EP0166088B1 - Checking device for cigarettes - Google Patents

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EP0166088B1
EP0166088B1 EP85103796A EP85103796A EP0166088B1 EP 0166088 B1 EP0166088 B1 EP 0166088B1 EP 85103796 A EP85103796 A EP 85103796A EP 85103796 A EP85103796 A EP 85103796A EP 0166088 B1 EP0166088 B1 EP 0166088B1
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Heinz Focke
Kurt Liedtke
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the invention relates to a device for checking cigarettes with regard to errors, in particular to a sufficient tobacco content, according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • GB-A-20 73 576 proposes a device of the type mentioned at the beginning, in which defective cigarettes are sorted out by means of a compressed air nozzle. This way of sorting out defective cigarettes has proven to be disadvantageous in practice, because of the high level of pollution caused by air turbulence in the magazine shaft. It is also unavoidable that short tobacco is blown out of neighboring, originally intact cigarettes.
  • the known devices are designed such that only single-layer cigarette groups can be pushed out at the lower exit end of the shafts of the cigarette magazine. Accordingly, several work cycles are required to form cigarette groups with several layers.
  • the invention is based on the object of developing the device of the type mentioned at the outset so that packaged cigarette groups can be formed in one work cycle if excessive contamination is avoided.
  • the inventive design of the device for rejecting defective cigarettes works extremely clean compared to the prior art. Furthermore, the mechanical coupling between the device for rejecting defective cigarettes and the slide elements for the ejection of a cigarette group from the cigarette magazine provides a particularly simple yet functional design by means of which cigarette groups suitable for packaging can be formed in one work cycle .
  • Fig. 1 the details of interest here of a cigarette packaging machine are shown in simplified form.
  • the cigarettes 10 are located in a cigarette magazine 11 which is customary and known in such packaging machines.
  • shafts 12 are shown in the drawings, only in the lower region of the cigarette magazine. These are separated from one another by sloping, thin shaft walls 13 in the lower region, such that the shafts 12 have an internal dimension that is slightly larger than the diameter of the cigarettes 10. These are accommodated in rows 14 in a sealed position one above the other in the shafts 12.
  • the cigarette magazine 11 is equipped with two shaft groups 15 and 16, each of which serves to form cigarette groups 17 assigned to a cigarette pack.
  • the cigarette groups 17 are formed by jointly ejecting the cigarettes 10 belonging to them from the lower region of the chutes 12 or chute groups 15, 16.
  • cigarette groups 17 with three layers 18, 19 and 20 are formed.
  • At least the two outer layers 18 and 20 consist of a number of cigarettes 10 corresponding to the number of shafts 12 lying next to one another.
  • Slider members 21 assigned to each shaft group 15, 16 and having a number of fingers 22 corresponding to the number of shafts 12 become the cigarette group 17 pushed out of the shafts 12 in the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes 10.
  • the height of the web-shaped, thin-walled fingers 22 is dimensioned such that three superimposed cigarettes 10 of each row 14 are picked up and taken along.
  • the cigarette magazine or the shaft groups 15, 16 end in the lower region at an angle to one another corresponding to the relative position (inclined position) of the shafts 12, transversely to the shaft walls 13 Teten storage plates 23 and 24.
  • the rows 14 of cigarettes lie with the lower cigarette 10 on these storage plates 23 and 24.
  • the cigarettes 10 of the respective cigarette group 17 are conveyed from the shaft groups 15, 16 through the slide members 21 into pockets 25 of a cigarette turret 26.
  • the cigarettes of the middle layer 19 are shifted in such a way that they have the formation that is shown in the package (saddle layer).
  • the cigarette revolver 26 which rotates step by step about a (horizontal) axis, conveys the cigarette groups 17 to a lower level and transports them away, in the present case by a chain conveyor 27, of which the driver 28 entering the pocket 25 is shown in FIG. 1 is.
  • the chutes 12 are delimited in the region of the ends of the cigarettes 10 by the front wall 29 and rear wall 30. These essentially upright walls end at a distance above the bearing plates 23, 24, in such a way that the slide members 21 can enter the shafts 12 with their fingers 22.
  • the shaft walls 13 extend to the bearing plates 23, 24 and are anchored in them.
  • the front wall 29 merges at a distance above the bearing plate 23 or 24 into an upper wall 31, which forms the upper cover of a closed delivery channel 32 for the cigarette group 17 between the shaft group 15 or 16 and the cigarette turret 26.
  • the cigarette turret 26 is driven by a shaft 33, the incremental rotary movements of which are brought about by a stepping transmission with driver 34 and switching star 35.
  • the cigarettes 10 are checked for proper tobacco filling.
  • the front wall 29 on the one hand and the rear wall 30 on the other hand are provided with bores 36 or a recess 37.
  • a cigarette test device namely a test block 38
  • a test block 38 is arranged in the region of the front wall 29.
  • This is equipped with a number of test plungers 39 corresponding to the number of cigarettes to be tested simultaneously.
  • the test plungers 39 protrude from the test block 38, each pass through an associated bore 36 in the front wall 29 and are preferably centered on the free end face of a cigarette, namely on the “tobacco side”.
  • the test plungers 39 can be axially displaced against elastic loading, such that they are pushed into the test block 38 when the cigarette 10 is properly filled. If, on the other hand, a cigarette lacks sufficient tobacco filling, the relevant, associated test plunger 39 penetrates into the cigarette 10 due to the elastic pressure. This generates an error or control signal, which causes the error cigarette in question to be eliminated.
  • test block 38 with the test plungers 39 can be designed in a suitable manner, e.g. according to DE-PS 22 29 382.
  • the individual test plungers are loaded with coil springs. Alternatively, a pneumatic or other elastic application of the test plunger can take place.
  • a rejection unit is arranged on the side opposite the test block 38 on each shaft group 15, 16, in the present case in each case a pull-off block 40.
  • This is equipped with a number of gripping elements, each for removing a faulty one Serve cigarette from the area of the shaft 12 in question.
  • these gripping members consist of elongated needles 41 with a tip 42. This is inserted into the longitudinal direction to remove a (faulty) cigarette in such a way that the cigarette 10 is fixed on the needle 41 due to friction. This effect is particularly effective when the needle 41 is inserted into a filter 43 of the cigarette.
  • the peel block 40 is therefore arranged on the side of the cigarettes 10 with the filter 43.
  • the tip 41 of the needle 41 penetrates into the filter 43 via the free end or end face.
  • the pull-off block 40 is equipped with a number of needles 41 corresponding to the number of a cigarette group 17 as a gripping member. In the present case, these are arranged opposite the test plungers 39 of the test block 38, so that a defective cigarette 10 is assigned a needle 41 directly opposite the test plunger 39. In the starting position, the needles 41 protrude somewhat from the pull-off block 40 with their tips 42 and lie in the common recess 39 of the rear wall 30.
  • a guide channel 44 is formed in the pull-off block 40 for each needle 41.
  • the needles 41 are movable in the longitudinal direction.
  • the guide channels 44 are formed with a channel extension 45 on the side opposite the tips 42. Pistons 46 arranged at the ends of the needles 41 can be moved therein. The axial movements take place against elastic pressure, in the present case against the load of a return spring 47 which is mounted within the channel extension 45.
  • the needles 41 are acted upon in a suitable manner for insertion into a cigarette 10 in the longitudinal direction.
  • a compressed air line 48 coming from a common compressed air source, connects to each guide channel 44 or to a channel extension 45, specifically via connecting lines 49.
  • the compressed air line 48 assigned to a faulty cigarette is acted upon or released by the error signal, so that the associated needle 41 is pressurized with compressed air via the piston 46 and displaced in the axial direction (see, for example, FIG. 5).
  • the entire pull-off block 40 is removed from the pull-off position (FIGS. 1 and 5), that is, from the cigarette magazine 11 facing position withdrawn such that the cigarette is completely removed from the area of the shaft 12.
  • An intermediate position is shown in FIG. 3 during the pulling-back movement of the pull-off block 40 in this regard.
  • the associated compressed air line 48 in question is vented.
  • the needle 41 returns to the starting position under the action of the return spring 47 (contact at the end of the shaped piece 49). In the process, the needle 41 disappears in the guide channel 40.
  • the cigarette 10 is stripped off on the end face of the pull-off block 40. It can fall into a collecting container or onto a conveyor.
  • Another special feature of the embodiment according to FIG. 3 is that when a defective cigarette is found in the shaft 12 in question, a number of cigarettes arranged one above the other corresponding to the number of layers 18, 19, 20 is discarded, in the present exemplary embodiment three cigarettes .
  • the reason for this is that by ejecting corresponding cigarette groups 17 at the lower end of the chutes 12, three cigarettes each slide downwards in these. In order for each cigarette to be checked, it is necessary to maintain this number even when it is discarded.
  • three superposed gripping members or needles 41 are coupled to one another with regard to the actuation.
  • the three needles 41 lying one above the other or their guide channels 44 are connected to a common compressed air line 48 via a correspondingly designed shaped piece 49 ′.
  • the testing and rejection device is arranged in the lowest area of the shaft groups 15, 16, namely only at a distance of two cigarettes from the lower cigarette group 17 to be ejected from the cigarette magazine 11. In the lower area of the shafts 12 there is a maximum Orientation of the cigarettes and stabilization of their position within the chutes 12 are given.
  • puller block 40 and slide member 21 are arranged on a common holder 50.
  • This organ is slidably supported with its lower part, namely with support rollers 51 and 52 lying at an angle to one another on stationary support and running rails 53 which are trapezoidal in cross section.
  • the holder 50 is of hood-shaped design.
  • the inclined support rollers 51 and 52 are positively supported on correspondingly inclined running surfaces 54 of the support and running rail.
  • the holder 50 is thereby secured against movements downwards and upwards as well as towards the sides.
  • a back and forth movement is provided only in the longitudinal direction of the support and running rails 53.
  • the arrangement of the slide members 21 and the pull-off blocks 40 on the common holder 50 is such that in the end position of the fingers 22 when a cigarette group 17 is pushed out (FIG. 1), the pull-off blocks 40 are in the separation position, that is to say directly adjacent to the rear wall 30.
  • the elongated fingers 22 extend up to the cigarette revolver 26, so that the cigarette group 17 can be pushed completely into the pocket 25 provided.
  • the gripping elements of the defective cigarettes can also be designed as suction elements, that is to say with heads acted upon by suction air, which hold the cigarette on the end face of the filter 43 and / or on the outer surface. Capture and pull off the largely airtight surface of the same by suction.
  • the inspection and removal devices for the defective cigarettes can also be arranged at other points in the packaging machine in the described embodiment, e.g. additionally or alternatively in the area of the cigarette revolver 26.
  • the test device namely the test block 38
  • the device for removing the defective cigarettes namely the pull-off block 40
  • the aforementioned organs can be arranged offset in height from one another, in particular in such a way that the test block 38 is arranged in a plane above the pull-off block 40.
  • the height offset expediently corresponds to the number of cigarettes which are simultaneously ejected from a shaft 12 and are arranged one above the other, in the present exemplary embodiment thus a distance of three cigarettes.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Prüfen von Zigaretten in bezug auf Fehler, insbesondere auf ausreichenden Tabakgehalt, gemäss dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruches 1.The invention relates to a device for checking cigarettes with regard to errors, in particular to a sufficient tobacco content, according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

