (32) located at a printing position (35) on a section (T) of the second path (P2) and designed to print a preset sequence of characters and codes on defined portions of the faces of the packets (3), the action of the printing device (32) being controlled by a probe (36) that detects the presence of each packet (3) and by a control unit (37) connected to a sensor (38) that detects the instantaneous position of the spacing conveyor (11, 19, 43) relative to the packets (3) in order to synchronise the packets (3) with the motion of the conveyor (11, 19, 43).

Device for feeding cigarette packets out of a packing machine

An apparatus that wraps dinner flatware in a paper napkin in an automated manner and secures it with a paper label is disclosed. The apparatus includes input hoppers for knives, forks, spoons, and napkins which are located on the front and top part of the unit. Additionally, a roll of paper napkins and a roll of securing paper labels are provided on top with their own automatic dispensing means. A plastic cover secures the entire top of the invention to protect it from dust and dirt as well as accidental contact during operation. Internal mechanisms then take one of each piece of flatware and fold and roll it in a napkin. The completed napkin unit then drops out the bottom where it is collected for use.

Silverware and napkin rolling apparatus

Folding box cigarette packages with a shrinkable outer film wrapper that are conveyed in two rows of packages (26, 27) consisting of single packages, through a shrinking station (22). In this area, the packages (10) while stopped are exposed on the top and bottom to (contact) heat [by] shrink units, namely hot plates (24, 25; 45, 46). The packages (10) are conveyed in such a manner that the top and bottom are simultaneously or consecutively exposed for contacting the hot plates.

Method and device for producing cigarette packages

A cigarette packaging apparatus comprising means (20) for repetitively progressing labels through a print location (42), a signal generator (50) configured to generate a signal indicative of presence of the label (25) as it passes adjacent the print location, a second signal generator (60) configured to generate a signal indicative of a speed of the label at the print location; a fluid jet printer head (40) adjacent the print location and a controller (48) configured to operate the printer head responsively to the first and second signal generators (50 & 60), with an additional arrangement within the packaging apparatus defining a contact-free path portion (20) sufficient for ink to dry at the indicia-bearing portion of the label as the label is progressed beyond the print location.

Ink jet coder system and method

A cigarette cartoner apparatus (10) comprising a folding station (30) configured to wrap a carton blank (14) around a pre-arranged bundle of cigarette packets (36); means (26) for repetitively dispensing carton blanks along a pathway (28); a signal generator (220) adjacent a print location (216) along the pathway; at least one fluid jet print head (202) adjacent the print location; a controller (228) configured to operate the print head responsively to the signal generator; and a guide arrangement (110, 112) within the cartoner defining a contact-free path portion as the carton blank is progressed from said print location.

Cartoner with ink jet coder

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