EP1029460B1 - Apparatus for emptying trays filled with rod-like articles in the tobacco industry - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a device for emptying with rod-shaped articles the tobacco processing industry filled containers in a magazine, with a at least one open on the upper narrow side and the front broad side Container and 180 ° in an emptying position over the magazine tilting container carrier, which is movable relative to the open narrow side of the container Has article support.
- Rod-shaped articles such as cigarettes, filter cigarettes or filter sticks are often temporarily stored in parallel in the form of containers approximately one cigarette long after leaving the production machine, and so-called trays which are open at the front and at the top are temporarily stored.
- the filled trays are then emptied upside down into a magazine in the form of a storage container of a processing machine by the container carrier pivoting through 180 °.
- the articles fall under their own weight in free fall to the level of the articles already in the storage container.
- efforts are made to keep the drop height as small as possible.
- An important factor that affects a more or less orderly discharge of the articles lies in the way in which the outlet opening of the tray is released through the sword-shaped support strips of the container carrier.
- the support strips are as Folded swords formed after the sudden opening by about 90 ° be folded down so that their horizontal in the closed position Support surface comes into a vertical position that affects the fall height.
- Another common locking system consists of a flat pull sword, whose linear opening movement causes friction on the articles.
- the invention has for its object to provide a closure system, the Opening dynamics with a minimal fall height a controlled transfer of the Article guaranteed in a magazine.
- the article support consisting of two oppositely movable support strips is provided with the support strips, an actuating means comprising a vertical lowering movement and a lateral, essentially horizontal spreading movement.
- a jerk-free or smooth transfer movement is achieved in that the actuating means are designed to engage the article support in a manner that initially overlaps with a predominant vertical drop and a subsequent predominant spreading movement. Detachment of individual articles from the underside of the container filling or a compact block lowering of the container contents is ensured in that the actuating means are designed to accelerate the article support at the beginning of the vertical lowering and to accelerate the end of the vertical lowering at the transition to the predominantly horizontal spreading movement.
- the actuating means comprise a cam drive acting on the article support and on the support bars pivoting levers of the article support attacking handlebar levers pivotable about stationary bearing points.
- a simple, reliable embodiment of the actuating means consists in the fact that the control cam drive has a cam disk which can be driven to rotate about a fixed axis and a control roller mounted on a traverse which can be moved along a linear guide and carries the swivel lever.
- opening force requiring little effort is achieved in that the support strips act on the pivoting levers in the spreading direction.
- pivot levers are connected in an articulated manner to locking levers which extend in the spread position and whose common central connecting joint is connected to a carriage guided in a displaceable slide of the linear guide.
- Favorable spatial movement ratios of the vertical lowering movement and the horizontal spreading movement result according to an advantageous embodiment in that the pivoting levers carrying the support strips extend substantially over the height of a container and with successive points of attack for control roller, handlebar lever, tension springs and in the emptying position from top to bottom Locking levers are provided.
- the advantage achieved by the invention is that the block formation of the Container contents are preserved in the opening phase of the closure system and no items are detached vertically or horizontally from the controlled block move out, so that long-term trouble-free operation of the with Articles supplied processing facilities is guaranteed.
- the container carrier 1 shown in FIG. 1 is part of a rotatable double unit, not shown, of two container carriers of a so-called tray emptier which can be rotated about a common axis, as has become known, for example, from US Pat. No. 4,278,385.
- 1 contains a container in the form of a tray 3 filled with filter cigarettes 2, the container carrier 1 is shown in the emptying position with the open narrow side of the tray 3 pointing downwards, the filter cigarettes 2 still being supported by two closed support strips 4 of the container carrier 1 in the tray 3 being held.
- actuating means 6 are provided on two opposite outer sides of the container carrier 1, which can be driven via a connecting shaft 7 by means of toothed belts 8 by a common pneumatic swivel drive 9 (not shown further), for example by one under the type designation DSR 32-180- P available part-turn actuator from FESTO PNEUMATIK, Germany.
