EP0007837A1 - Vorrichtung zum Messen der Festigkeit von Zigaretten oder dgl. - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Messen der Festigkeit von Zigaretten oder dgl. Download PDF

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EP0007837A1
EP0007837A1 EP79400465A EP79400465A EP0007837A1 EP 0007837 A1 EP0007837 A1 EP 0007837A1 EP 79400465 A EP79400465 A EP 79400465A EP 79400465 A EP79400465 A EP 79400465A EP 0007837 A1 EP0007837 A1 EP 0007837A1
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Michel Morin
Alain Rousseau
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Societe Nationale dExploitation Industrielle des Tabacs et Allumettes SAS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/34—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes

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  • the present invention relates to a device for measuring the compactness of smoking articles of cylindrical shape such as cigarettes, filter cigarettes or filter sticks.
  • the compactness of a cigarette or the like characterizes its compressibility, its hardness, its filling. This is one of the important physical characteristics that must be taken into account when judging the quality of the product under consideration.
  • a unit of measurement comprising jaws which are placed around the cigarette and a specific load is applied to one of the jaws. The measurement of the relative displacement of the jaws provides a quantity representative of the crushing of the cigarette.
  • the compactness can be assessed in two stages: crushing when empty, under a slight preload and crushing under a determined load.
  • the invention relates to a device which makes it possible to measure the compactness of cigarettes in a batch in two different directions.
  • the invention relates to a device for measuring the compactness of smoking articles of cylindrical shape, characterized in that it comprises a supply unit for bringing the articles to a positioning and distribution assembly, two units of compactness measurement mounted on either side of this assembly, which assembly comprises a rectilinear movement path extending substantially from one unit of measurement to the other to allow each item to move from a central position receiving to an extreme measuring position, means for positioning the articles in the receiving position alternately in two different angular positions and means for moving the cigarettes along said path alternately towards one and the other measuring unit.
  • the device according to the invention simultaneously measures the compactness in two different positions of the articles, since the two measurement units can operate in unison.
  • said assembly comprises at least two drums which define said path between them, the drums being able to be driven in rotation in the same direction, so as to rotate an article in contact with it about its axis.
  • each angular position is defined by a light source associated with a detector.
  • a light source associated with a detector.
  • the seam of a cigarette is an area whose reflective power is different from that of the rest of the cigarette: when the radiation from the source falls on the seam, it is reflected and the output current of the detector is stronger or weaker than outside this position. This detection controls the instantaneous stop of the drums on which the cigarette.
  • the device according to the invention for measuring the compactness of cigarettes essentially comprises a supply unit, a positioning and distribution assembly and two measurement units mounted on either side of this assembly.
  • the device comprises a supply unit arranged to bring the cigarettes one by one in a horizontal position to the central receiving position R defined by the drums 1 , 1 'and 2, 2' and shown in dotted lines.
  • the feed unit comprises an inclined plane 3 and an articulated pallet 4 which, in the low position, retains the cigarette by orienting it so that its axis is perpendicular to the line of greatest slope of the inclined plane, and in position high (shown in dotted lines), lets it descend along the inclined plane.
  • the cigarettes are brought one by one to the inclined plane by a dispenser member not shown.
  • the pivoting up of the pallet 4 is electrically triggered in connection with the operation of the device.
  • the cigarette having left the supply unit comes to occupy the aforementioned central position bearing on the drums 1, 1 ′ and 2.2 ′ with parallel axes.
  • the drums 1 and 2 are rotated in the same direction so as to rotate the contact cigarette in contact with the drums.
  • the direction of rotation is illustrated by the arrows in FIG. 1.
  • the drums 1 and 2 are driven by a motor 5 via pulleys 6 and a belt 7.
  • the device comprises a first photocell 10 placed vertically above the reception area.
  • the seam of the cigarette receives the radiation from the cell 10, it reflects this radiation in a more intense or less intense way than the rest of the cigarette.
  • the output current emitted by the cell takes a higher or lower value than the average value of the signal, and this allows the detection of the seam. This detection in turn triggers the immediate shutdown of motor 5 and the cigarette keeps the position where the seam is on the top.
  • a second photoelectric cell 11 is placed laterally so that the axis of the emitted radiation is orthogonal to the axis of the cell 10, that is to say horizontal.
  • this cell 11 When this cell 11 is active, the cigarette therefore assumes a position where the seam is on the side.
  • the cells 10 and 11 are active in turn, so that the cigarettes which occupy the reception position are placed alternately with the seam on top and with the seam on the side.
  • the cigarettes thus positioned are brought alternately to one and the other measuring unit, so that the compactness measurements are carried out along two perpendicular axes.
  • the distribution is ensured by a pusher 15 which moves in an alternating movement along said path.
  • This pusher 15 is provided with spikes 16 to maintain the cigarettes in the correct position during movement to the respective unit of measurement.
  • the pusher 15 is mounted at the end of an upper arm 17 secured to a pivot 18.
  • the pivot 18 is rotatably supported by a lower arm 19, the other end of which is rigidly connected to a shaft 20 driven by a motorcycle - reducer 21 comprising motor and reduction gears.
  • the pivot 18 carries at its lower end a wheel 22 connected by a toothed belt 23 to a wheel 24 mounted around the shaft 20 but rigidly connected to the chassis by a pin 25 and therefore fixed.
  • the mechanism transforms the rotational movement of the shaft 20 into a rectilinear movement of the pusher 15 along the aforementioned path.
  • the motor 21 is controlled so as to cause, if we suppose the pusher in the position of FIG. 3, first of all a movement from left to right of the pusher 15, the latter bringing the cigarette present in the area of reception to the right measurement unit then, the pusher then being to the right of the reception area, a movement from right to left which brings the next cigarette to the measurement unit located on the left.
  • the measurement units by themselves do not have original characteristics. They include a lower jaw 29 which receives the cigarette and a jaw 30 which is placed on the cigarette to be measured and a movable coupling 31 which is applied to the jaw 30 with a determined load. The relative displacement of the jaws is indicative of the crushing of the cigarette and as a result of its compactness.
  • the device described operates as follows.
  • the articulated pallet 4 lets through a cigarette which is placed in the receiving position. In this position, the cigarette is suitably angularly positioned using the drums 1 and 2 and one of the cells 10 and 11.
  • the pusher 15 is moved to bring the cigarette to the unit located on the side opposite its starting position. During this time, another cigarette has been brought into contact with the pallet 4. The latter then pivots and the second cigarette descends along the inclined plane 3 to the receiving position. In this position, the drums 1 and 2 rotate the cigarette to the correct position, identified by the seam, the active cell being that which was not active for the first cigarette.
  • the pusher 15 then moves the cigarette towards the measurement unit which is not yet supplied.
  • the two measurement units operate in synchronism, one measures the crushed load of cigarette n while the other measures the empty crushing of cigarette n + 1; in the following cycle, the first compacimeter determines the no-load crushing of the cigarette n + 2 while the second measures the crushing under load of the cigarette n + 1.

