EP1492422B1 - Dispositif de division d'une suite continue d'articles et procede correspondant - Google Patents

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EP1492422B1
EP1492422B1 EP03743753A EP03743753A EP1492422B1 EP 1492422 B1 EP1492422 B1 EP 1492422B1 EP 03743753 A EP03743753 A EP 03743753A EP 03743753 A EP03743753 A EP 03743753A EP 1492422 B1 EP1492422 B1 EP 1492422B1
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Samuett Bamrungbhuet
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
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    • B65B19/04—Arranging, feeding, or orientating the cigarettes
    • B65B19/10—Arranging cigarettes in layers each comprising a predetermined number
    • B65B19/105—Arranging cigarettes in layers each comprising a predetermined number using rotary drums for withdrawal of successive layers from a hopper
    • 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
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  • the invention relates to a device for dividing a continuous series of articles, in particular the tobacco-processing industry, in particular of cigarettes, with a particular endless conveyor, on which the sequence of articles is arranged, and with at least two subordinate to the conveyor removal conveyors for removing parts the consecutive series of articles.
  • the invention further relates to a method for adjusting the position of at least one particular endless conveyor for conveying a continuous series of articles downstream take-off conveyor, are removed by means of parts of the sequence of articles, wherein a number n of articles for insertion into a respective pocket of a collecting conveyor be removed from the sequence by means of at least two pickup conveyor and wherein the number n of articles defines a block length.
  • a corresponding device is known from DE-OS 1 632 205, which corresponds to US 3,603,445 known. From this document various methods and devices are known, by means of which blocks of cigarettes from a consecutive series of cigarettes are assembled and can be converted into corresponding pockets of a pocket conveyor. Here, the consecutive series of cigarettes should be taken without gaps to form blocks of cigarettes.
  • the counting drum which is designated by the reference numerals 402 to 404 in FIG. 9, continuously runs at the same circumferential speed as the feed conveyor (reference numeral 401).
  • the positions of the layers to be removed is determined by the distances between the counting drums and the relative angles of rotation. However, these parameters also determine the transfer times to the block conveyor. If a format adjustment is necessary, the distances of the block pockets must be changed, which is a considerable amount of time.
  • the task of further developing the generic device and the generic method such that the switching to another packaging format, in particular starting from a previously used packaging format, can be made as simple as possible, in particular minimizing the time and the mechanical complexity as possible should be. It is another object of the invention to provide a simple and fast to implement block cigarettes from a continuous To allow episode of cigarettes.
  • a device for dividing a continuous series of articles in particular the tobacco processing industry, in particular cigarettes, with a particular endless conveyor, comprising a plurality of receptacles for receiving the sequence of articles, and at least two downstream of the conveyor Picking conveyors for picking up parts of the continuous train of articles, which is further developed by the pickup conveyors being non-uniform or intermittently drivable.
  • each counting drum or each pickup conveyor is accelerated from standstill, being synchronized to the desired position of the position, which means in the embodiment of cigarettes as a continuous sequence of articles that, for example, about a synchronization to +/- 5 Cigarettes take place. Thereafter, the take-off conveyor or the take-off conveyor is stopped again as soon as the next layer segment of the counting drum or the take-off conveyor is in the transfer position on the collecting conveyor or block conveyor.
  • each pickup conveyor with corresponding receptacles in which the cigarettes are located For transferring the accommodated position of cigarettes, each pickup conveyor with corresponding receptacles in which the cigarettes are located, from a lower position to an upper position rotates where the respective pickup conveyor is stopped, in a position in which the products located in the receptacles are aligned with a bag located on the collecting conveyor.
  • the articles and in particular cigarettes are then introduced into the pockets of the collecting conveyor at standstill of the collecting conveyor and at standstill of the removal conveyor in the longitudinal axial direction of the articles or cigarettes.
  • the corresponding pickup conveyor When changing the package format, the corresponding pickup conveyor must be moved or adjusted only to another position. If there are two collecting conveyors or block forming units for a two-lane packing machine, preferably one of the units is displaced relative to the particularly endless conveying means such that the necessary change of the synchronization is minimal. This is, for example, as described above, the case when the distance is as described above.
  • a particularly simple synchronization is given when the transfer point to a further block conveyor is kept constant by the displacement of a collecting conveyor by a collecting conveyor is moved only halfway compared to the travel of belonging to this Blockblldeelnheit counting drum or the associated removal conveyor ,
  • each counting conveyor is a counting drum, which has at least one segment, each having a plurality of receptacles for removing the articles from the sequence, wherein an odd number of segments is provided.