Die Prüfung von Zigaretten auf Fehler derselben, insbesondere in bezug auf unzureichende Tabakfüllung, ist im Zusammenhang mit der Verpackung der Zigaretten unerlässlich. Statistisch gesehen ist etwa jede 200. Zigarette fehlerhaft und muss von der Weiterverarbeitung bzw. Verpackung ausgeschlossen werden. Zu diesem Zweck ist in der GB-A-20 73 576 eine Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art vorgeschlagen, bei der die Aussonderung fehlerhafter Zigaretten mittels einer Druckluftdüse erfolgt. Diese Art der Aussonderung fehlerhafter Zigaretten hat sich in der Praxis als nachteilig herausgestellt, und zwar wegen der hohen Verschmutzung durch Luftverwirbelung im Magazinschacht. Auch lässt sich nicht vermeiden, dass Kurztabak aus benachbarten, ursprünglich intakten Zigaretten ausgeblasen wird.Checking cigarettes for defects, especially with regard to insufficient tobacco filling, is essential in connection with the packaging of the cigarettes. Statistically speaking, every 200th cigarette is defective and must be excluded from further processing or packaging. For this purpose, GB-A-20 73 576 proposes a device of the type mentioned at the beginning, in which defective cigarettes are sorted out by means of a compressed air nozzle. This way of sorting out defective cigarettes has proven to be disadvantageous in practice, because of the high level of pollution caused by air turbulence in the magazine shaft. It is also unavoidable that short tobacco is blown out of neighboring, originally intact cigarettes.

