CN1867495A

CN1867495A - Container for tobacco material

Info

Publication number: CN1867495A
Application number: CN200480030283.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: H·迪尔肯; K·布尔费因德; W·登克; A·利岑贝尔格; U·尼特尔; W·本茨; R·赫菲希; F·舒斯特
Original assignee: Hauni Primary GmbH
Current assignee: Hauni Primary GmbH
Priority date: 2003-10-16
Filing date: 2004-09-15
Publication date: 2006-11-22
Also published as: DE10348717B4; EP1678042A2; US20060191807A1; DE10348717A1; WO2005037668A2; JP2007508213A; DE102004014031A1; WO2005037668A3

Abstract

The present invention relates to a container of the tobacco-processing industry for tobacco material and process for storing containers and weighing tobacco material held in container. The container includes a lid surface and a base surface. The lid surface is smaller than the base surface, and at least one of the lid surface and the base surface is closable. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Description

The container that is used for tobacco-containing material

The present invention relates to a kind of container that is used for the tobacco industry of tobacco-containing material, it has an end face and a bottom surface, the invention still further relates to the application of the container of an above-mentioned form.

In the tobacco industry with tobacco-containing material, for example broken tobacco, tobacco leaf, former cigarette, offal, expanded tobacco, the tobacco of fermentation are collected in receptacle and are transported to and/or are stored in the equipment the inside that is used for following process or is used for the tobacco preparation.Overturn or tumble for following process makes the container with tobacco-containing material.Therefore not exclusively unstow and make valuable tobacco-containing material be retained in receptacle at this container.

This is external according to US-A-3, and a rectangular parallelepiped that is used for tobacco known in the state of the art of 935,959 is described device.

Propose the objective of the invention is by prior art, improve a container that is used for the tobacco industry.

This purpose is achieved by a kind of the tobacco industry container that is used for tobacco-containing material, and it has an end face and a bottom surface, and this container is following to be improved, and described end face is less than the bottom surface, and wherein end face and/or bottom surface are can osed top.The present invention is based on such conception, a container that is filled with tobacco-containing material is unstowed downwards by opening the bottom surface, and wherein container shrinks towards end face from the bottom surface.Can unload empty receptacle thus fully and not make valuable tobacco-containing material be retained in receptacle.With different by the known container of prior art, a transport box and/or a reservoir vessel that is used for tobacco-containing material or is used for the tobacco industry is provided, it has a pyramid or bevelled basic configuration.The basic configuration of this bottom surface or end face can be arbitrarily, for example circular, polygon or rectangle.

Regulation in a preferred embodiment in addition, described container closed state be can stack and/or can overlap pile in open mode.Therefore described container can stack and on the automatic centering ground of opening, position up and down and mutually nested in any order up and down at closed state.Piling up property of cover by container makes one pile of container of unstowing be reduced to a packaging body with reduced size of many containers.Container is mutually nested to stack in order to make, make container at least unilaterally, promptly just enough in bottom-open.Container is nested to need not to make top cover and bottom to open simultaneously in order to make.

In addition advantageously, described end face and/or bottom surface have a closing appliance and/or a sealing arrangement, and tobacco is preserved the regular hour in container enduringly.Prevent that by closing appliance container from by mistake opening during carrying.Described sealing arrangement is closed roof and/or container bottom reliably.

Described bottom surface especially has leg members, thus for carrying and put down container conveying container well.

Stipulate advantageously that in order for example to transport container described leg members is inserted in the bottom by a fork truck.

Be furnished with wheel in leg members described in another favourable expansion structure of the present invention, container can be rolled and move.

If the bottom that is used for the top cover of end face and/or is used for the bottom surface is many bodies, then obtain an improved carrying.For example top cover can be made of four head components, and wherein each head components is placed on the side one four limit or rectangular top.

Advantageously on container, have a grabbing device and/or distance member, make container be suitable for automatic or semi-automatic carrying thus.

