EP1468617B1 - Méthode et appareil pour nettoyer une machine de fabrication de cigarettes - Google Patents

Méthode et appareil pour nettoyer une machine de fabrication de cigarettes Download PDF

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EP1468617B1
EP1468617B1 EP20040003112 EP04003112A EP1468617B1 EP 1468617 B1 EP1468617 B1 EP 1468617B1 EP 20040003112 EP20040003112 EP 20040003112 EP 04003112 A EP04003112 A EP 04003112A EP 1468617 B1 EP1468617 B1 EP 1468617B1
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Harald Dr. Gosebruch
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  • the invention relates to a method for cleaning a cigarette making machine or parts of such a machine from deposited particles such as dust, short tobacco and adhering to machine parts deposits.
  • the invention also relates to an arrangement for cleaning a cigarette manufacturing machine or parts thereof of deposited particles such as dust, short tobacco and adhering to machine parts deposits.
  • the machines are opened for cleaning and the dust sucked by hand.
  • the components with deposits are cleaned manually, for example with a cleaning fluid.
  • the laser perforation device communicates with a fume extraction device for removing smoke and dust generated during perforation, and is provided with an optical control device having a pneumatic cleaning device for cleaning lenses by means of an air jet.
  • the object underlying the present invention is to carry out a reliable and largely complete cleaning of a cigarette manufacturing machine or parts of such a machine automatically.
  • the method according to the invention is that the machine is supplied with a pressurized gaseous and / or vaporous and / or liquid fluid for separating loosely deposited or adhering particles, and that by the gaseous or vaporous fluid fluidized dust and / or Kurztabakteilchen be sucked, in which the stirring and suction of dust and Kurztabakteilchen takes place automatically during downtime or breaks in the cigarette manufacturing machine.
  • gaseous fluid is preferably to be understood as meaning air, if appropriate hot air, "vaporous fluid” preferably water vapor, and “liquid fluid” preferably water, optionally hot water with or without additional solvents for deposits.
  • An advantageous development of the invention consists in that the fluid is supplied during time intervals, preferably at regular time intervals, and the particles are sucked off.
  • the supply of the fluid and the suction may also occur during stoppages of the cigarette manufacturing machine e.g. while breaks take place.
  • the supply of a fluid e.g. Air and / or steam is advantageously pulse-shaped such that the loosely deposited particles are whirled up again and again, whereby they are sucked off.
  • a fluid e.g. Air and / or steam
  • air possibly hot air
  • the hot air is particularly advantageous if, by using a liquid or vaporous fluid particles, deposits or machine parts are wetted and should be dried.
  • the air can be supplied to a distributor unit, which serves for separating tobacco fibers of the cut tobacco supply present in a storage container and for forming a tobacco rod.
  • the distributor unit may also comprise a so-called leveling agent, which homogenizes the different heights tobacco rod by cutting off the uppermost tobacco layer.
  • a downstream strand unit of the cigarette making machine in which the tobacco rod is wrapped with a glued wrapper strip and formed into a cigarette rod in a molding, may be supplied with liquid and / or vapor to clean a glueing device with respect to glue deposits.
  • the unit can additionally air, preferably hot air, are supplied to eliminate unwanted moisture.
  • a downstream for attaching pieces of filter to cigarettes of single or multiple use length, in which the cigarette rod has been cut in the strand unit, serving Filteransetzech air, possibly hot air, are supplied.
  • the filter application unit may also be supplied with liquid and / or vapor for removing deposits.
  • the liquid and / or the steam can advantageously be supplied to a cutting device for cutting filter rods into filter pieces.
  • liquid and / or steam can be fed to a cutting device for cutting multiple length use cigarette cigarettes into cigarettes of simple usable length in the filter application unit.
  • liquid and / or steam may be supplied to the cutting unit for cutting cigarette-filter-cigarette groups in the filter charging unit.
  • a waste material removal device arranged in the filter application unit can be supplied with air and / or steam.
