CN1886298A - Apparatus and method for packing smoking articles - Google Patents
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A method and apparatus for making a hinged lid side-by-side vertically hinged cigarette pack (10) having a first bundle (22) and a second bundle (23) of cigarettes is described. The machinery includes a first machine (30) to form a first foil wrapped bundle surrounded by a first inner frame, a second machine (31) for forming a second foil wrapped bundle surrounded by a second inner frame and a third machine (32) for combining the first and second foil wrapped bundle into a single hinged lid side-by-side vertically hinged pack.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to be used for the equipment and the method for packing smoking articles such as cigar, cigarlet and cigarette, all these tobacco products all will be called " cigarette " in the text for simplicity.
Particularly, the present invention relates to a kind of cigarette-packaging machine, can form the pivotally attached cardboard cigarette case arranged side by side or the packing box of band hinged lid, wherein the first foil paper containers of cigarettes bundle and the second foil paper containers of cigarettes bundle have hinged relationship arranged side by side, the example of this carton box or packing box has been done introduction in the common unsettled International Patent Application WO 2004/080844 of the inventor, in its content of this incorporated by reference.
Background technology
International Patent Application WO 2004/080844 has been introduced the packaging blank of a tobacco articles, this blank comprises cover and base portion, cover and base portion interconnect along hinge lines, and base portion comprises first main panel, second main panel and base plate, each panel is limited by vertical side, first and second main panels have the side panel that extends from vertical limit of first and second main panels respectively, wherein at least one side panel has the flank that extends out from its longitudinal edge, base plate has one and comes the hole line that extends between its longitudinal edge, and flank is connected to adjacent side panel by hinge lines.Some interior blanks are provided in addition, and blanks can use with above-mentioned tobacco product blank in these.When installing, blank can be packed a branch of tobacco product in each.
Summary of the invention
System of the present invention provides a kind of cigarette-packaging machine, and this machine comprises three independent unit or device, i.e. first cigarette packaging unit, second cigarette packaging unit and the 3rd packing box assembled unit.System of the present invention can form the inside casing cigarette bundle of first and second foil papers packing, and the station in the back makes up, and partly surrounds assembly set with the outer framework of being with hinged lid.Outer framework also is provided with the hinged and discerptible diapire of side, makes that the cigarette bundle of each packing is hinged along given abutment line.
The invention provides a kind of equipment that forms Cigarette pack, comprise three unit, i.e. first cigarette packaging unit, second cigarette packaging unit and the 3rd packing box assembled unit, wherein first cigarette packaging unit can be with the first inside casing blank A around first cigarette bundle, second cigarette packaging unit can be with the second inside casing blank B around second cigarette bundle, and the 3rd packing box assembled unit outer blank C can be assembled to the packing box assembly around, packing box assembly AB comprises the blank A and the B of assembling.
Preferably, first cigarette packaging unit, second cigarette packaging unit and the 3rd packing box assembled unit are provided by cigarette-packaging machine independently.
In the alternative make of another kind, first and second cigarette packaging units are provided by individual unit, can be used to blank A in first is assembled to around first cigarette, and blank B in second is assembled to around second cigarette bundle.
Preferably, the 3rd packing box assembled unit is designed to and can the overlapping first assembling cigarette bundle and the second assembling cigarette in receiving plane opposite restraints.The first assembling cigarette bundle comprises first cigarette bundle that is surrounded by the first inside casing blank A, and the second assembling cigarette bundle comprises second cigarette bundle that is surrounded by the second inside casing blank B.
Preferably, the 3rd packing box assembled unit can be assembled to housing C by around the packing box assembly AB of the first and second assembling cigarette Shu Zucheng, and described housing C has hinge lines, along the joint lateral margin of the first assembling cigarette bundle and the described second assembling cigarette bundle.
Will be appreciated that, any inside casing blank A or B are assembled to first or institute's second cigarette bundle around before, the cigarette bundle preferably is packaged in the packing.Preferably, this packing are foil papers.If the cigarette bundle is packaged in the packing at first, the first and/or second assembling cigarette bundle also comprises packing so.
Preferably, first and second cigarette packaging units of the present invention and the 3rd packing box assembled unit use the similar cigarette-packaging machine of structure.Those skilled in the art will be appreciated that, first and second cigarette packaging units or packing box unit mahine can be changed according to the cigarette combination of desired final packaging in hinged lid pack, but in present design, first and second cigarette packaging units are used for forming 13 cigarette bundle and seven cigarette bundle.
Preferably, first cigarette packaging unit and second cigarette packaging unit respectively comprise cigarette receiving station, foil paper platform, inside casing blank load-transfer device, folding platform and load-transfer device.
