EP0268917A2 - Machine d'emballage, spécialement pour paquets de cigarettes - Google Patents

Machine d'emballage, spécialement pour paquets de cigarettes Download PDF

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EP0268917A2
EP0268917A2 EP87116540A EP87116540A EP0268917A2 EP 0268917 A2 EP0268917 A2 EP 0268917A2 EP 87116540 A EP87116540 A EP 87116540A EP 87116540 A EP87116540 A EP 87116540A EP 0268917 A2 EP0268917 A2 EP 0268917A2
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Heinz Focke
Jürgen Focke
Kurt Liedtke
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/223Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in a curved path; in a combination of straight and curved paths, e.g. on rotary tables or other endless conveyors
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B65/00Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B65/00Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • B65B65/003Packaging lines, e.g. general layout
    • B65B65/006Multiple parallel packaging lines

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  • the invention relates to a packaging machine, in particular for the production of cigarette packs, with revolving folding units for folding blanks, in particular folding turrets, and with conveyors for cigarette groups, packaging material and cigarette packs.
  • the invention relates to a conventionally designed packaging machine with respect to individual organs, in particular for the production of cigarette packs.
  • These can be designed as soft cup packs or as a hinged box (hinge lid pack).
  • a packaging machine for the manufacturer Position of such cigarette packs usually consists of at least one folding turret for the inside wrapping of cigarette groups (tinfoil) and another folding turret for wrapping in a paper or cardboard blank.
  • the packaging machine can be equipped with a drying turret and with conveying elements for feeding the packaging material and for transporting the (partial) packages.
  • Packaging machines in double-track design are known. These are equipped with revolvers, conveyors etc., which are designed to hold two adjacent packs. The performance of such a double-lane packaging machine is considerably higher than that of a "simple" packaging machine. However, the double-track version is necessarily more prone to failure.
  • the invention has for its object to increase the performance of packaging machines, especially for cigarette packs, and to reduce the effects of any malfunctions on the overall performance.
  • the packaging machine according to the invention is characterized in that folding units and conveyors for the simultaneous production of two packs in two parallel production lines are arranged on opposite sides of a common (central) support frame.
  • the packaging machine according to the invention is therefore of two lanes.
  • the two production lines are separated from each other mechanically and functionally, but are nevertheless part of a uniform packaging machine.
  • Every production line is a com Plette set of the required folding, funding and other organs assigned. These are spaced from each other, namely on both sides of a common support frame.
  • the units and organs of the two production lines are driven independently of one another.
  • a (current) reduction in performance in the area of one production line thus has no effect on the operation and thus on the performance in the area of the other production line.
  • the folding units, conveyors, etc. of the two production lines are each assigned a separate, independent drive.
  • a common drive can be assigned to both production lines, the aggregates and conveyors of the two production lines being able to be uncoupled individually from the common drive.
  • the supporting frame on the long sides of which the folding units (folding turret, conveyor, etc.) are mounted, is preferably at the same time a housing for receiving the drives for the folding members, conveyors, etc. of the two production lines.
  • the packaging machine shown schematically in the drawings is designed for the production of cigarette packs 10 of the soft cup type.
  • folding units, conveying units, etc. are formed for two complete production lines 12 and 13, respectively.
  • Each of these production lines 12, 13 produces cigarette packs 10 independently of the other production line.
  • each production line 12, 13, that is to say on both sides of the housing 11, are each complete for the packaging process.
  • a receiving turret 14, a stannofold turret 15, a paper folding turret 16 and a drying turret 17 are mounted on the two longitudinal sides of the housing 11, namely on side walls 18 and 19 of the same, in the conveying direction.
  • the aforementioned turrets 14, 17 of the two production lines 12 and 13 are each mounted with the same axis, namely in bearing bushes 20, 21 of the housing 11.
  • the turrets 14, 17 are aligned with one another in the vertical plane in such a way that cigarette groups 22 and . (Partial) packs can be transferred from one revolver to another.
  • the turrets 14, 17 can be driven continuously or, as in the exemplary embodiment shown, in cycles.
  • each production line 12, 13 is assigned a separate cigarette magazine 23, 24.
  • cigarette groups 22 are removed by means of a double slide 25, 26 which can be moved back and forth transversely to the conveying direction.
  • This fork-shaped double slide 25, 26 conveys two cigarette groups 22 into a cigarette conveyor 27, 28 per work cycle, which is designed here as a pocket chain with pockets 29 open on the sides and at the top for receiving a cigarette group 22.
  • the endless cigarette conveyor 27, 28 ends adjacent to the first revolver, namely the receiving turret 14. This lies in a plane offset from the cigarette conveyor 27, 28, so that the cigarette groups 22 out of the pockets 29 of the cigarette conveyor 27, 28 are moved by means of transversely movable pushers 30, 31 can be transferred to a pocket 32 of the turret 14.
  • the receiving turret 14 conveys the cigarette groups along a circular path of 180 ° to the immediate vicinity of the next turret, the Stannofold turret 15.
  • a tinfoil blank 33 is held ready in a vertical, transverse position.
  • the tinfoil blank 33 lies in a U-shaped manner around the group of cigarettes 22 in the known manner.
  • the tinfoil blank 33 is fully folded.
  • Cigarette groups 22 - tinfoil blocks - encased in the tinfoil blank 33 are pushed out of the pocket of the tinfoil folding turret 15 lying immediately adjacent to the paper folding turret 16 and inserted into a pocket of the paper folding turret 16.
  • a further blank, namely a paper blank 34 is in turn U-shaped around the tinfoil block.
  • the paper blank 34 is completely folded, namely with the formation of a soft cup.
  • the paper folding turret 16 are - except for the outer Outer foil wrapping - finished cigarette packs 10 ejected and inserted into a pocket of the adjacent drying turret 17. This ensures curing or fastening of glue connections of the folding tabs which have been attached in the area of the paper folding turret 16. Furthermore, the shape of the pack in the area of the drying turret 17 is stabilized in a known manner.
  • the cigarette packs 10 remain in the drying turret 17 during a three-quarter revolution of the latter.
  • the packs are accordingly pushed out of the drying turret on the upper side in the axial direction onto a discharge path 35, 36.
  • the two discharge paths 35, 36 lead to a transverse collecting path 37 in which the cigarettes with the small end faces are transported away pointing in the direction of conveyance.
  • the collecting path 37 can lead to a film wrapping machine.
  • the folding and conveying members of the two production lines 12, 13 are not arranged symmetrically to the central plane of the device, but offset in parallel. This makes it possible to arrange the cigarettes or cigarette groups 22 and the packs 10 of both production lines 12, 13 in the same direction.
  • filter cigarettes are packaged.
  • the filters of the cigarettes of both production lines 12, 13 are directed to the same side. This means a corresponding relative arrangement of the organs.
  • the cigarette conveyor 27 of the (in FIG. 2) upper production line 12 is arranged in a plane between the turrets 14, 17 and the housing 11. The same applies to the position of the discharge conveyor 35.
  • the two pushers 30, 31 are aligned in their pushing movements as a result of this relative position.
  • the folding members of the folding revolvers 15, 16 are also arranged such that they correspond to the relative relative position of the cigarettes and packs 10.
  • the turrets 14, 17 are rotatably supported by drive shafts 38, 39 in the associated bearing bushes 20, 21.
  • an individual drive is provided for each production line 12, 13. It is a stepping gear 40, 41 (manifold).
  • a driver 43 is rotatably driven about a vertical axis and engages with a shift star 44. This in turn is mounted on a shaft journal 45 of a main gear 46. With this, the drive shaft 38, 39 for the paper folding turret 16 is connected, so that the drive of the indexing gear 40, 41 is transmitted directly to this paper folding turret 16.
  • Further drive gear wheels 47, 48 are mounted within the housing 11 for each production line 12, 13 or for the associated revolvers 14, 15, 17, specifically corresponding to the main gear wheel 46.
  • the drive gear wheels 47, 48 are in engagement with the main gear wheel 46, so that its rotational movement is transmitted to the drive gears 47, 48 and ultimately to the turrets 14, 15 and 17.
  • the drive shafts 38, 39 which are arranged coaxially, are rotatably mounted with pin ends 49 approximately in the middle of the housing 11 in a fixed support bush 50.
  • the transmission shafts 42 of the two stepping transmissions 40, 41 can be driven by separate drive motors.
  • a solution is also conceivable in which a common drive motor is connected to the stepping transmissions 40, 41 via clutches.
  • a solution comes into consideration in which a common step transmission is assigned to the two production lines 12, 13, of which the organs of the two Production lines 12, 13 can be uncoupled.
  • an upright partition 51 is arranged in the center of the housing 11 in the exemplary embodiment shown.
  • the packaging machine Due to the described design of the packaging machine, it has a higher performance than conventional two-lane packaging machines. In the event of intermittent business interruptions, disruptions etc. in the area of one production line, the other can continue to work without restrictions.