  • the cigarette manufacturing machine may be supplied with air and / or steam and / or liquid from at least one mobile supply unit.
  • air and / or steam and / or liquid which are loaded with particles or larger deposits, carried away by at least one mobile disposal facility become.
  • Such mobile supply and disposal units have the advantage that the total cost can be lower than fixed installations.
  • machines can be retrofitted with it.
  • the particles, including the deposits can be sucked from the interior of the cigarette manufacturing machine via controllable valves or flaps.
  • the suction lines can end in a main vacuum line, so that large amounts of air per unit time can be sucked.
  • the input mentioned arrangement is characterized by a supply device for a preferably pressurized gaseous and / or vaporous and / or liquid fluid for separating particles and by a suction device for loosely deposited dust or Kurztabakteilchen stirred up by the gas or the vaporous fluid a control arrangement for supplying air and / or vapor and / or liquid, in particular for the purpose of swirling up dust particles and short tobacco particles, and sucking the particles during standstills or breaks in operation of the cigarette manufacturing machine.
  • An advantageous development is characterized by a liquid or vaporous fluid with particles, in particular detached from machine parts deposits, discharging suction device.
  • the advantages associated with the invention are that loose deposits of tobacco dusts and Kurztabak Swisschen can be sucked without opening the machine. Similarly, deposits that adhere to machine parts as a result of sauce and / or glue can be removed and sucked off by means of liquid and / or vapor.
  • the command to activate the cleaning steps can be triggered manually or automatically, eg by a program.
  • a machine M for producing filter cigarettes is shown, which corresponds to the exception of the invention essential components of a PROTOS single-strand machine or a PROTOS two-beam machine of the Applicant.
  • Such machines are widely used in the cigarette industry and therefore need not be described in detail.
  • the machine M has three main components, namely a distributor unit VE, a string unit SE and a filter application unit FA.
  • a tobacco storage container 1 is conveyed by suction through a pipe 2 cut tobacco, which settles in the machine as a tobacco supply 3.
  • the suction air leaves the machine through a sieve 4 and a pipe 6.
  • the matted tobacco 3 is separated in the distribution unit VE and the underside of an air-permeable tobacco rod conveyor belt 7 fed to the back of which a vacuum chamber 8 is located.
  • the negative pressure in the chamber 8 is detected by a sensor 9 and held by a negative pressure generating fan 11 at least approximately constant.
  • the supply of the tobacco fibers to the strand conveyor belt 7 is supported by an air flow 12, which is supplied by a fan 13 through a line 14.
  • 16 is a screen assembly for separating tobacco particles in the feed air.
  • a strand 17 of tobacco fibers whose surface is uneven and is homogenized by a known leveling device 18, builds on the strand conveyor belt 7 under the influence of the suction air through the belt 7 in chamber 8.
  • the device consists essentially of two rotating clamping disks, of which only one (19) is visible, and an unillustrated rotating paddle, which abpaddelt the under the clamping plane downwardly projecting tobacco.
  • a cigarette rod 21 is formed from the smoothed tobacco rod 17.
  • the strand 17 is drawn off from a reel 20 Rolled cigarette paper 22 and pulled with this from a belt 23 by a so-called format part 24.
  • the format part 24 has a so-called finger 26, under which the cigarette paper strip 22 is continuously curved into a round shape, from which an edge protrudes. This is glued by a gluing device 27 and pressed by a closure device 28 on the already rounded cigarette rod 21.
  • the glue seam of the cigarette rod 21 is dried by a heating device 29.
  • the cigarette rod 21 is continuously cut by a rotating knife device 30 into cigarettes 31 of double the use length and supplied by an accelerator 32 of the Filteransetzmaschine. Details of the accelerator device shows the U.S. Patent 4,051,947 ,
  • the double-length cigarettes are cut by a rotating circular blade 34 into cigarettes of simple usable length (not shown).
