EP1228709B2 - Dispositif pour la production de filtres ? plusieurs compartiments - Google Patents

Dispositif pour la production de filtres ? plusieurs compartiments Download PDF

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EP1228709B2
EP1228709B2 EP01130061A EP01130061A EP1228709B2 EP 1228709 B2 EP1228709 B2 EP 1228709B2 EP 01130061 A EP01130061 A EP 01130061A EP 01130061 A EP01130061 A EP 01130061A EP 1228709 B2 EP1228709 B2 EP 1228709B2
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Uwe Heitmann
Sönke Horn
Nikolaos Georgitsis
Heinz-Christen Lorenzen
Steffen Rocktäschel
Stephan Wolff
Wolfgang Steininger
Gerd Strohecker
Andreas Rinke
Hans-Herbert Schmidt
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0204—Preliminary operations before the filter rod forming process, e.g. crimping, blooming
    • A24D3/0212—Applying additives to filter materials
    • A24D3/0225—Applying additives to filter materials with solid additives, e.g. incorporation of a granular product
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0275—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features
    • A24D3/0287—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features for composite filters

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  • the invention relates to a device for the production of multi-segment filters for products of the tobacco processing industry with a FilterhülsenzuGermanelement and a transport element, in the filter sleeves are introduced.
  • GB-A-1 212 963 For example, there is known a device for making multi-element cigarette filter cartridges in which filter sleeves of six times the length of use are fed with three separate stoppers of paper or estrone to be cut into filter stoppers of twice the length of use where the filter elements are arranged centrally. Then the filter sleeves are placed upright in order to fill one side with a granulate and close it with a sealing cap. Subsequently, the one-sided filled filter sleeve is turned over and filled from the other side.
  • Methods and devices for producing multiple filters are, for example, from DE-AS 17 82 364 the patentee, which describes an apparatus for producing filter granules containing filters named "Bernhard” the patent owner, which is known in the art.
  • the DE-AS 17 82 364 equals to GB 1,243,977 and the US 3,603,058 .
  • Multiple filters which are also called multisegment filters, consist of at least two filter elements and typically up to eight filter elements, which can have any order. In a tube formed into a tube, various filter elements or segments are arranged.
  • These may be soft filter elements such as cellulose acetate, paper, nonwoven or relatively hard filter elements such as granules, sintered elements, hollow cylinders or hollow chambers and capsules and the like.
  • the corresponding filter materials need not be 100% of one material.
  • These may, for example, also be mixed materials such as, for example, a granulate in a cellulose acetate. In this case, particular thought of granular materials such as activated carbon.
  • the most varied properties of corresponding multiple filters result, which are preferably attachable to rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry at the end.
  • a granule filling machine which produces granulate-containing filters and in particular triple filters.
  • triple filter is meant a filter constituting a filter consisting of three filter segments, the filling machine "Bernhard” producing a triple filter of double working lengths, which are then arranged for cigarette production between two cigarette paper-enveloped oblong tobacco-containing articles to be in the To be cut through in the middle, so that two filters provided with filter arise.
  • the DE-AS 17 82 364 discloses a continuously rotating conveyor with receptacles for filter sleeves, which conveys the filter sleeves transaxially.
  • filter plug which are cut off by a longer filter rod and granules are introduced into the sleeve.
  • the filter plugs are introduced into the sleeve with transfer means, namely plungers.
  • the granules fall under gravity into the sleeve.
  • the filter sleeve By feeding a filter sleeve, which already has a filter element in the middle of the filter sleeve and the introduction of the filter materials in predeterminable portions in this filter sleeve, it is possible, the movements that have to perform feeding elements to bring the filter material into the filter sleeve, relatively short so that a significant time advantage is achieved.
  • the filter sleeve is provided with a centrally disposed filter element and / or prepared in a preceding process step.
  • Multi-filters are also understood to mean, in particular, multi-segment filters, the multiple filters in particular comprising at least two segments and at least two filter materials.