Preferably, first cigarette packaging unit and second cigarette packaging unit can also comprise drying roller.
When using, at first cigarette is sent into cigarette packaging unit at the cigarette receiving station.Cigarette lining up on the cigarette receiving station is placed on the cigarette load-transfer device, as required the foil paper platform sent in the cigarette combination then.The foil paper platform uses the paillon foil of pulling out from spool, then paillon foil be packaged in as required around the cigarette bundle, and as standard practice in the art, form necessary hole along its top.Because foil paper top is installed with the hole, so client can tear the upper part of package foil when opening Cigarette pack for the first time.
Preferably, in first and second cigarette packaging units, foil paper packing cigarette bundle then is transported to each the folding platform on the inside casing blank load-transfer device.
Preferably, first and/or second cigarette-packaging machine can also comprise the calibration propulsive mechanism, the cigarette bundle of packing can be advanced to each folding platform.
Preferably, first and second cigarette packaging units also comprise the blank feeder, and inside casing blank A or B can be transported to each folding platform of inside casing blank load-transfer device from the blank feeder.
Suitably, each folding platform can comprise fillet notch, square notch or oblique angle notch, and the shape of notch is applicable to inside casing blank A or B with fillet, pros or oblique angle longitudinal edge.
Preferably, inside casing blank A and inside casing blank B around first and second cigarette-packaging machines fold into the cigarette bundle of packing, have assembled the cigarette bundle thereby form first and second respectively.
Preferably, when operation, before the cigarette bundle insertion inside casing blank load-transfer device with packing, the sidewall of each inside casing blank is by suitable fold mechanism upset.And, more preferably, can use seldom adhesive dot the cigarette bundle of packing to be pasted the flat surface of inside casing blank.Inside casing blank load-transfer device can be transported to suitable folding platform with the containers of cigarettes bundle and the inside casing blank of adjacency.The adhesive dot that also has can be arranged on the relative flat surface of inside casing blank, so the containers of cigarettes bundle is securely adhered on the front and rear surfaces of inside casing blank.All sides by the intact cigarette bundle of the assembling of inside casing blank that makes up and containers of cigarettes Shu Zucheng suitably folds, and applies adhesive agent to guarantee the pleated sheet maintenance in position at necessity place.Then can insert heating and drying roller (if any) before, carry out the folding operation of side at cigarette bundle with assembling.
Preferably, first cigarette-packaging machine or second cigarette packaging unit also comprise the counter-rotating platform, make assembling cigarette bundle reverse before being delivered to the 3rd packing box assembled unit by the transmission load-transfer device.
Preferably, described counter-rotating platform is the part of load-transfer device, so the cigarette of assembling bundle is inverted 180 degree in arc transfer passage.Preferably, being reversed under the action of gravity of the cigarette of assembling bundle taken place.
Preferably, the load-transfer device of first cigarette packaging unit and second cigarette-packaging machine can be delivered to the 3rd packing box assembled unit with the cigarette bundle that assembles respectively.
Preferably, the load-transfer device of first cigarette packaging unit and second cigarette packaging unit is adjacent to each other with parallel mode to depart from mutually.The load-transfer device of second cigarette packaging unit is lower than the load-transfer device of first cigarette-packaging machine.Perhaps, the load-transfer device that should be easy to recognize first cigarette-packaging machine can be arranged to such an extent that be lower than the load-transfer device of second cigarette-packaging machine.
Preferably, the 3rd packing box assembled unit comprises that having first transfers the load-transfer device transfer station that piston and second is transferred piston, first transfers piston crosses the load-transfer device line from first cigarette packaging unit, second transfers piston crosses the load-transfer device line from second cigarette-packaging machine, all the cigarette bundle A and/or the B of assembling can be placed on the combination transfer band so first and second transfer piston, thereby form packing box assembly AB.
Preferably, the 3rd packing box assembled unit comprises the blank feeder, and housing blank C can send into folding platform from charger.
When using, the 3rd packing box assembled unit receives the cigarette bundle as the assembling of packing box assembly AB.Housing blank C be placed into combination aspectant assembling cigarette bundle (packing box assembly AB) on every side, then housing blank C is folded into packing box assembly AB around, have vertical side pivotally attached hinged lid pack thereby form.
Preferably, the 3rd packing box assembled unit also comprises cutter sweep, and cutter sweep can be used to cut housing blank C along the diapire of housing blank C, allows to open hinged lid pack along vertical hinge lines.Preferably, described cutter sweep is a cutter.
