EP0320697B1 - Dispositif de fabrication et d'emballage de cigarettes - Google Patents

Dispositif de fabrication et d'emballage de cigarettes Download PDF

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EP0320697B1
EP0320697B1 EP88119938A EP88119938A EP0320697B1 EP 0320697 B1 EP0320697 B1 EP 0320697B1 EP 88119938 A EP88119938 A EP 88119938A EP 88119938 A EP88119938 A EP 88119938A EP 0320697 B1 EP0320697 B1 EP 0320697B1
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Heinz Focke
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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

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  • the invention relates to a device for the production and packaging of cigarettes, with at least one cigarette manufacturing machine and at least one packaging machine, the cigarette manufacturing machine and packaging machine being connected to one another by a cigarette conveyor which detects a cigarette flow of cigarettes oriented transversely to the conveying direction the cigarette manufacturing machine conveys to the packaging machine and which has an arc-shaped cigarette store formed from storage tapes for holding a cigarette supply, and the cigarette store is designed as a continuous storage device which can be fed to the cigarette at at least one input station and from the cigarette to at least one Removal station formed at a distance from the input station can be removed, a maximum and minimum level resulting from a cigarette storage stream being monitored.
  • a device is known from GB-A-2 143 788.
  • the cigarette store is designed in the shape of an arc, either as a partial arc or as a helical circular arc.
  • the cigarettes fed by the cigarette conveyor are partly fed into the cigarette store, which has arc-shaped conveyor belts which can be driven in one direction and in the other.
  • the cigarette store is designed as a bag store. The cigarettes are fed in at the same point and removed for emptying the store.
  • Sack stores are disadvantageous for fundamental reasons, since considerable amounts of cigarettes remain in the store over long periods of time. These are then no longer suitable for consumption.
  • the invention has for its object to further develop and improve a device of the type mentioned for the manufacture and packaging of cigarettes in the above-mentioned embodiment in such a way that, with careful handling of the cigarettes, efficient conveyance of possibly several cigarette manufacturing machines to possibly several packaging machines is possible is providing an effective cigarette store.
  • the invention Device of the type mentioned at the beginning, characterized in that the cigarette storage stream is formed on the storage belts which form a closed ring of constant dimension and are each spaced apart from one another.
  • the ring-shaped or circular-arc-shaped cigarette store consists of a plurality of storage tapes which extend in the horizontal plane and are always driven in one direction, namely from an input station to a removal station.
  • Several circular-shaped storage tapes adjoin one another to form a closed ring. This is fed to cigarettes via several input stations and removed via several removal stations.
  • the input station and the removal station are each formed between successive arc-shaped storage tapes.
  • An embodiment is particularly advantageous in which three cigarette-making machines are arranged at approximately equal distances from one another below the ring-shaped cigarette store.
  • the manufactured cigarettes are fed to the cigarette store via short cigarette conveyors with an upright conveying section.
  • Two correspondingly powerful packaging machines are arranged at a distance from the ring-shaped cigarette store. They are each supplied with a tangential subsequent cigarette conveyor from the cigarette store via a removal station, as seen in the floor plan.
  • the storage tapes are designed in such a way that an upper conveyor run for supporting the cigarettes is oriented approximately horizontally, possibly with a slightly sloping inclination towards the center.
  • the storage tapes or their straps are wider than the length of the cigarettes, so that they can rest freely on the storage tape or the conveyor belt without lateral limitations.
  • the storage tapes are passed over frustoconical deflection rollers.
  • capacity is matched in such a way that three cigarette manufacturing machines 10, 11, 12 are assigned to two packaging machines 13, 14. Construction and mode of operation of the cigarette manufacturing machines 10, 11, 12 on the one hand and the packaging machines 13, 14 on the other hand can be conventional.
  • the cigarettes 15 manufactured by the cigarette manufacturing machines 10, 11, 12 are fed to a common distributor or cigarette store 16 and are released by the latter to the packaging machines 13, 14 according to their capacity.
  • the cigarette store 16 is circular in plan.
  • Cigarette feeders 17 coming from the cigarette manufacturing machines 10, 11, 12 transport the cigarettes 15 into the cigarette store 16.
  • the cigarettes 15 are fed to the packaging machines 13, 14 by appropriately trained cigarette conveyors 18.
  • the cigarette store 16 is arranged as a practically closed circular conveyor at an elevated level, namely above the cigarette manufacturing machines 10, 11, 12 and the packaging machines 13, 14, in the present exemplary embodiment on a central support column 19 with a support plate 20 attached at the upper end the outer edge of which is the cigarette store 16 designed as a cigarette conveyor.
  • the cigarette feeders 17 of the cigarette manufacturing machines 10, 11, 12 consist of a horizontal conveyor 21 and a vertical conveyor 22.