  • a so-called spreading drum 36 the cigarettes are axially displaced from each other to form a space (not shown), are stored in the not shown on a filter inserting drum 37 pieces of filter double use length.
  • the filter pieces are formed on a so-called filter apparatus 38.
  • filter rods 41 are removed from a removal drum 42 and fed via an intermediate drum 43 of a cutting drum 44 with a rotating circular blade a magazine 39; after cutting and the so-called de-staggering of the filter pieces they are on the drum 46 as a series of successively arranged filter pieces double use length (not shown) of the drum 37 fed.
  • a sliding drum 47 the cigarettes are pushed towards each other until they rest against the intermediate filter pieces.
  • tipping paper flakes are attached to the filter pieces and the end portions of the cigarette and the filter cigarette groups, each formed by cigarettes and an intermediate filter piece, connected by rollers on a counter-rolling surface, not shown.
  • a cutting drum 49 On a cutting drum 49, the groups are cut centrally by a rotating circular knife 51 through the filter pieces, thus forming the finished filter cigarettes.
  • the filter cigarettes After turning a row of cigarettes on a turning drum 52, the filter cigarettes are tested on a test drum 53 and the defective cigarettes are blown off a blower drum 54.
  • a discharge drum 56 With a discharge drum 56 is designated, which transfers the filter cigarettes 57 on a discharge conveyor 58, on which they are conveyed away.
  • the cigarettes are held on the drums 33 ... 56 in troughs, not shown, by means of suction air, which is supplied to the drums from a vacuum chamber 59 via channels 61.
  • the negative pressure is generated by a fan 62.
  • a discharge conveyor 63 To discharge broke cigarettes and other excreted tobacco or filter components is a discharge conveyor 63, which promotes the parts in a committee room 64.
  • the above-described machine for producing filter cigarettes is substantially known as already mentioned. It can also be operated without filter application unit FA, so that it produces so-called plain cigarettes without attached filters.
  • the machine has several areas where dust and / or short tobacco can accumulate loosely or deposit on machine parts under the influence of sauce and glue. In the latter case, elimination is more difficult. So far, the machines are opened for cleaning and the dust sucked by hand. The components with deposits are cleaned manually, eg with a cleaning fluid. This work will be faster and, if desired, carried out automatically according to the invention.
  • a mobile device 71 which is movable on rollers 72. It contains a supply part 73 for air, which can be heated by means of a heater 74 and can be blown via a line 76 from a fan 77 to a connection point 78.
  • the conduit 76 can be quickly disconnected and decoupled by means of a known pneumatic clutch.
  • an air buffer 79 may be provided.
  • the pressurized air is sent to a line 81 in the VE area, e.g. a pipeline with outlet openings (not shown), from which air streams 82 can escape into areas where experience shows dust and Kurztabakansammlungen occur.
  • steam e.g. be fed dry steam.
  • the mobile device 71 also includes a liquid supply part 83, such as water, which may be hot and is in a container 84. It can be conveyed by a pump 86 via a line 87 to a connection point 88, which may have a hydraulic coupling for quick coupling and uncoupling of the line 87.
  • the heated water is passed through a conduit 91 e.g. conveyed a pipe to a nozzle from which it can impinge on deposits on the Egalisatorvoriques 18 and replace it.
  • the water of the cleaning liquid may be provided with a solvent or a special cleaning liquid may be used. Instead of liquid or in addition to steam, preferably moist saturated steam can be supplied.
  • the lines in the machine, through which liquid and / or steam are supplied, are shown by dashed lines.
  • the mobile device 71 also contains a discharge unit in the form of a suction device 93, which can be coupled or disconnected at a connection point 94 by means of a line 95 to an internal line 92 of the machine, for example a pipeline.
  • a fan 97 sucks up swirled dust or short tobacco and / or moist laden air and / or vapor and / or liquid from within the machine Line 92 and may guide them, possibly via a sieve assembly 98, to an unillustrated central dedusting arrangement.