Formed packing box has hinged lid, and the cigarette bundle of assembling can be separated by means of vertical hinge lines.The 3rd packing box assembled unit can form band andgudgeon fishplate bar or the fin that belongs to a housing blank C part, can paste on the sidewall of one of them assembling cigarette bundle A or B.Articulated slab also comprises indentation or hinge lines, allows the cigarette bundle of each assembling in the hinged lid pack to rotate around it.
Preferably, the 3rd packing box assembled unit also comprises end seal.Described end seal is the foamed plastic band preferably.Described end seal preferably is with continuously.End seal can be used to guarantee that the diapire of housing blank C pastes the diapire of the cigarette bundle of assembling.
Preferably, the load-transfer device of first and second cigarette packaging units also comprises sensor respectively, and sensor can be used to detect the cigarette bundle A that assembles on the load-transfer device and/or the short situation of B transmitted." the cigarette bundle A that assembles on the transmission load-transfer device and/or the short situation of B " is meant have the assembling cigarette of cardinal principle equal number bundle A and B to form packing box assembly AB.Preferably, sensor links to each other with first and second cigarette packaging units and the 3rd packing box assembled unit, therefore can control the operating speed of described unit according to confession-need relation that the cigarette of the assembling of each unit in these three unit is restrainted.
The present invention also provides a kind of method of assembling Cigarette pack, and wherein Cigarette pack is the side by side vertical pivotally attached cigarette case of hinged lid.This method comprises that formation has the first containers of cigarettes bundle of the first inside casing A, formation has the second containers of cigarettes bundle of the second inside casing B, the first containers of cigarettes bundle and the second containers of cigarettes bundle are combined into packing box assembly AB are transported to the packing box assembled unit, with housing blank C be assembled to packing box assembly AB around.
Preferably, the first containers of cigarettes bundle with first inside casing A, promptly the first assembling cigarette is restrainted, be on first cigarette packaging unit, to form, wherein first cigarette bundle is packaged in the packing, blank A is transported in first cigarette packaging unit in first folding platform and part are installed, the first containers of cigarettes bundle insertion portion install first among the blank A, then part install first in blank A be installed to fully the first containers of cigarettes bundle around.
Preferably, the second containers of cigarettes bundle with second inside casing B, promptly the second assembling cigarette is restrainted, be on second cigarette packaging unit, to form, wherein second cigarette bundle is packaged in the packing, blank B is transported in second cigarette packaging unit in second folding platform and part are installed, the second containers of cigarettes bundle insertion portion install second among the blank B, then part install second in blank B be installed to fully the second containers of cigarettes bundle around.
Preferably, blank C carries out on the 3rd packing box assembled unit outside forming around the packing box assembly AB, comprise that part installs outer blank C, among the outer blank C with the installation of packing box assembly AB insertion portion, then outer blank C is installed to fully packing box assembly AB around.
Preferably, in the time of around blank C outside the handle partly is installed in packing box assembly AB, the vertical articulated slab of outer blank C pastes on the first assembling cigarette bundle of packing box assembly AB, thereby makes that packing box assembly AB can be hinged around vertical hinge lines.
Preferably, method of the present invention comprises that also the base plate with outer blank C cuts in half, and allows the first assembling cigarette bundle and the second assembling cigarette bundle around vertical hinge lines separately.
Preferably, the cigarette bundle of first assembling comprises seven cigarettes.Preferably, the cigarette bundle of second assembling comprises 13 cigarettes.
Preferably, the cigarette bundle of first and second assemblings also comprises cigarette bundle packing on every side.More preferably, packing are foil papers.
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For the ease of understanding and the present invention easy to implement, will introduce example of the present invention in detail with reference to accompanying schematic figure by by way of example now, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the transparent view of hinged packing box arranged side by side of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is local transparent view, shows the first containers of cigarettes bundle that forms by cigarette packaging unit of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is local transparent view, shows the second containers of cigarettes bundle that forms by cigarette packaging unit of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the planar view of the housing blank C of cigarette packaging unit use of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the planar view of one of them inside casing of cigarette packaging unit use of the present invention, can be used to form the cigarette bundle of an assembling;
Fig. 6 is the planar view of one of them inside casing of cigarette packaging unit use of the present invention, can be used to form the cigarette bundle of an assembling;
Fig. 7 is the top view planar view that constitutes the cigarette packaging unit of a part of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the scheme drawing of the containers of cigarettes beam path that uses in the present invention;
Fig. 9 is the top perspective view that is used for producing the cigarette packaging unit of the present invention of independent inside casing containers of cigarettes bundle;
Figure 10 is used for a transparent view of drawing the counter-rotating platform of load-transfer device of the present invention;
Figure 11 is the transparent view of compound table of the present invention, can be used to the containers of cigarettes Shu Zuhe that will separate, and becoming single cigarette bundle is packing box assembly AB; With
Figure 12 is the transparent view that is used for producing the cigarette-packaging machine of housing of the present invention.
