CN1973702A

CN1973702A - Device and procedure for the batch transfer of tobacco products

Info

Publication number: CN1973702A
Application number: CNA2006101639569A
Authority: CN
Inventors: L·柏德瑞; V·索利
Original assignee: GD SpA
Current assignee: GD SpA
Priority date: 2005-12-01
Filing date: 2006-11-30
Publication date: 2007-06-06
Also published as: ITBO20050733A1; DE602006012917D1; EP1795076B1; ATE460851T1; US20070137662A1; EP1795076A1

Abstract

Cigarettes are transferred in batches adopting a procedure that includes the steps of feeding loose cigarettes (2) en masse into a hopper (13) with a back wall (22) and two side walls (23) delimiting a top inlet (24a) and a bottom outlet (24b), also a shutter (25) by which the bottom outlet (24b) is opened or closed, and actively varying the geometry of the side walls (23) so that the internal volume of the hopper (13) is adapted to accommodate the quantity of cigarettes (2) admitted through the inlet (24a), by means of an actuator mechanism (31) connected to the side walls (23). Thus, it becomes possible to monitor and control both the rate at which the cigarettes (2) flow into the hopper (13), and the pressure to which the single cigarettes (2) are subjected while occupying the hopper (13) and during the process of filling a tray (3).

Description

The device of batch transfer of tobacco products and program

Technical field

The present invention relates to a device and a program that is used for batch transfer of tobacco products.

Advantage of the present invention is applied in whole manufacturing streamlines of the tobacco product such as cigar, cigarette and filter tip, in particular for cigarette highlightedly; For instance, a typical example is that the described tobacco product of guiding is from the cigarette machine to the baling press or the operation of other packing machine.

Background technology

According to the conventional method of the type, the cigarette that comes out from cigarette machine is arranged in the container that is referred to as pallet, and before the clearancen, they will store in order to using in the input station of baling press.

Single pallet is filled by means of a hopper, and this hopper has a vertical wall and two fixed sidewalls that divergently extend from the top to bottom.

The combination of above-mentioned wall and the opening and that limits a top inlet that is communicated with a conveyer belt are by movably closing an opening that discharge the bottom of closing, and the continuous-flow of tobacco product can be advanced towards hopper on described conveyer belt.

Hopper is emptying circularly, and by the inlet the mobile of opening be continuous.Hopper fills by cutting out the bottom exhaust openings, and allows to accumulate within it from the cigarette that conveyer belt is accepted.

In order to fill a pallet, feed hopper bottom is opened a period of time is enough to make cigarette by entering in the following pallet, and pallet also descends to a certain degree when accepting cigarette.

All pallets must be filled so that catch up with the quick speed of production of cigarette machine with quite high speed, and simultaneously necessary SC is not so that cigarette loses its orderly arrangement and suffers damage.

When cigarette basically ceaselessly when conveyer belt flow to the hopper, this flows is not evenly constant.Therefore, it is too high that flowing velocity often takes place, its result cause all cigarette exceedingly one be pressed on another or be resisted against on the bucket wall, its integrality suffers damage, for example, tobacco comes off out from cut end.

On the contrary, if dropping to, flowing velocity is lower than an optimum level, then a large amount of cigarette will lack compact and lose its orderly arrangement, one may present incorrect position with respect to another, and for example, orientation is disarrayed, its axis is no longer perpendicular to the hopper back wall, but slightly tilt, or even drop in the space, the result causes bending and fracture.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this invention is to provide a device and a program that is used for batch transfer of tobacco products, like this, in the operating process of filling above-mentioned pallet, will guarantee that product obtains extremely careful operation.

Specifically, the objective of the invention is to design a device and a program, it allows accurately to monitor and controls cigarette and flows into the speed in the hopper and act on pressure on the single cigarette when being transferred in the pallet in hopper.

Another object of the present invention provides a device and a program that is used for batch transfer of tobacco products, and it can be adapted to operation at a high speed and a large amount of cigarette of allowing to be loaded in the pallet forms orderly arrangement.

