EP0100494B1 - Vorrichtung zur Zuführung von Zigaretten oder dgl. zu einer Verpackungsmaschine - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Zuführung von Zigaretten oder dgl. zu einer Verpackungsmaschine Download PDF

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EP0100494B1
EP0100494B1 EP83107144A EP83107144A EP0100494B1 EP 0100494 B1 EP0100494 B1 EP 0100494B1 EP 83107144 A EP83107144 A EP 83107144A EP 83107144 A EP83107144 A EP 83107144A EP 0100494 B1 EP0100494 B1 EP 0100494B1
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Heinz Focke
Henk G. Onderwaater
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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
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine
    • A24C5/352—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine using containers, i.e. boats
    • A24C5/356—Emptying the boats into the hopper of the packaging machine
    • 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
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine

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  • the invention relates to a device for feeding cigarettes or the like.
  • a device for feeding cigarettes or the like To a packaging machine, the cigarettes being delivered in batches, in particular in cigarette containers (trays) which are turned down for emptying with an upper opening side in such a way that the cigarettes or the like. run out of the cigarette container under its own weight, forming an uninterrupted flow of cigarettes from cigarettes oriented transversely to the transport direction in a parallel position, which are fed by conveyors between lateral boundaries (side walls) of the packaging machine.
  • a known device for supplying cigarettes removed from a tray to a packaging machine the trays are emptied with the opening side facing downwards over a conveyor belt which transfers a stream of cigarettes to a transfer conveyor leading to the packaging machine.
  • a cigarette store is formed underneath the conveyor belt, which ensures a continuous flow of cigarettes in the area of the transfer conveyor even when the cigarette is uninterrupted, namely when changing an empty tray.
  • the device according to the invention is characterized in that the cigarette cover consists of elastically or articulated links which are directed essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cigarettes and are adapted in terms of their dimensions to those of the cigarettes, so that the cigarette cover adapts can adjust the top contours of the cigarette stream.
  • the cigarette cover used in the device according to the invention can be designed in various ways and preferably consists of a chain of (rotatable) rolls lined up.
  • the cigarette cover lies under its own weight on the top of the cigarette stream, adapting to the changing heights of the cigarette stream.
  • the cigarette cover which consists in particular of rotatable rolls, fulfills a number of functions. First of all, it is ensured that the cigarettes within the cigarette stream in a large number, one above the other, oriented parallel and transverse to the conveying direction, maintain this relative position during transport.
  • the cigarette cover has an alignment effect with respect to the top cigarettes of the cigarette stream.
  • the transport of a relatively voluminous flow of cigarettes is ensured by the cigarette cover.
  • the design of the cigarette cover particularly its own weight, enables the cigarettes to be transported continuously within the cigarette stream at varying heights.
  • the rotatable mounting of the rolls prevents the cigarettes from jumping over.
  • the cigarette cover ensures that the lower cigarettes, and thus the entire cigarette stream, are carried along gently and smoothly by the conveyor.
  • the cover also creates a continuous, uninterrupted stream of cigarettes due to clinging of the cigarettes within the cigarette stream due to the low pressure.
  • two successive conveyor belts or belt conveyors lying in a (horizontal) plane are provided, namely a first receiving conveyor and a subsequent discharge conveyor.
  • the former extends to below the insertion opening for the cigarettes when emptying a tray.
  • the subsequent removal conveyor extends into the area of a magazine as the receiving part of the packaging machine.
  • the above-mentioned conveyors are each functionally controllable for themselves, namely firstly through the emptying process of the tray (receiving conveyor) and secondly through any interruptions in the area of the packaging machine (discharge conveyor).
  • a device for transporting cigarettes with Such an arrangement of conveyors is the subject of European patent application 85108970.6, published as EP-A-0 177 688.
  • the aforementioned conveyors and the cigarette cover used in the device according to the invention are parts of an elongated intermediate container which is provided with at least side and end walls to limit the flow of cigarettes.
  • the intermediate container there is an upper insertion opening and offset from it a lower outlet opening, the latter directly in the area or above a magazine of the packaging machine.