Described container preferably has air extractor vent, can store tobacco-containing material enduringly thus in container, because realize a favourable weather or a favourable atmosphere by air extractor vent for the tobacco-containing material in the container.

Propose according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described container is made by plastics, especially polyethylene or polypropylene.

The inboard of especially described container has smooth surface, and tobacco-containing material can not stick on the medial surface of container when unloading empty receptacle thus.

Purpose of the present invention in addition by use an above-mentioned form be used for carry and/or the container that stores tobacco-containing material is achieved at the tobacco industry.Recited above for fear of repeating to see also according to container of the present invention.

This task also container of the tobacco industry by being used to hold tobacco solves, the following improvement of this container, and this container comprises the weighting apparatus of the weight that is used for measuring the tobacco that is contained in this container.

By for example can monitoring and measure the amount of tobacco of being held enduringly, because the tobacco of being held tobacco leaf for example, has different aqueous ingredientss in the processing by the tobacco preparation station of handling in different situations according to weighting apparatus of the present invention.Container mainly is applicable to stores and tobacco and the tobacco-containing material of conveying in the tobacco preparation.For example in order to make tobacco fermentation or in other technology, material and/or water vapour to be joined the receptacle that is used to handle the tobacco-containing material that is held.Increase or change the weight of tobacco thus.In order to determine this variation combination metering apparatus in container.Thus for according to tobacco container of the present invention can with simple mode determine to be contained in the change procedure of the tobacco in the container or also energy measurement added material, as the amount (Masse) of water vapour.

Because may occur, not that on even keel is placed or orientation according to container of the present invention, have a position deriving means that is used for the position of container, especially gradient, can obtain the normal position that a container departs from level thus.Otherwise the deviation with the horizontal alignment of container or weighting apparatus must cause distortion or measured error.

Especially have one for this reason and be used for determining tobacco Weight Calculation unit.

In order to make the entopic container slope deviation that departs from level not influence weighing results, propose according to an advantageous modification of the present invention, can determine the weight of tobacco according to the container position that is obtained, especially gradient, compensate thus when weighing measurement and the relevant container error that tilts.

In a selectable form of implementation, have one with reference to weighting apparatus, be used for determining the tobacco held at container weighing results with the relevant error that tilts.

For the compensation weighing result with the relevant error that tilts, propose according to the present invention, can determine the weight of tobacco according to one with reference to the measurement of weighting apparatus, the gradient of scale or container is not had influence on determines tobacco weight.

In addition, in the time of can determining tobacco weight according to the temperature that records by at least one temperature sensor, consider for determining weight or for relevant with the temperature parameter of measuring that influences.For this reason on container or the inside at least one temperature sensor is set, it preferably is connected according to calculating unit of the present invention with one equally.

In addition advantageously, described weighting apparatus is arranged on the bottom part and/or the lower margin the inside of container.

Preferred weighting apparatus is by pressure sensor and/or weighing unit and/or stage clip formation.

Described weighting apparatus and/or calculating unit preferably have a display space, thus a weighing measurement structure are shown to operating personal.

Described weighting apparatus and/or especially can contactlessly be delivered to an exterior computer device with reference to the take off data of weighting apparatus and/or position deriving means and/or calculating unit is proposed according to a preferred improvement project of the present invention.Can in a center deriving means, obtain and calculate take off data in the outside of container thus.

Purpose of the present invention in addition is achieved by use a weighting apparatus that is used for obtaining the tobacco weight that is contained in container in the container of a tobacco industry.The weighting apparatus that uses and the favourable expansion structure of container were described in the above, therefore the embodiment above repeating to please refer to.