  • the at least two removal conveyor at a distance from each other, which is variable and adjustable.
  • the articles, in particular cigarettes, are preferably located on the receptacles of the particular endless conveyor.
  • openings can be provided in the receptacles by means of which suction air can act on the articles. It can also be provided mechanical elements for opening or closing the recordings.
  • the receptacles are wells.
  • each group comprises three pickup conveyors, three-layered blocks of articles are easily divisible or formable.
  • the removal conveyor counting conveyor and in particular preferably Zähltrommein.
  • At least one accumulation conveyor is provided, in or on which the parts of the string removed by the pickup conveyors are collectable.
  • a collecting conveyor is preferably provided for each group, a particularly effective and rapid division of the consecutive sequence of articles is given. It is then particularly preferably possible to simultaneously transfer two or more blocks into a pocket conveyor.
  • a pocket conveyor is provided, wherein the collected parts of the sequence can be transferred in the form of a block, in particular of the at least one collecting conveyor on the pocket conveyor.
  • the articles are cigarettes, this is a particularly effective transfer to two-lane cigarette packaging machines possible.
  • the number of removable from the at least one counting conveyor article can be specified. This is preferably done by entering in a keyboard of a control device to the device according to the invention. If, for example cigarette packs are to be made from blocks of 19 cigarettes, which should be two-ply, it is possible to enter the number 19 in a keyboard, after which then one of the counting conveyor takes 9 items and a second conveyor 10 items. However, other sizes of the layers may be specified accordingly. This can also be transmitted via a keyboard to a control system.
  • each counting conveyor is a counting drum having at least one segment with a plurality of receptacles each for taking the articles from the sequence with an odd number of segments, one is particular Quick distribution of articles from the sequential series possible. If preferably at least one pickup conveyor or a group of pickup conveyors is arranged on a movable carrier element, a change from one pack size to another pack size is possible even faster.
  • At least one accumulation conveyor is arranged on a movable carrier element, which further simplifies the adjustment work or adjustments in the transition from one pack size to another pack size.
  • the at least one collecting conveyor is detachably fixable connected to the movable support member.
  • the center distance of the pickup conveyors or of two predeterminable pickup conveyors or the group of pickup conveyors is as large as an integer multiple of twice the block length, the block length being a distance corresponding to the removal of the outermost picks of the number m of articles on the conveyance which are needed to form a block in a pocket plus or minus the removal of the outermost receptacles used to receive the articles to be removed by the at least one pickup conveyor.
  • m is a natural number and corresponds to the number of articles in one Block.
  • the significant distance is the pitch between the middle counting drums of two groups of counting drums.
  • the center distance is, in particular, the distance from an axis of rotation of a counting drum to the axis of rotation the other counting drum.
  • the object is also achieved by a method for assembling rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, in particular of cigarettes, in particular for forming blocks of these articles, wherein taken from a continuously fed sequence of articles a number of n particular successive articles by means of at least one pickup conveyor in which the articles are conveyed into the effective region of at least one pocket of a collecting conveyor by means of the at least one removal conveyor, and subsequently the n articles are dispensed into the at least one pocket, the method being further developed in that the movement of the removal conveyor is nonuniform or is intermittent.
  • the non-uniform or intermittent movement of the take-off conveyor or the at least one take-off conveyor it is possible to convert a continuous movement into a discontinuous movement, so that layers can be taken from the continuous series of articles provided, for example, for forming blocks of these articles are, the blocks are then clocked or intermittently or discontinuously promoted.
  • the movement of the pickup conveyor is achieved by a non-uniform or intermittent drive of the or, the pickup conveyor.
  • the at least one pickup conveyor When the at least one pickup conveyor is synchronized to the speed of the sequence of articles for the removal of the n articles from the continuously fed sequence of articles, a secured acceptance of the articles from the continuously fed sequence is possible.
  • the at least one removal conveyor is preferably axially aligned with the at least one bag stopped, so that the articles can be pushed axially into the pocket. If it is preferable to provide a group of pickup conveyors each to form a block, it is possible to simultaneously produce a plurality of blocks. In this case, only one pickup conveyor can be provided per group of pickup conveyors. If at least two pickup conveyors are provided per group, which are synchronized differently, it is possible to provide at least two layers per block. The natural number n can vary in size per location.
