EP0111107A1 - Dispositif pour le transport de récipients remplis de cigarettes vers une machine d'empaquetage - Google Patents

Dispositif pour le transport de récipients remplis de cigarettes vers une machine d'empaquetage Download PDF

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EP0111107A1
EP0111107A1 EP83110317A EP83110317A EP0111107A1 EP 0111107 A1 EP0111107 A1 EP 0111107A1 EP 83110317 A EP83110317 A EP 83110317A EP 83110317 A EP83110317 A EP 83110317A EP 0111107 A1 EP0111107 A1 EP 0111107A1
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Alfred Dr. Brinker
Hans Peter Pitz
Iain Graham Stewart
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CESSIONE;NIEPMANN TRAYLIFT TRASPORT SYSTEME GMBH &
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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

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  • the invention relates to a device for feeding trays filled with cigarettes from at least one tray filling device to the filling funnel of at least one cigarette packing machine and for returning the empty trays to the tray filling device.
  • the cigarettes are fed to the hopper of a cigarette packing machine either directly from one or more cigarette manufacturing machines assigned to the packing machine or with the aid of so-called trays, which are filled in a tray filling device connected downstream of the cigarette manufacturing machines.
  • the use of trays has the advantage that cigarettes manufactured on any manufacturing machine can be packed on any packaging machine set for the same format and that different outputs or downtimes of manufacturing and packaging machines can be compensated for that the trays in circulation represent intermediate buffers and that additional trays can optionally be used for the intermediate storage of the cigarettes.
  • the packing machines can be loaded with the cigarettes temporarily stored in the trays in the event of a breakdown of manufacturing or filter attaching machines.
  • the number of manufacturing and packaging machines can be selected according to their individual performance, so that all machines can work at optimal speeds. After all, there is no brand change cost when changing brands with the same cigarette format.
  • tray trolleys With which a certain number of trays are either carried out by hand, by a towing vehicle or by an automatic floor conveyor system is tiert.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device for feeding trays filled with cigarettes from at least one tray filling device to the filling funnel of at least one cigarette packing machine and for returning the empty trays to the tray filling device, which works fully automatically without operating personnel, but with a simple transport system, which delivers the filled trays to the hopper with the open top down.
  • the solution to this problem by the invention is characterized in that between a shipping station assigned to the tray filling device and a receiving station assigned to the packing machine, the rail system is assigned to a container conveyor system known per se with a plurality of electrically driven undercarriages, each of which has a receptacle for receiving at least one Schragens out carry the receptacle from which the filled trays are fed in the normal position and in the horizontal direction and from which the filled trays can be removed in the receiving station in a position rotated by 180 ° about a horizontal axis with respect to the normal position, with the open top facing downward are.
  • the advantage is achieved that the filled trays in the shipping station can be transferred from the tray filling device into the receptacle in a simple manner and that these trays arrive in the receiving station already in the position rotated by 180 ° relative to the normal position, so that the complex and disruptive pivoting process in the area of the hopper of the cigarette packing machine is omitted, it being possible to convey one or more trays at the same time with each receptacle, regardless of whether the trays are parallel or transverse to the direction of travel of the trolleys within of the receptacle are aligned.
  • the rail system comprises at least one siding for returning the empty trays from the receiving station to the tray filling device.
  • the rail system can also be arranged between the tray filling devices of several cigarette manufacturing machines and the filling funnels of several cigarette packing machines and can be equipped with computer-controlled switches for the target-controlled trolleys, so that all machines work at their respective optimal speeds and possible downtimes of individual dimensions seem to be balanced.
  • the rail system above the cigarette manufacturing and packing machines is laid, and comprises at least two 90 ° each extending about a horizontal axis curved pieces for rotating the position of the dividendb marryer between shipping and receiving station 180 0, so that on the one hand special tilting devices for the trays are eliminated and the device according to the invention does not have its own footprint, which is only available to a limited extent in the cigarette industry.
  • each receptacle is equipped with a holding device which fixes the uppermost layer of the cigarettes located in the filled trays.
  • this holding device comprises a plurality of pressure pieces, which are aligned parallel to the cigarettes, can be lowered with their pressure surface onto the top layer of cigarettes in the shipping station, can be returned to their starting position in the receiving station and can be fixed in both positions.
  • the pressure pieces are preferably essentially T-shaped with toothed side surfaces.
  • Fig. 1 can be seen in a schematic representation of the hopper 1 of an only indicated cigarette packing machine 2, which the Ziga- to be packed. save by means of trays 3, these trays 3 are transported individually in the illustrated embodiment in receptacles 4 of a container conveyor system, the rail system 5 can be seen in Fig. 1. Electrically driven undercarriages 6 run in the rails of this rail system 5, each carrying a receptacle 4. In the illustrated embodiment, these receptacles 4 and thus the trays 3 transported by them are aligned parallel to the running direction of the trolleys 6. However, there is also the possibility of arranging the receptacle 4 on the running gear 6 transversely to the running direction thereof and simultaneously transporting several trays 3 in a receptacle 4.