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EP79400465A 1978-07-13 1979-07-05 Vorrichtung zum Messen der Festigkeit von Zigaretten oder dgl. Expired EP0007837B1 (de)

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AT79400465T ATE122T1 (de) 1978-07-13 1979-07-05 Vorrichtung zum messen der festigkeit von zigaretten oder dgl.

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FR7820929A FR2430730A1 (fr) 1978-07-13 1978-07-13 Dispositif pour mesurer la compacite d'objets en forme de tiges
FR7820929 1978-07-13

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EP0195173A1 (de) * 1985-03-22 1986-09-24 Fabriques De Tabac Reunies S.A. Prüfvorrichtung für die Kompressibilität von Waren der Tabakindustrie
GB2201328A (en) * 1987-02-21 1988-09-01 Koerber Ag Apparatus for perforating or testing rod-shaped articles

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US3310682A (en) * 1962-05-21 1967-03-21 Short Brothers & Harland Ltd A Hardness measurer using tiltable mirrors
US3559466A (en) * 1968-06-07 1971-02-02 Liggett & Myers Inc Direct readout deflection meter

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US2338070A (en) * 1941-03-06 1943-12-28 American Mach & Foundry Individual cigarette density recording machine
FR1437670A (fr) * 1965-03-26 1966-05-06 Seita Procédé et dispositif pour mesurer la compacité et d'autres caractéristiques physiques d'un corps ou d'un groupe de corps compressibles et notamment de cigarettes

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US3310682A (en) * 1962-05-21 1967-03-21 Short Brothers & Harland Ltd A Hardness measurer using tiltable mirrors
US3559466A (en) * 1968-06-07 1971-02-02 Liggett & Myers Inc Direct readout deflection meter

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0195173A1 (de) * 1985-03-22 1986-09-24 Fabriques De Tabac Reunies S.A. Prüfvorrichtung für die Kompressibilität von Waren der Tabakindustrie
GB2201328A (en) * 1987-02-21 1988-09-01 Koerber Ag Apparatus for perforating or testing rod-shaped articles
GB2201328B (en) * 1987-02-21 1991-07-03 Koerber Ag Apparatus for rolling and simultaneous treatment of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry

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EP0007837B1 (de) 1981-07-29
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FR2430730B1 (de) 1980-12-05
ATE122T1 (de) 1981-08-15
DE2960535D1 (en) 1981-10-29

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