Ganz ähnlich verhält es sich bei der Konstruktion nach der DE-A-33 16 501.The situation is similar in the construction according to DE-A-33 16 501.

Darüber hinaus sind die bekannten Vorrichtungen so ausgebildet, dass am unteren Austrittsende der Schächte des Zigaretten-Magazins jeweils nur einlagige Zigaretten-Gruppen ausgeschoben werden können. Zur Bildung von Zigaretten-Gruppen mit mehreren Lagen sind demnach entsprechend mehrere Arbeitstakte erforderlich.In addition, the known devices are designed such that only single-layer cigarette groups can be pushed out at the lower exit end of the shafts of the cigarette magazine. Accordingly, several work cycles are required to form cigarette groups with several layers.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, die Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art so weiterzubilden, dass bei Vermeidung übermässiger Verschmutzung packungsgerechte Zigaretten-Gruppen in einem Arbeitstakt gebildet werden können.The invention is based on the object of developing the device of the type mentioned at the outset so that packaged cigarette groups can be formed in one work cycle if excessive contamination is avoided.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäss durch die kennzeichnenden Merkmale des Patentanspruches 1 gelöst.According to the invention, this object is achieved by the characterizing features of patent claim 1.

Die erfindungsgemässe Ausbildung der Einrichtung zur Aussonderung fehlerhafter Zigaretten arbeitet im Vergleich zum Stand der Technik äusserst sauber. Des weiteren wird durch die mechanische Koppelung zwischen der Einrichtung zur Aussonderung fehlerhafter Zigaretten und den Schieberorganen für den Ausschub einer Zigaretten-Gruppe aus dem Zigaretten-Magazin eine besonders einfache und dennoch funktionsgerechte Konstruktion erhalten, mittels der pakkungsgerechte Zigaretten-Gruppen in einem Arbeitstakt gebildet werden können.The inventive design of the device for rejecting defective cigarettes works extremely clean compared to the prior art. Furthermore, the mechanical coupling between the device for rejecting defective cigarettes and the slide elements for the ejection of a cigarette group from the cigarette magazine provides a particularly simple yet functional design by means of which cigarette groups suitable for packaging can be formed in one work cycle .

Konstruktive Details der erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtung sind in den Unteransprüchen beschrieben.Structural details of the device according to the invention are described in the subclaims.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung wird nachfolgend anhand der Zeichnungen näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 einen Teil einer Zigaretten-Verpackungsmaschine in Seitenansicht bzw. im Längsschnitt,
  • Fig. 2 eine Rückansicht der Einzelheit gemäss Fig. 1 in vergrössertem Massstab,
  • Fig. 3 ein Detail einer gegenüber Fig. 1 geringfügig abgewandelten Vorrichtung in nochmals vergrössertem Massstab in Seitenansicht bzw. im Längsschnitt,
  • Fig. 4 das Detail gemäss Fig. 3 im Grundriss bzw. im Horizontalschnitt,
  • Fig. 5 eine Darstellung der Einzelheit gemäss Fig. 4 bei veränderter Relativstellung von Organen,
  • Fig. 6 die Stirnansicht eines Prüf- bzw. Abförderorgans,
  • Fig. 7 eine schematische Darstellung der Vorrichtung zum Prüfen und aussondern von Zigaretten mit (elektrotechnischen und pneumatischen) Steuer- und Betätigungseinrichtungen in schematischer Seitenansicht,
  • Fig. 8 eine Einzelheit im Bereich eines Zigaretten-Magazins in stark vergrösserter Ansicht,
  • Fig. 9 eine Einzelheit analog zu Fig. 8 auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite des Zigaretten-Magazins.
An embodiment of the invention is explained below with reference to the drawings. Show it:
  • 1 shows a part of a cigarette packaging machine in side view or in longitudinal section,
  • 2 is a rear view of the detail according to FIG. 1 on an enlarged scale,
  • 3 shows a detail of a device slightly modified compared to FIG. 1 on a further enlarged scale in side view or in longitudinal section,
  • 4 shows the detail according to FIG. 3 in plan or in horizontal section,
  • 5 shows an illustration of the detail according to FIG. 4 with changed relative position of organs,
  • 6 shows the end view of a test or removal device,
  • 7 shows a schematic illustration of the device for checking and rejecting cigarettes with (electrotechnical and pneumatic) control and actuating devices in a schematic side view,
  • 8 shows a detail in the area of a cigarette magazine in a greatly enlarged view,
  • Fig. 9 shows a detail analogous to Fig. 8 on the opposite side of the cigarette magazine.

