EP0847925B1 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing cigarette packages - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a method for operating packaging machines, in particular for the production of cigarette packs, with at least one folding unit, for Example folding turret, a storage for packaging goods, for example cigarette magazine, with conveyors for the packaged goods, e.g. pocket chain for cigarette groups, and conveying bodies for fully or partially finished (cigarette) packs, for example conveyors. The invention further relates to a packaging machine for the production of cigarette packs.

The operation of packaging machines for the production of cigarette packs is known with regard to disruptions to business interruptions. It will be after State of the art proceeded so that the production of Cigarette packets are continued until they are inside the machines cigarette packs or cigarette groups located as far as wrapped or folded are that after the end of the business interruption, i.e. when restarting the Packaging machine, no incorrect packs are generated (GB 2 242 665 A).

The invention addresses another problem with complex packaging machines, especially for the manufacture of cigarette packs. It's about taking action to propose business interruptions, for example due to termination a working shift, due to a change in the format of the packs or due to a change the (cigarette) brand.

The invention is therefore based on the object of measures for an operational Propose shutdown of the packaging machine.

a) zum Leerfahren der Verpackungsmaschine wird für diese ein Betriebszustand "Leerfahren" eingestellt,

b) sodann wird eine letzte Einheit eines Packungsinhalts, insbesondere eine letzte Zigarettengruppe, identifiziert,

c) die Zuführung weiteren Packungsinhalts, insbesondere von Zigarettengruppen, wird beendet,

d) die letzte Einheit des Packungsinhalts durchläuft die Verpackungsmaschine, derart, dass eine komplette Packung hergestellt wird,

e) die beteiligten Aggregate und Organe der Verpackungsmaschine werden nach Maßgabe des Durchlaufs der letzten Einheit des Packungsinhalts gesteuert, derart, dass jedes Aggregat oder Organ entsprechend dem Packungsfortschritt abgeschaltet wird, nachdem die letzte Einheit des Packungsinhalts, gegebenenfalls mit Zuschnitten, das betreffende Aggregat oder Organ passiert hat.

To achieve this object, the method according to the invention is characterized by the following features:

a) to empty the packaging machine, an operating state of "empty driving" is set for it,

b) then a last unit of a pack content, in particular a last cigarette group, is identified,

c) the supply of further pack contents, in particular cigarette groups, is stopped,

d) the last unit of the package contents passes through the packaging machine in such a way that a complete package is produced,

e) the aggregates and organs of the packaging machine involved are controlled in accordance with the passage of the last unit of the package content in such a way that each aggregate or organ is switched off in accordance with the progress of the package after the last unit of the package content, with or without cuts, the relevant aggregate or organ happened.

According to the invention, the packaging machine is accordingly set up to that in the event of a business interruption from the aforementioned The operation of the packaging machine continued is until a "last" packaging unit all units and Organs, that is, the entire packaging process. During the passage of this last unit, in particular a group of cigarettes, the units involved and Organs stopped or stopped with regard to their function, if the package contains the aggregate or organ in question happened.

When manufacturing cigarette packs, the content, namely a cigarette group, formed in the area of a magazine by pushing the cigarette group out of the cigarette magazine. To empty such a packaging machine for cigarettes after the appropriate operating status has been initiated first the slide for ejecting the cigarette groups stopped from the cigarette magazine. Then follow Aggregates and organs such as pocket chains for the cigarette groups, Cutting units for the transfer of internal cuts and Paper blanks (for soft cup packs) on a folding turret, a transfer revolver and an adjoining one Drying revolver to hold finished cigarette packs in elongated drying shafts.

Appropriately, the procedure is such that after initiating the Operating state empty driving the process described at a certain position of the movable organs of the packaging machine is initiated. When defining the positions Movable organs based on a 360 ° movement cycle per cycle, for example, the process of emptying at 20 ° be introduced in the area of the cigarette magazine.