- the actuating means 6 arranged on both sides of the container carrier 1 have two pivot levers 11 which extend approximately over the height of the incline 3 and to which the support strips 4 are fastened.
- the pivot levers 11 are connected in an articulated manner to a cross member 12, which is part of a carriage 14 that can be moved up and down along a linear guide 13.
- handlebar levers 16 pivotally engage on the pivot levers 11 below the crossmember 12, which in turn can be pivoted about stationary bearing points 17. Below the points of attack of the handlebar levers 16 act on the pivot levers 11 preloaded tension springs 18, which on the other hand are attached to a rigid frame 19 of the container carrier 1.
- a cam drive acting on the swivel levers 11 of the actuating means 6 has a cam disk 22, which rotates eccentrically around a fixed axis 21 and is driven by the toothed belt 8, and a control roller 23 which contacts it and is mounted on the crossbar 12.
- the pivot levers 11 are pivotally connected to locking levers 24, which are operatively connected via a common central connecting joint 26 to a carriage 27 which is guided in the carriage 14 of the linear guide 13 by means of roller guides 28.
- the emptying device works as follows: After the container carrier 1 containing the tray 3 has been tilted upside down into the emptying position shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, in which the filter cigarettes 2 according to FIG. 3 rest on the supporting strips 4 of the closure system, the cam disc 22 is passed through on both sides of the container carrier 1 the swivel drive 9 is set in rotation, so that - due to the curve of the cam plate 22 - the crossbar 12 with the articulated swivel levers 11, supported by the pretensioned tension springs 18, initially moves vertically downward at a relatively low speed, primarily via the contacting control roller 23. In this way, the entire cigarette block lying on the support strips 4 is lowered, the support strips 4 being moved out of the tray 3 or being released from the walls thereof.
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Entleeren von mit stabförmigen Artikeln der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie gefüllten Behältern in ein Magazin, mit einem wenigstens einen an der oberen Schmalseite und der vorderen Breitseite offenen Behälter aufnehmenden und um 180° in eine Entleerungsstellung über das Magazin kippenden Behälterträger, der eine relativ zur offenen Behälterschmalseite bewegbare Artikelstütze aufweist.The invention relates to a device for emptying with rod-shaped articles the tobacco processing industry filled containers in a magazine, with a at least one open on the upper narrow side and the front broad side Container and 180 ° in an emptying position over the magazine tilting container carrier, which is movable relative to the open narrow side of the container Has article support.
Stabförmige Artikel, wie Zigaretten, Filterzigaretten oder Filterstäbe werden häufig
nach Verlassen der Produktionsmaschine in paralleler Ausrichtung in Behältern in
Form von etwa eine Zigarettenlänge tiefen sowie an der Vorderseite und an der
Oberseite offenen sogenannten Schragen vorübergehend aufbewahrt. Die gefüllten
Schragen werden dann durch den um 180° schwenkenden Behälterträger kopfüber
in ein Magazin in Form eines Vorratsbehälters einer Verarbeitungsmaschine entleert.
Hierbei fallen die Artikel unter ihrem Eigengewicht in freiem Fall auf das
Niveau der schon im Vorratsbehälter befindlichen Artikel. Um zu vermeiden, daß
die Artikel beim Entleeren des Schragen ungeordnet in den Vorratsbehälter fallen
und Produktionsstörungen der Verarbeitungsmaschine bewirken bzw. um ihre parallele
Ausrichtung jederzeit zu gewährleisten, ist man bemüht, die Fallhöhe so klein
wie möglich zu halten.
Ein wesentlicher, sich auf eine mehr oder weniger geordnete Ausschleusung der
Artikel auswirkender Umstand liegt in der Art der Freigabe der Auslaßöffnung des
Schragens durch die schwertartig ausgebildeten Stützleisten des Behälterträgers.Rod-shaped articles, such as cigarettes, filter cigarettes or filter sticks are often temporarily stored in parallel in the form of containers approximately one cigarette long after leaving the production machine, and so-called trays which are open at the front and at the top are temporarily stored. The filled trays are then emptied upside down into a magazine in the form of a storage container of a processing machine by the container carrier pivoting through 180 °. In this case, the articles fall under their own weight in free fall to the level of the articles already in the storage container. In order to avoid that the articles fall into the storage container in a disorderly manner when the tray is emptied and cause production problems in the processing machine or to ensure their parallel alignment at all times, efforts are made to keep the drop height as small as possible.