  • the former closes immediately to the cigarette manufacturing machines 10, 11, 12, while the vertical conveyor 22 opens into the cigarette store 16.
  • the cigarette conveyor 18 consists of a horizontal conveyor 23 and a vertical conveyor 24.
  • the cigarette feed conveyor 17 and cigarette removal conveyor 18 consist of conveyor belts, namely horizontal belts 25 and vertical belts 26.
  • a cigarette stream 27 is conveyed between each two horizontal belts 25 arranged at a distance from one another and between two vertical belts 26 arranged at a distance from one another.
  • This consists of cigarettes 15 oriented transversely to the direction of conveyance, parallel, but otherwise unordered.
  • the dimensions of the conveyor belts (horizontal belts, vertical belts) or the spacing of the conveying strands of the same are selected such that a cigarette stream which is constantly moving continues with the same directional drive movement 27 results.
  • the horizontal conveyors 21 and 23 are directed tangentially to the circular cigarette store 16, as seen in the plan of the device.
  • the cigarettes 15 are fed from below.
  • the cigarettes 15 are removed from the cigarette store 16 in the downward direction.
  • the cigarette store 16 consists of a plurality of circular arc-shaped storage tapes 28, 29, 34 which complement one another to form a closed circle. Each of these storage belts 28.34 is guided over frustoconical rollers, namely one drive roller 35 and one deflection roller 36.
  • the storage belts 28.34 have different lengths. On the one hand, the length of the storage tapes 28, 34 is determined by the local position of the input stations 37, 38 and 39 assigned to the cigarette feeders 17 on the other hand, due to the position of the removal stations 40, 41 assigned to the cigarette conveyors 18. Storage belts 28, 34 each end in the area of the aforementioned stations. Furthermore, the length of the storage tapes 28, 34 is determined by a technically sensible limitation, as in the case of the storage tapes 30, 31 or 33 and 34.
  • the storage tape 32 has a relatively short length due to the close proximity of the input station 38 and the removal station 41.
  • the drive roller 35 and the deflection roller 36 of adjacent storage belts 28..34 are arranged at a distance from one another.
  • a vertical conveyor 22 or 24 of the cigarette feed conveyor 17 and the cigarette discharge conveyor 18 opens into this area.
  • vertical belts 26 end at a distance below the storage belts 28. 34.
  • a small space is bridged by side guide walls 42.
  • the upward-moving cigarette stream 27 reaches the area of effect of the adjacent storage tapes 28th. 34th.
  • an annular cigarette store stream 43 results from approximately radially oriented cigarettes 15 with different levels. This is monitored by suitable control devices (light barriers or the like) in such a way that the cigarette storage current 43 is set between a maximum level 44 and a minimum level 45.
  • the former has a height of, for example, 30 cm, the latter a height of 5 cm, so that in the exemplary embodiment described, the storage area has a height of 25 cm.
  • part of the cigarette storage stream 43 is directed downward into a vertical conveyor 24 arranged between adjacent storage belts 28.24 for feeding to a packaging machine 13, 14.
  • the cigarette conveyors 18 are continuously fed maintain a cigarette stream 27 corresponding to the processing capacity of the packaging machine 13, 14.
  • the storage tapes 28, 34 are arranged such that an upper run 46 forms the support for the cigarettes 15 and for the content of the cigarette store 16, respectively.
  • the storage tapes 28..34 have a significantly greater width than the length of the cigarettes 15. These lie transversely to the longitudinal direction of the storage tapes 28..34, without any lateral boundaries or guides.
  • the formation of the transverse or radially oriented cigarettes is relatively stable, so that lateral guides on the storage tapes 28 to 34 are not required.
  • Each storage belt 28..34 is supported by a drive roller 35 and a deflection roller 36.
  • the axially directed rollers are mounted on the outer edge of the support plate 20, namely on an upright support wall 47 in the area of a radially outward projection 48 of the support plate 20.
  • Drive roller 35 and deflection roller 36 are frustoconical in shape with a smaller diameter on the radially inner side Page. This results in the circular arc shape of the storage tapes 28-34.
  • a continuous guide rib 49 is formed on the underside thereof and engages with an annular groove 50 of the drive roller 35 and deflection roller 36. This form-fitting mounting of the storage belts 28, 34 on the drive roller 35 and deflection roller 36 avoids lateral displacements of the same on the rollers.
  • a drive motor 51 is assigned to each storage tape 28.34. This is mounted on the inside of the storage tapes 28 to 34 on the support plate 20.
  • the drive motor 51 engages with a shaft 53 of the drive roller 35 via drive wheels 52.
  • the storage tapes 28. 34 driven in the same direction always transport the cigarette storage stream 43 in one direction of the cigarette storage 16.