  • the trays 3 are filled with cigarettes in a tray filling device which is connected downstream of a cigarette manufacturing machine.
  • the tray filling device and the cigarette manufacturing machine are not shown in the drawing. 1, however, shows a filled tray 3.
  • This tray 3 has a bottom, two end walls and a front side, whereas the other broad side and the top of the tray 3 are open, so that the uppermost layer of the cigarettes Z can be seen in the tray 3 recognizable in the right part of FIG. 1.
  • this shipping station V is formed by a vertical rail section 7, which over a 90 ° curve piece 8 is connected to the rail system 5.
  • the open side of the storage container 4 points in the direction of the filled tray 3 to be inserted horizontally, so that it can be inserted into the storage container 4 without difficulty and in a simple manner.
  • the filled tray 3 located in the storage container 4 is then fed via the rail system 5 to a receiving station E, which in turn consists of a vertical rail section 7 which is connected to the rail system 5 via a curve section 8 extending over 90 °.
  • the actual rail system 5 is only shown in simplified form in FIG. 1 and can extend over considerable distances and comprise different switches, for example if several cigarette manufacturing machines are connected to several cigarette packing machines 2 via the rail system 5 of the container conveyor system.
  • the receptacle 4 is rotated during its movement from the shipping station V to the receiving station E about a horizontal axis by 180 °, so that in the receiving station E the open top of the filled tray 3 points downward.
  • the filled tray 3 is thus in its transfer to the cigarette packing machine 2 in a position rotated by 180 ° with respect to the normal position, in which the open top of the tray 3 points downward. It is therefore only necessary to move the filled tray 3 horizontally out of the receptacle 4 located in the receiving station E and to trans it via the filling funnel 1 of the packing machine 2 port to feed the cigarettes Z to the packaging machine 2.
  • the rail system 5 of the container conveyor system which is shown only schematically, comprises at least one siding, not shown in the drawing, via which the empty trays 3 are transported back from the receiving station E to the shipping station V in the area of the tray filling device.
  • switches, branches and sidings for the intermediate storage of filled trays 3 are also missing in the drawing.
  • These parts are known components of a container conveyor system which, for the sake of simplification in the drawing, have been omitted, as have the control parts of the system, with which it is possible to feed filled trays 3 from any shipping station V to any receiving station E, if necessary with intermediate storage of the filled trays 3 on a kind of siding or in an intermediate storage facility.
  • each receptacle 4 is equipped with a holding device which determines the uppermost layer of the cigarettes Z located in the filled tray during transport.
  • An embodiment of such a holding device is shown in FIGS. 2 to 6.
  • the holding device comprises a plurality of pressure pieces 9 which, according to FIG. 6, are essentially T-shaped and with their pressure surface 9a can act on the cigarettes Z of the uppermost layer, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the pressure pieces 9 are lowered from an initial position shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 by gravity onto the cigarettes Z as soon as there is a filled tray 3 in the receptacle 4. The resulting operative position of the pressure pieces 9 results from FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • a pair of clamping levers 10 are arranged in the receptacle 4, which act on the toothed side surfaces 9b of the pressure pieces 9 with protruding clamping strips 10a.
  • the clamping strips 10a are pulled towards one another by at least one tension spring 11, so that the pressure pieces 9 remain in the active position once assumed during the entire transport.
  • the clamping strips 10a are moved apart against the force of the tension spring 11.
  • the clamping levers 10, which are coupled to one another via connecting levers 10b, are actuated by an actuating lever 12 are pivoted, for example with the aid of a stationary actuating cylinder 13.
  • the clamping strips 10a disengage from the side surfaces 9b of the pressure pieces 9, the pressure pieces 9 fall back into their starting position due to gravity, since the receptacle 4 in the receiving station E is in one upside down position.
  • the pressure pieces 9 thus reach their initial position shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in which they are in turn held by the terminal strips 10a as soon as the actuating lever 12 returns to its normal position, because the piston rod of the actuating cylinder 13 has also returned to its initial position.
  • the trays 3 arriving in the receiving station E in a position rotated by 180 ° with respect to the normal position can thus be pushed and emptied over the hopper 1 of the packing machine 2 without difficulty.
  • the receiving container 4 is transported back to the shipping station V, which takes place via a siding (not shown) in order not to hinder the supply of further filled trays 3 to the paching machine 2.
EP83110317A 1982-11-10 1983-10-15 Dispositif pour le transport de récipients remplis de cigarettes vers une machine d'empaquetage Expired EP0111107B1 (fr)

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DE19823241558 DE3241558A1 (de) 1982-11-10 1982-11-10 Vorrichtung zur zufuhr von mit zigaretten gefuellten schragen zu einer zigaretten-packmaschine

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