Above-mentioned purpose is used for realizing in the device of batch transfer of tobacco products one, the feature of this device is set out in one or more in the attached claim 1 to 12, and be used for realizing that its feature is set out in the claim 13 to 18 in the program of batch transfer of tobacco products one.

Description of drawings

Now, utilize example to describe the present invention in detail by means of accompanying drawing, in all accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is according to the front view of a device of the present invention, is presented in one first operating structure, and some part has cut so that disclose other parts better;

Fig. 2 illustrates Fig. 1 device that is under one second mode of operation;

Fig. 3,4,5 and 6 illustrates the device of Fig. 1 and 2 in the consecutive steps in the operating process of filling a container.

The specific embodiment

With reference to Fig. 3,4,5 and 6, label 1 is represented a device that is used for batch transfer of tobacco products 2 on the whole, and it is transferred to one second processing unit 5 by means of the container 3 that is referred to as pallet usually from one first processing unit 4, specifically, from a cigarette machine 4 to one cigarette baling presses 5.Described

unit

4 and 5 all is the embodiment that is familiar with, and therefore, only does schematically explanation.

Device 1 comprises a main belt 6, and it loads tobacco product (being cigarette 2 in this example) and moves towards baling press 5 along a predetermined direction X from cigarette machine 4; Conveyer belt 6 is operated in conjunction with the unit of Manage Containers 3, and they respectively can keep orderly alignment with a plurality of cigarette 2 of arranging.

The Container Management unit had not both had diagram not describe yet, but it can be the type that is disclosed among European Patent Application No. EP06116470.3 or the application number EP 06116480.2, and these two applications all propose with the applicant's name.

In particular with reference to Fig. 4, each container 3 has a rectangular base 7, the shorter side of bottom is complementary with the length of single cigarette 2 basically, and longer side comprises tens cigarette that are arranged side by side 2, also have a main wall 8 rectangular equally, its meet at right angle with bottom 7 and be connected to along longer side bottom 7 corresponding longer side.Cigarette 2 lays flat on one's back, one end in contact master wall 8, and main wall 8 has a shorter side, and this side is surrounded tens cigarette that are arranged side by side 2; Therefore, container 3 will keep several thousand cigarette, and they become 5 plum blossom shapes to arrange.Container 3 also have two relative to each other with parallel sidewall 9, they are perpendicular to bottom 7 and main wall 8, limit with the combination of main wall one with bottom 7 opposite sides on opening 10, container 3 can be filled and the clearancen cigarette by this opening 10, and an assist openings 11 that is positioned on main wall 8 opposite sides.

In addition, main belt 6 has an opening 12, and this opening directly is communicated with above hopper 13 and with hopper 13 in the middle of being positioned at along conveyer belt length.

Shown in preferred embodiment in, main belt 6 comprises that one is with 14 around first of belt pulley 15, first is with 14 to extend between cigarette machine 4 and the hopper 13 and have a top branch 16, and the cigarette 2 that comes out from cigarette machine 4 is carried on this top branch 16, and lays flat on one's back abreast.

One second is looped around on the relative belt pulley 18 with 17, and it is aligned in first with in the 14 occupied same planes, extends to cigarette baling press 5 from hopper 13, and it has a top branch 19, and this branch carries cigarette 2 and enters into baling press 5.First has

corresponding ends

20 and 21 with 14 and second with 17, and they are located with facing with each other and make up and limit above-mentioned middle opening 12.

Hopper 13 comprises a back wall 22 and two sidewalls 23, and their limit a top of aliging with opening 12 in the conveyer belt 6 opening 24a that enters the mouth.

Sidewall 23 is dispersed each other, from extending with 14 and 17

end

20 and 21, is stretched over a distance, makes on its edge the width less than a container 3.

