DE2238062A1 - DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR CIGARETTES - Google Patents

Description

Patent attorneys

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Telephone 5580586

Molins Limited

2, Evelyn Street, ^{U Au} S ^{ust 1972}

j Deptford, London, SESEngland Attorney File H-2271

Device for transporting objects, in particular cigarettes

; The invention relates to a device for transport and handling

of objects, such as rod-shaped bodies such as Cigarettes. The device according to the invention can be used where objects produced by one machine and another machine

! machine for the purpose of further processing, so the packaging in

ί boxes, parcels or the like are delivered »

; When transporting items between a manufacturing masthead ^

i and a packaging machine, it may be desirable, for example, to provide for the storage of a certain amount of counter-

j to create stands when these are in their run. So a so-called buffer or storage reserve should be created between the machines. If one of the machines is off

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stopping the other machine for any reason may result of the supply can continue to be operated.

The object of the invention is to create a device for handling or transporting objects, such as cigarettes, ι which can be used to collect items from a manufacturing company machine to deliver when using such a memory of a packaging machine.

According to the invention, the apparatus for transporting objects agent to a first current attributable these objects _(cause, further to successive, Aniteile front of the first stream from this to separate as a result of parts of the counter! Stands a device, a device for introducing each batch of objects into a container in the area of a loading station, means for removing each batch of objects from the container in the area of an unloading station, and a device for conveying the removed batches as a second stream from the Unloading station

The lots can thus be formed from the first stream of objects ensure that each individual batch is sufficient to fill each container; the containers preferably each have a number of compartments on, the portions are dimensioned so that they each fill a compartment of the container.

At the charging station of the device described above, a device is preferably provided to intermittently the device used to enter the first stream

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to drive. A dividing device assigned to the input device is effective to branch off a front portion from the first stream in the form of a batch. A conveyor is synchronized with driven by the input device to intermittently move the containers toward a loading position. Another device moves the batch of items diverted from the front portion from the input device into the container while the input device is in motion and the conveyor remain static.

The input device can consist of an endless conveyor with divider plates that are retracted or below the conveyor can be pushed therethrough to adjacent areas of a continuous stream of on the conveyor Separate articles or objects as a batch. The part plates are arranged and operated in such a way that the length of each part of a j Dimensions of the container, while the other dimensions! gen of the container, the height of the flow rate and the length of the Ge-j objects correspond. When each container preferably has two or more compartments, the height of each compartment becomes correspondingly the height of the current.

In one embodiment of the device according to the invention can one common station serve both for loading and unloading. Lin endless conveyor serves in this case both as a device for would be of the first stream as well as a device for input dos second stream. The conveyor is operable to move the items in oinor! iichtunfc "before an introductory

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device serving loading slide is put into operation. The conveyor is also effective to move the items in opposite directions Direction to transport after the slide used for unloading has been actuated in each case.

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The invention is based on exemplary embodiments with reference

would take to the accompanying drawings explained.

Fig. 1 is a schematic side view of one for transportation ι of cigarettes suitable device of an embodiment the invention;

Fig. 2 is a front view of a container which is associated with the in

Fig. 1 illustrated device is usable; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 3-3 in Fig. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view of a portion of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG IV;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a portion of that shown in FIG Device;

j FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 5 with some in FIG

i individual parts located in different positions;

Figure 7 is an enlarged and detailed view of a portion of the apparatus shown in Figure 4;

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Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the arrangement shown in Fig. 7 with some parts omitted;

FIG. 9 is a view of a portion of that shown in FIG. 1 Device in the direction of arrow IX in Fig. 1;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view of a portion of that shown in FIG Device;

iFign. 11 are views comparable to FIG. 10 under illustration and 12

some individual parts in different positions;

Fig. 13 is a sectional view taken from line XIII-XIII in Fig. 11, J.

14 is a further embodiment of an apparatus for transporting containers between loading and unloading stations;

'Fig. 15 is a view in the direction of arrow XV in FIG. 14

I waived some individual parts;

16 is a schematic view of an arrangement of manufacturing and packaging machines using ¹ separate loading and unloading stations for the containers;

Figure 17 is a schematic view of another arrangement of manufacturing and packaging machines in use a combined loading and unloading station for the containers; -6-

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Figure 18 is a partially sectioned view of another embodiment of a container;

Fig. 19 is a schematic front view of a combined; Loading and unloading station for use with the device shown in Fig. 17 I machine arrangement shown;

FIG. 20 is a schematic side view of that shown in FIG. 19 Device in the direction of arrow XX in Figure 19 including some additional parts;

20A is a schematic diagram of electrical circuitry with various switching elements and electric drive motors for the in FIGS. 19 and 20 shown Contraption;

Fig. 21 is a front view of an apparatus for dividing a stream of cigarettes into individual lots;

Fig. 22 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XII-XII in Fig. 21;

Fig. 23 is a front view of another embodiment a device to subdivide a stream of cigarettes in individual lots; and

FIG. 24 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line XXIV-XXIV in FIG. 23.

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The device shown in Fig. 1 has an intermittently driven Down conveyor 1, a cigarette loading station 2 on;

lower end next to the conveyor 1, a stationary platform 3 and!

a slide 4 that can be moved back and forth. Both the stationary i

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; Platform 3 and the slide are located at the lower end of the i

'Conveyor 1. At the same height as platform 3 and as a continuation the same a continuously driven cross conveyor 5 is provided. At the downstream end of the transverse

conveyor 5, a stop 6 is arranged. An intermittently an- ι

driven up conveyor 7 extends upwardly from the downstream end of conveyor 5; Another way \ herbeweglicher slider 8 disposed at the upper end of the conveyor. 7 In the area of the conveyor 7 below the pusher 8, a station 9 serving to unload cigarettes is provided. J Another continuously driven cross conveyor 10

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extends from a position between the pusher 8 and the unloading station 9 to a position near the downward conveyor 1 A pair of retractable stops 11 are located at the downstream end of the conveyor 10.

. ¹ UaS described above-serves to move containers 12 in a sequence along a closed path so that the cigarettes loaded into the container 12 at station 2 and unloaded at station 9 can be v / ground. Before a detailed explanation of the construction and the mode of operation of the device described above, a suitable form of container 12 will be explained.

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According to FIGS. 2 and 3, the container 12 has the shape of one on the Front open box with a rear wall 13, two side walls 14, an upper wall 15 and a lower wall 16. , Three inner partitions 17 are parallel to the walls 15,16: and at regular intervals from one another to the interior

j to divide the container into four compartments 18 of the same height. the ! front edge of each of the partitions 17 and the lower wall 16 is beveled at the top, as shown at 19, for loading and unloading cigarettes into and out of compartments 17 to facilitate the compartments. On the underside of the top wall 15 and each of the partitions 17 a thin strip 20 is made Plastic or steel attached. The strips 20 are braced to the outside somewhat from the surface used for fastening. Of the The purpose of the strips 20 will be apparent below when explaining the operation of the device. Approaches 21 extend from the Outer surface of each of the side walls 14.

