DE6605289U - DEVICE FOR CONVEYING CIGARETTES FROM A CIGARETTE MACHINE TO A PACKAGING MACHINE. - Google Patents

Description

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Dr.lng.BrunoBloch _ni """,":# aaa ro / )

Batlenstedter Strasse 17

Device for conveying cigarettes
from one cigarette machine to one
Packing machine

Molins Machine Company Limited,
2 _S Evelyn Street, London S ₀ E "8 ₀

605289

The invention relates to a device for conveying f Cigarettes from a cigarette machine to a packing machine <> |

It is common in cigarette factories to place cigarettes in trays |

to saminelnj in which they are brought to the specialist machine » %

This method requires a large number of trays _s |

is ¥ with regard to work and transportation

expensive and takes up a lot of floor space. It is only available in j

such cases really justifiable _s where the manufacturer \

I to put cigarettes under lengthy conditioning operations

I throw wishes and numerous suggestions have already been made j

I have been taking the cigarettes more or less immediately from the | To convey the cigarette machine to the packing machine., Such proposals are satisfactory if no conditioning is required ₀ )

It has already been proposed _s will provide a rorratsbehälter accumulated in dam cigarettes 12nd from which they are dispensed in accordance with the Äaäerungen in the supply and demand "object of the present invention is a better .Training a reservoir _s in which the cigarettes from An inlet and an outlet do not be one but move as a mass, without essential displacement of the cigarettes relative to one another, so that they are conveyed without undesired rolling and without avoidable bumps and damage.

The present invention relates to a device for conveying cigarettes from a cigarette machine to a packing machine, consisting of a storage container with upper and lower compartments, from an inlet on one end of the upper compartment and an outlet on the corresponding one End of the lower section, aiis an endless belt conveyor with an upper section forming the bottom of the upper section and a lower section, the upper wall of the lower A forming strand and with a role around which the belt air. End" of the upper run, made of a concave, movable rear wall that encompasses the end remote from the inlet and outlet Reservoir forms and which is arranged at a distance from the pulley, around a curved channel between to form the two departments, and from means sum moving back and forth of the back wall and roll along the storage container, to its capacity depending on the change of supply and Increase or decrease need for cigarettes.

When the cigarette making _machine's viie usual, a Auffangbanä has, according to the invention there is provided a conveyor between the collecting belt and reservoir which trägtο the cigarettes from the collection belt receives -and it through the inlet into the reservoir

According to the invention, a test device can be provided at the inlet sum gate storage container and a second test device between the outlet and the torch, wherein the first test device can cause the rear wall to move in order to increase the capacity of the storage container reduce IIRD when the Yorrat of cigarettes smaller?, \ md wherein the second test device moving the rear wall away from the outlet effect canoe ,, to capacity vergrösssm _s when the requirement of the cigarette Packmasehine decreases <>

The test devices can control the movements of the rear wall by changing the position of the deflection roller of the endless belt conveyor _f if the üraienkrolle is connected to the rear wall _s whereby the movement of the deflection roller is effected by increasing or reducing the length of the endless belt in the storage container _e For this purpose the endless conveyor belt passes partially around two mutually remote drive ·· _s normally roll dedicated to the same G-eschr '' indigJ: ait rotate _P but their speeds can be changed, "aussulegen uminehr band in the reservoir or ms, the length of the tape. In the storage container, a take-up roller system contains the necessary belt material for these movements, The whole endless conveyor belt can also be designed as a single loop, one end of which runs ax UmXenkrolle in the storage container xmd the other end ma a

Bolle running, the en of the outer side of the concave Huec is attached & RAMD, ₉ so that when the length of the endless belt Ie reservoir vergrössertj the concave plate is moved further away from the inlet, and vice versa "

A conveyor belt can form the sod of the lower section, that towards the outlet at the same speed as that lower run of the endless conveyor is movable *

Usually more than one cigarette machine is required to suzuliefemj dahar Irönnea cigarettes, which are necessary in view of the high output of a noderaen bag machine the cigarette machines in tandem lay their collecting banners be arranged, with each band the ejection

'on the conveyor, which swipes an Aazffaiigband and

a reservoir inlet is »It is mögliohjinit one Anaalil of cigarette machines several Eaclnnmaschinen to vei '» take care of the cigarettes the Paclon machine is the XLCch to be described.