  • the multiple filters then typically have, for example, two or three or more segments, such as, for example, a soft element of cellulose acetate, followed by a granulate such as, for example, an activated carbon filter granulate, followed by another Cellulose acetate soft element.
  • a wrapping material such as paper is wrapped around this filter.
  • the central filter element which is also referred to below as a filter plug is, for example, held centrally by a force or contact of a corresponding element in the feeding of material or glued or, for example. Held by appropriate Haftreib practice centered.
  • the filter sleeve can, for example, be held in a desired position by suction air.
  • corresponding filling stations or processing stations can be arranged from one side to a corresponding conveyor, in whose receptacles the filter sleeves are received, so that a compact design of a corresponding machine is possible.
  • Filter sleeves are understood to mean, in particular, tube-shaped covering material sections or tubular envelopes, the covering material being, for example, paper.
  • a further increase in the production speed of multiple filters is achieved when the introduction of the filter material is successively in individual portions and / or at least partially simultaneously in multiple portions.
  • multiple portions or a multiple portion is understood to mean a package or a stack of at least two different or identical filter materials, at least two portions of the filter materials or of the filter material being introduced into the filter sleeve in one method step.
  • the filter materials may be one, two or more granular materials and soft filter elements such as filter caps made of cellulose acetate or non-woven or hard elements such as sintered elements, hollow cylinders or capsules.
  • the introduction of the filter material in the filter sleeve with a vertical component of movement happens.
  • the movement component is substantially completely vertical.
  • the filter sleeves are upright or vertically aligned to fill them.
  • alternately granular material and, in particular gas-permeable boundary pieces are introduced.
  • a particularly simple variant of the method is given if, prior to the rotation of the filter sleeve, the first part of the filter sleeve is substantially completely filled first, in order then to substantially completely fill the second part of the filter sleeve after rotation.
  • this method step results in a substantially completely filled with filter elements or filter material filter sleeve, which can be removed and further processed.
  • the filter wrapping material from inside a hot glue seam, which is activated in the removal of the fully filled filter sleeve by supplying heat to fix the corresponding filter materials in the filter sleeve.
  • n-fold multiple filter is formed, where n is a natural even number that is greater than one.
  • the filter sleeve or the filter sleeves for producing multiple filters is moved along a predefinable conveying path, at which the various method steps are carried out.
  • a corresponding trajectory is given.
  • the filter sleeves are at least partially moved transversely on the path of movement.
  • the multiple filter thus produced then has, for example, the 2-, 4- and / or 6-fold filter rod length, wherein the multiple filter, which accordingly also has different filter materials, is cut into 2, 4 or 6 corresponding filters.
  • the filter sleeves with the central filter element used can be produced, for example, on a modified MULFI machine of the patent owner. It is a prefabricated filter sleeve, which includes a filter element in the middle, used for the production of multiple filters for products of the tobacco processing industry. By this use, it is possible to significantly increase the production speed of a filter manufacturing machine for producing multiple filters.
  • Corresponding filter sleeves are used to produce multiple filters of n-length use length, where n is a natural even number greater than one.
  • a filter sleeve for the production of multiple filters for products of the tobacco processing industry wherein the filter sleeve comprises a pipe-shaped envelope material portion and in the middle of the filter sleeve, a filter element is arranged.
  • This embodiment of the filter sleeve an increased production speed of a Mehrfachfilterherstellmaschine is possible.
  • the filter element is substantially stationary relative to the filter sleeve. If the filter element is glued to the filter sleeve, a simple realization of the local strength is given.
  • the filter element may in this case, for example, be a filter element of double use length, such as, for example, between 4 and 16 mm. Half of this length is arranged per finished filter on a corresponding cigarette.
  • the object of the invention is achieved by a device for producing multi-segment filters for products the tobacco-processing industry according to claim 1 solved. Due to the inventive design of a corresponding device, it is possible to keep the movements, the feed elements of filter material to keep relatively short, so that the time of feeding can be significantly shortened.
