CN1323618C - Method and unit for simutaneously forming multiple tabacco mats - Google Patents

Method and unit for simutaneously forming multiple tabacco mats Download PDF

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CN1323618C
CN1323618C CNB2004100064616A CN200410006461A CN1323618C CN 1323618 C CN1323618 C CN 1323618C CN B2004100064616 A CNB2004100064616 A CN B2004100064616A CN 200410006461 A CN200410006461 A CN 200410006461A CN 1323618 C CN1323618 C CN 1323618C
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福斯托·门戈利
马西莫·萨尔托尼
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A method and unit (2) for simultaneously forming multiple tobacco mats (3) on a multiple-rod cigarette manufacturing machine (1), whereby an input stream (7) of shredded tobacco is fed to a switch conduit (22) selectively alignable with the inputs of at least two downflow conduits (9), each of which communicates via a respective carding assembly (10) with a respective upflow conduit (17) closed by a respective conveyor belt (4) for a respective tobacco mat (3); the switch conduit (22) being switched between positions selectively aligned with the downflow conduits (9) in response to a command signal generated in function of the tobacco level in the downflow conduits (9).

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Form the method and apparatus of a plurality of tobacco pads simultaneously
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of method and apparatus that on many bars cigarette production machine, forms a plurality of tobacco pads simultaneously.
Background technology
For example, from US-4, as can be known, on general many bars machine, particularly on two bar machines (multiple-rod machine), the inlet flow of tobacco filament is supplied with conduit down in 336,812 and US-4,418,705.The bottom of following conduit has a wedge shape partition member, be used to limit the input of two conduits, each conduit all communicates with a corresponding conduit that goes up via a corresponding carding apparatus, and conduit is all by a conveyer belt sealing that is used for corresponding tobacco pad (tobacco mat) on each.
In many bars machine of known the above-mentioned type, partition member is divided into the son stream that quantitatively equals conduit to the inlet flow of tobacco filament usually, and to form the tobacco pad of equal number, these tobacco pads should be identical in theory.Yet, in fact,, also be difficult to obtain identical tobacco pad even suppose that the tobacco filament inlet flow by whole cross section all is uniformly, always slightly different by cutting by the formed cigarette of tobacco rod that different tobacco pads produce.
In the application please day before submit to but the applying date after disclosed EP-1364588-A1 disclosed a kind of structure that is used at least two tobacco rods of cigarette sticks production machine formation.Particularly, according to EP-1364588-A1, the tobacco filament inlet flow is supplied with transition, and this transition is aimed at the input of two following conduit selectively.Conduit communicates with a corresponding conduit that goes up via a corresponding carding apparatus under each, and conduit is by a respective belts sealing that is used for corresponding tobacco pad on each.Transition response has the clock signal of preset frequency, with position that following conduit is aimed at selectively between change.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind ofly on many bars cigarette production machine, especially form the method for tobacco filament pad on two bar machines, this method can be used to form essentially identical tobacco filament pad overcoming above-mentioned shortcoming.
According to the present invention, a kind of method that forms a plurality of tobacco pads on many bars cigarette production machine simultaneously is provided, this method may further comprise the steps:
● the tobacco filament inlet flow is supplied with the transition of aiming at the input of at least two following conduit selectively.Conduit all is communicated with a corresponding conduit that goes up via a corresponding carding apparatus under each, and wherein conduit is all sealed by a respective belts that is used for corresponding tobacco pad on each;
● determine at least one described tobacco height of conduit down;
● produce the command signal that shows tobacco height; And
● respond described command signal, selectively with position that following conduit is aimed between this transition of conversion.