  • the cigarette level (cigarette level) or the height of the cigarette cover can be checked within the intermediate container by means of scanning devices (light barriers).
  • the exemplary embodiment shown relates specifically to the loading of a packaging machine with cigarettes 10. These are each delivered in larger batches in a special cigarette container, namely in a tray 11.
  • the cigarettes 10 can be removed from the tray via an opening side 12 originally pointing upwards. In the arrangement shown in FIG. 1, this is directed downward, since the cigarettes 10 are removed from the tray 11 by reversing the same.
  • the tray 11 is arranged on an elongated, essentially rectangular intermediate container 13, specifically in the area of a feed opening 14 thereof.
  • the intermediate container 13 is otherwise delimited by an upper wall 15, by end walls 16 and 17 extending at the ends, by side walls 18 and 19 and below by conveyors (belt straps).
  • the upper wall 15 defines the feed opening 14 with the adjacent end wall 17.
  • the cigarettes are removed from the intermediate container 13 on the approximately diagonally opposite lower side, specifically in the region of an outlet opening 20 formed in the lower level of the intermediate container 13.
  • a special feature of the present exemplary embodiment is that the intermediate container 13 takes over the function of an otherwise usual cigarette magazine.
  • essentially upright cigarette chutes 21 are formed in the region of the outlet opening 20, which converge downwards in the usual manner and between which wedge-shaped shaft walls 27 are arranged.
  • cigarette groups assigned to a cigarette pack are removed in a known manner. In the present exemplary embodiment, two groups of such cigarette chutes 21 are formed.
  • the lower boundary or the bottom of the intermediate container 13 form (outside the area of the outlet opening 20) in the present case three conveyors, namely a receiving conveyor 22, a discharge conveyor 23 and an intermediate conveyor 24 arranged between them.
  • the conveyors 22, 23 and 24 adjoin one another in a common (horizontal) plane.
  • the receiving conveyor 22 extends to the end wall 17 and thus below the feed opening 14.
  • the shorter conveyor 23, in contrast, is immediately adjacent to the outlet opening 20.
  • the relatively shorter intermediate conveyor is arranged between the two.
  • the transitions between the conveyors are formed by short fixed bridges 25.
  • the conveyors 22, 23 and 24 extend over the full width of the intermediate container 13, that is to say at least from one side wall 18, 19 to the other.
  • the intermediate container 13 serves to hold the cigarettes after removal from the tray 11 until they are taken over to the cigarette shafts 21 or to any other conveyor. Furthermore, the intermediate container 13 has the function of a store, with the aim of ensuring a constant, uninterrupted supply of cigarettes when the same is delivered discontinuously (in slants). During the exchange of an empty tray 11 for a full one, the transfer of the cigarettes to the packaging machine should continue. For this purpose, a sufficient cigarette supply is built up in the intermediate container 13, specifically by forming an uninterrupted stream of cigarettes 26 extending from the feed opening 14 to the outlet opening 20. This flow is fed to the outlet opening 20 by the conveyors as the height changes.
  • the conveyors 22, 23 and 24 are driven in a special way and differently.
  • all conveyors are driven, with increasing speed in the transport direction. Accordingly, the receiving conveyor 22 runs at the lowest speed, the intermediate conveyor 24 has a higher speed and the discharge conveyor 23 runs at the highest conveying speed around.
  • belt speeds for the conveyance of, for example, approximately 8,000 cigarettes per minute, belt speeds of 3.2 m / sec. (Conveyor 23), 2.8 m / sec. (Intermediate conveyor 24) and 2 m / sec. (Receiving conveyor 22) expedient.
  • the increasing belt speed enables the entire amount of cigarettes flowing down from the tray 11 to be conveyed away by deflecting by 90 ° in the direction of the cigarette stream 26 there is a relatively lower level of the zirarette flow 26.
  • the removal conveyor 23 is driven further at the same speed (for example 3.2 m / sec).
  • the intermediate conveyor 24 is driven at a reduced speed, e.g. B. with the same as the (running) receiving conveyor 22, z. B. So 2 m / sec ..
  • the intermediate conveyor 24 has the main function of forming a transition stage in the transport route of the cigarettes. It is thereby possible to gently transfer the cigarettes from the relatively low conveying speed of the receiving conveyor 22 to the comparatively high conveying speed of the discharge conveyor 23. While the receiving conveyor 22 is at a standstill, the transition is also brought about by the intermediate conveyor 24 running at a lower speed.
  • the conveyors are particularly effective when a cigarette cover 40 is arranged on the top of the cigarette stream 26.
  • This has the task of maintaining the orderly orientation of the cigarettes 10 transversely to the conveying direction and parallel to one another during transport and the relative movements caused thereby.
