EP0646329A1 - Verfahren und Einrichtung zum Beschicken von Zigarettenmaschinen mit Tabak - Google Patents

Verfahren und Einrichtung zum Beschicken von Zigarettenmaschinen mit Tabak Download PDF

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EP0646329A1
EP0646329A1 EP93810700A EP93810700A EP0646329A1 EP 0646329 A1 EP0646329 A1 EP 0646329A1 EP 93810700 A EP93810700 A EP 93810700A EP 93810700 A EP93810700 A EP 93810700A EP 0646329 A1 EP0646329 A1 EP 0646329A1
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Siegfried Abrahams
Manfred Dabner
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Philip Morris Products SA
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Fabriques de Tabac Reunies SA
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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
    • A24C5/39—Tobacco feeding devices
    • A24C5/391—Tobacco feeding devices feeding to several cigarette making machines

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  • the present invention relates to a method and an installation for supplying tobacco to machines for manufacturing products of the tobacco industry, in particular cigarettes.
  • Another drawback of this installation is that it is relatively difficult to modify the supply of a manufacturing machine 12 supplied with a first mixture of tobacco, in order to supply it with another mixture, this requiring another vibrating table 10 as well as the disassembly of part of the pipes 11 to bring them above the second vibrating table 10.
  • the disassembly and reassembly of pipes 11 are tedious and long and do not allow rapid passage, for a specific manufacturing machine 12 , from one tobacco mixture to another.
  • a first object of the invention is therefore to propose a process for feeding machines for manufacturing products from the tobacco industry, in particular cigarettes, which does not have the drawbacks mentioned above, that is to say allowing a constant quality tobacco supply to the manufacturing machines, without degradation of the tobacco strands.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a method which furthermore makes it possible to quickly change the tobacco mixture feeding one or more specific manufacturing machines.
  • a final object of the invention is to propose an installation capable of accomplishing the above methods.
  • the invention provides a method according to claims 1 to 4, as well as a feed installation having the characteristics of claims 5 to 17.
  • the installation comprises three main parts, a part for receiving the tobacco 2, a part for distributing the tobacco 3 and a part for distributing the tobacco 4 to the manufacturing machines, the latter not being shown in the figure.
  • the reception part 2 comprises at least one means of transport 20 of a tobacco mixture, consisting for example of a conveyor belt. This preferably pours the tobacco into a weir 21 consisting for example of a tube open at its two ends and leading the tobacco towards the tobacco distribution part 3.
  • the part tobacco reception 2 is arranged in a room superimposed on that containing the other two parts of the installation, that is to say that a slab 22 ensures the separation of said rooms. This arrangement prevents the spread of tobacco dust from one part of the installation to another.
  • the weir 21 ensures the transition of the tobacco between the two premises, respectively between the receiving part 2 and the distribution part 3.
  • a mobile container 30 consisting of a tank the upper face of which comes to adapt to the lower mouth of the weir 21 and the lower face of which comprises closing / opening means 31 allowing it to be blocked or opened.
  • the closing / opening means 31 are currently in the closed position and the tobacco falls directly from the conveyor belt 20, the starting of which has been controlled by the presence of the mobile container 30 under the weir 21 , through said weir, in order to fill the mobile container 30.
  • the second goal which is to easily allow the transition from a production of a first tobacco mixture to another, is obtained by providing the receiving part 2 with at least one other means of transport 20A carrying another tobacco mixture in another weir 21.
  • a mobile container 30 can take care of the second mixture by coming to be placed under the weir 21 supplied with the second mixture to then convey it to the hopper distribution 40 supplying the manufacturing machine or machines using this second mixture. It is understood that it is possible to provide more than two mixtures, the receiving part 2 being provided with the number of means of transport and of weirs accordingly. Likewise and depending on the number of manufacturing machines using a given mixture, it is also possible that a determined mixture passes through more than one means of transport 20 and more than one weir 21.
  • the receiving part 2 can be designed according to different variants of what has been described above; for example as seen in FIG. 2, the weir 21 on the right also includes closing / opening means 23 making it possible to obstruct, respectively open the lower mouth of the weir.
  • the tobacco transport means respectively the conveyor belt 20A
  • the weir 21 can thus provide a buffer storage of tobacco; in this case the relative interior volumes of the spillway provided with closing / opening means will be chosen so that there cannot be more tobacco stored in the spillway that the mobile container cannot accept.
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B show that, in FIG.
  • the tobacco transport means consist of a pipe 24 bringing the tobacco by suction, this pipe preferably opening into a lock 25 of known technique performing separation of the tobacco and the air used to transport it; this variant is preferably supplemented by sealing means, shown here in the form of a wall 26 ensuring the sealing of the upper opening of the mobile container 30. It can also be seen that the weir has been removed, the tobacco s 'flowing directly from the means of transport into the mobile container. In FIG. 3B, the tobacco is brought by gravity into one or more pipes 27 and flows into a weir 28 having the shape of a funnel. It is understood that the various described elements of these different variants can be combined with one another, the choice of the embodiment of the receiving part 2 essentially depending on production constraints as well as those arising from the layout of the premises. in which the installation is housed.