  • Under processing station is understood in the context of this invention, in particular a station in which filter material is metered, in which a cutting process takes place in the filter material is introduced into the filter sleeve and / or the like.
  • a station in which filter material is metered in which a cutting process takes place in the filter material is introduced into the filter sleeve and / or the like.
  • the sleeve itself subjected to vibration or shaken, so that a dense as possible packing of the granules is generated.
  • a vibration element is provided. This can the DE-AS 17 82 364 correspond.
  • a processing station is designed as a turning device for turning the filter sleeves.
  • the filter sleeves are preferably prefabricated tube-shaped covering material sections with a filter element arranged centrally in the respective section.
  • the transport element is at least one continuously circulating conveyor, which conveys the filter sleeves transversely. If preferably several processing stations are arranged on a single conveyor, a particularly compact design is possible.
  • At least one Filtermaterialzu Georgia-Fielding Station is provided as a processing station.
  • Filtermaterialzu Fightingstation filter material is placed in the engagement region of the filter material insertion station or in the filter sleeve, for example, already introduced by gravity. Finished or filled filters or partially filled filter sleeves are removed by the discharge station.
  • the heating station is used, for example, preferably for activating hot glue in order to fix the filter elements in the filter sleeve.
  • a cutting station may preferably be provided as the processing station, which in particular preferably comprises a circular blade.
  • the at least one Filtermaterialzu slaughterstation comprises two rotatable and acentrically arranged discs, each having holes, the holes of a disc and the holes of the other disc in one place are aligned with each other, a very accurate dosage of, for example. Granular material is possible. The dosage happens here, for example, by the size of the bore or by another dosing.
  • a secure filling of the filter sleeve is given if preferably the at least one FiltermaterialzuWORKstation at least one sliding element which is provided with holes and / or at least one lever element which is provided with bores comprises. If, preferably, the at least one filter material introduction station comprises at least one first transfer means, which introduces filter material into the filter sleeves, a secure filling of the filter sleeves is made possible.
  • the filter sleeve can be filled simultaneously from both sides or the filter element arranged centrally in the filter sleeve can be held centrally or the filter sleeve be transferred to a material insertion position.
  • at least one filter sleeve with at least one bore axially aligned can be arranged.
  • at least two holes are axially aligned with the filter sleeve can be arranged. In this case, several portions of filter material can be transferred simultaneously, thereby achieving a further increase in speed.
  • a multiple filter production system for products of the tobacco processing industry is provided with a filter sleeve feeding device for feeding filter sleeves and a transport system for transporting the filter sleeves on a predetermined trajectory, wherein on the transport system, a turning device is provided for turning the filter sleeves.
  • the transport system comprises a turning device for turning the filter sleeves. Due to the multiple filter production system a fast filling of filter sleeves with filter material is possible.
  • the transport system comprises a continuously circulating conveyor.
  • the filter manufacturing machine manufactured or sold by the patentee or device for the production of multiple filters for products of the tobacco processing industry produces approximately 1,200 multiple filters of twice the useful length. With the device, it is possible to produce 5,000 multiple filters in double use length. The advantage of this device is therefore very clear.
  • Fig. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a transfer station.
  • a sleeve 11 arranged in a trough of a tube feed drum 10 and having a first filter material 19 in the center is brought into the region of a transfer station.
  • the filter plug 20 has, for example, a length of 8 mm.
  • the filter plug 20 is replaced by a filter plug conveyor 21, e.g. a filter plug drum, in which the corresponding filter plug 20 are received in recordings, a plug receptacle 25 is supplied.
  • the filter sleeve 11 is in engagement with the transfer station and is held by means of vacuum holes 13 which are arranged on a conveyor drum in the specified position. Furthermore, a plunger 18 has already been introduced from below into the filter sleeve 11. Further, the plug 20, which is conveyed by the filter plug conveyor 21, has been transferred to the transfer unit and is held in the indicated position in FIG. 2 by means of another vacuum hole 13. In addition, two different granules, namely a first granulate 26 and a second granulate 27 are filled into holes 14 of a slide 24 provided for this purpose. The amount of granules is given by the bore size.