The width of each side 23 also equals the length of a cigarette 2 approx, so that hopper 13 presents a bottom exhaust openings 24b is identical with the bottom 7 of container 3 basically on profile and size.This identical opening 24b can close an enforcement by one of traditional embodiment and open or close, and this is closed door and comprises a plurality of maintenance bar 25a, and they are perpendicular to back wall 22 and arranged side by side.All bar 25a can move between an open position (Fig. 2 and 5) and a closed position (Fig. 1,3,4 and 6), in open position, spacing between any two adjacent stems is enough to allow a cigarette 2 to pass through, and in the closed position, by on the off-axis of correspondence, pivoting, bar 25a draws close degree over to one's side, and cigarette 2 can not be passed through between the bar.

Specifically, with reference to Fig. 3 and 4, the middle opening 12 of conveyer belt 6 is connected by a pipeline 26 with the open top 24a of hopper 13, and this pipeline 26 is limited by the vertical wall 27 a pair of respect to one another on the fixed frame 28 that is installed in device 1.

Label 29 expressions one supporting member, it is positioned at hopper 13 next doors and is driven by the motor 30 of a correspondence, and motor only schematically illustrates, and the function of supporting member is that (Fig. 4 to 6) carries and locate a single container 3 in filling cyclic process.

Supporting member 29 laterally vertically is positioned between a primary importance (Fig. 4) and the second place (Fig. 6), primary importance is near the bottom opening 24b of hopper 13, and the second place is apart from bottom opening 24b, therefore allow little by little to fill up container 3 (Fig. 5) in container decline process, this will make an explanation in the narration process of specification.

Along with cigarette machine 4, baling press 5 with install 1 in operation, cigarette 2 comes out from cigarette machine 4, advance along conveyer belt 6, gravitate falls in the hopper 13, the bottom of hopper is closed door 25 and closes, therefore, be filled into such degree: further cigarette 2 beginnings are rolled on the cigarette 2 that occupies pipeline 26 and are crossed pipeline and advance towards baling press 5.In normal running, therefore, the part in the flowing of total cigarette 2 will be filled hopper 13 and pallet 3, and partly will find the road directly to enter in the baling press 5.

Empty container 3 takes hopper 13 places to, and whenever next empty is delivered to hopper 13 in order to filling by above-mentioned administrative unit.For this purpose, container 3 offers hopper 13, makes open top 10 towards last, and assist openings 11 is towards hopper 13, and bottom 7 places exhaust openings 24b below, bottom, and like this, hopper 13 is positioned at the inside (Fig. 4) of container 3 effectively.

Next, transform to open position by all bar 25a that will close door 25 and come clearancen hopper 13 to discharge cigarette 2, cigarette 2 is fallen on the bottom 7 of container 3 by bottom opening 24b; Simultaneously, container 3 little by little descends to vacate more space (Fig. 5).

When container 3 filled up, all bar 25a that close door 25 turned back to closed position (Fig. 6), and guided container 3 towards storage location, and the hopper 13 that still is full of continues to accept cigarette 2 from conveyer belt 6.Therefore, hopper 13 periodically discharges, and the cigarette stream that enters is continuous.

Moreover the formation of this device 1 partly is one to be connected to the actuating mechanism 31 of hopper 13 sidewalls 23, and this will change the geometry of this sidewall 23 effectively, therefore, and according to the internal capacity of the balanced again hopper 13 of amount of the cigarette 2 that enters.

As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, actuating mechanism 31 comprises at least one sensor 32, and it can monitor that expression enters the parameter of amount of the tobacco product 2 of hopper 13, and an actuator 33 is connected to deformable sidewalls 23, and a control module 34, sensor 32 and actuator 33 all are connected to this control module.Control module 34 is accepted one from sensor 32 and is indicated the signal S of the amount of the tobacco product 2 that enters hopper 13, and produces a signal C1, and this signal guidance actuator 33 changes the geometry of sidewall 23.