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention will now be will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which

Figure 1 is a side view inj section,

Figure 2 is a plan view of a 5eil

of the device according to Figure 3.: .n screed _¥

Figure 3 shows a section along the line 3 - 3 in Figure 2, at an angle of SO ⁰ to the plane of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a sectional view similar to Figure I ₅ . a modified form of training,

Figure 5 block diagrams

^{1131 (1} of the drive motor and test devices, FIG. 7 is a partial side view of part of the device from FIG. 1 in a modified embodiment.

FIG. 8 a section along the line 8-3 in Figure 7 and

FIG. 9 shows a plan view of parts of the device according to FIG. _s partially in section, showed

■ As can be seen from Figure X to 3, catch tapes deliver. 1 1 and 2 the output of the respective cigarette machine !! on |

I an endless conveyor 4- _o The conveyor 4 runs in the direction J of the arrow A in Figure 1 below the catch other _e Avf f this way cigarettes are through an inlet 12 in | sinen storage container R promoted "

Bine flexible guide 13 can be pivoted at 40 and has transverse parts 41 ₅₁ which act as light cigarettes and rotate cigarettes that were tilted during movement on conveyor 4 in such a way that their axes are again transverse to the direction of movement of the cigarettes, these At the same time, the guide acts as a test device in the manner described below »

The reservoir R is in. An upper compartment 42 and a lower compartment 43 divided by an endless conveyor belt 4-4, which generally moves with a constant speed and with the Zigarstten _s when they reach by gravity into the lower compartment ₅ wherein the bottom of the storage container. formed by a conveyor 6 v / irdo the belt 44 is

inside the storage container by a roller 45 with a _? mounted on a carriage 46 and thus Move "cash axis held .The Torratsbehälter has in 7 a outlets forms a rear wall 47, the end of the reservoir _o This wall is on the carriage 46 is secured _s as a cart with wheels 48 _S as gezeigtoSine in FIG 2 flexible Cord 49 is attached to the carriage and runs over a roller 50; at its other i3nde are a weight 51 or other suitable receiving means attached For example, the cord can be drawn by an electric motor _s running or the awecks Aufwindens the cord of the cord a AbTfickeln allowed, when the carriage in accordance with the Prravorrichtungs signals in yet In addition to the explanatory note, the endless belt conveyor 44 also runs on drive rollers 52 and 55 through a take-up roller system 54o

The storage container thus consists of an upper conveyor, the belt 44 moving to the left in FIG. 1 and a lower conveyor 6 _{S moving to the right in FIG} on the other hand xliesseiio Sas volume 44-wirä through the roll 52 with a Gsschvänäigkeil; be? irsgt _s

which is proportional to the cigarette _supply while the lower conveyor 6 and the associated lower part of the belt 44 are always driven at a speed that is per

proportional to the cigarette requirement is _a

The outlet 7 has a conveyor 16 _o Between the conveyors 6 and 16, a small upwardly inclined conveyor 55 is provided; which runs at a higher speed than the conveyor 6 and brings the cigarettes onto the conveyor 16 ,.

3) he conveyor 16 leads to. a funnel 5S _S at the bottom of which a further conveyor 57 is arranged, which carries the cigarettes to the container 8 of a packing machine ₅ with a flexible guide 5Q of the same type 7fie the guide 13 2 for aligning canted cigarettes * Other funnels 59 "and 60 can lead to others lead containers, not shown, of paekmasehinen »Another flexible guide 61 is provided above the funnel! xcm there. visi or too few cigarettes are dispensed from storage containers «,

The "above-described device works as follows;

Cigarettes from conveyor 4 enter inlet 12 uilö. will be through. cLen. Conveyor 4 downwards and ± n the upper compartment conveyed ι the food 13 directs vmä checks the cigarettes and also P2s1rte 70 biläei: the Toräerwaiid äer Alröexjimg 42 _O