Empty containers 12 are intermittently and! Moved vertically down in a sequence, as indicated by arrow A ί is shown in FIG. For this purpose, the conveyor 1 is formed from a pair of endless chain conveyors 1a and 1b, which are each provided on one side of the container 12 and have fingers 22. On these fingers, the containers 12 are between carried by the conveyors 1a and 1b as shown in FIG. The conveyors 1a, 1b are guided by a pair of sprockets 23 and 24 and are driven intermittently by a drive unit shown schematically at 25 in FIG. The sponsors will be step by step according to the height of a compartment of a loading

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holder 12 moves. When the conveyors 1a and 1b one behind the other to As a result, compartments 18 of a container come to rest in a position in which they are at the charging station 2 with cigarettes be filled. This is explained below with reference to FIGS. 4-8 explained.

The cigarette loading station 2 is provided with an endless conveyor 26, the divider plates 27 has. The divider plates 27 may extend through the conveyor 26 to provide a continuous ! To subdivide stream 28 of cigarettes on the conveyor into individual batches. The height of the stream 28 and the distance

[Between the divider plates 2 7 is dimensioned so that each lot!
about the same height and length as a compartment 18 up;

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shows. The conveyor 26 consists of a pair of chains 29, welchö ■ carry several slats 30. The slats together form a surface,

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which carries the stream 28 of cigarettes. Each divider plate 27 is equipped at its lower end (according to FIG. 7) with a block 31 which runs in grooves 32 formed in arms 33. The arm is carried by the chains 29 in each case. The slats 30 are attached to the chain and run in a flat surface »special Slats 30a are provided at the positions where a plate 27 is inserted. The slats 30a are for this purpose with a slot 34 (Fig. 8) through which the corresponding plate 27 can extend »., Each block 31 carries a control rotor 35 which bends against a fixed control body 36. This causes each plate 27 to the appropriate Time is pushed up through the slot '34. Each plate 27 is set in one position with the aid of a spring 37

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tensioned, in which it has withdrawn below the slats 30. The conveyor 26 is intermittent and synchronous with the Conveyors 1a and 1b driven using the drive unit 25, so that a batch of cigarettes with respect to a compartment 18 is aligned with each rest position of the conveyor.

When the cigarettes are started up, one or more Cigarette making machines in a conventional U'eise along fed to a web 38. They reach the surface of the plates 30, on which they are transformed into the continuous stream 28 the. This stream is conveyed with the aid of the conveyor 26 in the direction of arrow B (FIG. 4), the height of the cigarette stream corresponds approximately to the height of the compartment 17. When the conveyor ι 26 carries along the stream 28, each of the control rotors 35 comes with it the control body 36 in contact, so that the corresponding plate 27 extends through the associated slot 34 and upwards as a result, it is pushed through the stream 28 of cigarettes. The part of the control body 36, which this sequence of movements of the plates 27 is formed in steps, as shown at 39. In this way, the plate 27 is in a A series of small movements pushed through the cigarettes, which means less impairment of the position of the cigarettes than without the use of a stepped control body. In this case the plates 27 would be in continuous motion be pushed through the stream of cigarettes. A divider plate 27 is shown at 40 in dashed lines. It is in an intermediate position between the fully retracted and fully advanced position.

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The movement of the conveyor 26 and stream 28 continues until two successive plates 27 were pushed through the stream 28.

At this point in time, a batch of cigarettes is held between the two plates 27. According to FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 have two j of these plates, shown at 27a and 27b, reaches a position in which the intervening batch of cigarettes is one Compartment 18 of a container 12 is opposite. If this condition

ibzw. The conveyor 26 is stopped. It should be noted that the conveyors 1a, 1b and a container carried by them are stopped at the same time. While the conveyors 1a, 1b and 26 are at rest, a reciprocating pusher 41 is operated by conventional means to push the batch of cigarettes from the conveyor 26 into the compartment 18 previously empty. A short bridge 42 with side parts 43: is provided between the conveyor 26 and the container 12 in order to support the cigarettes during the transfer. The slide 41 is then withdrawn, after which the conveyor 26 and the conveyor 1 start moving again until the next batch ^! is shaped and placed by cigarettes. The container 12 is also agitated so that the next compartment can be loaded in the manner described above.

'When a batch of cigarettes is pushed into a compartment 18 ! the top of the lot touches the associated thin strip 20, which is consequently lifted upwards. To ! that the batch is completely inserted into the compartment the stripes exerted a slight pressure on the top row of Zigaj save the lot, which prevented any possibility of

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the fact is that the cigarettes change their position or come to lie at an angle.

j After the conveyor 26 has been moved again, the plate 27a passes through the spring 37 is withdrawn when the associated control runner 35 slides down from the left end of the control body 36 (FIG. 4).

From FIG. 4 it can be seen that the distance between the fingers 22 on the conveyors 1a and 1b is greater than the height of a container 12.

As a result, the gap between the last one to be filled

j compartment 18 of a container and the first compartment to be filled

next empty container larger than the distance between

successive compartments of the same container. In order to do justice to this difference in distance, the drive to the conveyor ' rern 1a, 1b chosen so that every fourth step-wise movement of the

end

Conveyors 1a and 1b are sufficiently / longer dimensioned _(to move the first compartment of each container 12 exactly at the loading station 2 opposite the pusher 41.

After all compartments 18 of the container 12 have been filled in the manner described above, the now full container moves under the influence of the conveyors 1a and 1b intermittently downwards until it is deposited on the stationary platform 3, i.e. until it

the position P1 according to FIG. 1 is reached. When a container reaches position P1 the slide 4 is operated by conventional means operated to push the container off the platform 3 and onto the cross conveyor 5. The cross conveyor 5 is made by a pair narrow endless conveyor belts 5a and 5b formed (Fig. 4),

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which are guided and supported by two pairs of rollers 44 and 45. The drive is done continuously by an in l ^; ig. The drive unit 46 shown schematically in FIG. 1. The upper run of the conveyor belts 5a and 5b runs over fixed plates 47 (FIG. 4) and is carried by them. The container is carried horizontally in the direction of the arrow B until it hits the fixed stop 6.

[lies. The container is stopped in this way, with itself

I the conveyor belts 5a and 5b underneath under slip be-I because.

The filled containers 12 then become intermittent in a sequence conveyed vertically upwards, as shown by arrow C '(Fig. 1). This is done with the help of the sponsor j 7 which is formed by a pair of chain conveyors 7a and 7b. The chain conveyors 7a and 7b are on both sides of the container • Provided and have fingers 48 on which the container

support according to FIG. The conveyors 7a and 7b are comparable to the conveyors 1a and 1b and are guided on pairs of sprockets 49 and 50. They are set in circulation intermittently by a drive unit 51 shown schematically in FIG. The drive takes place in steps or movement stages which correspond to the height of a compartment of a container 12. (As explained under,! With reference to fingers 22, the distance exceeds ₍

adjacent finger 48 the height of a container; consequently must every fourth downward movement step accordingly be greater than the height of a compartment corresponds) “When the conveyors 7a and 7b come to rest in their work sequence following one another compartments 18 of a container 12 in a

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Position in which the lots of cigarettes at the loading station 9 can be discharged. This mode of operation is described below with reference to FIGS. 9-12 discussed.

