EP0557783A1 - Device for forming cigarette blocks - Google Patents

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EP0557783A1
EP0557783A1 EP93101980A EP93101980A EP0557783A1 EP 0557783 A1 EP0557783 A1 EP 0557783A1 EP 93101980 A EP93101980 A EP 93101980A EP 93101980 A EP93101980 A EP 93101980A EP 0557783 A1 EP0557783 A1 EP 0557783A1
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  • the invention relates to a device for forming cigarette blocks consisting of three rows of cigarettes, the middle row containing one cigarette less than the other rows, with chutes ending at a base plate in a number corresponding to the maximum number of cigarettes in the rows and with a width somewhat larger than the cigarette diameter for receiving stacked cigarettes and a block slide for simultaneously pushing out a number of rows of cigarettes necessary to form a block of cigarettes from the shafts via a mouthpiece into a transfer cell.
  • Such a device is known from DE-A-3 116 156, in which a stop is provided which has the effect that a cigarette is laterally retained in the middle row of three rows forming a cigarette block when a block pusher takes the cigarette block out of the chutes pushes out. Friction is exerted on the retained cigarette by the cigarettes adjacent above and below. This can damage the retained cigarette, which should then enter the row below and be pushed out with the next block of cigarettes. The separation of this single cigarette from three in the other chutes forces a precisely timed process. If a cigarette falls more slowly, as happens in practice, this results the same situation as described in this document as to be avoided.
  • the tolerance range for the openings in the chutes with three cigarettes can be selected to be larger, which is why fewer faults occur there.
  • a mechanism is provided to bring about a machine stop in cases in which the stop is applied with relatively great force by the retained cigarette in order to be able to eliminate the damaged cigarette.
  • this leads to undesired downtime of the cigarette packer.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a device of the type mentioned at the beginning, with which block-by-block cigarettes can be gently pushed out of shafts and are less prone to failure.
  • This object is achieved in that a side shaft in the position corresponding to the middle row is closed by a web for the cigarette passage down to the base plate and a device for feeding one cigarette under the web after each pushing out a cigarette block is provided.
  • FIG. 1 shows a rear view of an embodiment of a device for forming cigarette blocks.
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of the device from FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 shows a top view or a plan view of FIG. 2.
  • Fig. 4 shows a further embodiment in front view.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 The embodiment of a device for forming cigarette blocks shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 comprises a cigarette funnel 1 with a plurality of essentially vertical shafts 2 arranged next to one another above a base plate 3, the shafts 2 in the lower one over the height of three cigarettes 4 extending extension area above the base plate 3 are open at the front and rear.
  • a mouthpiece 5 which extends in the direction of ejection of the cigarettes 4 and through which the cigarettes 4 forming a cigarette block are correspondingly connected trained block slide 6, for example, in a transfer cell 7 to or from a conveyor.
  • the block slide 6 comprises a series of slide elements 8 arranged next to one another, each extending over a height of a little less than three cigarettes 4, the last slide element 8 being fork-shaped on one side, so that only one cigarette 4 in the first and third Row, but not in the second row (above the base plate 3) is detectable.
  • the block slide 6 is moved back and forth via a corresponding drive (not shown), for example a crank drive, in accordance with the cycle of the conveyor, the individual slide elements 8 attacking the filter ends of the cigarettes 4 on the rear of the cigarette funnel 1 and in that they are passed through the shafts 2, push the cigarettes 4 out as a block of cigarettes.
  • a corresponding drive for example a crank drive
  • the number of chutes 2 is one greater than the maximum number of cigarettes 4 in the rows of the cigarette block to be formed.
  • a web 9 at the position of the cigarette 4 of the second row and thus prevents this shaft 2 ′ from being filled in the two rows Above the base plate 3.
  • the shaft 2 ' is open towards the shaft 2' 'in the first row above the base plate 3, while the shaft 2' 'has an opening 10 for a slide 11 at the same height.
  • the slider 11 is used to push a cigarette 4 from the lowest position in the shaft 2 '' laterally into the lowest position in the shaft 2 'in time with the block slide 6, so that there is also a cigarette 4 below the web 9 when the cigarettes 4 can be pushed out to form a block of cigarettes.
  • the block slide 6 can push out three rows of cigarettes 4, the middle row containing one less cigarette, so as to form a three-row cigarette block of, for example, 7 + 6 + 7 cigarettes 4.
  • the mouthpiece 5 has at the level of the web 9 an inwardly directed bar 12 which runs parallel to the direction in which the cigarettes 4 are ejected.
  • the transfer cell 7, which narrows in the direction of advance of the cigarettes 4, has movable inwardly through its side walls 13 webs 14 which can be pivoted to a depth corresponding to approximately a cigarette radius under spring tension and which support the positioning of the cigarettes 4 of the middle row to a gap with respect to the other two rows, so that the transfer cell 7 receives the cigarette block with the correct cigarette arrangement.
  • lever 15 which is pivotally mounted on the front of the cigarette funnel 1 and can be actuated by an articulated rod 16 which is moved by a curve (not shown) .
  • the lever 15 can have an extension 17 which is coupled to a further articulated rod 16 ', which in turn has a further lever (not shown) corresponding to the lever 15 operated.
  • an additional lateral shaft 2 ′′ which is designed to be curved accordingly, in each case guides a cigarette 4 as a result of gravity under the web 9 into the first row above the base plate 3.