  • the slider 24 is designed to be displaceable in the drawing plane from left to right and vice versa.
  • Fig. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the transfer station, wherein the plunger 18 has been further moved vertically upwards, so that the sleeve 11 terminates with its upper end substantially in alignment with the upper edge of the conveyor drum 12. Further, the plug 20 has been conveyed by means of the plunger 17 in the axial direction of the plunger, that is vertically downwards, into the tube 15 and into a first bore 14 of the slide 23. A circular blade 28, which is guided in the guide 29, cuts exactly at the upper edge of the slider 23, the plug 20 into two equal-sized plugs, each 4 mm in length. For conveying the plug 20 into the tube 15 and the sleeve 11 into the conveyor drum bore 16, the vacuum or the suction air is turned off in the vacuum bores 13.
  • a next process step which is shown in Fig. 4, the slider 23 is pushed to the left, so that the upper part of the split plug 20 with a further bore 14 of the slider 23 is vertically aligned.
  • the stopper 20 is transferred by means of the plunger 17 in the further bore and another filter plug 30, of another material such as. Fleece, which is enriched with a granule, fed, by means of a Cut circular knife and inserted into the two remaining holes 14 of the slider 23.
  • Fig. 5 exactly the process state is shown, in which the other filter plug 30 were inserted into the remaining holes.
  • the first granules 26 fall already due to gravity in the sleeve 11.
  • the sleeve 11 is set in vibration or vibration.
  • a vibration generator 44 is provided, which sets a spring plate 43 in vibrations which are transmitted by mechanical contact of the spring plate 44 with the sleeve 11 thereto.
  • Fig. 5 is further a bore of the slider 23, in which a filter plug 30 is located and a bore of the slider 24 in which granules is aligned with the conveyor drum bore 16 and the sleeve 11 is aligned so that in a next step , which is shown in Fig. 6, the plunger 17, the filter material 30 and 26 can introduce into the filter sleeve 11. It is possible, instead, as shown in Fig. 6, to introduce the filter material 30 and 26 only to the upper edge of the filter sleeve 11 so that the or the degree of movement of the plunger 17 can still be minimized.
  • Fig. 7 the process state is shown, in which, after a corresponding alignment alignment, a bore in which a filter plug 20 is arranged and a bore of the slider 24, in which the granules 27 is arranged, is aligned with the sleeve 11, so that the plunger 17 could introduce the material.
  • Fig. 8 the process stage is shown, in which the sleeve 11, which was half filled with filter material was conveyed by lowering the plunger 18 down and that again in the effective range of the vacuum hole 13, so that the sleeve 11 back to this Vacuum holes and according to the provided in the conveyor drum 12 recordings is held.
  • the half-filled sleeve is fed to a turning drum to then subject the 180 ° turned sleeve the same process steps, so that a total of a five-fold filter can be made twice the length of use.
  • This fivefold filter then in this embodiment comprises five different filter materials arranged in segments in the filter.
  • filter plugs of down to a thickness of 2 mm so that even more filter materials can be arranged in segments in the filter sleeve 11.
  • a discharge drum 50 is still shown, which abrindt the half-filled sleeve 11 and that to a turning drum, which is not shown in Fig. 8.
  • the sleeve is then turned by 180 ° and then fed by means of a feed drum of the conveyor drum 12 again to fill the rest of the sleeve 11.
  • a machine of the patentee namely the Mulfi E can be adjusted accordingly.
  • the seam bonding of the sleeve 11 is converted from a hot-melt adhesive to PVA glue (polyvinyl acetate glue).
  • PVA glue polyvinyl acetate glue
  • the cooling bar which glued the seam, replaced by a heating bar.
  • the glue supply is also exchanged accordingly.
  • the filter sleeve is thus glued to a glue, which does not lead to a loosening of the glue connection by heating.