During normal running, several cigarette guns are emitted completely taken up by one or more packing machines Nonmenf then the parts in dor shown in Figure 1 can Position,

In contrast, if 7 / hile the barrel of the machine is holding a packing machine, for some reason ⁱ sa is _5, it is necessary to collect more cigarettes in the reservoir and when the amount of cigarettes large is _s is required, the Eüclctvand 47 further vfegzubewegen from the outlet " The roll is therefore stopped (if only one packing machine is being used) so that more tape is laid out from roll 52. The older carriage 46 can then, due to the weight? 51 to the left in FIG. 1, the lower conveyor δ is driven by the drive means for the roller 53, the same

\ Speed at which the roller 53 removes its part of the tape * 4

drives; The conveyor 6 also holds susans-en with this I ¹ Sj of the belt 44o The drive for the target 53 can su this Zwack "be controlled by the guide 61, which acts as a test device ρ and sngeiiobsn by local accumulations of cigarettes

; will j if the packing machine does not accept cigarettes ;;

or the control could be done by any other suitable device, S ₀ B ₀ a switch on the bag machine,

_s is the actuated when the PaclcnsscMne stops Feisi surr a packing machine with the srf indungsgesassen Torrichtvsis besuiysi; will, can there be an immediate verbisäuns svö.schea 5Sr? m ' w \ Holle 53, so that oils roll 53 on «-old as soon as the" Sackmasehise stops, - 2] as necessary material for increasing the chants of the band iia Voirratsbelialter ssiril aussssogen öeni Aufsaiiiiieroliensystea 54 _s fiesssn lEsr & ere Scllea free on tslü abbs «egbar are löid ess band ösrcii iMr Gswichi;

(Or stops at _s vi &. Only a cigarette making machine with the inventive device connected) to whom a cigarette machine stops, so the operation is reversed. The Solle 52 is driven more slowly, so that the length of the belt 44 decreases in the reservoir and the bac and wall 47 nash is moved to the right. In this case, the flexible element 15 acts as a testing apparatus by finding it down _s when the cigarette feed "reduced A flexible member 61 also functions as Erüfvorrichtung _t since it also is necessary to determine whether flow too much or too little cigarette aur packing machine "Test devices of the specified type are generally known and their design in detail has nothing to do with the present invention; suitable arrangements will be described later with reference to Figure 5 and δ.,

From the foregoing it can be seen, that if during In the course of work, conditions occur which cause a difference between supply and demand, this difference automatically by moving the roller 45 and the V. and 47 is balanced out, i.e. by decreasing or increasing the capacity of the storage container "

Since the belt 44 the weight of a large quantity v ^r on cigarettes support must "lateral supports 62 are provided, ■ the best in Figure 3 can be identified," You are attached to Peder plates 63, which are flat ,, when the Sttttaen in If the carriage 46 moves back and forth, its ends, shaped in accordance with FIG. 2, will push the supports aside, as can be seen from FIG. 3, |

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so some of the Federpätten are bent ,, utb the slide to allow a sliding past * The supports can return springs in their tape backup sheet _s when the reserves within the supply = ar s end of the carriage located them this allows "

The capacity of the storage container can be very large "if it is arranged under several collecting belts, as shown in FIG. 1, its capacity is sufficient to handle all coincidences, except when one of the machines is idle for a long time _or within reasonable limits Any number of cigarette scanners and packing machines can be connected to one another in this way, while the actual numbers depend on the respective output of the machines used 6 will be described later with additional fine control of the speed by the test device 61 if more than one packing machine is needed, since the roll cannot then be completely stopped, as was described for the pail using only one packing machine ο

The illustrated apparatus also allows, if necessary, a certain conditioning of cigarettes, Hsissluft or other heating means may be provided to the cigarette _s to dry as they move along the conveyor. 4 For this purpose, similar devices can be provided at any point between the on fsiigb change and the container of the packing machine «

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The device also allows a simple control of the Cigarettes ,,

