CN102283439A - Removal of rod-shaped articles from the tobacco processing industry from a volume flow - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a removing method for removing rod-shaped articles, especially filter-tipped cigarettes and filter tip rods, from a multi-layer article material flow (18) of the tobacco processing industry by using a removing device. The article material flow (18) longitudinally arranged in parallel rod-shaped article material flow manner is conveyed along a linear, preferably horizontal conveying route (FS) with a predetermined speed, preferably continuously. The multiple rod-shaped articles as article groups of the article material flow are inputted to a removing region (E) in a region of the conveying route, and the removing device is used to get at least one or more rod-shaped articles from the received article groups from the removing section (E), especially the article material flow (18) is continuously conveyed on the conveying route (FS) during the removing process of the multiple rod-shaped articles, thus further improving the removing method. In addition, the invention relates to a conveying device of the tobacco processing industry.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind ofly take out the especially sampling method of cigarette with filter tip and filter stick of bar form articles with sampler from the multi-layer product material flow of the tobacco industry, wherein this goods material flow preferably transmits with predetermined transfer rate along transmission route straight line, best level continuously with the form of the bar form articles material flow that Y is arranged parallel to each other.
In addition, the present invention relates to a kind of transfer equipment of the tobacco industry, this equipment has transmission route and sampler that is used for taking out from the goods material flow that transmits along this transmission route bar form articles of the particularly level of a straight line that is used for transmitting the bar form articles multi-layer product material flow that Y is arranged parallel to each other.
Background technology
Cigarette with filter tip is for example after making on the filter tip spicing machine, and the cigarette with filter tip of making is sent to for example packing machine of cigarette storehouse or subsequent treatment machine with the form of multilayer dose stream on conveyer belt.For the workmanship of monitoring cigarette and carry out quality control, regularly and/or the sampling observation sample that irregularly takes out cigarette from material flow or production line deliver to independently that the inspection point carries out the check of size and/or other relevant item.For this reason, from compact arranged cigarette material flow, take out single cigarette, and cigarette is multi-layer stacking in material flow.Taking out censorship cigarette from material flow can carry out by hand by operating personnel.
In addition, DE 34 19 659 C1 have proposed the sampler that a kind of orlop that flows from the tobacco product that transmits continuously by a bearing-surface takes out single tobacco product.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is from the bar form articles material flow of the tobacco industry, to take out bar form articles check usefulness or sampling observation usefulness in the mode of treasuring on the basis of existing technology, and can from the article material flow, take out bar form articles arbitrarily.
This purpose is to take out bar form articles with sampler from the multilayer dose of the tobacco industry stream especially cigarette with filter tip and filter-tip sampling method realize that wherein this goods material flow preferably transmits with predetermined transfer rate along transmission route straight line, best level continuously with the form of the bar form articles material flow that Y is arranged parallel to each other by a kind of; By in transmitting a section of route, a plurality of bar form articles of goods material flow being taken out one or more at least bar form articles as the sampler space of goods group input transmission route or goods sampling area and with sampler from this goods group that this sampler space received, particularly the goods material flow still transmitting continuation transmission on the route, has so just been improved sampling method in the sampling process of one or more bar form articles.
The present invention is based on following theory: in a section of the straight line transmission route that transmits the multi-layer product material flow, a plurality of goods of goods material flow are imported sampler spaces or sampling area, thereby for the goods of this goods group provide a reception area or quiescent centre, so that using one for example for example from this goods group, to take out bar form articles under the situation of the sampler of manipulator and so on immediately by random principle.Because multilayer or whole layer input goods from multi-layer product stream can take out bar form articles in the mode of treasuring in arbitrary position of sampling area from the goods material flow.
So-called goods material flow within the scope of the present invention refers to a kind of bar form articles material flow that hexagon is superposed side by side stacking that roughly is, wherein in straight line transmits section, the longitudinal axis of the bar form articles in the stacks of the tight stacking of the goods material flow orientation that is parallel to each other.The goods of goods material flow promptly are preferably in the direction longitudinally on the conveyer belt of ribbon conveyer and so on for example perpendicular to it in X and linearly transmit.The height of goods material flow is generally single bar form articles or single cigarette with filter tip many times.
Just in this point, if make a general reference the sampling of single bar form articles or cigarette with filter tip, then both referred to individually, also referred to take out in heaps, bundledly bar form articles within the scope of the present invention, with the product amounts comparison of goods material flow, the quantity of the bar form articles of taking-up is seldom.