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Illustrated in fig. 1 is hinged lid of the present invention pivotally attached packing box 10 arranged side by side.The mechanical equipment of making this hinged lid pivotally attached Cigarette pack 10 arranged side by side comprises three different machines: the hinge-lid pack machine (HLP 1) or first cigarette-packaging machine 30, HLP 2 or second cigarette-packaging machine 31 and HLP 3 or the 3rd cigarette-packaging machine 32, as shown in Figure 7.HLP 130 and HLP 2 31 are designed to form independent foil paper containers of cigarettes bundle, and they are packaged in the inside casing, are wrapped in the housing at HLP 3 machines 32 then.
Introduce as this specification sheets, HLP 2 31 can be used to make 13 cigarette bundle 14, referring to Fig. 1 and 3.Restrainted 14 o'clock the cigarette that forms 13, six of at first will superpose of HLP 2 31 and seven columns of cigarettes are placed into cigarette alignment load-transfer device 53, as shown in Figure 9, with foil paper 54 with the cigarette pack that stacks, then inside casing 23 is enclosed in the foil paper outside, forms 13 exemplary cigarette bundles 14.
Similarly, HLP 1 30 can be used to form one-rank seven cigarettes bundle, at first with these cigarette packs in paillon foil lining 16, cigarette bundle that then will be this seven is placed on the blank load-transfer device, then inside casing 22 parts of seven cigarettes bundles 12 is enclosed in outside the cigarette bundle.
Inside casing wrapper plug of tobacco bundle 12 and 14 is aligned to the inside casing carton box vertically, is packaged in the housing 26 in HLP 3 32 then.Therefore, after the cigarette of producing 13 cigarette bundle and seven is restrainted, two cigarette bundles are transferred among the HLP 3 32 and with housing or outer carton box spare 26 and combine, it is folded in around two foil paper packing cigarette bundles 12,14, bonding with glue at suitable seam, along bottom panel 27 incisions it can be opened along the vertical hinge lines 16b of the packing box side that assembles up then.
HLP 1 30 and HLP 2 31 work in a similar fashion, form first and second foil papers packing cigarette bundle 12,14.Therefore, the explanation to cigarette-packaging machine can be applied to first and second cigarette-packaging machines respectively.Referring to Fig. 9, cigarette is transported to cigarette-packaging machine 50 by cigarette inlet chute 52.Cigarette prepares to form each cigarette bundle by 53 alignment of alignment load-transfer device.Be used at foil paper platform 55 containers of cigarettes bundles from the packing foil paper 54 of reel or spool supply.Pointed in this packet design scheme as the front, the cigarette bundle can comprise seven or 13 cigarettes, but utilizes hinged lid pack design plan of the present invention can realize many other alternative makes and cigarette number at an easy rate.
The cigarette bundle is transferred to foil paper platform 55 by cigarette alignment load-transfer device 53, and paillon foil 54 launches from the paillon foil volume that is suspended on the top there, so the cigarette bundle suitably is packaged in the foil paper.Foil paper packing cigarette bundle 55a is transferred to inside casing blank load-transfer device 56 then.Blank load-transfer device 56 is provided with independently folding platform, can receive blank 58 in the cigarette carton box from inside casing blank chute 57.Blank in insert the inside of each folding platform on the blank load-transfer device 56, before foil paper packing cigarette bundle 55a was inserted folding platform, the straight front surface of blank in a point adhesive agent can being applied to made cigarette bundle 55a to keep static in the above.After foil paper packing cigarette bundle 55a was put into each blank 58 of blank load-transfer device 56, folding work began inside casing blank 58 is folded into around the paillon foil cigarette bundle 55a.Also have some adhesive agents can be arranged on the relative flat surface of inside casing blank, make foil paper packing cigarette bundle 55a be fixed on inside casing 58 the insides.After the second spot gluing agent is applied to the inwall of inside casing, inside casing folding and adhesive agent application station 59 fold into foil paper packing cigarette bundle 55a around, formed inside casing foil paper packing cigarette bundle wherein correct folding interior framework by inspecting stand the time is disallowable.Back at inspecting stand, the individual packages box is transmitted by load-transfer device, load-transfer device with foil paper pack the cigarette bundle from each movable workbench of blank load-transfer device 56 to the adhesive agent cylinder, so adhesive agent is applied to the folding operation that the long side seam is used to carry out side or seam.After long side is folding, the formed inside casing that foil paper packing cigarette bundle (12,14) is housed is delivered to drying roller 61 by piston 60, make the adhesive agent drying of long side seam, then packing box is removed from cylinder 61 and be delivered to and draw load-transfer device 65 by the egress hole 63 that is arranged on cylinder 61.Therefore, after drying roller 61, the inside casing cigarette that the is completed into bundle 12 and 14 shown in Fig. 2 and 3 is suitably located, and prepares to be transported among the cigarette-packaging machine HLP 3 32, forms the housing and the hinged lid of packing box.