  • the Segmentverklebung ie the bonding of the subsequently inserted filter segments is done such that a hot melt adhesive tape is applied to the paper and that within the sleeve before the sleeve is formed.
  • the entire sleeve is heated either by contact heat or with appropriate high-energy radiation, such as microwave radiation, whereby the hot melt adhesive is melted and the segments are glued.
  • FIG. 9 shows a further embodiment of a transfer device in which four different filter materials can be transferred into the sleeve at the same time.
  • the sleeve consists, moreover, for example, of a paper tube 37.
  • a third slide 41 and a fourth slide 42 are provided in addition to the first slide 23 and the second slide 24, a third slide 41 and a fourth slide 42 are provided.
  • a soft element 30 is introduced in the third slide 41 granules 26th
  • FIG. 10 shows in the upper region (FIG. 10b) a side view of a cross-sectional view of a granulate feed station or a granulate portioning station.
  • a first disc 31 and a second disc 32 shown, wherein the first disc 31 is disposed above the second disc 32.
  • Fig. 10a is a plan view of this device is shown. Both discs, 31 and 32, have holes 14. It is filled granules 26 in the holes. For this purpose, granules 26 are fed by means of a granulate filling device 51.
  • the first disc 31 rotates counterclockwise over the disc 32, which also rotates counterclockwise in this embodiment.
  • sleeves 11 are arranged below this disc. These are held by means of conventional holding organs in the appropriate places.
  • the predetermined by the size of the holes portioned granules migrates counterclockwise in the direction of a feed zone 38a - 38b.
  • the filter sleeves 11 arranged below the second disc 32 move. In the insertion position 38, the bores of the two discs are aligned. Due to gravity, granules are introduced into the sleeves, as indicated in Fig. 10b.
  • a vibration generator 44 and a spring plate 43 is provided in this embodiment, by means of which the sleeve 11 is added during or after filling with the granules 26 in vibration.
  • the vibrator 44 is preferably an electromagnet having a mass that oscillates at a frequency of 50 Hz.
  • FIG. 11 shows a schematic plan view of a filter production machine. However, FIG. 11 does not show the processing stations which are illustrated, for example, in FIGS. 1 to 9, that is to say those which are provided for the introduction of the filter elements.
  • a sleeve mass flow 101 leads sleeves 114 4 times the working length to the filter manufacturing machine.
  • a transfer drum 103 which is not shown, the filter sleeves 4 times the length of use are cut centrally and moved axially.
  • a transfer drum 104 and a transfer drum 105 e.g. 1 corresponds to the sleeve feed drum 10 of Fig. 1, the supplied sleeves of the main drum 100, e.g. the conveying drum 12 of FIG. 1 corresponds, supplied.
  • a filter element mass flow 102 supplies filter elements 12 times the processing length of the filter manufacturing machine. These are cut into shorter sections at partially unillustrated place.
  • a transfer drum 104 e.g. 1
  • the filter elements or the already cut filter elements 116 are fed to a transfer drum 105, where they are further divided by means of a circular blade 106.
  • a transfer drum 105 In the filter manufacturing machine three corresponding organs are shown, by means of which filter elements of appropriate length, which may each have different properties, can be supplied.
  • transfer cone drums 107 for transferring the filter elements are shown.
  • a first storage container and a second storage container for a first granulate 110 and a second granulate 111 are provided.
  • the granules are fed via corresponding conveying elements of a granulate transfer station 112, in which, for example, corresponding holes can be filled by sliders full of the desired granules.
  • the main drum 100 moves in a clockwise direction. For example, before completing half of a complete revolution of the main drum 100, one side of a double-use multiple filter has been completely filled. This semi-filled multiple filter is conveyed by means of a transfer drum 109 to a turning drum 108 to be turned there and to be fed again by means of a further transfer drum 109 of the main drum 100.
  • the turning drum 108 is for example in the DE 199 20 760 A1 the patentee.