Below and the embodiment that shows by means of letter in the accompanying drawings of unrestricted general invention thought ground the present invention is exemplarily described, illustrate at length also in the accompanying drawing that all do not describe in detail in literal according to details of the present invention.In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 a to Fig. 1 c illustrates one according to container of the present invention with three different views,

The structure that Fig. 2 a to 2b stacks with one or mutual embedding is piled up illustrates a plurality of containers,

Fig. 3 illustrates a container with a cross sectional drawing,

Fig. 4 illustrates one according to the tobacco industry container of the present invention with a schematic cross-sectional,

Fig. 5 a to Fig. 5 c is illustrated in other frame mode of a weighting apparatus in the base section of a tobacco industry container respectively,

Fig. 6 illustrates a container with tilt sensor with a schematic isometric,

Fig. 7 illustrates one according to the container with reference to weighting apparatus of the present invention.

Parts identical or same form or corresponding part are furnished with identical Reference numeral in the accompanying drawing below, therefore save and repeat accordingly to introduce.

Cross sectional drawing at a container 10 shown in Fig. 1 a.This container 10 has angled side walls 11, and they are provided with respect to perpendicular line obliquely with a given angle.This container 10 also has a top cover 12, and it is made up of two head components.The head components of this top cover 12 rotatably is provided with around hinge 13.

Can constitute integratedly at top cover 12 described in the alternate embodiments and bottom 14, top cover 12 and bottom 14 are shifted onto on the container 10 by a guide groove.Also can select to make top cover 12 to constitute integratedly also is placed on the container loosely.

The lower portion of this container 10 constitutes by a bottom 14 with two turnover bottom parts, and they are provided with swingably around the hinge 15 that two sides are provided with.Described bottom 14 also has leg members 16, and container 10 can be placed on the surface on a plane.

For the head components that makes top cover 12 and the bottom part of bottom 14 seal reliably, on top cover 12 and bottom 14, have sealing arrangement and/or closing appliance, they prevent from by mistake to open top cover 12 and bottom 14.

Construct described bottom 14 and leg members 16, make leg members 16 for example can go into from following fork with the fork of fork truck.Described in addition leg members 16 can have wheel in an improvement project, they are combined in leg members 16 the insides.Container 10 is in one plane passed.

The volume of described container 10 preferably is about 1m ³

At longitdinal cross-section diagram according to container 10 of the present invention shown in Fig. 1 b, wherein sidewall 17 is provided with obliquely with respect to perpendicular line equally, obtains a pyramid thus generally or the container 10 of the collapsed shape that makes progress.

Can make top cover 12 have shape arbitrarily with its bottom surface within the scope of the invention with its end face and bottom 14.This shape not only can be circular but also can be polygon, promptly polygonal.For according to container 10 of the present invention importantly, horizontal cross-sectional area 14 is shunk to top cover 12 from the bottom.Can make the tobacco failure-free be stored in container 10 the insides by this anti-funnel shaped, wherein realize unstowing tobacco by opening bottom 14.Container 10 is unstowed fully, that is, do not have remaining tobacco to be retained in receptacle.

Also illustrate in Fig. 1 b, described leg members 16 has through hole 18 on long limit, can make the gripper components side inject through hole 18 the insides thus, and container can be carried by a grabber or fork truck.

A upward view at container 10 shown in Fig. 1 c.This shows that the bottom part of described bottom 14 is meshing with each other, realize reliably closed bottom 14 thus and additionally reinforce container 10.

Other characteristic at container 10 shown in Fig. 2 a to 2b.Fig. 2 a illustrates, and can stack at closed state with other container 10 according to container 10 of the present invention.At closed state a plurality of containers are stacked up and down, make the container that is full of be used for the following process of tobacco-containing material thus.

In another favourable characteristic of container 10 shown in Fig. 2 b, because overlapping up and down and mutually at the state of unstowing, promptly opening, piles up by a plurality of container 10, promptly nested.In folded a plurality of containers of unstowing 10, provide a large amount of containers 10 thus, this folded space that only need be small.But the container 10 that stacks in a selection scheme is an osed top in roof side.

Described container 10 preferably is made of plastics, and is especially made by polyethylene or polypropylene.But container 10 is made by timber or metal.The lateral surface of described in addition sidewall 11,17 can have backstop or gripper components, thus conveying container 10 better.For cleaning container 10 well, the inside face of sidewall 11,17 is constituted glossily.