I The cigarette unloading station 9 comprises an endless conveyor 52, ; the structure of which is not explained in detail, since it is essentially corresponds to the structure of the conveyor 26 described above. The conveyor 52 thus has a series of slats,

I some of which have slots. Extend through these slots plates 53 (Fig. 9), which with the help of a fixing

j th control body 54 between a protruding position and a retracted position below the level of the slats ] moves! herds.

The fastening of the plates 53 corresponds to that of the plates 27; meanwhile, each of the plates 53 is biased by means of a compression spring (not shown) into the position in which it protrudes completely from the corresponding slot 54 triggers the required retraction movement. The distance between the plates 53 corresponds to that between the j Plates 27, i.e. the distance corresponds to the length of a compartment 18. The distance that the plates 53 move above the conveyor

52 corresponds to the height of a batch of cigarettes.

The conveyor 52 becomes intermittent and synchronous with the conveyors 7a and 7b are driven using the drive unit 51. Each time the conveyor 52 comes to rest, a plate is present

53 aligned with each side wall 14 of a container 12.

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When a pair of plates 53 reach the aforementioned position has fin the Figs. 9 to 12 are two plates 53a and 53b shown in this position) the conveyor 52 is stopped. At the same time, the conveyors 7a and 7b and one carried by them are grounded Container stopped, producing a batch of cigarettes

^{1 of} a compartment 18 opposite the space between the plates 53a and 53b

; overlies.

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iWhile the conveyors 7a, 7b and 52 are in a static position

A spoon 55 (FIGS. 10-13) is operated with the aid of conventional means in order to remove the batch of cigarettes from the compartment 18. Together with a scraper 56, the spoon places the batch on the slats of the conveyor 52 between the plates 53a ¹ and 53b. The spoon 55 is U-shaped, has a base 52 and two side walls 58, while the scraper 56 is designed so as to; that it fits into the spoon 55 and is movable relative to this.

When the conveyors 1a and 1b as well as the conveyor 52 are stopped then the various components of the device are in place in the positions shown in FIG. In order to remove the batch of cigarettes from a compartment 13, the spoon 55 is used and the scraper 56 moves over the conveyor 52 and displaces the plates 53a and 53b between the container 12.

'When the scraper 56 comes into contact with the batch of cigarettes ! reaches it, it is stopped; meanwhile the spoon 55 continues its movement so that the base 52 and the side walls 58 of the spoon between the lot and the corresponding walls 17 and 14 of the ! Compartment 18 into this until the spoon is the one shown in FIGS.

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The aforementioned bevels 19 ensure that the cigarettes in the compartment are not destroyed when the also beveled spoons on its front edges enter the compartment.

The spoon 55 and the scraper 56 are now out of the compartment 18 withdrawn; the batch of cigarettes, which is now

is in the container 55 is removed at the same time. This movement is maintained until the position shown in FIG. 12 is reached. In this, the batch of cigarettes is located above the conveyor 52. At this point in time, the scraper 56 'is stopped while the spoon 55 continues its movement. In this way the spoon is withdrawn from the batch of cigarettes ¹ which are thus on the conveyor 52 between the plates 53

I and 53a.

The conveyors 7a, 7b and the conveyor 52 start moving again until the next compartment and until the next pair of panels 53 are in a position in which the batch of cigarettes in the compartment can be opened by further actuation of the spoon 55 and the scraper 56 can be removed in the manner described above.

After a batch of cigarettes have been placed between the plates 53a and 53b in the manner described above and the conveyors; The plate is recorded their movement back 52 retracted 53a \ aid of the control body 54 below the level of the conveyor 52nd The front linden of the lot of cigarettes, which

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as a result, comes with the rear one End of the previous batch of cigarettes in contact and forms part of a continuous stream 59 of cigarettes, which is moved according to FIG. 9 directed towards Inks. j This movement is full-I with the assistance of a conveyor belt 60 pulled, which attacks the top of the stream 59. The conveying

idler belt 60 is operated intermittently and in synchronism with conveyor 52 operated. The cigarettes become continuous with the help of another driven conveyor 61 in the direction of the receptacle of a cigarette packaging machine (not shown) • guided, in which they arrive via a slide 62.

After all compartments 18 of a container 12 in previously described

have emptied the now empty container with the help of ' the conveyors 7a and 7b are intermittently conveyed upwards until it has reached the position B2 (FIG. 1). In this position the container stopped. While the conveyors 7a, 7b and the container stationary, i.e. kept stationary, the slide j 8 is put into operation by conventional or suitable means,

! around the container from fingers 48 over a short bridge plate

63 and to push into the further cross conveyor 10. The conveyor I10 has a pair of narrow belts 10a and 10b which pass through two pairs of rollers 64 and 65 carried and continuous

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The drive unit 66 shown in the table in FIG. 1. The upper run of the conveyor belts 10a and 10b is supported by stationary plates 67 and 68. In FIG. 1 only one of the belts 10a, 10b, one of the rollers 64 and 65 and one of the fixed plates 67 and 68

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evident. The container is made horizontal by the belts 10a and 10b carried in the direction of arrow D until the lugs 21 each bear against a retractable stop 11. The container will open stopped in this way, so that the underlying conveyor belts 10a and 10b move with slippage.

The downstream end of the conveyor belts 10a and 10b, | i.e. the end of the belts running around rollers 64 is located

. located near the top of the down chain conveyors 1a and 1b.

When the conveyors 1a and 1b stop in a position in which a pair of fingers 22 are arranged opposite the conveyor belts 10a and 10b [, the stops 11 are withdrawn from the position in which they with the lugs 21 on the container in calm

tion are. The container is as a result with the help of the conveyor belts 10a and 10b moved onto fingers 22. Another stationary stop 69 (FIG. 1) is used to determine the exact position of the container on the fingers 22 to ensure. The stops are returned to their original position when the container

i follow its transport on the fingers 22 from the stops I. is released. Accordingly, they come into contact with the projections 21 of the next following container, which through 'the conveyor belts 10a and 10b is supported.

The mode of operation of the device described is coordinated so that at the right end (as seen in FIG. 1) there is a filled column Container 12 forms in the form of a memory R1, the first container resting against the stop 6. A corresponding memory 112 from empty containers 12 will be on the left end or on the left side

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(seen in Fig. 1) of the further cross conveyor 10 is formed. Included the first container rests against the retractable stops 11.

If one or more of the cigarette making machines is stopped, a small number of cigarettes will be conveyed along the path 38. An indicator arm 70 pivotably mounted at 71 (FIG. 4) rests on the upper side of the cigarettes moving along the path 38 where the cigarette is placed in the upper part of a vertical chute 72. The cigarettes reach the conveyor 26 through this nutsche. The side wall 73 of the chute 72 ends at a distance above the conveyor 26, this distance determining the height of the continuous stream 28. When a smaller number of cigarettes are put into the chute 72, the arm 70 moves over: a predetermined angular amount in a clockwise direction about its pivot point 71. This movement is designed in a suitable manner to stop the drive unit 25 and thus around the charging station 2 to put in rest position. The cigarette packaging machines are, however, put into operation via the unloading station 9; held, ivobei using the filled container in the memory R1 '.