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The invention relates to a device for forming cigarette blocks consisting of three rows of cigarettes (4), the middle row containing one cigarette (4) less than the other rows, with shafts (2) of a number corresponding to the maximum number of cigarettes (4) in the rows and of the width somewhat larger than the cigarette diameter for the reception of cigarettes (4) arranged one above the other, and with a block slide (6) for simultaneously pushing a number of rows of cigarettes (4), necessary for forming a respective cigarette block, out of the shafts (2) via a mouthpiece (5) into a transverse cell (7). In order to push out cigarette blocks carefully and in a manner less susceptible to faults, a lateral shaft (2') is closed for the passage of cigarettes, in the position corresponding to the middle row, by means of a web (9), and a device for feeding a respective cigarette (4) underneath the web (9) after each cigarette block has been pushed out is provided. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Bilden von aus drei Reihen von Zigaretten bestehenden Zigarettenblökken, wobei die mittlere Reihe eine Zigarette weniger als die anderen Reihen enthält, mit an einer Bodenplatte endenden Schächten in einer Anzahl entsprechend der Maximalanzahl der Zigaretten in den Reihen und mit einer Breite etwas größer als der Zigarettendurchmesser zur Aufnahme von übereinander angeordneten Zigaretten und einem Blockschieber zum gleichzeitigen Ausschieben einer zur Bildung jeweils eines Zigarettenblocks notwendigen Anzahl von Reihen von Zigaretten aus den Schächten über ein Mundstück in eine Überführungszelle.The invention relates to a device for forming cigarette blocks consisting of three rows of cigarettes, the middle row containing one cigarette less than the other rows, with chutes ending at a base plate in a number corresponding to the maximum number of cigarettes in the rows and with a width somewhat larger than the cigarette diameter for receiving stacked cigarettes and a block slide for simultaneously pushing out a number of rows of cigarettes necessary to form a block of cigarettes from the shafts via a mouthpiece into a transfer cell.

Eine derartige Vorrichtung ist aus der DE-A-3 116 156 bekannt, bei der ein Anschlag vorgesehen ist, der bewirkt, daß in der mittleren Reihe von drei einen Zigarettenblock bildenden Reihen seitlich eine Zigarette zurückgehalten wird, wenn ein Blockschieber den Zigarettenblock aus den Schächten ausschiebt. Auf die zurückgehaltene Zigarette wird hierbei durch die oben und unten benachbarten Zigaretten Reibung ausgeübt. Hierdurch kann die zurückgehaltene Zigarette, die anschließend in die darunter befindliche Reihe gelangen und mit dem nächsten Zigarettenblock ausgeschoben werden soll, beschädigt werden. Die Separierung auf diese einzelne Zigarette gegenüber drei in den anderen Schächten erzwingt einen genau auch zeitlich abgestimmten Ablauf. Fällt eine Zigarette langsamer, wie es in der Praxis durchaus vorkommt, so ergibt dies die gleiche Situation, wie sie in dieser Schrift als zu vermeiden beschrieben ist. Der Toleranzbereich für die Öffnungen in den Schächten mit drei Zigaretten kann größer gewählt werden, weshalb dort auch weniger Störungen auftreten. Zwar ist ein Mechanismus vorgesehen, um in Fällen, in denen der Anschlag mit relativ großer Kraft durch die zurückgehaltene Zigarette beaufschlagt wird, einen Maschinenstop herbeizuführen, um die beschädigte Zigarette eliminieren zu können. Jedoch führt dies zu unerwünschten Stillständen des Zigarettenpackers.Such a device is known from DE-A-3 116 156, in which a stop is provided which has the effect that a cigarette is laterally retained in the middle row of three rows forming a cigarette block when a block pusher takes the cigarette block out of the chutes pushes out. Friction is exerted on the retained cigarette by the cigarettes adjacent above and below. This can damage the retained cigarette, which should then enter the row below and be pushed out with the next block of cigarettes. The separation of this single cigarette from three in the other chutes forces a precisely timed process. If a cigarette falls more slowly, as happens in practice, this results the same situation as described in this document as to be avoided. The tolerance range for the openings in the chutes with three cigarettes can be selected to be larger, which is why fewer faults occur there. A mechanism is provided to bring about a machine stop in cases in which the stop is applied with relatively great force by the retained cigarette in order to be able to eliminate the damaged cigarette. However, this leads to undesired downtime of the cigarette packer.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, eine Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, mit der blockweise Zigaretten aus Schächten schonend und wenig störanfällig ausschiebbar sind.The object of the invention is to provide a device of the type mentioned at the beginning, with which block-by-block cigarettes can be gently pushed out of shafts and are less prone to failure.