Organs for stopping the slide for the cigarette magazine in the correct position are designed according to the invention in a special way. Furthermore, the drying turret is a special feature ensure that all are in the drying shafts Cigarette packs are properly ejected. The drying turret is used for this purpose during the final phase of the empty driving cyclically driven.

When starting up the packaging machine after emptying is carried out in an analogous, reverse manner with regard to the Start of operations of the units and organs.

Fig. 1

wichtige Einzelheiten einer Verpackungsmaschine für Zigaretten in vereinfachter Seitenansicht,

Fig. 2

einen Ausschnitt der Verpackungsmaschine gemäß Fig. 1 im Bereich eines Trockenrevolvers, in vergrößertem Maßstab,

Fig. 3

eine Einzelheit im Bereich eines Zigarettenmagazins in perspektivischer Darstellung, bei deutlich vergrößertem Maßstab,

Fig. 4

die Einheit gemäß Fig. 3 im Grundriß,

Fig. 5

eine Grundrißdarstellung analog zu Fig. 4 bei veränderter Position von Organen,

Fig. 6

eine Einzelheit im Bereich des Trockenrevolvers in Seitenansicht, teilweise geschnitten,

Fig. 7

eine Einzelheit des Trockenrevolvers gemäß Fig. 6 in radialgerichteter Ansicht entsprechend Pfeil VII in Fig. 6.

Further details of the method and the packaging machine are explained in more detail below with reference to the exemplary embodiment of a packaging machine shown in the drawings. It shows:

Fig. 1

important details of a packaging machine for cigarettes in a simplified side view,

Fig. 2

1 in the area of a drying turret, on an enlarged scale,

Fig. 3

a detail in the area of a cigarette magazine in perspective, on a significantly enlarged scale,

Fig. 4

3 in plan,

Fig. 5

4 shows a change in the position of organs,

Fig. 6

a detail in the area of the drying turret in side view, partially cut,

Fig. 7

6 shows a detail of the drying turret according to FIG. 6 in a radially directed view according to arrow VII in FIG. 6.

The details shown in the drawings relate a preferred application example, namely manufacturing of cigarette packs 10 of the soft cup pack type. In this type of pack, a cigarette group 11 is one Completely surrounded paper or tinfoil interior. A cigarette block 12 formed in this way is on the outside from above partially surrounded open cups of paper, foil or the like.

Fig. 1 shows the basic concept of a packaging machine for the Manufacture of such cigarette packs 10. The cigarettes become the packaging machine in the area of a cigarette magazine 13 passed. This is a packaging machine Organ used for storing cigarettes of cigarettes and for the delivery of cigarette groups 11 accordingly the contents of a pack of cigarettes 10. The cigarette magazine For this purpose, 13 is in the lower area with magazine shafts provided that summarized as shaft groups 14 are. Each shaft group 14 becomes a cigarette group 11 by slide 32 out and in pockets 15 of a pocket chain 16 inserted, in the region of a lower conveyor run 17.

The pocket chain 16 transports the cigarette groups 11 to a folding turret 18, which you can slide out of your pockets 15 of the pocket chain 16 are passed. Details about the Construction of both the cigarette magazine 13 and the pocket chain 16 and the folding turret 18 result from EP 226 872.

The folding turret 18 has a plurality along the circumference provided by folding mandrels 19. These are used to hold blanks made of paper or tinfoil for the inner wrapping and for the outer casing or the cup. Inside the folding mandrels 19 a cigarette group 11 is kept ready and lengthways along with the folded blanks pushed out or pushed off.

Organs are assigned to the folding turret for feeding the packaging material. In the present embodiment on the one hand it is an aggregate for feeding blanks for the inner wrapping, i.e. around a tinfoil unit 20. This suitably corresponds to the subject of DE 196 44 079.3. The cuts are made from a material web 21 separated. The transport or feed of the material web is effected by feed rollers 22.

