DE2050840A1 - Method and packing machine for packing packaged goods - Google Patents

Description

WORKS KÖRBER & CO. KG. HAMBURG

20 508 AO Bergedorf, July 27, 1970 Patent Hi / Sch

Keyword: Paokmasohine-Empty-Packing-Storage-Summary Ha un i -Akt θ 1073

Method and Paokmasohine for packing packaged goods

The invention relates to a method for packaging packaged goods, in the case of partially finished, open, empty packaging on a production line made of original casing components (Empty packs) are prefabricated, which are brought together with the packaged goods, whereupon the packs are assembled will.

The invention also relates to a packing machine with a conveying device for the supply of packaged goods, with a Production line for production device having wrapping components for the prefabrication of partially finished, open, empty packs (empty packs) and with a downstream Packaging device for performing Verpaokunga operations to assemble the Paokungen.

With packaging machines, especially those in the cigarette industry, with increasing production speeds or with direct connection of a Paok machine to a production machine, it becomes more and more important that the packaging machines are immune to malfunctions and, especially when directly connected to production machines, without special supervision by the operating personnel Attention is generally required of the actual production machines, can be shut down in the event of interruptions in the production flow and automatically restarted with the production machines after the interruptions have been eliminated. The interruptions can consist of interruptions in the supply of Verpaokungagut, for example when upstream machines producing the Verpaokungagut are stopped as a result of malfunctions or from the intended shutdown

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Stw .: Paokmaschine-LeerpackungBspeicher-Summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 27, 1970

Operating staff, caused leg. After such interruptions, even if they are relatively brief, there is a risk that when the packaging operations are restarted (e.g. when the packaging machine is switched on again) Malfunctions occur which, for example, are not sufficiently strong as a result of the adhesive that has dried off during the interruption period adhesive seams or interrupted, i.e. not completed, critical packing operations could be.

The object of the invention is the Yerpaokungsvorgangs the adapt to the above conditions, i.e. one really. safe packaging of the packaging that is as insusceptible as possible to failure goods, especially cigarettes, even with frequent interruptions.

The solution according to the invention is that Leerpaleitungen prefabricated independently of the packaging goods supply that the Leerpaokungen on at least one Leerpakkungsförderbahn be promoted that the Leerpaokungen this Leerpaokungsförderbahn with Verpaokungagut units be merged, after which the with packaged goods units merged empty passages on a Verpaokuugabahn further Verpaokungsoperationen are carried out, and that Verpaokungsoperationen not with Verpaokungsguteinheit merged, further promoted empty passcodes) are prevented

After the Verpaokungsguteinheit, for example blocks of cigarettes, brought together with the prefabricated Leerpaokungen or the Verpaokungsguteinbeiten have been introduced into the empty packs, further peeling operations to close the filled empty paokungen, namely packaging, are required. This work is not just supposed to be. rei without a hitch insert in during packaging, son countries it 'olles Auob impeccable quality packs Because dueiert be pro- * te but may happen that individual Leerpaokungen eg nioht the failure of Verpaokungsgutzufuhr can be filled and form daduroh Aueaohuß and

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Stw .: Packing machine empty parcel storage summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 27, 1970

Cause malfunctions, it is particularly advantageous in a further embodiment of the invention that the units with packaged goods merged empty packs are fed to a packaging line on which further packaging operations are carried out, and that not with packaged goods units merged empty packs are kept away from the packaging line. The empty packs, 'which from one or more wrapping components, e.g. from sections of metal foil (tinfoil) and / or paper, should exist in a short time and efficiently during their promotion to a merging point for empty packs and packaged goods units are formed. To achieve this., is ^ as according to the invention particularly favorable that the empty packs on at least one closed empty pack path be funded, which are at least partially e ^ na Production line for the iQerpackungen is.

_{As already stated above,} c - v: ~ -V ~ <"·: -: ώ ; IuL · Empty packages cannot be lulled with packaging goodIeV-.it-;.? With such empty packages also go far ;; in the packaging process for Grouting steiaen, so not lost, it is advantageous in a further expedient embodiment of the invention that empty packs not merged with packaged goods units circulate on at least one closed empty pack conveyor track, are stored during their revolutions on this and are available for merging with Verpaokungsguteinheit after each cycle . if the Verpackungsgutzufuhr does not start on time again and the Leerpaokungsförderbahn is filled with Leerpaokungen or if unfilled empty packs should not be stored for manufacturing reasons, it may be * the invention be as reasonable that not be removed with Verpaokungsguteinheiten merged Leerpaokungen from the Leerpaokungsförderbahn.

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Stw .: Packing machine-empty packaging memory-summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 27, 197Q

Both when using wet glue, the air manufacture of adhesive joints must dry, as well as of so-called hot melt adhesive, which is activated by heat, for the production of empty pairs is for a secure connection of the glued joints a certain minimum time is required in that? the glue sets. This time is reduced · with the Strong increases in the performance of the packaging machines that can be observed today. To save space even with sufficiently long drying times or activation times for the adhesive To be able to keep small, it is proposed according to a development of the invention, the empty packs or their components during their movement on the closed empty package conveyor to convey on at least one substantially straight conveyor track. Because on the other hand, to execution of the actual manufacturing operations revolvers have proven to be very effective in packaging technology, are in further training According to the invention, the empty packs or their components on the empty pack conveyor track along at least one circular one Conveyor track conveyed while manufacturing operations are performed on them; then the empty packages conveyed further on at least one essentially straight conveyor track. During the promotion, the empty packs be heated on the straight conveyor track at adhesive points.

The Leerpaokungen should form a good protection against damage, moisture exchange, etc. for the Verpaokungsguteinheit to be wrapped and also look attractive as sales goods. According to the invention, this can be achieved in an advantageous manner in that empty packs are prefabricated from several wrapping components. For the aforementioned purpose, the wrapping components can consist of different materials, such as smooth or embossed metal foil (tinfoil), specially prepared and printed paper, cardboard or plastic, etc.

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Stw .: Paokmachine-empty-packing-store-summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 27, 1970

For economic reasons there is the wish, if possible Only empty packs filled with packaged goods units to create. However, this is only possible if special measures are taken to control the material supply. Therefore, in a further advantageous embodiment of the Invention, the supply of packaged goods units is scanned and empty packs are scanned as a function of the scanning and packaged goods units. Here can empty packs depending on the supply of packaged goods from the production line, the empty pack conveyor track at the same time is to be transferred to the packaging line. This measure only allows empty packs to get through on the packaging line, even if a packaging item is called there. To such a working method To exercise safely, it is necessary to monitor attendance of Verpaokungsguteinheit at a different location to be carried out, all on the one on which the merging of Empty packs with packaged goods units are carried out. According to In a further embodiment of the invention, it is therefore expedient that the supply of Verpaokungsguteinheit in such a removal is monitored with empty passages in front of a merging point that a packaged goods unit and the one triggered by this Verpaokungsguteinheit Signal empty pack retrieved from the production line are merged at the merging point.

In order to keep the machine outlay for carrying out the method according to the invention within reasonable limits, it is necessary to carry out some of the various types of work for the prefabrication of Leerpaokungen that are to be carried out on their production line while the conveyor movement is at a standstill. For this reason, it is part in a further embodiment of the invention of particular before when the wrapping components are promoted cyclically on the production line, with manufacturing operations aur prefabrication of Leerpaokungen during work cycles

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Stw .: Paokraaschine-Ieerpaokungspeicher-Summary Hauni file 1075 - Bergedorf, July 27, 1970

can be made, each consisting of a requirement step and assigned downtime exist.

To avoid scrap, it is important that manufacturing operations for empty packs only take place when the previous manufacturing operations have taken place or fc * w>. have ended with success. According to the invention is therefore advantageously provided that manufacturing operations can be controlled depending on pre-made empty parcels · This also applies to the » drove wrapping material onto the production line, which according to the invention also depends on

W manufactured Leerpaokungen can be controlled. For the same reasons, namely to avoid rejects, a production operation should only be triggered if there is not already a processed covering component in the operation area. According to the invention, manufacturing operations are therefore controlled as a function of the presence or absence of empty pairings or components thereof on the production line. With these hatreds it can happen that the wrapping material is not supplied during the manufacturing operations, for example because the supply has been exhausted or some other error has occurred in the material supply. In order to avoid this

* To eliminate kind of disruptions in the actual production operations for the production of empty packs and the related packaging operations, it is advantageous according to the invention that the supply of wrapping components to the production line is monitored and that an error signal is output if the supply is missing or incorrect. When carrying out Verpaokungsoperationen in the broadest sense - for example also in the production of empty Paokungen, it is beneficial for operational safety that critical Verpaokungioptrttiontn are not interrupted. According to the invention, it is therefore particularly advantageous that covering components including the empty components made from them

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Stw .: Packing machine empty pack storage summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 27, 1970

packs and the packaged goods are conveyed cyclically, with Verpaokungsoperationen in the broadest sense, including the! Manufacturing operations for empty packs, are carried out during work cycles, each consisting of a conveying step and associated downtime, and that when a signal is issued to interrupt the packaging operations to any Time a work cycle that has already started is continued until the end of critical packaging operations. In order to gain time and space and to avoid tobacco failure or other changes in condition caused by long transport routes in the case of cigarettes, an embodiment of the invention is advantageous in which the packaged goods are supplied directly from a production machine. . Ale ii i ν manner described well with enveloping V <"■, .V: - gutainheiten ei gray to erf indungsgemäß <ηκ ^ ι ,, ν .. · * · üabakartikeln staöförmigen iv like?

The aforementioned, in particular for exercising the method according to Serving the invention packing machine is characterized by a manufacturing device with independent of a Driven conveyor device for the supply of packaged goods Production tools and by one arranged in the course of a conveyor track for empty packs (empty pack conveyor track) Merging device for empty packs and packaged goods units, and by only empty packs, to which packaged goods units fed by the conveyor device are assigned, to the Verpaokungsvorrichtung transferring transfer device.

The -production of the empty packs should take place - as already said, during their conveyance to the merging parts for empty packs and packaged goods units. Therefore, according to the invention, a closed empty package conveyor is expediently provided, which is designed as a circulating empty package conveyor which is at the same time part

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Stw .: Packing machine-empty pack storage-summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 27, 1970

the production device for the empty packs. Is the empty package conveyor at the same time as a storage conveyor designed for the empty packs, then it can .not merged with packaged goods units, i.e. Unnecessary empty packs, which can later be retrieved from the storage conveyor when required. There the circulating empty packs, if necessary, are combined with packaged goods units, i.e. filled, is in accordance with of the invention in the course of the closed empty pack conveyor a merging device for merging empty packs with the empty pack conveyor ™ Packaged goods units provided.

If empty packings that are not with packaged goods units have been merged, are no longer to be used for packaging, is advantageous in the course of Empty packaging conveyor track arranged separating device for such not merged with Verpaokungsguteinheit Empty packs provided.

In the case of packaging machines with high packaging capacities, it must be ensured that the adhesive seams of empty packs have sufficient time to set. This problem is solved without a great deal of space in a further development of the invention in that the empty pack conveyor has at least one partial conveyor with a straight conveyor track, preferably a conveyor belt. Since turrets are preferred for carrying out folding operations to produce the empty packs in Paokmaschinentechnik, the empty pack conveyor has at least one folding turret, at least in the actual production area of the empty packs, in which the folding operations are carried out on wrapping material. A vertically conveying continuous storage tank, in which the paokings lie close to one another, has a particularly small footprint.

Particularly in the case of one of several partial conveyors, e.g. folding turrets and conveyors with straight conveyor tracks.

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The not yet fully folded wrapping components or the empty packs must be placed on the upright empty pack conveyor seibat be transferred from a sub-sponsor to the subordinate sub-sponsor. The proper handover of wrapping material without filling from one conveyor to another conveyor, especially in the case of larger packaging capacities the packing machine problems. With the invention it is proposed to solve this problem that for Manufacture of the empty packs folding mandrels are provided that are not rigidly connected to the empty pack conveyor thus from a partial conveyor including the wrapping components located on them or the empty packs located on them can be removed and transferred to a downstream partial conveyor. To the cladding components better To be able to hold on to the folding mandrels, the ones with the empty pairs in contact with surfaces provided with channels, which during the separation as a result of a relative Movement between the holding device and folding mandrels can be acted upon with suction air.

As already mentioned, the empty packs are placed on the empty packs conveyor produced. Appropriate tools are required for this, in an expedient further embodiment of the invention in the form of a manufacturing device for consisting of several covering components Empty packs are formed.

In order to ensure with certainty that only empty packages filled with packaged goods are sent for further processing (packaging), relevant control devices are required. According to the invention, therefore, a monitoring device for the supply of Verpaokungsguteinheit and a control arrangement connected to the monitoring device for the Zueammenführvorriohtung of Leerpaokungen and packaged goods units are used in an advantageous manner. According to a further invention

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Stw .: Packing machine-empty pack storage-summary Hauni file 1072 - Bergedorf, July 27, 1970

The monitoring device is the design of the control device connected to the control arrangement for a transfer device, which merged with packaged goods units Empty packs transferred to the packaging device, the monitoring device in such a Distance from the merging point is arranged that a packaged goods unit and that of this Verpaokungsguteinheit triggered in the monitoring device Signal from the production line retrieved empty pairing at the merging point.

As already mentioned, not all manufacturing and packaging operations can be carried out during a conveying movement perform, but require a downtime period for certain operations. A particularly advantageous training the invention is therefore characterized by a step-by-step drive for a production requirement? for conveying the empty packs on the production line and for a packaging conveyor for conveying the units with packaging goods merged empty packs on the packaging line, with periods of downtime between the individual steps of a desired duration.

The smooth production of empty packs as well as their perfect condition depends largely on the constant availability of the required material approval. In the event of errors in this particular production section, considerable disruptions in the entire packaging process can occur. For this reason, according to the invention, a monitoring device for empty packs or components thereof, which is arranged in the course of the empty packs conveyor path, is provided , which is connected to a control arrangement for manufacturing operations of the manufacturing equipment for the prefabrication of empty packs. Thus, according to the invention, there is also a control arrangement for controlling the supply

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Stw .: Packmaachine empty pack storage summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 27, 1970

connected by wrapping components to the manufacturing device. A monitoring device provided according to the invention for the supply of casing components to the manufacturing device, which is connected to a signal transmitter that responds when the supply is not carried out, is advantageous Make sure that any deficiency in the enclosure components is indicated immediately.

To avoid operational disruptions as a result of the interruption of critical machine operations (transfer operations, folding operations), according to the invention, a step-by-step drive for conveying the packaged goods units and the wrapping components within work cycles is advantageous, each of which consists of conveyor cables and downtimes. The drive Ιεΐ ό-s λτ. "assigned iae control arrangement nt at A ^ GAV. * -> :: * iüsrn ^ ls yes any for interrupting the Verpackungsoperatio a oti time a started operating cycle to i / critical to end Verpaokungsoperationen, preferably up to the end of the working cycle, further controls.

To avoid intermediate storage and the conditioning difficulties associated with cigarettes, for example and long conveying paths of the packaged goods, it is expedient and provided according to the invention that the conveying device for the supply of packaging goods directly to an upstream Production machine is connected.

Rod-shaped tobacco articles such as cigarette blocks in the form of formations are particularly advantageous according to the invention as packaged goods units.

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Stw .: Packing machine-empty pack storage-summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, the ^. July 1970

The invention is explained in more detail with reference to the drawings showing the exemplary embodiments. Show it:

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a top view of a machine combination for the production and packaging of filter cigarettes, consisting of production machines (cigarette rod machine, Filter attachment machine), intermediate storage for filter cigarettes, conveyor device for cigarette blocks and packing machines (soft cup packing machine, Clear film wrapping machine),

Details of the buffer in a side view,

Details of the intermediate storage in a plan view,

a perspective overview diagram of a soft-cup pack machine with a designed as encircling empty pack store manufacturing conveyor for empty packs, point wherein ilen figures 4c and 4d details of sufficiently clear representable in Figures 4a and 4b nioht T _e, details of a Faltdornes in section, details of a Stanniolapparates, the at the same time forms a tube folding device, and associated electrical and pneumatic control

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elements,

Details of a control curve from FIG. 6, individual positions of the hose folding device Figure 6 during the tube formation, details of a folder for folding a paper blank,

Details of a butterfly for narrow frontal lobes,

Details of a banderole folder, a gear plan for the Paok machine , a control plan for the Paokmasohine, packs based on a folding and packaging operations,

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a variant of the packing machine of Figure 4 with a folding mandrel and a separating device for empty paokings that do not contain cigarette blocks are brought together, in section, a side view of a Weiohbeoher packing machine with a circulating empty pack storage trained production conveyor, the two horizontal conveyor belts and two vertical conveyors having,

a view of the magazine of the Paok machine according to arrow K in Figure 16 with two removal bumps for removing cigarette blocks from the magazine,

an extraction tappet of FIG. 17 in section on an enlarged scale,

a view of a holder for folding mandrels according to arrow I in Figure 16,

a folding tool of FIG. 16 for folding a narrow front lobe of the empty pairs in an enlarged manner Scale,

a view of the FaIt tool according to arrow M. in Figure 20,

a view of a puller of the packaging machine for pulling empty paokings from folding mandrels according to arrow N in Figure 16 on an enlarged scale,

a view of the puller according to arrow 0 in Figure 22,

holding tongs for the second lowest folding mandrel in the Durohlaufspeioher,

Casing components and empty packaging made from them after individual folding and packaging operations on a Paok machine of Figures 16 to 24,

a side view of a white cup packing machine with a production conveyor designed as a revolving empty pack storage device, consisting

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from two folding turrets, a vertical conveyor and two horizontal conveyors, for order regarding the production conveyor displaceable folding mandrels folded empty packs, a transfer device for cigarette blocks of magazines in recordings of a press turret in enlarged with respect to FIGS. 26a, 26b Scale,

Details of a test facility for supplied cigarette blocks to be packed, details of a Yerso place for folding mandrels between a folding turret of the vertical conveyor in a perspective view and with respect to FIGS. 26a, 26b on an enlarged scale, details of a displacement point for folding mandrels between a horizontal conveyor and the further horizontal conveyor in FIG 26a, 26b on an enlarged scale, details of a merging device for cigarette blocks and finished empty packs in FIG perspective view and bezugliota figure 26a, 26b enlarged Mafistab, details of the folding turret and the horizontal conveyor of FIGS. 26a, 26b on an enlarged scale,

ÜmhüllungBkomponenten made therefrom Leerpaokungen and sew a a FaIt- and packaging operations at a Peokmasohine R & ren 26 to 32.

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Stw .: Packing machine empty parcel storage summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 17, 1970

In Figure 1 is a known cigarette rod machine 1 for Manufacture of Piain cigarettes, e.g. of the GARANT type from Hauni-Werke Körber & Co. KG, 205 Hamburg 80, also one known filter attachment machine 2 for attaching filter plugs, e.g. of the MAX type from Hauni-Werke Körber & Co. KG, subordinate. The connection point between the two machines is the deposit drum 3 of the cigarette rod machine 1, which at the same time represents the feed conveyor conveying the plain cigarettes to the filter attachment machine 2. Instead of the aforementioned Production machines can of course also be used with machines of other types.

The filter attachment 2 is a magazine 4 for In lic toward * ( "called nachgoordnet which reciprocates into Klchtur-g nnes double arrow 6 and rockable. Hereinafter \ at ^r Zij 3 ~ rstten.?)" Of the produced filter cigarettes: ' - .iw-sturfsl 7 for removing packaged goods units \ . V.vm of cigarette formations (cigarette blocks 8 in FIGS. 2 and 4) and for transferring the latter in cells 9 of a cell chain 11. The cell chain 11 represents a conveying device for the supply of cigarette blocks 8 (packaged goods units) to a downstream packing machine 12 for the production of soft-cup packs, which in turn

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an Elarsichtfolieneinnschlagmaeoblne 15, for example ν.οα type TRABAKT of the Hauni-Werke, for wrapping the τοπ of Packmssohine 12 dispensed soft cup packs arranged in a lot. In Figure 1 our schematically indicated parts are shown and described in more detail in the following figures.

The magazine 4, of which Figures 2 and 3 show details, consists of a funnel 14, which is provided at the bottom with soles 18, 19 and 21 separated from one another by webs and 17 is and in which a feed conveyor for cigarettes 22 in the form of a » Conveyor belt 23 opens. The cells 9 are articulated to tabs 24 of the cell chain 11 and engage in receptacles 26 of a cell drum 27. The extraction plunger 7 is designed in a known manner and serves to eject a cigarette block 8 from the magazine tubes 18, 19 and 21 in the cells 9. To scan an upper, middle and lower cigarette level in the magazine 4, light barriers 28, 29 and 31 are provided, the assignment of which to the masonry control will be explained later (FIG. 13).

Lie cell chain 11 is led to the Paok machine described in Figures 4a and 4b, which is another, from the drive the packing machine has a cell drum 33 with receptacles 34 for the cells 9, which can be driven in the direction of an arrow 32. In the following description of the packaging machine, FIGS. 4a and 4b are to be considered together. At a transfer point A ' to hand over the cigarette block 8 in a press turret there is a transfer device in the form of a transfer ram 37 with a rod 38 for transferring the cigarette blocks 8 in receptacles 39 of the press turret 36, none of which Further details are shown, since such press turrets for pressing cigarette blocks are known per se (e.g. by U.S. Patent 1,608,163).

