EP1421862A1 - Machine à garnir des tubes de cigarettes ayant différentes longueurs - Google Patents
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- 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
- A24C5/40—Hand-driven apparatus for making cigarettes
- A24C5/42—Pocket cigarette-fillers
- A24C5/425—Pocket cigarette-fillers for obtaining cigarettes of various lengths
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- the present invention relates to tobacco filling machines for empty cigarette tubes.
- such a machine typically has a metal plate constituting a semi-cylindrical support, called "spoon", on which position a dose of tobacco by hand, and a hollow tip, intended to be crossed by the spoon and the tobacco.
- the tip plugs into one end of the tube to fill.
- the spoon loaded with tobacco is therefore slid inside the tube through the nozzle, then extracted while the tobacco remains in place in the tube.
- the object of the invention is to propose a machine for stuffing tubes which allows to stuff different lengths of tubes.
- a machine for filling cigarette tubes comprising a spoon receiving and shaping a load of tobacco in a rod, a nozzle on which a tube of cigarette, a clamping device capable of clamping such a tube on the nozzle, and a slide which carries this end piece and which is translatable along the spoon, the machine further comprising an end stop arrangement for the tobacco, directed so as to retain the tobacco in the direction of the tube to be filled, the machine being characterized in that this abutment arrangement comprises a tobacco contact piece which is provided movable between at least two positions, one where this contact piece occupies part of the area receiving tobacco in the spoon, the other where it leaves this area free, so the extent of the tobacco charge introduced into a tube is different depending on the position of this part.
- the tube tamping machine shown in Figure 1 is consists of three main sets that are a body 100, a slide 200 and cover 300.
- the body 100 and the slide 200 are intended to be slid one on the other at the time of filling.
- the body mainly consists of base 110 of large dimensions carrying a spoon 120 (metal blade support).
- the user therefore grasps the base 110, separated from the spoon 120 by a space, to slide the spoon 120 into the tube driven along the spoon by the slide assembly 200.
- the slide 200 has a longitudinal dimension sufficient to cover the entire spoon 120, forming above this one a tobacco funnel.
- the slide assembly 200 carries an end piece 210 intended to be crossed by the sheath 120.
- This end piece 210 forms a cylindrical wall on which fits the tube to be filled.
- the cover assembly 300 comprises a packer 310 disposed opposite the funnel part of the slide 200, elongated along the spoon 120 and a thick enough to squeeze the tobacco into the bottom of the funnel.
- the cover 300 and the slide 200 are mounted for rotation on one of their ends.
- the cover 300 has at its free end a shoe 330 which comes place on the outer face of the cylinder formed by the end piece 210.
- a empty tube is pinched between the cylindrical wall of the nozzle 210 and the shoe 330, in the closed position of the cover 300.
- the base 110 and the slide 200 have rails 140 and 240 as well as releasable clipping means 150 and 250 at one of their ends so that the slide is guided without transverse play and that the slide 200 is provisionally held in place covering position of the spoon 120 by these clipping means.
- the last step of use is particularly simple since it consists of a sliding return trip between body 100 and cover 300.
- this is provided at its end with an arrangement 130 forming a stop for tobacco.
- This arrangement shown in Figure 1 in the form of a room monobloc, mainly forms a cylinder extending above a end portion of the spoon.
- the cylindrical shape allows a slight penetration of this arrangement of stop 130 in the tube to be stuffed at the end of the stroke.
- This abutment arrangement therefore forms a sort of piston for introducing the tobacco in the tube.
- the stop arrangement in FIG. 1 further constitutes a means of fixing the spoon 120 in the machine.
- the arrangement 130 extends laterally in the form of a fin-like extension, which comes cross the spoon 120 and introduce itself solidly into the body 100 of the machine.
- the abutment arrangement is therefore also, in FIG. 1, a holding arrangement of the spoon 120, holding necessary both for both when loading the upper spoon and both when loading stuffing sliding.
- the proposed stop arrangement here consists of two separate parts, one of which is relatively movable with a spoon.
- a part 131 coming into contact with tobacco is mounted with a degree of freedom in movement on a second part 135 which is integral with the spoon 120 and the body 100 of the machine.
- the contact piece 131 can be placed in a position where it occupies part of the upper cavity of the spoon 120, thereby reducing the volume dedicated to the tobacco load.
- a low-cigarette load here a standard length cigarette. (84 mm)
- the second position of the contact piece 131 corresponds to a clearing it to make room for more tobacco volume important, here specifically a high length corresponding to a "long" cigarette. (100 mm)
- the movable connection of the contact piece 131 is here a sliding link on the fixed part 135, thanks to a set of rails 136 and of complementary grooves 132 on these two parts.
