EP1516546A1 - Dispositif et procédé pour transférer articles en forme de tige - Google Patents

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EP1516546A1
EP1516546A1 EP04090356A EP04090356A EP1516546A1 EP 1516546 A1 EP1516546 A1 EP 1516546A1 EP 04090356 A EP04090356 A EP 04090356A EP 04090356 A EP04090356 A EP 04090356A EP 1516546 A1 EP1516546 A1 EP 1516546A1
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Manfred Dombek
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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
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
    • A24C5/326—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing with lateral transferring means

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  • the invention relates to a device for transferring rod-shaped articles, in particular cigarettes, from a longitudinal conveyor for longitudinal axial promotion of Article on a cross conveyor for Queraxialen promotion of the article, the Transport directions of the longitudinal conveyor and the transverse conveyor transversely to each other run, comprising a conveyor with receptacles for receiving a plurality of articles from the longitudinal conveyor and for delivering the recorded items on the cross conveyor.
  • the invention relates to a method for transferring rod-shaped articles, in particular cigarettes, from a longitudinal conveyor for longitudinal axial promotion of Article on a cross conveyor for Queraxialen promotion of the article, the Transport directions of the longitudinal conveyor and the cross conveyor transversely to each other comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of rod-shaped articles from Longitudinal conveyor by means of a conveyor, rotating the conveyor and thus Move the article by a predetermined angle, and submit the article to the Cross conveyor.
  • Such devices and methods are particularly useful in the tobacco processing industry used. Become in a cigarette rod machine Strands made of tobacco, usually in single or double-length Tobacco sticks are cut up. The tobacco stems are conveyed in their longitudinal direction and for further processing, e.g. to attach a filter to a Filter attachment be handed over. For this purpose, the tobacco stumps usually from its longitudinal axial transport direction in a transverse axial transport direction be transferred, the transport directions even across each other run.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a method which is simple and cost-effective and yet more powerful over known methods Handover guaranteed.
  • This object is firstly by a device with the aforementioned Characteristics solved in that the conveying means for receiving at least two made up of two articles each formed article pairs, each of which article pair up a separate web of the longitudinal conveyor is fed, and for dispensing the article pairs is formed on two separate tracks of the cross conveyor.
  • the conveying means for receiving at least two made up of two articles each formed article pairs, each of which article pair up a separate web of the longitudinal conveyor is fed, and for dispensing the article pairs is formed on two separate tracks of the cross conveyor.
  • the conveyor comprises two separate drum for receiving each of an article pair of one of the webs of the longitudinal conveyor and to the delivery each of an article pair are formed on one of the tracks of the cross conveyor.
  • the two drums in the transport direction of the Longitudinal conveyor arranged one behind the other, so that a particularly simple way Delivery to two parallel tracks of the cross conveyor is possible.
  • the longitudinal conveyor is in the range both tracks that run parallel to each other and each to promote a Double strands serve, in each case a release agent for pairwise separation of the articles assigned by the double strands. This facilitates the pairwise removal of the Article from longitudinal conveyor.
  • Another embodiment is characterized by a cross conveyor, the two comprising separate transfer drums forming the webs, each one Transfer drum is in operative connection with one of the drums.
  • one of the drums of Conveyor below the track and the other drum above the track arranged and the distance A between the two separating means in the transport direction of the longitudinal conveyor is equal to the distance B between the two central axes of the Drums in the transport direction of the longitudinal conveyor and equal to the distance C between the two transfer drums transversely to the transport direction of Cross conveyor.
  • the object is achieved by a method with the aforementioned Steps solved in that at least two consisting of two articles Article pairs, each of which article pair on a separate web of the Longitudinal conveyor is fed, taken, and the article pairs at two separate tracks of the cross conveyor are delivered.
  • the devices shown and the method serve to pass two times two articles, in particular two times two double-length tobacco sticks of one Cigarette rod machine to a filter attachment machine.
  • FIG. 1 shows the basic principle of the invention.
  • the device 10 comprises a conveyor 11, which is formed of two separate drums 12 and 13.
  • the photographs are also on poorly illustrated arms usually attached and movable such that the receptacles, e.g. on suction air to hold the articles connected, at least during transport from Recording to the point of delivery parallel to a horizontal plane, in which also the Be promoted.
  • each Transfer drum 15, 16 is in operative connection with a drum 12, 13 and has in the usual way recordings for receiving the article.
  • the pictures are on Scope of each claimedemahme drum 15, 16 alternately fixed and on a pivot lever movably arranged, wherein a fixed and a movable receptacle each one Form a unit for receiving an item pair.
  • the device according to the invention 10 generally has two receiving means, namely the drums 12, 13, for receiving the articles from the longitudinal conveyor and two receiving means, namely the Takeover drums 15, 16, for receiving the articles from the drums 12, 13 on.
  • FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the device 10 in which the Conveyor 11 with two double strands 17, 18, each of two individual Strands 19, 20; 21, 22 are formed, is supplied.
  • Each double strand 17, 18 is on a separate track 23, 24, wherein the tracks 23, 24 in a plane or on different levels can be arranged.
  • the tracks 23, 24 form the Longitudinal conveyor 25 and parallel to each other and each have a Separating means 26, 27 for separating single or multiple-length tobacco sticks 28 from the strands 19 to 22.
  • Each separating means 26, 27 serves to separate two Tobacco sticks 28 on a track 23 and 24 simultaneously.
  • the web 23 is arranged offset in the transport direction 29 to the web 24, such that the Drums 12, 13 are also arranged one behind the other in the transport direction 29, wherein the distance A between the separating means 26, 27 the distance B between the Central axes 30 and 31 of the drums 12, 13 corresponds.
  • the drums 12, 13 are driven synchronously.
  • Transverse to the tracks 23, 24 of the longitudinal conveyor 25 are the Takeover drums 15, 16 of the cross conveyor 14 for Queraxialen removal of the Tobacco sticks 28 arranged.
  • the transport angle or the angle of rotation of the drums 12, 13 between the reception of the tobacco sticks 28 from the longitudinal conveyor 25 and the Delivery of the tobacco sticks 28 to the cross conveyor 14 is at both drums 12, 13 90 °.
  • the transfer drums 15, 16 are arranged side by side, such that the Central axes 32, 33 of the transfer drums 15, 16 parallel but in the transport direction 34 of the transfer drums 15, 16 offset from each other.
  • the Takeover drums 15, 16 are formed in the same direction in this embodiment.
  • the distance C between the two transfer drums 15, 16, namely the distance between the middle movement axes 35, 36 corresponds to the distances A and B. With this arrangement, a particularly compact design of the conveyor 11 itself guaranteed.
  • the transfer drums 15, 16 are in the transport direction 29 of the webs 23, 24 respectively behind the corresponding and operatively connected Drums 12, 13 arranged.
  • the embodiment according to FIG. 3 is similar to that shown in FIG Embodiment formed so that the same reference numerals for the same parts be used.
  • the transfer drums 15, 16 are in opposite directions driven, while the drums 12, 13 are driven synchronously.
  • the Rotation angle of the drums 12, 13 are formed differently, namely for the Drum 12 is provided a rotation angle of 90 ° between recording and delivery, during the rotation angle between recording and delivery of the drum 13 270 ° is.
  • the two transfer drums 15, 16 are located between the drums 12, 13 so that the distance C between the transfer drums 15, 16 is smaller than that Distances A and B, which correspond.
  • This arrangement is a special compact design of the device following the conveyor 11, e.g. of the Filter attachment machine, guaranteed.
  • the distances A, B and C vary in the embodiment of Figure 3 in size of the distances A, B and C in the Embodiment according to FIG. 2
  • FIG. 4 A further embodiment is shown in FIG. 4. It will turn for same parts used the same reference numerals.
  • the one described in this figure Device 10 differs from the previously described device 10 in that that both the drums 12, 13 and the takeover drums 15, 16 in opposite directions are driven. Furthermore, the drum 12 is arranged below the track 23, while the drum 13 is disposed above the track 24. The angle of rotation is for both drums 12, 13 from the reception to the delivery of the tobacco sticks 28 90 °.
  • the transfer drums 15, 16 are as in the embodiment according to FIG. 2 again in the transport direction 29 behind the drums 12, 13, so that with respect to the distances A, B and C, the state results, already to the figure 2 was explained.
  • the size of the distances A, B, C corresponds to those of Figure 2.
  • the drum 12 is below the Web 23 and the drum 13 are arranged above the web 24.
  • the drums 12, 13 are driven in opposite directions while the transfer drums 15, 16 are driven synchronously.
  • the rotation angle of Drum 12 is 90 °.
  • the angle of rotation of the drum 13 is 270 °.
  • the method with the device according to FIG. 3 runs in principle similarly.
  • the drums 12, 13 rotate due to the different arrangement of the Takeover drums 15, 16 at different angles.
  • the drum 12 rotates Receiving the tobacco sticks 28 by 90 ° and then gives the tobacco sticks 28 to theParkemahme drum 15 on.
  • the drum 13 rotates with the tobacco sticks 28 270 ° before it passes the tobacco sticks 28 to the transfer drum 16.
  • the Takeover drums 15, 16, however, rotate for transport in the transport direction 34 in opposite directions.
  • the tobacco sticks 28 on different sides (top and bottom) of the longitudinal conveyor 25th added.
  • the drum 12 takes the pair of articles from the underside of the web 23 while the drum 13 decreases the pair of articles from the top of the web 24.
  • the counter-rotating drums 12, 13 both rotate at an angle of 90 ° and then pass the article pairs to the counter-rotating ones as well Takeover drums 15, 16 from the article pairs then parallel in the transport direction 34 transversely promote.
  • the method with the device 10 according to FIG. 5 essentially corresponds to FIG Process with the embodiment described in connection with FIG. However, the drums 12, 13 rotate in opposite directions by a different Angle.
  • the drum 12 rotates with the tobacco rods 28 by 90 °.
  • the drum 13 rotates with the tobacco sticks 28 by 270 °.
  • After the simultaneous delivery of the two article pairs on the concurrently driven takeover drums 15, 16 are the Aricle pairs in the transverse axial direction parallel to one another in the transport direction 34 promoted.

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