  • the cigarette cover 40 ensures proper transport due to the small, finely metered weight with which it rests on the cigarette stream 26 without impairing the cigarettes.
  • the cigarette cover 40 can be closely fitted to the contours of the cigarette stream 26.
  • the cigarette cover 40 in the present exemplary embodiment consists of a number of rollers 41 which are pivotally or articulatedly connected to one another. These are likewise arranged transversely to the direction of transport, namely axially parallel to the cigarettes 10. Each roller 41 can be rotated about its own longitudinal axis, thereby the transport of the cigarettes 10 is favored.
  • the rollers 41 are equipped with ball bearings 60.
  • a cylindrical, preferably made of plastic roller shell 61 is rotatably mounted on a continuous pin-like roller axis 42. The latter comes out of the roller jacket 61 at the ends.
  • connecting straps 43 and 44 connect to the adjacent rolls on both sides.
  • the connecting pools 43 and 44 are rotatably or pivotally mounted on the roller axles 42, so that a link chain of high mobility is created.
  • the roller jacket 61 of the rollers 41 is slidably rotatably mounted on a collar 63 on the roller axis 42.
  • the cigarette cover 27 designed in this way is also adapted in terms of its dimensions to that of the cigarettes 10.
  • the distance between the roller shells 61 from each other is about 2 mm.
  • the diameter of the rolls or the roll shells is dimensioned to approximately 16 mm. This results in a center distance of 18 mm, all taking into account an 8 mm diameter of the cigarettes.
  • the aforementioned dimensions ensure that the cigarettes 10 do not enter a gap between adjacent rolls 41 and wedge here. Rather, the cigarettes are moved past the rollers 41 during the relative movement while rotating them. A certain, slight braking effect is exerted on the cigarette stream 26. Furthermore, the contact pressure generated by the cigarette cover 27 on the cigarette stream 26 is selected such that it is carried along by the conveyor in the event of slight slippage.
  • the pressing function is the main task of the cigarette cover. It therefore extends essentially over the entire conveying path of the cigarettes, that is to say over the length of the conveying stream 26.
  • the entire length of the rollers 41 is adapted to the width of the intermediate container 13 in such a way that the cigarette cover 40 fits - with a small gap - Can be found between the side walls 18 and 19. Rounded heads 64 can rest against the side walls 18, 19.
  • the cigarettes 10 have approximately the same length and are therefore also conveyed along the side walls 18, 19 at a short distance from their ends.
  • the cigarette cover 40 is anchored at the edge of the feed opening 14 on the one hand and above the outlet opening 20, namely on the side wall 19.
  • the latter anchorage can be moved up and down in a guide rail 45.
  • the cigarette cover 40 accordingly extends over almost the full length and width of the cigarette stream 26.
  • the level of the cigarette level within the intermediate container 13 is constantly checked, namely in the area of the cigarette supply and in the area of the transfer to the packaging machine.
  • two light barriers 47, 49 extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes 10 are arranged.
  • the upper light barrier 47 monitors the maximum level of the cigarettes 10 in the intermediate container 13 by stopping the discharge conveyor 23 (or one of the upstream conveyors) as soon as the cigarette flow 26 rises to the light barrier 47.
  • the minimum level is monitored by the light barrier 49, which acts on the packaging machine downstream of the cigarette shaft 21, not shown in the figures, in such a way that it is stopped as soon as the supply of the cigarettes 10 becomes too low.
  • a further light barrier 46 is formed over a partial area of the conveying path transverse to the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes 10 for monitoring the maximum height of the cigarette stream 26 in this area.
  • a second, transverse light barrier 48 (acting in the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes) extends below the light barrier 46. This serves to monitor a minimum permissible cigarette level in the cigarette stream 26.
  • the light barrier 46 acts on the drive motor 30 in the sense of stopping the same, so that the further cigarette supply is interrupted.
  • the light barrier 48 is assigned to the drive motor 29, also in the sense of stopping.

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DE19823229092 DE3229092A1 (de) 1982-08-04 1982-08-04 Vorrichtung zur zufuehrung von zigaretten oder dgl. zu einer verpackungsmaschine
DE3229092 1982-08-04
DE3304131 1983-02-08
DE19833304131 DE3304131A1 (de) 1982-08-04 1983-02-08 Vorrichtung zum transport von zigaretten od. dgl. zu einer verpackungsmaschine

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EP85108970A Division EP0177688A3 (de) 1983-02-08 1983-07-21 Vorrichtung zum Transport von Zigaretten od. dgl. zu einer Verpakkungsmaschine
EP85108970.6 Division-Into 1985-07-18

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