EP0882411B2 - Dispositif pour la fabrication et l'emballage de cigarettes - Google Patents

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EP0882411B2
EP0882411B2 EP98108954A EP98108954A EP0882411B2 EP 0882411 B2 EP0882411 B2 EP 0882411B2 EP 98108954 A EP98108954 A EP 98108954A EP 98108954 A EP98108954 A EP 98108954A EP 0882411 B2 EP0882411 B2 EP 0882411B2
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine

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  • the invention relates to a device for producing and packaging cigarettes, comprising a production station with two L-shaped cigarette manufacturing machines with filter attachment unit and a packaging station with a packaging machine for the production of cigarette packaging and packaging of the cigarettes, the two L shaped manufacturing machines are arranged so that corners of the manufacturing machines are diagonally opposite each other and occupy corner areas of an imaginary rectangle and wherein the two independently operating manufacturing machines are connected via a common cigarette conveyor with the packaging machine and the continuous performance of the packaging machine substantially the common continuous power of the two manufacturing machines for Corresponds to cigarettes.
  • two cigarette-making machines are also connected to a common packaging machine.
  • the two manufacturing machines are via a common cigarette conveyor alternatively to the Packaging machine or connected to a separately arranged cigarette storage.
  • a device in which two cigarette-making machines are connected via cigarette conveyors with a common inclined station (tray filler), ie with a station for filling containers for cigarettes (US 3 532 388).
  • a device which consists of two cigarette-making machines and a common packaging machine (FR 2 299 220).
  • the two manufacturing machines are each connected by separate cigarette conveyors with the common packaging machine.
  • the cigarette conveyors can form a circuit in the region of each manufacturing machine, which is connected to an individual cigarette storage.
  • a cigarette store is also known, which can be filled via several cigarette-making machines and can be connected to the multiple packaging machines.
  • the invention has for its object to provide units for the manufacture and packaging of cigarettes, which are functionally coordinated and self-contained, even taking into account spatially favorable positioning.
  • the device according to the invention is not only compact in construction. Due to the interaction of two cigarette manufacturing machines with a common memory and a cigarette conveyor connected to this optimal balance between the major power machines of the device is given.
  • Fig. 1 and 2 are shown schematically in plan view complex facilities or facilities for manufacturing and packaging of cigarettes to shipping capability.
  • the device consists of a manufacturing station 10 for the cigarettes and a packaging station 11.
  • the machines and devices of the manufacturing station 10 are matched in terms of performance to the processing capacity of the machines and devices of the packaging station 11.
  • the manufacturing station 10 consists of two independent, ie independently operating manufacturing machines 12 and 13 for cigarettes (so-called maker).
  • the production result of the two manufacturing machines 12 and 13 is fed to a first packaging machine 14.
  • This manufactures standard Cigarette packs.
  • the present embodiment shows a packaging machine 14 for the production of cigarette packs of the type soft cups.
  • the (continuous) performance of the packaging machine 14 is designed so that the production of the two manufacturing machines 12, 13 can be processed.
  • the (continuous) power of the two manufacturing machines 12, 13 is approximately coincident.
  • the manufacturing result of the packaging machine 14 may be, for example, 700 cigarette packs per minute. This means that each manufacturing machine 12, 13 produces about 7,000 cigarettes per minute.
  • the cigarettes produced by the two production machines 12, 13 are fed to the packaging machine 14 by a common cigarette conveyor 15.
  • This in turn is connected to a collecting conveyor for the cigarettes, namely with a ring conveyor 16, which also serves as a cigarette storage due to its design and capacity.
  • the cigarette conveyor 15 branches off from the closed annular conveyor 16, which in the present case is approximately oval.
  • a special feature is the positioning of the two cigarette manufacturing machines 12, 13 in the field of manufacturing station 10.
  • the manufacturing machines 12, 13 are in plan view angular or L-shaped with two at a right angle to each other arranged legs 17, 18. This planform the manufacturing machines 12, 13 is functional.
  • the leg 17 is a strand unit of the manufacturing machine, ie the area in which a continuous cigarette rod is formed with wrapping of cigarette paper.
