John X Tomanovits

51953030, Mar 23, 1993

May 29, 1992

7/891444

John Tomanovits - Richmond VA

Philip Morris Incorporated - New York NY

B65B 4314
B65B 4328
B65B 4316
B65B 4330

53459

Apparatus for automatic bagging of compressed bricks of material such as tobacco. The apparatus is provided with a bag opening mechanism, a bag magazine for containing a plurality of bags, a reciprocating table which retracts away from the brick loading mechanism after the compressed brick has been loaded into the opened bag, and a tilt table for dropping the bagged brick onto a take-away conveyor.

52058077, Apr 27, 1993

Mar 12, 1992

7/851227

Jonah Adams - Chesterfield VA
John Tomanovits - Richmond VA
Duane C. Wilder - Chesterfield VA

Philip Morris Incorporated - New York NY

B31B 134
B31C 100

493125

An apparatus for forming a hinged top cigarette box having a cross-section with one or more arcuate surfaces from a one piece blank, the apparatus comprising a mandrel that engages the one piece blank along an edge, and which mandrel rotates to wrap the blank around the mandrel to form a hinged top cigarette box having inner and outer walls. Alternative embodiments of the apparatus may include either an ultrasonic device or wet adhesives to secure the inner and outer walls of the box in proper relation. A method is provided for forming a dual layer hinged top cigarette box having a cross-section with one or more arcuate surfaces wherein a box blank is engaged along one end and then rotated and secured so that the resulting box has its inner and outer layers fixed in proper relation.

50351028, Jul 30, 1991

Sep 19, 1990

7/584803

John Tomanovits - Richmond VA

Phillip Morris Incorporated - Richmond VA

B56B 1108

53397

A C-shaped innerframe is preformed and then applied to a preformed cigarette bundle as part of a cigarette packing operation. The preformed innerframe first contacts the bundle with the back of the C in contact with the front surface of the bundle, and with the arms of the C adjacent the sides of the bundle and projecting rearwarly behind the rear surface of the bundle. Thereafter, the arms of the C are brought in against the side and rear surfaces of the bundle to complete application of the innerframe to the bundle.

50662708, Nov 19, 1991

Sep 19, 1990

7/585224

John Tomanovits - Richmond VA

Philip Morris Inc. - New York NY

B31B 326
B31B 726

493435

Apparatus is shown for preforming a rounded-corner C-shaped innerframe for use in a rounded corner cigarette pack. Contoured rollers are used to preform the rounded corners in the innerframe.