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EP87116540A 1986-11-22 1987-11-10 Machine d'emballage, spécialement pour paquets de cigarettes Expired - Lifetime EP0268917B1 (fr)

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DE19863639994 DE3639994A1 (de) 1986-11-22 1986-11-22 Verpackungsmaschine, insbesondere fuer zigarettenpackungen

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EP (1) EP0268917B1 (fr)
JP (1) JPH0662144B2 (fr)
BR (1) BR8706279A (fr)
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EP1475306A1 (fr) * 2003-05-09 2004-11-10 TOPACK Verpackungstechnik GmbH Machine pour la fabrication de paquets de cigarettes
WO2008041082A3 (fr) * 2006-10-03 2008-08-21 Sympak Corazza S P A Appareil pour conditionner un produit
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EP1475306A1 (fr) * 2003-05-09 2004-11-10 TOPACK Verpackungstechnik GmbH Machine pour la fabrication de paquets de cigarettes
WO2008041082A3 (fr) * 2006-10-03 2008-08-21 Sympak Corazza S P A Appareil pour conditionner un produit
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NL2011140C2 (en) * 2013-07-11 2015-01-13 Novuqare B V Sealer device for the sealing of foils and a support frame of such sealer device.
WO2015007371A1 (fr) * 2013-07-17 2015-01-22 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co. Kg) Procédé et dispositif de production de paquets de cigarettes

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JPS63138911A (ja) 1988-06-10
CA1302372C (fr) 1992-06-02
DE3639994A1 (de) 1988-05-26
JPH0662144B2 (ja) 1994-08-17
DE3783874D1 (de) 1993-03-11
BR8706279A (pt) 1988-06-28
US4819407A (en) 1989-04-11
EP0268917A3 (en) 1989-03-22

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