Owing in the sampler space of straight line transmission route, be ready to one group of goods group with a plurality of bar form articles, a branch of or the one group of bar form articles or the single goods of sampling observation usefulness are transfused to this sampler space, like this sampler just can with continue the asynchronous operation of goods material flow that transmits along transmitting route because sampler does not need or be not with synchronous along the flow velocity or the transfer rate of the goods material flow that transmits route.With the bar form articles of the continuous transmission of goods material flow relatively, bar form articles in the sampler space is static storing or location basically, so goods in the sampler space, constitute goods bundle or goods group from goods material flow shunting back and in the sampler space this goods bundle or goods assembling get the back ready and take out the goods sample, the bar form articles of goods material flow just not sampled device contact or damage in the bar form articles sampling process like this in the accurate position of regulation.
Therefore, the sampling of the bar form articles in the goods group from the sampler space or sampling area be with along irrelevant not the getting in touch with it in other words conj.or perhaps of the transmission of the goods material flow that transmits route.In addition, within the scope of the present invention, product sample is taken out in the position that can predesignate of goods group, and does not hinder the goods material flow.
Secondly, in the improvement project of this method, when the bar form articles input sampler space, the goods of input are preferably in according to the direction of transfer of goods material flow and lead under the situation of using a guider and brake and/or after having the goods group input sampler space of a plurality of bar form articles, the bar form articles indifferent equilibrium ground of goods group preferably is arranged in the sampling area still.
In addition, the sampling of the bar form articles of goods group and be to realize like this along the interruption of the transmission of the goods material flow that transmits route, be that bar form articles is transfused in the sampler space that feed or to be feeded of a goods material flow top as the goods group, or bar form articles is transfused in the sampler space that can feed or to be feeded of goods material flow below as the goods group, like this, after sampler space charging, the goods material flow just can be transported from sampler space next door, and comes other bar form articles of own product material flow not to be transfused in this sampler space.Within the scope of the present invention, equally can be bar form articles as sampler space that is arranged on goods material flow next door of goods group input.
Secondly, preferentially under the situation of using sampler, take out one or more goods, but cigarette with filter tip or bar form articles are pulled out or are released like this from the goods group that is arranged in this sampler space with regard to Y by the motionless goods group from be preferably in this sampler space of the motion in Y.
In addition, this method has such feature, and after at least one bar form articles took out from the goods group, this can re-enter the goods material flow from this sampler space at least in part because of the goods group of having taken out bar form articles and having reduced quantity.
In addition, in order to carry out the goods sampling at the fixed time, the sampler space that transmits on the route is preferably disposed between two conveyers of the transmission route that transmits the goods material flow.For example in order will below the transmission route of goods material flow, to take a sample, can transmit at this and elevator scoop is set on the route as the sampler space, wherein when not planning to take a sample, the base plate of this elevator scoop be positioned in the transmission plane of goods material flow and when constituting sampling peck the transmission plane with respect to conveyer belt or goods material flow descend.
In another kind of scheme, above the transmission goods material flow that transmits on the route, a sampler space or sampling area are set, thereby form a quiescent centre or resample area, in this zone, input wherein bar form articles or the sampler space of layer above the upper strata of goods material flow of cigarette with filter tip in almost constant or constant.In this case, the sampler space of upside or sampling area can temporarily for example be realized by the back sliding goods that form a local gauge equally.The back cunning of goods is included the upside sampling area in the sliding goods in back and is then brought realization by two transmission that move with different transfer rates are set in the scope of sampling area to be formed in the direction of transfer of goods material flow, thereby can import this sampling area to the sliding bar form articles in back under the situation of sampling area use gauge device to be formed.
In addition, take out from the goods group that bar form articles is performed such: sampler is using at least one sensor especially to be close at least one end face of the bar form articles of this goods group of arranging in this sampling area under the situation of range sensor and/or position sensor with treasuring.
Secondly, the sampling of bar form articles is improved like this, and promptly the bar form articles of goods group is preferably in before this goods group is taken out at least one bar form articles and/or is positioned the taking-up process and/or is fixed in the sampler space.Be provided with corresponding front side and rear side fixture and positioner or movable antetheca and rear wall at sampler space side for this reason.
In addition, in the another kind of favourable scheme of this method, the goods group that has the bar form articles input sampler space of the orientation that is parallel to each other is taken out from this sampler space with being done.
In the improvement project of this method, for the cigarette with filter tip that for example check is made, the bar form articles that takes out from this goods group is sent to an inspection machine, so that check sampling Products Quality, for example parameter of relevant quality such as diameter, weight in addition.