Diese Aufgabe wird dadurch gelöst, daß ein seitlicher Schacht in der Position entsprechend der mittleren Reihe durch einen Steg für den Zigarettendurchtritt nach unten zur Bodenplatte verschlossen und eine Einrichtung zum Zuführen jeweils einer Zigarette unter den Steg nach jedem Ausschieben eines Zigarettenblocks vorgesehen ist.This object is achieved in that a side shaft in the position corresponding to the middle row is closed by a web for the cigarette passage down to the base plate and a device for feeding one cigarette under the web after each pushing out a cigarette block is provided.

Weitere Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind der nachfolgenden Beschreibung und den Unteransprüchen zu entnehmen.Further refinements of the invention can be found in the following description and the subclaims.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend anhand der in den beigefügten Abbildungen dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiele näher erläutert.The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the attached figures.

Fig. 1 zeigt in Rückansicht eine Ausführungsform einer Vorrichtung zum Bilden von Zigarettenblöcken.1 shows a rear view of an embodiment of a device for forming cigarette blocks.

Fig. 2 zeigt eine Seitenansicht der Vorrichtung von Fig. 1.FIG. 2 shows a side view of the device from FIG. 1.

Fig. 3 zeigt eine Draufsicht bzw. einen Grundriß von Fig. 2.FIG. 3 shows a top view or a plan view of FIG. 2.

Fig. 4 zeigt in Frontansicht eine weitere Ausführungsform.Fig. 4 shows a further embodiment in front view.

Die in den Fig. 1 bis 3 dargestellte Ausführungsform einer Vorrichtung zum Bilden von Zigarettenblöcken umfaßt einen Zigarettentrichter 1 mit mehreren, nebeneinander angeordneten, im wesentlichen vertikalen Schächten 2 über einer Bodenplatte 3, wobei die Schächte 2 im unteren, sich über die Höhe von drei Zigaretten 4 erstreckenden Ausschubbereich über der Bodenplatte 3 vorderund rückseitig offen sind.The embodiment of a device for forming cigarette blocks shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 comprises a cigarette funnel 1 with a plurality of essentially vertical shafts 2 arranged next to one another above a base plate 3, the shafts 2 in the lower one over the height of three cigarettes 4 extending extension area above the base plate 3 are open at the front and rear.

Vor dem Zigarettentrichter 1 ist ein sich in Ausschubrichtung der Zigaretten 4 erstreckendes Mundstück 5 angeordnet, durch das die einen Zigarettenblock bildenden Zigaretten 4 mittels eines entsprechend ausgebildeten Blockschiebers 6 beispielsweise in eine Überführungszelle 7 zu oder von einem Förderer überschoben werden. Der Blockschieber 6 umfaßt eine Reihe von nebeneinander angeordneten, sich jeweils über eine Höhe von etwas weniger als drei Zigaretten 4 erstreckenden Schieberelementen 8, wobei das letzte Schieberelement 8 an einer Seite gabelförmig derart ist, so daß hiervon nur eine Zigarette 4 in der ersten und dritten Reihe, nicht aber in der zweiten Reihe (über der Bodenplatte 3) erfaßbar ist. Der Blockschieber 6 wird über einen entsprechenden (nicht dargestellten) Antrieb, etwa einen Kurbelantrieb, entsprechend dem Takt des Förderers hin- und herbewegt, wobei die einzelnen Schieberelemente 8 an den Filterenden der Zigaretten 4 an der Rückseite des Zigarettentrichters 1 angreifen und dadurch, daß sie durch die Schächte 2 hindurchgeführt werden, die Zigaretten 4 als Zigarettenblock ausschieben.In front of the cigarette funnel 1 there is a mouthpiece 5 which extends in the direction of ejection of the cigarettes 4 and through which the cigarettes 4 forming a cigarette block are correspondingly connected trained block slide 6, for example, in a transfer cell 7 to or from a conveyor. The block slide 6 comprises a series of slide elements 8 arranged next to one another, each extending over a height of a little less than three cigarettes 4, the last slide element 8 being fork-shaped on one side, so that only one cigarette 4 in the first and third Row, but not in the second row (above the base plate 3) is detectable. The block slide 6 is moved back and forth via a corresponding drive (not shown), for example a crank drive, in accordance with the cycle of the conveyor, the individual slide elements 8 attacking the filter ends of the cigarettes 4 on the rear of the cigarette funnel 1 and in that they are passed through the shafts 2, push the cigarettes 4 out as a block of cigarettes.