  • connection points 101, 102 are provided for suction
  • connection point 103 for supplying air to a pipe 104 exits the air 105.
  • water and / or steam can be passed via line 107 to the format part 24 to remove glue.
  • water and / or steam may be passed via line 109 to the circular blades 34, 45 and 51 to relieve deposits.
  • Via port 111 air 112, e.g. Hot air to be routed to pipe 113, via connection point 114, air and / or moisture from pipe 116 can be sucked.
  • hot air 119 can be conducted to the filter application unit FA, which in particular serves for drying machine parts which have been wetted by liquid and / or vapor from line 109.
  • the filter application unit FA which in particular serves for drying machine parts which have been wetted by liquid and / or vapor from line 109.
  • the filter application unit FA Via junction 121, rejects, short tobacco and dust from the broke space 64 and a leading line 122 can be sucked out.
  • valves 123 are provided, which can be opened or closed by hand or automatically. In this case, those valves 123 are opened, which are assigned to those interiors of the machine M, which are connected to the suction device.
  • the cleaning arrangement according to the invention can be activated periodically or as required or at standstill of the machine M at pauses, the air for the stirring of dust or short tobacco supplied intermittently (pulsed) can be. The fluidized dust or dissolved deposits are then sucked off and thus removed from the machine.
  • Fig. 2 are functional with components of the machine according to Fig. 1 matching parts no longer specially designated and described.
  • the following essential parts correspond: pipelines 104, 113, 81 and 118.
  • pipelines 126 and 127 for supplying air, optionally hot air, and / or steam
  • piping 128 for supplying liquid and / or wet steam to the format part 24, Piping 129 for supplying hot air or dry steam for drying liquid wetted parts of the strand unit SE.
  • controllable valves or flaps 131 which can be connected individually or in groups via line 132 to the suction side of the fan 11. In this case, a valve 133 is closed. With the individual controllable valves or flaps 131 can be disposed of interiors of the machine M selectively. Similarly, broke space 64 may be disposed of via line 136 with a valve or flap 137 opened and a valve or flap 138 closed.
  • the advantage of the variant according to Fig. 2 across from Fig. 1 is that the supply and disposal elements can be permanently installed, so that a transport of the mobile device 71 (FIG. Fig. 1 ) deleted.
  • Fig. 3 shows machine combinations M1, M2, M3, each consisting of distributor unit VE, string unit SE and filter application unit FA.
  • the machine combinations are connected via controllable valves or flaps 141 to special disposal lines 142 leading to the main vacuum line 143.
  • special disposal lines 142 leading to the main vacuum line 143.
  • the valves 141 When opening one or more of the valves 141, large air flows from the machines can be sucked out of the machines via a sieve arrangement 144 via the very powerfully dimensioned main line 143 of the fan 146, which enables a very good and fast cleaning.
  • the sometimes space-consuming valves or flaps can be located outside the machine.
  • FIGs 4a and 4b an example of a cleaning of a machine element by means of a supplied liquid is shown as hot water. It is the cleaning of a finger 26 belonging to the format part 24, at which sometimes sauce residues are deposited.
  • Fig. 4a shows the operating position of the finger 26, as in Fig. 1 is described.
  • Fig. 4b shows the finger, which is raised together with the stopped strand conveyor belt 7.
  • a protective cover 148 is pushed into which water and / or steam from the device 71 is passed through line 91, which impinges on the finger and removes the deposits.
  • the hood 148 reduces the risk of watering the machine in unwanted places.
  • the protective hood 148 is removed and the finger 26 and the strand conveyor belt 7 lowered into the operating position (FIG. 4a).
  • FIG. 5 shows a development of the arrangement according to Fig. 1 with an operating during the breaks of the cigarette manufacturing machine by means of a supply and disposal device operating arrangement for supplying and suction of the fluid.
  • a mobile supply and removal unit 71 is connected to the connection points 121, 117 of the cigarette manufacturing machine M1.