The goods material flow preferentially transmits between goods maker especially filter tip spicing machine or filter tip bushing machine and goods subsequent treatment machine especially packing machine or goods storehouse, perhaps the goods material flow is preferably between goods thesaurus and goods subsequent treatment machine in the transmission section and carries out horizontal transmission, after the manufacturing process on filter tip spicing machine or the filter tip bushing machine, can easyly inspect the sampling of goods or censorship cigarette like this by ready samples, meanwhile, cigarette with filter tip of making or filter stick are sent to intermediate storage storehouse or packing machine or many filter tips bushing machine or filter stick transmitting device with the form of goods material flow.
In addition, the objective of the invention is to realize by a kind of transfer equipment of the tobacco industry, this transfer equipment has the level especially of a straight line, being used for transmitting the transmission route of the bar form articles multilayer dose stream that Y is arranged parallel to each other and one is used for from the sampler of this goods material flow taking-up bar form articles that transmits along this transmissions route, this sampler is improved by being provided with or constituting a sampler space in a transmission section of this transmission route, wherein after a plurality of bar form articles are imported this sampling peck or goods group of sampler space formation, can from this goods group of importing this sampler space, take out one or more bar form articles with this sampler.
The feature of the improvement structure of this transfer equipment is the sampling that can be used for the bar form articles that carries out as stated above.For avoiding repetition, can consult top explanation.
Further feature of the present invention can be learnt from the explanation in conjunction with the embodiment of the present invention of claim and accompanying drawing.Embodiments of the present invention can embody single feature or a plurality of combination of features.
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The present invention is not limited to the explanation of the General Principle of the present invention of each embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, and wherein whole not details of sets forth in detail all can be consulted accompanying drawing in text, and accompanying drawing is represented:
The transfer equipment of Fig. 1 a, 1b the tobacco industry transmits the diagrammatic side view and the perspective view (Fig. 1 b) of a section of route;
Fig. 2 a, 2b have a sampling area, and (Fig. 2 a) and the schematic diagram of the transmission lines of no sampling area (Fig. 2 b);
Fig. 3 a, 3b have the schematic diagram and the perspective view of the transmission route of a sampling area and a guider;
Fig. 4 a, 4b use the transmission route schematic diagram of different guiders respectively in a sampling area that transmits route;
Fig. 5 has the schematic diagram of the transmission route of a sampling area;
Fig. 6 a, 6b have the schematic diagram (seeing 6b) of another embodiment of horizontal transmission route that a sampling area could be provided with or be arranged on the tobacco industry transfer equipment of goods material flow top;
Fig. 6 c Fig. 6 b transmits the diagrammatic top view of route;
Fig. 7 has the cross section of sampling area of the transmission route of a sampler;
Fig. 8 has the schematic cross-sectional of the sampling area of the another kind of sampler of bar form articles;
Fig. 9,10 has the schematic cross-sectional separately of the tobacco industry transfer equipment transmission route sampling area of the different embodiments of sampling area bar form articles sampler.
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Fig. 1 a, 1b represent the schematic diagram of horizontal transmission route FS of a kind of transfer equipment of the tobacco industry respectively, wherein transmitting on horizontal transmission route FS with the material flow of cigarette with filter tip as the tight stacking of bar form articles, this material flow for example transmits between the packing machine 16 at filter tip spicing machine 14 and subsequent treatment machine 16 subsequently.
In a kind of selectable scheme, straight line transmits the part that route FS is the so-called bar transfer system (RTS) between the FIFO thesaurus (first in first out thesaurus) of filter tip spicing machine 14 and postposition.
Transmit route FS preferred design and become level, just can transmit cigarette with filter tip material flow 18 transmitting on the route FS like this, wherein cigarette with filter tip is tight mutually in heapsly stacks and be sent to packing machine 16 from filter tip spicing machine 14 in X.For this reason, the mutual Y orientation of the cigarette with filter tip in multilayer dose stream 18, the overlapping arrangement of multi-layer product in material flow 18 or cigarette with filter tip also forms the hexagon formation.
In order in direction of transfer Z, to transmit material flow 18, on transmission route FS, many conveyer belts 22,24 have been arranged, they are designed to continuous conveyor, wherein, the top set of conveyer belt 22,24 linearly transmits material flow 18 with horizontal line along transmitting route FS separately, so the conveyer belt of arranging before and after in material flow 18 direction of transfer Z 22,24 constitutes the horizontal transmission equipment of material flow 18 bar form articles, wherein conveyer belt 24 is arranged in the downstream of conveyer belt 22.
Conveyer belt 22 carries out around guiding around a guide roller 21 at a gusset of adjacency conveyer belt 24, and this guide roller is designed to synchronization steering roller or live-roller.If guide roller 21 is designed to live-roller, then it is connected with (unshowned) electric-motor drive device.