Fig. 3 illustrates an improvement project of container 10 with cross sectional drawing.Between the turnover top cover 12 and between the turnover leg members 16 sealing arrangement 19 is being set respectively, is being used for closing reliably and hermetically end face and bottom surface.Described in addition leg members 16 has wheel 21, and container 10 can be travelled.

On top cover 12 and leg members 16, have a sealing hill holder 22 respectively, be used for when transporting closed roof 12 and leg members 16 reliably.

On sidewall 11, also additionally settle handle 24 outside, improve the carrying of container 10 thus.Have distance member 25 below this external handle 24, they prevent container 10 chuckings when container 10 is nested.The sidewall 11 of described container 10 also has air extractor vent 26, is used for providing a favourable atmosphere for the tobacco of being held.

The container 10 of a tobacco industry is shown with a cross sectional drawing in Fig. 4.This container 10 has laterally inclined sidewall 112,114 and a top cover 116.This container 10 has a bottom part 118 in lower portion in addition, and it is made of Double bottom.

Described bottom part 118 has a lower member 120 and a upper-part 122.The tobacco 130 that is contained in the container 10 is set on upper-part 122.Between the inwall of tobacco 130 and sidewall 112,114, produce more small friction by angled side walls 112,114.

One or more weighing units 124 are set between bottom part 120 and upper-part 122 in bottom part 118, constitute a weighting apparatus by weighing unit 124 thus.The application force that is applied on the upper-part 122 owing to the gravity by tobacco passes through the weight of weighing unit 124 measurements and definite tobacco 130.Described upper-part 122 is being connected with the lower member 120 of fixing by leak free film 126 on the edge of sidewall 112,114 and is being sealed shut thus.Make the inner room of upper-part 122 airtight containers 10 of bottom part 118 thus.

Weighing unit 124 in double bottom parts 118 is connected on the lower member 120 and by the other end by an end and is connected on the upper-part 122.A plurality of weighing units 124 are arranged on this surface of bottom part 118 evenly distributedly.

In Fig. 5 a, schematically illustrate another embodiment of a bottom part 118, wherein between lower member 120 and upper-part 122, be full of a kind of liquid, make action of gravity realize the weight measurement of tobacco 130 in upper-part 122 and by a pressure sensor 125 thus, this sensors sides is arranged on the bottom part 118.

Be preferably in and fill a kind of liquid between upper-part 122 and the lower member 120, be used to realize a temperature-independent weight measurement with small thermal expansion coefficient.By the fluid temperature in the temperature sensor acquisition bottom part 118, be used for realizing thus the temperature compensating of weight measurement in another embodiment.Have a temperature booster at bottom part 118 described in the selectable improvement project, be used to make the liquid of filling to keep stationary temperature.

For at the embodiment shown in Fig. 5 b, described bottom part 118 is made up of an individual layer bottom, and wherein weighing unit 124 is arranged in the side inside the lower margin of container 10.Be combined in the lower margin the inside of container 10 or be used for a plate of container 10 at this weighing unit 124, wherein this plate and container 10 constitute a structural unit.

Fig. 5 c illustrates a bottom part 118 with cross sectional drawing, and it has two other embodiment that are used for container 10 weighting apparatuss.Two stage clips 141 are set between upper-part 122 and lower member 120.Left side stage clip 141 is connected with an in-to-in calculating unit 142.This calculating unit 142 additionally is received in the observed reading of a temperature sensor 143 on container 10 lateral surfaces, the ambient temperature of its measuring vessel 10.

At the right part of Fig. 5 c, a stage clip 141 is connected with a sensor 145, and this sensor contactlessly is delivered to a receptor 146 with the pressure measuring value of (right side) stage clip 141.This receptor 146 is delivered to a calculating unit 147 with the numerical value that is received.This calculating unit 147 has a display space 148, demonstrates the weight of the tobacco 130 that is obtained by it.