The display arm 70 serves not only as a display element, it also serves as a device to the slide 72 under normal '' Running conditions and during each stationary work segment

■ the conveyor 26 to enlarge. If any batch of cigarettes

^{1 is} entered into a corresponding compartment 18 of a container 12, further cigarettes continue to move along the path 38,

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however, are held stationary in chute 72. As a result of the As the cigarettes move along the path 38, the level of the cigarettes at the top of the slide 72 rises, which is why arm 70 rotates clockwise. At the next step in movement of the conveyor 26, the cigarettes start theirs again Movement along the chute 72 so that the arm 70 returns to its previous position.

On the other hand, if the cigarette packing machine stops rising the number of cigarettes in the chute 62, there are lots of cigarettes continuously removed from the containers 12 at the unloading station 9. Located above the top of the chute 62 a pair of interacting arms 74a and 74b, which are pivotably mounted at 75a and 75b. Let your arms go around hers rotate corresponding pivot points to increase the space above the slide 62. When the arms 74a and 74b over have moved a predetermined angle, the drive unit 51 is stopped in a suitable manner, which is why the unloading station 9 is taken out of service. The cigarette manufacturing machines remain in operation, however, since the loading station 2 with empty containers can be charged from storage R2. The space below the arms 74a and 74b is sufficient to accommodate a sufficient number of cigarettes in order to prevent the total current from being interrupted during the regular short interruptions in the supply of cigarettes when a container at the unloading station 9 is moved by the chain conveyors 7a and 7b.

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In FIGS. 14 and 15 is another embodiment of a Ge. rätes shown, which for the transportation of containers between a 1:12 and a Zigarettenbeladestation _{Zigarettenentladestation:} is provided. The containers 112 are identical in their structure to the containers 12, which were explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 13. ·. v.

j In this embodiment of the invention, the device proves a vertical conveyor 76, a cigarette loading station 77, an anj drive unit 78 and three sets of guide rails 79 on which

: are attached to the floor in the longitudinal direction of the drive unit 78. I. The structure of the cigarette loading station 77 is identical to

, the cigarette loading station 2 (FIGS. 4-8). !

I The device described is used to move carriage 80, which iz for transporting a number of containers 112 are suitable. the Carriages are incrementally moved along the lower end of the conveyor 76 so that the containers are removed from the conveyor 76 one by one can be lifted up individually. The containers will jan filled with cigarettes at loading station 77 and returned to the carriage.

Each carriage 80 T has a base or an underframe 81, Jan whose one lower end two rollers 82 are attached.

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Another impeller 83 is pivotably arranged at the other end on the underside of the frame or frame. From the top of the base 81 extends a box-shaped frame 84 open at the top, which has two side walls 84 and two end

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has winch 86. Five inner partitions 87 are parallel to the end walls 86 and divide the interior of the frame 84 into six chambers 88 of the same size and corresponding , Dimension to accommodate container 112 in the manner described below. ! gain weight. The width of the chambers 88, i.e. the dimension shown in Figure 15, is greater than that of the base 81. One part 89 of the frame 84 thus protrudes over a base and on each side is provided with a lower wall 90 which closes the gap between the base and side walls 85. The bottom wall 90 and each of the side walls 85 are provided with slots 91 at the end of each chamber 88. The base 81 is recessed along one side 92 equipped, which are aligned with the slots 91. At both ends of the top of the base 81 a block 93 abuts the end wall 86 attached.

When commissioning, a Laufw ^ pn 80, which six empty containers 112, one container in each of the chambers 88, carries through suitable means are moved in the direction of arrow E (FIG. 14) so that the rollers 82, 83 each bear against a set of guide rails 79. The carriage is moved to a predetermined position until the front end surface of the base 81 has a pin of a pair of pins 94 touches which at diametrically opposite- j! lying positions on a disk 95 »are brought. The , ! Disk 95 is moved intermittently by drive unit 78. The arrangement is chosen so that the carriage accordingly moves in the direction of arrow E every half turn of the disk 95 is, the distance corresponding to the division or the distance between the containers in the chambers 88. The pegs 94 come into contact with one another

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- "23 follows in recesses 92.

When the carriage comes to rest after a predetermined number of half-rotations of the disc 95 so that the container 112 is between a pair of chains 76a and 76b forming the conveyor 76, it is lifted upwardly out of its respective chamber 88. This is done with the help of a pair of fingers 96! which are attached to chains 76a and 76b and through. ; Slots 91 rise up to at the bottom of the container. Attack J 12. The chains 76a and 76b are set in motion by a drive unit 97 shown schematically in FIG. The container 112 is moved upward enough to; I.

; around the lowest compartment 118 of the cigarette loading station 77 against i j to transfer. The chains 76a and 76b are activated in this position j hold. The compartments of the container are then in the same! Way filled as above with reference to FIGS. 4-8 was explained. The chains 76a and 76b are intermittently driven in opposite directions to lower the container, if its compartments are subsequently filled with cigarettes.

After filling all compartments 18, the container 112 is with the help

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: the chains 76a and 76b returned downward into the chamber 88, I. ι from which it was previously lifted out. After the container .112 I is reinserted into its chamber 88, the disk 95 is moved by a further half turn to the carriage by the distance to move a container. As a result, the next empty container is inserted between the chains 76a and 76b.

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When the carriage comes to rest after the fourth step of movement of the disc 95, the recesses 92 are made by the pins 98 gripped another disc 99. This disk is moved in the same direction as disk 95 by drive unit 78.

When a trolley under the action of the disc 99 the end of its movement can be reached in the direction of arrow E due to the assignment of the two disks 95 and 99, a further trolley behind placed and moved forward with it. So while a trolley is still being conveyed through the pin 98 on the disk 99 the recesses in the base of the further roll

trolley gripped by the pins 94 on the disk 95. Consequently the two trolleys are moved step by step and synchronously.

When two carriages touch each other, there is a gap between their subframes 81 as a result of the blocks 93, as FIG. 14 shows. This gap corresponds to the dimensions of the recesses 92 and is halfway between the last recess of a carriage and the first recess provided on the next carriage.

LJm to prevent the cigarettes from moving when the carriage is moving The subdivisions 82 can fall out of the compartments 118 up to the full height of the container 112, as by the

dashed lines 100 in FIG. 14 is illustrated.

After all the containers of a carriage described in the preceding The carriage is removed from the rails 79 when it has been filled to a large extent and is fed either directly or via a supply of trolleys to a position in which the containers 112

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can be removed individually. "After the cigarettes from their Compartments are removed, the "containers" in the manner described with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15 again on the Laufxtfagen abandoned. In contrast to that in FIGS. 14 and 15 described arrangement, the filled containers are removed from the carriage, emptied at an unloading station and as an empty * container returned to the carriage to subsequently the

■ Charging station 77 to be fed. Since the unloading station is identical; table is to be with the station 9 previously described form

j their structure and mode of operation are not explained or illustrated in detail.

Fig. 16 schematically illustrates a suitable arrangement ' j of machines in which the device with reference to the FIGS. 14-15 described embodiment can be used.