  • a particularly simple adaptation of the block size or the number of articles per block or the number of articles per layer in a block is given when the distance between the groups is changed. In this case, it is not necessary to change the distance of the pockets on the accumulation conveyor or the pocket conveyor, whereby a quick adaptation to different block or layer sizes is possible. If only two groups are provided, it is only necessary to move one group, with the transfer locations not having to be changed from the accumulation conveyor being moved to another pocket conveyor.
  • suction air By means of controllable suction air, a prescribable number of articles are fixed in each intake conveyor by the continuous series of articles in the effective range of a bag of a collecting conveyor, a particularly simple adaptability to the number of articles per block or per layer is possible .
  • a control by means of suction air is known per se to those skilled in the art.
  • at least one suction air opening per intake is provided, into which suction air can be emptied, in order to hold the corresponding articles by negative pressure.
  • suction air supply For recording is sucked in accordance with suction or air through these openings.
  • the suction air supply is interrupted.
  • mechanical closure elements may be provided or else the entire intake air supply may be interrupted for a segment of recordings.
  • the promotion of the article happens by means of the pickup conveyor upwards, in particular, preferably a transverse axial promotion is provided.
  • the inventive method is further developed in that for adjusting the position of at least one particular endless conveyor for promoting a continuous series of articles downstream pickup conveyor, are removed by means of parts of the sequence of articles, wherein a number m of articles for introduction into in each case one pocket of a collecting conveyor is removed from the sequence by means of at least two removal conveyors and wherein the number m of articles defines a block length which corresponds to the spacing of m juxtaposed receivers on the conveyor, wherein the center distance of the at least two removal conveyors is an integer multiple of twice Block length plus or minus the number of articles to be accepted by the pickup conveyor whose position is set.
  • block length means, in particular, the length or the path taken by a corresponding number of cigarettes on the conveying means or the removal of the outermost receptacles into which the number of cigarettes can be introduced on the endless conveying means. If this is an endless conveyor with corresponding troughs arranged at equidistant intervals, the block length is the distance of the troughs multiplied by the number of troughs required for the cigarettes less a trough.
  • m and n are a natural number.
  • a contiguous portion of the sequence of articles is removed so that no article remains on the conveyor.
  • two groups are provided, each with three removal conveyors, being used as the relevant center distance of the center distance of the respective middle pickup conveyor.
  • the position of transferring a collected block from the accumulation conveyor to a pocket conveyor remains constant, whereas the element carrying the accumulation conveyor is displaced half as much as that associated with the removal conveyor associated group of acceptance conveyors.
  • a method for blocking articles of the tobacco processing industry wherein a part of the sequence of articles is removed from a continuous sequence of articles by means of at least one pickup conveyor and transferred to a block, further wherein the at least one pickup conveyor is at least one endless conveyor , which is driven non-uniformly or intermittently, a particularly simple synchronization to changed package sizes is possible.
  • the at least one pickup conveyor is at least one endless conveyor , which is driven non-uniformly or intermittently
  • the at least one removal conveyor is in each case a counting drum.
  • the at least one pickup conveyor to the sequence of articles and / or a block image unit, which in particular comprises a collection conveyor, which in particular has bags for blocking, synchronized.
  • FIG. 1 shows a part of a packaging machine for packaging cigarettes according to a first embodiment of the invention in a schematic side view.
  • An endless stream of cigarettes 12 in the form of a cigarette sequence 50 is fed to a feed belt 10 by means of a feed drum 11, in which the cigarettes are deposited in corresponding troughs.
  • wells 13 are shown, but only in the upper area. Also in the lower area hollows should be present. However, these are not shown in FIG.
  • cigarettes 12 are transferred layer by layer cigarettes 12 into two clocked pocket conveyors 19 and 20 by intermittently or uniformly running counting drums 14 to form pack blocks or cigarette blocks 52 for packaging in a two-lane packing machine from the continuously running feed conveyor, namely the feed belt 10 where they are put together into blocks 52.
  • the cigarettes are introduced into depressions 15 of the counting drums 14, whereby depending on the size of the pack a differently sized portion 17 of the cigarette sequence 50 is removed.
  • the counting drums 14 have layer segments 16 which in this embodiment could theoretically receive a sequence or a part of the sequence of a maximum of 9 cigarettes.
  • a corresponding layer segment 16 is synchronized with the conveyance of the cigarette stream on the conveyor belt 10 for the removal of a portion 17 of the cigarette sequence from the gapless single-layer cigarette stream. It is then, for example, given suction air to those wells, in which the cigarettes are to be included.