In Fig. 1 sind die hier interessierenden Einzelheiten einer Zigaretten-Verpackungsmaschine vereinfacht wiedergegeben. Die Zigaretten 10 befinden sich in einem bei derartigen Verpackungsmaschinen üblichen und bekannten Zigaretten-Magazin 11. Von diesem sind in den Zeichnungen lediglich im unteren Bereich des Zigaretten-Magazins sich erstreckende Schächte 12 gezeigt. Diese sind durch im unteren Bereich schrägliegende, dünne Schachtwände 13 voneinander abgeteilt, derart, dass die Schächte 12 ein Innenmass aufweisen, welches geringfügig grösser ist als der Durchmesser der Zigaretten 10. Diese finden in Reihen 14 in Dichtlage übereinander Aufnahme in den Schächten 12.In Fig. 1 the details of interest here of a cigarette packaging machine are shown in simplified form. The cigarettes 10 are located in a cigarette magazine 11 which is customary and known in such packaging machines. Of these, shafts 12 are shown in the drawings, only in the lower region of the cigarette magazine. These are separated from one another by sloping, thin shaft walls 13 in the lower region, such that the shafts 12 have an internal dimension that is slightly larger than the diameter of the cigarettes 10. These are accommodated in rows 14 in a sealed position one above the other in the shafts 12.

Im vorliegenden Fall ist das Zigaretten-Magazin 11 mit zwei Schachtgruppen 15 und 16 ausgerüstet, die je zur Bildung von einer ZigarettenPackung zugeordneten Zigaretten-Gruppen 17 dienen.In the present case, the cigarette magazine 11 is equipped with two shaft groups 15 and 16, each of which serves to form cigarette groups 17 assigned to a cigarette pack.

Die Zigaretten-Gruppen 17 werden durch gemeinsames Ausstossen der zu dieser gehörenden Zigaretten 10 aus dem unteren Bereich der Schächte 12 bzw. Schachtgruppen 15, 16 gebildet. Bei dem vorliegenden Ausführungsbeispiel werden Zigaretten-Gruppen 17 mit drei Lagen 18, 19 und 20 gebildet. Mindestens die beiden äusseren Lagen 18 und 20 bestehen aus einer der Anzahl der nebeneinander liegenden Schächte 12 entsprechenden Anzahl von Zigaretten 10. Durch jeder Schachtgruppe 15, 16 zugeordnete Schieberorgane 21 mit einer der Anzahl der Schächte 12 entsprechenden Anzahl von Fingern 22 wird die Zigaretten-Gruppe 17 in Längsrichtung der Zigaretten 10 aus den Schächten 12 ausgeschoben. Die Höhe der stegförmigen, dünnwandigen Finger 22 ist dabei so bemessen, dass drei übereinanderliegende Zigaretten 10 einer jeden Reihe 14 erfasst und mitgenommen werden.The cigarette groups 17 are formed by jointly ejecting the cigarettes 10 belonging to them from the lower region of the chutes 12 or chute groups 15, 16. In the present exemplary embodiment, cigarette groups 17 with three layers 18, 19 and 20 are formed. At least the two outer layers 18 and 20 consist of a number of cigarettes 10 corresponding to the number of shafts 12 lying next to one another. Slider members 21 assigned to each shaft group 15, 16 and having a number of fingers 22 corresponding to the number of shafts 12 become the cigarette group 17 pushed out of the shafts 12 in the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes 10. The height of the web-shaped, thin-walled fingers 22 is dimensioned such that three superimposed cigarettes 10 of each row 14 are picked up and taken along.

Das Zigaretten-Magazin bzw. die Schacht- gruppen 15, 16 enden im unteren Bereich auf entsprechend der Relativstellung (Schrägstellung) der Schächte 12 geneigt zueinander angeordneten, quer zu den Schachtwänden 13 gerichteten Lagerplatten 23 und 24. Die Reihen 14 der Zigaretten liegen mit der jeweils unteren Zigarette 10 auf diesen Lagerplatten 23 und 24 auf. Auf diesen Lagerplatten 23 und 24 werden die Zigaretten 10 der jeweiligen Zigaretten-Gruppe 17 von den Schachtgruppen 15, 16 durch die Schieberorgane 21 bis in Taschen 25 eines Zigarettenrevolvers 26 gefördert. Auf dem Weg von den Schachtgruppen 15, 16 zum Zigarettenrevolver 26 werden die Zigaretten der mittleren Lage 19 so verschoben, dass sie die gezeigte, packungsgerechte Formation aufweisen (Sattellage). Durch den um eine (horizontale) Achse schrittweise drehenden Zigarettenrevolver 26 werden die Zigaretten-Gruppen 17 in eine tieferliegende Ebene gefördert und hier abtransportiert, im vorliegenden Falle durch einen Kettenförderer 27, von dem in Fig. 1 der in die Tasche 25 eintretende Mitnehmer 28 gezeigt ist.The cigarette magazine or the shaft groups 15, 16 end in the lower region at an angle to one another corresponding to the relative position (inclined position) of the shafts 12, transversely to the shaft walls 13 Teten storage plates 23 and 24. The rows 14 of cigarettes lie with the lower cigarette 10 on these storage plates 23 and 24. On these bearing plates 23 and 24, the cigarettes 10 of the respective cigarette group 17 are conveyed from the shaft groups 15, 16 through the slide members 21 into pockets 25 of a cigarette turret 26. On the way from the shaft groups 15, 16 to the cigarette turret 26, the cigarettes of the middle layer 19 are shifted in such a way that they have the formation that is shown in the package (saddle layer). The cigarette revolver 26, which rotates step by step about a (horizontal) axis, conveys the cigarette groups 17 to a lower level and transports them away, in the present case by a chain conveyor 27, of which the driver 28 entering the pocket 25 is shown in FIG. 1 is.