Cigarettes, a cigarette making machine, are called a CM Current is supplied to a cigarette loading station LS, in which empty containers are successively taken down from a carriage T, filled with cigarettes and returned to the carriage. When a carriage T is filled with by cigarettes Containers is loaded, as shown by the directional arrow is, moved in the direction of a cigarette unloading station IJLS, in which filled containers following one another from the carriage T be taken down. The cigarettes can now be removed from the container and converted into a stream again. The 'now empty containers are returned to the carriage T. The stream of cigarettes at the ULS unloading station will be

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directed towards a packaging machine PM. When all containers of a carriage are emptied, the carriage is moved back in the direction of the charging station LS, as shown by the directional arrow.

I The design and mode of operation of the LS charging station with reference to FIGS. 4-8 correspond to the embodiment described. The unloading station can in its structure and in their mode of operation with reference to FIGS. 9-13 correspond to the construction, while the construction and the Operation of the career T of the with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15 may correspond to the construction described.

The device described so far has the charging station

and the unloading station at separate positions. In the case of the j
j reference to FIGS. 14 and 15, the trolleys T must be moved between the loading and unloading stations.

However, depending on the design of a factory, it can be useful and beneficial be able to combine or unite the loading and unloading stations in a single unit. A schematic view A suitable machine system using a combined loading and unloading station is shown in FIG.

Cigarettes from a cigarette making machine CM1 are called a stream is transported in the direction of a cigarette packaging machine PMt. Mongers exceeding the needs of the packaging machine

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of cigarettes are stored in a storage unit SU (described below Art) delivered. If the number of cigarettes produced or delivered by the CIH machine falls below the requirements of ι Packaging machine drops the stream of cigarettes in 'Direction of the unit SU reversed, so that the cigarettes from the. ! Unit SU of the packaging machine PKE1 can be delivered,

j examples by which cigarettes formed as a current and a ^1! packaging machine be delivered, while excess Ziga-

¹ rescue can be delivered to a storage unit are described and explained in OS 1,957,002.

; The device according to the invention differs from the embodiment illustrated in 'the above-described patent application constructive ·· tion in that the SpeichereinheitSU instead finds the schraubenför- \-shaped memory usage, which is explained in the aforementioned patent application.

The construction and the mode of operation of the storage unit SU will be below with reference to FIGS. 18,19,20 and 2OA er

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; To load a container with cigarettes through the unit SU or in order to remove the cigarettes from the container, the container 12 of the embodiment described above is redesigned,

I so that the rear wall 13 is dispensed with. Likewise

! the approaches 21 were omitted. Such a remodeled one j liehalter 120 is in l'ig. 18 and has two side walls.

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121, a top wall 122 and a bottom wall 123. The inner of the container is divided into four compartments 124 by partitions 125. Strips 126 are on the underside of wall 122 and on j of the partitions 125 attached. The strips 126 serve the same purpose as the strips 20 of the container 12. A sowing 127 is attached to the outer surface of each of the side walls 121,

The storage unit SU has the form of a combined charging and unloading station and works with an endless conveyor 128, the Having divider plates 129 and a fixed control body 130.

ί The construction of the conveyor 128 and the divider plates 129 are the same with reference to FIGS. 4, 7 and 8, so that a detailed explanation is unnecessary The conveyor 128 is driven by a motor 144 via a chain 145 driven. A reciprocating pusher 131 is provided on the conveyor 128 and is connected to it via a connecting rod 132 a crank disk 133 connected. The crank disk 133 carries a projection 134 and is driven via a chain 136 connected to a motor 135. i

A pair of vertical endless chain conveyors 137 are near the conveyor 128 are provided, but are located on the opposite side of the slide 131. The chains 137 are spaced apart

on, so that a container 120 in the manner described below l

can be lowered or raised along the slide 131.

For this reason, a finger 138 is attached to each chain, which at a suitable time at the assigned approach 127 of the

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holder 120 attacks. The chains 137 extend between lower freely rotatable sprockets 139 and. upper sprockets.-ι wheels 140, the sprockets 140 are on a common; Anj drive shaft 141 fixed, soft via a chain 1.43 from. a motor 142 is driven,. ,. . . . _:

Another reciprocating slide 146 is the slide 131 arranged opposite one another. When the slide 146 is at

At the end of its movement to the right (seen in Fig. 20) there is space for a container 120 to be placed vertically between it a short bridge piece 147 and the slide 146 to lift up. The slide 146 is connected via a rod 148 to a crank disk 149 which has a projection 150 and .anj is operatively connected to a motor 151 via a chain 152. The bridge piece 147 is located between the edge of the Conveyor 128 and a container 120 in a position in which a batch of cigarettes either by the slides 131, 146 is pushed into a compartment 124 or pushed out of the compartment.

Extending below the conveyor 128 are three sets of guide rails 153 along the floor between the chain conveyors 137. Carriages 154 are located on the guide rails, which can be moved stepwise with the aid of a pair of drive bodies 155. The drive bodies 155 correspond to the disks 95, 99 of the construction according to FIGS. 14 and 15 and will be about Chains 157 driven in the same direction by a motor 156. The structure of the carriage 154 is comparable to the structure of the

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Carriage 80, which with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15 explained is. A detailed description of the carriage 154 is therefore omitted. The carriage 154 has a number of projections 158 on, plural marriage on the drive bodies 155! next side are attached when the carriage moved along the rails 153. The number of protrusions corresponds to the number of containers 120 in carriage 154.

The mode of operation of the storage unit SU is explained below tert. Referring to Fig. 17, it is first assumed that the machine CM1 produces more cigarettes than the machine PMi j needed for packing. Under these conditions, the excess j of cigarettes is fed to the storage unit SU.

Under these conditions, reference is now made to FIGS. and taken 20. It is assumed that a container 120 is stationary in a position in which the lowermost compartment 124 is opposite to the slide 131.

The cigarettes are fed as a continuous stream onto the conveyor j 128 moved, which is driven by a motor 144. The stream of cigarettes is divided by dividing plates 129 in the preceding below Reference to FIGS. 4, 7 and 8 described in detail

Games dissolved. If two successive plates 129 a ι

the

Have reached the position in which / between the plates The cigarette batch opposite the lowermost compartment 124 in the container 120 actuates the front plate 129 (viewed in the direction of movement of the conveyor 128) of the pair following each other

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Plates a switch 159 that controls the motor 154 and consequently stops the conveyor 128 and energizes the Hotor 135. As a result, the slide 131 moves as a result of the crank disk 133 'moved to the right according to FIG. 20 and the batch of cigarettes', pushes off the conveyor 128 over the bridge piece 127 into the empty compartment. Before the slide 131 is fully in its starting position has returned, the projection 134 on the crank disk 133 actuates a switch 160, which the motors 142 and 144 energized and xvelcher stops the motor 135.