The variation of hopper 13 internal capacities must be balanced, to avoid compression and to damage cigarette 2, simultaneously, guarantees that cigarette stream keeps suitable compacting, does not arrange in an orderly manner so that cigarette 2 does not lose it.

Shown in Fig. 1,5 and 6, in order to ensure equalizing pressure and the compacting in the cigarette stream 2 that enters in the hopper 13, control module 34 also is connected on the motor 30 of supporting member 29, so that in response to the signal S that receives from sensor 32, by the control signal C2 (Fig. 1) that produces a correspondence, change the speed Vd (Fig. 5) that this element 29 descends.

In a preferred embodiment, sensor 32 will be positioned near the conveyer belt 6, and the predetermined direction that is followed along cigarette 2 above the open top 24a of hopper 13, is used for measuring the speed of cigarette stream.

Specifically, this sensor 32 is probes of placing, is used for measuring the depth S p (Fig. 3) of the cigarette stream 2 that advances along conveyer belt 6.

Probe 32 comprises a finger-type thing 35, and its first end 35a is connected on the potentiometric axle 36, so that pick up any angular movement of the second unsteady end 35b.

Therefore the second end 35b is revealed as flat (as watching from cross section) basically, can straddle on the cigarette 2 and does not damage them.

Potentiometer is installed in conveyer belt 6 tops and is positioned at by on cigarette stream 2 zones that occupy 37 of advancing, and sets the back wall 22 of axle 36 perpendicular to hopper 13.Finger-type thing 35 can move between the primary importance and the second place, in primary importance, the second end 35b occupies the zone 37 that is occupied by cigarette 2, and in the second place, turn over an angle [alpha] (Fig. 3) owing to the height of cigarette stream 2 rises to cause, this angle is determined by the depth S p of the cigarette 2 on the conveyer belt 6 that is positioned at middle opening 12 places.

In the preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, each sidewall 23 of hopper 13 comprises the paper tinsel reed 38 of a flexibility.The first end 38a of paper tinsel reed 38 is slidably inserted in a terminal part 39, and it links to each other with the fixed frame 28 of device 1 pivotly by means of near a pivot center Y who is positioned at the top inlet opening 24a.Paper tinsel reed 38 also has one second end 38b, and it links to each other with the fixed frame 28 of device 1 pivotly by means of near another axis W that is positioned at the end outlet opening 24b.

Actuator 33 comprises a pair of lever 40 that is positioned at hopper 13 flanks, respectively has the second end 40b that first an end 40a and who is hinged to framework 28 is connected to corresponding flexible foils reed 38.

The first end 40a of each lever 40 is coupled on the pivot 41, and this pivot 41 is positioned on the axis Z on pivot center Y next door of above-mentioned terminal part 39 one and rotates.By means of a connecting rod 43, this connecting rod be coupled to lever 40 pivotly and hingedly be attached to one rigidly with lug 44 that paper tinsel reed 38 links to each other on, the second end 40b of lever 40 is connected to the zone line 42 of corresponding paper tinsel reed 38 thus.

Each lever 40 is connected to a motor 45, therefore causes it to be on the pivot 41 at its first end 40a and does angular movement.

Motor 45 is the pneumatic or hydraulic piston cylinder 46 of a beidirectional preferably, and it flatly is installed in the inlet opening 24a of hopper 13 neighbouring (Fig. 1 and 2).Piston cylinder 46 has a central body 47 of holding two bars 48 relative to each other slidably, and described bar can move along the corresponding horizontal direction.

48 carryings one of each bar are bonded on the pin 49 in the key seat 50, and this key seat is provided by the first end 40a of the lever 40 of correspondence and away from the pivot center Z of pivot 41.Therefore, a linear displacement of bar 48 produces the angular movement of lever 40, will push away or be pulled on the paper tinsel reed 38 at zone line 42 places by means of connecting rod 43 these motions and cause its bow.