  • the feeding belt 10 conveys the cigarette stream, for example, continuously.
  • the ply segments 16 of the counting drums 14 are transferred into the region of a few pockets 22 of the first pocket conveyor 19 and the second pocket conveyor 20. Arrived in this position, the rotational movement of the respective counting drum 14 is stopped and by means of a lifter 27, 27 ", 27 '' 'the cigarettes are conveyed to the desired height and then by means of a plunger (see Fig. 5) in the bag
  • the conveyor belt 34 of the first pocket conveyor 19 and the second pocket conveyor 20 is moved via a respective deflection roller 24, which is driven, and otherwise passes over a further deflection roller 25th
  • first transfer point 28 and a second transfer point 29 the finished shaped blocks of cigarettes are transferred longitudinally into pockets 23 of a third pocket conveyor 21.
  • the conveying movement of the first pocket conveyor 19, the second pocket conveyor 20 and the third pocket conveyor 21 is in the direction the arrows shown on the pulleys 24 and discontinuously.
  • the movement of the first pocket conveyor and the second pocket conveyor is intermittent with step lengths corresponding to the simple distance of the pockets 22 disposed on the conveyor 34, ie, there is a respective intermittent conveyance in a length of one pitch.
  • the promotion of the blocks on the third pocket conveyor 21 is done with twice the distance of the pockets 23 on the third pocket conveyor 21 and a double division.
  • two blocks of cigarettes for further packaging are passed on a twin-lane packing machine.
  • a first movable support 18, on which the counting drums 14 of a first group 47 'are arranged is preferably provided, and a second movable support 26, on which the drums 24 and 25 of the first pocket conveyor 19 are arranged.
  • the group 47 of counting drums 14 and the second pocket conveyor 20 may then remain in their position.
  • a particularly simple adjustment or change of the device according to the invention to a new package size is given when the position of the pocket 22 in the transfer position 28 remains constant, whereas the guide roller 24 and the guide roller 25 is moved halfway to the left or right
  • a correct adjustment is given when the distance of the middle or other counting drums of the two block image units is an integer multiple of twice the block length plus or minus the length of the layers to be taken from these drums.
  • these distances or the respective synchronizations are indicated schematically for two different distances 40.
  • the corresponding parts 17 of the cigarette series, which are indicated on the conveyor belt 34 are in the first case 6 cigarettes (s) and 7 cigarettes (r) and in the second case 9 cigarettes (x) and 8 cigarettes (m). Corresponding parts 17 of the cigarette sequence are still present at the hatched areas, whereas the places which are not hatched indicate a removed position 43.
  • a first part 41 of the sequence is taken from the counting drums 14, which are indicated on the right in FIG. 4, and a second part 42 from the counting drums 14, which are indicated on the left.
  • the counting drums 14 each have a layer segment 16 of a maximum of 9 wells for cigarettes.
  • Fig. 4 also parts 17 of the cigarette sequence are shown, at the point where they are arranged in the layer segment 16 of the respective counting drum 14.
  • a part 17 of the cigarette sequence is shown exactly in the center of the counting drum 14 at the top left in FIG.
  • the counting drum, to the right of it has a subset of 6 cigarettes, with two troughs left and one trough to the right of them.
  • the counting drum 14 has on the left a part 17 of the cigarette sequence, which is arranged on the left in the layer segment 16, whereby 8 cigarettes can be accommodated and a trough on the right remains free.
  • the counting drum which is located to the right of the leftmost Zähltrommel below, all troughs are filled.
  • the drum center is the reference point.
  • the bars leading to the indicated ply segments 16 from the counting drums 14 indicate to what extent in relation to the above example to the lower example
  • the counting drum arranged to the right is synchronized, one cigarette at a time, and the counter drum arranged further to the right is followed by 8 cigarettes synchronized, the counting drum arranged to the right is advanced by 7 cigarettes, the subsequent counting drum is synchronized neither before nor after lagging and the rightmost counting drum is synchronized by 5 cigarettes nacheilend.
  • the spacing of the counting drums from a group of counting drums remains constant in this embodiment.
  • FIGS. 2 a) to 2 c the transfer of a part 17 of the series of cigarettes 12 to a pocket 22 of the conveyor belt 34 is shown in greater detail.
  • Fig. 2a the state is shown in which there is no overlap of the cigarette sequence and the bag prevails.
  • Fig. 2b) there is almost a corresponding overlap.