By the ways of the cell chain 11 and the recordings 39 dee Preflrevolvers 36 is a conveyor track ü for the supply of

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Yerpaokungsgutainheite »(Zigaretfcenblöoke 0) to the actual Packing device set. The conveyor track TJ also provides a supply track for the packaging quality units dar *

The following is a device for peat production from Leerpaokungen from the coating components, tinfoil and Paper, described, in which then the pressed cigarette blanks iia initiate a merging of Yerpackungagutein (Cigarette block) and prefabricated TJrabüll components (Iieerpackungen) are filled.

The prefabrication of empty packs 41 takes place on a production path, which is formed by filter production conveyors in the form of an empty pack revolver3 42 (empty pack conveyor) and which at the same time represents an empty pack order track. Production tools, for example folding tools and an adhesive application device, for carrying out production operations for the purpose of producing empty coupons 41 from wrapping components conveyed along this path are arranged along this path. The empty pack revolver 42 has folding mandrels 43, of which in particular FIGS. 4 and 4 show details. The folding mandrel?) 43 are provided with bores 44, which are in channels 46 and 4? open inside the Falfcdorne 43, which can be connected with control strands 48, 49 in a stationary control ring 51. The control slots 48 and 49 are connected to a suction air source, not shown. The folding mandrels 43 with permanent magnets 52 and 53, which are used to temporarily hold a folding element described later, are provided on a so-called side surface ai: id. On their outsides there are folding mandrels 43 iewe.ilß ei · ■><?. Receptacle 54 for a plunger 56, to which a drive rod 57 is attached. On the drive rod 57 btür.det there is a "collar 53 on which a spring 59 is supported for the ss-jwugung a Rlioiisselllcraft" To the BeUtiguag des S-SjM ^ * Ie 56 in the direction of arrow 61 is a piston rod 62 of a stationary Witantritebee 63 (Fig. 4d) with the cylinder 64 and the air supply lines 66 and 67. The control valves 46 and

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in the control ring 51 extend over the in Figure 4a and 4b The range of movement of the empty parking turret 42, indicated by a dash-dotted line 68.

JSIn tinfoil apparatus 69 »from the particular figures 6 and 7 Show details serves to feed and fold wrapping components designed as tinfoil sections 71 a tinfoil feed track W (supply track). The tinfoil apparatus 69 shows a device for transferring the tin foil wrapping components onto the production path V (i.e. onto the empty loading turret 42) on the transfer tray B *. A tin foil section 71 is initially formed into a tube.

"A pair of rollers 72 with rollers 72a and 72b is used for feeding a tinfoil web 73 »which is sent from a reel (not shown) via a loop memory known to me Compensation for ruokartlger tensile load is deducted. That The pair of rollers 72 can be driven by a controllable drive via v / hurry 74a and 74b and is provided for the extraction of predetermined web noise from tin foil pieces 71. A knife 76 serves to cut tinfoil offsets 71 from the trains led tinfoil web 73. One with suction channels 77 and 78 and Suction plate 81 provided with suction openings 79 is used to hold a cut tinfoil sleeve 71 during and after cutting it off (? lg. 6). One in mounts

) 82 upwardly and downwardly movable carrier 83 is connected to two rigid folders 84 and 86. The carrier 83 the old butterflies 84 and 86 and the suction plate 81 are nioht in Figure 6 in their actual geometric assignment shown, from Figures 4 "a and 4 b can be seen _f but they are drawn next to each other the better illustration clarity. The carrier 63 and the folders 84 and 86 have suction channels 87 and 88, respectively, which open into the suction openings 89 of the folders. The surfaces 91 of the tabs 84 and 86 that are effective for the folding are arranged at a distance 92 from one another, which corresponds to the stroke 43a of the folding mandrel 45 (lig. 4b). The elements 86 and 84 are therefore used in a U-shape in a Staaniolabsoni Committee 71 and form a Faltmuedstüok 93, which is effective

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If a folding mandrel 45 with the tinfoil cut 71 is passed through. The Xr & gez * 85 iöij vor, eiser EarveTisaliaifc · «94 movable in such a way that the moving input paths of the folders 84 and 86 directly adjoin the palatal thorns 43 to be enveloped during the up and down movement. For this purpose, a cam roller 96 is attached to the carrier 83 , which is guided in a curve 97 of the cam 94. A control arrangement 98 is provided for actuating the embossing device 85 'and the knife 76. A switch 99 is connected to a drive of the packing machine shown later (in FIG. 12) and acts on a pulse shaper 101 with electrical impulses at the rate of the packing machine, which are converted by the latter into defined right oocimpulae. The pulse shaper 101 is followed by two Plip-Plop-Elemecte 102 and 103. A so-called plip-plop element is a bistable multivibrator with two inputs. An output pulse (rest signal) is retained until the set input receives a sets pulse. The Plip-Plop element changes its output pulse, which then remains until the reset input is acted upon by a back pulse, whereupon the output pulse changes again and assumes its idle state. A PlIp-FIcp-Älcaient ct ^r : ..: ■■. i-oi ^ t «inen can be switched over by means of set and backward pulses ^ Zl & z. * - ■; .Memory Actuation of the knife 76 is used. Eio switch 108 is used to reset the PHp-Flop element 102 after the sea movement has taken place . A suction air source designed as a suction fan 113 is provided for supplying the pallets 86 and 84 and the suction plate 81 with suction air. Another ilip-flop element 114 forms, with a power supply amplifier 116 and an electropneumatic valve 117, a third control unit 110, which is used to control the suction air for the pallets 84 'and. To operate itadsohalterern 119 and 121 is a

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Cam 122 attached to bracket 83. The limit switches and 121 are used to reset the flip-plop elements 105 and 114. The electro-pneumatic flat valves 117 and 111 are initially On the other side connected to the suction fan 113 via a line 123. A line 124 connects the suction channel 87 of the carrier 83 and so the palter 84 and 86 iait the electropneumotisohen Valve 117. A further line 126 -connects the sow channel 77 of the suction plate 81 with the electro-pneumatic valve 111. Details of the sequence of movements of the mouth piece 93 FIGS. 8a to 8d show the pins 86 and 84 in the course of the tubular shape, to which in the description of the Mode of action is entered.

For further processing of a tubular casing of a tinfoil section formed by the tinfoil apparatus 69 71 for the purpose of prefabrication of empty passports are used rotatable palter 127 for splitting a wide bottom end lobe on the formed sole with a Wave 128 and a fixed platen surface 129 for splitting of the second broad bottom flap on the formed tube.

A blank apparatus 131 of known type is used for feeding Wrapping components formed by all of the printed paper sections 132 on a paper supply path X. (supply path). The blanket apparatus 131 represents a transfer device for the wrapping component paper onto the production line V at the transfer part B ″. A magazine 133 is provided to accommodate a number of paper sections 132. A suction roll 134 is over a Shaft 136 can be driven by the drive of the Faok machine and is used for removing individual Paplerabsohnltten 132 from the magazine 133. Two suction belts 137a and 137b are over two Suction chambers 138a and 138b out and serve to hold a removed Papierabsohnlttes 132 at the beginning of a Falfeperatlon. A gluing apparatus 139 of known type is assigned to the blank apparatus 131. A glue container 141 is used to hold a supply of needles. In the bottom of the glue container a glue line roller 142 is provided, which is used for Besohik-

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Kung a Beleirnwalze 143 is used. The Beleio roller 145 is formed on its surface in such a way that it can and is to produce a desired glue pattern on the paper section 132 Drivable via a shaft 144 from the drive of the Paokmaacbine.

A TJ-shaped folder 146 is used to form the TJ-shape a β removed paper section 132 and is with a piston rod 147 in the direction of a double arrow 148 with the help of a later described pneumatic drive movable. Details of this are shown in FIG. 9. 2 in Sohieber 149, the a slide rod 151 is attached, when forming the U-shaped blank wrap for the defined system of the paper section 132 to the side facing the palter of the folding mandrel 43v during the folding. A compression spring 152 serves as a return means for the slide 149 after it has taken place Cleavage.

Two pivotable pallets 153 and 154 are "orgeaθhe" in order to form a tubular envelope from the U-shaped paper structure 132. The pallet 153 can be rotated via a shaft 156. The folder 154 is mounted on a shaft 157 and can be moved by a spiral spring 153 in the direction of the arrow 159 = the folder 154 also has the task of compressing the adhesive seam of the clever paper scrap 132 on a folding device 161 during a conveying eye. The folder 154 has an obliquely running slot 162 which is provided for actuating a resiliently mounted armature pin 163 elwea electromagnet 160 explained later.

The folding device 161, which is shown in particular in FIG. 10, is used for the narrow boileaa-sided sling of the sohlsuobföiniigeri tin foil and paper uia wrapping. ir <© r guide rail 167 mounted air4. A tie rod 168, which is connected to two lamps 169 and 171 and can be moved in the direction of the double arrows 172, is provided for actuation of the bars 164 and 166.

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Another pallet 173 for folding a wide, bottom-side end flap of an empty pack 41 corresponds to the folder 127 described above and is designed to be rotatable with a shaft 174. The folder 173 only folds the paper section, since the folder 127 and the felt surface 129 are provided for folding the tinfoil absinthe. A heated press segment 176 is used to fold the second wide, bottom-side end tabs of the paper section 132 and then to press the front tabs provided with adhesive onto the folding mandrel 43 until sufficient strength of the bottom cover is reached. For the bonding of the longitudinal side of the Paplerabschclttes 132 to achieve the ψ Seiteneohlueeea the Letrpackung 41 is for pressing and heating of the Seitenechlusee a heated arcuate Press plate 177 is provided. The described feeding devices and the folding devices for wrapping components form the production device for the empty packs 41 and are part of the empty packaging turret 42, which, as in particular from the following description of the mode of operation emerges, also represents a storage conveyor. The Fertlgungobahn V forms a supply line from which to Leerpaokungen 41 processed Umhüllkouiponenten for Zueanimenführung with assigned cigarette blocks 6 can be called up.

^ A transfer point £ is provided for the further processing of the empty packs 41, at which, if necessary, prefabricated empty packs 41 are transferred from their storage line (production line V) on the empty pack turret 42 to a packaging track ϊ on a packing conveyor ic in the form of a packing revolver 179 with receptacles 178. In the already described Figure 4d aind details of an overhead guide

175 Contraption! depicted »the you in connection with the Description of the Verpaokungarevolvera 179 below are to be considered. The recordings 178 of the packaging area Vere 179 move eiob in the direction of arrow 1 # 1 on the

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Dotted lines indicated packaging path Y, along the Packaging tools (e.g. folding tools) for implementation of packaging operations for the purpose of completing soft cup packs from empty packs 41 (processed casing components) and cigarette blocks 8 (packaged goods units) are arranged in these filled-in cigarette blocks. On a wave 183 a number of spokes 184 are arranged, on which the receptacles 178 are placed in the form of pockets which serve to accommodate empty packs 41 and cigarette blocks 8. A stationary annular cover plate 186 temporarily forms a base for the recordings 178,

At a merging point C is a merging device for bringing together envelope components prefabricated into empty packs 41 and packaged goods units (pressed Cigarette blocks 8) shown. At the merging part C is also a transfer device 187 for Transferring cigarette blocks 8 (merged with empty packs 41) into the actual packaging device, i.e. arranged in the receptacles 178 of the packaging turret 179, so that the merging point G is simultaneously a transfer point for transferring cigarette pucks ο ^ packaged goods units) from its Vorretsbahn U to the Ysrpackungsbahn Y forms.

The above-described transfer device 175 forms together with the transfer device 187 a merging device, de the transfer device 175 the bulk packs 41 passes on their path to the merging point. The transfer device 187 for the cigarette blocks 8, Fig. 4c shows further details of which has a merging tappet 188 with a drive rod 189, A mouthpiece 192 attached to a tab 191 is of a a cigarette block 8 leading into a receptacle 178 working movement of the joining joint 188 in the direction of the Arrow 193 can be moved up directly to the receptacle 178, in which calibration when a cigarette block 8 is transferred

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an empty pack 41 is located.

A folding device 194 for splitting the narrow head-side end tabs on the empty pack 41 which is still open and filled with a cigarette block 8 is designed in the same way as the folding device 161 described in FIG.

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A rotatable folder 196 with a shaft 1971 is used to split a wide head-side end flap of a filled empty paokung. A banding device 199 is used for banding finished folded packs 201 with bands 202 and for forwarding the banded packs to a conveyor designed as a conveyor belt 203. A slide 204 is provided in order to push packs 201 from the receptacles 178 of the packaging ^{turret 179 into receptacles 206 of a four-armed banding turret 207 at a transfer point A w.} A carrier 209 running in the direction of arrow 208 and having a stack of banderoling elements 211 shown in particular in FIG. 11 is provided for applying a banderole 202 to a pack 201. The banding stamp 211 (see also FIG. 11) is designed to be displaceable in connection with an electromagnet 212 in order to be able to attach a band 202 in the middle of its outer parts 210 over a pack 201. In addition to removing the banderoles 202 from a storage magazine 213, the outer parts 210 have suction bores 214 which are connected to a Gaugluffcijuelle (not shown). Liae compression spring 216 holds a middle part 215, which can be displaced between the extension parts 210, in a defined rest position. The liner is used to lend the bands 202.

Sine pull rod 218 with pivotable driver 219 is necessary for the Removal of the finished packs from the receptacles 206 of the banding cover 207, the blow nozzle 221 is used for removal von ZigerettenblÖoken 8 »those without OKhilllungakompcrjen- ■ fren in the Aufnaiimon 206 dee Banderollerrevolvtra 207 arrives,

To ensure a correct function of the Packmaaohins to ers-iügilohen, aind different OberwaohungovorriGhtungen present whose: iignt.lö on elna the PaoüiiasohiLe steuerndu 3t ';u; rungaanordriung (Ii ^ ^v ... 13a 13ü.) Act. In the same FIGS. 4a and 4b as well as agen aer ^v fiberwaohun ^ avorrichtungen with respect to egg individual construction elements of the Paokmaechine shown.

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Details of the control arrangement will be described later in connection with FIGS. 13a to 13c. For monitoring the supply of Zlgarettenblöoken 8 (packaged goods units) in the receptacles 39 of the press turret 36 a monitoring device designed as a reflexion barrier 222 is provided, the reflexion barrier 222 lies - seen in the conveying direction of the cigarette blocks β - around the same anaabi (three) of work cycles ahead The merging section C shows how the transfer point B - as seen in the conveying direction of the empty pairs 41 - lies in front of the merging point C. 223 »224 * 226 and 227 are buttons trained monitoring devices for controlling the state of empty pairings 41, which are conductive between

"Can distinguish between metal and non-conductors. The buttons 223, 224, 226 and 227 each consist of two sliding contacts that are connected to a power source and during of a conveyor pipe are in contact with the empty packs 41 conveyed past them. An audio-releasing connection is then established between the sliding contacts if this on tinfoil or another leftfählgea material rest. Two induction coils 228 known per se Monitoring devices configured in 229 are able to determine the presence of finished packs 201 in the receptacles 206 of the bending turret 207 or on the conveyor belt 203.

) t The buttons 227 and 223 provide monitoring devices for the presence of empty packs 41 on the empty payload turret 42. The buttons 224 and 226 represent monitoring devices for the supply of packaging components (Tinfoil absohtiitte 71 bew. Papieriusohnltte 132). In Figure 12, which shows the operating plan of the Paokmaschlne, is a step-by-step conveying drive in the form of a drive motor 231 is shown, which mechanically via electrically controllable clutches 232 and 367 with a Sohrittgetrlebe in the form a Malteser gear 233 known per se and with the gear unit (not shown) of the Zlgarettenstrangmasohine 1 and the filter attachment machine is connected. The Maltese gear 233 has a Maltese cross 234 with recesses 236

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on, into which a Miiunehnser attached to a pad 237

233 can intervene. During the interventions of the driver In one of the recesses 236, the Maltese cross 234 is rotated to implement a conveyor tube R. He comes Driver 238 disengaged, so the Maltese cross remains

234 stand during a standstill time S, the driver bit 238 comes into engagement with the following recess 236 *.

A work cycle T of the packaging machine thus consists of a conveying step R (rotation of the Malteser KreuEee 234 and that of it driven tacking machine turret) and the downtime S.

The Pigur 12 shows the gear at the end of a work cycle, before the driver 238 again engages in a recess 236, A shaft 244 is driven from the Maltese gear 233 via a toothed belt drive 239. on which the drive part of an electrically controllable clutch 246 sits. The output part of the clutch 246 drives a shaft 247 tfit of the cam disk 94. Via the shaft 183 of the Maltese Cross 234 "sits on a cam plate 248, a Zahnred 249 is driven, dos Si a Zahnred 254 is connected via a pinion gear 251 with a Zehorsü * on a shaft 253 and on a shaft 556 ic engagement. Gear 254 is in engagement with a Ritael 257, by which a gear 259 can be driven via a shaft 258, which on its side engages with a Riteel 261. The pinion 261 is connected via a shaft 262 to the drive part of an electrically controllable clutch 263, which is connected on the output side to the pulley 74a. Gear 249 meshes with gear 264 on a shaft 266 with which a pinion 267 on shaft 136 is in engagement. “Part 183 also has a bevel gear 268 that meshes with another bevel gear 269. The latter is connected via a shaft 271 to a gear 272 which meshes with a pinion 273 on a shaft 274. Shaft connects tickle 273 with a gear 276 which meshes with a gear 277 on a shaft 278. Shaft 278 is connected to the drive part of an electrically controllable coupling 279, the drive part of which is connected to a shaft 281.

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An electrical switch 99 is attached to the cam disk 248 belätigbar, the naoh spring Fördereohritt 'R emits a signal in the subsequent downtime S. The one at the switch 99 downstream pulse shaper 101 is already described in FIG. The shafts you have prepared are the following in the Figures 4a and 4b described construction elements of the Paokmasohine arranged: shaft 183 - packaging turret 179; Y / elle 266 - Leerpaokungsrevolver 421 Shaft 253 -! »Reßrevolver 36; Shaft 256 - cell drum 33ί shaft 74a - roller 72a; wave 136 - suction roll 134; Shaft 274 - banding turret 207; Wave 281 - beam 209.

The .Packmaschine is in Figures 4a to 4d at £ nde one Working cycle shown.

FIGS. 13a to 13c show a control arrangement for controlling the various manufacturing and packaging operations the Paokiaaachine depicted. The switch 99 and pulse shaper 101 have already been described in FIGS. 6 and 12. The control arrangement is composed of a number of control units, the pulses from pulse shaper 101 and signals from the control units assigned monitoring devices, e.g. for the supply of Yerpaokungsgute contents and wrapping coraponents as well as for the presence and completeness of empty packs ι record. This enables the control units to carry out any required manufacturing and packaging operations depending on the machine cycle to control.

The individual control units are explained in more detail below, the function of the flip-flop elements described in detail in FIG. 6 no longer being specifically explained. A control unit 301 is used to control the supply of tin foil scraps 71 and their transfer from their supply line W onto the Leerpaokungsrevolver 42. The supply is to be interrupted when a folding mandrel 43 is ready wrapping components having. The electrically controllable clutch 263 is shown in FIG 12 and connects the roller 72a via the shaft 74a

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des ¥ -; lzenpaaree 72 Id Figure 4a and 41) with the paok machine drive. The electrically controllable clutch 246 is also described in the transmission diagram of FIG. 12 and drives the cam disk 94 in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 via the shaft 247 of the cam 94, so that a work cycle is brought to the end, regardless of when a switch-off command is issued by button 223. The button 223 is arranged in the packaging path Ϊ and has already been explained in the description of FIG. 4b. A NOT-Glled 303 and two AND gates 304 and 306 control a flip-flop element 307, which in turn controls an amplifier 308 for controlling the described clutches 263 and 246.

The control units 107, 112 and 118 have been described in connection with FIG. 6 and are used to actuate the Knife 76, for separating the tinfoil section 71 3 as well as for Supply of the suction plate 81 and the folders 84 and 86 with Suction air to hold the tinfoil sections 71.

A control unit 309 is used to control the folder 127, which has already been discussed in the description of FIG. i to rotate the shaft 126 of the folder 127 is a rotary magnet 311 is provided. An adjustable delay element designed as an RC element 312 serves to delay the switching on of the rotary magnet 311, the control of the rotary magnet 311 taking place via a flip-flop element 313 and an amplifier 314 connected downstream of it. A contact 316 is provided for resetting the flip-flop elements 313.

£ in & control unit 317 is used to interrupt the supply of paper submissions 132 and their transfer from their supply line 1 to the empty pack turret 42 by switching off the suction air for the suction roller 134, as is also the case with the

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Description of Figure 4a has been discussed. The monitoring device designed as a button 224 for the presence of tin foil sections 71 is effected via a UICHI element 318 and two AND gates 319 and 321 as well as a flip-flop element 322 and an amplifier 323 control one electropneumatic valve 324 for the suction air flow.

A control unit 326 is used to actuate the folder 146 already described in FIGS. 4a and 9 to generate the U-shape of a paper blank 132. A flip-flop slement causes, via an amplifier 328, the control of an electropneumatic valve 329, which depending on its switching position, the piston rod 147 of a pneumatic cylinder 331 can move. A contact 332 is used to reset the flip-flop elementa 327 after the piston rod 147 moves forward.

A control unit 333 is used to actuate the folder 153 described in FIG To rotate the shaft 156 of the folder 153, a delay element designed as an RC element 336, a flip-flop element 337 and an amplifier 338 can be controlled. One contact 339 is used to reset the flip-plop element a 337.

A control unit 341 is used to lock the folder 154 by means of the anchor pin 163 of the electromagnet 160, the has already been described in FIG. 4a. Via an adjustable θ a RC element 342, a flip-flop element 343 and an amplifier 344, the electromagnet 160 can be excited in such a way that his anchor, designed as a pin 163, is tightened. A contact 347 dleat to reset the flip-flop element 337.