  • M2 and M3 show other cigarette making machines to which the invention is applicable.
  • the unit 71 may also include a supply part for supplying air, as in FIG Fig. 1 shown.
  • the unit 71 may also be connected to other connection points of the cigarette manufacturing machine M1.
  • valves 123 serve to prevent the build-up of a negative pressure in the machine during suction.
  • the control of the above-described cleaning steps is advantageously designed so that these steps are preferably carried out during breaks in the operation of the machine. It can then no longer come to larger dust / Kurztabakansammlungen or deposits in the machine, the removal of which takes considerable time by hand.
  • the breaks are thus advantageously automatically used for machine cleaning.
  • Fig. 6 shows a further education of Fig. 2 wherein valves 151 and 152 are opened during operation pauses and a valve 153 is closed.
  • the internal fan 62 for the vacuum supply of the drums 47 and 48 (and the rest Drums 36 ... 54) is used during the breaks to remove dust / short tobacco and debris.
  • the valves 123 prevent the build-up of an undesirable negative pressure in the machine during suction.
  • Fig. 7 shows a development of the arrangement of Fig. 3 wherein valves 151, 152 and 123 are opened during the pauses in operation.
  • the illustrated components can also be attached to other parts of the machine M1 that can be cleaned during breaks. With appropriate design of the machine M1, suction can also be carried out during the operation of the machine for the production of cigarettes.

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  1. Procédé de nettoyage d'une machine de fabrication de cigarettes ou de parties d'une telle machine pour éliminer des particules déposées, telles que poussières, tabac court et dépôts adhérant à des parties de la machine, caractérisé en ce qu'un fluide gazeux et/ou à l'état de vapeur et/ou liquide sous pression destiné à séparer des particules déposées en vrac ou adhérentes est amené à la machine, et en ce que sont aspirées des particules de poussières et/ou de tabac court soulevées en tourbillons par le fluide gazeux ou à l'état de vapeur, le soulèvement en tourbillons et l'aspiration de poussières et particules de tabac court s'effectuant automatiquement lors d'arrêts de fonctionnement de la machine de fabrication de cigarettes.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que des particules détachées (sous forme de dépôts) de parties de la machine sont aspirées par un fluide à l'état liquide et/ou de vapeur.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 et/ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le fluide est amené par intervalles et les particules sont aspirées.
  4. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le fluide, en particulier le fluide servant à soulever des particules en tourbillons, est amené par impulsions.
  5. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, lors de l'aspiration de particules soulevées en tourbillons et/ou détachées, l'air est introduit dans la machine par l'intermédiaire de soupapes ou clapets commandables.
  6. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que de l'air, éventuellement de l'air chaud, et/ou de la vapeur est amené(e) pour soulever des particules en tourbillons.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que de l'eau, éventuellement de l'eau chaude, et/ou de la vapeur est amenée pour détacher des dépôts.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce qu'en cas d'utilisation de vapeur pour soulever des particules en tourbillons ou de vapeur et/ou liquide pour détacher des dépôts, on introduit de l'air, en particulier de l'air chaud, pour sécher des éléments mouillés.
  9. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que de l'air, éventuellement de l'air chaud, est amené à une unité de distribution de la machine de fabrication de cigarettes, servant à séparer des fibres de tabac et à former un boudin de tabac.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce qu'un liquide et/ou de la vapeur destinés à détacher des dépôts est amené(e) à un dispositif égalisateur disposé dans l'unité de distribution.
  11. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que de l'air, éventuellement de l'air chaud, est amené à une unité à boudins de tabac de la machine de fabrication de cigarettes, servant à former et à découper un boudin de cigarette.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que de l'eau et/ou de la vapeur est amenée à l'unité à boudins de tabac dans la zone d'un élément de mise au format et/ou d'un dispositif d'encollage.
  13. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que de l'air, éventuellement de l'air chaud, et/ou de la vapeur est amené(e) à une unité d'assemblage de filtres servant à implanter des bouts-filtres sur des cigarettes de longueur utile simple ou multiple.