With a block diagram container 10 is shown in Fig. 6, it has a tilt sensor 128.1 and 128.2 respectively on angled side walls 114,115, can the gradient of measuring vessel 10 in the x-z plane by tilt sensor.The gradient that bottom part 118 makes progress at z can be measured by tilt sensor 128.1, and the gradient that bottom part 118 makes progress at x can be measured by tilt sensor 128.2.For example can realize a position deriving means of container 10 by tilt sensor 128.1,128.2.

Can determine the gradient and its position with respect to the x-z plane of level of bottom part 118 by means of tilt sensor 128.1 and 128.2, the tobacco weight of holding in container 10 according to determined gradient correction is surveyed thus.For example can constitute tilt sensor 128.1,128.2, wherein the position, angle of putting by sensor measurement by a pendulum.The weight that correction records by weighting apparatus according to measured rotation corner connection.

Another embodiment of container 10 is shown with a cross sectional drawing in Fig. 7, and wherein this container 10 is different with the container shown in Fig. 4 additionally has one with reference to weighing unit 127, and it is arranged on the lower member 120 of bottom part 118.This weighing unit 127 is furnished with given referential weight, when container 10 or bottom part 118 are not horizontal alignment, thus by determine the accurate weight of tobaccos 130 with reference to weighing unit 125.Measure in the time of according to the weight of the tobacco 130 of measuring with reference to weighing unit 127 by weighing unit 124, accurately obtain the weight of tobacco 130, both made bottom part 118 be in obliquity, because the weight measurement of weighing unit 124 combines with measurement with reference to weighing unit 127 with respect to level attitude.

In order to calculate weighting apparatus and tilt sensor or take off data measured with reference to weighing unit and that obtain has a unshowned calculating unit here, determine the accurate weight of the tobacco 130 held by it.This computer device has a telltale in addition, demonstrates measured tobacco 130 weight by it.In an alternate embodiments, the take off data that is obtained do not had lead ground, promptly contactlessly be delivered to an exterior computer device, determine the weight of tobacco thus by exterior calculating unit.

List of numerals

10 containers

11 sidewalls

12 top covers

13 hinges

14 bottoms

15 hinges

16 leg members

17 sidewalls

18 through holes

19 sealings

21 wheels

22 sealing hill holders

24 handles

25 distance members

26 air extractor vents

112 sidewalls

114 sidewalls

115 sidewalls

116 top covers

118 bottom parts

120 lower member

122 upper-parts

124 weighing units

125 pressure sensors

126 films

127 with reference to weighing unit

128.1 tilt sensor

128.2 tilt sensor

130 tobaccos

141 stage clips

142 calculating units

143 temperature sensors

145 projectors

146 receptors

147 calculating units

148 display spaces

Claims

1. the tobacco industry container (10) that is used for tobacco-containing material, it has end face (12) and bottom surface (14), it is characterized in that, and described end face (12) is less than bottom surface (14), and wherein end face (12) and/or bottom surface (14) they are can osed top.

2. container as claimed in claim 1 (10) is characterized in that, described container (10) closed state be can stack and/or can be nested in open mode.

3. container as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (10) is characterized in that, described end face (12) and/or bottom surface (14) have closing appliance and/or sealing arrangement.

4. as each described container (10) in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that described bottom surface (14) have leg members (16).

5. container as claimed in claim 4 (10) is characterized in that, described leg members (16) can be inserted from the bottom.

6. as claim 4 or 5 described containers (10), it is characterized in that described leg members (16) is furnished with wheel (21).

7. as each or several described containers (10) in the claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that the described bottom that is used for the top cover of end face (12) and/or is used for bottom surface (14) is many bodies.

8. as each or several described containers (10) in the claim 1 to 7, it is characterized in that having grabbing device (24) and/or distance member (25).

9. as each or several described containers (10) in the claim 1 to 8, it is characterized in that described container (10) has air extractor vent (26).

10. as each or several described containers (10) in the claim 1 to 9, it is characterized in that described container (10) is made of plastics, is especially made by polyethylene or polypropylene.