A control unit 348 is used to operate the folding device 161 for folding the narrow frontal lobes of the

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Empty packs 41, as described in general in FIG. 4a and FIG is. Via a flip-flop element 349 and an amplifier 351 iat an electromagnet 352 excitable, ao that the armature of the electromagnet designed as a tie rod 16Θ (Pig. 10) is attracted will. A contact associated with the tie rod 168 353 diant for resetting the flip-flop element 349.

A control unit 354 is used to shut down the entire machine combination if wrapping components have been missing in the empty pack turret 42 several times or if the magazine 4 in FIGS. 2 and 3 is overfilled. The button 226 (Pig. 4a) or the light barrier 28 (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3) are provided as monitoring devices for both cases. One branch of the control unit 354 includes, in addition to the caster mentioned above, a NICHüMJlieder 356, an AND gate 357, an AND gate 358 and a counter 359 which is set so that it only generates an error signal in the event of a consecutive predetermined number of errors passes on. For this purpose, the counter 359 has an error input 361 and a clear input 362. Each clear signal that occurs when a paper cut 132 is present, clears the indicated error ^. $. 1 * 0 in counter 359, if a predetermined sum of vo & miss sr- * signals has not previously been reached, which leads to an error signal. The second branch unJTaßt the already mentioned light barrier 28 and a GDEK-ölied 363. Slide Fehlersignaie control of both branches similar in each case via a flip-flop element 364 and an amplifier, an electrically controllable clutch 367 which stops the whole machine combination in the event of error signals. A manual switch 36G is used to set the bucket of the flip-flop element 364 and thus to switch on the machine combination.

A control unit 369 is used to actuate the dee in FIG. 4a described folder 173 for folding each «in a wide bottom-side ötirnlappens of the empty packs 41. over a Flip-flop element 371 and an amplifier 372 int a rotary magnet 373 excitable, which in the process causes the wave 174 deo Falters 173 can twist. One with the armature of the electromagnet 373

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Connected contact 374 is used to reset the flip-flop element 371 after folding.

A control unit 376 is used to control the extraction tappet 7, which is shown and described in FIGS. The control unit 376 includes signal-triggering monitoring devices, the two reflective light barriers 29 and 31 (FIGS. 2 and 3) for checking the fill level in the funnel 14. An OR element 377, flip-flop elements 378 and 379 and an amplifier 381 an electropneumatic valve 382 can be controlled. The piston rod of a pneumatic cylinder 383, which is connected to the electropneumatic valve 382, M is designed as an alcohol plunger 7. A contact 384, which is actuated by the piston rod designed as a removal ram 7, serves to reset the flip-flop element 379 after the removal ram 7 has moved forward.

A control unit 386 is connected to the control unit 376 and a control unit 387 already described serves to switch off the electrically controllable coupling 232 (see FIG. 12) to separate the drive motor 231 from the Pack masoblne. Two OR gates 388 and 389 establish the connection between the control units 376 and 387 adjacent to the control unit 386. With the OR gate 388 stands a Additional manual holder 391 to switch on the clutch 232 In connection. I'm the next band switch 392, the one with the OR gate 389 is connected, also serves to switch off of the coupling 232. Let but the two OR gates 388 and 389 Actuation of the clutch 232 a flip-flop element 393 and a Amplifier 394 included. A contact 396 on the coupling 232 ensures that the position is defined Disengage the clutch 232 so that a work cycle T is completed, regardless of when a shutdown command (b. B. from manual switch 392 or from counter 407 but recording the Supply of the cigarette block 8) given for the Paokmasohine

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A control unit 337 is used to operate the solenoid rod 62 of the transfer device 175 at the transfer point B for transferring empty packs 41 into the receptacles 178 dea Verpaokungsrevolvers 179 (fig * 4b). The one that gives the signal Monitoring device formed Lichtaohranke 222 for Control of the presence of cigarette blocks 8 in the pre-conveyor 36 and the aster 227 for checking the presence of empty passages 41 are each with a NOHT element 397 and 393 an AND gate 399 connected. The AND element 399 introduces Flip-flop element 401, which via an amplifier 402 the Control winding of an electropneumatic valve 403 excitatory With the electro-pneumatic valve 403 is the air drive 63 connected to its piston rod 62, which as described in Pigur 4d, for the transfer of empty packs 41 into the Recordings 178 of Verpaokungsrevolvers 179 is used. One contact 405 is used to reset the flip-plop element 401 after a forward movement of the piston rod · 62. The light ocher 222 and the NOT-Glled 397 also have an AND element each 404 and 406 connected and so held that they have a Counter 407, which is used to count the cigarette blocks 8 transferred to the press turret 36, is supplied with counting pulses. The counter 407 is constructed in the same way as the counter 359 already described and has an error input 408 for missing cigarette blocks 8 in the press revolver 36 and one Lb * soheingang 409 for cigarette blocks present in the press turret 36.

A control unit 411 is used to operate the drive rod 38 Eur Transfer of cigarette blocks 8 to the press turret 36. A flip-flop blement 412 and one that is held after it Amplifiers 413 are able to alektropneumatiacbeo Control valve 414 see below, to which a pneumatic cylinder 416 with a drive rod 38 (FIG. 4b) is designed Piston rod connected 1st. A contact 415 is used to reset the Flip-Plοp-Elβmentee 412 after a forward movement of the Drive rod 38.

A control unit 417 is used to actuate the drive rod 189 and the mouthpiece 192 of the merging and transfer

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guide device 187 at the merging atelie C.

The control unit 417 also assembles two control channels, one of which is a flip-flop element 418 and one Amplifier 419 includes which is used to control a pneumatic cylinder 421 by means of an electropneumatic valve 422 are provided.

You designed as a drive rod 189 piston rod of the Cylinder 421 is used to transfer the cigarette boke 8 from the recordings 39 of the Preßrevolverβ 36 in the Leerpaokungen 41 in the recordings 178 of the Verpaokungsrevolvers 179. The second channel excited via a flip-flop element 423 and a Amplifier 424 has an electromagnet 426 for actuating the mouthpiece 192 in FIG. 4c Resetting the two flip-flop elements 418 and 423.

A control unit 428 is used to actuate the folding device 194 in FIG Front flaps of filled paokings 201. The control unit is constructed in the same way as the control unit 348 in FIGS. 13a and 13a comprises a flip-flop element 429 and an amplifier 431 » which can excite an electromagnet 432. Contact 433 is used to reset the flip-flop element 429.

A control unit 434 serves for operating the butterfly 196 in Figure 4b for folding each of a wide head-side frontal lobe of filled Paokungen 201. It comprises control unit is embodied as a RC-Glled 436 delay element, a flip-flop element 437 and an amplifier 438 _for one Srehicagneten 439 designed to control 1st. The armature of the self-locking magnet 439 is also designed as a shaft 197 of the folder. A contact 441 is used to reset the flip-flop element 437.

A control unit 442 is used to operate the slide in FIG. 4b for the insoles of filled paokings 201 from the packaging turret 179 into the receptacles 206 of the banding turret 207. The control unit 442 comprises a flip-

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Plop element 443 and a Teretärker 44 4 & ur control an electropneumatic valve 446 to which a pneumatic cylinder 447 is connected with its piston designed as a slide 204. One contact 448 serves to reset the flip-flop element 445

A control unit 449 is used to interrupt the supply of bands 202 to the banding turret 207, if there are none Pack 201 is located in the receptacles 206 of the banding turret 207. The monitoring device designed as an induction coil 228, which is responsive to the presence of tinfoil sections 71 is provided with a KICHT member 451 and two AND gates 452 and 453 connected. A flip-hop element 454 is connected to the two AND gates 452 and 453 with a Amplifier 456 connected, which controls a magnetic coupling 279. The coupling 279 with the shaft is on the output side of the carrier 209, see Figure 4b,

A control unit 457 is used to actuate the electromagnet 212 of the banding stack 211 in FIG. 4b for application a banderole 202 and a pack 201, Eer Electromagnet 212 is via a plip-flop element 458 and a Amplifier 459 actuated. A contact 461 is used to reset the 3? Lip ~? Lop element 458.

A control unit 462 that operates the pull rod 218 for removing packs 201 from the receptacles 206 of the banding turret 207 after they have been provided with banderoles 202.

The control unit 462 includes in order to control an electro-pneumatic system Valves 463 have a flip-flop element 464 and an amplifier 466. On the electropneumatic valve 463 is a pneumatic cylinder 467 connected, the one as Pull rod 218 has formed piston. A contact 468 is used to reset the flip-flop element 464 and to set a flip-flop element 473.

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The control unit 469 is used to operate the blow nozzle 221 for blowing unpackaged cigarettes off the conveyor belt of the banding device 199. One as an induction coil The monitoring device designed for checking the presence of packs 201 in receptacles 206 of the banding turret 207 is connected to the flip-flop element 473 and is used to reset it. One from the flip-flop element 473 Controlled amplifier 474 is for controlling an electropneumatic valve 476 for the actuation of a blowing nozzle 221 provided.

The RC elements 312, 356, 342 and 436 have variable resistors for setting delay times for the control signals to the actuators of the associated control units.

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Operation of the machine combination according to the figures 1 to 14:

The cigarettes produced by the cigarette rod machine 1 are transferred to the deposit drum 3 and from there fed to the filter attachment machine 2, in which they are equipped with filters provided and dispensed as filter cigarettes 22 on the conveyor belt 23, which the filter cigarettes 22 in the funnel 14 of the magazine 4 promotes. It is assumed that the funnel 14 is initially empty. The one from the cigarette rod machine 1, filter attachment machine 2, packing machine 12 and clear film wrapping machine 13 existing machine combination is from driven by the drive motor 231 via clutches 232 and 367, respectively. The coupling 232 is between the packing machine 12 and the drive motor 231 arranged. The removal plunger 7 of the magazine 4 is in the rest position, the clutch 232 is disengaged, see above that the packing machine 12 is not driven. Is the Zigärettensplegel in the funnel 14 so far increased that the Light barrier 29 is covered, it emits a signal that is entered in control unit 386 via OR gate 388 Set pulse for flip-flop element 393 is triggered, the switching state of which is changed on the output side in such a way that the clutch is activated 232 receives no control current via amplifier 394 and engages. "Engaging" the clutch is described below the creation of a force-fit connection between Understand the drive and output part. From the coupling 232 there is thus a flow of force between the drive motor 231 and the Packing machine 12 produced, which lasts as long as the flip-flop element 393, which is indeed a memory, its Maintains switching state, i.e. no reset pulse receives the flip-flop element 393 in its Auegangaatuetand brings. The signal from the light barrier 29 solves at the same time in control unit 376 a setting pulse for the plip-flop element 378, which has an Auegangsircpula for an entrance of the AND gate 377 outputs. The Maltese gear 233 drives the shaft 183 with the cam disk 24b step by step au, ao that the cam disk 24ö the Johalter 99 periodlacn in Maeohlnentakt actuated, the thus corresponding clock pulses

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outputs to the pulse shaper 101. The empty package revolver 42, the packaging revolver 179, the banding revolver 207, the carrier 209, the cell drum 33, the press turret 36, the pair of rollers 72 and the suction roller 134 are driven step by step by the Maltese gear 233. The cam disk 94 becomes the gate of the Maltese gearbox 233 via the toothed belt drive 239 steadily driven. Those formed by the pulse shaper 101 Clock pulses are sent to the control units 301, 112, 107, 309, 317, 326, 333, 341, 348, 354, 369, 376, 386, 387, 411, 417, 428, 434, 442, 449, 457, 462 and 469 are fed.

The clock pulse fed to a further input of the AND element 377 in the control unit 376 causes an output pulse the AND gate 377, which sets the flip-flop element 379, so that its output pulse is applied to the control winding of the electropneumatic valve 382 via the amplifier 381. Valve 382 changes its switching state so that the cylinder 383 contains compressed air, which the extraction tappet 7 in the direction of the magazine 4 drives. The removal plunger 7 hits it the first cigarette block 8 from the funnel 14 between the webs 16 and 17 in a cell 9 of the cell chain 11, which the Cigarette block 8 in the cycle of the Packmaschlne 12 on the conveyor track U gradually promotes to the packing machine 12. The removal plunger 7 solves the contact 384 in its end position, via the the Plip-Plop element 379 receives a back pulse so that the electro-pneumatic valve 382 to his drawn The initial switching state returns and the removal plunger 7 is returned. When the following clock pulse is emitted from Pulse shaper 101 plays the aforementioned process again, 9o that another block of cigarettes 8 in a cell 9 is passed.

The cigarette blocks 8 transferred into the cells 9 are gradually conveyed to the cell drum 33 and from there but transfer parts A ^1. If a cigarette block θ has ^{arrived at the transfer point A 1} , the clock pulse in control unit 411 sets the flip-flop slement 412, the output pulse of which is applied to the control circuit of the electropneumatic valve 414 via amplifier 413; this changes his

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Switching state, so that cylinder 416 is acted upon with compressed air in this way that the rod 38 with the transfer ram 37 moves the cigarette block 8 into a receptacle 39 of the press turret 36 convicted. In its end position of movement, rod 38 closes contact 415, via which flip-flop element 412 is reset so that the electropneumatic ^ valve 414 to his Returned drawn output switching state in which it pressurized the cylinder 416 with compressed air so that the rod 38 returned to its original position with the transfer plunger 37 will. In the receptacle 39 of the press turret 36 a "" given cigarette block 8 pressed during its further promotion on the conveyor U in a known manner.

The peat production of an empty pack 41 on the empty pack turret 42 is described below. Eb, it is initially assumed that there are still no empty packings 41 on the empty packing turret 42. The button 223 then emits no signal, so that no set pulse is fed to the flip-flop element 307 in the control unit 301, so that the clutches 263 and 246 remain engaged. The Maltese gear 233 therefore drives the roller 72a of the roller pair 72 of the tinfoil apparatus 69 step by step. ^{The tinfoil web is withdrawn step by step from the reel (not shown)} on its supply web W to be fed to the transfer point B 1, a conveying step carried out in one work cycle removing a length from the tinfoil web 73 that corresponds to the length of a tinfoil section 71. After the tin foil web 73 has come to a standstill after the conveying step, a clock pulse in the control unit 112 sets the fill-flop slement 103, the output pulse of which is sent via amplifier 109 to the control circuit of the electropneumatic valve 111. The valve changes its switching state in such a way that the suction channels 77, 78 and the suction openings 79 of the suction plate 81 come into connection with the suction side of the fan 113 via a line (Fig. 6) . The clock pulse also sets

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in the control unit 107 the flip-flop element 102, the output pulse of which via the amplifier 104 the electromagnet 106 to actuate the knife 76 to cut off a tin foil section (Fig. 14a) excited. In its end position, the electromagnet 106 closes its contact 108, via which the flip-flop element 102 is reset. The electromagnet 106 is de-energized, and the knife 76 by a return spring, not shown returned to its starting position. It is continuously driven by the drive motor 231 cam 94 by means of of the cam roller 96 guided in the curve 97, the carrier with the Faltmundetüok 93 in the direction of the arrow 95. In the In the end position of movement, the cam 122 attached to the carrier 83 actuates the limit switch 119, which once sends a back pulse for Plip-Plοp element 103 emits and thus switching the Electropneumatic valve 111 causes (switching state shown in Fig. 13e j suction air at suction openings 79 disappears), and on the other hand a set pulse for FlIp-Flop element 114 emits, the output pulse of which is transmitted via amplifier 116 of the Electropneumatic valve 117 arrives. The valve changes its switching state, so that the suction channels 87, 88 and the suction openings 89 via line 124 with the 3augseite of the fan 113 can be connected. Hereby the tinfoil section 71 is transferred from the suction air plate'81 to the palt mouthpiece 93, on which it is held by the riaugluft flowing through the suction openings 89.

In the following work cycle, the cam eye 97 of the cam disk 94 guides the cam roller 96 with the carrier 83 and the FeItmundstück 93 against the direction of the arrow 95 in the direction of the empty packaging turret 42. At the same time, during the Conveying step one of the on the empty packaging turret 42 attached palt mandrels 43 in the direction of arrow 85 (Pig. 8a) Moved to the transfer point B *, where it is moved through the space between the surfaces 91 of the pallets 84 and 86 and folds a U out of the Stänniolabaohnltt 71. (Figures 3b, 14b). The folding mandrel 43 comes immediately behind the Faltmundstüok 93 to rest. In the now following standstill

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The curve 97 leads time in the further continuous rotation of the cam 94, the cam roller 96 with the carrier 83 and the folding mouthpiece 95 further against the direction of the arrow, whereby case: 84 according to FIGS. 8o and 14o envelops one leg of the shaped U to form a tinfoil tube. The cam 122 on carrier 83 is actuated in the End of movement limit switch 121, via which the flip-flop element 114 receives a reset pulse in control unit 118, so that the electropneumatic valve 117 returns to its drawn initial switching state, which the suction air to the suction openings 89 is interrupted. If the cam 94 continues to rotate continuously, the curve train moves the cam roller 96 with the carrier 83 and the folding mouthpiece in the direction of arrow 95, the folder 86 striking the other leg of the U to form the tinfoil tube (Fig. 8d). This completes the formation of a tinfoil tube (FIG. 14d), whereupon a new tinfoil section 71 can be peeled off and formed into a tube. While the above-described folds is at the bores 44 of the folding mandrel 43 suction air, which the tinfoil section 71 to the Holds surfaces of the folding mandrel during the folding process. In the following work cycle, the folding mandrel 43 with dexa The tinfoil tube out of the folder 127 on the production line Y during the conveying steps. In the next Downtime begins, which is controlled by the RC-Qlied 312 Clock pulse in control unit 309 the flip-flop slement 313 » its output pulse via amplifier 314 the rotary magnet 311 excited. The folder 127 strikes by the rotary magnet 311 caused a wide turn to the bottom Front lobe (Fig. 14e), closes in its end position the rotary magnet 311 its contact 316, via which the flip-flop element 313 receives a reset pulse so that the rotary magnet 311 de-excited and drawn with the Falter 127 over a nioht Return spring is moved to its original position. During the work cycle described, tester 224 determined whether the felt mandrel 43 has a tinfoil wrap. If this is the case, the corresponding signal is triggered

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from 224 a reset pulse for the flip-flop element 322 which doesn’t change its switching state, so that the electropneumatic © valve 324 remains in its initial position drawn, in which the suction roller 134 of the downstream blanket apparatus 131 applies suction air will.

In the following work cycle, the folding mandrel 43 under consideration is moved along the folding surface 129 during the conveying step to the transfer point B ", the second bottom-side end tab of the tinfoil insole is knocked in (Fig. 14f). The suction roll pulls during the conveying stage 134 a paper section 132 out of the magazine 133,

"that of the glue roller 143 on one long side and on one Apply a strip of glue on the first side and then from the suction belts 137a and 137b to the supply to the transfer point B "on its Vorretsbahn X in transfer position is brought in front of the U-folder 146 (Fig. * 14g). In the following idle time, a clock pulse is set in control unit 326 the flip-flop element 327, whose output pulse via amplifier 328 the control winding of the electropneumatic valve 329 applied; the valve 3J9 changes its switching state and controls the supply of compressed air to cylinder 331 in such a way that that the piston rod 147 with the U-filter 146 in the direction of the Folding mandrel 43 is moved. The slide 149 (Fig. 9) presses

b the folding mandrel 43 touches the paper section 132 to a Narrow side of the folding mandrel 43. As the movement continues, the U-shaped folder, which is movable relative to the slider 149, folds 146 the protruding parts of the paper aohnittea into a U (Fig. 14h). The clock pulse also sets - somewhat delayed through the RC-Glled 336 - in control unit 333 the flip-flop element 337) whose output pulse via amplifier 333 den Rotary solenoid 334 energized. This rotates the folder 153 into the position shown in FIG a U-shaped paper section to form a tube hits (Fig. 141). The clock pulse aetat also - also somewhat delayed by the RC-Olled 342 - in the control unit 341 the flip-flop element 343, whose output pulse via the

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Amplifier 344 energizes magnet 160, which pulls armature 163 back. Until then, the anchor pin 163 held the pallet 154 rotated in the previous conveying step against the action of the spiral spring 158 and the pressure plate 177 in the ready-to-handle position. After the anchor pin 163 is withdrawn, the folder 154 is moved by the spiral spring 158 in the direction of the arrow 159 into the position shown in FIG. 14k). In its end position, the rotary magnet 334 closes the contact 339, via which the flip-flop element 337 receives a reset pulse ; so that the rotary magnet 334 is de-energized and is moved with the folder 153 from its folding position shown in FIG. 4a into its starting position (not shown), for example by a return spring (not shown). This movement is so synchronized with the movement of the folder 154 that the folder 153 moves back when the folder 154 begins its impact. In its end position of movement, the piston rod 147 closes the contact 332, via which the flip-flop element 327 receives a reset pulse, whereby the electro-pneumatic ^; Valve 329 returns to its drawn initial state. The cylinder 331 is then pressurized with compressed air in such a way that the piston rod 147 with the U-shaped slide 146 is moved back into its starting position.

In the following work cycle, during the conveying step a, the folding mandrel 43 becomes the folding device 161 for the narrow bottom end lobe moved. The permanent magnets 52 and 53 of the folding mandrel 43 (Fig. 5) take the ferromagnetic Material existing folder 154 with, wherein the spiral spring 158 is tensioned. During the movement of the folding mandrel the folder 154 holds the overlapping glued ends of the Paper wrapping together, ao that the glue seam to Trooknen has enough time. The slot 162 pushes the anchor pin 163 during this movement behind the folder 154, which is held by the Press plate 177 is prevented from further movement and thus comes free of the permanent magneton 52 and 53.