An important factor that affects a more or less orderly discharge of the articles lies in the way in which the outlet opening of the tray is released through the sword-shaped support strips of the container carrier.
Bei einem in der Praxis gebräuchlichen Verschlußsystem sind die Stützleisten als Klappschwerte ausgebildet, die bei der sprunghaften Öffnung um etwa 90° nach unten geklappt werden, so daß ihre in der Schließstellung horizontal verlaufende Stützfläche in eine sich auf die Fallhöhe auswirkende vertikale Lage gelangt.In a closure system used in practice, the support strips are as Folded swords formed after the sudden opening by about 90 ° be folded down so that their horizontal in the closed position Support surface comes into a vertical position that affects the fall height.
Ein anderes gebräuchliches Verschlußsystem besteht aus einem flachen Zugschwert, dessen lineare Öffnungsbewegung Reibung an den Artikeln verursacht.Another common locking system consists of a flat pull sword, whose linear opening movement causes friction on the articles.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verschlußsystem zu erstellen, dessen Öffnungsdynamik bei minimaler Fallhöhe eine kontrollierte Überführung der Artikel in ein Magazin gewährleistet.The invention has for its object to provide a closure system, the Opening dynamics with a minimal fall height a controlled transfer of the Article guaranteed in a magazine.
Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß die aus zwei gegensinnig
bewegbaren Stützleisten bestehende Artikelstütze mit den Stützleisten eine
sich aus einer vertikalen Absenkbewegung und einer seitlichen, im wesentlichen
horizontalen Spreizbewegung zusammensetzende Öffnungsbewegung erteilenden
Betätigungsmitteln versehen ist.
Eine ruckfreie bzw. fließende Überführungsbewegung wird dadurch erreicht, daß
die Betätigungsmittel in einer eine anfänglich überwiegende Vertikalabsenkung
und eine anschließende überwiegende Spreizbewegung überlagernden Weise an
der Artikelstütze angreifend ausgebildet sind.
Eine Ablösung einzelner Artikel von der Unterseite der Behälterfüllung bzw. eine
kompakte Blockabsenkung des Behälterinhalts ist dadurch gewährleistet, daß die
Betätigungsmittel die Artikelstütze zu Beginn der Vertikalabsenkung weniger beschleunigend
und zum Ende der Vertikalabsenkung beim Übergang zur überwiegend
horizontalen Spreizbewegung stärker beschleunigend ausgebildet sind.This object is achieved in that the article support consisting of two oppositely movable support strips is provided with the support strips, an actuating means comprising a vertical lowering movement and a lateral, essentially horizontal spreading movement.
A jerk-free or smooth transfer movement is achieved in that the actuating means are designed to engage the article support in a manner that initially overlaps with a predominant vertical drop and a subsequent predominant spreading movement.
Detachment of individual articles from the underside of the container filling or a compact block lowering of the container contents is ensured in that the actuating means are designed to accelerate the article support at the beginning of the vertical lowering and to accelerate the end of the vertical lowering at the transition to the predominantly horizontal spreading movement.
Die genannte Bewegungsabfolge bzw. Bewegungsüberlagerung läßt sich mit relativ
wenig Aufwand gemäß einer Weiterbildung dadurch erreichen, daß die Betätigungsmittel
einen die Artikelstütze beaufschlagenden Steuerkurvenantrieb sowie an
die Stützleisten tragenden Schwenkhebeln der Artikelstütze angreifende, um ortsfeste
Lagerstellen schwenkbare Lenkerhebel umfassen.