Die Schächte 12 sind im Bereich der Enden der Zigaretten 10 durch Vorderwand 29 und Rückwand 30 begrenzt. Diese im wesentlichen aufrechten Wände enden mit Abstand oberhalb der Lagerplatten 23, 24, derart, dass die Schieberorgane 21 mit ihren Fingern 22 in die Schächte 12 einzutreten vermögen. Die Schachtwände 13 erstrecken sich bis zu den Lagerplatten 23, 24 und sind in diesen verankert. Die Vorderwand 29 geht mit Abstand oberhalb der Lagerplatte 23 bzw. 24 über in eine Oberwand 31, die die obere Abdekkung eines geschlossenen Förderkanals 32 für die Zigaretten-Gruppe 17 zwischen der Schachtgruppe 15 bzw. 16 und dem Zigaretten-Revolver 26 bildet.The chutes 12 are delimited in the region of the ends of the cigarettes 10 by the front wall 29 and rear wall 30. These essentially upright walls end at a distance above the bearing plates 23, 24, in such a way that the slide members 21 can enter the shafts 12 with their fingers 22. The shaft walls 13 extend to the bearing plates 23, 24 and are anchored in them. The front wall 29 merges at a distance above the bearing plate 23 or 24 into an upper wall 31, which forms the upper cover of a closed delivery channel 32 for the cigarette group 17 between the shaft group 15 or 16 and the cigarette turret 26.

Der Zigaretten-Revolver 26 wird durch eine Welle 33 angetrieben, deren schrittweise Drehbewegungen durch ein Schrittschaltgetriebe mit Treiber 34 und Schaltstern 35 bewirkt werden.The cigarette turret 26 is driven by a shaft 33, the incremental rotary movements of which are brought about by a stepping transmission with driver 34 and switching star 35.

Im Bereich des Zigaretten-Magazins 11 bzw. der Schachtgruppen 15, 16 werden die Zigaretten 10 hinsichtlich ordnungsgemässer Tabakfüllung überprüft. Zu diesem Zweck sind die Vorderwand 29 einerseits und die Rückwand 30 andererseits mit Bohrungen 36 bzw. einer Ausnehmung 37 versehen.In the area of the cigarette magazine 11 or the shaft groups 15, 16, the cigarettes 10 are checked for proper tobacco filling. For this purpose, the front wall 29 on the one hand and the rear wall 30 on the other hand are provided with bores 36 or a recess 37.

Im Bereich der Vorderwand 29 ist bei dem vorliegenden Ausführungsbeispiel ein Zigaretten-Prüforgan angeordnet, nämlich ein Prüfblock 38. Dieser ist mit einer der Anzahl der gleichzeitig zu prüfenden Zigaretten entsprechenden Anzahl von Prüfstösseln 39 ausgerüstet. Die Prüfstössel 39 ragen aus dem Prüfblock 38 heraus, treten je durch eine zugeordnete Bohrung 36 in der Vorderwand 29 hindurch und liegen vorzugsweise mittig an der freien Stirnseite je einer Zigarette an, und zwar auf der «Tabakseite». Die Prüfstössel 39 sind gegen elastische Belastung axial verschiebbar, derart, dass sie bei ordnungsgemäss gefüllter Zigarette 10 in den Prüfblock 38 hineinverschoben werden. Fehlt es hingegen einer Zigarette an ausreichender Tabakfüllung, dringt der betreffende, zugeordnete Prüfstössel 39 aufgrund des elastischen Drucks in die Zigarette 10 ein. Dadurch wird ein Fehler- bzw. Steuersignal erzeugt, welches die Beseitigung der betreffenden Fehlerzigarette bewirkt.In the present exemplary embodiment, a cigarette test device, namely a test block 38, is arranged in the region of the front wall 29. This is equipped with a number of test plungers 39 corresponding to the number of cigarettes to be tested simultaneously. The test plungers 39 protrude from the test block 38, each pass through an associated bore 36 in the front wall 29 and are preferably centered on the free end face of a cigarette, namely on the “tobacco side”. The test plungers 39 can be axially displaced against elastic loading, such that they are pushed into the test block 38 when the cigarette 10 is properly filled. If, on the other hand, a cigarette lacks sufficient tobacco filling, the relevant, associated test plunger 39 penetrates into the cigarette 10 due to the elastic pressure. This generates an error or control signal, which causes the error cigarette in question to be eliminated.

Der Prüfblock 38 mit den Prüfstösseln 39 kann in geeigneter Weise ausgebildet sein, z.B. entsprechend DE-PS 22 29 382. Die einzelnen Prüfstössel sind dort mit Schraubenfedern belastet. Alternativ kann auch eine pneumatische oder sonstige elastische Beaufschlagung der Prüfstössel erfolgen.The test block 38 with the test plungers 39 can be designed in a suitable manner, e.g. according to DE-PS 22 29 382. The individual test plungers are loaded with coil springs. Alternatively, a pneumatic or other elastic application of the test plunger can take place.

Zur Beseitigung etwaiger fehlerhafter Zigaretten ist bei dem vorliegenden Ausführungsbeispiel auf der zum Prüfblock 38 gegenüberliegenden Seite an jeder Schachtgruppe 15, 16 ein Aussonderungsorgan angeordnet, im vorliegenden Fall jeweils ein Abziehblock 40. Dieser ist mit einer Anzahl von Greiforganen ausgerüstet, die je zur Entfernung einer fehlerhaften Zigarette aus dem Bereich des betreffenden Schachtes 12 dienen. Beim vorliegenden Ausführungsbeispiel bestehen diese Greiforgane aus langgestreckten Nadeln 41 mit Spitze 42. Diese wird zur Beseitigung einer (fehlerhaften) Zigarette in Längsrichtung in diese eingeführt, derart, dass die Zigarette 10 infolge Reibung auf der Nadel 41 fixiert ist. Dieser Effekt ist besonders wirksam, wenn die Nadel 41 in einen Filter 43 der Zigarette eingeführt wird. Der Abziehblock 40 ist deshalb auf der Seite der Zigaretten 10 mit dem Filter 43 angeordnet. Die Nadel 41 dringt mit der Spitze 42 über die freie End- bzw. Stirnfläche in den Filter 43 ein.To eliminate any defective cigarettes, in the present exemplary embodiment, a rejection unit is arranged on the side opposite the test block 38 on each shaft group 15, 16, in the present case in each case a pull-off block 40. This is equipped with a number of gripping elements, each for removing a faulty one Serve cigarette from the area of the shaft 12 in question. In the present exemplary embodiment, these gripping members consist of elongated needles 41 with a tip 42. This is inserted into the longitudinal direction to remove a (faulty) cigarette in such a way that the cigarette 10 is fixed on the needle 41 due to friction. This effect is particularly effective when the needle 41 is inserted into a filter 43 of the cigarette. The peel block 40 is therefore arranged on the side of the cigarettes 10 with the filter 43. The tip 41 of the needle 41 penetrates into the filter 43 via the free end or end face.