Specifically, make two bars 48 be in local position of extending, paper tinsel reed 38 keeps not distortion and straight line (Fig. 1).Two bars 48 are retracted in the central body 47 from above-mentioned local extended position, and lever 40 will be swung along relative direction, with two second end 40b separately, therefore, make paper tinsel reed 38 outside bows and increase the volume (Fig. 2) in the space of hopper 13 encirclements.On the contrary, extension rod 48 surpasses local position of extending, and then lever will have second end 40b pulling effect together, causes paper tinsel reed 38 inside bows and reduces volume (not shown this structure) by the space of hopper 13 encirclements.

Inexclusive fully preferred transmission procedure that uses the device 1 disclosed now will be described.

In operation, hopper 13 is filled up, control module 34 is programmed, to locate two sidewalls 23 according to one corresponding to the predetermined deformation rule with reference to flow rate " Pr " of the cigarette 2 that advances on conveyer belt 6.Simultaneously, control module 34 also monitors effective flow rate " Pe " by means of sensor 32, should be worth and reference point " Pr " contrast, makes effective speed " Pe " be different from reference to speed " Pr ", responds by the rule of adjusting distortion " Ld ".

Specifically, be closed 25 moment of closing of door from the bottom of hopper 13, cigarette 2 begins to accumulate, and finally rises on the height of middle opening 12.In this stage, control module 34 is programmed and the operation of guiding actuator 33, causes hopper 13 to increase internal capacity according to predetermined deformation " Ld " rule, for example, the deflection Fr of this deformation induced flexible foils reed 38 is for the linear change (Fig. 2) of time component, the time component is expressed as " Ld:Fr=at+b ", and wherein, " t " is the time, and " a " and " b " is constant, deflection in this case is characterized in that, the constant rate of speed of distortion equals " Vpr=a ".

The rule " Ld " that the domination volume increases is calculated in advance, and like this, will being surveyed by probe 32 with reference to flow rate " Pr " of the cigarette 2 that advances be constant, or exactly, 32 belows of popping one's head in are passed through mobile will present one constant with reference to the degree of depth " Spr ".

If by the probe 32 effective flow rates " Pe " that detect, or effective depth " Spe " is not to change with reference point " Pr ", and then control module 34 will not apply correction to the rule " Ld " that the domination volume increases.

If by probe detection to effective flow rate " Pe " greater than reference point " Pr ", or effective depth " Spe " is greater than the reference degree of depth " Spr ", then control module 34 will change the rule " Ld " that the domination volume increases, and for example, the mode of change is to accelerate the speed of sidewall 23 distortion.

If by probe detection to effective flow rate " Pe " less than reference point " Pr ", or effective depth " Spe " is less than the reference degree of depth " Spr ", then control module 34 will change the rule " Ld " that the domination volume increases, for example, the mode that changes is the speed of slowing down sidewall 23 distortion, perhaps, make wall 23 indeformable, or positively reduce the volume of hopper 13 by wall 23 is curved inwardly.

Control module 34 speed " Vd " that also domination supporting member 29 descends in the step process of clearancen hopper 13 and filling containers 3.According to a prescribed motion rule " Lm " corresponding to the cigarette 2 that on conveyer belt 6, advances, decline container 3 with reference to flow rate " Pr ".Simultaneously, control module 34 detects effective flow rate " Pe " by means of sensor 32, should be worth and reference point " Pr " contrast, makes effective speed " Pe " be different from reference to speed " Pr ", responds by the rule of adjusting motion " Lm ".

Specifically, in order to fill a container 3, close door 25 and open, cigarette 2 begins to drop in the container 3.In this step process, control module 34 programming and guiding drives the speed of the motor 30 of supporting member 29, like this, the characteristics of motion " Lm " that element will descend and stand to be scheduled to, for example, this motion is brought out the downward motion of container 3 according to the rule that is expressed as " Lm:S=ct+d ", wherein, " t " is the time, and " c " and " d " is constant, and it causes fall off rate to equal " Vd=c ".