The motor 142 causes the chains 137 to move so that the containers 120 move vertically downwards until the container: j actuates a switch 161. The switch 161 holds the motor 142 I.

on or de-excites him. At this point in time, the next compartment 124 is aligned with respect to the slide 131. At the same time it is ^! The next batch of cigarettes is formed on the conveyor 128 in the manner described above. When the container begins its downward movement, the switch 160 is bypassed by a further switch 162 and the motor 135 energized, which returns the slide 131 to its original position. If ',

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When the slide 131 reaches this position, the projection is released

j 134 from switch 160 so that motor 135 is stopped. The ι Container remains stationary until the next divider plate 129 actuates switch 159 and the workflow described above repeated to fill the next compartment 124. After this cycle of operations has been carried out four times, all compartments of the container are filled with cigarettes. It

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It should be noted that the container is stopped by successive switches 161, 163 and 164 after the first cycle. It is these switches that each control the switch bypassing, whereby the slide 131 can always retract into its starting position in the manner described above.

After the container 120 is completely filled with cigarettes the motor 142 is energized, causing the container in the foregoing shifted vertically to uiten as described, until he rests in the carriage 154. At this point, the chains .137 keep moving while the fingers 138 move away from the lugs 127 until one of them actuates a switch 165, with the result that the motor 142 and the chains 137 stop

i will be.

When the carriage 154 has reached the position shown in FIG. 20, one of the projections 158 on the carriage actuates one Switch 166 (Fig. 19) which stops the motor 156 and consequently the carriage.

Actuation of switch 165 by finger 138 also has as a result, switch 166 is bypassed and motor 156 is energized. As a result, the drive bodies 155 rotate so that the carriage 154 in the foregoing with reference on the FIGS. 14 and 15 described V / eise is moved until it reaches a position in which the next empty container is provided between the chains 137. When the carriage reaches this position, the next projection 158 actuates a switch

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ter 166, which stops motor 156 while motor 142 is energizing, but this time it is driven in the opposite direction. The fingers 133 grip the tabs 127 on the empty container ! and lift the container off the carriage. The container is after lifted up until it triggers a switch 162 which stops the motor 142. If this is the case, the lowest compartment is located of the container opposite the slide 131. While the container change takes place in the "above-described manner, the The next batch of cigarettes is formed and the switch 159 is actuated. The arrangement is made so that the engine 135 is only excited when the empty container actuates switch 162 Has. As long as the machine CM1 is producing a quantity of cigarettes that exceeds the requirements of the machine PM1, Maintain the work sequence described, which is why a supply of cigarettes is formed in the unit SU. The previously described Operations also take place if the packaging machine is stopped for any reason. In this case, however, the The entire output of the machine CM1 is fed to the storage unit SU.

The unit SU can also be used to remove batches of cigarettes from the compartments 124 and to form the flow on the conveyor 128. In this case, the stream of cigarettes is delivered to the machine PM1 by the unit SU. This position becomes necessary, for example, when the machine CM1 stops so that no cigarettes are delivered to the machine PM1. If this condition prevails, a signal is generated on the machine CM1, which the motors 144,

at 142 and 156 in Bötrieb sets to the parts connected to the engines in contrast to the arrangement described above

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set direction to move. The signal from the machine CM1 causes also that the engine 135 is switched off while the engine 151 is switched off is approached.

The work ssequpn correspond to the previously described with the Exception that containers filled with cigarettes have been removed from the carriage and that the slide 146 is operated instead of the slide 131. When each compartment 124 is opposite the slide 146 stopped and two successive plates 129 placed opposite the compartment 124 actuates the rear plate 129 (viewed in the direction of movement of the conveyor 128) the switch 159 to energize the motor 151. As a result, moves the Pusher 146 the batch of cigarettes from the compartment 124 and onto the conveyor 128 between the two plates 129. The operation of the pusher 146 corresponds to the operation of the pusher 131 described above. When the conveyor and consequently the batch of cigarettes is moved between successive pairs of plates 129, the front plate 129 (seen in the direction of movement of the conveyor 128) is withdrawn in that the fixed control body 131 runs down and under the upper run of the conveyor 128 arrives. A continuous stream of cigarettes is formed again and becomes the i'asdine PM1 was sent for the purpose of the following packaging.

When the unit SU is used, as mentioned above, to remove cigarettes from the compartment 124 , the container is gradually moved downwards with the aid of the conveyor 137. However, it should be arranged so that the cigarettes go out

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: Can be removed from the container if it is gradually raised is enclosed. In this case, a set of switches and associated circuitry similar to those shown in FIGS. 19-2OA Components, required. The switches correspond to the switches 162, 161, 163 and 164 and are arranged in such a way that they are in turn actuated when the container moves upwards, after

! which every compartment was emptied of cigarettes.

The storage unit SU continues to store lots of cigarettes from the To remove containers until the machine CMi starts again to deliver cigarettes to the machine PM1. At this point, ' the motors 144, 142 and 156 reversed in their direction of rotation, j while the unit SU starts again, containers with cigarettes in

! to fill in the manner described above. The unit SU can to

! can be reversed in their working method at any point in time, i.e. from the working method used for filling to the working method used for emptying and vice versa.

It should be noted that a described with reference to FIG Container with the arrangement shown in FIG

the machines can be used. In this case, the unloading station! man

I tion ULS redesigned by / on the spoon 55 (Figs. 10-13)

J pulls and uses the scraper 56 as a slide to the ! A batch of cigarettes can be removed from a container compartment by moving them in the same direction relative to the stationary container pushes, i.e. in the direction in which the batch is pushed into the container at the loading station LS. This requires of course, that the containers are positioned vertically between the scraper 56

and the conveyor 52 are moved.

The arrangement of the machines shown in FIG. 17 can be various Way to be remodeled. For example, several machines CM1 and PM1 can be connected to a single unit SU become to a cigarette manufacturing and packaging system

j form. A number of such systems can be implemented with a single i
separate packaging system can be used; this consists of one or more packaging machines which are connected to a single storage unit SU. With this arrangement, the separate packaging system can be kept in operation by feeding trolleys from any number of manufacturing and packaging systems to the single storage unit in

working conditions prevailing in each system. With help With this arrangement of the machines, each of the units SU is effective in order to To feed cigarettes into containers or to remove cigarettes from the container increase, depending on the working conditions prevailing in each system.

Figure 20A is a schematic view of electrical circuitry using the various switches and motors above described type. Ausßeifden already with reference to the j Switches described in the figures described above, a relay is provided according to FIG. 2OA, which has a coil R and five; Has contact pairs R1-R5. The relay prevents in a conventional manner the excitation of the motors to prevent disruptive movements

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Avoid sharing the device.

It is now to the FIGS. 21 and 22 referred to ^ which one compared to the embodiment, according to FIGS. 4, 7 and 8 different Construction of a device for dividing a

: reproduce garettenstromes in individual parts. .

j An endless conveyor egg 17O is made by a pair of chains 171

! formed, which carry several slats 172. The slats 172 form a surface on which a stream of cigarettes 173 is placed. The conveyor is equipped with divider plates 174 which can extend through the conveyor 170 to divide the stream 173] of cigarettes into individual batches.