  • a lift 27 has been moved upwards. This lifter takes the cigarettes 12, wherein by means of a nose 33, the two cigarettes arranged on the left are separated somewhat spatially from the cigarettes arranged on the right.
  • an abutment 31 is provided.
  • Fig. 2c) there is a corresponding overlap between the group of cigarettes or a cigarette layer 51 and the pocket.
  • the overlap of the cigarette layer 51 with the pocket means that the cigarette layer is axially aligned with the position in the pocket in which the cigarette layer 51 is to be inserted.
  • FIGS. 3 a) to 3 c) a corresponding transition or a corresponding transfer is shown, although in this example not 6 cigarettes but 7 cigarettes are transferred.
  • the cigarette group or cigarette layer 51 is printed together just before the transition or handover, so that it can be inserted into the bag.
  • the respective groups of cigarettes or cigarette layers are moved correspondingly higher in relation to the respective pocket on further counting drums, which are shown for example in FIG. 1, in particular by means of the slide 27. so that a layer-by-layer filling of the bag is possible.
  • FIG. 5 schematically shows the transfer of cigarette layers 51 from the cigarette sequence 50 into a pocket 22.
  • the arrows show the directions of movement.
  • Cigarettes 12 are conveyed continuously into receiving troughs, which are not shown, on a conveyor belt 10 in the effective range of a counting drum 14.
  • the cigarettes 12 are received in the corresponding receptacles, which are not shown to simplify the drawing, and held accordingly, for example.
  • suction After transferring a cigarette layer 51 or in this example of 7 consecutive cigarettes 12 in the upper position of the counting drum 14 they are conveyed by means of a lift 27 upwards, against an abutment 31.
  • FIG. 6 schematically shows, in a longitudinal-axial view, a block 52 of cigarettes 12, the block 52 comprising three cigarette layers 51.

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  1. Dispositif pour diviser une suite (50) continue d'articles (12), en particulier dans l'industrie du tabac, en particulier de cigarettes (12), avec un moyen de transport (10) en particulier continu, comprenant une pluralité de logements (13) pour loger la suite (50) d'articles (12) et, avec au moins deux transporteurs de prélèvement (14) placés en aval du moyen de transport (10) pour le prélèvement de parties (17) de la suite (50) continue d'articles (12), caractérisé en ce que les transporteurs de prélèvement (14) peuvent être entraînés de façon irrégulière ou intermittente.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les au moins deux transporteurs de prélèvement (14) présentent un espacement entre eux, qui est variable et réglable.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins deux groupes (47, 47') de transporteurs de prélèvement (14) sont prévus, dont l'espacement (40) est variable et réglable.
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que chaque groupe (47, 47') comprend trois transporteurs de prélèvement (14).
  5. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu au moins un transporteur collectif (19, 20), dans lequel ou sur lequel les parties (17), prélevées par les transporteurs de prélèvement (14), de la suite (50) peuvent être collectées.
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce qu'un transporteur collectif (19, 20) est prévu par groupe.
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce qu'un transporteur de poches (21) est prévu, les parties (17) collectées de la suite (50) pouvant être transférées sous forme d'un bloc.
  8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un transporteur de prélèvement (14) ou un groupe (47', 47') de transporteurs de prélèvement (14) est disposé sur un élément support (18) mobile.
  9. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 6 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un transporteur collectif (19, 20) est disposé sur un élément support (26) mobile.
  10. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que la distance de centre à centre (40) des transporteurs de prélèvement (14) ou du groupe (47, 47') des transporteurs de prélèvement (14) est aussi grande qu'un multiple entier d'une longueur de bloc double, la longueur de bloc étant une distance qui correspond à la distance aux logements voisins les plus extérieurs sur le moyen de transport (10), qui servent au logement de m articles pour former un bloc dans une poche (22) d'un transporteur collectif (19, 20), majorée ou diminuée de la distance de l'espacement des logements (13) les plus extérieurs, qui servent au logement des articles (12) à recevoir du au moins un transporteur de prélèvement (14).
  11. Dispositif selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que la distance (40) déterminante est la distance de centre à centre entre les tambours de comptage (14) moyens de deux groupes (47, 47') de tambours de comptage (14).
  12. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce que les transporteurs de prélèvement (14) sont des transporteurs de comptage, en particulier des tambours de comptage.
  13. Dispositif selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que le nombre des articles (12) pouvant être prélevés par le au moins un transporteur de comptage (14) peut être prédéterminé.