- the moving part 131 remains, in this embodiment preferred, the part in contact with tobacco in each of the two positions. For this it forms an end surface in the form of a wall transverse to the internal volume of the spoon, wall which closes this part movable at this end.
- the moving part 131 is generally hollow forming internally a sliding space for the holding part 135.
- the sliding rails are formed on the holding part 135, of on either side of it, and slide in internal grooves of the part contact 131.
- latching means operational in the two positions of the contact part, are in the form of a stud 137 mounted on elastic rebound and integral with the holding part 135, can be coupled with two corresponding reservations 133a and 133b of the room contact 131.
- the nipple 137 is thus formed at the end of a flexible finger 138 oriented longitudinally by machine.
- This finger 138 bears elastically against the upper internal wall of the contact piece 131, sliding against it during a change position and being housed in a cavity 133a, 133b of this wall when the desired position is reached.
- these two cavities 133a and 133b here have shapes different, one 133b producing a less frank reception of the nipple 137 that the other. Indeed, it is here desired that this cavity 133b, less pronounced, allows extraction of the nipple 137 by simple manual effort collapse on the contact piece 131 itself.
- the second cavity 133b provides a firm retention of nipple 137 against simple training longitudinal of the contact piece 131.
- pin 137 can only be removed if the user intervenes directly on this nipple 137 itself.
- the firm reserve corresponds to the production of standard cigarettes
- the flexible retainer corresponds to the production of long cigarettes, plus optional.
- the more pronounced cavity 133a corresponding to the retention in "standard cigarette” position is concretely constituted by a passage crossing the entire thickness of the top wall of the piece of contact 131.
- This passage is therefore open in the upper part of the device is accessible to the user over the contact piece 131.
- the user can therefore simply introduce a pointed object, such as a pen, in the through hole 133a to push the nipple 137 towards inside the contact piece 131 and thus release it from its extended position.
- a pointed object such as a pen
- the tube tamping machine is provided means of cooperation with this lug 137 with a view to opening up, thus avoiding the need for such an additional pointed object.
- the tube tamping machine is provided with a needle arranged in internal face of the cover 300 and which is introduced into the reception orifice 133a of the stud in response to external pressure on the rear of the cover 300.
- the contact piece 131 forms two lateral flanks which overlap the retaining part 131, these lateral flanks extending even more than the upper wall of this part 131, in order to extend the cooperation by rails, even in position extent of the contact part.
- the holding piece 135 has lateral flanks also extending at the most forward of this part, here substantially at the same extent as the flexible finger 138 carrying the latching stud 137.
- holding pieces 135 and contact 131 can be made of plastic or metal.
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Description
- la figure 1 représente en vue éclatée en perspective une machine à tube selon l'art antérieur ;
- les figures 2 à 7 sont des vues détaillées d'un aménagement de butée de tabac conforme à l'invention.
Claims (10)
- Machine à garnir des tubes de cigarettes, comprenant une cuillère (120) recevant et façonnant une charge de tabac en boudin, un embout (110) sur lequel on place un tube de cigarette, un dispositif de serrage (330) apte à serrer un tel tube sur l'embout, et un coulisseau (200) qui porte cet embout et qui est translatable le long de la cuillère (120), la machine comprenant en outre un aménagement de butée d'extrémité pour le tabac (130), dirigé de manière à retenir le tabac en direction du tube à garnir, la machine étant caractérisée en ce que cet aménagement de butée (130) comporte une pièce de contact avec le tabac (131) qui est prévue mobile entre au moins deux positions, l'une où cette pièce de contact (131) occupe une partie de la zone de réception de tabac dans la cuillère (120), l'autre où elle laisse cette zone libre, de sorte que l'étendue de la charge de tabac introduite dans un tube est différente selon la position de cette pièce (131).
- Machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'aménagement de butée (130) inclut deux pièces (131,135) dont l'une (135) est montée fixe par rapport à la cuillère (120) et l'autre (131), formant ladite pièce de contact, est montée mobile sur la pièce fixe (135).
- Machine selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que la pièce fixe (135) a également pour fonction de maintenir la cuillère (120) dans la machine.
- Machine selon la revendication 2 ou la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que la pièce de contact (131) est montée à coulissement sur la pièce fixe (135).
- Machine selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que la pièce de contact (131) et la pièce fixe (135) sont munies de moyens d'encliquetage mutuels (137,133a,133b) pour maintenir la pièce de contact (131) dans au moins une des ses positions.
- Machine selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que les moyens d'encliquetage (137,133a,133b) sont prévus pour maintenir la pièce de contact (131) dans deux positions différentes.
- Machine selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que les moyens d'encliquetage (137,133a,133b) sont prévus pour mettre en oeuvre, dans une des deux positions, un encliquetage suffisamment léger pour être désactivé par simple effort manuel sur la pièce de contact (131) en direction l'autre des deux positions.
- Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 7, caractérisée en ce que les moyens d'encliquetage comprennent un téton (137) porté par un organe élastiquement déformable (138) ainsi qu'un orifice (133a) traversant une paroi et recevant ce téton (137) dans une des positions de la pièce de contact (131).
- Machine selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que l'orifice (133a) et le téton (137) sont prévus pour rester solidaires contre un simple effort sur la pièce de contact, et n'être désolidarisés que par une action directe sur le téton (137).
- Machine selon la revendication 8 ou la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce qu'elle inclut un capot pivotant (300) prévu pour être rabattu au dessus de la cuillère (120) et en ce que ce capot (300) est muni, sur sa face dirigée vers la cuillère (120), d'un pointeau destiné à pénétrer dans l'orifice (133a) et repousser le téton (137) à travers celui-ci en réaction à un effort correspondant de l'utilisateur sur le capot (300).
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FR0214731A FR2847429B1 (fr) | 2002-11-25 | 2002-11-25 | Machine a garnir des tubes de cigarettes ayant differentes longueurs |
FR0214731 | 2002-11-25 |
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EP1421862A1 true EP1421862A1 (fr) | 2004-05-26 |
EP1421862B1 EP1421862B1 (fr) | 2006-07-26 |
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US (1) | US7066183B2 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP1421862B1 (fr) |
AT (1) | ATE333806T1 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE60307021T2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2268294T3 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2847429B1 (fr) |
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EP1844668A2 (fr) * | 2006-04-10 | 2007-10-17 | Republic Tobacco L.P. | Machine pour la fabrication de cigarettes |
USD941524S1 (en) | 2020-08-18 | 2022-01-18 | Republic Brands L.P. | Cigarette-making machine |
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USD665529S1 (en) * | 2011-06-10 | 2012-08-14 | Republic Tobacco L.P. | Handheld cigarette making machine |
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USD797370S1 (en) * | 2016-05-12 | 2017-09-12 | BBK Tobacco & Foods, LLP | Combined scoop and holder for rolling paper or cone |
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FR902458A (fr) * | 1943-04-08 | 1945-08-31 | Machine à faire les cigarettes | |
FR1381852A (fr) * | 1964-02-05 | 1964-12-14 | Efka Werke Kiehn Gmbh Fritz | Dispositif pour bourrer de tabac des tubes de papier à cigarettes |
US5398701A (en) * | 1991-04-04 | 1995-03-21 | Gizeh-Werk Gmbh | Device for filling cigarette tubes |
US6206006B1 (en) * | 1995-12-04 | 2001-03-27 | Efka-Werke Fritz Kiehn Gmbh | Manual packing device for cigarette tubes, in particular cigarette filter tubes with a variable-length tobacco packing chamber hand filling device for cigarette tubes, particularly filter cigarette tubes, with a tobacco press chamber variable in length |
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FR902458A (fr) * | 1943-04-08 | 1945-08-31 | Machine à faire les cigarettes | |
FR1381852A (fr) * | 1964-02-05 | 1964-12-14 | Efka Werke Kiehn Gmbh Fritz | Dispositif pour bourrer de tabac des tubes de papier à cigarettes |
US5398701A (en) * | 1991-04-04 | 1995-03-21 | Gizeh-Werk Gmbh | Device for filling cigarette tubes |
US6206006B1 (en) * | 1995-12-04 | 2001-03-27 | Efka-Werke Fritz Kiehn Gmbh | Manual packing device for cigarette tubes, in particular cigarette filter tubes with a variable-length tobacco packing chamber hand filling device for cigarette tubes, particularly filter cigarette tubes, with a tobacco press chamber variable in length |
Cited By (3)
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EP1844668A2 (fr) * | 2006-04-10 | 2007-10-17 | Republic Tobacco L.P. | Machine pour la fabrication de cigarettes |
EP1844668A3 (fr) * | 2006-04-10 | 2007-11-28 | Republic Tobacco L.P. | Machine pour la fabrication de cigarettes |
USD941524S1 (en) | 2020-08-18 | 2022-01-18 | Republic Brands L.P. | Cigarette-making machine |
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ATE333806T1 (de) | 2006-08-15 |
EP1421862B1 (fr) | 2006-07-26 |
DE60307021D1 (de) | 2006-09-07 |
FR2847429B1 (fr) | 2006-06-23 |
ES2268294T3 (es) | 2007-03-16 |
US7066183B2 (en) | 2006-06-27 |
US20040099276A1 (en) | 2004-05-27 |
FR2847429A1 (fr) | 2004-05-28 |
DE60307021T2 (de) | 2006-12-28 |
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