Der Abziehblock 40 ist mit einer der Anzahl einer Zigaretten-Gruppe 17 entsprechenden Anzahl von Nadeln 41 als Greiforgan ausgerüstet. Diese sind im vorliegenden Fall gegenüberliegend zu den Prüfstösseln 39 des Prüfblocks 38 angeordnet, so dass einer fehlerhaften Zigarette 10 eine unmittelbar zum Prüfstössel 39 gegenüberliegende Nadel 41 zugeordnet ist. Die Nadeln 41 ragen in der Ausgangsstellung etwas aus dem Abziehblock 40 mit ihren Spitzen 42 heraus und liegen in der gemeinsamen Ausnehmung 39 der Rückwand 30.The pull-off block 40 is equipped with a number of needles 41 corresponding to the number of a cigarette group 17 as a gripping member. In the present case, these are arranged opposite the test plungers 39 of the test block 38, so that a defective cigarette 10 is assigned a needle 41 directly opposite the test plunger 39. In the starting position, the needles 41 protrude somewhat from the pull-off block 40 with their tips 42 and lie in the common recess 39 of the rear wall 30.

In dem Abziehblock 40 ist für jede Nadel 41 ein Führungskanal 44 gebildet. In diesem sind die Nadeln 41 in Längsrichtung bewegbar. Auf der zu den Spitzen 42 gegenüberliegenden Seite sind die Führungskanäle 44 mit einer Kanalerweiterung 45 ausgebildet. In diesen sind an den Enden der Nadeln 41 angeordnete Kolben 46 bewegbar. Die Axialbewegungen erfolgen gegen elastischen Druck, im vorliegenden Falle gegen die Belastung einer Rückholfeder 47, die innerhalb der Kanalerweiterung 45 gelagert ist.A guide channel 44 is formed in the pull-off block 40 for each needle 41. In this, the needles 41 are movable in the longitudinal direction. The guide channels 44 are formed with a channel extension 45 on the side opposite the tips 42. Pistons 46 arranged at the ends of the needles 41 can be moved therein. The axial movements take place against elastic pressure, in the present case against the load of a return spring 47 which is mounted within the channel extension 45.

Die Nadeln 41 werden in geeigneter Weise zur Einführung in eine Zigarette 10 in Längsrichtung beaufschlagt. Gemäss Fig. 1 schliesst an jeden Führungskanal 44 bzw. an eine Kanalerweiterung 45 eine Druckluftleitung 48, von einer gemeinsamen Druckluftquelle kommend an, und zwar über Anschlussleitungen 49. Die einer fehlerhaften Zigarette zugeordnete Druckluftleitung 48 wird durch das Fehlersignal beaufschlagt bzw. freigegeben, so dass die zugeordnete Nadel 41 über den Kolben 46 mit Druckluft beaufschlagt und in Axialrichtung verschoben wird (s. z.B. Fig. 5).The needles 41 are acted upon in a suitable manner for insertion into a cigarette 10 in the longitudinal direction. According to FIG. 1, a compressed air line 48, coming from a common compressed air source, connects to each guide channel 44 or to a channel extension 45, specifically via connecting lines 49. The compressed air line 48 assigned to a faulty cigarette is acted upon or released by the error signal, so that the associated needle 41 is pressurized with compressed air via the piston 46 and displaced in the axial direction (see, for example, FIG. 5).

Zum Aussondern der fehlerhaften Zigaretten aus der Zigaretten-Formation bzw. dem Schacht 12 nach Einführen der Nadel 41 in die betreffende Zigarette wird im vorliegenden Falle der gesamte Abziehblock 40 aus der Abziehposition (Fig. 1 und 5), also aus der dem Zigaretten-Magazin 11 zugekehrten Position zurückgezogen, derart, dass die Zigarette völlig aus dem Bereich des Schachts 12 entfernt ist. In Fig. 3 ist eine Zwischenstellung während der diesbezüglichen Rückziehbewegung des Abziehblocks 40 gezeigt.To remove the defective cigarettes from the cigarette formation or the shaft 12 after inserting the needle 41 into the cigarette in question, the entire pull-off block 40 is removed from the pull-off position (FIGS. 1 and 5), that is, from the cigarette magazine 11 facing position withdrawn such that the cigarette is completely removed from the area of the shaft 12. An intermediate position is shown in FIG. 3 during the pulling-back movement of the pull-off block 40 in this regard.

Sobald die ausgesonderte Zigarette sich ausserhalb des Bereichs des Zigaretten-Magazins 11 befindet, wird die betreffende, zugeordnete Druckluftleitung 48 entlüftet. Die Nadel 41 kehrt unter der Wirkung der Rückholfeder 47 in die Ausgangsstellung zurück (Anlage am Ende des Formstücks 49). Dabei verschwindet die Nadel 41 in dem Führungskanal 40. Die Zigarette 10 wird an der Stirnseite des Abziehblocks 40 abgestreift. Sie kann in einen Auffangbehälter bzw. auf einen Fördererfallen.As soon as the discarded cigarette is outside the area of the cigarette magazine 11, the associated compressed air line 48 in question is vented. The needle 41 returns to the starting position under the action of the return spring 47 (contact at the end of the shaped piece 49). In the process, the needle 41 disappears in the guide channel 40. The cigarette 10 is stripped off on the end face of the pull-off block 40. It can fall into a collecting container or onto a conveyor.