At first cigarette-packaging machine 30 and second cigarette-packaging machine 31, promptly among HLP 1 and the HLP 2, system generally uses and forms independent foil paper with sampling technology and pack the cigarette bundle, and promptly seven cigarette bundle and 13 s' cigarette is restrainted.Cigarette focuses in the wrapping machine, and packs or form inside casing around it.Each shown in Fig. 2 and 3, is to form with the corresponding inside casing blank 22 shown in Fig. 5 and 6 and 23 by the foil paper packing cigarette bundle 12 and 14 that inside casing surrounds.At 13 inside casings 22 that comprise inside face 22a, diapire 22b and outside face 22c shown in Fig. 5 is to form at second cigarette-packaging machine 31 (HLP 2).And also be provided with otch 22d at the inside casing blank.Shown in 13 cigarette bundles 14 that are completed into of Fig. 3, the whole foil paper packing of inside casing 22 similar coverings cigarette bundle.The formation of notch portion 22d, make need not be shown in Figure 1 around vertical hinge lines 16b two independent cigarettes bundles were opened in 14 and 12 minutes, just can outside the sidewall of packing box 10, catch paillon foil.
Similarly, seven cigarettes bundle shown in Figure 2 or packing box 12 are to form at first cigarette-packaging machine 30 (HLP 1).The inside casing 23 of the cigarette bundle 12 shown in Fig. 6 is made of inside face 23a, diapire 23b and outside face 23c.Also show sidewall 23d among the figure, it is arranged to stick on the articulated slab 16c of housing 26, as shown in Figure 4.Therefore, two foil papers are packed cigarette bundle 12 and 14 after forming, and place with the relation of face-to-face joint, wire up with housing 26 in the 3rd cigarette-packaging machine 32 (HLP 3) then, referring to Fig. 4.
The housing of handling by the 3rd cigarette-packaging machine 32 26 comprise cover 29, indentation or line of cut, outside face 28, vertical hinge lines 16b and articulated slab 16c on the hinged lid part 15, diapire 27.The 3rd cigarette-packaging machine will cover or backboard 29 folds into around the outside face 23c of seven inside casings and form hinged lid 15.Diapire 27 folds into around the combination diapire that the diapire 22b by the diapire 23b of seven inside casings and 13 inside casings forms.Outside face 28 pastes the outside face 22c of 13 inside casings 22, and articulated slab 16c is adhered to the sidewall 23d of seven inside casings 23 as previously mentioned.In this way housing 26 is folded into face-to-face combination packing box assembly 75 around, shown in Figure 11 and 12, packing box 10 of the present invention can be hinged around vertical hinge lines 16b, allows to open as shown in Figure 1.Will be appreciated that the diapire 27 of housing must suitably cut as shown in drawings, it can be separated.But also will be appreciated that independent cigarette bundle 12 and 14 cigarettes that can use any number, to form vertical pivotally attached packing box 10 of the present invention.
In second cigarette-packaging machine 31 (HLP 2), the completed cigarette bundle 14 counter-rotating platforms 64 at load-transfer device of packing the interior frame material of carton box on every side reverse, and make packing box suitably to sequence face-to-face.Load-transfer device rotating part 66 is used for making packing box suitably upset before HLP 3 32 machines, so when packing box 12 and 14 is combined into combination packaging case assembly 75 as shown in figure 11, be in aspectant relation mutually on combination transfer band 69.
Draw when load- transfer device 65 and 68 enters compound table for two of first and second cigarette-packaging machines 30,31 and be arranged in juxtaposition.Can recognize, one of them load-transfer device must vertically be offset with another load-transfer device, make driven plunger 70a and 71a remove cigarette bundle 12,14 o'clock from load- transfer device 68 and 65, cigarette bundle 12 and 14 can correctly vertically align and can slide relative, forms Combined cigarette packing box assembly 75.Actuator 70,71 with face-to-face composition of relations, is used for the packing of outer carton box blank 26 subsequently with the cigarette bundle from each side drive piston 70a, 71a of two load-transfer devices 65,68.Combined cigarette bundle 75 is then sent into HLP 332, is sent to each bench board of the blank load-transfer device 97 that comprises housing carton box 26.Then as previously mentioned, with the 3rd cigarette-packaging machine 32 encapsulation combination box assemblies 75, so housing 26 forms vertical hinge lines 16b between two cigarette bundles 12,14 that separate.