11., it is characterized in that the inboard of described container (10) has smooth surface as each or several described containers (10) in the claim 1 to 10.

12. use as each or several described the tobacco industry containers (10) in the claim 1 to 11.

13. a tobacco industry that is used to hold tobacco (130) or container as claimed in claim 1 (10), it is characterized in that described container (10) comprises weighting apparatus (124,125,141), be used for the weight that acquisition is contained in the tobacco (130) of container (10).

14. container as claimed in claim 13 (10) is characterized in that, has the position deriving means (128.1,128.2) that is used for container (10) position, especially gradient.

15., it is characterized in that having and be used for determining tobacco (130) Weight Calculation unit (142,147) as claim 13 or 14 described containers (10).

16. as claim 14 and 15 described containers (10), it is characterized in that, can determine the weight of tobacco (130) according to the container that is obtained (10) position, especially gradient.

17., it is characterized in that having with reference to weighting apparatus (127) as claim 13 or 15 described containers (10).

18. as claim 15 and 17 described containers (10), it is characterized in that, can determine the weight of tobacco (130) according to the measurement of reference weighting apparatus (127).

19., it is characterized in that the temperature that records according at least one temperature sensor (143) can be determined the weight of tobacco (130) as claim 16 or 18 described containers (10).

20., it is characterized in that described weighting apparatus (124,125) is arranged on bottom part (118,120,122) the inside and/or in the lower margin the inside of container (10) as each or several described containers (10) in the claim 13 to 19.

21., it is characterized in that described weighting apparatus (124,125,141) constitutes by pressure sensor (125) and/or weighing unit (124) and/or stage clip (141) as each or several described containers (10) in the claim 13 to 20.

22., it is characterized in that described weighting apparatus (124,125,141) and/or calculating unit (142,147) have display space (148) as each or several described containers (10) in the claim 13 to 21.

23. as each or several described containers (10) in the claim 13 to 22, it is characterized in that, described weighting apparatus (124,125,141) and/or with reference to the take off data of weighting apparatus (127) and/or position deriving means (128.1,128.2) and/or calculating unit (142) especially can contactlessly be delivered to exterior computer device (147).

24. the application of weighting apparatus (124,125,141) in the container (10) of the tobacco industry is used for obtaining the weight of the tobacco (130) that is contained in container (10).

25. application as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that, is provided with the position deriving means (128.1,128.2) of the position, the especially gradient that are used for container (10).

26. as claim 24 or 25 described application, it is characterized in that, be provided with and be used for determining tobacco (130) Weight Calculation unit (142,147).

27. as claim 25 and 26 described application, it is characterized in that, can determine the weight of tobacco (130) according to the position of the container that is obtained (10), especially gradient.

28. as claim 24 or 26 described application, it is characterized in that, be provided with reference to weighting apparatus (127).

29. as claim 26 and 28 described application, it is characterized in that, can determine the weight of tobacco (130) according to the measurement of reference weighting apparatus (127).

30., it is characterized in that the temperature that records according at least one temperature sensor (143) can be determined the weight of tobacco (130) as claim 27 or 29 described application.

31., it is characterized in that described weighting apparatus (124,125,141) is arranged on bottom part (118,120,122) the inside and/or in the lower margin the inside of container (10) as each or several described application in the claim 24 to 30.

32., it is characterized in that described weighting apparatus (124,125,141) constitutes by pressure sensor (125) and/or weighing unit (124) and/or stage clip (141) as each or several described application in the claim 24 to 31.

33., it is characterized in that described weighting apparatus (124,125,141) and/or calculating unit (142,147) have display space (148) as each or several described application in the claim 24 to 32.

34. as each or several described application in the claim 24 to 33, it is characterized in that, described weighting apparatus (124,125) and/or with reference to the take off data of weighting apparatus (127) and/or position deriving means (128.1,128.2) and/or calculating unit (142) especially can contactlessly be delivered to exterior computer device (147).