The rule " Lm " of domination fall off rate is calculated in advance, and like this, will being surveyed by probe 32 with reference to flow rate " Pr " of the cigarette 2 that advances be constant, or exactly, 32 belows of popping one's head in are passed through mobile will present one constant with reference to the degree of depth " Spr ".

If by the probe 32 effective flow rates " Pe " that detect, or effective depth " Spe " is not to change with reference point " Pr ", and then control module 34 will not apply correction to the rule " Lm " of domination fall off rate.

If by probe detection to effective flow rate " Pe " greater than reference point " Pr ", or effective depth " Spe " is greater than the reference degree of depth " Spr ", then control module 34 will change laws of motion " Lm ", and the mode of change is to increase the speed Vd that container 3 descends.

If by probe detection to effective flow rate " Pe " less than reference point " Pr ", or effective depth " Spe " is less than the reference degree of depth " Spr ", then control module 34 will change the characteristics of motion " Lm ", the mode of change is to reduce the speed Vd that container 3 descends.

Use one comparatively complicated but the control logic of not giving description in this article monitors that the function of fall off rate Vd also can be carried out simultaneously with the function that monitors sidewall 23 distortion.

Under any circumstance, all supervision and control operation are mainly used to guarantee keep constant by other cigarette and by the pressure that the wall of hopper 13 acts on each cigarette 2, and like this, cigarette will can not be squeezed not bad.

In addition, these operations guarantee that cigarette 2 keeps its suitable alignment in an orderly manner, and prevent to present the position that axis no longer slightly tilts perpendicular to the hopper back wall and is in bending or risk of breakage.

Claims

1. one kind is used for the device of batch transfer of tobacco products, it comprises a hopper (13), hopper is equipped with a back wall (22) and two sidewalls (23), they are combined and limit the bottom opening (24b) that a top inlet opening (24a) and that allows tobacco product (2) to pass through can be discharged tobacco product (2), also have one to close door (25) by what it opened or closed bottom opening (24b), it is characterized in that

Comprise that also one is connected in the actuating mechanism (31) of sidewall (23), it changes the geometry of sidewall (23) on one's own initiative, so that the internal capacity of hopper (13) is adapted to the amount of permission by the tobacco product of open top (24a).

2. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, actuating mechanism (31) comprising: at least one sensor (32), described sensor (32) can monitor that indication allows to enter a parameter of the tobacco product amount of hopper (13); One is connected in the actuator (33) of sidewall (23); An and control module (34) that is connected in described at least one sensor (32) and actuator (33), described control module (34) can be accepted the signal (S) that the described parameter of tobacco product (2) amount that allows to enter hopper (13) is indicated in a representative from sensor (32), and produce a signal (C), change the geometry of sidewall (23) by this signal guidance actuator (33).

3. device as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, also comprise: a carrying is used for loading the supporting member (29) and a motor (30) of a container (3) of tobacco product (2), supporting member (29) by motor and between a primary importance and a second place vertical ground motion, primary importance is opened (24b) near the bottom of hopper (13), and the second place is opened (24b) away from this bottom, makes can be loaded tobacco product (2) at supporting member (29) from primary importance container (3) towards the process of second place motion.

4. device as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, motor (30) is connected in control module (34), so that the fall off rate (Vd) of supporting member (29) changes in response to the signal of accepting from sensor (32), the described parameter of the amount of the tobacco product (2) that allows to enter hopper (13) is indicated in this signal representative.

5. as claim 1,2,3 or 4 described devices, it is characterized in that each sidewall (23) of hopper (13) comprises a flexible foils reed (38).

6. device as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, each sidewall (23) comprises a terminal part (39), this terminal part (39) links to each other pivotly with a fixed frame (28) near top inlet opening (24a), and paper tinsel reed (38) has one be slidably inserted into second end (38b) that first end (38a) and in the terminal part (39) links to each other pivotly with fixed frame (28) near bottom exhaust openings (24b).