Folding and adhesive platform 91 at the 3rd cigarette-packaging machine 32 (HLP 3) is provided with many glue nozzles.These glue nozzles can be the HHS nozzles, are used for carrying out spot gluing on the blank load-transfer device 97 of HLP 3.This adhesive agent and common adhesive agent are similar, and just toughness more is adapted to pass through nozzle application.The 3rd cigarette-packaging machine 32 (HLP 3) needs a plurality of nozzles, is approximately 6 altogether, in order to each corner and other position of adhesive dot being executed housing 26.
Combination packaging case assembly 75 is delivered to the blank load-transfer device 97 of the 3rd cigarette-packaging machine 32 (HLP 3), and adhesive agent is applied to suitable position, folds top and sidepiece are suitably folded into around two cigarette bundles 12,14.The 3rd cigarette-packaging machine HLP 3 can also be provided with inspecting stand, be used for checking that each packing box has carried out folding operation and bonding operation to guarantee to fold with adhesive platform 91, and when finding inferior-quality carton box, it can be removed from the 3rd cigarette-packaging machine 32 (HLP 3).
Transmit the other end that load-transfer device 98 is arranged on blank load-transfer device 97, be used for moving formed vertical pivotally attached Cigarette pack 10, carry out the adhesive agent application of long side seam along side panel such as 16c through the adhesive agent cylinder, the vertical pivotally attached Cigarette pack 10 of hinged lid that will make up then and be completed into is put into each notch 93 of drying roller 92, and is similar with HLP 1 and HLP 2.In the rotating range of drying roller 92 or the position of finishing drying time and just before egress hole 94, can be provided with rotary cutter or other shoutoff mechanism 95, cut along the line of housing 26 or the whole front panel of diapire 27, perhaps whole bottom flaps directly can be cut off.Then packing box is released from the notch 93 of cylinder 92, cylinder 92 re-moves to receive another packing box.Diapire 27 must so the sidewall of independent Cigarette pack 10 can be hinged along hinge lines 16b, and can separate at diapire 27 places that cut off through cutting.At outlet 94 places of drying roller 92, take out individual packages box 10, carrying is placed in the cigarette cartons case then.
In the 3rd cigarette-packaging machine 32 (HLP 3), all folding operations that carry out all are necessary for forming external packing box or housing.This comprises the folding of hinged lid 15 and lid is folded into the cigarette of sealing but separating separately restraints 12,14.
First cigarette-packaging machine 30 (HLP 1) becomes with second cigarette-packaging machine 31 (HLP 2) initial design can be with the speed running of about per minute 140 bags.The foil paper system that is used for HLP 1 and HLP 2 is the two paillon foil scroll supports of standard that have representative type rotary cutter and paillon foil driling unit.Paillon foil lining 16 with vertical cut cutter or serrated knife perforation, makes the customer foil paper that exposes of two cigarette bundles 12,14 partly can be removed as common doing.For the folding and adhesive platform 59 of blank that the blank load-transfer device 56 along HLP 1 and HLP 2 is provided with, used the plough formula folder and the top board crank motion folder of standard.Folded over 22e can also be arranged in the top of opposing sidewalls on inside casing 22 outside faces, makes hinged lid 15 remain on closure state.These folded over 22e is arranged on the inside casing 22.
The drying roller 61 and 92 that all three machines 30,31,32 use is heated rollers of 48 grades, can carry out temperature control and be formed the adhesive agent of packing box to guarantee by suitably dry.
Promptly first cigarette bundle production machine 30, second cigarette bundle production machine 31 and the 3rd combination overwrapping machine 32 make up with three machines in system of the present invention.System of the present invention can produce two inside casing foil paper packing cigarette bundles 12,14, is incorporated into together at the 3rd wrapping machine 32 as the housing production facilities.First cigarette-packaging machine 30 produces the foil paper packing cigarette bundle that is surrounded by first inside casing 23.Second cigarette-packaging machine 31 produces second foil paper packing cigarette bundle that is packaged in second inside casing 22.Then first inside casing 23 and second inside casing 22 are combined and become aspectant combination packaging case assembly 75.In this example, seven cigarette of combination and six cigarette can be equipped with forming 13 cigarette bundle 14 in second inside casing, 22 the insides, and another cigarette-packaging machine can produce the foil paper packing cigarette bundle 12 that comprises seven cigarettes that is surrounded by first inside casing 23.Then two inside casings that have foil paper packing cigarette bundle are sent into housing carton box folder 32, housing carton box folder 32 becomes the pivotally attached packing box arranged side by side with hinged lid with two cigarette Shu Zuhe.