: The chains 171 extend between pairs of chain tooth

'Wheels 134, 185, of which only a pair can be seen in the drawings, is bar. The sprockets are attached to shafts 186 and 187, respectively. Each divider plate 174 is provided at one end (the end j which does not enter the stream 173 of cigarettes) with a pair of pollen 175, which runs along fixed lower guide rails 176, along upper fixed guide rails 78j and along two pairs of movable guide rails 180 , 181 run (only one of the movable guide rails is shown in the ■ drawings). '

The slats 172 are attached to the chains 171 and are flat; special slats 172a are provided at positions where a partition plate 174 is fitted. Each of these slats 172a is equipped with a slot through which the

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speaking plate 174 may extend.

The movable guide rails 181 are fixed on a strut 188, which are supported by a pair of arms 189 on each side

] is. The arms are pivotably hinged at one end at 190.

• The other ends of the arms 189 can be pivoted on a block , 191, which is attached to a fixed part of the machine

j is brought. The strut 188, arms 189 and block 191 form a parallelogram joint through which the movable guide

! rails 181 up and down between the guide rails 176 and 178 can be displaced without their mutual position changing. This is done with the aid of a one attached to a shaft 193 Control body 192, which on one of the arms

j 189 attached control runner 194 is applied. A (not shown) Spring keeps the control rotor 194 in contact with the control body 192. The control body is rotated by a chain 195, which extends between sprockets attached to shafts 186 and 193.

The other movable guide rails 180 are in the guide rails 181 similarly attached, so that a detailed explanation is not necessary. The rails 180 are with the aid of a control body 196 fastened on a shaft 197 upwards and downwards on a parallel granular joint. The control body 196 acts on a control rotor or control follower 198. The control body is secured by a chain 199 rotated extending between sprockets attached to shafts 197 and 187.

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The mechanism described so far is suitable for use in a charging station as described with reference to FIGS. 1 and : 4-8 was described. The mechanism is also suitable for use in a combined loading and unloading station, itfie them under Referring to Figs. 19 and 20 was explained. In both cases

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The container to be filled with cigarettes can be transferred to the container 120 i, which was explained above with reference to FIG. 18 \ rarde.

If the cigarettes are to be loaded into a container 199, which 18, the stream 173 of cigarettes is transported onto the conveyor 172 which, according to FIG

shifted to the left. When the conveyor 172 transfers the stream in longitudinal j

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Moved in the direction, the control runners or control followers 175 run along the lower fixed guide rail 176. When a pair of j control runners reach the end of the guide rails 176, the movable guide rails 180 are located in the dashed lines in FIG. 1 position shown, ie in aligned j ^! Position with the end of the guide rail 176. At this point j

The divider plate attached to the control runner bends under * · • half of the stream 173 in the longitudinal direction. The control runners enter the movable rails 180 which, as a result of the rotation of the control body 196, are then raised until they reach the. , upper guide rails 178 are aligned as shown by solid lines in FIG. While the movable rails are \ 180 is lifted upward, the divider plate of the associated bar extends upwardly through the slot 172a and in increasing liaiie by the flow of cigarette 173. If the

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When movable rails reach their upper position, the control runners run into the upper guide rails 178. The following Operations of the device with regard to the filling of the; Container 199 with cigarettes corresponds to the process steps j which with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20 have been explained.

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After a batch of cigarettes between a following pair

is removed from divider plates 174, the front plate 174 becomes j of a pair of plates (viewed in the direction of movement of the conveyor

172) lowered by the corresponding control runner 175 below the level of the conveyor 172. The control runner or Control follower 175 in the movable guide rail 181, which

i is lowered under control of the control body 192 until it is is in alignment with the lower fixed guide tube 17 (3. The device according to FIGS. 21 and 22 is operated in the same way like that with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20 described device operated.

The FIGS. 23 and 24 illustrate another embodiment of a Device for dividing a stream of cigarettes into individual lots. The device is suitable for use as part of the Charging station LS or the unloading station ULS, in conjunction with the arrangement of the machines as shown in FIG. The device is also suitable for use as a Part of the memory unit SU of the arrangement of machines shown in FIG. 17. As a result, only the device is described which is used to split the stream of cigarettes. The remainder of the device and its mode of operation were with reference to FIGS. 4-8 or on FIGS. 19,20 and 20Λ explained. -41-

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An endless conveyor 200 is supported by a pair of chains 201 formed, which carry a plurality of slats 202. The slats. Form together an area which receives a stream of cigarettes 203. The conveyor is provided with divider plates 204 which : are operated to divide the stream 203 into individual lots, as will be explained below. Each divider plate 204 is

at the lower end (seen in Fig. 23) with a pair of control rotors or control followers 205, which run along fixed guides or guide rails 206.

; The slats 202 are attached to the chains 201 and are flat just. Special slats 207 are provided at positions where wel-> chem a divider plate 204 is fitted. Each slat 207 is equipped with an extension 208 for this purpose. Each of the Lath 207 is also provided with a slot that extends

extends through the extension 208 and through which the corresponding plate 204 is displaceable.

The extensions 208 are pivotably articulated to the chains j 201 at 208a and are each provided with a strut or a bracket 209 'equipped, which carries a control runner 210. The control runner runs along a fixed guide rail 211. The Tax follower or Control rotors 205 are brought into contact by springs 212 held with guides 206; each control runner 210 is in contact with the aid of a spring (not shown) the guide 211 held.

With the help of this arrangement, the distance by which the dividing plates are moved upwards over the corresponding slat 207 can be _λ ₂

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stretch (seen in Fig. 23), controlled by the guides 206 will. The angular position of the divider plates 204 is determined by the guide 211 determined.

The guide 211 is between the guides 206, but is aligned in different levels. As a result, each divider plate 204 is cut out at 213 and can be along with

ι the chains 201 are moved without affecting the guides 211.

At startup cigarettes are moved to dent conveyor 200 down and form stream 203. A curved guide 214 is provided to the cigarettes from a vertical position to steer in the horizontal path along which the stream 203 conveyed by the conveyor 200 . The curved guide 214 is cut out at 215 (FIG. 24) so that the divider plates 204 can be pushed into the cigarettes as they pass the curve in the direction of the conveyor 200.

According to FIG. 23, the dividing plates 204 are separated by the chains 201 ! moved to the left; guides 206 and 211 are arranged to tilt each divider plate 204 (as shown at Λ in Fig. 23) when they are around the curved guide 214

moving cigarettes approaching. As the chains 201 continue to move, the tip of a divider plate 204 enters the cigarette mass a. At this point in time, the plate 204 is rotated with the aid of the guide 211 about the pivot point 203a until it occupies a vertical position. This movement takes place duringj

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the plate 204 xieiter moves to the left. The plate 204 becomes inserted at an angle into the left of the cigarettes and adjoined brought into the vertical position in order to cause only minimal positional impairment of the cigarettes.

After the divider plate 204 has assumed the vertical position and has reached the point where the cigarettes are conveyed in a horizontal direction as a stream 203 _; it becomes about 2/3 of the height _; of the stream 203 pushed into this. When the plate 204 reaches the position B according to FIG. 23, it is given an upward movement component with the aid of the guides 206, as a result of which it is increasingly pushed through the remaining part of the height of the flow 203. A plate 204 is shown at C in FIG. 23 in this position. , ·,

The divider plates 204 could, of course, be made using a method described with reference to FIGS. 21 and 22 described device by! The last portion of the height of the current by ¹ movable guide rails 80 and 81 are raised or lowered

I will.