Eine einfache, betriebssichere Ausgestaltung der Betätigungsmittel besteht darin,
daß der Steuerkurvenantrieb eine um eine ortsfeste Achse rotierend antreibbare
Kurvenscheibe und eine an einer entlang einer Linearführung verschiebbaren, die
Schwenkhebel tragenden Traverse gelagerte Steuerrolle aufweist.
Eine wenig Aufwand erfordernde Öffnungskraft wird nach einem weiteren Vorschlag
dadurch erzielt, daß an den Schwenkhebeln die Stützleisten in Spreizrichtung vorspannende
Zugfedern angreifen.
Um ein Nachfedern bzw. Zurückfedern der Stützleisten in deren Offenstellung zu
verhindern, wird weiterhin vorgeschlagen, daß die Schwenkhebel gelenkig mit in
der Spreizstellung gestreckt zueinander verlaufenden Sperrhebeln verbunden sind,
deren gemeinsames zentrales Verbindungsgelenk mit einem in einem verschiebbaren
Schlitten der Linearführung geführten Laufwagen verbunden ist.
Günstige räumliche Bewegungsverhältnisse der vertikalen Absenkbewegung und
der horizontalen Spreizbewegung ergeben sich gemäß einer vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung
dadurch, daß sich die die Stützleisten tragenden Schwenkhebel
wesenlichen über die Höhe eines Behälters erstrecken und mit in der Entleerungsstellung
von oben nach unten aufeinanderfolgenden Angriffspunkten für Steuerrolle,
Lenkerhebel, Zugfedern und Sperrhebel versehen sind.The movement sequence or movement superposition mentioned can be achieved with relatively little effort according to a further development in that the actuating means comprise a cam drive acting on the article support and on the support bars pivoting levers of the article support attacking handlebar levers pivotable about stationary bearing points.
A simple, reliable embodiment of the actuating means consists in the fact that the control cam drive has a cam disk which can be driven to rotate about a fixed axis and a control roller mounted on a traverse which can be moved along a linear guide and carries the swivel lever.
According to a further proposal, opening force requiring little effort is achieved in that the support strips act on the pivoting levers in the spreading direction.
In order to prevent springing back or springing back of the support strips in their open position, it is further proposed that the pivot levers are connected in an articulated manner to locking levers which extend in the spread position and whose common central connecting joint is connected to a carriage guided in a displaceable slide of the linear guide.
Favorable spatial movement ratios of the vertical lowering movement and the horizontal spreading movement result according to an advantageous embodiment in that the pivoting levers carrying the support strips extend substantially over the height of a container and with successive points of attack for control roller, handlebar lever, tension springs and in the emptying position from top to bottom Locking levers are provided.
Der mit der Erfindung erzielte Vorteil besteht darin, daß die Blockformation des Behälterinhalts in der Öffnungsphase des Verschlußsystems erhalten bleibt und sich aus dem kontrolliert ausfallenden Block keine Artikel vertikal ablösen oder horizontal herausbewegen, so daß langfristig ein störungsfreier Betrieb der mit den Artikeln versorgten Weiterverarbeitungseinrichtungen gewährleistet ist. The advantage achieved by the invention is that the block formation of the Container contents are preserved in the opening phase of the closure system and no items are detached vertically or horizontally from the controlled block move out, so that long-term trouble-free operation of the with Articles supplied processing facilities is guaranteed.
Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend anhand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels näher erläutert.The invention is described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing explained in more detail.
Hierbei zeigen:
Figur 1- Eine räumliche Darstellung eines Behälterträgers mit einem darin befindlichen, Filterzigaretten enthaltenden Schragen,
Figur 2- eine ausschnittweise vergrößerte Darstellung von Antriebs- und Betätigungsmitteln zur Aktivierung des Verschlußsystems des Behälterträgers,
Figur 3- die Betätigungsmittel des Verschlußsystems in der geschlossenen Stellung und
Figur 4- die Betätigungsmittel des Verschlußsystems in der Offenstellung.