  • a device for turning rod-shaped objects is described with a turning drum, which receives the rod-shaped objects to be used in recordings provided for this purpose.
  • the turning drum has at least one turning section, the at least two to turning rod-shaped objects parallel to each other.
  • the further filling elements are not shown in FIG. 11 either.
  • the fully filled or partially filled multiple sleeves or multiple filters double use length by means of a transfer drum 109 and corresponding transfer drums 104 and a transfer drum 103 a double-Mehrfachfilter- mass flow 117, so a multiple filter mass flow, wherein the multiple filters have a double use length, transferred.
  • 118 shows a double multiple filter.
  • the reference numeral 113 a control cabinet is shown, which controls the Filterherstellmaschine.
  • a single main drum 100 is shown, in which all processing steps for filling filter sleeves 11 can be performed.
  • a heating element may be provided which can be brought into engagement with the corresponding sleeves so as to cause the hot-melt adhesive, which was applied to the inside of the paper tube in a previous method step, to stick together the introduced filter materials remain in their positions.
  • the spring plate 43 is shown, which serves to transmit vibrations on granules filled with sleeves.
  • Fig. 12 shows a schematic representation of another embodiment which does not belong to the invention.
  • Filter sleeves 11 are fed by means of a sleeve feed drum 10 of a conveyor drum 12. This is also shown schematically at the position a) in FIG. 13.
  • the sleeve 11 is moved a little further up and the plunger 17 also.
  • the plunger is moved further up.
  • filter plugs 20 are fed by means of a filter plug conveyor 21, which in this embodiment is a drum. This is shown schematically in Fig. 13 also at f).
  • a modular construction of a filter manufacturing machine not belonging to the invention is shown in front view.
  • the modules sleeve feed module 130, granule and soft element filler module 131 (2x) and reverser module 132 are shown.
  • sleeves are fed by means of a sleeve tray 120 and filter elements by means of two filter element trays 121.
  • the sleeve feed module thus comprises a supply of sleeves from a sleeve tray 120, a take-down drum 123 and a transfer drum 124.
  • the transfer drum 124 conveys the sleeves from the take-down drum 123 to a delivery drum 125, which in turn conveys the sleeves to a granule drum 126.
  • granules are filled into the sleeves.
  • a device according to. of Fig. 10 find use.
  • the partially filled with granules sleeves are then passed to a lever drum 127, the example.
  • a refinement gem. of Fig. 12 may be given.
  • this module namely in the granulate and soft element filler module 131, 121 filter elements via a pick-up drum 123 and a supply and sleeve removal drum 128 of the lever drum 127 are fed from a filter element tray.
  • the supply and sleeve removal drum 128 are filled with granules and corresponding filter elements such as soft elements sleeves, one side of which is now fully filled in this embodiment, removed and transferred to a transfer drum 124, which is arranged in the inverter module 132.
  • the transfer drum 124 passes the half-filled sleeves 11 a turning drum 129, in which the sleeves are turned. On the way to the turning drum, the sleeves can be heated to activate a hot glue track that fixes the filter elements.
  • the half-filled sleeves are passed to a further granulate and soft element filler module 131 by means of a dispensing drum 125, which passes the sleeves of a granule drum 126, in which the sleeves are filled again with granules.
  • the sleeves are transferred to a lever drum 127 in which the sleeves are filled with another soft element.
  • the soft elements are in this case transferred from a filter element tray 121 via a take-off drum 123 and a supply and sleeve removal drum 128 of the lever drum 127.
  • the now fully filled sleeves are then passed through the drum 128 to a transfer drum 124, to which a heating station 39 is arranged, by means of which, for example, a hot melt adhesive can be fully activated or in the remaining part of the sleeve.
  • a completely filled double multiple filter 118 is shown in longitudinal section, which is composed of a first filter material 19, a granulate 26 and in each case a filter plug 20.
  • This double-multiple filter is cut in the middle of the first filter material 19 in the following cigarette production.