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The AnkeretIft 163 prevents the Falters 154 in the direction of arrow 159 through the spiral spring 158. In the following idle time, a clock pulse in control unit 348 sets the flip-flop element 349, its Output pulse via amplifier 351 to electromagnet 352 The electromagnet 352 is actuated via tie rods 168 and tabs 171 and 169 the folders 166 and 164, which are moved along the guide rail 167 towards each other and thereby the knock in the narrow front flap on the bottom (Fig. 141). The electromagnet 352 ec hl ie JBt in its end position Contact 353, receives a reset pulse via the flip-flop element 349, so that the electromagnet 352 is de-energized and is moved back with the folders 166 and 164 in its starting position, for example by a return spring.

The button 226 determines whether a paper section 132 has been fed to the folding mandrel 43. If so, then the button 226 gives no output signal. If the feeding of a Paplerabsohnlttes 132 on the folding mandrel 43 has not taken place, then If the button 226 gives a signal, since it now encounters conductive tinfoil or a conductive permanent magneton. The emitted signal is used for error monitoring, which is described later.

If a paper sub-section 132 is properly fed the folding mandrel 43 under consideration is conveyed to the folder 173 in the following work cycle during the conveying tube. In dar following standstill, a clock pulse in control unit 369 sets flip-flop element 371, its output pulse The torque magnet 373 is excited via amplifier 372, the one Rotation of the folder 173 for the folding of a wide bottom-side front flap on the paper sole (Flg. 14m). In The rotary magnet 373 closes its end position of movement Contact 374, via which the Fllp-Flop-Blement 371 receives a reset pulse, so that rotary magnet 373 and with him Falter 173, e.g. by a return spring (not shown), to be moved back to its starting position.

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In the following work cycle, during the conveying step the folding mandrel 43 is moved along the pressing segment 176, which folds over the second, bottom-side wide front flap, and presses on the first already folded flap (Jig. 14n). The fully folded one moves in the following work cycle Bottom of an empty pack 41 further along the pressing segment 176, which can be heated so that the glue seam is sufficient Has time to become firm.

This completes an empty pairing 41, which is described in the following Work cycle during the conveyor committee on the production line V is moved to transfer point B. Has the reflection light sohranke 222 in the conveyor track U a Cigarette block 8 detected, then it emits no signal, so that at the output of the NOT oil song 397 in control unit 387 a signal is present which is fed to an input of the AND gate 399. If at the same time the button 227 at the transfer point B finds no tinfoil, i.e. a proper empty pack 41 or no empty packs at all, so he does not emit a signal, so that at the output of the NOT element 398 there is also a signal which acts on a further input of the UHD element a 399. Are the two last is fulfilled and a clock pulse is sent to another input of the UHD element during the standstill period 399, then the UHD element gives a set pulse for the flip-flop element 401, the output pulse of which reaches the control winding of the electropneumatic valve 403 via amplifier 402. The valve 403 changes its switching state so that cylinder 64 is acted upon with compressed air in such a way that the piston rod 62 is moved in the direction of arrow 61 (FIG. 4d). Piston rod 62 hits Buna 58 as it moves the drive rod 57 of the ram 56 of the folding mandrel 43 and o pushes the drive rod 57 against the action of the spring 59 in the direction of arrow 61. During this movement, the empty pack 41 located on the folding mandrel 43 is placed in a receptacle 178 of the packaging turret 179 and thus of its supply sb'ihn (production line V) transferred to the Verpaokungsbuhn ϊ.

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The piston rod 62 closes the Zontakt 405 in its end position of movement, receives a RÜokeetzimpuls via the flip-flop element 401, so that the electro-pneumatic valve 403 returns to his drawn state of health and the cylinder 64 is so old compressed air is applied that the piston rod 62 against the direction of the arrow 61 is moved back. The spring 59 then presses the plunger 56 back into its starting position shown in FIG. 5 via the collar 58.

In the following two work cycles, the empty pack 41 transferred into the packaging turret 179 is conveyed to the merging point C during the conveying steps. While the downtime in that. second working cycle (Fig. 14o) sets a clock pulse in control unit 417 the flip-flop elements 418 and 423, the output pulses of which via amplifier 419 to the Stouer winding of the electro-pneumatic flat valve 422 arrive or excite the electromagnet 426 via amplifier 424. Dtr Electromagnet 426 actuates the mouthpiece 192 via tab 191, which is moved towards the packaging turret 179 in such a way that that the Mundatüok 192 dips somewhat into the empty package 41. At the same time, the electropneumatic valve 422 changes its Switching status. The cylinder 421 is pressurized with compressed air in such a way that the drive rod 189 with the feeding ram 188 moves towards the packaging revolver 179 will. During this movement, a pressed cigarette block 8 from its receptacle 39 in the press turret 36 by the Mouthpiece 192 transferred into the empty pack 41, with its pressing is retained. When transferring the Zigaretterjblb'cka 8 on the packaging lane Y will be this thus brought together at the same time as the empty packs 41 at the merging point C. The empty packs 41 are at the transfer held against displacement by the cover plate 186.

In its end position of movement, drive rod 189 sohlies contact 427, via which flip-flop elements 418 and 423 receive Rüokaetzira pulses, so that on the one hand the electro-pneumatic valve 422 goes to its initial switching state as shown returns, in which there is cylinder 421 so old compressed air

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urged that the drive cam 189 fell with the merging stem 188 is moved to its original position, and that on the other hand the electromagnet 426 is de-energized, so that it with Tab 191 and the mouthpiece 192 also moved back into its starting position, for example by a return spring will (Pig. 4o).

In the following work cycle, the in the empty pack 41 transferred cigarette block 8 is moved during the conveying step to the folding device 194, which is like the folding device 161 is formed. In the following idle time, a clock pulse in control unit 428 sets the flip-flop element 429, whose output impulses via the Terstarker 431 the electromagnet 432 excited in the manner as described for folding device 161, the head-side turn of the narrow Frontal lobe executes. In its end position of movement, the electromagnet 432 closes the contact 433, via which the flip-flop element 429 receives a Rüoksetζimpulse. The electromagnet 432 is de-energized, so that it with the folding device 194 in its starting position, for example by a return spring, The state of the pack is shown in FIG. 14p.

In the following work cycle, during the conveying step moves the package to be finished to folder 196. Xc During the following standstill period, a clock pulse supplied via the RC element 436 with a somewhat delayed effect is set in control unit 434 the FlipJ-Flop element 437, whose output pulse via amplifier 438 energizes the rotary magnet 439, which the folder 196 around the shaft 197 for folding a wide head-side Frontal lobe rotates (Fig. 14 <l). Closes in its end position the rotary magnet 439 the contact 441 via which the fllp-flop element 437 receives a reset pulse. The rotary magnet 439 is de-energized and moved back into its starting position together with the folder 196, for example by a return spring.

In the following work cycle, during the conveying step of the pressing segment 198, past which the pack is conveyed, the last nooh protruding broad head-side end lobe folded over and against the already folded frontal flap

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printed. This also allows the head of the pack to be finished (Figure 14r).

In the following work cycle, during the conveying step the finished folded pack is merely promoted. During the conveyor ride in the following work cycle the pack is conveyed to the transfer point A ". In the subsequent downtime, a clock pulse in control unit 442 sets flip-flop element 443, its output pulse Via amplifier 444 to the control winding of the electropneumatic Valves 446 reached. The valve changes its switching state, so that compressed air drives the cylinder 447 in such a way urged that the slide 204 in the direction of the banding turret 207 is moved and thereby the completely folded pack from the receptacle 178 of the packaging turret 179 in a receptacle 206 of the banding turret 207 transfers. In its end position, slide 204 closes contact 448 over the flip-flop element 443 receives a Rüoksetζimpuls, so that the electro-pneumatic valve 446 returns to its drawn switching state in which the cylinder 447 so compressed air is applied so that the slide 2ü4 is moved into a starting position.

The induction coil 228 provides during the handover process determines whether the handed over cigarette block 8 from a tin wrap is surrounded. If this is the case, there is a properly wrapped cigarette block 8. That from the induction coil 228 emitted signal reaches the control unit 449 together with the clock pulse via the AND element 452 to the reset input of the flip-flop element 454, the output pulse of which therefore does not change, so that the electrically controllable Clutch 279 remains engaged to drive carrier 209.

In the following work cycle, the transferred pack is during of the conveyor ear to the carrier 209 promoted. While this conveying step a is the carrier 209 in the direction of the Arrow 208 rotated one revolution, with the

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Suction bores 214 of the banding stamp 211 (Pig. 11) removes a band 202 from the storage magazine 213 and guides it past the gluing device 217 for beloimuug. After one revolution, after which the pack 201 is also in front of the banding stamp 211, a clock pulse in the control unit 457 sets the flip-flop element 458, the output signal of which via amplifier 459 excites the electromagnet 212, which sets the banding stack 211 moved towards the pack 201. The banding stamp 211 works in principle in the same way as the TJ folder 146, ie the fork-shaped outer parts 210 (FIG. 11) fold the glued band 202 in a U-shape around the head of the pack 201, the middle part of the band 202 being the middle part 215 of the banding stamp 211 is held. In its end position, electromagnet 212 closes a contact 461, via which the flip-flop controller 458 receives a reset pulse, so that the electromagnet 212 is de-energized and returned to its starting position together with the moving parts of the banding stamp 211, for example by a return spring (Fig. 14s). The packing operations are thus ended, and a finished pack 201 is present, which is conveyed to the conveyor belt 205 in the following work cycle during the conveying step. In the subsequent downtime, a clock pulse in control unit 462 sets flip-flop element 464, the output pulse of which passes via amplifier 466 to the control winding of the electropneumatic valve 463, which then changes its switching state. The cylinder 467 is then acted upon with compressed air in such a way that the pull rod 218 with the driver 219 is moved towards the center of the banding turret 207. The driver 219 sole lifts over the receptacles 206 and folds in its end position behind the receptacle 206 into a vertical position. In its end position of movement, the pull rod 218 closes the switch 468, via which the flip-flop element 464 receives a reset pulse, and the flip-flop element 473 trbalts a set pulse. The output pulse ton 473 passes through the amplifier 474 to the control coil dta electro- pneumatic valve 476, which changes its switching state so that the blower nozzle 221

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Compressed air receives. The electropneumatic valve 463 reverses back to his drawn initial state, in compressed air is applied to the cylinder 467 in such a way that the pull rod 218 with its driver 219 is moved back into the initial position shown. The driver 219 lies on the bottom of a finished pack 201 and pushes it out of the receptacle 206 onto the Conveyor belt 203 on which the pack 201 is conveyed to the transparent film wrapping machine 13 on which the finished Pack in a per se known packaging with a transparent one Polie is surrounded.

While the finished pack 201 is being pushed out of the Recording 206 determines the induction coil 229 whether the The cigarette block 3 is surrounded by a tinfoil section 71, ie whether the cigarette block 3 is brought together with an empty pack 41 had been. If this is the case, the induction coil 229 emits a signal which causes a reset pulse in the flip-flop element 473 triggers in control unit 469, its output pulse changes and the electro-pneumatic valve changes 476 returns to its illustrated switching state, so that the air stream flowing out of the blow nozzle 221 is interrupted is before the proper packing 201 in its area of action got.

For whatever reason, e.g. if there is a fault in the upstream production machines 1 and 2, the supply of the Filter cigarettes 22 are no longer sufficient to fill the funnel 14 To keep it full, so if the cigarette level falls below the light barrier 31, the light barrier 31 is there emits a signal that generates a reset pulse for the plip-flop £ lement 378 in control unit 376 triggers at the entrance of the UITD element 377 lying output pulse changes and the AND gate 377 blocks. Now you get to the other entrance of the AND gate 377 a clock pulse, the AND gate 377 does not emit an output pulse, and the electropneumatic pool Valve 382 cannot trigger a Hubea of the iSntnahmetößele 7 change its switching status. The sewing pestle 7 therefore remains at rest, so that at least one cell 9 of the

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Cell chain '11 remains unfilled. In the manner described, it is prevented that incomplete cigarette blocks 8 are transferred into cells 9. A cell 9 that is not filled is conveyed to the transfer point A ¹ in the pre-installation manner. The transfer ram 37 then does not have a cigarette block 8 transferred into a receptacle 39. The Reflexionsliohtsohrenke 222 on the conveyor track U is in this Pail.a signal that inverts the NOT element 397, bo that a blocking signal is present at an input of the AND element 399 in control unit 387. This has the consequence that the flip-flop element 401 cannot be set, so that the electropneumatic valve 403 cannot change its switching state for triggering a transfer stroke of the transfer device 175. The empty pack 41 located at the transfer point B is therefore not transferred to the packaging turret 179. In addition to preventing an empty package 41 from being transferred to the packaging turret 179, the signal from the reflection light barrier 222 is transferred to an input of the AND element 404, the output of which, when a clock pulse is applied to the other input of the AND element 404, emits a pulse called a missing pulse reaches the error input 408 of the counter 407. If a whole row of cells 9 arranged one behind the other are unoccupied with cigarette blocks 8, then the counter reading reaches a predetermined value which triggers a pulse at the counter output which reaches the OR gate 389 in control unit 386. The output pulse of the OR gate sets the flip-flop element 393, the output pulse of which disengages the clutch 232 via the amplifier 394 and the closed contact 396. The main drive 231 is thus separated from the packing machine drive. The packing machine stops. The function of the contact 396 will be explained later. The above-mentioned control prevents the Paokmasohine from continuing to run for no longer if the production machines which have been kept idle for a longer period of time. However, if it is only a brief disturbance that does not involve the; preset count of the counter 407 corresponding number of cells 9 remain empty, then the clear input 409 of the counter 407 receives over

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the NOT element 397 and the AND element 406 repeatedly Release signal so that the counter reading is not reached, the output pulse applied to a daö OR gate 389 triggers, sets the reflection light barrier 222 after the One or more cigarette blanks 8 are missing on the Verpaokungsbahn U found that a cigarette block 8 is being fed again, then your signal triggers both a transfer an empty package 41 controlling set pulse for the flip-flop element 401, ale also a clear pulse for the counter 407.

An empty pack 41 at transfer point B does not appear the packaging turret 179 is transferred, then it is cu dem in the following work cycle during the 3 conveying step Button 223 promoted. The button 223 determines whether tinfoil is present in the area of the open head, there is a tinfoil section 71, as FIGS. 14h to 14o show, protrudes somewhat beyond the associated paper section 132. Provides the Button 223 determines such a state, then it is in the A signal is sent to the input of AND element 304 in control unit 301 for the idle time associated with this work cycle.

If the clock pulse now reaches the other input of the AND element 304, the output pulse of the AND element is set 304 the flip-flop element 307, whose output pulse The couplings 263 and 246 are fed via amplifier .308 iat that disengage, i.e., do not transmit torque to shafts 74a and 247. In line to coupling 246 is a control contact 302, which ensures that the clutch 246 disengages at the end of a work cycle when the carrier 83 has reached its end position in the direction of arrow 95. Since the couplings 263 and 246 are disengaged, neither a tinfoil section 71 that has already been cut off is released Production line V supplied, nor the tin foil web 73 by one the length of a tinfoil section 71 corresponding length is further conveyed. It is therefore prevented that on the folding mandrel 43, on which there is already a vacancy number 41, Another tinfoil line hit at the next work cycle is convicted.

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If the folding mandrel 43 carrying the finished empty pack 41 reaches the area of the button 224, then this button 224 cannot emit a signal because the conductive tinfoil is covered by the outer sleeve, the paper section 132. In control unit 317, an input of AND element 321 receives an input pulse via iTICHT element 310. If the clock pulse reaches the other input of the AND element 321, the output pulse dea AND element 321 sets the flip-flop element 322, the output pulse of which arrives via amplifier 323 to the control winding of the electropneumatic valve 324, which then changes its switching state. Thus, the suction air is switched off by the suction roller 134, so that no can be a further Papierabachnitt 132 removed from demMagazin 133 during the subsequent working cycle, no further paper section may thus be folded around the finished pack 41 empty 132nd The manufacturing operations for the prefabrication of empty packs 41 are thus carried out as a function of already prefabricated loosening packs 41 on the production line V, with the supply of the wrapping components 71 and paper sections 132 depending on prefabricated empty packs 41, ie depending on the presence or absence of empty packs 41 or components thereof (tinfoil sleeve 71 or paper sections 132) is controlled. This prevents further wrapping components from being applied to the folding mandrels 43 * * from which no empty packs 41 have been removed. The empty packs 41 that have not been removed, are prefabricated independently of the supply of cigarette blocks and are not yet required to be brought together with cigarette blocks, are kept away from the actual packaging path I , so that Verpaokungaoperationen are prevented on them and they can circulate on the production line V until the the Verpackungegutzufuhr Control ReflexionBliohtschranke a signal to the upper guide an empty package 41 to write to the Verpaokungsbafan X, which is combined with the cigarette block 8 which triggered their transfer.

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In the extreme case, the empty paging turret 42 can thus form a storage conveyor in which all of the folding mandrels 43 are occupied with empty pairs 41, which as long as closed empty pack conveyor track acting production path V circulate until they are called up and are brought together with the cigarette blocks θ, the latter be transferred to the Verpaokungsbahn Y until the clutch 232 is disengaged and the Paoknaschine stopped will. An empty pack 41 is available for merging with a block of cigarettes 3 after each cycle. The output signal of the Ta3tera 227 does not differ when the empty pairing 41 is complete and when the folding mandrel 43 is empty. Actual due to any circumstance, e.g. due to the failure of the tinfoil apparatus 69 or the blanket apparatus 131 or at Exhaustion of the stocks of tinfoil or paper, a folding mandrel 43 without an empty pack 41, then is at the ZueaumeηfUhrstelle C in a receptacle 170 of the packaging reviver 179 only one block of cigarettes 8 transferred. The cigarette block 8 runs through the packaging path Y until it arrives at the transfer point A ″, which detects the presence of tinfoil Responding induction coil 228 gives no signal due to the lack of a tinfoil sticker 71, 3o that a setting pulse for the flip-flop element 454 in control unit 449 is triggered, the output pulse of which is triggered via amplifier $ 56 the clutch 279 is supplied, which then disengages, i.e. the frictional connection between shaft 281 of the carrier 209 and interrupts the machine drive. The carrier 209 therefore does not rotate and does not take the banderole 202 out of the Storage magazine 213 from. When removing the uncovered Cigarette blocks 8 from the receptacle 206 of the banding turret 207 also provide the induction coil 229 Absence of a tinfoil Absohnittes 71 firmly. Since they are in this If there is no exit gas signal, it will not be triggered a Rüokaetzimpulees for the flip-flop element 473 in control unit 469, so that the electro-pneumatic valve 476 in its switching state remains, which means that the blower nozzle 221 continues to receive compressed air and the pushed out cigarette

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block 8 of the conveyor belt 203 in a not shown Container blows off. In this way, the cigarette block 8 is prevented from causing malfunctions.

If the button 227 detects that oioh on the folding mandrel 43 there is only one tinfoil sale, that is, the blanket apparatus 131 has obviously failed and has not supplied a paper receipt 132, then it emits a signal that from the NOT element 398 of control unit 387 is negated and that AND gate 399 blocks, so that the flip-flop element 401 receive no setting pulse and thus cannot trigger a transfer process in the transfer device 175. The button 223, which also responds to tinfoil, prevents, as already described for the detection of finished empty pack 41, the supply of a further tinfoil slice 71.

As already described, the button 224 triggers the feeding of a further paper section 132. Does the Blanket apparatus 131 only fails once, then it is now the empty pack 41 is completed on the corresponding folding mandrel 43. If, on the other hand, the button 226 determines that the folding mandrel 43 no paper sub-section 132 has been fed is or that the folding mandrel 43 is completely empty, then solve the depending on error signals of the button 226 the error input 361 of the counter 359. Error pulses introduced via the AND gate 358 when a specific one is reached Counter reading, which corresponds to a certain number of incorrect component supply, an output pulse of the counter 359, which sets the flip-flop element 364 via the OR gate 363, the output pulses of which are transmitted the booster 366 disengages the clutch 367. This disengagement is necessary because, in the event of an error, the previously described Art no more cigarette blocks 8 supplied may be. If necessary, an alarm device can be installed make the operating staff aware of the error. The erase input 362 receives pulses when the Button 226 emits no error signal, after which the counter 359 is reset to zero in each case.

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Through the pre-installed monitoring of the supply of the envelope lung components tinfoil and paper and by delivery An error signal only in the case of multiple faults in the supply prevents single or multiple, but rare, failure of the tinfoil apparatus 69 or the blanket apparatus 131 BU from causing the production machines 1 and 2 to be shut down.

If, for whatever reason, the cigarette level in the Triobter 14 rises to the light barrier 28, then this one enters Signal via the OR gate 363 of the control unit 354 triggers a set pulse for the flip-flop element 364, whose output pulse also disengages clutch 367 via amplifier 366. Manual switch 368 is used to reactivate the disengaged clutch 367, which generates a reverse pulse the flip-flop * element 364 is there. For starting the torch machine The manual switch 391 is used, which when actuated triggers a reset pulse for the flip-flop element 393 assigned to the clutch 232 and a release pulse for the counter 407. The manual holder 392 is used to shut down the Paok machine, the one of the clutch 232 disengaging set pulses for the Flip-flop element 393 trips.