An aggregate for feeding the outer casing is analogous to this to the folding turret 18, namely a paper unit 23. In this a material web 24 is also made by feed rollers 25 funded.

The - except for an outer wrapping made of foil - manufacture cigarette packs 10 become 18 after leaving the folding turret passed to a drying turret 26. In this are the regarding cigarette packs that have not yet set 10 maintaining for a long period of time the exact cuboid shape is stabilized. The The drying turret is designed, for example, as from EP 605 838 can be seen. After formatting and solidifying the cigarette packs 10 are fed via a belt conveyor 27, the details of which also result from EP 605 838, taken over by the drying turret 26 and a conveyor 28 for the finished cigarette packs 10 fed.

A banding device 29 is assigned to the drying turret 26, the (control) banderoles 30 passes to the drying turret 26 for positioning on an end face of the cigarette pack 10. The structure of the banding device 29 results from DE 196 47 670.4. The delivery of the banderoles 30 is in detail can be inferred from EP 437 201 in connection with EP 605 838.

Located between the folding turret 18 and the drying turret 26 there is a transfer turret 31 for taking over the cigarette packs 10 from the folding turret 18 and for transfer to the Dry turret 26. The design of the transfer turret 31 results from EP 96 112 395.7 as an example.

The peculiarity of those described and shown in the concept Packing machine is that it consists of different operational reasons can be driven empty. To this Purpose is a program "run empty" installed, for example initiated by pressing an appropriate switch becomes. The "empty run" program is on the work cycle or cycle of the entire packaging machine. This - as is generally known - with regard to the positions of the movable organs considering 360 ° as a complete Work cycle defined, with each movable organ too a certain position is assigned at any time, defined in angular degrees.

When the "empty running" operating state is initiated, the vehicle drives the machine to a certain position, expressed for example through a 20 ° position. Starting with this starting position is the machine in terms of working speed shut down, for example to 50% speed. The first step is then the extension of Cigarette groups 11 stopped from the cigarette magazine 13. The last in pockets 15 of the pocket chain 16 inserted cigarette groups 11 are still completely through the packaging machine drive through until it is completely empty.

The cigarette group identified as the last cigarette group 11 is transferred to the folding turret 18 in the manner described. After feeding the tinfoil cut in the area of Stanniolaggregat 20 this is stopped. So there will be no further tinfoil blanks fed to the folding turret 18. For example, the feed rollers are used for this purpose 22 stopped exactly.

The same procedure is followed for the paper unit 23. If the last cigarette block 12 with a paper blank is provided, the paper unit 23 is switched off, in particular by stopping the feed rollers 25.

The cigarette packs located in the area of the folding turret 18 10 are glued and finished folded and over transfer the transfer turret 31 to the dry turret 26. This is then also emptied. The banderole apparatus 29 is switched off in the correct position.

A functional and constructive specialty is in the area of the cigarette magazine 13 given with regard to the ejection organs for the cigarette groups 11. In the present embodiment are four shaft groups 14 at the bottom of the Cigarette magazine 13 provided for simultaneous ejection of four cigarette groups 11 and insertion into a corresponding one Number of pockets 15 of the pocket chain 16.

Each shaft group is for the ejection of the cigarette groups 11 14 assigned a slide 32. Accordingly, there are four Slider 32 provided. Each slider consists of a number of webs 33, each in a shaft of the shaft group 14 occur. Each web 33 detects two or three superimposed ones Cigarettes in the shaft and pushes them out.

The four slides 32 are in the correct position with a carrier, namely connected to a cross member 34 and thus form a slide member 35. This is moved back and forth as a unit to be pushed out the cigarette groups 11 from the shaft groups 14 (End position according to FIG. 4) and to return to a starting position corresponding to FIG. 5.

The slide member 35 is for performing the linear movement connected to a carriage 36. It can be moved mounted on guides, namely on guide rods 37, 38. The traverse 34 sits on the top of the plate-shaped Slide 36.