Die Anzahl der Schächte 2 ist um eins größer als die Maximalzahl der Zigaretten 4 in den Reihen des zu bildenden Zigarettenblocks. Außerdem befindet sich an einer Seite des Zigarettentrichters 1 in einem Schacht 2' benachbart zu dem dort seitlich außen befindlichen Schacht 2'' ein Steg 9 an der Position der Zigarette 4 der zweiten Reihe und verhindert so das Füllen dieses Schachtes 2' in den beiden Reihen über der Bodenplatte 3. Der Schacht 2' ist zum Schacht 2'' hin in der ersten Reihe über der Bodenplatte 3 offen, während der Schacht 2'' auf der gleichen Höhe nach außen hin eine Durchtrittsöffnung 10 für einen Schieber 11 aufweist. Der Schieber 11 dient zum Überschieben einer Zigarette 4 aus der untersten Position im Schacht 2'' seitlich in die unterste Position im Schacht 2' im Takt des Blockschiebers 6, so daß sich jeweils auch eine Zigarette 4 unterhalb des Stegs 9 befindet, wenn die Zigaretten 4 zur Bildung eines Zigarettenblocks ausgeschoben werden. Hierdurch kann der Blockschieber 6 drei Reihen von Zigaretten 4, wobei die mittlere Reihe eine Zigarette weniger enthält, ausschieben, um so einen dreireihigen Zigarettenblock aus beispielsweise 7+6+7 Zigaretten 4 zu bilden.The number of chutes 2 is one greater than the maximum number of cigarettes 4 in the rows of the cigarette block to be formed. In addition, on one side of the cigarette funnel 1 in a shaft 2 ′ adjacent to the shaft 2 ″ located laterally on the outside there is a web 9 at the position of the cigarette 4 of the second row and thus prevents this shaft 2 ′ from being filled in the two rows Above the base plate 3. The shaft 2 'is open towards the shaft 2' 'in the first row above the base plate 3, while the shaft 2' 'has an opening 10 for a slide 11 at the same height. The slider 11 is used to push a cigarette 4 from the lowest position in the shaft 2 '' laterally into the lowest position in the shaft 2 'in time with the block slide 6, so that there is also a cigarette 4 below the web 9 when the cigarettes 4 can be pushed out to form a block of cigarettes. As a result, the block slide 6 can push out three rows of cigarettes 4, the middle row containing one less cigarette, so as to form a three-row cigarette block of, for example, 7 + 6 + 7 cigarettes 4.

Das Mundstück 5 besitzt in Höhe des Stegs 9 eine einwärts gerichtete Leiste 12, die parallel zur Ausschubrichtung der Zigaretten 4 verläuft. Die sich in Vorschubrichtung der Zigaretten 4 verengende Überführungszelle 7 besitzt bewegliche, durch ihre Seitenwände 13 einwärts bis auf eine Tiefe entsprechend etwa einem Zigarettenradius unter Federvorspannung schwenkbare Stege 14, die das Positionieren der Zigaretten 4 der mittlere Reihe auf Lücke bezüglich der beiden anderen Reihen unterstützen, so daß die Überführungszelle 7 den Zigarettenblock mit korrekter Zigarettenanordnung aufnimmt.The mouthpiece 5 has at the level of the web 9 an inwardly directed bar 12 which runs parallel to the direction in which the cigarettes 4 are ejected. The transfer cell 7, which narrows in the direction of advance of the cigarettes 4, has movable inwardly through its side walls 13 webs 14 which can be pivoted to a depth corresponding to approximately a cigarette radius under spring tension and which support the positioning of the cigarettes 4 of the middle row to a gap with respect to the other two rows, so that the transfer cell 7 receives the cigarette block with the correct cigarette arrangement.