A modified embodiment of the compression is shown in Figure 4 ,, Tsile to those in Figure 1 in training "and _s effect moving around will not be described, but the Seichnungen bear the same references signs,

In this embodiment, the Aufnahnierollensysteffi and the weight or a corresponding motor of the aforementioned execution form for the movement of the carriage 45 'instead, the conveyor belt 44 (now 71) is extended so that it can be connected to both ends of the carriage * around this To enable this, the conveyor extends upwards at the outlet end of the hopper, passes around pressure rollers 72 which press the belt against drive rollers 52 and 53, then over further rollers 75 and after it is removed horizontally to one behind the rom hopper outlet Pang "band (the tether 2 in the example shown) has moved, the band runs around further rollers 74 and extends downwards sur the level of its upper and lower run in the storage container, runs around further rollers 75 and wraps itself around a roller 76 _s which is attached to sled 46. With this arrangement, the sled reciprocates as the test fixture moves n 13 and 61 the Drehgesjh ^ ino.igkeit dei-Ro Ilen 52 and 53 change. Its guide roller 75 ″, sucked by a spring 90, serves as a belt tensioning device. Further features of the device shown in FIG. 4 are: improved design of the inlet 12 and the rear wall, a solid cover for the storage container; all these

Features are intended for better flow of cigarettes through the reservoir and achieving a flat upper position of the OCE in Sigarettenmenge upper compartment, which is for filter cigarettes of particular value "

The endless Fär 4 of Figure 1 is modified and with TT and in place of the front inclined end of the Conveyor 4- in Figure 1 a short conveyor T8 is provided, who do a role 7S runs and whose lower run to from «-

vrärts inclined is to the conveyor? S vriLrd driven by the conveyor 71, a bridge plate 77a extends over the gap between conveyors 77 and 78 »Instead of the plate In FIG. 1, a ttand is provided which consists of a concave curved one Band 80 is made to circulate around rollers 81 and 82, the foot of the wall being formed by a wedge strip 83, This belt 80 is also driven by the conveyor 71 through This arrangement ensures that the cigarettes go down between the rope forming the bottom of the upper compartment of the band 71 and a solid plate 84- encircling the upper part of this section completely fill, since the fair that runs around the curve of belt 80, pushing upward through the upwardly inclined portion of conveyor 78 »

In FIG. 4 the test device at the inlet 12 is somewhat different from the test device 13 in FIG. 1 and is therefore designated by 85. The inner end of the conveyor " ⁷ I differs somewhat from the above-described"structure; It consists of UcS, from a roller 36 ep it a HiioJbvanö 87 ·; ηδ forms a device similar to the parts 78 and 79 ^ ici works Lr. in a very similar way _c The role 36 becomes \ ~ on the role 45 ong- * dreary »

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The rear wall 47 has also been modified: a concavely curved belt 88 is arranged on its side facing the storage container j runs mn ! Guide rollers 89 and a drive roller 91 * which runs on the same track as the roller 16 and is driven by the latter. Bas tape (not shown) at its edges by Seitenplßtten out and takes the concave shape -having the pressure of cigarettes amount of ₅ as soon as the reservoir is filled, "Small afford 93 ieitsn dia cigarettes in the concave space and from these bodice addition ,, The entrance to department 42 is roughly in the shape of a gooseneck and the entrance to department 43 from the department is of similar shape.The flow of cigarettes into the two departments is such that the departments are completely filled and that the quantity of cigarettes moves through each department without significant relative movements the cigarettes move towards each otherj and that the cigarettes without avoidable bumps and bumps are promoted »

As can be seen from FIG. 5, the roller 52 is driven by an alternating current motor 100; The v ^ echse! Strom _s indicated by the symbol 101, is rectified in aera box 102 _s containing an amplifier and a rectifier Control point ₃ of a signal proportional to the "angular position of the feeler arm gib-fc", such a signal is a speed signal t "and is amplified in box 102 and. Actuates speed control devices in this box for the lEoioir 10O ₀