  • FIG. 15 there is shown another exemplary embodiment of a filter manufacturing machine not belonging to the invention by means of which a double multiple filter 118 can be made, each consisting of four different filter elements of double the use length.
  • this double multiple filter 118 two different types of granules 26 and 27 have been introduced.
  • two further granule modules 133 are added to the filter production machine of FIG. 14. These lie between the tube feed module 130 and the granule and soft element filler module 131 as well as the bender module 132 and the further granule and soft element filler module 131. Otherwise, the elements used here are correspondingly.
  • filter manufacturing concept is designed to introduce filter plug of different filter materials and / or granules of varying composition in filter sleeves and to process multi-segment filters or multiple filters.
  • filter materials also includes the term “granules”.
  • the filter sleeve is held in a trough of a carousel or the main drum 100 and forwarded by rotation of the main drum 100 from station to station.
  • the sleeve is preferably held by vacuum or suction air in its position.
  • the sleeve holder can, for example, be provided with vibrations, so that granules can be introduced in the densest possible packing.
  • FIG. 16 schematically shows a further embodiment of a transfer station for transferring filter elements into a sleeve 11, which contains a first filter material 19.
  • the sleeve 11 is held in the process state of FIG. 16 by means of vacuum bores 13 on the conveyor drum 12.
  • a lower plunger 18 which is guided by a plunger guide 60, upwards.
  • the lower plunger 18 is in operative connection with a lower control cam 68, which determines how far up or down the lower plunger 18 is extended.
  • the upper tappet 17 which is guided in a tappet guide 61.
  • the upper tappet 17 is operatively connected to an upper cam 67, which specifies how far the upper tappet 17 is extended downwards or upwards.
  • the upper tappet 17 is arranged in the uppermost position.
  • a first granules 26 is already introduced into the second slide 24 in the receptacles provided for this purpose.
  • Fig. 16 the state is shown in which a second granules 27 is moved from a granule container 65 via a filling nozzle 66 in further receptacles of the second slider 24.
  • a vibration exciter 44 is provided in operative connection with the filling nozzle 66.
  • the vibration generator 44 oscillates, for example, with a frequency of 50 Hz. This may be an electromagnet with a corresponding moving mass, so that corresponding vibrations are generated.
  • Fig. 17 shows an embodiment in which, for example, a main drum 100, which is somewhat varied from the main drum 100 of Fig. 11, is supplied with filter elements and filter material, respectively, and double multi-filters 118 and double multi-segment filters 118 are respectively discharged on the main drum 100 ,
  • 4-fold sleeves 114 of a receiving drum 78 are supplied with a sleeve mass flow 101.
  • the 4-fold sleeves 114 are removed from the sleeve stock each in corresponding receiving troughs of the receiving drum 78. Then they are divided by means of a circular knife 106 into two 2-fold sleeves 115.
  • the respective 2-fold sleeves 115 are then staggered in a staggering drum 79 to then be transferred to a sliding drum 80 where they are aligned.
  • the sliding drum 80 is disposed behind the transfer drum 80, which is provided for further filter elements, which are supplied from above to the transfer drum 80.
  • FIG. 18 shows diagrammatically how the respective layers of the filter elements according to FIG. 17 are in each case.
  • a filter element mass flow 102 or a corresponding filter element supply filter elements 12 times the use length 70 are transferred to a receiving drum 74 with receiving wells. These are then cut by two circular blades 106 into three parts, resulting in three filter elements 4 times the use length 71. These are staggered in a staggering drum 75, to then be aligned transversely in a sliding drum 76 and then cut again by a circular blade 106 into two filter elements 2 times the useful length 72.
  • the filter elements After cutting into two filter elements 2 times the useful length 72, the filter elements are staggered in a staggering drum 77, in order then to be transferred to a transfer drum / sliding drum 80.
  • the filter elements are 2 times use length 72 arranged at the front and the sleeves 2-fold use length 115 arranged behind it, so that only the front filter elements 2-fold use length 72 can be seen.