When packaging operations involving moving folders, fc or transfer operations to transfer a block of cigarettes from one turret to another turret in Unfavorable moments are interrupted, there is a risk that the Paokungen or the moths when restarting are damaged or the proper transfer is disrupted will. It can therefore be desirable that a work cycle after the output of an interrupt signal at least as long is continued until critical operations (packaging operations such as folding operations, Beleiinungsrorgänge, transfer operations and the like) are completed. To serve mZweck let the output part of the coupling 232, which during of a work cycle executes exactly one revolution, provided with a cam that finds the contact 396 most critical

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Operations, in the present Pail at the end of a work cycle, to disengage the clutch 232 closes. This means that only during the enabled by the contact 396 Period of time a disengagement pulse can be emitted from flip-flop element 393 to clutch 232.

The advantage of the invention consists in a reduction in the susceptibility of a packaging machine to failure, in particular a packaging machine which is directly coupled to production machines in a machine combination, that is to say not connected via a large buffer. Provision is made in the last-mentioned Pail that the packaging machine can be shut down and restarted with production machines at any time, even with relatively frequent or short-term stops of the production machines, without the operator having to worry about starting up or the proper working of the packaging machine and can mainly devote himself to sensitive production machines. The production of empty packs independent of the cigarette feed ensures that the production of a sufficient supply of empty packs is completed before the packing machine is shut down after the upstream production machines have been stopped for a long time.

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Figure 15 shows a variant of the invention, which differs from the The embodiment of the preceding figures essentially differs in that the supply of the tinfoil web 73 or of the tin foil sections 71 and the movement of the folding mouthpiece 93 (FIGS. 6 and 7) take place without any special control and that the empty paokunga revolver 42 no longer serves as a storage upper conveyor. Because of the fact that in the event that empty packs 41 and cigarette blocks 8 cannot be brought together The lack of a storage facility for empty packs 41 at the merging point C is a separating device according to FIG intended. Otherwise, components of FIG. 15, which correspond to similar parts of the preceding figures, are included the same reference numbers, increased by 1000.

The discard device 1501 in Figure 15 is related to be considered with Figures 4a, 4b and 13a. The changes in Figures 4a, 4b and 13a are so insignificant that a new graphic representation of these figures is dispensed with. In Fig. 4b There is no button 223 at a separation point D, which is used to check the presence of casing components served. According to the new embodiment, the production line V is part of the Verpaokungsbahn Ϊ.

Nit W in FIGS. 4a and 4b denotes a supply web for wrapping components designed as tinfoil web 73 or tinfoil absohnitte 71. To the supply web W can be known in Way, a bobbin made of a rolled up tinfoil strip with a sole soap aphero belongs to the strain relief. At a transfer point B ', which is designed as a feed arrangement for wrapping components, tin foil absohnit * 71 from the tinfoil apparatus 69 to the empty pairing turret 42 fed. Another supply line for ala paper handling Sheath components formed in 132 are denoted by X. The supply path X can - as shown in the example - from one Magazine 133 for paper section 132 exist. At a transfer point B ", which is used as a further feed arrangement for wrapping

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lung components are formed, paper sections fed from the blank apparatus 131 to the empty pack turret 42.

In the control arrangement shown in FIG. 13a, the control unit 301 is omitted according to the variant according to FIG 7 are no longer required and the devices in question have a direct connection to the packaging machine drive. ' ä

The separating device 1501 shown in FIG. 15 is provided at the separating point D in FIGS. Au and 4b. The separating device 1501 comprises a control unit 1502 which takes the place of the control unit 301 removed from FIG. 13a. The control unit 1502 consists of two control channels 1503 and 1504. The control channel 1503 is used to supply a suction attachment 1506 for briefly holding discarded empty packs 41 with suction air Electropunatic valve 1509, which is connected with its connection 1511 to a suction fan, not shown, and with its other connection 1512 is connected to suction channels 1513 of the suction attachment 1506. The control channel 1502 is used to move a plunger 1056 with a drive rod 1057 in a folding mandrel 1043 for separating out an empty pack 1041. The structure of the folding mandrel 1043 is the same as that described in FIG. In FIG. 15 there is an empty pack 1041 to be separated out on the folding mandrel 1043, which is composed of a tinfoil section 1071 and a paper section 1132. The control channel 1504 is composed of a flip-flop element 1514 controlled in the Paokraaechintakt, an amplifier 1516 and an electropneumatic valve 1517. A double acting pneumatic cylinder 1518 is riding its two

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Compressed air connections 1519 and 1521 with connections 1522 or 1523 of the electro-pneumatic flat valve 1517. A connection 1526 of the valve 1517 eats with one not shown Compressed air source connected, and a connection 1524 is used to vent the cylinder 1518. A piston rod 1527 of the cylinder 1518 presses against a collar 1058 of the folding mandrel for the purpose of separating out an empty pack 1041 1043. Contacts 1529 and 1531 actuated by a piston 1528 of the cylinder 1518 are used to reset the flip-flop elements 1514 or 1507. A guide plate 1532 is used as a slide when removing discarded empty packs 1041 provided.

All parts of FIGS. 1 to 15 not addressed in the present example are unchanged from the previous one Description adopted.

The mode of operation of the variant according to Figure 15: As already said in the introduction in the description of FIG W to a transfer point B 'of the production line V and the associated folding operation no longer dependent the presence of cigarette blocks 8 (reflective light barrier 222) or empty packs 41 (button 223) controlled at the front, but success inevitably. The shaft 74a of the driven Roller 72 and shaft 247 of cam 94 are; now directly connected to the gearbox of the packing machine without the interposition of a controllable coupling. This will be constant step-by-step tinfoil removal 71 the empty pack revolver 42 and folded into a U-shape. The aneohliessenden Manufacturing operations are carried out in the same way as those shown.

When a block of cigarettes 8 from the reflection light saffron has been determined, an empty package 41 is attached to the Zueammenführetelle C merged with this and then conveyed further on the Verpaokungsbahn. But it's not a cigarette block 8 in the area of the reflection light ear flank 222

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present in the press turret 36, it takes place at the transfer aotelle B no transfer of an empty pack 41 into the relevant one Pick-up 178 of the packaging revolver 179. One not The transferred empty package 41 is placed in the empty package turret 42 v / pus transports and now arrives in the area of the external secretion point D. Here, however, the empty pairing 41 must be removed because the empty pack revolver 42 constantly new Enveloping components are supplied, but not from a folding mandrel 43 already occupied by an empty pairing 41 may be included. For this reason, at the separation point D at the end of each masohine cycle an ejection movement for the removal of empty paokings 41 of the respective folding mandrel located in this area caused.

This is done according to Figure 15 as follows: From switch 1099 and the downstream pulse shaper 1101, which correspond to the Sohalter 99 and the pulse shaper 101 in Figure 13a, the two flip-flop elements 1507 and Set in masohine cycle in 1514. The flip-flop element 1514 gives a pulse to amplifier 1516, which is the control coil an electropneumatic valve 1517 is actuated. Daduroh reaches the compressed air connection 1526 and the connection piece 1523 Compressed air into connection 1521 of the pneumatic cylinder 1518. The piston 1528 moves with its piston rod 1527 in the direction of a folding mandrel 1043. The piston rod 1527 sits on the collar 1058 and the Drive rod 1057 is moved forward with plunger 1056 against the pressure of spring 1059 in the direction of arrow 1061. Since there is an empty pack 1041 on the mandrel 1043, this is stripped off the folding mandrel or taken along by the plunger 1056 during this movement. At the same time there is Flip-flop element 1507 sends a pulse to amplifier 1508 which energizes the control coil of an electropneumatic valve 1509 and switches it over. Daduroh won't suction air source shown via the Anaohluß 1511 with the connection 1512 connected and suction air flows through the suction

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channels 1513 of the suction stop 1506. When the piston 1528 has reached its end position, the bottom of the empty pack 1041 has approached the suction stop 1506 so far that it is held by this. In this position, the piston 1528 actuates a contact 1529, which is the flip-flop element 1514 resets. This de-energizes the control coil of the electropneumatic valve 1517 and the valve returns to its drawn end position. The compressed air now flows into the connection via connections 1526 and 1522 1519 of the cylinder 1518 and pushes the piston 1528 back into its initial position. Simultaneously The spring 1059 of the folding mandrel 1043 also presses the drive rod 1057 back into its end position. Now the empty package 1041 only held by the suction stop 1506. When the piston 1528 reaches its rest position, it actuates one Contact 1531 which resets flip-flop element 1507. This becomes the control coil of the electropneumatic valve 1509 de-energized, and the valve also returns to his Drawn starting position back and the suction channels 1513 are separated from the suction air. The empty pack 1041 falls now on the guide plate 1532 and slides on this to a collecting container, not shown.

This measure ensures that only empty folding mandrels 43 or 1043 reach the area of the transfer point B ¹ for tinfoil center 71.

In the variant of FIG. 15, the control effort is due to the omission of the individual or already combined Enclosure components appealing buttons along the production line for empty paokings and the inevitable Working of tinfoil apparatus and blanket apparatus reduced.

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The packing machine of FIGS. 16 to 24 differs from that of FIGS. 1 to 14 mainly in that the circulating, designed as an empty pack storage Empty pack conveyor is not a revolver, but essentially two continuously driven conveyor belts with horizontal Has conveyor tracks which are connected to one another via two cyclically driven vertical conveyors. In addition, the folding mandrels are not firmly attached to the empty packs individual conveyors (conveyor belts,

• Vertical conveyors) connected, but they are assigned to be displaceable relative to these.

In FIGS. 16 to 24, two magazines 3004a (not visible) and 3004b that can be accessed by a conveyor belt 3023a (not visible), 3023b with filter cigarettes 3022, which can be directly dispensed by one or more production machines (not shown), and 3004b on both sides are shown a press turret 3036 is arranged. To remove cigarette blocks 3008 from the shafts 3018a (not visible), 3018b of the magazines 3004a and 3004b and to transfer them into receptacles 3039 of the press turret 3036 at a transfer point A3 ¹ , removal plungers 3007a and 3007b, which are in the direction of the double arrows 3006a or 3006b are alternately moved back and forth by a cyclically operating drive, not shown in detail, in such a way that a block 3008 of removal ram 3007a from the magazine 3004a in a receptacle 3039 and a cigarette block 3008 from the removal ram 3007b into the following receptacle 3039 the magazine 3004b is pushed. In this way, the extraction tappets work at half the machine cycle frequency. The removal tappets 3007 are also test devices for checking the presence of cigarette blocks 3008 and for checking the presence of the prescribed

• number of cigarettes in a cigarette block. For this purpose, the removal tappets have individual push rods 3501, which each fit a specific cigarette 3022 in a cigarette

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block 3008 are assigned. Each bumper ends on the cigarette side in a test head 3502, on the other hand in a contact plate 3503 and is against the action of a spring 3504 axially displaceable. With sufficient displacement of a test head at the moment in which the extraction plunger touches a block of cigarettes, the contact plate 3503 of a bumper 3501 bridges two opposite contacts .3506. The contacts of all bumpers are connected in series and connected to a control unit. Missing one Cigarette in a cigarette block, two contacts 3506 of the associated bumper become at the moment of contact of the cigarette block is not bridged by the removal plunger and the circuit is not closed. The control unit then does not actuate one located in the path of the cigarette blocks in the receptacles 3039 of the press turret 3036 Ejection device shown, e.g. a slider or a compressed air nozzle, which removes the defective cigarette block from the Ejects conveyor track U3 to the actual packaging device. In addition, if a cigarette block is missing, a A signal is given which, as will be described in detail later, a transfer device (3175) for transferring empty packages (3041) on a packaging lane Y3 prevented.

The conveyor track U3 also represents a supply track for the cigarette blocks. In addition, the magazines 3004a and 3004b the cigarette mirror in the magazines monitoring light barriers for machine control in the sense of a Maintaining an adequate supply of cigarettes in be assigned to the magazines, as described in FIGS.

In the following, a device for the prefabrication of empty packs from the wrapping components tin foil and paper is described, in which the pressed cigarette blocks are then combined in the course of merging Verpaokungsgutbelten (cigarette block) and prefabricated wrapping components.

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components (empty packs) are filled. The prefabrication of the empty packs 3041 takes place on the production barge V3, which is made up of the partial production lines V3a V3e consists and is formed by a production conveyor in the form of a revolving empty pack conveyor 3042 will. The production line V3 is at the same time empty packaging conveyor, are arranged along the production tools.

The empty pack conveyor 3042 consists of a folding conveyor 3511r, a first horizontal one downstream of it Conveyor belt 3512, a second counter-rotating horizontal conveyor belt 3513, a downward conveying continuous storage ' 3514 between the first and second conveyor belts and a vertical conveyor 3516 between the second conveyor belt and the Folding conveyor. The aforementioned individual conveyors together form the empty pack conveyor 3042, which is an endlessly revolving one Conveyors with continuously and cyclically (discontinuously) driven individual conveyors can be understood.

Folding mandrels 3043 are assigned to the empty pack conveyor 3042, which are not rigidly connected to the individual conveyors 3511. The folding mandrels 3043 consist of cuboid blocks made of plastic or metal (

(e.g. aluminum), which are equipped with guide grooves 3517 (Fig. 19), Engage in the guide strips (e.g. 3518 in Fig. 19), which are provided to prevent axial displacement.

For conversion of folding mandrels 3043 of the vertical conveyor 3516 to the folding conveyor 3511 in the tinfoil Zuführbe- _t rich B3 ¹ is a transfer conveyor in the shape of one of a cyclically operating, nioht in detail shown drive back and forth in the direction of the double arrow 3521 berbewegbaren hook 3519th Next to the conveyor path of the hook 3519 in the conveyor direction of the Paltdornne 3043 is a Paltdornbalter 3522, to which a double arrow in the direction of the Paltdornbalter

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3523 is associated with a clockwise operating drive, not shown in detail, reciprocable plunger 3524 in such a way that a folding mandrel 3043 held by the folding mandrel holder 3522 can be pushed down by the plunger 3524. The folding mandrel holder 3522, details of which can be seen in particular in FIG. 19, holds a folding mandrel 3043 with a leaf spring 3627 fastened to an angle 3526 until the plunger 3524 arranged above executes a downward movement and together with a tin foil section 3071, the starting position of which is shown in FIG 16 is indicated by dash-dotted lines, pushes down through a recess 3528 to form a U-shape of the tinfoil section and thus brings it over a receptacle 3529 of a conveyor plate 3531. The conveyor plate 3531 has a further receptacle 3532 and a drive lever 3533 which can be moved by a cyclically operating drive, not shown in detail, in such a way that the conveyor plate in a closed path with folding mandrels located in its receptacles 3529 and 3532 initially to the right in the direction of the arrow 3534 moved horizontally, lowered before reaching its (right) dead center, moved back to the left in the direction of arrow 3536 and moved up again before reaching its (left) dead center. With each stroke in the direction of arrow 3534, the conveyor plate 3531 conveys two folding mandrels taken over from the receptacles 3529 and 3532 to the right. A slide 3537 with a nose 3538 can be moved synchronously with the conveyor plate 3531 via a cyclic drive, also not shown in detail, so that its nose hits the left first leg of the U formed by the tin foil section 3071 to continue the tube formation. Two folders 3530 and 3535 for knocking in the two bottom end tabs of the tin foil section 3071 have clockwise operating drives, not shown in detail, for executing a back and forth movement in the direction of the double arrow 3539. One above the conveying path of the plate 3531 located in the receptacle 3529 of the conveyor Folding mandrel 3043 arranged atationä-

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rer Falter 3541 takes care of the impact of the second leg of the U formed by your tinfoil section to complete the hose wrapping while walking by a folding mandrel. A holding plate 3542 with a nose 3543 ensures that the one held above the recess 3528 Tinfoil section (shown in FIG. 16 with dash-dotted lines) is secured against displacement. The folding mandrel located in the second receptacle 3532 of the conveyor plate 3531 is promoted during the movement of the conveyor plate in the direction of arrow 3534 in the paper feed area B3 ″, in its mandrel holder 3546 he is held. The structure of the mandrel holder 3546 corresponds to the mandrel holder 3522. Its Leaf spring 354-7 also has the function of a narrow, bottom-side end lobe of the folding mandrel as a hose wrap the surrounding tinfoil section 3071. In the paper feed area B3 ″ is above the mandrel holder 3546 a drive operating in cycles, not shown in detail, in the direction of the double arrow 3548 reciprocating plunger 3549 provided, which the folding mandrel held by the leaf spring 3547 with the tinfoil section 3071 by a recess 3550, above which a strip provided with two adhesive strips (3540, 3545 in FIG. 25f) Paper section 3132 lies (shown in dash-dotted lines in FIG. 16), with the paper section 3132 hits a platform 3555, wherein the paper section to a U with unequal long legs 3560 and 3565. The tin foil sections 3071 and the paper sections 3132 are supplied from a tinfoil or blanket device (not shown), e.g. as shown under item 131 in FIG Figure 4 is described.

The previously described conveyor path of the folding mandrels 3043 (partial production path) is labeled V3a. As a transfer means for transferring folding mandrels 3043 of the folding conveyors 3511 on the first conveyor belt 3512 a shown in particular in Figures 20 and 21, plunger 3551 serves a Sohie "ber 5552 for conveying the tin foil and paper with

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provided folding mandrels, a holding plate 3553 (Pig. 20, 21) for folding over the short leg 3560 of the U formed by the paper section 3132 and a nose 3554 (Fig. 20, 21) for driving in the still unfolded, narrow bottom end lobe of the tin foil section 3071 and the bottom end lobe of the paper section 3132. The plunger 3551 is provided with a cyclically operating drive, not shown in detail, for executing a back and forth movement according to the double arrow 3556. A fixed folder 3557 is used to knock in the long leg 3565 of the U formed by the paper section 3132 while the folding mandrel is moving past to complete the hose wrapping of the paper section 3132. The conveyor belt 3512, which can also be replaced by a chain or a toothed belt, is on rollers 3558 and 3559 out, one of which can be continuously driven. Another conveyor belt 3563, which can be driven synchronously with the conveyor belt 3512 and is guided over the rollers 3561 and 3562, ensures that the longitudinal seam of the paper section 3132 remains closed during the conveyance on the partial production web V3b. The conveyor belt 3563 can have a heating device 3564 for heating the longitudinal seam of the tube wrapping made of paper. The conveyor belt 3512 is provided with drivers 3566 for the folding mandrels and the wrapping components surrounding the latter, tin foil 3071 and paper 3132; In the transfer area from the folding conveyor 3511 to the conveyor belt 3512 there is a fixed folder 3567 for folding in the last narrow bottom end flap of the paper section 3132 while a folding mandrel is moving past. In addition to the conveyor belts 3512 and 3563 in the bottom ends of the entrained by the drivers 3566 folding mandrels are two stationary moth 3568 and 3569 for turning the bottom broad frontal lobe of the paper sections 3132 to the folding mandrels by continuously en 3043rd

The continuous storage 3514 connected to the conveyor belt 3512 consists of four guide rods, two of which

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Driving rods 3571 and 3572 are visible. Also has the pass-through memory 3514 support means for the empty packs located in it and their folding mandrels in the form of Support plates 3573 and 3574, which are rigidly connected to one another via a connecting rod 3576. The linkage 3576 is via a cyclically operating drive, not shown in detail, in the direction of double arrow 3577 movable back and forth. At the level of the second lowest folding mandrel there is a holding tong 3578, which is equipped with a drive for Closing (holding the second lowest folding mandrel) and opening (releasing the second lowest folding mandrel) provided · As can be seen in particular from Figure 24, the Haitezange 3578 two jaws 3579 and 3581, the levers 3582 and 3583 are provided with plain bearings 3584 and 3586, which on a guide rod 3587 can slide back and forth. the Levers 3582 and 3583 are articulated to a tie rod 3591 via connectors 3588 and 3589. 3592 is a compression spring. When pulling the pull rod in the direction of arrow 3593, the jaws 3579 and 3581 slide towards each other and hold the folding mandrel located between them including the finished empty pocketing 3041. At Slackening of the pull on the pull rod 3591, the compression spring 3592 pushes the jaws 3579 and 3581 into the initial position shown. The drive of the holding tong 3578 is so with the on. drove the support plates 3573 and 3574 synchronized that the holding tongs are in the open position during the downward movement of the support plates, while they are in the open position during the rest of the time, in particular during the lower adjustment of the support plates, is in the closed position.

A transfer means for transferring folding mandrels from the conveyor belt 3512 to the flow memory 3514 consists of a plunger 3594, which is driven by a revolving drive, of which only lever 3596 is visible, via a control cam (not visible), that it is driven immediately in front the folding mandrel reached the Duronlaufeeioher 3514

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accelerates while conveying it from the conveyor belt 3512 onto the stack already in the through-flow storage unit and formed by folding mandrels under the support plate 3573 in the position shown. A heating device 3590 for heating the bottom surfaces of the empty packs passing through the flow memory can be assigned to the flow memory 3514, which can be designed as an infrared radiator, for example Conveyor belt 3513 equipped with drivers 3599. At the end of the partial production line V3d, which is implemented by the conveyor belt 3513, there is the transfer point B3, at which, if required, prefabricated empty packs 3041 are transferred from their supply line (production line V3) to the packaging line Y3, i.e. to the packaging conveyor, which acts as a packaging turret 3179 with receptacles 3178 is trained to be handed over. Before the finished empty packs 3041 are transferred from the production line V3 to the packaging conveyor Y3, the empty packs 3041 must be pulled off the folding mandrels 3043. The transfer device 3175 comprises a ram 3601 for accelerating and conveying away the folding mandrels with the finished empty packs surrounding them from the conveyor belt 3513, which corresponds to ram 3594 in terms of structure and mode of operation; it also includes pulling pliers 3602, which can be seen in particular from FIGS. 22 and 23. The receptacles 3178 of the packaging turret 3179, into which the withdrawn empty packs are to be transferred, each consist of two U-shaped holders 3604 and 3606. The puller 3602 consists of two legs 3608 and 3609 rotatable about a common axis 3607. The shaft 3611 of the leg 3608 is rotatable within the hollow shaft 3612 of the leg 3609. The legs have holding elements in the form of suction air channels 3610. The hollow shaft 3612 and the shaft 3611 are driven by a clockwise drive, not shown in detail, corresponding to the double arrow 3613 in opposite rotation riohtungec from the drawn Farallellage around the Aobse 3607

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rotatable so that they enclose a certain angle between them. V / ellen 3611 and 3612 are also from a cyclically operating drive, not shown in detail, can be moved back and forth in the direction of double arrow 3614, with the removal of finished empty packs 3041 of? old mandrels 3043 and the transfer of the empty packs between the holders 3604 and 3606 of the receptacles 3178 of the 7-pack revolver 3179 takes place. The suction air on the suction channels 3610 is controlled, for example via a valve or a control slot (not shown), in such a way that suction air on the suction channels 3610 only during the removal of an empty pack and transferring it into a receptacle 3178 j is tet.