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce qu'est amené(e) à l'unité d'assemblage de filtres un liquide et/ou de la vapeur pour détacher des dépôts.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 13 et/ou 14, caractérisé en ce qu'un liquide et/ou de la vapeur est amené(e) à un dispositif destiné à découper des tronçons de boudin de cigarette de longueur utile multiple en cigarettes de longueur utile simple.
  16. Procédé selon la revendication 14 et/ou 15, caractérisé en ce qu'un liquide et/ou de la vapeur est amené(e) à un dispositif destiné à découper des bâtons de filtres de longueur utile multiple en bouts-filtres.
  17. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 13 à 16, caractérisé en ce qu'un liquide et/ou de la vapeur est amené(e) à un dispositif destiné à découper des cigarettes doubles séparées par des bouts-filtres collés.
  18. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que de l'air et/ou de la vapeur est amené(e) à un dispositif d'évacuation des déchets.
  19. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que de l'air et/ou de la vapeur et/ou un liquide est amené à la machine de fabrication de cigarettes par au moins une unité d'alimentation mobile.
  20. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que de l'air et/ou de la vapeur et/ou un liquide chargé(e) de particules ou dépôts est évacué(e) par au moins une unité d'évacuation mobile.
  21. Procédé selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que des particules ou dépôts sont aspirés des espaces intérieurs de la machine de fabrication de cigarettes par l'intermédiaire de soupapes ou clapets commandables.
  22. Agencement pour nettoyer une machine de fabrication de cigarettes ou parties de celle-ci pour éliminer des particules déposées telles que poussières, tabac court et dépôts adhérant à des parties de la machine, comprenant un dispositif (71, 73, 81, 83, 104, 111, 113, 118, 126, 127, 128, 129) d'amenée d'un fluide gazeux et/ou à l'état de vapeur et/ou liquide avantageusement sous pression, destiné à séparer des particules au moyen d'un dispositif (71, 93, 101, 102, 121, 122, 123, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137, 138) d'aspiration de particules de poussière ou de tabac court déposées en vrac et soulevées en tourbillons par le fluide gazeux ou à l'état de vapeur, lequel agencement présente un dispositif de commande destiné à amener de l'air et/ou de la vapeur et/ou du liquide, en particulier pour soulever en tourbillons des particules de poussière et de courtes particules de tabac et pour aspirer les particules lors d'arrêts de fonctionnement de la machine de fabrication de cigarettes.
  23. Agencement selon la revendication 22, caractérisé par un dispositif d'aspiration (93) évacuant du fluide, à l'état liquide ou de vapeur, chargé de particules (poussières, tabac court, dépôts détachés de parties de la machine).
  24. Agencement selon la revendication 22 et/ou 23, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée (73, 83) activé par intervalles et par un dispositif d'aspiration (93) activé par intervalles.
  25. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 24, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée fonctionnant par impulsions.
  26. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 25, caractérisé par un conduit d'amenée d'air dans la machine (M) par l'intermédiaire de soupapes ou clapets (123) commandables, pendant l'aspiration de particules soulevées en tourbillons et/ou détachées.
  27. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 26, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée (73) acheminant de l'air, éventuellement de l'air chaud, et/ou de la vapeur pour soulever des particules en tourbillons.
  28. Agencement selon la revendication 27, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée (73) acheminant de l'eau chaude et/ou de la vapeur pour détacher des dépôts sur des parties de la machine.
  29. Agencement selon la revendication 28, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée d'air, éventuellement d'air chaud, ou de vapeur sèche pour sécher des particules ou dépôts ou parties de machine mouillés en cas d'utilisation d'eau ou de vapeur pour soulever des particules en tourbillons ou pour détacher des dépôts.
