EP0034790B1 - Installation pour appliquer des banderoles autour de paquets de cigarettes carrés - Google Patents

Installation pour appliquer des banderoles autour de paquets de cigarettes carrés Download PDF

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EP0034790B1
EP0034790B1 EP81101100A EP81101100A EP0034790B1 EP 0034790 B1 EP0034790 B1 EP 0034790B1 EP 81101100 A EP81101100 A EP 81101100A EP 81101100 A EP81101100 A EP 81101100A EP 0034790 B1 EP0034790 B1 EP 0034790B1
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Heinz Focke
Hugo Mutschall
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C1/00—Labelling flat essentially-rigid surfaces
    • B65C1/04—Affixing labels, e.g. wrap-around labels, to two or more flat surfaces of a polyhedral article
    • B65C1/042—Affixing labels, e.g. wrap-around labels, to two or more flat surfaces of a polyhedral article using two or more applicators, e.g. cooperating rollers or brushes
    • B65C1/045—Affixing labels, e.g. wrap-around labels, to two or more flat surfaces of a polyhedral article using two or more applicators, e.g. cooperating rollers or brushes acting one after the other

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  • the invention relates to a device for applying banderoles, tax stamps, sealing strips or the like to packs, in particular cuboid packs of cigarettes, according to the preamble of the claim.
  • Such a device is known from GB-A-697 102.
  • the packs to be provided with a banderole are fed on one side of a revolving pack turret, pushed into the pockets of the same, provided with banderoles by a transfer conveyor, the parts of the banderoles projecting laterally beyond the pack being transferred to the packs by means of separately driven folding members are folded over and glued to the corresponding side walls of the pack, and then taken along for almost one revolution of the pack revolver until they are discharged onto a discharge conveyor directly in front of the feed conveyor.
  • the bottom of the pockets for receiving packs in the pack turret is formed by a plunger which can be moved radially back and forth, on which in the area of the pack ejection station an ejector mounted on the pack turret acts, such that the bottom of the pocket tappet is pushed out of the bag with a banderole.
  • the pack turret and the pusher assigned to it, including the plunger forming the bottom of the turret pockets, are relatively voluminous and complex, with the result that the known construction no longer meets the requirements that are placed on units of a high-speed cigarette packaging machine today.
  • the packs have to be fixed in the pack revolver so that they do not fall out of the pack revolver in an overhead position.
  • the present invention is based on the object of further developing a device of the known type in such a way that a simple, compact and, accordingly, less susceptible to failure is produced.
  • the above-mentioned measures result in an extremely compact or space-saving construction which requires a minimum of moving parts and which, in addition, can be built much more easily than the known construction.
  • the diametrical arrangement of the push-out station and push-in station does not require any measures to be taken to prevent the packs from falling out of the pack turret during their transport from the push-in station to the push-out station; the packs only need to be transported in the top half of the pack turret.
  • Fig. 1-3 show cigarette packs 10 in the form of a hinged box with different examples for the design and arrangement of banderoles 11, 12 and 13.
  • cigarette packs 10 serve primarily as a tax stamp, but can also be used as closure means etc. for Packs may be provided. The differences relate to the format and the place of attachment to the pack. Other alternatives, not shown, are conceivable and possible.
  • a strip sleeve 11 is provided, which extends over the entire length of an end face 14 of the cigarette pack 10. Tabs 15 and 16 of the band 11 adjoining it on both sides are folded over and extend in the region of (narrow) side faces 17 and 18 of the pack 10.
  • the band 12 is attached with its remaining part in the region of a rear surface 19 with a tab 20 which is folded over into the plane of the side surface 18.
  • FIG. 3 The embodiment according to FIG. 3 is frequently encountered, namely with the banderole 13, which extends across the end face 14 and with tabs 21 and 22 in the region of the front face 23 and the rear face 19.
  • the band 11, 12, 13 is attached in the area of a hinged lid 24, namely glued.
  • the device described below is appropriately designed for the device parts - suitable for processing, namely the application of banderoles 11, 12, 13 of all embodiments.
  • the banderoles (in the exemplary embodiment shown a banderole 13 for the arrangement in the sense of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 3) are accommodated in a magazine 25.
  • the banderoles 13 are removed one after the other, here by means of a dispenser 26, which is moved back and forth by a gear 27 with a rotary movement along the underside of the magazine 25.
  • a banderole 13 is removed from the magazine 25 and transferred to a banderole conveyor in the form of a tongs revolver 28.
  • the periodically rotating pliers turret 28 is along its circumference with a plurality, z. B. equipped two groups of pliers 29 which are pivotally mounted.
  • An angled clamping end 30 (FIG. 6) of these pliers 29 made of spring steel each detects a facing end or an edge region of the band 13 and fixes it on the pliers turret 28, specifically on a specially designed receptacle 31 can be seen across the remaining circumferential dimensions of the tongs revolver 28.
  • the band 13 is gripped by the pliers 29 at its front edge in the transport direction in such a way that the adjoining part lies against the receptacle 31 in the circumferential direction.
  • the band 13 is moved with the side to be glued facing outward through the pliers turret 28 past a gluing device, namely a circumferential glue segment 32.
  • This glue segment currently comes into contact with a gluing surface 33 with the facing, outwardly facing side of the band 13, whereby a predetermined amount of glue is transferred to the band 13.
  • the glue segment 32 works together with a glue device, which consists of a glue container 34 and a glue roller 35.