  • the transverse leg 18 is a Filteransetzhow a machine in the range filters are attached to the cigarette.
  • At the free end of the leg 18, so at an outlet of the filter application unit, includes a conveyor 19 in extension of the leg 18 at.
  • the finished cigarettes are fed by the conveyor 19 to a transfer unit 20.
  • the cigarettes are conveyed by a vertical conveyor 21 in the upward direction in the ring conveyor 16 and in the cigarette storage.
  • the two manufacturing machines 12, 13 are positioned taking into account the described planform in a special way.
  • the contours of a rectangle are circumscribed.
  • the L-shaped manufacturing machines 12, 13 are facing each other with the inner sides and positioned diagonally opposite each other, ie "over-the-corner" of the (imaginary) rectangle.
  • the longer leg 18 with subsequent conveyor 19 extend over the longer side of the rectangle, below longer rectilinear sections 22, 23 of the ring conveyor 16. This positioning of the manufacturing machines 12, 13 results in an optimal use of space. On the other hand, however, it is possible to monitor both production machines 12, 13 by a person who can stay within the enclosed or imaginary rectangle.
  • the cigar-shaped in the region of the section 22 to the ring conveyor 16 subsequent cigarette conveyor 15 leads in the present case to a above the packaging machine 14 arranged, also elongated, oval cigarette storage 24. From this, the cigarettes are supplied as needed via a down conveyor 25 of the packaging machine 14, and although to a cigarette magazine 26 of known design.
  • the finished cigarette packs - without outer wrapping of film - are received at an exit side of the packaging machine 14 by a packing conveyor 27 and fed transversely to the longitudinal extent of the packaging machine 14 a (double-lane) Folienpacker28. This is arranged parallel to the packaging machine 14 in the arrangement of FIG. In the area of the film packer 28, the outer envelope of cellophane or plastic film is attached.
  • the cigarette packs completed to this extent are immediately transferred from the foil packer 28 to a transverse packer 29.
  • This works essentially transverse to the film packer 28, so it is arranged with this approximately L-shaped.
  • the bar packer 29 manufactures (small) containers with usually ten cigarette packs.
  • the containers (rods) manufactured in the region of the rod packer 29 are transported further by a rod conveyor 30, and firstly to a packing scale 31. In their area the weight of the individual containers or rods is checked and thus the correct configuration and / or filling thereof. In addition, organs are provided which check the containers for unwanted contents of metal, etc. Misperceptions are discarded here.
  • the containers are fed in the direction transverse to the bar conveyor 30, namely in the direction of the packaging machine 14, to a carton packer 32.
  • the cigarette packs are made ready to ship, namely the containers are filled into boxes.
  • the cigarettes are ready for sale.
  • the film packer 28, the bar packer 29 and the carton packer 32 are positioned so that the base area is optimally utilized. In addition, it is possible to monitor the machines by a few persons, who are predominantly in the space enclosed by the said machines, including the packaging machine 14.
  • the machines can be designed in a suitable manner.
  • the film packer 28 is formed in details according to DE 37 28 716.
  • the bar packer 29 may correspond to DE 197 16 930.
  • DE 38 16 856 shows an expedient embodiment.
  • Fig. 2 differs from the embodiment 1 by differences in the relative position of individual machines and units.
  • the elongated packaging machine 14 is positioned transversely to the cigarette storage 24, namely parallel to the legs 18 of the production machine 12, 13.
  • the single-leaf film packer 28 in this example can connect directly to the packaging machine 14 , in extension of the same.
  • the rod packer29 is transverse.
  • the bar conveyor 30 extends above said machines.
  • the following units, namely packing scale 31 and box packer 32, are arranged in the same position as in the embodiment of FIG. 1.
  • a cigarette and Pakkungsfluß results on external tracks up to a central region occupied by the machines and aggregates surface, namely to the carton packer 32, which is positioned approximately centrally.
  • the manufacturing station 10 associated annular conveyor 16 may advantageously be formed in the manner shown in DE 37 42 955.