  • the level in the range between the maximum level 44 and minimum level 45 cigarettes in the area of the input stations 37, 38, 39 fed to the storage stream 43 and removed in the area of the removal stations 40, 41.
  • the storage tapes 28, 34 can be driven at different speeds, also in relation to one another, so that differences in the area of the cigarette supply or be compensated in the area of cigarette withdrawal.

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1. Dispositif pour la fabrication et l'emballage de cigarettes (15), comportant au moins une machine de fabrication de cigarettes (10, 11, 12) et au moins une machine d'emballage (13, 14), ces machines étant reliées par un transporteur de cigarettes qui conduit un courant de cigarettes (15) orientées perpendiculairement à la direction de transport de la machine de fabrication de cigarettes à la machine d'emballage et présente un magasin à cigarettes arqué (16) formé de bandes (28 à 34) destiné à recevoir une provision de cigarettes, et ce magasin à cigarettes (16) est un magasin de passsage auquel des cigarettes (15) peuvent être amenées à au moins un poste d'entrée (37, 38, 39) et d'où des cigarettes (15) peuvent être évacuées à au moins un poste de sortie (40, 41) situé à une certaine distance du poste d'entrée, un niveau maximal (44) et un niveau minimal (45) résultant d'un courant de cigarettes (43) dans le magasin étant contrôlés, caractérisé par le fait que sur les bandes (28 à 34) du magasin, qui forment un anneau fermé (16) de dimension constante et se suivent avec un intervalle entre elles, est formé un courant de cigarettes (43).
2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que le magasin à cigarettes (16) est constitué d'au moins une bande en arc de cercle entraînée (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34), sur le brin supérieur (46), situé dans un plan horizontal, de laquelle le courant de cigarettes (43) du magasin est formé et peut être conduit d'un poste d'entrée à un poste de sortie.
3. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé par le fait que la bande (28 à 34) du magasin circulaire à cigarettes (16), ou son brin supérieur (46), est mue (mû) dans un seul sens de ce magasin.
4. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 et une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé par le fait qu'au magasin à cigarettes (16) sont adjointes plusieurs, en particulier trois, machines de fabrication de cigarettes (10, 11, 12) et plusieurs, en particulier deux, machines d'emballage (13, 14), chacune des machines de fabrication de cigarettes (10, 11, 12) présentant un poste d'entrée (37, 38, 39) du magasin à cigarettes (16) et chacune des machines d'emballage (13, 14) présentant un poste de sortie de ce magasin.
5. Dispositif selon la revendication 4 et une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé par le fait que les postes d'entrée (37, 38, 39) et les postes de sortie (40, 41) du magasin à cigarettes (16) sont placés répartis le long de la circonférence de celui-ci, chaque poste d'entrée (37, 38, 39) étant relié au poste de sortie (40, 41) vosin de lui par une bande (28 à 34) du magasin.
6. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 et une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé par le fait que les cigarettes (15) sont amenées au magasin à cigarettes (16) d'en bas et/ou en sont évacuées vers le bas, en particulier dans la zone de bandes de magasin (28 à 34) se suivant dans la direction circonférentielle.
7. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé par le fait que les (trois) machines de fabrication de cigarettes (10, 11, 12) sont placées au-dessous du magasin à cigarettes (16) à peu près à égale distance les unes des autres et reliées au magasin à cigarettes (16) par des transporteurs d'amenée de cigarettes (17) contitués d'un transporteur horizontal (21) et d'un transporteur vertical (22).
8. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé par le fait que les (deux) machines d'emballage (13, 14) sont placées à une certaines distance du magasin à cigarettes (16) et reliées chacune à celui-ci par un transporteur d'évacuation de cigarettes (18) comportant un transporteur horizontal (23) et un transporteur vertical (24).
9. Dispositif selon la revendication 2 et une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé par le fait que les bandes (28 à 34) du magasin, en arc de cercle, passent sur des rouleaux tronconiques (rouleau moteur 35, rouleau de renvoi 36) et s'appuient sur ceux-ci avec emboîtement, en particulier par une nervure de guidage (49), prévue sur le dessous d'elles, qui entre dans une gorge (50) du rouleau moteur (35) et du rouleau de renvoi (36).
10. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 et une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé par le fait que les cigarettes (15), ou le courant de cigarettes (43) formé dans le magasin, repose sur le brin supérieur (46) des bandes (28 à 34) du magasin sans limitation latérale ni guidage latéral, ce brin supérieur (46) ayant une largeur nettement supérieure à la longueur des cigarettes (15).
11. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 et une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé par le fait que les bandes (28 à 34) du magasin sont placées sur le pourtour extérieur d'un bâti support en forme de plateau (plateau support 20) à colonne support centrale (19).
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