  • a supply of glue is kept ready in the glue container 34, from which a quantity of glue distributed in film-like manner and delimited by scrapers is removed from the glue container 34 by the rotating glue roller 35.
  • the glue segment 32 temporarily comes into contact with the peripheral surface of the glue roller 35 during the circulation and thereby takes over the required amount of glue.
  • the glue container 34 is movable, namely pivoted, in order to meter the glue supply to the glue roller 35.
  • the banderoles 11, 12 13 provided with glue are transferred to the packs 10 by the tongs revolver 28.
  • the packs 10 are conveniently guided to the tongs revolver 28 by a special device in the area of a transfer station 36, so that the band 11, 12, 13 can be transferred to the pack 10 without interference and in an exact relative arrangement.
  • a pack turret 37 is used to keep the cigarette packs 10 ready in the area of the transfer station 36.
  • the aforementioned pack turret 37 is provided with a plurality of radial pockets 38 as a holder for a cigarette pack 10.
  • the pockets 38 are radial slots in a pack turret 37 consisting of two turret disks 39, 40 arranged at a distance from one another.
  • the relative position of the cigarette packs 10 in the pack turret 37 or in the pockets 38 is such that the sleeve 11 , 12, 13 receiving packing surface is always directed radially outwards.
  • the pack turret 37 here adjoins an incoming pack track 41, from which the cigarette packs 11 are each pushed into a pocket 38 held ready in the same plane as the pack track 41 by a translatory slide 42.
  • a discharge track 43 for the cigarette packs 10 provided with a band 11, 12, 13 is connected at the same height as the pack track 41.
  • the cigarette packs 10 are pushed into this by a correspondingly arranged and designed ejector 44, with simultaneous ejection from the pocket 38 located in a corresponding relative position.
  • the pack turret 37 arranged in a vertical plane and rotating about a horizontal axis becomes for this purpose switched in steps, each by a distance corresponding to the distance between the pockets 38.
  • the transfer station 36 is formed in an area in which the pack turret 37 - after acceleration from a standstill - executes a substantially uniform movement.
  • the banderole 11, 12, 13 is transferred to the relevant surface of the cigarette pack 10, by momentary contact or by pressing the banderole 11, 12, 13 against the cigarette pack 10 through the receptacle 31
  • the pliers turret 28 rotates at approximately the same speed as the packing turret 37 during this process.
  • the pliers 29 are opened at a suitable, here mechanically controlled moment, so that the clamping end 30 releases the sleeve 11, 12, 13 ( Fig. 6).
  • a banderole 13 is attached to the cigarette pack 10 in the arrangement according to FIG. 3.
  • the flaps 21 and 22 of the band 13 are on both sides of the end face 14 over this.
  • the cigarette packs 10 are in the Be richly transported the discharge track 43.
  • the flaps 21, 22 are folded over against the rear surface 19 and front surface 23 by upper and lower folding members 45, 46.
  • the device according to FIG. 6 is used to attach banderoles 12 according to FIG. 2.
  • this solution is connected to a different arrangement of the cigarette packs 10 in the pockets 38 of the pack turret 37.
  • the cigarette packs 10 are arranged such that the side surface 18 receiving part of the band 12 is directed radially outward.
  • the banderole 12 is thereby placed in the transfer station 36 on this side surface 18 of the cigarette pack 10, specifically off-center, in such a way that only the tab 20 of the banderole 12 adheres to the side surface 18.
  • the remaining part of the band 12 protrudes beyond the cigarette pack 10.
  • the projecting part of the banderole 12 is folded by the upper folding member 45 against the rear surface 19 of the package 10.
  • the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 7 and 8 relates to the attachment of the (strip) banderole 11 according to FIG. 1.
  • the tongs revolver 28 is designed in a special way.
  • the band 11 is fixed with its longitudinal extent lying in the axial direction on the tongs revolver 28 or on the correspondingly arranged, relatively narrow receptacle 31 in the circumferential direction. Because of this special relative position of the band 11, the corresponding strip-shaped receptacle 31 is equipped with suction bores 47 which are connected to a vacuum source and, when acted upon, fix the band 11 - in addition to the pliers 29 - on the receptacle 31.
  • the suction bores 47 opening in the area of the outside of the receptacle 31, that is to say at a maximum distance from one another, are connected to an axially arranged connection channel 52.
  • This is temporarily connected to a channel segment 53, which is formed in the movement path for the connecting channel 52 within a stationary suction control disk 54.
  • the channel segment 53 is arranged in such a way that the suction bores 47 are vented after the banderole 11 has been transferred to the cigarette pack 10 (FIG. 7).
  • the pliers 29 are also specially designed here, namely as double pliers with two clamping ends 30 spaced apart from one another.
  • the banderole 11 is transferred to the end face 14 of the cigarette pack 10 in the manner already described.
  • the cigarette packs 10 are arranged in the same relative position in the pockets 38 of the pack turret 37 as in the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 4.
  • the pliers 29 also become Approved.
  • the band 11 is received by the end face 14 such that the tabs 15 and 16 protrude beyond the cigarette pack 10 in the axial direction of the pack turret 37.
  • These tabs 15, 16 are folded against the side surfaces 17 and 18 when the cigarette pack 10 is inserted into the discharge path 43 by means of stationary lateral folding members 48.
  • an essentially centrally located banderole 13 of the embodiment according to FIG. 3 can be transferred without problems in the area between the turret disks 39, 40.
  • the pockets 38 have smaller dimensions in the radial direction than the cigarette packs 10, so that they protrude beyond the outer boundary of the pack turret 37 and the relevant ones with the surfaces receiving the band 11, 12, 13 in each case This exposes surfaces.
  • the tongs revolver 28 can be designed in various ways.
  • the approximately centrally located pliers 29 can be pivoted by a rotatably mounted shaft 49. This is controlled by a roller 50 which runs on a fixed cam 51.