Bei der Ausführungsform nach Fig. 3 besteht eine weitere Besonderheit darin, dass bei Feststellung einer fehlerhaften Zigarette aus dem betreffenden Schacht 12 eine der Anzahl der Lagen 18, 19, 20 entsprechende Anzahl von übereinander angeordneten Zigaretten ausgesondert wird, bei dem vorliegenden Ausführungsbeispiel also drei Zigaretten. Der Grund hierfür liegt darin, dass durch den Ausschub entsprechender Zigaretten-Gruppen 17 am unteren Ende der Schächte 12 in diesen jeweils drei Zigaretten nach unten nachgleiten. Damit jede Zigarette geprüft wird, ist es erforderlich, auch beim Aussondern derselben diese Anzahl beizubehalten.Another special feature of the embodiment according to FIG. 3 is that when a defective cigarette is found in the shaft 12 in question, a number of cigarettes arranged one above the other corresponding to the number of layers 18, 19, 20 is discarded, in the present exemplary embodiment three cigarettes . The reason for this is that by ejecting corresponding cigarette groups 17 at the lower end of the chutes 12, three cigarettes each slide downwards in these. In order for each cigarette to be checked, it is necessary to maintain this number even when it is discarded.

Aus diesem Grunde sind, wie in Fig. 3 gezeigt, jeweils drei übereinanderliegende Greiforgane bzw. Nadeln 41 hinsichtlich der Betätigung miteinander gekoppelt. Bei pneumatischer Beaufschlagung sind die drei übereinanderliegenden Nadeln 41 bzw. deren Führungskanäle 44 an eine gemeinsame Druckluftleitung 48 über ein entsprechend gestaltetes Formstück 49' angeschlossen.For this reason, as shown in Fig. 3, three superposed gripping members or needles 41 are coupled to one another with regard to the actuation. In the case of pneumatic loading, the three needles 41 lying one above the other or their guide channels 44 are connected to a common compressed air line 48 via a correspondingly designed shaped piece 49 ′.

Die Prüf- und Aussonderungsvorrichtung ist im untersten Bereich der Schacht-Gruppen 15, 16 angeordnet, nämlich lediglich im Abstand von zwei Zigaretten von der unteren, aus dem Zigaretten-Magazin 11 auszuschiebenden Zigaretten-Gruppe 17. Im unteren Bereich der Schächte 12 ist eine maximale Orientierung der Zigaretten und Stabilisierung der Lage derselben innerhalb der Schächte 12 gegeben.The testing and rejection device is arranged in the lowest area of the shaft groups 15, 16, namely only at a distance of two cigarettes from the lower cigarette group 17 to be ejected from the cigarette magazine 11. In the lower area of the shafts 12 there is a maximum Orientation of the cigarettes and stabilization of their position within the chutes 12 are given.

Die Bewegungen des Abziehblocks 40 sind bei dem gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel mit denjenigen der Schieberorgane 21 gekoppelt. Konkret sind Abziehblock 40 und Schieberorgan 21 an einem gemeinsamen Halter 50 angeordnet. Dieses Organ ist mit seinem unteren Teil verschiebbar abgestützt, nämlich mit unter einem Winkel zueinanderliegenden Stützrollen 51 und 52 auf ortsfesten, im Querschnitt trapezförmigen Trag-und Laufschienen 53. Der Halter 50 ist dabei haubenförmig ausgebildet. Die schrägliegenden Stützrollen 51 und 52 stützen sich formschlüssig auf entsprechend schrägliegenden Laufflächen 54 der Trag- und Laufschiene ab. Der Halter 50 ist dadurch gegen Bewegungen nach unten und oben sowie zu den Seiten hin gleichermassen gesichert. Lediglich in Längsrichtung der Trag- und Laufschienen 53 ist eine hin- und hergehende Bewegung vorgesehen.The movements of the pull-off block 40 are coupled with those of the slide members 21 in the exemplary embodiment shown. Specifically, puller block 40 and slide member 21 are arranged on a common holder 50. This organ is slidably supported with its lower part, namely with support rollers 51 and 52 lying at an angle to one another on stationary support and running rails 53 which are trapezoidal in cross section. The holder 50 is of hood-shaped design. The inclined support rollers 51 and 52 are positively supported on correspondingly inclined running surfaces 54 of the support and running rail. The holder 50 is thereby secured against movements downwards and upwards as well as towards the sides. A back and forth movement is provided only in the longitudinal direction of the support and running rails 53.

Die Anordnung der Schieberorgane 21 sowie der Abziehblöcke 40 an dem gemeinsamen Halter 50 ist derart, dass in der Endstellung der Finger 22 beim Ausschieben einer Zigaretten-Gruppe 17 (Fig. 1) die Abziehblöcke 40 in der Aussonderungsposition sich befinden, also unmittelbar benachbart zur Rückwand 30. Die langgestreckten Finger 22 erstrecken sich dabei bis an den Zigaretten-Revolver 26, so dass die Zigaretten-Gruppe 17 vollständig in die bereitgehaltene Tasche 25 eingeschoben werden kann.The arrangement of the slide members 21 and the pull-off blocks 40 on the common holder 50 is such that in the end position of the fingers 22 when a cigarette group 17 is pushed out (FIG. 1), the pull-off blocks 40 are in the separation position, that is to say directly adjacent to the rear wall 30. The elongated fingers 22 extend up to the cigarette revolver 26, so that the cigarette group 17 can be pushed completely into the pocket 25 provided.