  • the closing / opening means 31 of the mobile containers 30 and 23 of the weirs 21 have been shown in FIG. 2 in the form of means with movable valves opening downwards. It is obviously also possible to have means constructed differently, for example of the drawer or diaphragm type. These opening / closing means can be controlled remotely or else be provided with a mechanical control opening them automatically when they are located directly above the element into which the tobacco is to be poured.
  • the shape of the cross section of weirs, containers and hoppers is not very important, it is simply that these shapes are adapted when two elements are coupled and that the tobacco strands do not deteriorate during their movement in the element in question.
  • FIG. 2 can be completed with sealing means between the various parts between which the tobacco circulates, as for example shown at 29 under the weir 21 on the left and at 49 on the hopper 40 on the left.
  • These radial sealing means must allow the passage of tobacco from one to the other part without strands or dust of tobacco can escape the interface.
  • They are suitably shaped to their purpose, being made up of a single joint in the general shape of a ring, disposed on one of the mouthpieces or else in two half-joints each being arranged on the mouthpieces of the elements intended to come adjust together.
  • These seals are preferably made of flexible material.
  • the unit 50 controls the movements of the or mobile containers 30, when it has received a signal from a hopper 40 indicating a minimum level of tobacco, to go and position itself under a weir 21, ready to supply a determined mixture of tobacco, then optionally controls the start-up of the means for supplying tobacco 20 in case the weir 21 is not provided for storage, then when the container is filled, either after a determined period or after receipt of a signal indicating this state, controls the movement of the container by its propulsion means 33, towards the empty hopper 40 which it must supply with this tobacco mixture.
  • the unit 50 can also control the speed of the conveyor belts 41 according to the number of manufacturing machines in operation supplied by said conveyor belt.
  • the openings and closings of the means 23 and 31 can be carried out automatically by mechanical means or can also be controlled by the unit 50. If one or more weirs 21 are equipped in order to act as buffer storage, they can also be fitted with detectors 54 in order to indicate the filling state. If, as in the example shown, there are more than two mobile containers using the same guide means 32, the program will be supplemented by an anti-collision program.
  • the signals and commands described here represent the minimum of what is necessary for correct operation of the installation, it is understood that other signals and commands can be provided to further facilitate its operation.
  • the computer program contained in the control unit 50 includes all the manufacturing data, in particular the allocation of the tobacco mixtures to the various manufacturing machines.
  • Figure 5 shows schematically from above another embodiment of a supply installation according to the invention, also comprising a part tobacco reception 2, a tobacco distribution section 3 and a tobacco distribution section 4.
  • the distribution part 3 is designed differently from that described above; it consists of a support carriage 38, movable along an axis parallel to the planes containing the weirs and the hoppers, moving on guide means 32, for example one or rails, under the action of propulsion means 33
  • the support trolley 38 is provided with four containers 30, each arranged on telescopic support means 39 able to retract or lengthen, or to bring each container 30 closer or further away from the support trolley 38, under the action of displacement means 39A.
  • the support carriage 38 has been brought in front of a weir 21, respectively of a hopper 40 and has pivoted its containers 30, then moved two of them away by their displacement means 39A, so as to bring an empty container below the weir, so that it can be filled, and a full container above the hopper, in order to empty it.
  • the displacement means 39A of the other two containers which can be empty or full, keep them in the position close to the support carriage 38. As soon as the container to be filled is full and the one to be empty is empty, these are brought closer to the support carriage 38, then the latter pivots a quarter of a turn and moves in front of another weir 21, respectively of another hopper 40 in order to perform the same operations with the other two containers.
  • a control unit 50 ensures the smooth running of these different operations.
  • the program actuating said control unit knows in particular the content of each container in order to direct it to the next empty hopper to be filled with the mixture in question.
  • the number of weirs 21 is different from the number of hoppers 40, a certain number of them will be placed opposite one another in order to reduce the number of paths of the support carriage 38 and allow that, for certain positions, the filling of one container can be carried out simultaneously with the emptying of another.
  • the support carriage 38 is provided with four containers 30; in fact the number of containers will be chosen according to the number of weirs and hoppers of the installation, so that the operation of the installation be as regular as possible.
  • the support means 39 be telescopic; it is also possible, in the case where the hoppers 40 respectively the weirs 21 are sufficiently distant from each other, that the approach and distance of a container 30 from these elements takes place according to the circular pivoting movement of the containers.
  • the volumes of the hoppers and containers are determined according to the number of manufacturing machines to be fed as well as the speed of execution of a filling - moving - emptying - moving container cycle; typically a cycle as above is carried out in approximately 20 seconds, each hopper possibly containing a reserve of tobacco corresponding to a few minutes of operation of the manufacturing machines.