  • Fig. 3 shows in view according to arrow III a portion of the annular conveyor 16.
  • the coming of a manufacturing machine 12 13 cigarettes are introduced by the vertical conveyor 21 in the upward direction in the annular conveyor 16.
  • This forms a multilayer cigarette stream 34 on circulating belt conveyors 33.
  • This is constantly conveyed in a direction according to arrow 35 by the annular conveyor 16.
  • the cigarettes are directed downwards through a removal shaft 37 onto the cigarette conveyor 15, which leads to the packaging machine 14 in the manner described.
  • the device may instead of the two manufacturing machines 12, 13 more, z. B. have three manufacturing machines that manufacture cigarettes for the common packaging machine 14 with appropriate performance. Furthermore, the device is suitable for the manufacture and handling of other objects, as far as they are produced in a comparable manner.

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  1. Dispositif pour la confection et l'emballage de cigarettes, constitué d'un poste de confection (10) comportant deux confectionneuses (12, 13) en forme de L en plan avec assembleuse et un poste d'emballage (11) comportant une empaqueteuse (14) pour la confection des paquets de cigarettes et l'emballage des cigarettes, les deux confectionneuses (12, 13) en forme de L sont positionnées avec leurs coins diagonalement opposés, ceux-ci occupant des sommets diagonalement opposés d'un rectangle, les deux confectionneuses (12, 13), qui fonctionnent indépendamment, étant reliées à l'empaqueteuse (14) par un transporteur de cigarettes commun (15), et le débit continu de l'empaqueteuse (14) correspondant sensiblement au débit continu commun des deux confectionneuses de cigarettes (12, 13), caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) les cigarettes confectionnées par les deux confectionneuses (12, 13) peuvent être introduites dans un magasin à cigarettes placé au-dessus des confectionneuses (12, 13), se présentant sous la forme d' un transporteur circulaire fermé (16) pour les cigarettes emmagasinées,
    b) le transporteur de cigarettes commun (15) qui mène à l'empaqueteuse (14) est relié au transporteur circulaire (16),
    c) à chaque confectionneuse (12, 13) est associé un dispositif de transfert pour l'introduction des cigarettes confectionnées dans le transporteur circulaire (16), à savoir un transporteur vertical (21),
    d) le transporteur de cigarettes (15) qui mène à l'empaqueteuse (14) est, dans la zone d'un poste de prise (36), relié au transporteur circulaire (16) par une cheminée de prise transportant vers le bas (37).
    e) l'empaqueteuse (14) est disposée selon son prolongement longitudinale parallèlement aux branches (17) des confectionneuses (12, 13) et transversalement par rapport à un transporteur de paquets (27) faisant suite à une empaqueteuse pour envelopper les paquets de cigarettes dans une feuille, en particulier une cellophaneuse (28), disposée parallèlement à l'empaqueteuse (14) en ce qui concerne la direction de travail.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que l'assembleuse forme une branche (18) de la confectionneuse en forme de L (12, 13) et qu'un transporteur (19) pour les cigarettes achevées se joint à la branche (18) et mène au transporteur vertical (21).
  3. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) une cellophaneuse (28) est disposée à distance de l'empaqueteuse (14),
    b) la cellophaneuse (28) est suivie directement, avec direction de travail transversale, d'une fardeleuse, à savoir d'une encartoucheuse (29),
    c) une encartonneuse (32) pour l'encartonnage des cartouches produites par l'encartoucheuse (29) est, en ce qui concerne la direction de travail, placée parallèlement à l'encartoucheuse (29) et à distance de celle-ci,
    d) l'encartoucheuse (29) est reliée à une encartonneuse (32) par un transporteur de cartouches (30),
    e) l'encartonneuse (32) est placée dans un espace enfermé par les empaqueteuses (11, 28, 29) d'une part et les confectionneuses (12, 13) d'autre part.
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ES2191222T5 (es) 2007-04-16
CN1110274C (zh) 2003-06-04
BR9802364A (pt) 2000-10-03
JPH1170911A (ja) 1999-03-16
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DE19723689A1 (de) 1998-12-10
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