On the free, rear side of the slide member 35 or the cross member 34 engages an actuating gear 39. This consists of a drive element, namely a pivotable operating lever 40. The fixed and pivoted operating lever 40 is articulated via a coupling rod 41 with the Slider member 35 connected. Swinging back and forth of the actuating lever 40 thus effect via the coupling rod 41 a corresponding reciprocating movement of the Gate 35.

The drive movements are based on a drive lever 42 transfer the operating lever 40. The drive lever is fixed thus non-rotatable, mounted on a shaft 43. The same back and forth in an angular range of, for example, 30 ° Pivotal movements of the drive lever 42 are one rotating cam gear generated, namely from a rotating driven Cam 44. The outer contour is the Drive lever 42 with a support roller 45. The cam 44 is continuously driven in rotation via a stationary Drive pin 46.

To ensure the constant contact of the support roller 45 on the Cam 44 is the principle in this embodiment a "double inevitable curve" realized. An under a predetermined angle to the drive lever 42 on the shaft 43 supported support lever 47 lies with a support roller 48 on the Contour of a second cam plate 49. This is designed that on the shaft 43 of the drive lever 42 with the support roller 45 always reliably to the contour of the cam disk 44 is pressed.

The drive for the slide member 35 is to stop the same from the continuously continued drive due to the Drive lever 42 can be uncoupled. In the present embodiment is moved so that the operating lever 40th is freely rotatable on the shaft 43 so that when stationary Actuating lever 40 the shaft 43 back and forth driven rotating. For transferring movements to the slide member 35 becomes the operating lever 40 with the drive lever 42 (detachably) connected.

In the present embodiment, the operating lever 40 from two matching partial levers 50, 51, congruent and rotatable at an axial distance from each other the shaft 43 are mounted. Is between the partial levers 50, 51 a coupling member is mounted, namely a coupling segment 52. This can be pivoted on the actuating lever via a rotary bearing 53 40 mounted, namely between the partial levers 50, 51. The coupling segment 52 is pivotable by an actuator, namely by a pressure medium cylinder 54. This is with one end. articulated on the operating lever 40. A piston rod 55 is formed with one end of the as a two-armed lever Coupling segment 52 connected.

The coupling segment is to and fro with the actuating lever 40 forth. A connecting member occurs in the operating position as a locking element in a recess or recess 56 of the coupling segment 52 a. By the locking engagement (Fig. 4) Drive connection to the drive lever 42 is established.

For this purpose, a connecting lever 57 is on the shaft 43 stored, non-rotatably, so rotating with the shaft 43. At the free end of the connecting lever 57 is a swivel Locking block 58 attached. This is designed and converging occurs in the locking position (Fig. 4) in a form-fitting manner in the formed recess 56 of the coupling segment 52 on. In this way, a firm connection between the Drive lever 42 and the actuating lever 40 manufactured, namely via the connecting lever 57, which with the coupling segment 52 is connected.

To stop the slide member 35, the operating lever 40 disconnected from the drive. For this purpose the coupling segment 52 pivoted clockwise (Fig. 4). The rest connection will be solved. The locking block 58 leaves the depression 56. On further back and forth movement the locking block 58 slides outside the area of the coupling segment 52 along its outer contour (Fig. 5).

The drive connection for the operating lever 40 is in a retracted position of the slide 32 according to FIG. 5 carried out. In this position there is a fixed one Locking element, namely a rotatable locking roller 60, with respect to the Coupling segment 52 in a locking position, namely adjacent to a trough-shaped locking recess 61. This enters the Locking roller 60 due to the pivoting movement of the coupling segment 52 clockwise (Fig. 5). The slide member 35 is now fixed in the retracted position. In the operating position (Fig. 4), the locking roller 60 is outside the range of motion of the coupling segment 52.

To the operating position of the drive for the slide head 35 too secure or monitor is a non-contact button 62 provided a so-called initiator. This will be correct Operating position acted upon by the coupling segment 52. If the coupling segment 52 does not have this position, the machine can cannot be put into operation.

