EP0512492A1 - Dispositif d'alimentation et d'arrêt utilisé dans une machine d'enveloppement pour cigarettes - Google Patents

Dispositif d'alimentation et d'arrêt utilisé dans une machine d'enveloppement pour cigarettes Download PDF

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EP0512492A1
EP0512492A1 EP92107619A EP92107619A EP0512492A1 EP 0512492 A1 EP0512492 A1 EP 0512492A1 EP 92107619 A EP92107619 A EP 92107619A EP 92107619 A EP92107619 A EP 92107619A EP 0512492 A1 EP0512492 A1 EP 0512492A1
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Koichiro C/O Japan Tobacco Incorporated Obara
Tadao C/O Japan Tobacco Incorporated Etani
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
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  • This invention relates to a cigarette supplying and stopping device used in a cigarette wrapping apparatus and more particularly to a cigarette supplying and stopping device used in a cigarette wrapping apparatus which has an automatic cigarette supply-stopping mechanism provided on an cigarette parallel-arranging device which arranges cigarettes in parallel and pile them in three steps in a staggered manner and prevents half-finished goods from being left on the intermediate portion of the wrapping apparatus when the operation of the wrapping apparatus is stopped.
  • a cigarette wrapping apparatus is provided with a cigarette parallel-arranging device which takes out cigarettes from a hopper or the like containing cigarettes randomly arranges the cigarettes in parallel and piles them in three steps in a staggered manner such that, of twenty cigarettes to be packed in a box, seven, six and seven cigarettes constitute the lower step, the intermediate step and the upper step, respectively.
  • the cigarette wrapping apparatus is further provided with a packing device for wrapping piled cigarettes with aluminum foil or wrapping sheets.
  • the cigarette wrapping apparatus is still further provided with a sealing device for attaching seals (sealing pieces, for example) to cigarette packages.
  • the cigarette parallel-arranging device, the packing device and the sealing device are integrally connected to each other to form a cigarette wrapping apparatus. Cigarettes put in the hopper or the like are sent out from the cigarette wrapping apparatus as packed final products.
  • cigarette wrapping apparatus The operation of cigarette wrapping apparatus is stopped when maintenance or repair is required.
  • stopping blocks or the like are manually inserted into cigarette supplying passageways in the cigarette parallel-arranging device to interrupt the passage of cigarettes and thereafter the cigarette wrapping apparatus is operated for a predetermined time. After all cigarettes and unfinished products are taken away from the interior of the cigarette wrapping apparatus, the operation of the apparatus is stopped.
  • the number of the cigarette supplying passageways is twenty which corresponds to the number of cigarettes in a box. It is not only very cumbersome and uneconomical to put the stopping blocks in the cigarette supplying passageways simultaneously but also it requires skill to do so. Further, when the cigarette wrapping apparatus must be stopped due to some operational trouble, it takes a long time to stop the apparatus.
  • the object of this invention is to provide a cigarette supplying and stopping device which readily and automatically stops the supply of cigarettes in a short time.
  • the cigarette supplying and stopping device is provided with a plurality of cigarette supplying passageways for transporting parallel-arranged cigarettes, stops disposed in the respective cigarette supplying passageways and retracted therefrom and a driving mechanism for driving the stops.
  • the stops In order to stop the operation of the cigarette wrapping apparatus, the stops project into the cigarette supplying passageways by means of the driving mechanism and cigarettes are held between the stops and the inner faces of the cigarette supplying passageways to interrupt the movement of the cigarettes.
  • the pressing force of the stops has a value which does not deform or collapse cigarettes but has a sufficient value to interrupt the movement of the cigarettes through the passageway.
  • the apparatus according to this invention is provided with an air cylinder whose pressing force is set such that cigarettes held between the stops are not deformed or collapsed but are held immovably in the passageway.
  • the apparatus according to this invention is further provided at the outlets of the cigarette supplying passageways with cigarette holding projections for securely but temporarily holding cigarettes which are being supplied.
  • a cigarette parallel-arranging device 1 has a hopper 2 into which a plurality of cigarettes are supplied from a known cigarette manufacturing machine (not shown) which is outside of the scope of this invention. Twenty cigarettes to be contained in a box are piled in three steps by means of the cigarette parallel-arranged device such that the lower, intermediate and upper steps include seven, six and seven cigarettes, respectively.
  • the piled cigarettes are supplied to a packing device 3 disposed adjacent to the cigarette parallel-arranging device 1, for automatically packing each set of twenty cigarettes to be contained in a box with aluminum foil or a wrapping sheet.
  • the packed product is applied with a seal by means of a sealing device 4 disposed adjacent to the packing device 3 and is delivered out of the packing device 3 by means of a taking-out conveyer 5.
  • cigarette supplying passageways 12 As shown in Fig. 2, twenty vertical cigarette supplying passageways 12 whose number corresponds to the number of cigarettes in a box are arranged parallel with each other at the bottom of the hopper 2. As shown in Fig. 4, the cigarette supplying passageways 12 are formed between the blocks 13 and 14 and their width is slightly larger than the diameter of each cigarette C.
  • An inverted V-shaped guide block 18 is fixed to the upper surface of each of the blocks 13 and 14.
  • a pair of swingable agitator rollers 11 are provided on both sides of the upper end or inlet of each cigarette supplying passageway 12 so as to lead cigarettes C in the hopper 2 to the respective cigarette supplying passage 12.
  • cigarettes C in the hopper 2 are guided by the guide block 18 and supplied into the cigarette supplying passageways 12, one by one, by means of the agitator rollers 11.
  • the cigarettes C are arranged in parallel with each other in the cigarette supplying passageways 12 and are moved downward by their own weight.
  • a cigarette holding block 19 is provided on the lower end or the outlet of each cigarette supplying passageway 12.
  • a substantially vertical cigarette holding projection 15 is provided on the lower end portion of the cigarette holding block 19 so as to extend in the respective cigarette supplying passage 12.