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DE1993618298 DE69318298T2 (de) 1993-10-05 1993-10-05 Einrichtung zum Beschicken von Zigarettenmaschinen mit Tabak
EP19930810700 EP0646329B1 (de) 1993-10-05 1993-10-05 Einrichtung zum Beschicken von Zigarettenmaschinen mit Tabak
CZ942303A CZ282163B6 (cs) 1993-10-05 1994-09-20 Způsob a zařízení k plnění stroje pro výrobu cigaret

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EP0911280A2 (de) * 1997-10-09 1999-04-28 GARBUIO S.p.A. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Fördern von Containern mit geschnittenem Tabak
EP3108757A1 (de) 2015-06-23 2016-12-28 International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. z o.o. System von vorrichtungen für eine produktionsanlage der tabakindustrie
CN107811324A (zh) * 2017-12-02 2018-03-20 云南昆船电子设备有限公司 一种带称重计量的喂丝系统及喂丝方法

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FR1088432A (fr) * 1952-10-04 1955-03-07 Quester Fa Wilh Procédé et dispositif pour l'alimentation en produit de plusieurs machines
FR1170854A (fr) * 1956-01-13 1959-01-20 Quester Fa Wilh Procédé et dispositif d'alimentation, notamment pour les machines à faire les cigarettes
FR1245649A (fr) * 1959-09-28 1960-11-10 Seita Procédé et installation pour l'alimentation automatique d'un groupe de machines
EP0375631A1 (de) * 1988-12-19 1990-06-27 COMAS S.p.A. System zum Beschicken von Zigarettenmaschinen mit Tabak

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FR1088432A (fr) * 1952-10-04 1955-03-07 Quester Fa Wilh Procédé et dispositif pour l'alimentation en produit de plusieurs machines
FR1170854A (fr) * 1956-01-13 1959-01-20 Quester Fa Wilh Procédé et dispositif d'alimentation, notamment pour les machines à faire les cigarettes
FR1245649A (fr) * 1959-09-28 1960-11-10 Seita Procédé et installation pour l'alimentation automatique d'un groupe de machines
EP0375631A1 (de) * 1988-12-19 1990-06-27 COMAS S.p.A. System zum Beschicken von Zigarettenmaschinen mit Tabak

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0911280A2 (de) * 1997-10-09 1999-04-28 GARBUIO S.p.A. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Fördern von Containern mit geschnittenem Tabak
EP0911280A3 (de) * 1997-10-09 2000-11-08 GARBUIO S.p.A. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Fördern von Containern mit geschnittenem Tabak
EP3108757A1 (de) 2015-06-23 2016-12-28 International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. z o.o. System von vorrichtungen für eine produktionsanlage der tabakindustrie
CN107811324A (zh) * 2017-12-02 2018-03-20 云南昆船电子设备有限公司 一种带称重计量的喂丝系统及喂丝方法

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