660528

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In Figure 6, the roller 53 driving motor ,, its energy ^Λ source, which makes, but the amplifier and the rectifier of the same type as in Figure 5 _y are vieitere control devices ^ provided, in this case, on the assumption that three Packing machines are used, every packing machine contains a switch which is switched on when the corresponding machine is running, so that the motor has three different basic speeds for one, two or three running packing machines. The connections from the packing machines are shown by three arrows that lead into a speed control box 106 "The test device 51 with its microswitch 103 changes these speeds with every change in the cigarette demand and the motor has a tachometer generator 104 which is fed back to an error amplifier 105" At 107 there is a stramification network, which combines the conveyance signal from and the error signal from generator 104 and the result to the Ver more 102 inputs where it is amplified to confirm the 3 control devices for the engine speed,

S "to S igur 7 show one improved arrangement Abstiitsen stan d © i conveyor belt;? Since the construction is considerably changed ,, parts, the above parts are identical or have the same effect, are in AES, provided with reference sign ,, the are increased by 100. According to these figures, the endless conveyor belt 144 runs around a set 145 ₃ that moves back and forth in the manner described above. The roller axis is mounted in a slide 146 to which a rear wall 147 is attached. which, according to 1 in FIG. 7, is sucked by means of a flexible cord 149, ₅ oils are drawn in the iron described "Seise"

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The belt 144 is driven in the direction of the arrow A in FIG. 7 through a hollow, with the above-described construction; if this roll stops because no cigarettes are to come out of his storage container, another roll lays more tape length ντ, the cord 149 sees the back and the slide to the left _s to the fit of the storage container eu enlarged

The pages of the volume are supported as described above by movable supports, which, however, are designed differently in the present case and are designated with 162 "

On each side of the magazine there is a fixed rail 1? O with a right-hand corner · ?! Cross-section arranged the three! Tuten 171 along the horizontal leg has «, The supports 162 hui: en each a hook-shaped part 172. which unifrests the horizontal leg and can slide on · * ^ ™ from an inner or band support into an outer position, which is free from. the edges ass BsndeSj se that the slide 146 can pass ussa; Y <er * n er himselfMn = and her moving, with the stages in a way that will still be described as STi; be * The inside of the free. End of the Sakens has a small projection 175 which engages the Strten in the horizontal and the Scherikel StUti5en _s after they are moved woräen, in the respective position fixes "You Sinzisea bestebsn sas elssiriLsciaesi Mauexialj a _{o 0} B KiiT'Ststcfx so that the free end äes Haxeiis leieiit springs kaisn, ton su Erlatibenj that the projection la the snt ice clmappt ösh _o

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The hook-shaped part of the support merges into a vertical leg 174 at right angles to the plane of the inner surfaces of the hook and this leg has two parallel right-angled extensions 175 _? where the upper surface of the upper extension forms the belt support surface o As shown, the lower surface of the lower extension is IT5 * «■ The grip with the lower run of the belt _s supports it against upward movement and thus secures a flat surface of the lower section from the ends of these extensions 175 are short approaches 1? 6 again is right angles? they are directed towards each other so that the vertical leg 174 and the extensions and carcasses form a frame of roughly rectangular shape * whose side is open. This open part is the distance between the opposing edges of the short approaches and this distance is like that obsessed that a support in the outer position can slide over the edges of the slide 146 ”.

The supports are grounded by curved lines attached to the sled 146. = and susTrärtsbesfegt, Seren Sndsn 179, which would lie near the Holle 145, are bent inwardly towards each other = because the sights 179 are at times completely free of the supports The innersiifläciieii -3 of the leg 174 and the ktsrsen lugs 176 are shaped so that they form a liorxsczLtaien: cross-section of double wedge ^ crs sii% eiziesi Scheitslpünki: in a more iäBgsnltte ₃ It shape is as best as Figure 5

] to 3r _see where or the corresponding angle of the leg 174 us

of Änsätss 176 with 177 beesichsei: sinsL

1?