  • the respective filter elements 72 and sleeves 115 are then transferred to a conical turning drum 81 or 82, whereupon the filter elements and sleeves of the main drum 100 are then fed by transfer to a transfer drum 83 or 84.
  • the main drum 100 is not shown for clarity in this figure; However, it is shown schematically in Fig. 18.
  • the double-multiple filters 118 and multi-segment filters 118 are taken over by a transfer drum 85 and fed to a conical turning drum 86. Finally, a transfer to a delivery drum 87, which emits the multi-segment filter 118 to a mass flow 88.
  • the multi-segment filters or double-multiple filters 118 are produced, each having filter elements 73 at the end, then each having, for example, a granulate filling leading to the center, which were produced on the main drum 100 and in the middle the known filter plug or have the first filter material 19.
  • FIG. 17 and FIG. 18 three main functions are shown in FIG. 17 and FIG. 18, namely the supply of prefabricated sleeves 11 via a previously formed mass flow, the feeding of the filter elements, for example soft filter elements with the aid of corresponding functional groups as shown in the exemplary embodiment and the removal of the in the main drum 100 finished product via corresponding transport drums to form a renewed mass flow.
  • the filter elements for example soft filter elements with the aid of corresponding functional groups as shown in the exemplary embodiment

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  • Ceramic Capacitors (AREA)

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  1. Appareil pour la fabrication de filtres multi-segments (118) pour des produits de l'industrie de traitement du tabac, comportant un élément d'alimentation en douilles de filtre (10) et un élément de transport (12, 100), dans lequel des douilles de filtre (11) peuvent être introduites, un poste de travail étant conçu sous forme d'un dispositif de retournement (108) destiné à retourner les douilles de filtre (11) sur l'élément de transport, tandis que l'élément de transport est un transporteur (12, 100) qui transporte les douilles de filtre (11) sur un axe transversal, caractérisé en ce que plusieurs postes de travail (17, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32) pour les douilles de filtre (11) sont prévus sur l'élément de transport (12, 100), lequel est conçu comme un transporteur unique (12, 100).
  2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le transporteur est un transporteur (12, 100) tournant de façon continue.
  3. Appareil selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que, comme postes de travail, il est prévu au moins un poste d'alimentation en matériau de filtre (21, 102, 104, 105, 107, 112) et/ou au moins un poste d'introduction de matériau de filtre (a) jusqu'à t), 15, 16, 38) et/ou au moins un poste d'évacuation (109, 104, 117 ; 33) et/ou au moins un poste de chauffage (39).
  4. Appareil selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le poste d'alimentation en matériau de filtre, au moins au nombre de un, comprend deux disques (31, 32) rotatifs et disposés de façon excentrée, qui présentent respectivement des alésages (14), les alésages (14) d'un disque (31) et les alésages de l'autre disque (32) pouvant être disposés en un point (38) en alignement les uns avec les autres.
  5. Appareil selon la revendication 3 ou 4, caractérisé en ce que le poste d'alimentation en matériau de filtre, au moins au nombre de un, comprend au moins un élément de poussée (23, 24, 41, 42), qui est pourvu d'alésages (14) et/ou au moins un élément de levier (35) qui est pourvu d'alésages (14).
  6. Appareil selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 3 à 5, caractérisé en ce que le poste d'introduction de matériau de filtre, au moins au nombre de un, comprend au moins un premier moyen de transfert (17) qui introduit du matériau de filtre (20, 26, 27, 30) dans les douilles de filtre (11).
  7. Appareil selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu au moins un second moyen de transfert (18) qui fait office, par le côté opposé de la douille de filtre (11), de butée au premier moyen de transfert (17), au moins au nombre de un.
  8. Appareil selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 4 à 7, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une douille de filtre (11) peut être disposée en alignement axial avec au moins un alésage (14).
  9. Appareil selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins deux alésages (14) peuvent être disposés en alignement axial avec la douille de filtre (11).
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