Gemäss einer modifizierten Ausführungsform der Erfindung, die in den Zeichnungen nicht dargestellt ist, können die Greiforgane die fehlerhaften Zigaretten auch als Saugorgane ausgebildet sein, also mit durch Saugluft beaufschlagten Köpfen, die die Zigarette an der Stirnfläche des Filters 43 und/oder an der äusseren, weitgehend luftdichten Mantelfläche desselben durch Saugen erfassen und abziehen.According to a modified embodiment of the invention, which is not shown in the drawings, the gripping elements of the defective cigarettes can also be designed as suction elements, that is to say with heads acted upon by suction air, which hold the cigarette on the end face of the filter 43 and / or on the outer surface. Capture and pull off the largely airtight surface of the same by suction.

Die Prüf- und Abförderorgane für die fehlerhaften Zigaretten können in der beschriebenen Ausführung auch an anderen Stellen der Verpakkungsmaschine angeordnet sein, z.B. zusätzlich oder alternativ im Bereich des Zigaretten-Revolvers 26.The inspection and removal devices for the defective cigarettes can also be arranged at other points in the packaging machine in the described embodiment, e.g. additionally or alternatively in the area of the cigarette revolver 26.

Bei dem dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel sind die Prüfeinrichtung, nämlich der Prüfblock 38, und die Vorrichtung zum Beseitigen der fehlerhaften Zigaretten, nämlich der Abziehblock 40, in gleicher Höhe auf einander gegenüberliegenden Seiten der Schacht-Gruppen 15, 16 angeordnet. Alternativ können die vorgenannten Organe der Höhe nach versetzt zueinander angeordnet sein, insbesondere in der Weise, dass der Prüfblock 38 in einer Ebene oberhalb des Abziehblocks 40 angeordnet ist. Der höhenmässige Versatz entspricht zweckmässigerweise der Zahl der gleichzeitig aus einem Schacht 12 ausgestossenen, übereinander angeordneten Zigaretten, bei dem vorliegenden Ausführungsbeispiel also einem Abstand von drei Zigaretten. Bei dieser Alternativlösung werden bereits die nachfolgenden Zigaretten durch den Prüfblock 38 bzw. durch die Prüfstössel 39 beaufschlagt, während die bei einer vorhergehenden Überprüfung ermittelten fehlerhaften Zigaretten durch den Abziehblock 40 aus dem Verband herausgezogen werden. Es ist dadurch eine zeitliche Überschneidung der Prüf-und Aussonderungsvorgänge und damit eine Beschleunigung möglich.In the exemplary embodiment shown, the test device, namely the test block 38, and the device for removing the defective cigarettes, namely the pull-off block 40, are arranged at the same height on opposite sides of the shaft groups 15, 16. Alternatively, the aforementioned organs can be arranged offset in height from one another, in particular in such a way that the test block 38 is arranged in a plane above the pull-off block 40. The height offset expediently corresponds to the number of cigarettes which are simultaneously ejected from a shaft 12 and are arranged one above the other, in the present exemplary embodiment thus a distance of three cigarettes. In this alternative solution, the following cigarettes are already loaded by the test block 38 or by the test plunger 39, while the defective cigarettes determined in a previous check are pulled out of the bandage by the pull-off block 40. As a result, the testing and rejection processes can overlap in time and thus accelerate.

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1. Apparatus for testing cigarettes for defects, especially for a sufficient tobacco content, in conjunction with cigarette packaging machines, consisting of a test device (39) arranged in the region of a cigarette magazine shaft (12) and having test members (test tappets 39) acting on the free end faces of the cigarettes (10), and of a device assigned to the test device (38) and intended for separating out defective cigarettes (10), characterized in that the device for separating out defective cigarettes (10) has a group of grab members (for example, needles 41 ) which are arranged above and next to one another and each engage on a cigarette end and the number of which corresponds to the number of a cigarette group (17) for a cigarette pack, and in that the grab members can be activated either individually or as a subgroup as a function of the test result, in such a way that the cigarette or cigarette subgroup to be separated out is grasped and then, as a result of an appropriate movement of a pull-off block (40) for the entire group of grab members (for example, needles 41), is pulled out of the cigarette magazine shaft (12), the pull-off block (40) forming, with a pushing-out device (21, 22) for the cigarette group (17), a mechanical unit.
2. Apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that the grab member can be inserted by means of a point (42) into the cigarette or a filter (43) attached to the latter, in the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes (10), and can be retracted together with the cigarette in the longitudinal direction of the latter.
3. Apparatus according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the grab member consists of an (elongate) needle (41) which is mounted displaceably in the pull-off block (40) and of which a region having the point (12) can be pushed out of the pull-off block (40) as a result of exertion of pressure.
4. Apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the needle (41 ) can be subjected to compressed air, and a piston (46) for subjecting it to compressed air is preferably arranged at the end of the needle (41 ) in a widened chamber (channel widening 45).
5. Apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the needle (41 ) is stretched elastically into a retracted position, especially by a restoring spring (47).
6. Apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that a common compressed-air connection (48, 49') is assigned to a group of needles (41).
7. Apparatus according to one or more of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the grab members (for example, needles 41) are active in the region of bores or in the region of a recess (37) in the front or rear wall (30) of shaft groups (15, 16).
8. Apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the test members (test tappets) (39) and/or the pull-off block (40) are arranged at a short distance above a conveyor channel (32) formed at the bottom end of the shaft groups (15, 16) and intended for the cigarette group (17) to be pushed out, especially at a distance of two cigarettes arranged on top of one another.
9. Apparatus according to one or more of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the pull-off block (40) and the pushing-out device (21, 22) for pushing the cigarette groups (17) out of the cigarette magazine (11) are arranged on a common holder (50).
10. Apparatus according to one or more of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the grab members are equipped with suction holders for grasping (defective) cigarettes on the endface, especially in the region of an attached filter (43) or on the outer cylindrical surface of the latter.
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