Der Schieber 11 ist beim dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 3 mittels eines Kurbeltriebs hin- und herbeweglich und befindet sich an einem Hebel 15, der schwenkbar an der Vorderseite des Zigarettentrichters 1 gelagert und mit einer von einer (nicht dargestellten) Kurve bewegten Gelenkstange 16 betätigbar ist. Für den Fall, daß gleichzeitig zwei Zigarettenblöcke an zwei Abgabeenden des Zigarettentrichters 1 gebildet werden sollen, kann der Hebel 15 einen Fortsatz 17 aufweisen, der mit einer weiteren Gelenkstange 16' gekoppelt ist, die ihrerseits einen weiteren (nicht dargestellten) Hebel entsprechend dem Hebel 15 betätigt.3 by means of a crank mechanism and is located on a lever 15 which is pivotally mounted on the front of the cigarette funnel 1 and can be actuated by an articulated rod 16 which is moved by a curve (not shown) . In the event that two cigarette blocks are to be formed simultaneously at two delivery ends of the cigarette funnel 1, the lever 15 can have an extension 17 which is coupled to a further articulated rod 16 ', which in turn has a further lever (not shown) corresponding to the lever 15 operated.

Bei der in Fig. 4 dargestellten Ausführungsform führt ein zusätzlicher seitlicher Schacht 2'', der entsprechend gebogen ausgebildet ist, jeweils eine Zigarette 4 infolge Schwerkraft unter den Steg 9 in die erste Reihe über der Bodenplatte 3.In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, an additional lateral shaft 2 ″, which is designed to be curved accordingly, in each case guides a cigarette 4 as a result of gravity under the web 9 into the first row above the base plate 3.

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Vorrichtung zum Bilden von aus drei Reihen von Zigaretten (4) bestehenden Zigarettenblöcken, wobei die mittlere Reihe eine Zigarette (4) weniger als die anderen Reihen enthält, mit an einer Bodenplatte (3) endenden Schächten (2) in einer Anzahl entsprechend der Maximalanzahl der Zigaretten (4) in den Reihen und mit einer Breite etwas größer als der Zigarettendurchmesser zur Aufnahme von übereinander angeordneten Zigaretten (4) und einem Blockschieber (6) zum gleichzeitigen Ausschieben einer zur Bildung jeweils eines Zigarettenblocks notwendigen Anzahl von Reihen von Zigaretten (4) aus den Schächten (2) über ein Mundstück (5) in eine Überführungszelle (7), dadurch gekennzeichet, daß ein seitlicher Schacht (2') in der Position entsprechend der mittleren Reihe durch einen Steg (9) für den Zigarettendurchtritt nach unten zur Bodenplatte (3) verschlossen und eine Einrichtung zum Zuführen jeweils einer Zigarette (4) unter den Steg (9) nach jedem Ausschieben eines Zigarettenblocks vorgesehen ist.Device for forming cigarette blocks consisting of three rows of cigarettes (4), the middle row containing one cigarette (4) less than the other rows, with shafts (2) ending at a base plate (3) in a number corresponding to the maximum number of Cigarettes (4) in the rows and with a width slightly larger than the cigarette diameter for receiving stacked cigarettes (4) and a block slide (6) for simultaneously pushing out a number of rows of cigarettes (4) necessary to form a block of cigarettes the chutes (2) via a mouthpiece (5) into a transfer cell (7), characterized in that a side chute (2 ') in the position corresponding to the middle row through a web (9) for the cigarette passage down to the base plate ( 3) closed and a device for feeding a cigarette (4) under the web (9) after each pushing out a cigarette block ks is provided. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einrichtung zum Zuführen jeweils einer Zigarette (4) einen zusätzlichen Schacht (2'') benachbart zu dem seitlichen Schacht (2') umfaßt, von dem jeweils eine Zigarette (4) unter den Steg (9) führbar ist.Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the device for supplying one cigarette (4) each comprises an additional shaft (2 '') adjacent to the side shaft (2 '), from each of which a cigarette (4) under the web ( 9) is feasible. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der zusätzliche Schacht (2'') unter dem Steg (9) mündet.Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the additional shaft (2 '') opens under the web (9). Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Schieber (11) zum Überführen einer Zigarette (4) aus dem zusätzlichen Schacht (2'') unter den Steg (9) in dem seitlichen Schacht (2') vorgesehen ist.Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that a slide (11) for transferring a cigarette (4) from the additional shaft (2 '') is provided under the web (9) in the side shaft (2 ').
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