But three cigarette-packaging machines among the present invention by the operating control of standard such as programmable logic controller (PLC) (PLC) or similarly electronic control package control the speed of transmission and the speed of production of all three wrapping machine.Such electronic controller is being well-known in the art, and can use various electronic machines and install the control that realizes described each wrapping machine.
Can make various modifications and variations to above-mentioned cigarette machine according to the principle of the invention disclosed herein and claim.Such variation is considered to belong within principle of the present invention and the claim scope.
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1. equipment that forms Cigarette pack, comprise first cigarette packaging unit, second cigarette packaging unit and the 3rd packing box assembled unit, wherein, described first cigarette packaging unit can surround the first inside casing blank A first cigarette bundle, described second cigarette packaging unit can surround the second inside casing blank B second cigarette bundle, described the 3rd packing box assembled unit can surround outer blank C packing box assembly AB, and described packing box assembly AB comprises blank A and the B that assembles.
2. equipment according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described first cigarette packaging unit, second cigarette packaging unit and the 3rd packing box assembled unit are cigarette packing machines independently.
3. equipment according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described first and second cigarette packaging units are provided by one unit, can make the first interior blank A surround first cigarette bundle, makes the second interior blank B surround second cigarette bundle.
4. according to any one described equipment in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that described the 3rd packing box assembled unit is arranged to, first cigarette that assembles bundle that energy receiving plane opposite is overlapping and second cigarette bundle that assembles.
5. equipment according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, described the 3rd packing box assembled unit can make housing C surround packing box assembly AB, packing box assembly AB comprises the described first and second cigarette bundles that assemble, described outer framework C has hinge lines, along the joint lateral margin that described first cigarette that assembles is restrainted and described second cigarette that assembles is restrainted.
6. according to the described equipment of above-mentioned any one claim, it is characterized in that, any inside casing blank A or B are assembled to respectively described first or described second cigarette bundle around before, the cigarette bundle is packed with packing.
7. equipment according to claim 6 is characterized in that described packing are foil papers.
8. any one described equipment in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that, described first cigarette packaging unit is arranged to form 13 cigarette bundle.
9. any one described equipment in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that, described second cigarette packaging unit is arranged to form seven cigarette bundle.
10. any one described equipment in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that described first cigarette packaging unit and described second cigarette packaging unit respectively comprise cigarette receiving station, package post, inside casing blank load-transfer device, folding platform and load-transfer device.
11. equipment according to claim 10 is characterized in that, described first cigarette packaging unit and described second cigarette packaging unit also comprise drying roller.
12., it is characterized in that at described first and second cigarette packaging units, packaged cigarette bundle is transported to the folding platform on the inside casing blank load-transfer device according to claim 10 or 11 described equipment.
13. equipment according to claim 12 is characterized in that, described first and/or second cigarette-packaging machine also comprises the calibration propulsive mechanism, packaged cigarette bundle can be advanced to described folding platform.
14., it is characterized in that described first and second cigarette packaging units also comprise the blank feeder according to any one described equipment in the claim 10 to 13, when using, inside casing blank A or B are transported to the folding platform of inside casing blank load-transfer device from the blank feeder.
15., it is characterized in that described folding platform comprises fillet notch, right angle notch or oblique angle notch according to any one described equipment in the claim 10 to 14.
16. according to any one described equipment in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that, described first cigarette-packaging machine or described second cigarette packaging unit also comprise the counter-rotating platform, make the intact cigarette bundle of described assembling reverse before being delivered to described the 3rd packing box assembled unit by described transmission load-transfer device.
17., it is characterized in that the load-transfer device of described first cigarette packaging unit and described second cigarette-packaging machine can be delivered to described the 3rd packing box assembled unit with the described cigarette bundle that assembles respectively according to any one described equipment in the claim 10 to 16.
18. equipment according to claim 17 is characterized in that, the load-transfer device of described first cigarette packaging unit and described second cigarette packaging unit is close with parallel mode to depart from mutually.
19. equipment according to claim 18 is characterized in that, the load-transfer device of described second cigarette packaging unit is lower than the load-transfer device of first cigarette-packaging machine.
20. equipment according to claim 18 is characterized in that, the load-transfer device of described first cigarette-packaging machine is lower than the load-transfer device of second cigarette-packaging machine.
21. according to any one described equipment in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that, described the 3rd packing box assembled unit comprises that having first transfers the load-transfer device transfer station that piston and second is transferred piston, described first transfers piston crosses the load-transfer device line from described first cigarette packaging unit, described second transfers piston crosses the load-transfer device line from described second cigarette-packaging machine, cigarette bundle A and/or B that the described first and second handover pistons all are used for assembling are placed on the combination transfer band, thereby form packing box assembly AB.