- Figure 1
- A spatial representation of a container carrier with a tray located therein, containing filter cigarettes,
- Figure 2
- 2 shows an enlarged representation of drive and actuating means for activating the closure system of the container carrier,
- Figure 3
- the actuating means of the locking system in the closed position and
- Figure 4
- the actuating means of the locking system in the open position.
Der in Figur 1 dargestellte Behälterträger 1 ist Teil einer nicht weiter dargestellten
drehbaren Doppeleinheit aus zwei um eine gemeinsame Achse drehbaren Behälterträgern
eines sogenannten Schragenentleerers, wie er beispielsweise durch die
US-PS 4 278 385 bekanntgeworden ist.
Der gemäß Figur 1 einen Behälter in Form eines mit Filterzigaretten 2 gefüllten
Schragens 3 enthaltene Behälterträger 1 ist in der Entleerungsstellung mit der nach
unten weisenden offenen Schmalseite des Schragens 3 dargestellt, wobei die Filterzigaretten
2 noch von zwei geschlossenen Stützleisten 4 des Behälterträgers 1
im Schragen 3 gehalten werden.
Zum Öffnen und Schließen der Stützleisten 4 sind an zwei entgegengesetzten
Außenseiten des Behälterträgers 1 Betätigungsmittel 6 vorgesehen, die über eine
Verbindungswelle 7 mittels Zahnriemen 8 von einem gemeinsamen nicht weiter
dargestellten pneumatischen Schwenkantrieb 9 antreibbar sind, beispielsweise von
einem unter der Typenbezeichnung DSR 32-180-P erhältlichen Schwenkantrieb der
Firma FESTO PNEUMATIK, Deutschland.
Die an beiden Seiten des Behälterträgers 1 angeordneten Betätigungsmittel 6 weisen
zwei sich etwa über die Höhe des Schragens 3 erstreckende Schwenkhebel 11
auf, an denen die Stützleisten 4 befestigt sind. Die Schwenkhebel 11 sind gelenkig
mit einer Traverse 12 verbunden, welche Bestandteil eines entlang einer Linearführung
13 auf- und abbewegbaren Schlittens 14 ist. Außerdem greifen an den
Schwenkhebeln 11 unterhalb der Traverse 12 Lenkerhebel 16 gelenkig an, die
ihrerseits um ortsfeste Lagerstellen 17 verschwenkbar sind.
Unterhalb der Angriffspunkte der Lenkerhebel 16 greifen an den Schwenkhebeln 11
vorgespannte Zugfedern 18 an, die andererseits an einem starren Rahmen 19 des
Behälterträgers 1 befestigt sind.
Ein auf die Schwenkhebel 11 der Betätigungsmittel 6 wirkender Steuerkurvenantrieb
weist eine um eine ortsfeste Achse 21 exzentrisch umlaufende, durch den
Zahnriemen 8 angetriebene Kurvenscheibe 22 und eine diese kontaktierende, an
der Traverse 12 gelagerte Steuerrolle 23 auf.
An ihrem unteren Ende sind die Schwenkhebel 11 drehgelenkig mit Sperrhebeln 24
verbunden, die über ein gemeinsames zentrales Verbindungsgelenk 26 mit einem
Laufwagen 27 in Wirkverbindung stehen, der mittels Rollenführungen 28 im Schlitten
14 der Linearführung 13 geführt ist.The
1 contains a container in the form of a
To open and close the
The actuating means 6 arranged on both sides of the
Below the points of attack of the handlebar levers 16 act on the pivot levers 11 preloaded
A cam drive acting on the
At their lower end, the
Die Wirkungsweise der Entleerungsvorrichtung ist wie folgt:
Nachdem der den Schragen 3 enthaltende Behälterträger 1 kopfüber in die in den
Figuren 1 bis 4 dargestellte Entleerungsstellung gekippt worden ist, in der die Filterzigaretten
2 gemäß Figur 3 auf den Stützleisten 4 des Verschlußsystems aufliegen,
wird an beiden Seiten des Behälterträgers 1 die Kurvenscheibe 22 durch den
Schwenkantrieb 9 in Umdrehung versetzt, so daß sich - bedingt durch den Kurvenverlauf
der Kurvenscheibe 22 - über die kontaktierende Steuerrolle 23 die Traverse
12 mit den angelenkten Schwenkhebeln 11, unterstützt durch die vorgespannten
Zugfedern 18, zunächst mit relativ niedriger Geschwindigkeit überwiegend vertikal
abwärtsbewegt. Auf diese Weise wird der gesamte auf den Stützleisten 4 liegende
Zigarettenblock abgesenkt, wobei die Stützleisten 4 aus dem Schragen 3 herausbewegt
werden bzw. von dessen Wandungen freikommen.