In the "empty travel" operating state, the slide member 35 is in 5 retracted position when the hand over the last cigarette groups 11 to the pocket chain 16 have been.

Another specialty concerns the area of the dry turret 26th

The drying turret 26 consists of a variety of along the Circumferentially arranged, axially parallel recordings for one Multiple packs of cigarettes 10. These are elongated shafts 63 or chambers. These are in the essentially designed as described in EP 605 838. How 6, each shaft 63 consists of an in Cross-section of a U-shaped packing channel positioned parallel to the axis 64. This surrounds the cigarette packs 10 in a partial area of the cross section. In the area of the open side - in Direction of rotation of the drying turret 26 in front - is a pressing member arranged, namely a pressure bar 65. This comes on a narrow, longitudinal side surface of cigarette packs 10 within the pack channel 64 to the system. The dimensions of the packing channel 64 are on those of the cigarette packs 10 matched so that these be formed within the shafts 63. The pressure bars 65 are pivotable about a pivot bearing 66. The pressure or the relative position of the pressure bar 65 is a Swivel lever 67 controlled with a feeler roller 68 on a Cam expires.

A take-over turret 79 is assigned to the drying turret 26, the cigarette packs 10 directly from the transfer turret 31 takes over. 7 this takeover turret 79 indicated by means of a pocket 80 of the same. The takeover turret 79 is part of the drying turret 26 or with this connected to a unit. The in the pockets 80 of the Takeover turret 79 recorded cigarette packs 10 are in the axially parallel direction in the neighboring and each assigned slots 63 inserted.

When a cigarette packet 10 is inserted into a shaft 63 the cigarette packs located in this shaft 63 - In the present embodiment, three cigarette packs 10 - around a corresponding section in axially parallel Direction shifted further inside the shaft 63. One leaves on the opposite side to the insertion side Cigarette pack 10 positioned the shaft 63 on the side and arrives on the belt conveyor 27, the finished cigarette pack 10 transported away.

If the packaging machine is in an empty state no further cigarette packs are in the final phase 10 fed from the folding turret 18 to the drying turret 26. The cigarette packs still inside the chutes 63 10 must nevertheless in the described Way.

For this purpose, an extension member is provided, which during of the empty driving operating state comes into action, namely after the last cigarette packet 10 in a shaft 63 has been inserted. An extension member 69 is stationary positioned outside the path of movement of the drying turret 26, namely in the working area of the belt conveyor 27. Das Extending member 69 consists of a U-shaped here Driver 70, the one with a transverse finger 71 in the in each case adjacent shaft 63 or in the packing channel 64 enters and the cigarette packs 10 on the insertion side, So on the back in the direction of movement, detected and around a section corresponding to the length of a pack of cigarettes 10 moves. This occurs on the opposite side a cigarette packet 10 out of the packing channel 64 and arrives on the belt conveyor 27.

For this purpose, the driver 70 is in the axis-parallel direction displaceable. A pressure medium cylinder 72 is provided for this, namely in the design of a rodless cylinder. A laterally emerging approach 73 is with the driver 70 connected and moves this in the axis-parallel direction a section according to the dimensions of a pack of cigarettes 10 in the longitudinal direction of the shaft 63. The driver 70 emerges in the region of a longitudinal slot 81 from the shaft 63 or from the packing channel 64. The longitudinal slot 81 arises from the design of the shaft 63, namely by the distance between the U-shaped packing channel 64 and the pressure bar 65.

The extension member 69 or the pressure cylinder 72 with the Carriers 70 can be moved into an inoperative position. To For this purpose, the pressure medium cylinder 72 is pivotable on one fixed pivot bearing 74 attached. A pivot lever 75 can the pressure medium cylinder 72 together with the driver 70 from the operating position 6 to the waiting position according to FIG. 2, by an actuating cylinder 76.