7. as claim 5 or 6 described devices, it is characterized in that actuator (33) comprising: a pair of lever (40), each lever have second end (40b) that first end (40a) and that is articulated in fixed frame (28) is connected in a corresponding sidewall (23); And at least one motor (45), this motor causes each lever (40) to rotate around corresponding first end (40a).

8. device as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, at least one motor (45) of actuator (33) comprises the piston cylinder (46) of the pneumatic or hydraulic pressure of a beidirectional.

9. device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, also comprise a conveyer belt (6) along a predetermined direction (X) extension between a first module (4) of handling tobacco product (2) and one second unit (5), conveyer belt has a middle opening (12) towards the top of hopper (13) inlet opening (24a) location, by this opening tobacco product (2) is fallen in the hopper (13).

10. the device of stating as claim 9 is characterized in that, described at least one sensor (32) is positioned at along near some place the conveyer belt (6) of predetermined direction (X).

11. device as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, described at least one sensor (32) is positioned at the top of the inlet opening (24a) of hopper (13).

12., it is characterized in that described at least one sensor (32) comprises that one can survey the degree of depth (Sp) of tobacco product (2) stream that advances along predetermined direction (X) on conveyer belt (6) as claim 10 or 11 described devices.

13. program that is used for batch transfer of tobacco products, comprise tobacco product (2) stream is fed to the interior step of a hopper (13), this hopper (13) is equipped with a back wall (22) and two sidewalls (23), they combined and limit top inlet opening (24a) and tobacco product (2) can be from the bottom opening (24b) of discharging wherein, also have a dozen to open or close close (25) of closing bottom opening (24b), it is characterized in that, this program also comprises the steps: to change the geometry of sidewall (23) and the internal capacity of hopper (13) according to tobacco product (2) amount that enters hopper (13) on one's own initiative by means of an actuating mechanism (31) that is connected in sidewall (23).

14. program as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, also comprises following all steps: positioning vessel (3) makes it align with the bottom exhaust openings (24b) of hopper (13); Operation is closed door (25) and is opened bottom opening (24b) decline container (3) and enter in the container (3) from hopper (13) by tobacco product (2) allowing; And the fall off rate (Vd) of controlling container (3) according to the parameter that indication enters tobacco product (2) amount in the hopper (13).

15. program as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that, the step that tobacco product (2) stream is fed in the hopper (13) may further comprise the steps: go up guiding tobacco product (2) along a predetermined direction (X) at a conveyer belt (6), this conveyer belt (6) extends between first module (4) and Unit second (5), tobacco product (2) is by these two cell processing, conveyer belt (6) has a middle opening (12) towards the top of hopper (13) inlet opening (24a) location, by this opening tobacco product (2) is fallen in the hopper (13).

16. program as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, the described parameter that indication enters tobacco product (2) amount in the hopper (13) is provided by the flow rate of the tobacco product (2) that advances on conveyer belt (6).

17. program as claimed in claim 16, it is characterized in that, the step that changes sidewall geometry on one's own initiative comprises following all steps: the regulation deformation rule (Ld) with reference to flow rate (Pr) according to corresponding to the tobacco product (2) that advances on conveyer belt (6) makes sidewall (23) distortion; Effective flow rate (Pe) of the tobacco product (2) that detection is advanced on conveyer belt (6); Should effective flow rate (Pe) with reference to flow rate (Pr) relatively; And under being different from situation with reference to flow rate (Pr), effective flow rate (Pe) changes deformation rule (Ld).

18. program as claimed in claim 17, it is characterized in that, the step of control container fall off rate comprises following all steps: according to the regulation characteristics of motion (Lm) with reference to flow rate (Pr) corresponding to the tobacco product (2) that advances on conveyer belt (6), decline container (3); Effective flow rate (Pe) of the tobacco product (2) that detection is advanced on conveyer belt (6); Should effective flow rate (Pe) with reference to flow rate (Pr) relatively; And under being different from situation with reference to flow rate (Pr), effective flow rate (Pe) changes the characteristics of motion (Lm).