\ When the unit SU is used as a device to load * ι batches of cigarettes in the container of the cigarette stream in the can with reference to Figs. 23 and 24 can be divided into • games. If, however, the unit SU as a

I direction is used to remove lots of cigarettes from containers. and in order to transform them into electricity, the plates 204! out of the stream of cigarettes in the opposite direction;

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Claims (4)

Patent attorneys Dr. Ing.H. Negendank DiPl Ing.H. Hauck - DInI Pnvs. W. Schmitt Dipt Ing. E. Graalts - Dipl. Lg- V /. Lives 8 Munich 2. HsiarislraÖe 2J Telephone 5380586 Molins Limited 2, Evelyn Stre " Deptford, London, S.E.8, England Attorney File M-2271 j2, Evelyn Street August 1, 1972 Claims device for transporting objects, characterized by an input device (26) for a first stream (2 8) of the objects, a device (27) which when actuated, which, when actuated, successive front portions of the first stream (28) in Form a sequence of lots of objects branches off a device (41) to each lot of objects at a loading station (2) to put into a container (12), a device (55,56,146), which each batch of objects on a Unloading station (9) removes from the container (12), and a device (52) to the removed parts as a second stream to transport the objects in a direction away from the unloading station. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, for the transport of rod-shaped objects, such as cigarettes, characterized in that the devices for transporting the first and second 309008/0864 Stromes are each arranged so that the objects are conveyed directed transversely to their length. ; 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 7, characterized in that the container (12) between spaced apart Loading and unloading stations (2.9) can be moved. J 4. Device according to one of claims 1-3, characterized by ] a device (1,7) through which a sequence of identical containers can be moved along the loading station (2) and along the unloading station (9). 5. Device according to one of claims 1-4, characterized in that that the container or containers have a plurality of compartments (18), and that the separating device (2 7) 'forms parts which in their size are sufficient to fill a compartment (13). 6. Device according to one of claims 1-5, characterized by a device located on the charging station (2) for intermittently driving the input device (26) of the first Stromes, a divider device (27) assigned to the input device (26), which can be actuated to divide a front portion of the first stream as one batch, a conveying device that can be driven synchronously with the input device (1a, 1b), Tvelche moves the container (12) intermittently towards a loading position, and a device (41) which enters the parts branched off by dividing into the container, - ■■ - ■■■■ -46- 309808/0864 while the input device (26) and the conveyor device (1a, 1b) are in the rest position. 7. Apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the j device for inputting the first stream consists of an endless conveyor. 8. Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the dividing device has divider plates (27) which the endless conveyor (26) are assigned. | 9. Device according to claim 8, characterized in that the part plates at different times below the end . j losförderers retractable and vorschiebj over the endless conveyor are cash. 10. Apparatus according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that j that the distance between adjacent divider plates is one dimension of the container (12) corresponds. 11.Vorrichtung according to any one of claims 7-10, characterized in that that the device used to introduce the batches consists of a loading slide (41,56) which extends across the endless conveyor (26) can be displaced in the direction of the container. i12.Vorrichtung according to any one of claims 1-11, characterized in that the device used to remove the lots consists of an unloading pusher (146) which passes through the container (12) in the direction of the transport of the second -47- 309808/0864 Current serving device is displaceable. 13. Device according to one of claims 1-11, characterized in that that the device used for removal from an in the container and from the container directionally movable scoop (55) and a scraper body (56), wherein the Scraper cooperates with the shovel to keep the objects off the shovel. 14. Device according to one of claims 1-12, characterized gekenh'- ' indicates that a common station is provided as a loading and unloading station. s 15.Vorrichtung according to claims 11, 12 and 14, characterized in that that the endless, also promotes it as a device serves to transport the second stream, whereby it can be actuated, the objects before actuation of the loading slide in a Direction to move, and that it is also operable to the objects after actuation of the unloading slide in the opposite Transport lease. 16. Device according to one of claims 1-13, characterized in that that a device is provided at the loading station to post the loaded container on a carriage, that the carriage is movable from the loading station to the unloading station, and that a device located at the unloading station is effective to remove the container from the carriage. 17, device according to claim 15 or 16, characterized in that that a device is provided at the ^ er.icinsaMen .station ^ λο_ $ 3 0. £ 041 AUi0; 6 ^ ü: i. BATH ORIGINAL is, un the container after the. Loading of the same onto a carriage give up and. un the container before it is unloaded from Remove the carriage. .Device for transporting objects rait a system for Manufacture of the objects and a system for packaging the same, characterized by a first Tördervorricntung, which the items transported as a stream towards the packaging machine, a storage device for the items, a second conveyor device which carries the items as a stream between the storage device and the packaging machine transported, a device for / altrieb both conveyors, so that the flow of objects tzw in the direction of the storage device. turned away from this is movable, the storage device associated means to transfer parts of the stream for the purpose of storage in a container while the current is running in the direction of the storage device with the aid of the drive device, or to parts of the flow from the container for the purpose of reshaping the, To take current while it runs in a direction facing away from the storage device, wherein the drive device is arranged so that the flow of articles is directed towards and in from the storage device facing away, depending on the working conditions, the one used for manufacturing and packaging, '.' asciiinen is movable. 3 0 V. iiüii / 'L) I] B 4 ORIGINAL BATHROOM 19. Apparatus for separating the leading end portion of a stream of Objects, characterized by a device for conveying the flow of objects along a predetermined Track, a separating device assigned to the conveyor device, j v / eiche can be inserted obliquely into the flow of objects, j and a device which changes the angular position of the separating device and which causes the front end portion to be substantially J borrowed across the stream is separable. 20. device for separating the leading end portion of a stream; characterized by a device serving to convey the flow of objects along a predetermined path, a separating device assigned to the conveying device, which along a first fixed path in a first plane and j is guided along a second fixed path in a second plane j, and a movable path along which the Separation device is guided while the web is shifted from the first level into the second level, whereby the separation device if the path is in the first level is free of the flow and can be moved by the flow of objects, when the movable lane is on the second level. 21. Device for introducing lots of objects into a container located on a loading position, characterized in that that the stream of objects can be moved in the direction of the loading position with the aid of a device and in the has substantially uniform height, the conveyor device being intermittently drivable that a- 3098 08/086 4 The device is assigned to the conveyor device and is operable to a front portion of the flow as a portion of the objects branch off that a transport device can be driven synchronously with the conveyor device to the container intermittently to move towards the loading position, and that the batch of items diverted from the stream by means of a device is movable from the conveyor device into the container, while the conveyor device and the transport device are in rest position. 122. Device for removing lots of objects a container located at an unloading position, characterized in that the container is by means of a transport device is movable in the direction of the unloading position, wherein the transport device is intermittently drivable that ι a conveyor device runs synchronously with the transport device that a device from a batch of objects moves the container onto the conveyor, while the conveyor and the conveyor are in the rest position are located, and that a holding device with the conveyor device cooperates to the parts of the objects on- gain weight. 309808 / U864