The drying turret 26 is due to the operation of the extension member 69 rotated in cycles during this phase, such that successively the shafts 63 in the extended position according Fig. 6 are moved adjacent to the extension member 69. The driver 70 will come out of the shaft after each extension stroke 63 or the packing channel 64 moved out, so that the drying turret 26 can be advanced by one clock until finally gradually all the packs of 10 cigarettes out of all Shafts 63 are pushed out.

7, the driver 70 is in a Level between the drying turret 26 and the transfer turret 31 moved in a pivoting sense, namely in the extended position or out of this.

The ejected cigarette packs 10 are from during this operating phase also driven cyclically Transfer belt conveyor 27 to a rotationally driven star wheel 77. This conveys the cigarette packs 10 into the conveyor 28th

When restarting the packaging machine, the procedure is analogous to the movable or described organs and units in the order of the flow of the cigarette groups 11 can be switched on again. This means that first at a certain position (position within 360 °) Slider member 35 is put back into operation and cigarette groups 11 passes to the pocket chain 16. At a given time the tinfoil unit 20 and then the paper unit 23 put back into operation. In the same way, the subsequent organs effective, that is the banderole apparatus 29.

In the area of the drying turret 26, a special feature should be noted. The bands 30 are, as described in EP 605 838, between the end face and the bottom face successively Cigarette packs 10 positioned in the area of the shafts 63. As for the first arriving cigarette packs Support of the band 30 on an adjacent one Cigarette pack 10 is not possible, the first group of the cigarette packs 10 without a sleeve. This so far defective cigarette packaging are in the area of Drying revolver 26 separated out by a discharge unit 78. This discharge unit 78 has a structure and function described in EP 96 116 464.7. The banding device 29 is therefore only put into operation when the first group of banderole-free cigarettes in the drying turret or in the Shafts 63 are inserted so that the banderoles in the area the bottom surfaces of these packs of cigarettes can.

Claims (14)

1. Method for the operation of packaging machines, in particular for the manufacture of cigarette packs (10), with at least one folding assembly, for example a folding turret (18), a store for packaging products, for example a cigarette magazine (13), with conveying members for the packaging product, for example a pocket chain (16) for cigarette groups (11), and conveying members for completely or partially finished (cigarette) packs (10), for example a discharge conveyor (28), characterized by the following features:

   a) for emptying the packaging machine, an operating state "emptying" is set for the latter,

   b) a last unit of a pack content, in particular a last cigarette group (11) is then identified,

   c) the supply of further pack contents, in particular of cigarette groups (11), is terminated,

   d) the last unit of the pack content runs through the packaging machine in such a way that a complete pack is produced,

   e) the assemblies and members of the packaging machine which are involved are controlled according to the run-through of the last unit of the pack content, in such a way that each assembly or member is switched off according to the pack progress, after the last unit of the pack content, if appropriate together with blanks, has passed the relevant assembly or member.
2. Method according to Claim 1, characterized in that assemblies and members for feeding packaging material, in particular, blanks, to the folding turret (18) and/or to a drying turret (26) can be switched off in terms of the feed of the packaging material or of the blanks, as soon as the last unit of the pack content has been supplied with packaging material or blanks.
3. Method according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, for the production of cigarette packs (10), in particular of the (soft-) cup pack type, when the operating state "emptying" is initiated a slide member (35) for pushing cigarette groups (11) out of the cigarette magazine (13) into pockets (15) of a pocket chain (16) is first halted in a retracted position in the region of the cigarette magazine (13), and in that the pockets (15) of the pocket chain (16) which are filled last determine the halting of the subsequent assemblies and members.
4. Method according to Claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that, after the operating state "emptying" has been initiated, the specific fixed position of the assemblies and members of the packaging machine is controlled, in particular measured in numbers of degrees in the case of an overall cycle or work cycle of 360°, and in that the operating state "emptying" is set in motion when this position of the assemblies and members is reached, the packaging machine being run down to a reduced working speed preferably immediately after the operating state has been initiated.
5. Method according to Claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that a drying turret (26) following the folding turret (18) and having shafts (63), each receiving a plurality of cigarette packs (10) resting against one another in the longitudinal direction of the shaft (63), is driven intermittently for emptying, a cigarette pack (10) being pushed out of the shaft (63) during each work cycle.
6. Method according to Claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that, when an emptied packaging machine is restarted, first the cigarette magazine (13) or the slide member (35) assigned thereto is put into operation again and subsequently the further assemblies and members are put into operation again according to the functional profile of the packaging machine.
7. Packaging machine for the manufacture of cigarette packs (10) with at least one folding assembly, preferably a continuously rotating folding turret (18), at least one cigarette magazine (13), a pocket chain (16) having pockets (15) for receiving cigarette groups (11), and with assemblies, assigned to the folding assembly or folding turret (18), for the feed of packaging material, in particular a tin foil assembly (20) and a paper assembly (23) for the transfer of blanks onto the folding turret (18), characterized by the following features:

   an operating state "emptying" which can be set for the emptying of the packaging machine,

   means for identifying a last cigarette group,

   a control for switching off each assembly or member after the last cigarette group has passed the relevant assembly or member, and

   a slide member (35), assigned to the cigarette magazine (13), for pushing out cigarette groups (11), which can be retained in a retracted position outside the cigarette magazine (13) after the operating state "emptying" has been initiated.
8. Packaging machine according to Claim 7, characterized in that the slide member (35) has a plurality of slides (32) located next to one another, each for a shaft group (14) of the cigarette magazine (13), the slides (32) being combined to form the slide member (35) and being moveable to-and-fro as a unit with a carriage (36) on a guide.
9. Packaging machine according to Claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the slide member (35) can be moved by means of a continuously acting drive, in particular by means of a drive lever (42) pivotable to-and-fro, and in that, for the retention of the slide member (35), the latter can be uncoupled from the drive, in particular the drive lever (42).
10. Packaging machine according to Claim 9 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the drive of the slide member (35), in particular the drive lever (42), is connected to the slide member (35), preferably by means of an actuating lever (40) transmitting the movement to the slide member (35), via a moveable coupling member, in particular via a pivotable coupling segment (52) which can be gear-connected to the drive lever (42) by means of a locking member, in particular a locking block (58), capable of being introduced into a depression (56) of the coupling segment (52).
11. Packaging machine according to Claim 10, characterized in that the coupling member, in particular the coupling segment (52) is retained in the position uncoupled from the drive, preferably by means of a locking roller (60) penetrating into a locking depression (61) of the coupling segment (52).
12. Packaging machine according to Claim 7 or one of the further claims, characterized in that there is a drying turret (26) with pack receptacles, in particular shafts (63), for receiving a plurality of cigarette packs (10) supported on one another and for pushing a cigarette pack (10) out of the pack receptacle by pushing in a newly supplied cigarette pack (10), the pack receptacles, in particular shafts (63), being emptied when the drying turret (26) is driven intermittently in rotation, a cigarette pack (10) being capable of being pushed out of the shaft (63) by at least one pushing-out member (69) during each stroke.
13. Packaging machine according to Claim 12, characterized in that, in order to push a cigarette pack (10) out of the shaft (63), a tappet (70) penetrates into the shaft (63) in the region of an entry side and the cigarette packs (10) located within said shaft are displaced by a distance which corresponds at least to the dimension of a cigarette pack (10), in such a way that the cigarette pack (10) can be pushed out of the shaft (63) on the opposite side.
14. Packaging machine according to Claim 13, characterized in that the tappet (70) penetrates with a finger (71) into the shaft (63) via an open shaft side extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft (63), in particular via a longitudinal slot (81) formed between a pack channel (64) and a lateral press-on batten (65).

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