EP0792809B2 - Vorrichtung zum Überführen von Gruppen aus stabförmigen Artikeln der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie aus einem ortsfesten Führungskanal auf ein Abfördermittel - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Überführen von Gruppen aus stabförmigen Artikeln der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie aus einem ortsfesten Führungskanal auf ein Abfördermittel Download PDF

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EP0792809B2
EP0792809B2 EP97102481A EP97102481A EP0792809B2 EP 0792809 B2 EP0792809 B2 EP 0792809B2 EP 97102481 A EP97102481 A EP 97102481A EP 97102481 A EP97102481 A EP 97102481A EP 0792809 B2 EP0792809 B2 EP 0792809B2
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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 Transfer groups from rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, especially in the form of blocks of cigarettes, from a fixed guide channel on a conveyor, the cigarette blocks by advancing with increasing and decreasing speed and in the transfer zone during one Delay phase emerging from the guide channel downwards Push rams are fed.
  • Devices of the type mentioned at the outset are part of a packaging line for packaging tobacco articles, such as cigarettes, which are generally transported or transferred to a part-wrapped (inner film wrap) or, in exceptional cases, also as an un-wrapped block formation for carrying out the necessary 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 has for its object along the entire conveyor line and in particular the critical transfer points always have a controlled one Handling and positioning of the article groups to ensure.
  • a reliable 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 on at least one wall of the guide channel.
  • a simple and effective embodiment consists in the braking means being 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 resilient wall section of the upper channel wall of the guide channel that 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 braking 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 which are 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 enables 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 with the invention is in that in the course of the delayed plunger movement braked article groups at any time the tappet contact maintained and by doing so a quasi-tied overpass a defined handover position ingest on the conveyor.
  • the invention is based on a embodiment shown in the drawing explained in more detail.
  • the transfer device shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is part of a complete packaging line for cigarettes (not shown further) and has a stationary guide channel 1, in which two groups of articles are normally pushed in the form of cigarette blocks 4 in the direction of arrow 6, which are wrapped by a push rod 2 are 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 according to FIG. 5a 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.
  • 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 due to the now more delayed advance of the push rod 2 and is correspondingly braked by driving over the suction channels 12, is pushed completely 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 Vorrichtung zum Überführen von Gruppen aus stabförmigen Artikeln der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie aus einem ortsfesten Führungskanal auf ein Abfördermittel Expired - Lifetime EP0792809B2 (de)

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