Conveyer belt 24 leads around a guide roller 23 in the neighboring region of the progressive conveyer belt 22 towards the sender.Guide roller 23 can be designed to synchronous roller in a kind of structural shape.In addition, guide roller 23 can be connected with an electric-motor drive device equally, and 23 of guide rollers are designed to live-roller like this.
What be positioned at conveyer belt 22 back is a guide plate 32 that constitutes as guider that has first section 31 of horizontal alignment, horizontal segment 31 preferably is arranged in the transmission plane of top set of conveyer belt 22, and material flow 18 just can be by this horizontal transmission section guiding of guide plate 32 like this.In addition, guide plate 32 has a vertical wall section that is connected on this horizontally-guided section, and the latter constitutes the upstream sidewall of vertical shaft.
In addition, also arranged another in guide roller 23 fronts as guide plate 34 that guider constitutes with respect to the direction of transfer of material flow 18, the latter has the guide section 33 of a level, and this section is arranged in the transmission plane of top set of conveyer belt 24.Guide plate 34 has a vertical wall section equally, and this wall section preferably is parallel to the vertical wall section of guide plate 32.Particularly the vertical wall section of guide plate 32,34 be parallel to each other orientation and by predetermined distance opposed.Arranged a base plate 36 that can move both vertically or move between the vertical wall section of guide plate 32,34, wherein, space above this movable floor 36 and between the vertical section of these two guide plates is defined as the sampler space.
When the base plate 36 of horizontal alignment was positioned at its top position (seeing Figure 26), material flow 18 was transported to packing machine 16 from filter tip spicing machine 14 continuously, and at this moment its upside of base plate 36 usefulness is positioned at the transmission plane of the horizontally extending top set of conveyer belt 22,24.
When base plate 36 moves (when seeing that Fig. 1 a) by means of a unshowned lowering or hoisting gear downward (by the direction G that marks), then producing sampler space E between the guide plate 32,34 or between conveyer belt 22,24, the bar form articles of material flow 18 is transfused in this space, thereby forms a goods group that has the multilayer bar form articles above base plate 36.When base plate 36 moved below the top set of conveyer belt 22,24, then sampler space E was filled or emptying by the direction of motion of base plate 36, and at this moment material flow 18 is just carried out horizontal transmission serially.By being the sampler space E of bar form articles preparation or the quiescent centre of material flow 18, just can take out one or many cigarette that is positioned at sampling area E from this goods group that is arranged in this sampling area E.
Fig. 1 b shows the perspective illustration that transmits section FS, has arranged a multiaxial joint type manipulator 40 in the zone of sampler space E, and this manipulator has one and is used for grasping for example paw 42 of cigarette of bar form articles.Control that paw 42 usefulness are suitable and/or adjusting device guide to the end of the cigarette in the sampling area E, after filter end was caught one or many cigarettes with filter tip, the bar form articles that is booked just can take out from the goods group that is arranged in sampling area E in Y like this.
The bar form articles that takes out is transported to (unshowned in the drawings) checkout equipment by multi-joint type manipulator 40 immediately.The bar form articles that is left in sampling area E for the goods that transmit in continuation in the material flow 18 is then just like being placed in the quiescent centre, so the goods in the sampling area particularly are motionless in sampling process or have only very little X motion.
Behind the cigarette with filter tip that takes out censorship usefulness, base plate 36 (by the direction G that the marks) motion that makes progress again is shown in Fig. 2 a.Base plate 36 is positioned at the resting position (seeing Fig. 2 b) of its top immediately.
In the another kind of structural shape of movable floor 36, be designed to ribbon conveyer to it so long, this is particularly conducive to the evacuation procedure by sampling area and sampling area.
In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 a, 1b and Fig. 2 a, the 2b, between the vertical section of the guide plate between the conveyer belt separated by a distance 22,24 32,34 and movable floor 36, constitute a sampling area or sampling peck.Base plate 36 can use pneumatic and/or fax moving or the situation of motor under move.The vertical displacement movement of base plate 36 can be controlled under the situation of using sensor, or regulates by the adjusting device that has position sensor, so base plate 36 can be positioned at a predetermined operating position to constitute a sampling area E.
In the process that base plate 36 descends, the temporary transient sampling area E that the constitutes bar form articles of packing between the vertical section of guide plate 32,34.When base plate 36 reached final position, bottom or sample position, material flow 18 continued to cross this sampling area " stream " and goes.So just can carry out the sampling observation sampling of cigarette with filter tip or other bar form articles with sampler from sampling area E next door.