Bedingt durch den exzentrischen Kurvenverlauf der Kurvenscheibe 22 erfolgt anschließend
eine beschleunigte Bewegung der Traverse 12 mit den Schwenkhebeln
11, deren Vertikalabsenkung durch die abwärts und auswärts drehenden Lenkerhebel
16 somit beschleunigt in eine überwiegend horizontale Spreizbewegung bzw.
Auswärtsschwenkung gemäß Figur 4 übergeht. Auf diese Weise wird mehr oder
weniger abrupt der Kontakt der Stützleisten 4 zu den Filterzigaretten 2 unterbrochen,
welche unter Aufrechterhaltung ihrer kompakten Blockformation kontrolliert in
ein darunter befindliches Magazin 29 freigegeben werden.
Dieser Bewegungsablauf der Schwenkhebel 11 zwingt dabei gleichzeitig die
Sperrhebel 24 unter Relativverschiebung ihres Laufwagens 27 im Schlitten 14
gemäß Figur 4 in eine gestreckte Sperrstellung, wodurch ein den Überführungsvorgang
störendes Nachschwingen der Schwenkhebel 11 unterbunden wird.The emptying device works as follows:
After the
Due to the eccentric curve shape of the
This sequence of movements of the pivot levers 11 at the same time forces the locking levers 24 into a stretched locking position with relative displacement of their
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- Apparatus for emptying containers filled with rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry into a magazine, having a container holder which accommodates at least one container open at the upper narrow side and the front broad side and tilts it by 180° into an emptying position above the magazine and which has an article support movable relative to the open narrow side of the container, characterised in that the article support, consisting of two support strips (4) movable in opposite directions, is provided with actuating means (6) which impart to the support strips an opening movement composed of a vertical lowering movement and a lateral, substantially horizontal spreading movement.
- Apparatus according to Claim 1, characterised in that the actuating means are designed to act on the article support (4) in a manner superimposing an initially predominant vertical lowering and a subsequent predominant spreading movement.
- Apparatus according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the actuating means (6) are designed to accelerate the article support (4) less at the beginning of the vertical lowering and more at the end of the vertical lowering upon the transition to the predominantly horizontal spreading movement.
- Apparatus according to Claim 3, characterised in that the actuating means (6) comprise a control cam drive (22, 23) which acts on the article support (4), and link levers (16) which engage on pivoting levers (11), carrying the support strips (4), of the article support and are pivotable about positionally fixed bearing points (17).
- Apparatus according to Claim 4, characterised in that the control cam drive has a cam disc (22) which is rotationally drivable about a positionally fixed axis (21), and a control roller (23) which is mounted on a crossmember (12) displaceable along a linear guide (13) and carrying the pivoting levers (11).
- Apparatus according to Claim 5, characterised in that tension springs (18) which prestress the support strips (4) in the spreading direction engage on the pivoting levers (11).
- Apparatus according to Claim 6, characterised in that the pivoting levers (11) are hingedly connected to blocking levers (24) which run in a straight manner with respect to each other in the spread position and the common central connecting hinge (26) of which is connected to a travelling carriage (27) guided in a displaceable slide (14) of the linear guide (13).
- Apparatus according to Claim 4, characterised in that the pivoting levers (11) carrying the support strips (4) extend substantially over the height of a container (3) and are provided with engagement points, following one another from top to bottom in the emptying position, for control roller (23), link levers (16), tension springs (18) and blocking levers (24).
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