  • a negative pressure nozzle 16 which communicates with a negative pressure path 17. The cigarettes C delivered into the cigarette supplying passageways 12 abut against the cigarette holding projections 15, and are sucked and held in position due to a negative pressure produced by the negative pressure nozzles 16.
  • a cigarette receiving drum 20 is provided at the lower end of each cigarette supplying passageway 12.
  • Each cigarette receiving drum 20 is mounted on a rotary shaft 21 and rotated in the direction of an arrow in Fig. 4.
  • a plurality of (two, for example) cigarette receiving members 22 are provided on the peripheral surface of each cigarette receiving drum 20.
  • In the forward portion of a side face of each cigarette receiving member 22 is formed a semicircular depression for holding a cigarette C.
  • a negative pressure nozzle 23 is opened at the depression.
  • each cigarette supplying passageway 12 is accordingly received by the depression of the respective cigarette receiving member 22 and is held by a negative pressure.
  • each cigarette parallel-arranging drum 30 is mounted on a rotary shaft 31 and rotated in the direction of an arrow in Fig. 5.
  • the peripheral rotational speed of each cigarette parallel-arranging drum 30 is rendered equal to the peripheral rotational speed of the corresponding cigarette receiving drum 20.
  • In the peripheral surface of each cigarette parallel-arranging drum 30 are formed a plurality of groups of cigarette parallel-arranging depressions 32.
  • each group of cigarette parallel-arranging depressions 32 is seven or six according to the number of the corresponding step of the cigarettes C.
  • cigarettes C are received by the corresponding group of cigarette parallel-arranging depressions 32.
  • each group of cigarette parallel-arranging depressions 32 receive the respective group of parallel-arranged cigarettes C.
  • a negative pressure nozzle (not shown) is opened at each cigarette parallel-arranging depression 32 and a cigarette C received by the depression 32 is held by a negative pressure.
  • a transporting drum 40 is provided adjacent to each cigarette parallel-arranging drum 30 and is mounted on a rotary shaft 41 so as to be rotated in the direction of an arrow in Fig. 5.
  • a plurality of cigarette holding grooves 42 In the peripheral surface of each transporting drum 40 are formed a plurality of cigarette holding grooves 42.
  • a negative nozzle is opened at each cigarette holding groove 42.
  • Each group of parallel-arranged cigarettes C held in each group of cigarette parallel-arranging depressions 32 of a cigarette parallel-arranging drum 30 are transferred to the respective group of cigarette holding grooves 42 of the corresponding transferring drum 40.
  • a cigarette piling drum 50 is provided adjacent to the three transporting drums 40 for the three groups of parallel-arranged cigarettes C.
  • the cigarette piling drum 50 is mounted on a rotary shaft 51 and is rotated in the direction of an arrow in Fig. 5.
  • On a side of the cigarette piling drum 50 are provided a plurality of heads 52.
  • the groups of parallel-arranged cigarettes C are transported to the head 52.
  • twenty cigarettes C are piled in three steps in a staggered manner.
  • a pushing-out drum 53 rotated together with the cigarette piling drum 50 is mounted on the rotary shaft 51 and is provided with pushers 54 for pushing out twenty cigarettes C held by each head 52 so as to be caused to face a head 52. Twenty cigarettes C are packed in a box by means of the packing device 3 and a seal is applied to the resultant cigarette package by means of the sealing device 4.
  • each cigarette supplying and stopping device with which the cigarette parallel-arranging device 1 is provided will be described with reference to Figs. 6 and 7.
  • a cigarette supplying and stopping device 60 On the lower end portion of each cigarette supplying passageway 12 is provided a cigarette supplying and stopping device 60. More specifically, the apparatus 60 is, for example, provided on the lower end portion of the block 14, which is one of the blocks forming the cigarette supplying passageways 12.
  • the cigarette supplying and stopping device 60 has a stop 61 which is inserted into and retracted from the respective cigarette supplying passageway 12 through an opening 68 formed in the block 14.
  • a driving mechanism such as an air cylinder 62 is connected to the stop 61.
  • the air cylinder 62 is fixed to the block 14 and connected by air pipes 66 and 67 which are connected to electromagnetic valves (not shown).
  • the cigarette supplying and stopping device 60 is provided on each cigarette supplying passageway 12, the total number of the cigarette supplying passageways 12 being twenty.
  • the number of cigarettes C existing between the cigarette C pressingly held by projected stop 61 and the cigarette C held by the cigarette holding projection 15 in a cigarette supplying passageway 12 is set to be the same (for example, one as shown in Fig. 6) as in the other cigarette supplying passageways 12.
  • the cigarette supplying and stopping device 60 are simultaneously operated by means of a control device (not shown), etc.
  • the pressing force of the air cylinder 62 is selected such that the cigarette C is not deformed or collapsed by the stop 61 but it is immovably held thereby.
  • the operation of the cigarette supplying and stopping device 60 will be described.
  • the stop 61 of the apparatus 60 is retracted during the operation of the wrapping device such that a cigarette C freely passes the respective cigarette supplying passageway 12 and received by the respective cigarette receiving drum 29.
  • the operation of the wrapping device is stopped as follows.
  • pressurized air is supplied to the air cylinder 62 of the cigarette supplying and stopping device 60 for each cigarette supplying passage 12, and the stop 61 is inserted into the cigarette supplying passageway 12.
  • a cigarette C is held between the front end of the stop 61 and the inner face of the cigarette supplying passageway 12 in such a way that the cigarette C is rendered immovable and the supply of the cigarette C is stopped.
  • the wrapping device is operated for a predetermined time, whereby the cigarettes disposed downstream of the held cigarette C are packed as finished products. Since cigarettes C are held in turn by means of the control device (not shown), no products which contain insufficient number of cigarettes are produced.
  • the driving mechanism for driving the stops is not limited to air cylinders but may be solenoids or the like.
  • the stops of the cigarette supplying and stopping devices project in the cigarette supplying passageways to press cigarettes and stop the wrapping device.
  • the supply of cigarettes from the cigarette supplying passageways is automatically stopped, whereby the wrapping device is readily stopped in a short time without skillfulness.