According to the present invention, also provide a kind of device that is used on many bars cigarette production machine, forming simultaneously a plurality of tobacco pads; This device comprises: a tobacco filament feeding funnel; At least two following conduit; Two last conduit that link to each other with described conduit down respectively; One is arranged on each down conduit and go up carding apparatus between the conduit accordingly; And one be positioned at the conveyer belt that conduit output on each is used for corresponding tobacco pad.This apparatus features is to comprise: a conversion equipment that is arranged between described feeding funnel and the following conduit, and this conversion equipment comprises a transition of aiming at the respective input of following conduit selectively again; Control device is used for response command signal, is changing this transition selectively with between the position that described conduit is down aimed at; And checkout gear, be used for determining the tobacco height of at least one described conduit down and producing a command signal that shows tobacco height.
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Below with reference to the accompanying drawings by example explanation the present invention.
Fig. 1 illustrates preferred but the schematic cross section of non-restrictive example.
The specific embodiment
Whole pair of bar cigarette of label 1 expression among Fig. 1 is produced machine, this production machine comprises one by device 2 importations that limit, be used on the lower surface of the corresponding parallel strip line of making by gas permeable material 4, forming two tobacco filament pads 3, conveyer belt 4 is running below corresponding adsorption box 5 directly, by suction-operated tobacco pad 3 is retained on the corresponding conveyer belt 4.
Device 2 comprises a charging hopper 6, is used for tobacco filament inlet flow 7 is passed through the top that a known crawler-tread band (tank conveyor) 8 is supplied with feeding funnels 6.Below feeding funnel 6, device 2 comprise two with the parallel plane plane of accompanying drawing on side by side substantially parallel following conduit 9.Down the bottom of conduit 9 is all by corresponding carding apparatus 10 sealings for each, and the comber cylinders 11 that this carding apparatus comprises 13 rotations around axle 12 towards direction are tangent with comber cylinder 11 basically with one and around the known casting drum 14 of the axle 15 parallel with axle 12 with direction 16 rotations opposite with direction 13.When corresponding carding apparatus 10 moved, conduit 9 communicated with corresponding bottom of going up conduit 17 via corresponding carding apparatus 10 under each, wherein upward corresponding conveyer belt 4 sealings of 17 of conduit top output quilt.
Importation of the bending of conduit 17 on each, corresponding central dividing plate 18 is limited to the corresponding sidepiece of going up conduit 17 inputs with corresponding conduit 19, wherein the top of this conduit 19 is to go up conduit 17 accordingly with respect to leading to set a distance of respective belts 4, and its bottom is communicated with the corresponding outlet of compressed air supply loop 20.
Controlled by a swing conversion equipment 21 from the tobacco filament stream that feeding funnel 6 downward conduit 9 flow, wherein this swing conversion equipment 21 comprises a transition 22 of aiming at the input of two following conduit 9 selectively.In order to reach the control purpose, transition 22 is being parallel to extension between two fixation wall 23 of figure plane (only illustrating); Conversion equipment 21 comprises two valve parts 24, is used for the rotating crank (crank) that limits transition 22 from the side and form articulated parallelogram based 25.This conversion equipment also comprises a connecting rod 26 that connects these two valve parts 24.The cross section of each valve part 24 is the isosceles triangle shape substantially, is hinged to the fixation wall 23 that is used to limit hinged parallelogram 25 on its summit, in order to swing around the corresponding axis 27 that is parallel to axle 12 and 15.Valve part 24 is subjected to the qualification on corresponding plane 28 in the side, plane 28 is by connecting rod 26 keeping parallelisms, and transition 22 is limited to them and fixedly between the wall 23.In the bottom relative with corresponding axle 27, each valve part 24 is limited by a damaged surface part 29, and when transition 22 was aimed at other time conduit 9, damaged surface part 29 was closed down conduit 9 along with the swing of conversion equipment 21.
Conversion equipment 21 provides power by motor 30, and by logic device 31 controls.This motor 30 is connected in two axles 27, so that articulated parallelogram based 25 makes transition 22 aim at of two following conduit 9 or aim between two positions of its another one and swing.This logic device 31 is along with " minimum constructive height " signal launched by level detection device 32 and " maximum height " signal sends, actuating motor 30 is with transition 22 between described two positions, and this level detection device 32 comprises the sensor of much placing along each following conduit 9 33.