The goods sampling area E(that packs into sees that Fig. 1 a) is finished by the upper and lower or each layer material flow 18.In another kind of structural shape of the present invention, the rising or falling speed of the base plate 36 that moves both vertically is to regulate and/or control according to the transfer rate of conveyer belt 22,24.
Fig. 3 a represents the schematic diagram of another embodiment of horizontal transmission route FS, this example is provided with the fixedly transfer or the guider of a V-arrangement for material flow 18, the bar form articles of material flow 18 is disposed in guider 38 forced guidance of conveyer belt 22,24 tops, thereby makes bar form articles input sampling area E.Guider 38 is arranged in base plate 36 tops by predetermined distance, and the direction of base plate 36 is pointed at the V-arrangement tip of guider 38 down.
The perspective view of transmission route FS shown in Fig. 3 b presentation graphs 3a.In order to take a sample at sampling area E, be provided with a multi-spindle machining hand that is designed to gantry type manipulator 50, this manipulator has a paw 52.Goods to be checked are pulled out as the sampling group with paw 52 taking-ups or the Y of the goods group in gantry type manipulator 50 and the sensing sampling area E thereof.
Fig. 4 a represents to transmit the schematic diagram of route FS.Wherein, the sampling area E of base plate 36 by one for example the jockey 44 of connecting rod form be connected with thereon V-arrangement guider 38.Like this guider 38 just with the elevating movement mechanical connection of base plate 36, so when base plate 36 declines and the formation of the sampling area between guide plate 32,34, its the most advanced and sophisticated insert materials flow 18 of guider 38 usefulness, thus each layer of material flow entered among the sampler space E or sampling area E that constitutes simultaneously.
In the uppermost position of movable floor 36, that is in so-called continuous motion, the tip of the downward orientation of guider 38 is positioned at the top of material flow 18, so guider 38 does not contact with the upper strata of material flow 18.
Fig. 4 b represents to have another structural shape that can constitute the transmission route FS of sampler space E between the conveyer belt 22,24 of two front and back separated by a distance layouts for bar form articles, wherein can constitute or wait to constitute in the scope of sampler space E or sampling area E and arranged that above base plate 36 cross section is leg-of-mutton guider 39, this leg-of-mutton top directed downwards.In order to reduce friction to the influence of goods, guider 39 has the endless belt that can control according to the speed of conveyer belt 22 and/or conveyer belt 24.
In another unshowned structural shape, also a roller or cylinder can be set above sampler space E as active guider 39.Can make the upper strata of material flow 18 import sampler space E by this driven guider 39, can in Y, take out for example cigarette with filter tip of bar form articles from sampler space E subsequently from the goods group that is positioned at wherein.
In addition, within the scope of the invention, the guider 39 shown in Fig. 4 b can be connected with the lowering or hoisting gear of base plate 36 or mechanical connection, and guider 39 just can be in vertical motion simultaneously by the vertical displacement movement of base plate 36 like this.In this case, guider 39 sinks in the material thing 18 when base plate 36 descends, thereby the upper strata of material flow 18 is contacted with guider 39, and the upper strata of material flow 18 is imported among the established sampler space E.The speed of the guidance tape by guider 36 in direction of transfer with conveyer belt 22 and or the speed coordination of conveyer belt 24, make the bar form articles of the goods group of material flow 18 or input sampler space E under the situation of avoiding goods to stop up, proceed to transmit with being treasured.
In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 a, 1b, 2a, 3a, 3b and 4a, the 4b, the cigarette of material flow 18 input sampler space E or sampling area or the sampling of other bar form articles are promptly to transmit perpendicular to the X of the cigarette of material flow 18 to carry out from static goods group in Y.
According to the present invention, constitute in that preset time is interim along the sampler space E of the transmission route FS of material flow 18 or sampling area, and this sampling area to be integrated in this transmissions route interior.In addition, the motion of base plate 36 or elevating movement can be carried out under the situation of using pneumatic means or electric actuator, and particularly the location of base plate 36 can be realized by suitable control device or apparatus for adjusting position.
Within the scope of the invention, the sampling of the bar form articles in the sampler space E can be carried out under the situation of using single sampler, so just can take out the single bar form articles of goods group from sampler space E.In addition, also can from sampler space E, take out a plurality of bar form articles simultaneously within the scope of the invention.
Fig. 5 represents along another embodiment that carries out the bar form articles sampling in the material flow 18 that transmits route FS.This example is along an optimum position between two conveyer belts separated by a distance 22,24 of horizontal transmission route FS a permanent sampler space E to be set, sampler space E is defined by two vertically-guided walls 32,34, wherein, the hypomere that is positioned at the guide wall 34 in downstream is designed to rotatable or deflectable lid 35 or discharging lid.