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1. Appareil de pose de banderolles, vignettes fiscales, bandes de fermeture ou analogues sur des emballages, en particulier des paquets de cigarettes parallélépipédiques, comportant
a) une tourelle revolver d'emballage (37) en mouvement, munie de poches (38) pour recevoir chacune un emballage (10);
b) un convoyeur de transfert (28) associé au revolver d'emballage (37), par lequel sont transférées, dans un poste de pose (36), sur les emballages (10) les banderolles munies de colle;
c) un poste d'insertion des emballages (41) associé au revolver d'emballage (37) et
d) un éjecteur (44) éjactant, dans un poste d'éjection d'emballage, des poches (38) du revolver d'emballage (37), les emballages munis chacun d'une banderolle,

caractérisé par le fait que
e) le revolver d'emballage (37) est constitué de deux disques (39, 40) écartés l'un de l'autre et munis de fentes radiales servant de poches réceptrices pour les emballages, l'espace compris entre les deux disques (39, 40) étant libre de pièces intermédiaires, à l'exception de l'axe relient les disques et
f) le poste d'éjection est diamétralement opposé au poste d'insertion (41) et l'éjecteur (44) est monté à l'extérieur du revolver (37), engagé dans l'espace libre entre les disques (39, 40) du revolver,
g) le poste d'éjection est en forme d'embouchure à organes de pliage fixes (45, 46, 48), grâce auxquels s'opèrent un repliage et encollage sur la paroi (ou les parois), correspondante(s) de l'emballage (10), des parties, encore écartées, des banderolles (11, 12, 13) encollées, dans le poste de pose (36), sur la face de l'emballage (10) débordant radialement sur la poche de réception (38).
EP81101100A 1980-02-20 1981-02-17 Installation pour appliquer des banderoles autour de paquets de cigarettes carrés Expired EP0034790B1 (fr)

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DE19803006322 DE3006322A1 (de) 1980-02-20 1980-02-20 Vorrichtung zum anbringen von banderolen auf quaderfoermige zigaretten-packungen
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