In actual use, can change in following situation: when the height of the tobacco filament in the following conduit 9 of supply does not reach " minimum constructive height "; Or after the given supply time of a following conduit 9, when not reaching " minimum constructive height ", supply other conduit 9 down; Maybe when the following conduit 9 of supply reaches " maximum height ".
In conjunction with above-mentioned, should be noted that, whole inlet flow 7 always is fed to down in the conduit 9 any one by conversion equipment 21, whenever can not be subjected to may by on conduit 17 be transported to any vertical separation that causes difference in the flow of tobacco of respective belts 4.
The above is the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, is not limited to the present invention, and for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and variation.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a method that forms a plurality of tobacco pads (3) on many bars cigarette production machine (1) simultaneously is characterized in that, said method comprising the steps of:
Carry tobacco filament inlet flow (7) to the transition of aiming at the input of at least two following conduit (9) selectively (22), in the described conduit (9) down each all is communicated with the corresponding conduit (17) that goes up via corresponding carding apparatus (10), and described upward conduit (17) is used to conveyer belt (4) sealing of corresponding tobacco pad (3);
Determine at least one described tobacco height of conduit (9) down;
Generation shows the command signal of described tobacco height; And
Respond described command signal, changing described transition (22) selectively with between the position that described down conduit (9) is aimed at.
2. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described command signal comprises " minimum constructive height " signal that sends when a middle tobacco height of described down conduit (9) reaches given minimum constructive height.
3. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, " maximum height " signal that sends when the middle tobacco height that described command signal is included in described down conduit (9) reaches given maximum height.
4. one kind is used for producing the device that forms a plurality of tobacco pads (3) on the machine (1) simultaneously many bars cigarette, and described device (2) comprises tobacco filament feeding funnel (6), at least two following conduit (9), two last conduit (17) that link to each other with corresponding described conduit (9) down, place conduit (9) under each and upward the carding apparatus (10) between the conduit (17), the output that is positioned at conduit on each (17) are used for the conveyer belt (4) of corresponding tobacco pad (3) accordingly; It is characterized in that, described device (2) comprising: conversion equipment (21), described conversion equipment (21) places between described feeding funnel (6) and the described following conduit (9), and described conversion equipment (21) also comprises a transition (22) of aiming at the described respective input of conduit (9) down selectively; Control device (31) in order to response command signal, is being changed described transition (22) selectively with between the position that described down conduit (9) is aimed at; And checkout gear (32), be used for determining described conduit (9) down at least one tobacco height and produce the command signal that shows tobacco height.
5. device according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, described conversion equipment (21) comprises two valve parts (24) side by side, these two valve parts (24) define described transition (22) together, and be mounted to swing around corresponding parallel axes (27), thereby described selectively with position that described down conduit (9) is aimed between conversion described transition (22), close described any that descend in the conduit (9) of not aiming at simultaneously with described transition (22).
6. device according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, described conversion equipment (21) comprises two valve parts (24) side by side, these two valve parts (24) define described transition (22) together, and constituting the rotating crank of hinged parallelogram (25), described conversion equipment (21) also comprises a connecting rod (26) that connects described two valve parts (24); Described two valve parts (24) are mounted to swing around parallel axes (27) separately under the control of drive unit (30).
7. device according to claim 5 is characterized in that, the cross section of each in described the valve part (24) is the isosceles triangle shape substantially, is equipped with a summit upwards, with around described corresponding axis (27) swing that is positioned at described summit; Opposite on described summit, each valve part (24) is limited by damaged surface part (29), and when described transition (22) was aimed at other time conduit (9), damaged surface part (29) was along with conduit (9) is closed down in the swing of conversion equipment 21.
8. device according to claim 4 is characterized in that, for each described conduit (9) down, described checkout gear (32) can both send the tobacco height signal of " minimum constructive height ".
9. device according to claim 4 is characterized in that, for each described conduit (9) down, described checkout gear (32) can both send the tobacco height signal of " maximum height ".
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