  30. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 29, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée (73) d'air, éventuellement de l'air chaud, à une unité de distribution (VE) d'une machine de fabrication de cigarettes (M), servant à séparer des fibres de tabac et à former un boudin de tabac (21).
  31. Agencement selon la revendication 30, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée (83) de liquide et/ou de vapeur à un dispositif égalisateur (18) dans l'unité de distribution (VE).
  32. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 31, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée de liquide et/ou de vapeur à une unité à boudins de tabac (SE) pour la formation d'un boudin de cigarette (21) à partir du boudin de tabac (17).
  33. Agencement selon la revendication 32, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée d'air, éventuellement d'air chaud, à un dispositif de découpe (30) disposé dans l'unité à boudins de tabac (SE) pour découper le boudin de cigarette (21) en tronçons de boudin de cigarette (31).
  34. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 33, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée destiné à amener de l'air, éventuellement de l'air chaud, à une unité d'assemblage de filtres (FA) servant à implanter des bouts-filtres sur des tronçons de boudin de cigarette.
  35. Agencement selon la revendication 34, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée de liquide et/ou de vapeur pour détacher des dépôts dans l'unité d'assemblage de filtres.
  36. Agencement selon la revendication 34 et/ou 35, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée de liquide et/ou de vapeur à un dispositif (34) de découpe de tronçons de boudin de cigarette (31) de longueur utile multiple en cigarettes de longueur utile simple.
  37. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 34 à 36, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée de liquide et/ou de vapeur à un dispositif (45) de découpe de bâtons de filtres (41) de longueur utile multiple en bouts-filtres.
  38. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 34 à 37, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée de liquide et/ou de vapeur à un dispositif (51) de découpe de cigarettes doubles séparées par des bouts-filtres collés.
  39. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 38, caractérisé par un dispositif d'amenée (118) d'air et/ou de vapeur à un système d'évacuation (63) de déchets.
  40. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 39, caractérisé par au moins une unité d'alimentation mobile (71, 73, 83) pour amener de l'air et/ou de la vapeur et/ou un liquide à la machine de fabrication de cigarettes (M).
  41. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 40, caractérisé par une unité d'évacuation mobile (71, 93) pour évacuer de l'air et/ou de la vapeur et/ou un liquide chargés de particules ou de dépôts.
  42. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 41, caractérisé par des soupapes ou clapets (131) commandables via lesquels les particules (poussières, tabac court ou dépôts) peuvent être aspirées de la machine de fabrication de cigarettes (M).
  43. Agencement selon la revendication 42, caractérisé en ce que l'air et/ou la vapeur et/ou le liquide aspirés sont acheminés via un conduit (142) jusqu'à une canalisation à vide principale (143) desservant plusieurs machines (M1, M2, M3).
  44. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 43, caractérisé en ce que la machine de fabrication de cigarettes (M) présente des raccords fixes (78, 88, 94, 101, 106) pour l'unité d'alimentation mobile (71).
  45. Agencement selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications 22 à 44, caractérisé en ce qu'au cours de l'acheminement d'un fluide liquide ou de vapeur humide, un dispositif de protection (148) peut être amené dans une position (Fig. 4b) dans laquelle il est apte à protéger des parties de la machine et/ou du tabac contre l'engorgement.
  46. Agencement selon la revendication 22, caractérisé par l'unité d'alimentation mobile (71) et l'unité d'évacuation (71) pour le soulèvement en tourbillons ou l'aspiration.
  47. Agencement selon la revendication 22, caractérisé en ce qu'est respectivement prévue une soupape (151, 152) commandable pour la commande de l'amenée et de l'aspiration d'air.
  48. Agencement selon la revendication 47, caractérisé en ce qu'est prévu pour l'aspiration un ventilateur (62) servant à créer une dépression dans la machine.
  49. Agencement selon la revendication 22, caractérisé en ce qu'est prévu pour l'aspiration un conduit (142) qui est relié à une canalisation à vide principale (143) au moins pendant les arrêts de fonctionnement.
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