22. according to any one described equipment in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that described the 3rd packing box assembled unit comprises the blank feeder, housing blank C sends into folding platform from feeder.
23. according to any one described equipment in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that, described the 3rd packing box assembled unit also comprises cutter sweep, described cutter sweep can cut described housing blank C along the diapire of described housing blank C, allows to separate described hinged lid pack along described vertical hinge lines.
24. equipment according to claim 23 is characterized in that, described cutter sweep is a cutter.
25., it is characterized in that described the 3rd packing box assembled unit also comprises end seal according to any one described equipment in the aforesaid right requirement.
26. equipment according to claim 25 is characterized in that, described end seal is the foamed plastic band.
27., it is characterized in that described end seal is continuous band according to claim 25 or 26 described equipment.
28. according to any one described equipment in the claim 10 to 26, it is characterized in that, the load-transfer device of described first and second cigarette packaging units comprises sensor respectively, and described sensor can be used to detect the short situation that assembles cigarette bundle A and/or B on the load-transfer device.
29. equipment according to claim 28, it is characterized in that, described sensor links to each other with described first and second cigarette packaging units and described the 3rd packing box assembled unit, can control the operating speed of described unit according to the confession-need relation of the intact cigarette bundle of the assembling of each unit in three unit.
30. method of assembling Cigarette pack, wherein said Cigarette pack is the side by side vertical pivotally attached cigarette case of hinged lid, described method comprises that formation has the first containers of cigarettes bundle of the first inside casing A, formation has the second containers of cigarettes bundle of the second inside casing B, described first containers of cigarettes bundle and the described second containers of cigarettes bundle are combined into packing box assembly AB, be transported to the packing box assembled unit, around described packing box assembly AB assembling housing blank C.
31. method according to claim 30, it is characterized in that, the described first containers of cigarettes bundle with first inside casing A forms on first cigarette packaging unit, wherein first cigarette bundle is packaged in the packing, blank A is transported to the folding platform and the part installation of described first cigarette packaging unit in first, the described first containers of cigarettes bundle inserts among the first interior blank A of described part installation, and the first interior blank A that follows described part installation finishes installation around the described first containers of cigarettes bundle.
32. method according to claim 30, it is characterized in that, the described second containers of cigarettes bundle with second inside casing B is to form on second cigarette packaging unit, wherein second cigarette bundle is packaged in the packing, blank B is transported to the folding platform and the part installation of described second cigarette packaging unit in second, the described second containers of cigarettes bundle inserts among the second interior blank B of described part installation, and the second interior blank B that follows described part installation finishes installation around the described second containers of cigarettes bundle.
33. according to any one described method in the claim 30 to 32, it is characterized in that, on described the 3rd packing box assembled unit around described packing box assembly AB form outside blank C, comprise the described outer blank C of part installation, among the outer blank C with the installation of packing box assembly AB insertion portion, then described outer blank C is finished installation around packing box assembly AB.
34. method according to claim 33, it is characterized in that, when blank C partly is installed in around the described packing box assembly AB outside described, the vertical articulated slab of described outer blank C pastes first of packing box assembly AB and assembles on the cigarette bundle, thereby makes that described packing box assembly AB can be hinged around vertical hinge lines.
35., it is characterized in that according to any one described method in the claim 30 to 34, comprise that also the base plate with described outer blank C cuts two halves, allow described first assembling cigarette bundle and the described second assembling cigarette bundle separately around described vertical hinge lines.
36., it is characterized in that the described first assembling cigarette bundle comprises seven cigarettes according to any one described method in the claim 30 to 35.
37., it is characterized in that the described second assembling cigarette bundle comprises 13 cigarettes according to any one described method in the claim 30 to 36.
38., it is characterized in that the described first and second assembling cigarette bundles also comprise the packing around the described cigarette bundle according to any one described method in the claim 30 to 37.
39., it is characterized in that described packing are foil papers according to the described method of claim 38.
40. the system that cigarette-packaging machine is provided, described cigarette-packaging machine comprises three independently unit or machines, i.e. first cigarette packaging unit, second cigarette packaging unit and the 3rd packing box assembled unit.
41., it is characterized in that described system can be used to produce the first and second inside casing foil paper containers of cigarettes bundles that get up in follow-up unit assembly according to the described system of claim 40, described follow-up unit surrounds its part with the housing that has hinged lid.
42. equipment of being introduced with reference to the accompanying drawings as mentioned substantially.
43. method of introducing as mentioned basically.
44. system of introducing with reference to the accompanying drawings substantially as mentioned.
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