Article one, between two guide rollers 29,37 constantly the conveyer belt 30 of shuttling movement constitute the boundary of the base plate side of sampler space E, one of them guide roller 29,37 is furnished with the electric-motor drive device, in order to drive conveyer belt 30.The guide direction of sampling conveyer belt 30 equals the guide direction of material flow conveyer belt 22 and 24.Can from sampler space E, take out the bar form articles of predetermined quantity after opening by downside conveyer belt 30 or at lid 35.Take out bar form articles from material flow 18 after or when taking out, the corresponding clavate product system of material flow 18 continues input, so sampler space E always keeps filling.
Fig. 6 a is illustrated in one section schematic diagram that transmits route FS between filter tip spicing machine 14 and the packing machine 16, wherein arranged a bridge-type connector 54 between the conveyer belt 22,24 that the front and back in the horizontal transmission direction of goods material flow 18 are arranged, so material flow 18 continues to transmit delivering to bridge-type connector 54 back from conveyer belt 22, the cigarette of the cigarette of sending in this section the transmits section material flow 18 of transporting on then being transmitted with 22 pushes away away simultaneously.
For the upside in material flow 18 is to constitute a sampling area or sampler space E above its upper strata between conveyer belt 22,24, conveyer belt 22 carries out transmission (V1〉V2) with the speed that is higher than back conveyer belt 24.This can find out from Fig. 6 b schematic diagram.
In order to constitute a sampling area, the transfer rate of downstream conveyor (V2) is reduced in short time, so that constitute required sampling area E 24 the filtration above horizontal transmission plane 54 from conveyer belt 22 to conveyer belt.
Like this in sampling area, above the material flow 18 of the sampling area E of upside, constitute the back sliding goods of the local gauge of a pile.Be provided with above this material flow that a braiding or one are soft to be with 56 or other gauge device 56, this gauge device is above upstream and downstream withstands conveyer belt 22,24.Softly be with 56 by what this was close to, prevented the traverse or the slump of the bar form articles in the sampling area E.In addition, in sampling area E, be provided with a supervising device 58, so that the height of monitoring sampling area E.Supervising device 58 for example can be realized by a grating that has light source 57 and optical sensor 59 is set above material flow 18.
Secondly, also can be designed to supervising device 58 within the scope of the invention inductance type work, condenser type work or photosensitive near switch, in order to the stacks height of the formation in monitoring sampling area or the sampler space E.In addition, in an improvement project, also can use supervising device 58 to monitor and/or control the transporting that is positioned at sampling area as the bar form articles of goods group.
Fig. 6 c represents to transmit the diagrammatic top view of route FS, and from Fig. 6 c as can be seen, the bar form articles of multilayer dose stream 18 transmits in X.In the zone that constitutes sampler space E, the sampler space E side direction that bar form articles constitutes from material flow 18 tops is that Y transports or pulls out with a suitable sampler from sampling area E.
According to the present invention, under the situation of sampling area of the transmission route FS of material flow 18 design or sampler space E, bar form articles be transfused to this sampling area and immediately with one for example the sampler of manipulator and so on from this sampling area taking-up.So in sampling area, constitute a goods group, and the layer of the bar form articles of this goods group do not change in sampling area or has only unconspicuous change, thereby can realize treasuring ground goods sampling.
Sampler by a lateral arrangement is after the goods group of sampling area E is for example taken out the sample of requirement the cigarette, and the speed of conveyer belt 24 (seeing Fig. 6 b) is improved in short time, till reaching a material flow with constant height.These two conveyer belts 22,24 are again synchronously with identical speed operation then.
Fig. 7,8,9 and 10 represents the schematic cross-sectional of the different structure type of bar form articles sampler respectively.
The sampler 70 that goods group from being arranged in sampler space E shown in Figure 7 is taken out cigarette sample has a protective plate 72, has arranged an air intake duct 74 on this plate, latter's termination protective plate 72.Protective plate 72 with air intake duct 74 at least can be in an axle (double-head arrow C, T, V) freedom and flexibility location, wherein protective plate 72 is using a proximity transducer 76 and is using an adjusting device 78 to regulate filter tip one side that side direction under the situation of motion of protective plate 72 preferably is arranged in sampling area E.