At the transfer point B3, the conveyor belt 3513 is directly followed by the vertical conveyor 3516, which consists of a chain 3617 with drivers 3618 guided over deflection rollers 3616 (only the upper one is visible in FIG. 16). The transfer of the folding mandrels 3043 with or without empty packs from the conveyor belt 3513 to the driver 3618 is also carried out by the plunger 3601. In the conveying path of the finished empty packs 3041 transferred to the packaging line Y3, the merging stile C3, on which one is not shown in detail, is located Merging device for merging wrapping components (tinfoil and paper) that are prefabricated into empty packs 3041 and packaged goods units (cigarette blocks). Such a merging device is described in detail in FIG. 4a and is therefore no longer specifically explained in the present embodiment A transfer device 3187 simultaneously transfers cigarette blocks 3008 into the actual packaging device, ie into the receptacles 3178 of the packaging turret 3179, the merging point 03 also forms a transfer point for transferring cigarette blocks 3008 from their supply line U3 to the packaging trajectory Y3. The above-described transfer device 3175 forms together with the transfer device 3187 a joint-Xübrvorrichtung, since the transfer device 3175 the

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Empty packs 3041 on their path to the merging part C3 hands over.

In the course of the packaging line Y3, the one with cigarette blocks 3008 filled empty packs 3041 in the receptacles 3178 of the packaging turret 3179, folding tools are arranged for performing the head ends, as detailed in the embodiment of the figures are described and therefore do not need to be specifically explained here.

In the course of the supply line U3, the already described, the presence of cigarette blocks 3008 in the receptacles 3039 of the press turret 3036 detecting removal ram 3007a and 3007b provided, the transfer device 3175 for triggering a transfer process of a Empty pack initiated on the empty pack turret 3179 when it has gripped a block of cigarettes.

The following buttons are located in the course of the production line V3: Buttons 3223 and 3224, which represent monitoring devices for the supply of wrapping components and which determine the presence of tinfoil sections on the folding mandrels 3043. The buttons control the supply of the wrapping components to the recesses 3528 and 3550 in the supply areas B3 ¹ and B3 "in such a way that a tinfoil section is only fed if no tinfoil section has previously been detected on the corresponding folding mandrel and that a paper section is fed if a tinfoil section is found on the folding mandrel,
Button 3227,

which represents a monitoring device for the presence of finished empty packs on the folding mandrels 3043. If such an empty pack is missing, then the button 3227 actuates the control device of the ejection device arranged in the course of the supply line U3, which finds the associated cigarette block 3008, which does not find an empty pack at the merging point C3

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would be removed from its U3 subway.

The clockwise and continuously working drives of the above-described Similar to the packaging machine of the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 14, machine elements are advantageous derived from a single machine drive. To carry out conveying steps for the folding mandrels, the wrapping components and the cigarette blocks within the work cycles, which generally consist of conveying steps and associated downtimes, Maltese gears can again be provided while the movement processes during downtimes, in particular the folding processes, of individual drives or by cam controls already known per se in the control of the folding tools of packaging machines can. Step-by-step for the execution of conveying steps are driven: Press turret 3036, packaging turret 3179, conveyor plate 3511, ram 3551, support plates 3573 and 3574, vertical conveyor 3516. During downtimes The following are driven cyclically: extraction tappets 3007a, 3007b, tappets 3537, tappets 3594 and 3601, tappets 3524 and 3549, holders 3530 and 3535 as well as the puller 3602.

Operation of the packing machine according to Figures 16 to 25:

When describing the mode of operation, it is assumed that all folding mandrels 3043 are empty and no cigarettes, yes the magazines 3004a, 3004b are available. First a folding mandrel 3043 is on its way on the production line V3 and then followed the empty pack produced in the process on its way on the packaging lane Ϊ3.

If the packing machine 3012 including the upstream, directly coupled production machines is switched on, the button 3223 scans a folding mandrel 3043 before it is fed to the tin foil supply area B3 'to determine whether it is surrounded by a tin foil section 3071. Since this is not the case according to the prerequisite, the tinfoil apparatus in the tinfoil supply area B3 'receives a control signal, see above

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that it feeds in a tin foil section 3071 and deposits it over the recess 3528 (shown in phantom in FIG. 16, FIG. 25a). During the conveying step of the following work cycle, the hook 3519 pushes the folding mandrel onto the partial production path V3a to the folding mandrel holder 3522, which holds it in place until the plunger 3524 pushes it down through the recess 3528 during the downtime of this working cycle, which causes the foil section 3071 to enter U is folded (Fig.25b). The plunger 3524 is immediately guided upwards again after the U-folding. In the following work cycle, the receptacle 3529 of the conveyor plate .3531 takes the folding mandrel 3043 and conveys it to the right in the direction of arrow 3534 in the area of the folder 3530 and 3535, in which the conveyor plate dips under him and sets him down. The conveyor plate then moves to the left again in its starting position in the direction of arrow 3536. Before this conveying step is carried out, the nose 3538 of the slide 3537 strikes the left leg of the U (FIG. 25c). During the conveying step carried out by the conveying plate 3531, the stationary folder strikes the right shenacle of the ü in the direction of the arrow 3534, whereupon the tube wrapping of the tinfoil section is completed (FIG. 25d). During the downtime of this work cycle, the folders 3530 and 3535 strike the two bottom end tabs of the tin foil section (Fig. 25e). The button 3224 scans the folding mandrel before it is conveyed into the paper feed area B3 "to see whether it has a tin foil section. If this is the case, then the blank ^{device receives a control signal in the paper feed area B3 1} so that it feeds a paper section 3132 and deposits it over the recess 3550 (shown in phantom in FIG. 16, FIG. 25f). The blanket apparatus is assigned an adhesive application device for applying adhesive strips 3545 and 3540 (FIG. 2 5f ), wherein the adhesive can consist of wet adhesive or of so-called hot-melt adhesive, which is activated by heat .

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Of course, the paper sections can already be provided with strips of heat-activated adhesive by the manufacturer. During the conveying step of the following work cycle, the receptacle 3532 of the conveyor plate 3531 picks up the folding mandrel wrapped in a tin foil section and conveys it to the folding mandrel holder 3546 in the paper feed area B3 ", the leaf spring 3547 of which strikes the right, narrow bottom end tab of the tin foil section the plunger 3549 is moved down through the receptacle 3550, forming a U with legs 3560 (short) and 3565 (long) of unequal length from the paper section 3132 (FIG. 25g). The plunger 3549 is then immediately moved upwards again of the conveying step of the following work cycle, the plunger 3551 conveys the folding mandrel to the right onto the partial production line V3b, with its holding plate 3553 turning over the short leg of the U and its nose 3554 striking the left, narrow bottom end tab of the tin foil section and the paper section (FIG. 25h "). During this conveying step, the stationary folder 3557 folds in the long leg 3565, whereby the paper tube is completed (FIG. 25i). On the further conveying path, the adhesive strip 3540 binds and the paper tube is secured against opening. The opening of the longitudinal seam of the paper tube is also prevented by the lower strand of the conveyor belt 3563, which is driven continuously and synchronously with the folding mandrels on the conveyor belt 3512 and which holds the upper side of the tube fold. During the steady conveyance of the folding mandrels, the stationary later 3567 folds the right, narrow bottom end flap of the paper section (Fig. 25k) and the stationary folders 3568 and 3569 folds the wide bottom end flaps of the paper section 3132 (Fig. 25e, 25m). The adhesive strip 3545 prevents the ground connection from reopening. At the end of the partial production line V3b, an empty pack 3041 (FIG. 25m) is completed. The heating

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device 3564, which is located above the conveyor belt 3563, accelerates the setting of the adhesive. When using hot melt adhesive, the 3564 heater activates the adhesive, which can solidify again in a cooling zone, not shown, which then adjoins the heating device.

The handover of the considered folding mandrel with the finished one Empty packaging from the partial production line V3b to the partial production line V3c, i.e. from the conveyor belt 3512 to the continuous storage 3514 takes over the plunger 3594, which runs synchronously with the drivers 3566 and accelerates the folding mandrel. The support plates 3573 and 3574 are in the position shown, holding tongs 3578 are open.

After the folding mandrel has been transferred into the space between the support plate 7573 and the stack of folding mandrels arranged underneath, both support plates and thus the entire stack are lowered by a folding mandrel height. Then the holding forceps 3578 is closed by pulling on the pull rod 3591 in the direction of arrow 3593, so that a driver 3599 of the conveyor belt 3513 can take the lowest folding mandrel from the through-flow storage 3514 and convey it away, while the removed folding mandrel is affected by the weight of the one above it. is relieved of the mandrel stack held, holding tongs 3578. The support plates 3573, 3574 are then raised by a folding mandrel height and the holding tongs 3578 are opened. In this way, the folding mandrel 3043 under consideration, with the empty pack 3041 surrounding it, runs through the through-flow storage device 3514, in that it decreases step-by-step by one folding-mandrel height each time until it is removed from the through-flow storage device by a driver 3599 and on the partial production path V3d from the continuously driven conveyor belt 3513 is promoted. During the passage of the empty pack 3041 through the flow memory 3514, the bottom of the empty pack can be heated by means of the heating device 3590, so that the glue seam consisting of wet glue securely sets or the glue seam consisting of hotmelt glue is securely activated and then fixed again in a subsequent cooling zone (not shown) can.

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At the transfer point 133 it is decided whether the loose pack is transferred from the production line V3 (more precisely from the partial production line V3d) to the packaging line / 3, with it is withdrawn from its folding mandrel, or whether it is returned in the circuit to the folding conveyor 3511, wherein it remains on its folding mandrel.

Lift when the first empty packages 3041 arrive at the transfer point B3 the production machines upstream of the packing machine 3012 do not yet have as many filter cigarettes 3022 conveyed into the magazines 3004a and 3004b so that a light barrier, not shown, is covered, the removal tappets 3007a and 3007b not actuated, and the receptacles 3039 of the press turret 3036 remain empty. The removal tappets 3007a and 3007b do not emit a signal to control the extractor 3602, so that the following, by the ram 3601, the folding mandrel accelerated the folding mandrel under consideration, together with its empty package, onto a driver 3618 of the cyclically driven vertical conveyor 3516 pushes the folding mandrel upwards on the partial production path V3e • promotes. If the folding mandrel has reached the end of the partial production line V3e, then button 3223 detects that it is already an empty pack wearing. The button 3223 gives no control signal to the tinfoil apparatus in the tinfoil supply area B3 ', so that the There is no tinfoil feed for the mandrel under consideration. In the same way, the button 3224 ensures by omitting the: Output of a control signal for the fact that the paper feed does not take place in the paper feed area B ". The folding mandrel thus begins its concentricity vonneuera, with the production operations described running again along the production line V3, but without causing folds.

If the cigarette mirror in the magazines 3004a and 3004B risen so far that it be monitored, not shown light barrier causes the withdrawal ram 3007a and 3007b for ramming of cigarettes blocks 3008 in record 3039 the press turret 3036, then enter the withdrawal ram for completeness of the cigarette block a signal that the

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Transfer device 3175 at transfer point B3 puts into action. The control signals of the extraction tappets trigger the following processes:

During the idle time of a work cycle, the shafts 3611 and 3612 of the extractor 3602 are rotated so that the legs 3608 and 3609 close and place against an empty pack 3041 on a folding mandrel 3043. To the suction channels 3610 suction air is switched on. Then the entire puller 3602 becomes the packaging turret 3179 moved towards, wherein the empty pack is pulled from the folding mandrel 3043 and between the holders 3604 and 3606 of a receptacle 3178 is convicted. The extractor is then moved back and its legs twisted apart. So is the empty pack 3041 is transferred from the supply line, i.e. from the production line V3, to the packaging line Y3. In the Following four work cycles, the empty pack transferred to the packaging turret 3179 is produced during the conveying steps 3041 promoted to the merging point C3. There it is from the merging device 3187 with that cigarette block 3008, which triggered their transfer to packaging line Y3. On their further way this pack is placed on the packaging turret 3179 during the further conveyance on the packaging line Y3 through Schlies · Sen of the head end flaps and subsequent banding completed.

If there is no empty pack on a folding mandrel for a cigarette block 3008 transferred to a receptacle 3039, the button 3227, which detects this operating state, removes this cigarette block from its supply line U3 before it reaches the merging point C3, or the button 3227 prevents it from being pushed into the receptacle. During the transfer, the removal tappets 3007a and 3007b check the cigarette blocks not only for their presence but also for completeness. If one of the probes 3502 does not press the contact plate 3503 on the contact in the absence of a cigarette

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bars 3506, then there is no current flow through the series-connected Contacts 3506 possible, and the defective cigarette block is removed from its supply line U3, before he can reach the merging station C3. Also in this case is omitted, similar to xiessexistence of a cigarette block, the transfer of an empty pack onto the packaging line Y3. Enough for any reason E.g. in the event of a malfunction in the upstream production machines, the 3022 filter cigarettes are no longer fed to keep the magazines 3004a and 3004b sufficiently full, so if the cigarette levels drop, they give the mirror monitoring light barriers a signal that prevents removal strokes of the removal plunger 3007a and 3007b, ' so that at least one receptacle 3039 of the press turret 3036 remains unfilled. In this way it is prevented that incomplete cigarette blocks will be placed in the receptacles 3039. There is then also no takeover of Empty packs 3041 on the packaging turret 3179.

If each magazine 3004a, 3004b is fed by a production machine and one production machine fails, the undisturbed production machine can continue to run with the packing machine in which only every second receptacle 3039 is filled with a cigarette block 3008, which means that only every second empty pack is transferred to the Packaging web is connected. Of course, a counter, for example as described in the case of the packing machine in FIGS. 1 to 14, ensures that after all folding mandrels 3043 have empty packs 3041, the empty packing memory in the form of the empty pack conveyor is filled and the drive of the packing machine is stopped. When the packaging machine is restarted, ready-made empty packs are immediately available, which can be called up from the production line V3, which is also the storage line, if necessary. In the event of malfunctions in the production machines, because of the prolonged production of empty pairs, it cannot occur that

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the then required, mostly in the short term, but with direct coupling frequent machine stops drying glued papicr sections or critical packaging or transfer operations not carried out to the end, so that malfunctions of the packing machine caused by this do not occur can.

In the manner described above for a folding mandrel all folding mandrels are wrapped one after the other with wrapping components tinfoil and paper, which thus become empty packs be prefabricated.

The particular advantage of the packing machine of Figures 16 to 25 is that the drive for step-by-step conveyance to essential parts of the production conveyor for empty packs is relieved, which are constantly driven. It is also available for setting the adhesive (wet adhesive) or for activation and subsequent cooling (hot-melt adhesive) sufficient time is available to ensure that the adhesive seams securely set guarantee.

The packing machine 4012 of FIGS. 26 to 33 differs from that of FIGS. 16 to 25 primarily in that the circulating empty pack conveyor, designed as an empty pack storage, has two in the actual production area of the empty packs, i.e. in which the folding operations are carried out on the wrapping materials for the production of empty packs has successively arranged folding turrets, which are followed by a vertical conveyor and two horizontal conveyors, the last of which leads back to the first folding turret. The folding mandrels, however, as in the case of the packing machine of the aforementioned earlier figures, are not permanently connected to the empty pack conveyor, but can be transferred at shifting points between individual conveyors of the empty pack conveyor by shifting devices arranged at these points from a single conveyor to the downstream individual conveyor. - 79 -

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In FIGS. 26a and 26b, which together show a schematic diagram of a packaging machine for soft cup packs, and in FIG. 27 two are each of a conveyor belt 4023a

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(not visible), 4023b with Filtorzigorotten 4022, the ζ.3Γ v / ground directly from one or several production machines, not shown, loadable magazines 4004a and 4004b arranged on both sides of a press turret 4036. For removing cigarette blocks 4008 from the shafts 4010a, 4018b of the magazines 4004a and / or. 4004b and for their transfer into receptacles 4039 of the press turret 4036 at a transfer point A4 'are used removal plungers 4007a and / or. 4007b, pointing in the direction of the double arrows 4006a or /. 4006b are alternately moved back and forth by a cyclically operating drive, not shown in detail, in such a way that in a receptacle 4039 once a block 4Q0Ö of removal plunger 4007a from the magazine 4004a and in the following receptacle 4039 a cigarette block 4008 from the. Removal ram 4007b is pushed out of the magazine 4004b. In this way, the extraction tappets work at half the machine cycle frequency. The transfer part A4 ¹ is in the conveying direction of the Zigassttenblocks 4-008 in the press turret 4036 a test station with a test device 4505 for checking the presence of cigarette blocks 4008 and for checking the presence of the prescribed number of .Zigaretten 4022 in a cigarette block nachgeordndfc. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 28, a test plunger 4507 which can be moved to and fro has individual push rods 4501 which are each assigned to a specific cigarette 4022 in a cigarette block 4008. Each bumper ends on the cigarette side in a test head 4502, on the other side in a contact plate 4503 and is axially displaceable against the action of a spring 4504. If the test head 4502 is moved sufficiently at the moment when the test plunger 4507 touches a cigarette block, the contact plate 4503 of a push rod 4501 bridges two opposing contacts 4506. All contacts are connected in series and connected to a control unit (4511 in FIG. 4511. If a cigarette is missing in a cigarette block, two contacts 4506 of the assigned bumper 450 "" are not bridged at the moment the test rod 4507 touches the cigarette block, and the stronkrois is

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not closed. The control unit 4511 then actuates a downstream ejection device 4503 in the path of the cigarette block in the receptacles 4039 dos Proßrevolvers 4036 in the form of a slide 4509, which ejects the faulty cigarette block from the conveyor U4 to the actual packaging device. In addition, if a cigarette block is missing, a signal is given which, as will be described in detail later, prevents a transfer device (4175 to B4) for transferring empty packs (4041) onto a packaging line Y4. The conveyor track U4 also represents a supply track for the cigarette blocks. In addition, the magazines 4004a and 4004b can be assigned to the magazines 4004a and 4004b, the cigarette levels in the magazines monitoring light barriers for machine control in the sense of maintaining a sufficient ■ cigarette supply in the magazines, as in 'Figures 2 and 5 · '· - _ "*". _v written.

The following is an apparatus for prefabrication of empty packs described from the wrapping components tinfoil and paper, into which the pressed cigarette blocks are then placed in the course of merging packaged goods units (Cigarette blocks) and prefabricated packaging & components (Empty packs).

The prefabrication of the empty packs 4041 takes place on the production line V4, which consists of the partial production lines V4a ... V4e and which is provided by a production conveyor in the form of a. ( Circulating empty pack conveyor 4042 is formed. The production line V4 is at the same time the empty pack conveyor track, along which the production tools are arranged.

The empty baggage conveyor 4042 consists of two folding turrets 4044, and 4046, a vertical conveyor downstream of this in the form of a downwardly demanding flow memory 4514, from a first conveyor belt 4179 (which is also a packaging conveyor in the form of a pre-packing belt) and a second conveyor belt 4181, which is behind the packaging belt 4179 is arranged.

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The aforementioned individual conveyors together form the empty package conveyor 4042, which is thus an endlessly revolving conveyor with intermittently driven empty pack part conveyors can be understood. The conveyor tracks of the empty pack part conveyors are circular or straight.

Folding mandrels 4043 are assigned to the empty pack conveyor 4042, which are not rigidly connected to the empty pack part conveyors 4044, 4046, 4514, 4179 and 4181, but which are carried along in receptacles on the conveyor. The folding mandrels 4043 consist of cuboid blocks made of plastic or metal (e.g. aluminum), which are provided with guide grooves 4517 (Fig30), in the guide strips (e.g. 4518 in Figure 3p), to protect against unwanted axial displacements and to carry out intended displacement movements . , · ■.

The folding turret 4044 with holders 4047 for the folding mandrels 4043 is a tinfoil apparatus 4069 with a tinfoil bobbin 4073, a pair of take-off rollers 4072 for the step-by-step removal of a tinfoil strip 4074 and a transfer roller 4077 assigned.

4076 is a controllable knife apparatus with an electromagnet 4078 for actuating the knife to cut off tinfoil sections 4071 from the tinfoil strips 4074, which come to lie over the receptacles 4047. The tinfoil sections 4071 are fed in succession on a tinfoil ^{feed rack: W4 and arrive at the tinfoil feed point B4 1} on the first partial production web V4a of the production line V4.