Avdt this yieise the curve rail ends 1? D can easily
enter and exit _s in which direction the carriage is
also moves> and the distance between the vertices ^
do ho the tips ά & τ Rataen of DoppeIkeiiform sitsen right
close to the KurvenschisneBo

The remaining part of a curve seniene, d «, ho their other
End _? is straight, because the supports can be seen on the outside
position _{9 they} are moved there by the protrusions 173
and the outer ring 171 held and the straight

'The rope of a rail can run freely through the supportsn _o Wisan.
a rail end 179 dares a post into the inner or tape support position and then moves out of the post

the inner position of the prop is supported by the

i projection 173 and the inner groove 171 held « \

The supports 162 also form a guide in which the slide f can slide ₉ since the curved rails are part of the slide I and since the rectangular one. Frame over a curve rail | fitted with the sursen approaches the insides of the curves «|

surround the rail and attach its ends to the upper and lower j Flax the Schlittenkörpsrs rest »In a modified f Embodiment, the supports grab the horizontal leg}

i of the fixed rail lror by means of friction between the hook-shaped I. Tail of a support and the rail ", but the grooved rail and j the protrusion of the support result in a more reliable interaction,

The rear wall 147 had a side wall 180 screwed to it,
which can be adjusted across the width of the rear wall so that

for cigarettes, fits different lengths «.

Claims (1)