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EP0667286A1 (fr) * 1994-02-15 1995-08-16 Japan Tobacco Inc. Dispositif d'alimentation de cigarettes

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DE528448C (de) * 1928-11-28 1931-06-29 Muller J C & Co UEberfuehrungsvorrichtung fuer Zigaretten o. dgl. stabfoermige Werkstuecke
GB783236A (en) * 1955-04-29 1957-09-18 Kurt Koerber Improvements in machines for producing cigarettes or the like
EP0210544A1 (fr) * 1985-08-02 1987-02-04 Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.) Dispositif pour transporter des groupes de cigarettes

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DE528448C (de) * 1928-11-28 1931-06-29 Muller J C & Co UEberfuehrungsvorrichtung fuer Zigaretten o. dgl. stabfoermige Werkstuecke
GB783236A (en) * 1955-04-29 1957-09-18 Kurt Koerber Improvements in machines for producing cigarettes or the like
EP0210544A1 (fr) * 1985-08-02 1987-02-04 Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.) Dispositif pour transporter des groupes de cigarettes

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0667286A1 (fr) * 1994-02-15 1995-08-16 Japan Tobacco Inc. Dispositif d'alimentation de cigarettes
US5575377A (en) * 1994-02-15 1996-11-19 Japan Tobacco Inc. Cigarette supplying apparatus

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