The sample position of sampler 70 is shown in broken lines in Fig. 7.In the side from sampler 70 is that rear side is provided with a rear wall 82, like this when protective plate 72 is pressed onto filter end, the cigarette with filter tip of input sampler space E just is pressed onto rear wall 82 with its cigarette Zhi Duan, thereby when taking a sample one group of goods is fixed and be arranged in to the cigarette with filter tip of input sampling area E at cigarette with filter tip.On air intake duct 74, apply negative pressure S then.So the cigarette with filter tip filter end of aiming at suction pipe 74 is held and is transported from sampling area E in Y.
When the goods group that is positioned at sampling area E is taken out the cigarette with filter tip sample, arranged respectively that at front side and rear side the removable wall 80,81(of a level are with arrow F embodiment illustrated in fig. 8).In order to regulate the horizontal range between the vertical wall 81,80, arranged a motor 84 that has screw rod 85 at downside.Horizontal range between antetheca 81 and the rear wall 80 can be regulated by motor 84 rotary screws 85.Wherein screw rod 85 is furnished with dextrorotation and left hand thread, so as with rear wall 80 and antetheca 81 on the engagement of corresponding external screw thread.This device can carry out the specification adjustment especially easily in the situation that changes goods length simultaneously.
In addition, sampler 70 is furnished with corresponding transmission device so that locate, and wherein antetheca 81 and rear wall 80 can promptly freely be located perpendicular to the drawing plane at vertical direction (double-head arrow V, T).
Before the cigarette with filter tip sampling and/or in the sampling process, cigarette with filter tip remaining in the sampling area E is fixing by antetheca 81 and rear wall 80.
In the embodiment of sampler 70 shown in Figure 9, rear wall 80 has one and is subjected to batch can 90.Be subjected to batch can 90 for example to have a hexagonal outline, and its central authorities have a partition 91 that is preferably the aligning cigarette end of clavate.Antetheca 81 has a hole 92, and this hole is corresponding with the position that is subjected to batch can 90 on the rear wall 80.
In addition, the sampler 9 of Fig. 9 has the suction nozzle 44 that can send to hole 92, and the latter has the hexagon outline equally.Show the hexagon profile of the suction nozzle of cutting open along Fig. 9 a hatching A-A 94 in Fig. 9 lower right.
Figure 10 represents from the schematic diagram of another embodiment of the sampler 70 of sampling area E taking-up bar form articles.This routine rear wall 80 is furnished with the push rod 96 of a horizontal movement, and the longitudinal axis conllinear ground of this push rod and a bar form articles to be removed or a cigarette with filter tip is arranged.Push rod 96 is realized straight line or horizontal movement by a pneumatic linear actuator 95.
The antetheca 81 on push rod 96 opposites is provided with a hole 92, arranges the paw 97 of a sampling usefulness on this hole.Paw 97 for example can be designed to point shape pawl or three-clove style clamp.Figure 10 lower right shows the cross section of the paw of cutting open along Figure 10 hatching B-B 97.
Above-mentioned whole feature also has separately the feature that draws from accompanying drawing and also has the single feature with other feature combination all to be considered as important content of the present invention individually and in combination.Embodiments of the present invention can realize by single feature or a plurality of combination of features.
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14 filter tip spicing machines
16 packing machines
18 material flow
21 guide rollers
22 conveyer belts
23 guide rollers
24 conveyer belts
29 guide rollers
30 conveyer belts
31 sections
33 sections
34 guide plates
35 lids
36 base plates
37 guide rollers
38 guiders
39 guiders
40 multi-joint type manipulators
42 paws
44 jockeys
50 gantry type robots, manipulator
52 paws
54 transmit the plane
56 soft bands
57 light sources
58 supervising devices
59 optical sensors
70 samplers
72 protective plates
74 suction pipes
76 proximity transducers
78 adjusting devices
80 rear walls
81 antethecas
82 rear walls
84 motor
85 screw rods
86 sampling dishes
87 holes
88 push rods
89 pneumatic linear actuators
90 are subjected to batch can
91 partitions
92 holes
93 inhale the hole
94 suction nozzles
95 pneumatic linear actuators
96 push rods
97 paws
FS transmits route
The E sampler space, sampling area
S sucks air
P compressed air.
Claims (24)
1. from the multi-layer product material flow (18) of the tobacco industry, take out the sampling method of bar form articles with sampler, wherein the form of the bar form articles material thing (18) that is arranged parallel to each other with Y of goods material flow (18) transmits with predetermined transfer rate along the transmission route (FS) of straight line, it is characterized by, in a section that transmits route (FS), come a plurality of bar form articles of own product material flow (18) to be transfused to a sampling area (E) and to use sampler (40 as the goods group, 50,70) from this goods group that sampling area (E) receives, take out one or more at least bar form articles.