At a displacement point F4a are folding mandrels 4043 from a displacement device 4048 in the receptacles 4047 of the folding turret 4044 transferable. A folding device 4049 downstream of the displacement point F4a in the conveying direction is used for knocking in the wide bottom-side end tabs of the tinfoil sections 4071. A shifting device 4051 on a displacement point F4b, which is arranged downstream of the folding device 4049 in the conveying direction of the folding turret 4044 and at which the first partial production line V4a beginning at P4a the production line V4 ends as well as the second production part Baha V4

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the Forticuncobahn V4 boginnt, is used to transfer with Tinfoil sections 4071 encased folding mandrels 4042 from the folding turret 4044 to the folding turret 4046. The latter are on its! Paper feed point 34 "of paper clippings 4132 from a blanket 4131 can be supplied, which is similar to> the tinfoil sections via receptacles 4052 of the folding turret 4046 for the Folding mandrels 4043 lie. A glue device 4139 is used to glue the paper sections 4132.

One of the displacement points F4b in the conveying direction of the folding turret 4046 downstream folding device 4053 is used to fold in the narrow bottom-side end tabs, a This downstream, further folding device 4054 is used to fold in the wide, bottom-side end tabs of the fastening material.

A displacement device 4056 at a displacement point F4c, that of the folding device 4054 in the conveying direction of the folding turret 4046 is arranged downstream and at which the second partial production path V4b of the production path V4 ends, as well as the third partial production path V4c begins, is used to transfer stannil sections 4071 and paper sections 4132 in the form of a paver Empty packs 4041 enveloped folding mandrels 4043 from the folding turret 4046 to the through-flow storage 4514. From the through-flow storage 4514, which can be heated if necessary (e.g. by wall heating or by a radiant heater) the downwardly conveyed FaIV surrounded by empty packs 4041 " mandrels 4043 at a displacement point F4d, at which the third production partial path V4c of the production path V4 ends and the The fourth production partial web V4e begins, is removed and transferred to receptacles 4178 of the packaging tape 4179. The breathable trained packaging tape 4179 is over Umlenktrom-. · my 4182 and 4183 led. The one behind the packaging tape 4179 The arranged conveyor belt 4181 with receptacles 4184 for folding mandrels 4043 is guided over deflection drums 4185 (covered) and 4186. Both belts 4179 and 4181, which must work without slippage, can, for example, be provided with teeth on the underside Endless belts can be formed, the teeth of which in corresponding

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The profiles of the deflection drums 4182, 4183 or 8185, 8186 engage. Charging devices are then attached to these belts, E.g. dovetail-like profiles on which the recordings

4178 or 4184 can be pushed on easily and exchanged in their Can be fixed in position. In this way, the recordings can be quickly adapted in the event of changes in the format of the items to be packaged Reach cigarettes.

At a shifting point F4e, at which the "fourth production partial path V4d of the production line V4 ends and the fifth production sub-line V4e begins, is a transfer device 4175 for transferring mandrels 4043 from the packaging tape

4179 intended for conveyor belt 4181. 4161 and 4162 are refrigerants for the finished empty packs, which then come into effect are to be set if empty packs 4041 and folding mandrels 4043 separated from one another by peeling off the latter in the longitudinal axial direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper away from the viewer should be. Thus, the displacement point F4e is at the same time a transfer point B4, at which the von.ihren folding mandrels 4043 separate empty packs 4041 from the fifth partial production line V4e of the production line V4 onto the packaging line Y4 arrive. From this point of separation on, the conveyor belt 4179 has the function of a packaging conveyor and becomes hence called packaging tape.

the

At the transfer point B4 in the conveying direction of the packaging belt 4179, there is a transfer device 4187 provided by means of the pressed cigarette blocks 4008 in the receptacles 4039 of the press turret 4036 in the empty packs 4041 in the receptacles 4178 of the packaging belt 4179 are transferable. The transfer devices 4175 and 4187 thus form a merging device for cigarette blocks and empty packs on the packaging line Y4.

Folding devices 4188 and 41SS are arranged downstream of the merging point C4 in the conveying direction of the packaging belt 4179 for wrapping the head-side narrow or wide front flaps of the empty packs filled with cigarette blocks 4008

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4041, resulting in finished cigarette packs 4201, Then vex see Gio with an encoding mark (! Banderole) will.

A banding device 4-199 is used for this purpose, to which the Cigarette packs 4201 by means of an intermediate conveyor 4191 be convicted. At a transfer point Λ4 '' 'are the Cigarette packs 4201 can be transferred from a double pusher 4192 into receptacles 4193 of the intermediate conveyor 4191, while they are moved out of the receptacles 4193 by the double slide 4192 at a transfer point A4 ″ and are transferred to the banding device 4199 must be passed. The banding device contains a banding magazine 4194 from which individual bands from a removal roller 4196 ^ designed as a suction roller disconnected from the ground. The removed bands are made by a glue roller 4197, which is made by a glue discharge roller 4198 Glue storage container 4195 is supplied with glue, glued and Transferred from the removal roller 4196 to the top of the packs 4201. Then, in a manner known per se, the The protruding flaps of the banderoles are folded over and the finished cigarette packs are placed on a conveyor belt 4200 handed over and promoted.

In the course of the supply line U4 is used as a monitoring device for the supply of cigarette blocks the already described, the presence of cigarette blocks 4008 in the receptacles 4039 of the press turret 4036 detecting test device. " 4505 is provided, the control unit 4511 of which is the transfer device 4175 for triggering a transfer process of an empty pack on the packaging belt 4179 caused when they has caught a block of cigarettes.

In the course of the production line V4 are the following trucks :. Pushbuttons 4223 and 4224, which represent monitoring devices for the supply of wrapping components and which detect the presence of tinfoil sections 4071 on the mandrels 4043. The buttons control the supply of the covering components to the receptacles 4047 and 4052 at the supply points B4 ¹ and B4 ″ in such a way that a tinfoil section 4071

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is only supplied if from button 4225 on the corresponding Folding mandrel 4045 no tinfoil section was previously ic, and that a paper section 4152 is only fed, if a tinfoil section 4071 was detected by button 4224 on the corresponding folding mandrel 4045. To do this there the button 4225 only sends a control signal to the electromagnet 4078 of the when the tinfoil section is missing on a folding mandrel 4045 Knife apparatus 4076 and an invisible control coupling between the pair of take-off rollers 4072 and the drive of the machine. Button 4224 only gives when one is available Tinfoil section 4071 on the folding mandrel 4045 a control signal to a non-visible control coupling between a Take-off roller 4668 for feeding in a paper section 4152 and driving the machine.

Button 4227 provides a monitoring device for the presence of finished empty packs 4041 on the folding mandrels 4045. If such an empty pack is missing, then the Button 4227 via the control unit 4511 in the course of

Storage web U4 arranged ejector 4508, which the assigned cigarette block 4008, the one at the assembly point C4 would not find an empty package, removed from its U4 line.

The buttons 4225, 4224 and 4227 are shown schematically without amplifiers and switches, which of course in practice required are. The switching connections are indicated by dash-dotted lines of action.

The cyclic drives of the machine elements described above are advantageously derived from a machine drive. To carry out conveying steps for the pallet mandrels, the wrapping components and the cigarette blocks within the work cycles, which are generally made up of conveyor steps and associated downtimes can exist, can be cold. water transmission be provided during the movement processes during downtimes, especially the folding processes, of single-pole drives or of per se when controlling the Folding tool «? iCurven-

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Step-by-step for the execution of conveying steps are driven:

Pull-off roller pair 4072, folding turret 4044, blank device 4131, folding turret 4046, guide drum 4182, guide drum 4185, press turret 4036, intermediate conveyor 4191. Knife apparatus 4076, folding device 4049 and displacement device are driven during the idle times of the work cycles 4051, folding device 4053, folding device 4054, displacement device 4056, transfer device 4175, displacement device 4048, removal ram 4007a, 4007b, transfer device 4187, folding device 4188, folding device 4189, double slider 4192.

Figure 2.9 shows details of the displacement device 4056 at the displacement point F4c (Figure 26) for transferring with finished Empty packs 4041 enveloped folding mandrels 4043 from the folding turret 4046 (partial production path V4b) to the continuous storage 4514 (partial production line V4c). The displacement device 4056 has an articulated 3-th arranged on a plunger 4057 Driver 4058, which can rest against the plunger 4057 in the direction of arrow 4059. The plunger 4057 is in the direction of of the double arrow 4061 in the idle time of a work cycle from a drive (not shown), e.g. from a Control cam, not shown, which can be driven by a machine drive, can be moved back and forth.

FIG. 30 shows details of the transfer device 4175 at the displacement point F4e (transfer point B4) (FIG. 2.6) for transferring empty folding mandrels 4041 wrapped with finished empty packs 4041 or from empty folding mandrels 4043 from the packaging belt 4179 (production line V4d) to the conveyor belt 4181 (production part V4e), including the refrigerant 4161, 4162.

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The transfer device 4175 has an articulated one. a plunger 4163 attached driver 4164, which can be raised in the direction of arrow 4166. The driver 4164 has a driver nose 4167 and thus represents a pawl. The plunger 4163 can be moved back and forth in the direction of the double arrow 4168 by a drive (not shown), for example by a control cam driven by the machine drive.

The holding means 4161, 4162 for the empty packs 4041 from which Folding mandrels 4043 are to be pulled out for separation, consists of two suction chambers 4169 or 4171, one of which is not suction air source shown are in connection, the connection being controllable by means of solenoid valves 4172 and 4173, respectively is. The solenoid valves 4172, 4173 are only actuated when testing device 4505 has a proper cigarette block 4008, button 4227 has reported correct empty packaging • 4041. The plunger 4163 is driven by its drive during the downtime of a work cycle of the packing machine first moved towards a folding mandrel 4043; In its end position, the driver nose 4167 engages in the. upper! guide groove 4517 of the folding mandrel. When the ram 4163 moves back, the driver 4164 takes the folding mandrel 4043 with it back, this being transferred into one of the receptacles 4184 of the conveyor belt 4181.

If empty packaging 4041 and folding mandrel 4043 are to be separated, If the latter is to be pulled out of the empty package, then the solenoid valves 4172 and 4173 controlled so that the suction chambers 4169 and 4171 are acted upon by suction air. The suction air, which also passes through the air-permeable Packaging tape 4179 acts through, holds the empty pack 4041 during the transfer of the mandrel3 4043 in their position on the packaging tape 4179.

FIG. 31 shows details of the transfer device 4187 at the merging point C4 (Pig.26), at which is located in receptacles 4039 of the press turret 4036 (supply line ü4)

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Cartoon blocks 4008 in empty packs 4041 in receptacles 4-178 of the packaging tape 4179 (packaging sheet £ 4). The transfer device 4187 has a fixed mouthpiece 4151 between the press turret 4036 and packaging tape 4179, the one. in the direction of the double arrow 4152 back and hcrbcwcgbarcr plunger 4155 is opposite. Dor ram AVjJ iut drive not shown by cinora, e.g. a control cam driven by the machine drive, driven in such a way that pressed cigarette blocks 4008 from the receptacles 4039 of the press turret 4036 through the mouthpiece 4151 into receptacle 4178 of the packaging belt 4179 during the idle times of work cycles convicted.

In FIGS. 32a and 5.2b, the platen turret 4044 consists of a turret body 4601 which can be driven step by step in the direction of arrow 4602 by means of a hollow shaft, which is not visible. Each receptacle 4047 of the turret body 4601 has a slide 4603, the plunger 4604 of which is guided against the action of a compression spring 4606 with a roller 4607 on the inner track 4608 of a cup curve 4609. The slides 4603, together with the pot cam 4609 at the displacement point? 4b, simultaneously form a displacement device 4051. Each receptacle 4047 is also assigned a hammer 4611 connected to the revolver body 4601, which is pivotable about the axis 4612 . Pivoting movements of the impactor 4611 can be controlled by a control cam 4613, against whose cam path 4614 a roller 4616 of the impactor 4611 is supported, which is pressed against the cam path 4614 by means of a tension spring 4617 Visible, for driving the folding turret 4044 hollow shaft guided V / elle 4618 relative to the turret body 4601 can be driven in such a way that when the turret body 4601 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow 4602, they are moved with it and when the turret body 4601 is at a standstill, against its conveying direction in the direction of arrow 4619, are moved back to their starting position. The pot cam 4609 and the control cam 4613 lead

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The folding mandrels 4043 have suction channels 4043b on a lateral surface 4043a, which are connected to an invisible suction air source can be connected via bores 4622 in the turret body 4601, in order to be able to hold tinfoil sections 4071 better on the outer surface 4043a of the folding mandrel 4043. The folding turret 4046 is designed similarly to the folding turret 4044. The one with corresponding parts of the folding turret 4044 Corresponding parts of the folding turret 4046 are denoted by the same reference numerals, increased by 30, and not very much specially explained. The pot curve 4639 and the control curve 4643 are the slightly different position of the side seams of the paper sections 4132 compared to the position of the side seams of the However, tinfoil sections 4071 are designed differently, but are in the same way relative to the revolver body 4631 can be moved in an oscillating manner.

4049 and 4053, 4054 are already mentioned in FIG. 26, per se known folding devices for the bottom closure of the empty packages.

Folding flaps of the wrapping material that are still protruding from the folding turrets are pressed on by folding rollers 4651 and 4652, which are rotatably mounted at the ends of levers 4653 and 4654, respectively. The folding rollers 4651 and 4652 are provided with grooves at those points on their circumference where the impactor 4611 and 4641 have strips to prevent the folding rollers from running onto the impactors, which are moved in sections with the folding turrets. The levers are pivotable at their other ends using a shaft 4656. Compression springs 4657, 4658 ensure that the folding rollers 4651 and 4652 are pressed against the folding turrets 4044 and 4046, respectively.

Fixed stop strips 4659, 4661 for protruding folding flaps of the folding material are assigned to the folding turrets 4044 and 4046.

The blanket apparatus 4131 contains a magazine 4666 for receiving the paper sections 4132, which are fed by suction channels 4667

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provided take-off roller 4668 removable and on the circumference dc3 Turret body 4631 are transferable. On the pieces of paper 4132 carries a glue roller 4669, which is a transfer roller 4671 glue from a pick roller 4672 in a storage container 4673 feeds, glue on.

The shifting device 4048 for the conveyor belt 4181 at the Displacement point F4a is designed as a slide 4676, the plunger 4677 of which is mounted on parallel links 4678, 4679. A roller 4681, which is pressed by an invisible spring against the cam track 4682 of a control cam 4683, moves the slide 4676 when the control cam 4683 is rotated in the direction of the arrow 4684 in order to carry out shifting movements For folding mandrels 4043 from the receptacles 4184 of the conveyor belt 4181 into the receptacles 4047 of the folding turret 4044 in the direction of the double arrow 4686 back and forth. The slide 4676 has a recess so that it can be attached to the conveyor belt 4181 can grab a folding mandrel at its ends and move it.

The intermediate conveyor 4191 for the transfer of finished cigarette packs 4201 at the transfer point A4 ¹ ' ¹ from the packaging belt 4179 and for transferring these packs to the transfer belt 4200 at the transfer point A4 "has a double slide 4192, which can be moved in fixed bearings 4687 and 4688 The double slide 4192 has recesses in the middle, approximately the width of the packaging tape 4179, so that it can be moved past this one. Can be moved back and forth in the direction of the double arrow 4698 via a joint lever 4694 mounted on an axis 4696 and an articulated transfer lever 4697, while at the same time a cigarette pack 4201 is taken over into a receptacle 4193 of the intermediate conveyor 4191 at A4 ' ¹ ' and another cigarette pack is taken from a receptacle 4193 at A4 "is transferred to the conveyor belt 4200. A banderole is applied to the cen

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Mode of operation of the packing machine according to FIG. 26 up to 33:

When describing the mode of operation, it is assumed that that all folding mandrels 4043 are empty and there are still no cigarettes 4022 in the magazines 4004a, 4004b. First there is a folding mandrel 4043 on its Y.'eg on the production line V4 and then the empty pack 4041 produced in the process is tracked on its V / eg on the packaging lane Y4.

If the Packrnaschine 4012 including the upstream direct-coupled production machine is switched on, 4223 scans the probe a folding mandrel 4043 in. A receiver 4184 of the belt 4181 before it is supplied to the Stanniolzuführstelle B4 ^1, then on whether it is surrounded by a Stanniolabschnitt 4071st Since this is not the case, according to the prerequisites, the tinfoil apparatus 4069 feeds a tinfoil section 4071 on the tinfoil feed path Y / 4, which is cut off by the knife apparatus 4076 on the folding turret 4044 and placed over the receptacle 4047 (Fig. 33a ■ ··.) where it is held by suction air in suction channels 4621.

During the conveying step in the following work cycle, the cut tinfoil section 4071 arrives on the folding turret 4044 at the displacement point F4a, at which it is transferred to the tinfoil feed point B4 on the partial production path V4a. During the same step is conveying the retrieved empty folding mandrel transferred to a receiving 4-184 of the conveyor belt 4181 rtigungsteilbahn on the F _e V4e to the sliding body F4a 4043rd

During the standstill time of this work cycle, the folding mandrel located in the receptacle 4184 of the conveyor belt 4181 must now be transferred from the displacement device 4048 into the receptacle 4047 of the folding turret 4044. To do this, push? the control cam 4683 via the roller 4681 up the Stöäal 4677 and the associated slide 4676, in the recess of which the conveyor belt 4181 remains so that the folding mandrel 4043

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is pressed into the receptacle 4047 with the tinfoil section 4071 lying over the receptacle 4047, whereby the 3i 'anniol' section is folded into a U. During the shifting process, the V / elle 4618 drives the pot cam 4609 and the control cam 4613 opposite to the conveying direction of the drop turret 4044 in the direction of the arrow 4619 from the dot-dash line in FIGS. 32a and 32b to the solid line; During this movement of the pot curve and the control cam, the slide 4603 is moved back by the roller 4607 and the pot curve 4609 synchronously to the movement of the slide 4676 into the end position shown, so that the folding mandrel 4043 is moved by both slides during the transfer into the receptacle 4047 4676 and 4603 is held. At the end of the slide movement, the cam 4613 causes the impactor 4611 to pivot about the axis 4612, so that the impactor strikes a leg of the previously formed U of the tin foil section 4071 (FIG. 33b). _ΐ Ώ £ _en Figuren32a 32bist and the end of the movement of the impactor 4611 shown. During the idle time of the work cycle under consideration, the control cam 4683 guides the roller 4681 and thus the slide 4676 back down into the initial position shown. The shifting process is thus ended and the folding mandrel 4043 under consideration is transferred from the Fei- *.

In the following work cycle, the machine drive causes the production conveyor 4042 and thus also the folding turret 4044 to perform a movement step during which the folding mandrel 4043 in its receptacle 4047 comes into the area of the folding device 4049. V / hile the promotion is of course already taken legs of the U of the suction channels of suction air acting on the _t 4043b Kantelfläche 4043A of the folding mandrel ers 4043 held. The fold-in strip 4659 places the remaining, still protruding leg of the U of the tinfoil section 4071 during the conveyance of the folded corn, among other things. The luffing curve 4609 and the control curve 4613 are synchronized with the folding turret 4044 during the movement step.

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moved (in Pig. 32a, ... the end position is indicated by dash-dotted lines). The folding roller 4651 presses the folding flap, which has already been unplaced by the folding strip 4659, firmly onto the folding flap folded over by ISinschläger 4611. During the downtime after the conveying step under consideration, the folding device 4049 folds in the two broad front flaps of the tinfoil on the bottom (FIG. 33c). The pot curve 4609 and the control curve 4613 are moved back to the displacement point F4a in their drawn out position during this idle time in order to take over a new folding mandrel in the subsequent receptacle 4047 of the folding turret 4044. During the conveying step of the following work cycle, the folding turret 4044 is caused by the machine drive to carry out a further moving step, during which time. the folding mandrel 4043 under consideration is conveyed to · the displacement point? 4b. During this conveyance, the suction air acting on the suction channels 4043b holds the overlapping tucked-in parts of the tin foil section 4071 on the lateral surface 4043a.

The pushbutton 4224 located at the displacement point F4a (Fig26 ι had already detected when the folding mandrel 4043 was transferred 4047 that the folding mandrel 4043 had only one tinfoil section 4071, i.e. it was neither completely empty nor was it carrying an empty package a control signal was sent to the clutch of the removal roller 4668, which was then connected to the machine drive for the conveying step of the following work cycle , where it was held by suction air on the suction channels 4651. From the glue roller 4669, strips 4670 (visible in FIG. 33d) were applied to the removed paper section 4132 at the intended seams of the finished pack Button 4224 to ensure that a section of paper is fed to the paper feed path X4 at the right time usa at the paper feed point B4 " onto the partial production line V4b

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Dio handover dos with tinfoil wrapped Faltdornes 4075 of Paltrevolver 4044 to 4046 put on the sliding P4b ER fol & similar spot on the sliding F4a. The top curve 4609, which is moved back relative to the turret 4044 in the direction of the arrow 4619 during the idle time of the work cycle, pushes the slide 4603 into the position shown. During this time, the pot curve 4639 moved in the direction of the arrow 4649 moves the roller 4637 of the plunger 4634 and thus the slide 4633 back into the position shown. The two-head cams and the control cams of both folding turrets are moved in such a way that the slides 4603 and 4633 run synchronously and the folding mandrel 4043 is held while it is transferred into the receptacle 4052 of the folding turret 4046. · '

During the displacement of the folding mandrel at the displacement point F4b, during which the folding mandrel is transferred to the partial production path V4b, the paper cut 4132 is turned into a U with legs of unequal length. The control cam 4643 then pivots the impactor 4641 about the axis 4042 into the position shown in which the short leg of the U ¹ S of the paper section 4132 formed during the transfer is turned in (FIG. 33 «).