  14. Dispositif selon la revendication 12 ou 13, caractérisé en ce que le ou chaque transporteur de comptage (14) est un tambour de comptage, qui présente au moins un segment (16) avec respectivement plusieurs logements pour la réception des articles (12) de la suite (50), un nombre impair de segments (16) étant prévu.
  15. Procédé pour le regroupement d'articles (12) en forme de barrettes de l'industrie du tabac, en particulier de cigarettes, en particulier pour la formation de blocs (52) de ces articles (12), dans lequel un nombre de n articles (12) en particulier consécutifs est prélevé au moyen d'au moins un transporteur de prélèvement (14) sur une suite (50) amenée de façon continue d'articles (12), les n articles (12) sont transportés au moyen du au moins un transporteur de prélèvement (14) dans la zone de travail d'au moins une poche (22) d'un transporteur collectif (19, 20), et ensuite les n articles (12) sont délivrés ensuite dans la au moins une poche (22), caractérisé en ce que le déplacement du transporteur de prélèvement (14) est irrégulier et/ou intermittent.
  16. Procédé selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que, pour le prélèvement des n articles (12) de la suite (50) amenée de façon continue d'articles (12), le au moins un transporteur de prélèvement (14) est synchronisé sur la vitesse de la suite (50) d'articles (12).
  17. Procédé selon la revendication 15 ou 16, caractérisé en ce que, pour la délivrance des n articles (12) dans la au moins une poche (22), le au moins un transporteur de prélèvement (14) est maintenu en alignement axial avec la au moins une poche (22).
  18. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 15 à 17, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu à chaque fois un groupe (47, 47') de transporteurs de prélèvement (14) pour la formation d'un bloc (52).
  19. Procédé selon la revendication 18, caractérisé en ce que, par groupe (47, 47'), il est prévu au moins deux transporteurs de prélèvement (14) qui sont synchronisés de façon différente.
  20. Procédé selon la revendication 18 ou 19, caractérisé en ce que, pour faire varier le nombre d'articles (12) par bloc (52) ou pour faire varier le nombre d'articles (12) par couche (51) dans un bloc (52), on modifie l'espacement entre les groupes (47, 47').
  21. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 15 à 20, caractérisé en ce que, au moyen de chaque transporteur de prélèvement (14) et par de l'air d'aspiration contrôlable, un nombre pouvant être prédéterminé d'articles (12) dans des logements (15) est fixé lors du transport de la suite (50) continue d'articles (12) dans la zone de travail d'une poche (22) d'un transporteur collectif (19, 20).
  22. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 15 à 21, caractérisé en ce que le transport des articles (12) s'effectue vers le haut au moyen des transporteurs de prélèvement (14).
  23. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 15 à 22, caractérisé en ce que, pour le réglage de la position d'au moins un transporteur de prélèvement (14) qui est placé en aval d'un moyen de transport (10), en particulier continu, pour le transport d'une suite (50) continue d'articles (12), et au moyen duquel des parties de la suite (50) d'articles (12) sont prélevées, un nombre m d'articles (12) étant prélevé sur la suite (50) au moyen d'au moins deux transporteurs de prélèvement (14) pour être introduite dans respectivement une poche (22) d'un transporteur collectif (19) et le nombre m d'articles (12) définissant une longueur de bloc qui correspond à l'espacement de m logements juxtaposés sur le moyen de transport, la distance de centre à entre (40) des au moins deux transporteurs de prélèvement (14) correspondant à un multiple entier de la longueur de bloc double majorée ou diminuée du nombre des articles (12) à prélever par le transporteur de prélèvement (14), dont la position est réglée.
  24. Procédé selon la revendication 23, caractérisé en ce qu'une partie cohérente de la suite (50) d'articles (12) est prélevée.
  25. Procédé selon la revendication 23 ou 24, caractérisé en ce qu'on prévoit deux groupes, comprenant chacun trois transporteurs de prélèvement (14), la distance de centre à centre (40) déterminante étant l'espacement des centres des transporteurs de prélèvement (14) centraux concernés.
  26. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 23 à 25, caractérisé en ce que, pour le réglage de la position d'une première longueur de bloc à une seconde longueur de bloc, la position de transfert d'un bloc assemblé depuis le transporteur collectif (19) à un transporteur de poches (21) reste constante, et en ce que l'élément (26) portant le transporteur collectif (19) est décalé de la moitié par rapport à l'élément (18) portant le transporteur de prélèvement (14) correspondant ou le groupe correspondant de transporteurs de prélèvement (14).
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