2. by the method for claim 1, it is characterized by, in the sampling process of one or more bar form articles, goods material flow (18) is being transmitted upward transmission of route (FS).
3. press the method for claim 1, it is characterized by, when bar form articles input sampling area (E), the bar form articles of input leads with respect to the direction of transfer of goods material flow (18) and brakes and/or after having the goods group input sampling area (E) of a plurality of bar form articles, the bar form articles of this goods group is with meet flat being arranged in the sampling area (E) rarely.
4. by the method for claim 3, it is characterized by, when bar form articles input sampling area (E), the goods of input lead under the situation of using a guider according to the direction of transfer of goods material flow (18) and brake.
5. by the method for claim 3, it is characterized by, after having the goods group input sampling area (E) of a plurality of bar form articles, the bar form articles of this goods group is arranged in the sampling area (E) still.
6. press the method for claim 1, it is characterized by, bar form articles is transfused to one as the goods group and can feeds on goods material flow (18) or the sampler space (E) to be feeded or one can feed or the sampler space (E) to be feeded down in goods material flow (18).
7. by the method for claim 1, it is characterized by, under the situation of using sampler (40,50,70), take out one or more goods from the goods group by the motion in the Y.
8. by the method for claim 7, it is characterized by, under the situation of using sampler (40,50,70), from the motionless goods group of sampling area (E), take out one or more goods by the motion in the Y.
9. by the method for claim 1, it is characterized by, take out at least one bar form articles from the goods group after, this is re-entered goods material flow (18) because of the goods group of having taken out bar form articles and having reduced quantity at least in part from sampling area (E).
10. by the method for claim 1, it is characterized by, in order to carry out the goods sampling at the fixed time, the sampling area (E) that transmits on the route (FS) is preferably disposed between two conveyers of the transmission route (FS) that transmits goods material flow (18).
11. the method by claim 1 is characterized by, under the situation of using at least one sensor, sampler (40,50,70) is close at least one end face of the bar form articles of this goods group of arranging in sampling area (E).
12. the method by claim 11 is characterized by, under the situation of using a range sensor and/or position sensor, sampler (40,50,70) is close at least one end face of the bar form articles of this goods group of arranging in sampling area (E).
13. the method by claim 1 is characterized by, the bar form articles of goods group is positioned and/or is fixed in the sampling area (E).
14. the method by claim 1 is characterized by, the bar form articles of goods group is being positioned before this goods group is taken out at least one bar form articles and/or the taking-up process and/or is being fixed in the sampling area (E).
15. the method by claim 1 is characterized by, the goods group of the bar form articles that has the orientation that is parallel to each other of input sampling area (E) is fully taken out from this sampling area (E).
16. the method by claim 1 is characterized by, the bar form articles that takes out from this goods group is continued to be sent to an inspection machine.
17. method by claim 1, it is characterized by, goods material flow (18) transmits between production of articles machine and goods subsequent treatment machine or goods thesaurus, and perhaps goods material flow (18) is carried out horizontal transmission between goods thesaurus and goods subsequent treatment machine.
18. by the method for claim 17, it is characterized by, goods material flow (18) transmits between a filter tip spicing machine that is designed to the production of articles machine or filter tip bushing machine and goods subsequent treatment machine or goods thesaurus.
19. the method by claim 17 is characterized by, and carries out horizontal transmission in the transmission section of goods material flow (18) between goods thesaurus and goods subsequent treatment machine.
20. by the method for claim 1, it is characterized by, the form of the material flow (18) of the bar form articles that goods material flow (18) is arranged parallel to each other with Y transmits and/or transmits continuously with predetermined transfer rate along horizontal path (FS).
21. the method by claim 1 is characterized by, cigarette with filter tip and filter stick take out from the goods material flow of multilayer.
Transmit route (FS) and one and be used for 22. the transfer equipment of the tobacco industry has the straight line of the multi-layer product material flow (18) of a bar form articles that is used for transmitting the mutual flat raft row of Y from carrying out the sampler (40 that bar form articles is taken a sample along transmitting the goods material flow (18) that route (FS) transmits, 50,70), it is characterized by, setting maybe can be provided with a sampling area (E) in transmitting a transmission section of route (FS), constitute at a plurality of bar form articles input sampling areas (E), after the goods group, usable samples device (40,50,70) from this goods group of input sampling area (E), take out one or more bar form articles.
23. by the transfer equipment of claim 22, it is characterized by, for the goods material flow (18) of multilayer is provided with a horizontal transmission route (FS).
24. the transfer equipment by claim 22 or 23 is characterized by, this transfer equipment can be by each described method operation of claim 1 to 21.
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