During the conveying step of the following work cycle, the machine drive causes the folding turret 4046 to perform a further movement step, during which the iüopf curve 4639 and the control curve 4643 are also moved (the final positions of the two curves are indicated by dash-dotted lines in FIGS. 32a, 32b). During the movement step of the folding turret 4046, the fixed folding strip 4661 defines the still protruding long leg of the U of the paper section 4132, among other things; After executing the movement step, the folding turret .4046 has moved the folding mandrel into the area of the folding roller 4652, which presses the long leg of the U folded over by the folding strip against the folded down short leg of the U, after which the longitudinal seam of the paper cut-off is closed. During the downtime of this work cycle, shaft 4648 moves lopikurve 4639 and control cam 4643 into their extended position

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drawn starting position in the direction of arrow 4649 back. Here, the impactor 4641 is moved by the control cam 4643 into the scichncte position at which it holds the paper section 4132 at the seam during the further conveying movement of the folding mandrel 4043 (Fig. 33f ) the area of action of the folding device 4053, which, during the idle time of this work cycle, wraps the narrow, bottom-side end tabs of the tinfoil section 4071 and the paper section 4132 (Pig.3-3g). .

During the conveying step of the following work cycle the considered folding mandrel is in the area of action of the folding device 4054, which in the downtime of this work cycle has a wide bottom end lobe of the paper section 4132 strikes (Fig. 33h ;.

During the conveying step of the following work cycle, the folding mandrel 4043 under consideration is conveyed to the displacement point F4c. In the downtime of this work cycle, in the the control cam 4643 is moved back in the direction of arrow 4649 relative to the folding turret 4046, the control cam pivots 4643 by means of the spring 4647 the Sinschläger 4641 back into the position shown, in which he with the folding mandrel releases the impact material. In the standstill time this In the work cycle, the folding mandrel is transferred from the partial production web V4b to the partial production web V4c, which is passed through memory 45H is realized. To do this, the drive moves of the ram 4057 this towards the folding turret 4046, whereby the driver 4058 rests against the ram. In the Sndposixioa of the ram 4057, the driver 4058 lies behind the folding mandrel 4043, which it nitnir ^ rd when the ram 4057 moves back and at the same time transfers it from the receptacle 4052 of the folding turret 4046 to the through-flow storage 4514.

Since the folding mandrels memory from the passage 4514 are removed during the feed steps of the following working cycles on the sliding body 3? 4d of the Verpackungsbar.d 4179 4043 continuously, the wrapped with wrapping material folding mandrel decreases progressively in the FIFO memory 4514 along the

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Partial production line V4c. During the first lowering step, the front wall of the through-flow storage 4514 wraps the last, not yet wrapped, wide, bottom-side end flap of the paper section 4132 around (J? Ig.33i>. During the vertical downward conveyance of the folding mandrel in through- flow storage 4-514, the glue seams are sufficient Time to set, this can be aided by heating devices.

This is the first folding mandrel wrapped in an empty 4041 package 4043 has arrived at the displacement point F4d, then it is taken from a receptacle 4178 of the packaging tape 4179 from the through-flow storage 4514 during the delivery ride of a work cycle discharged and transferred to the partial production line V4d. During the conveying step of the following work cycle promotes the packaging belt 4179, which is in the area of the partial production line V4d represents a rope of the empty pack conveyor 4042, the folding mandrel 4043 with the empty pack 4041 to the Shift point F4e, which is also a transfer point B4.

There it is decided whether the empty pack 4041 gets from the production line V4 (more precisely from the finished cable car V4d) to the packaging line Y4 (i.e. remains on the packaging network 4179), with its folding mandrel 4043 being sucked away to the rear, or whether it is circulated to the folding turret 4044 is fed back via the conveyor belt 4181, whereby it remains on its folding mandrel. If, when the first empty pack 4041 arrives at the transfer part B4, the production machines upstream of the packing machine 4012 have not yet conveyed so many Filxer cigarettes 4022 into the Kagazime 4004a and 4004b that a light barrier, not shown, is covered, then the removal plungers 4007a and 4007b are not actuated and the recordings 4039 of the press turret 4036 remain empty. The test device 4505 therefore sends no signal to the solenoid valves 4172 and 4173 via its control unit 4511, so that at the transfer point B4 the kit tendon 4164 of the transfer device 4175 sows the folding mandrel 4043 into its empty package

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4-041 in a receptacle 4104 of the conveyor belt 4181 and darr.il; can take over on partial production line V4e, since the empty pack 4041 is not held back. The button 4223 detects that the Paltd orη is carrying an empty pack and therefore does not emit a control signal to the tinfoil apparatus 4069, so that the tinfoil supply for the folding mandrel under consideration is omitted. During the conveying step of the following work cycle, the folding mandrel with the empty pack that has not been separated from it arrives in receptacle 4184 at the displacement point F4a, where it is transferred back to a receptacle 4047 of the folding turret 4044 in the previously described manner by the displacement device 4048. The button 4224 provides a control signal for the fact that the paper supply "also is omitted during Blankettapparat 4131 by omission of the levy. The folding mandrel ■ thus begins his run-out again, the manufacturing operations described proceed along the lane V4 again, but without causing folds.

If the cigarette level in the magazines 4004a and 4004b has risen so far that the light barrier monitoring it (not shown) causes the removal plungers 4007a and 4007b to push cigarette blocks 4008 into receptacles 4039 of the press turret 4036, then the test device 4505 outputs via control unit 4511 if the cigarette blocks are complete a signal that sets the transfer device 4175 at the transfer P transfer parts B4 in action, provided that the button 4227 had detected a proper empty package at the transfer point B4. The output signal of the control unit 4511 causes the solenoid valves 4172 and 4173 to open so that suction air can enter the suction chambers 4169 and 4171. This suction air holds an empty pack 4041 firmly in a receptacle 4178, while the driver 4164, the driver nose 4167 of which is engaged in the guide groove 4517, pulls the folding mandrel 4043 out of the finished empty pack 4041 and transfers it into a receptacle 4184 of the conveyor belt 4181. The empty pack 4041 is thus transferred from its supply line, ie from the production line V4, to the packaging line Y4.

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leads, (although it remains on the packaging belt 4179) while the folding mandrel 4043 remains on the production line V4 for a new assembly of an empty package. In the following three work cycles, the empty pack 4041 remaining on the packaging belt 4179 and thus transferred to 14 is conveyed to the assembly guide station C4 during the conveying steps Ϊ4 has triggered at the transfer point B4. The cigarette block and empty pack are brought together by the pusher 4153, which pushes the cigarette block from a receptacle 4039 of the press turret 4036 through the mouthpiece 4151 into the empty pack 4041. *

On its further path, this pack is placed on your packaging tape 4179 while it is being conveyed on the packaging path Y4 by closing the head-side end tabs by means of of the folding devices 4188 and 4189 completed. The completed pack 4201 is pushed by the double pusher 4192 transferred into a receptacle 4193 of the intermediate conveyor 4191 and after rotation by 90 degrees by the double slide 4192 the transfer belt 4200 passed on to that of the banding device 4199 a banderole is stuck on. Afterward . the finished, banded cigarette pack is conveyed away.

Is for a cigarette ™ handed over in a 4039 receptacle block 4008 there is no proper empty pack on the associated folding mandrel 4043, then this causes this operating state Detecting button 4227 the removal of this cigarette block from its supply line (J4 by means of the ejector 4508 before it reaches merge point C4.

During the passage of the cigarette blocks 4008, the checking device 4505 checks not only for their presence but also for completeness. If one of the probes 4502 does not press the contact plate 4503 onto contacts 4506 in the absence of a cigarette, then no current flow is possible via the contacts 4506 connected in series and the faulty cigarette

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Fashion is produced by the ejector 4508 from its front door U4 removed before the merging parts C4 can reach. In this case, too, is omitted, similar to. in the absence of a cigarette block, the transfer an empty pack on the packaging line Y4. Not for any reason, e.g. a malfunction of the upstream production machines, the "feeding of filter cigarettes 4022 is no longer sufficient for magazines 4004a and 4004b To keep it sufficiently filled, the cigarette levels drop, so the light barriers monitoring the mirrors give a signal that prevents removal strokes of the removal plungers 4007a and 4007b, so that receptacles 4039 of the press turret 4036 are unfilled stay. In the manner described, incomplete cigarette blocks are prevented from being transferred into the receptacles 4039 will. The transfer of empty packs 4041 to the packaging lane Ύ4 is also omitted.

If each magazine 4004a, 4004b is in each case fed by a production machine and one production machine fails, then can the undisturbed production machine with the packing machine continue by only filling every second receptacle 4039 with a cigarette block 4008, with which the transfer only every second empty pack 4041 on the packaging lane '/ 4 connected is. Of course, by means of a counter, for example as in the case of the packing machine in FIGS. 4 and 13

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that, after all folding mandrels 4043 have empty packs 4041, the empty pack storage in the form of the empty pack conveyor 4042, that is, filled with surrounding empty packs on their folds is, the drive of the packing machine is shut down. His: Do not stop the packaging machine then immediately has finished empty products. · Packs available when needed from the production line V4, which is also the storage path, can be called up. In the event of malfunctions in the production machines, it may be due to the flow In the case of empty packaging production, the case that the then required, mostly fairly short-term, but in the case of direct coupling, frequent Xascninenstops are illustrated

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In the in vorigen- for a folding mandrel V-described ^r else are all unhüllt Paltdorne behind successively with Uiahüllungskoraponenten tin foil and paper, which are thus pre-assembled to empty packs.

The "special advantage of the packing machine of Figures 26 to 33 is that the actual Leerpackungsfertigurjg, so the feeding and turning of the Umhüllungskomponeriten tin foil and paper, is made on best folding conveyors, namely folding turrets, while the anschlies- be straight (send pure conveyor with Conveyor tracks, especially the vertical through-flow storage, ensure that there is enough time for an empty pack to set the adhesive (Xass adhesive) or to activate and then cool the adhesive (SchaieIz adhesive), in order to ensure that the adhesive seams firmly solidify.

Although only the manufacture of soft cup packs with a bottom seal has been shown in the preceding examples, the invention is not restricted to the type of this pack. According to the inventive principle, soft cup packs with a so-called side closure can also be produced which have an unfolded bottom. In addition, packs made of relatively rigid material, for example hinged-lid packs, can also be produced using the method according to the invention.

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205Ü8AÜ Stw .: Packing machine empty pack storage summary Hauni file 1o) 3 - Bergedorf, July 23, 1970 claims 1. A method for packaging packaged goods, in which on a production line made of wrapping components finished, open, empty packs (empty packs) prefabricated which are brought together with the packaged goods, whereupon the packs are assembled, characterized in that that empty packs (41) independent of the supply of packaged goods be prefabricated, that the empty packs on at least one empty pack conveyor track (V) are funded, that empty packs of this empty pack conveyor track with packaged goods units (8) are merged, after which the empty packs merged with packaged goods units Further packaging operations are carried out on a packaging lane (Y), and that packaging operations on not with packaged goods units merged further conveyed empty packs are prevented. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the empty packs merged with packaged goods units (8) (41) are fed to a packaging line (Y) on which further packaging operations are carried out, and that empty parcels not merged with packaged goods units are kept away from the packaging line. 3. The method according to claim 1 and / or 2, characterized in that the empty packs (41) on at least one closed empty packaging conveyor track (V) are promoted. 4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the empty packs are conveyed on a closed empty pack conveyor track (V) which is at least partially a production line for the empty packs. 109820/1348 Stw .: Packing machine-empty-pack storage-summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 23, 1970 5. The method naoh one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that not with Verpakkungsguteinheit circulate merged empty packs on at least one closed empty pack conveyor track. 6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that empty packs during their revolutions on the closed Empty pack conveyor track are stored. 7. The method according to claim 5 and / or 6, characterized in that not merged with packaged goods units Empty packs after each cycle on the empty pack conveyor track for merging with packaged goods units be available. 8. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims 3 to 7, characterized in that the empty packs (41) on a circular empty package conveyor track (V) are promoted. 9. The method according to one or more of claims 3 to 7, characterized in that the empty packs (3041, 4041) or their components during their movement on the closed empty packaging conveyor track (V3, V4) to at least an essentially straight conveyor track (V3a, V3b, V3c, V3d, V3e; V4c, V4d, V4e). 10. The method according to claim 8 and / or 9, characterized in that the empty packs (4041) or their components are conveyed on the empty pack conveyor track along at least one circular conveyor track (V4a, V4b) while manufacturing operations are being carried out on them, and that the empty pairs are then conveyed on at least one essentially straight conveyor track (V4c, V4d, V4e). 109820/1348 Stw .: Packing machine empty pack storage summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 23, 1970 11. The method according to claim 9 and / or 10, characterized in that that the empty packs (3041, 4041) bstellen during their conveyance on the straight conveyor track (V3c, V4c) at KIe be heated. 12. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims 1 to 4, characterized in that not with Packaged goods units merged empty packs (1041) removed from the empty pairing conveyor track. 13. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that empty packs (41) can be prefabricated from several covering components (71, 132). 14. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the supply of Packaged goods units is scanned and that empty pairings (41) and packaged good units are scanned as a function of the scanning (8) be merged. 15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that empty packs (41) as a function of the supply of packaging goods from the production line (V), which is also the empty packaging conveyor line, onto the packaging line (Y) be transferred. 16. The method according to claim 14 and / or 15, characterized in that the supply of packaged goods units (8) is monitored at such a distance in front of a merging parts (C) with empty packs (41) that a packaged goods unit (8) and the through the signal triggered by this packaged goods unit from the production line (V) retrieved empty package (41) at the merging parts (C) are brought together . 109820/1348 Stw .: Packing machine empty pack storage summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorfk, July 13, 1970 17. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the casing components (71, 132) are conveyed cyclically on the production line (V), with production operations for prefabrication made of empty packs (41) during work cycles each of which consists of a conveying step (R) and an assigned downtime (S). 18. The method according to one or more of the preceding Claims, characterized in that manufacturing operations as a function of already prefabricated empty packs being controlled. ( 19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that the supply of casing components (71, 132) on the Production line (V) is controlled as a function of prefabricated empty packs (42). 20. The method according to claim 18 and / or 19, characterized in that the manufacturing operations are controlled in dependence on the presence or absence of empty packages or components thereof on the lane. 21. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the supply of Umhül- ™ treatment components on the production line is monitored and that if there is no or incorrect supply an error signal is delivered. 22. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that sheathing components (7 * 1, 132, 41) and packaged goods (8) are conveyed in cycles, with packaging operations during work cycles (T) are made, each consisting of a conveying step (R) and associated downtime (S), and that when issuing a signal to interrupt the packaging operations at any point in time, an already loaded 109820 / 13Ä8 Stw .: Paokmachine Empty Pack Storage Summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 23, 1970 Started work cycle (T) is continued until the end of critical packaging operations. 23. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the packaged goods is supplied directly from a production machine (1, 2). 24. The method according to one or more of the preceding Claims, characterized in that packaged goods units which consist of formations of rod-shaped tobacco articles such as cigarette blocks (8). 25. Packing machine with a conveyor device for the supply of packaged goods, with a production device having a production line for wrapping components for Prefabrication of partially finished, open, empty packs consisting of at least one wrapping component (Empty packs) and with a downstream packaging device for carrying out packaging operations for assembling the packs, in particular for carrying out the method according to claim 1 or one or more of the following duroh a manufacturing device (42) with independent of one Conveyor device (11) for the production tools (69, 127, 131 »161, 173), by a merging device arranged in the course of a conveyor track (V) for empty packs (41) (empty packaging conveyor track) (187) for empty packs (41) and packaged goods units (8), and by a transfer device (175) which transfers only empty packs, to which packaging goods units supplied by the conveying device are assigned, to the packaging device (179). 109820/1348 Stw .: Packing machine empty pack storage summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 23, 1970 26. Packing machine according to claim 25, characterized by a closed empty package conveyor track (V). 27. Packing machine according to claim 26, characterized in that a revolving empty pack conveyor (42) the empty pack conveyor track (V) forms. 28. Packing machine according to claim 27, characterized in that the empty pack conveyor (42) is part of the manufacturing device for the empty pairings (41). 29. Packing machine according to claim 27 and / or 28, characterized in that that the empty package conveyor (42) is a storage conveyor for empty packs (41). 30. Packing machine according to one or more of claims 26 to 29, characterized in that in the course of the empty pack conveyor track (V) a filling device (175) for bringing together empty packs (41) of the empty pack conveyor track is provided with Verpaokungsguteinheit (8). 31. Packing machine according to one or more of the claims 27 to 30, characterized in that the empty pack conveyor is a revolver. 32. Packing machine according to one or more of claims 27 to 30, characterized in that the empty pack conveyor (3042, 4042) has at least one folding conveyor with a straight conveyor track (3512, 3514, 3513, 3516; 4514, 4179, 4181), preferably one Conveyor belt. 109820/1348 Stw .: Packing machine-empty pack storage-summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 23, 1970 33. Packing machine according to claim 32, characterized in that that the empty package conveyor (4042) is in the manufacturing area of the empty packs (404I) at least one revolver (4044, 4046), which the partial conveyor with straight Conveyor track (4514) is downstream. 34. Packing machine according to claim 32 and / or 33, characterized in that at least one partial conveyor with a straight conveyor track as a through storage (3514, 4514) for receiving superimposed empty packs (3041, 4041) is formed. 35. Packing machine according to claim 34 »characterized in that the through-flow storage (3514) has a heating device (3590) for drying or activating adhesive bonds on empty packs (3041) is assigned. 36. Packing machine according to Claim 34 and / or 35, characterized in that that the Durohlaufspeicher (3514) as a container designed for superimposed empty packs (3041) and that the continuous storage means movable support means (3573, 3574, 3578) for the empty packs it contains. 37. Packing machine according to one or more of claims 27 to 36, characterized in that for manufacturing the empty packs Folding mandrels (3043, 4043) are provided which are not rigidly connected to the empty paoke conveyor (3042, 4042) are. 38. Packing machine according to claim 37, characterized in that the folding mandrels (3043, 4043) from a partial conveyor of the Empty paokunga conveyors to another sub-conveyor of the Leerpaokungs-Förderera are transferable. 109820/1348 Stw .: Packing machine empty pack storage summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 23 ^ 39. Packing machine according to claim 37 and 38, characterized in that for separating empty packs (3041, 4041) and folding mandrels (3043, 4043) a holding device (3602, 4161, 4162) is provided which is attached to the empty packs (3041, 4041) contacting surfaces is provided with channels, which during the separation as a result of a relative movement suction air can be applied between the holding device and folding mandrels. 40. Packing machine according to one or more of claims 25 to 28, characterized by a separating device i (1501) arranged in the course of the empty pack conveyor track (V) for empty packs (1041) not merged with packaged goods units (Fig. 15). 41. Packing machine according to one or more of the preceding claims 25 to 40, characterized by a manufacturing device (42) for a plurality of wrapping components (71 » 132) existing empty packs (41). 42. Packing machine according to one or more of claims to 41, characterized by a monitoring device (222) for the supply of packaged goods units (8) and through a control arrangement connected to the monitoring device (387) for the merging device (175) of empty packs (41) and packaged goods units (8). 43. Packing machine according to claim 42, characterized in that the monitoring device (222) is connected to a control arrangement (387) for a transfer device (175) which transfers empty packs (41) to the packaging device (179). 1 09820/1348 Stw .: Packmasohine Empty Pack Storage Summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, July 23, 1970 44. Packing machine according to claim 42 and / or 43, characterized in that that the monitoring device (222) at such a distance from the merging point (C) is arranged that a packaged goods unit (8) and the by that of this packaged goods unit in the monitoring device (222) triggered signal from the production line (V) retrieved empty pack (41) at the merging point (C) meet. 45. Packing machine according to one or more of the claims 25 to 44, characterized by a step-by-step drive (231, 233) for a production conveyor (42) for conveying the empty packs (41) on the production line (V) and for a packaging conveyor (179) for conveying the packaged goods units (8) combined empty packs (41) on the packaging track (Y). 46. Packing machine according to one or more of claims 25 to 45, characterized by one in the course of the empty pack conveyor track (V) arranged monitoring device (223, 224) for empties (41) or components (71, 132) of which with a control arrangement (301, 317) for controlling manufacturing operations of the manufacturing device (42) connected to the prefabrication of empty packs. 47. Paokmaschine according to claim 46, characterized by a control arrangement (301, 317) for controlling the supply of casing components (71, 132) to the manufacturing device (42). 48t Paokmasobine naoh one or more of claims 25 to 47, characterized by a monitoring device (226) for the supply τοη Umhüllungekomponenten (132) or manufacturing device (42), which is connected to a signal transmitter (359) which responds when the supply is not carried out. 109820/1348 Stw .: Packing machine empty pack storage summary Hauni file 1073 - Bergedorf, June 23, 1970 49. Packing machine according to one or more of claims to 48, characterized by a step-by-step operation Drive (231, 233) for conveying the packaged goods units (8) and the casing components (71, 132) within work cycles (T), consisting of conveying steps (R) and downtimes (S) to carry out packaging operations, and by one when a signal is given to interrupt of the packaging operations at any point in time, a work cycle that has begun is more critical until the end Control arrangement continuing operations (386). 50. Packing machine according to one or more of claims to 49, characterized in that the conveying device (11, 33) for the supply of packaged goods directly to a upstream production machine (1, 2) is connected. 51. Packing machine according to one or more of claims to 50, characterized by packaged goods units in Form of formations of rod-shaped tobacco articles (22) such as cigarette blocks (8). . 109820/1348 ι ^m ■ ♦ Blank page