EP0792809A1 - Dispositif pour transférer des groupes d'articles sous forme de tige de l'industrie de tabac à partir d'un canal de guidage fixe à un transporteur de sortie - Google Patents

Dispositif pour transférer des groupes d'articles sous forme de tige de l'industrie de tabac à partir d'un canal de guidage fixe à un transporteur de sortie Download PDF

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EP0792809A1
EP0792809A1 EP97102481A EP97102481A EP0792809A1 EP 0792809 A1 EP0792809 A1 EP 0792809A1 EP 97102481 A EP97102481 A EP 97102481A EP 97102481 A EP97102481 A EP 97102481A EP 0792809 A1 EP0792809 A1 EP 0792809A1
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Jens Collin
Nikolaos Georgitsis
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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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/10—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
    • B65B35/20—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by reciprocating or oscillatory pushers
    • 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
    • B65B19/04—Arranging, feeding, or orientating the cigarettes
    • B65B19/10—Arranging cigarettes in layers each comprising a predetermined number

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  • the invention relates to a device for transferring groups of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, in particular in the form of cigarette blocks, from a stationary guide channel to a conveying means, the cigarette blocks being moved out of the conveyor belt by a speed that increases and decreases and in the transfer zone during a delay phase Guide channel replacing pusher are fed.
  • Devices of the type described at the outset are part of a packaging line for packaging tobacco items, such as cigarettes, which are usually transported or transferred to a part-wrapped (foil inside wrap) or in exceptional cases also as an un-wrapped block formation for carrying out the required folding operations by means of appropriate conveying means.
  • the conveying elements mentioned at the beginning guarantee an effective working method or a continuous conveying flow within the packaging line.
  • the invention is based, to ensure controlled handling and positioning of the article groups at all times along the entire conveyor line and in particular at the critical transfer points.
  • a safe braking effect is achieved according to an advantageous embodiment in that the braking means are designed to increase the friction of the cigarette blocks in the guide channel or on at least one wall of the guide channel.
  • the braking means are designed as suction channels opening into the guide channel.
  • these suction channels preferably open into the guide channel from the lower channel wall.
  • braking means are designed as pressure medium constricting the cross section of the guide channel, which according to a further development is designed as a spring-elastic wall section of the upper channel wall of the guide channel which can be acted upon by a pressure tappet.
  • a pressure tappet can be specifically activated when this missing group passes the wall section mentioned.
  • the resilient wall section can have suction channels opening into the guide channel.
  • the brake means according to the invention are particularly suitable for an arrangement according to which the discharge means is designed as a receiving pocket which can be moved back and forth relative to and in alignment with the guide channel and into which projecting guide tongues protrude from the walls of the guide channel in the transfer position.
  • the braking means according to the invention ensure that the article groups brought up in rapid succession are positioned exactly in the receiving pocket.
  • the suction channels expediently emerge from the bottom guide tongues.
  • the bottom and side guide tongues extend into corresponding wall recesses in the receiving pocket. This allows article groups to be moved into the transfer position before the receiving pocket moving in the opposite direction has reached its transfer position.
  • the advantage achieved by the invention is that the article groups braked in the course of the delayed tappet movement maintain the tappet contact at all times and in this way a defined transfer by means of a quasi-tied transfer Take delivery position on the conveyor.
  • the transfer device shown in Figures 1 to 5 is part of a complete packaging line for cigarettes, not shown, and has a stationary guide channel 1, in which by means of push plunger 2 article groups normally in the form of cigarette blocks 4 wrapped in the direction of arrow 6 with a film wrap 3 still open on the front side fed and transferred to a discharge means in the form of a receiving pocket 8 which is moved back and forth in the direction of arrow 7 relative to and aligned with the guide channel 1.
  • the push plungers 2 are fastened to an endless conveyor 11 rotating in the direction of the arrow 9.
  • braking means in the form of suction channels 12 are provided in the bottom wall thereof, which open into the guide channel 1.
  • the suction channels 12 according to FIG. 4 are located in projecting guide tongues 13 of the guide channel 1, which extend into the corresponding wall recesses 14 in the transfer position of the receiving pocket 8. Additional, laterally projecting guide tongues 16 of the guide channel 1 extend into corresponding lateral wall recesses 17 of the receiving pocket 8. Additional or alternatively activatable brake means in the form of pressure means 18 acting on the top and constricting the channel cross-section for unwanted and later discarded, uncovered cigarette blocks 19 according to FIG of the guide channel 1 determined uncovered cigarette block 19 is activated according to Figure 2, whereby the cigarette block 19 is acted upon and braked by the wall section 21 in a non-positive or frictional manner. The wall section 21 also penetrate through suction channels 23 which open into the guide channel 1.
  • the cigarette block 4 passes over the openings of the suction channels 12, which are permanently loaded with suction air, as a result of which it is braked and kept under control by permanent contact with the delayed push rod 2, so that a quasi-tied transfer into the receiving pocket 8, which is open on both sides, takes place.
  • the receiving pocket 8 In the transfer position according to FIG. 5b, the receiving pocket 8 has reached its rest position, the cigarette block 4, which is now advanced by the now more delayed advancement of the push rod 2 and is correspondingly braked by driving over the suction channels 12, is fully pushed into the receiving pocket 8.
  • the transfer position according to FIG. 5c the direction of movement 7 of the receiving pocket 8 has reversed, the receiving pocket 8 now being accelerated in the same direction and the even more decelerated push rod 2 having almost the same speeds.

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EP97102481A 1996-02-28 1997-02-15 Dispositif pour transférer des groupes d'articles sous forme de tiges de l'industrie du tabac à partir d'un canal de guidage fixe à un transporteur de sortie Expired - Lifetime EP0792809B2 (fr)

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DE19607419A DE19607419A1 (de) 1996-02-28 1996-02-28 Vorrichtung zum Überführen von Gruppen aus stabförmigen Artikeln der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie aus einem ortsfesten Führungskanal auf ein Abfördermittel
DE19607419 1996-02-28

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EP (1) EP0792809B2 (fr)
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