Pi-ill4144 -11163 .fate ir-tr jfcjins sayings Device for conveying cigarettes from a cigarette socket see above. A packaaschiss "characterized by a storage container with an upper and a first compartment, an inlet at one end of the upper compartment and an outlet at the corresponding end of the lower compartment, an endless belt conveyor with an upper trucij as the base of the upper compartment , and a lower Tnsn _s that forms the upper V / and the inner part, vnd, an IMLeakrolIs _s ■ am the band at the end of the upper Tmn-s \ uüwsndst _{5 of} an iconic. defeatable EU.clr.vand _? d: le forms the end of the storage container remote from the inlet and outlet and which is arranged at a distance from the guide roller and forms a curved channel between the compartments, and means around the rear wall and move the needle roll back and forth along the storage container ,, around the Passungsvermögen the reservoir increase au according to changes of supply and demand for Sigeretten or reduce " Apparatus according to claim 1 ₉ for sine cigarette cases with a catch belt _i connected by a conveyor arranged between catch belt usd storage container, which picks up the cigarettes from the catch belt and carries them through the inlet into the vox *: storage container " Device according to claim 1 or?, Gelrsimseicb.net by sinen the 3odsn of the urr; erön department bildsncen Banclförcerer unö. Means surri bev / egen des l ^? Örderers zvrs. Outlet with the same speed; with which the lower run of the Departments separated by endless belt conveyor moved " 4 * device bag one of claims 1 to 3 »marked through a tester sis inlet stsjs reservoir ■ and a second test device between äea Auslöse xniä of the packing machine whereby the first test before rf.cl-ituTis a? · J "e» ve £ ur. £ '· the rear wall sum outlet loin for the purpose of Verninaeiiing uSi rassur ^ ö The property of the betrayal; who.r. dsr Torrat vcn cigarettes low T7ird _s and τ nobei dia / ieite Pr '^ s fvorrichtruna a Beviegung the Büoksvand VOA outlet causes away 2wecks Enlargement of the Ätifnahaevermögens of the storage container, ■ when the cigarette requirement of the Paclcrarricht-ung less » Device according to claim 4 _? characterized in that the detection devices control the movements of the rear wall via control means for changing the "position of the rolling roller of the endless belt conveyor, which in this case is connected to the rear wall and by increasing or reducing the size of the endless belt conveyor in the storage container" ⁵ ? «^ T wiri Thus apparatus according to one of claim 1 to 5, aadiirch GEK ^ nnselehnetj that the divisions separating endless belt conveyors _s is partly around two mutually remote drive rollers causes them to a a Vergrösserp and the other reducing the length of the strip in the hopper, and which both normally rotate at the same speed, namely, the need for cigarettes is the same as the supply of cigarettes. ßeren. "esQliViinaipkei ^ en? .1ϊ6Γ resnä'STt 6605280 ao ₍ can be "to increase the lye of the tape in the" storage container according to the enlargement vxkGz reduction of the required capacity of the storage container su increase or reduce znο Device according iispruoh ^ S ₅ gekennseichnet characterized _s that a Aufnahmerollens.ystem BaMlänge Sen corresponding to the movement requirements dsl "Usnlenlcrolle for delivering the compartments, separated ■ endless belt in the reservoir or add & _β.Ώη ο Device according to one of Claims 1 to ¹ J _3, characterized by lateral supports for the part of the endless belt conveyor ₈ which is located in the storage container "and which carries the cigarettes in the upper compartment ₃ , these supports being arranged on each one and in the same way Band supporting layer can be moved in and out of this! Norms by the Schütter., Whose ends are shaped in such a way, that they sit with the supports ir stützeMe press position, while the carriage back and forth ™, wherein the spa located in the reservoir En.de of the carriage is so shaped "that the supports allows j inwardly under the tape zv. feathers to abzustütsen it _o Device according to claim S _5, characterized by a separate electric motor sum drive each of the drive rollers arranged at a distance from one another, by a 3ssohzahlssteuervorrichtiuig for the motor of the tape reel, which is a magnifier ?! & qt Banäläyge isi Vo: aratsbsbältsi- bswirlct and Äbliäagiolieit of the Sigaalen ds BrüfVorrichtung am I reservoir inlet active _s is one Control device for the motor of the roll of tape, which causes the length of tape in the storage container to be shortened and works in dependence on the signals from the test device between the outlet and the packing machine to make the roll cuts accordingly to the required changes in the supply and demand for cigarettes regulate, and through a further control device to stop the engine ^ vieian. the packing machine comes to a standstill Apparatus according to claim 6 _S for use with at least two packing machines, characterized by a separate electric motor for driving each of the tape reels arranged at a distance from one another, by a speed control device for the motor of the tape reel, which increases the tape length in the storage container as a function of signals a testing device causes in Yorratsbeliältereialass and by a Oeschwindigkeitssteuervorrichtuns for the motor of the tape roll τ shortening the length of tape in the storage container & bewJLxirt- _s with a Sehaltex ¹ aa each? ^ back ~ machine ρ which controls a speed control box while the packing machine is running in order to set various basic speeds for the motor according to the number of packing machines working and by means of a speed control device depending on signals from the test device between Outlet xmv. works 3 around the roller shaft; -eorilbsrgeiiesdsn jl of supply and demand ai cigarettes ansupassan » llo device according to claim 6, gekennselehnet characterized _s that the endless conveyor belt partially g around the spaced rollers & egt and thereafter connected to both ends of the carriage is by upward and then in the reverse direction to that of the part within the reservoir, then down to the The height of the mentioned part runs and is finally extended to the rear wall, where it is about a role attached to the back wall, the entire endless conveyor forming an approximately rectangular loop. 12 _O device according to claim 11 _? characterized by an endless belt which runs around the rear wall ₃ corresponds to the concave shape of the same and is movable with the quantity of cigarettes as it moves from the upper to the lower compartment, and by means of driving this belt in the direction j in which the quantity of cigarettes moves * after an Ösjt Ausjjxrieils 1 to 4? by a fixed rail on each side of the compartments separated endless belt conveyor, mounted on each rail by Stütsen _s rn the sum on the rail band. Ti . and away from this slide 3Eö "can _s and through. a guide rail attached to each side of the slide j with the supports so are caught so that they grip around the guide rail, which is bent at one end and forms one; _s kei322 move the one stile transversely to the fixed rail _? Tcean down the pouring 23 14ο device _s claimed in claim 13 characterized in that the support has a hook-shaped part which can slide across the fixed rail on which it is held by friction at a point where the influence of the hook-shaped member is sufficient inadvertent displacement of LOPS to prevent, but the movement of the support through the guide rail offers little resistance = 15o device according to claim 14, characterized in that the fixed rail has two parallel longitudinal grooves and that the hook-shaped part of the support has a protrusion, which can snap into one of the grooves and hold the support in the desired position.