EP1854724A2 - Procédé et machine pour produire des paquets de cigarettes - Google Patents

Procédé et machine pour produire des paquets de cigarettes Download PDF

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EP1854724A2
EP1854724A2 EP07107773A EP07107773A EP1854724A2 EP 1854724 A2 EP1854724 A2 EP 1854724A2 EP 07107773 A EP07107773 A EP 07107773A EP 07107773 A EP07107773 A EP 07107773A EP 1854724 A2 EP1854724 A2 EP 1854724A2
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Andrea Biondi
Cristian Dakessian
Maurizio Ventura
Antonio Vitali
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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
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/223—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in a curved path; in a combination of straight and curved paths, e.g. on rotary tables or other endless conveyors
    • 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
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/12—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers
    • B65B19/20—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers into boxes with hinged lids
    • 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
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/228—Preparing and feeding blanks
    • 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
    • B65B65/00—Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • B65B65/003—Packaging lines, e.g. general layout
    • B65B65/006—Multiple parallel packaging lines

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  • the present invention relates to a method and packing machine for producing packets of cigarettes.
  • the present invention may be used to advantage in a packing machine for producing rigid, hinged-lid packets of cigarettes, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
  • a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes comprises a group of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet of foil inner packing material; and a rigid outer package containing the group of cigarettes.
  • the outer package comprises a cup-shaped container housing the group of cigarettes and having an open top end, and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open end respectively.
  • a collar is normally provided, which is folded and connected to the inside of the container, and projects partly out of the open end to engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid when the lid is in the closed position.
  • a packing machine for producing rigid, hinged-lid packets of cigarettes comprises a station for forming groups of cigarettes; a station for feeding and folding sheets of inner packing material about the groups of cigarettes; a station for feeding and folding collars; and a station for feeding and folding blanks about the groups of cigarettes and on top of the folded sheets of inner packing material to form the outer packages.
  • a strip of foil is unwound off a reel and cut transversely to cut each sheet of inner packing material off the strip.
  • Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates as a whole a packing machine for producing rigid, hinged-lid packets 2 of cigarettes.
  • each packet 2 of cigarettes comprises a cup-shaped container 3, and a group 4 of cigarettes housed inside container 3.
  • Group 4 of cigarettes is parallelepiped-shaped, is wrapped in a sheet 5 of foil inner packing material, and is housed inside container 3.
  • sheet 5 of inner packing material is rectangular with two long sides and two short sides.
  • Container 3 has an open top end 6; and a cup-shaped lid 7 hinged to container 3 along a hinge 8 to rotate, with respect to container 3, between an open position ( Figure 5) and a closed position ( Figures 4, 6) opening and closing open top end 6 respectively.
  • container 3 When lid 7 is in the closed position, container 3 is in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped comprising a top wall 9 and a bottom wall 10 parallel to and opposite each other; two parallel opposite major lateral walls 11, 12; and two parallel opposite minor lateral walls 13. More specifically, one major lateral wall 11 defines a front wall 11 of container 3, and the other major lateral wall 12 defines a rear wall 12 of container 3, and supports hinge 8 of lid 7.
  • Four longitudinal edges 14 are defined between lateral walls 13 and front and rear walls 11 and 12; and eight transverse edges 15 are defined between top and bottom walls 10, 11 and front wall 11, rear wall 12, and lateral walls 13.
  • Packet 1 also comprises a collar 16, which is folded into a U and connected (glued) to the inside of container 3, and projects partly out of open top end 6 to engage a corresponding inner surface of lid 7 when lid 7 is in the closed position.
  • Collar 16 comprises a front wall 17 contacting front wall 11 of container 3; and two lateral walls 18 located on opposite sides of front wall 17 and contacting minor lateral walls 13 of container 3.
  • container 3 is formed from a corresponding sheet 19 of outer packing material. More specifically, sheet 19 of outer packing material is rigid and defined by a flat, substantially elongated rectangular blank. In the following description, the component parts of blank 19 are indicated, where possible, using the same reference numbers, with superscripts, as for the corresponding parts of container 3.
  • Blank 19 has two longitudinal crease lines 20, and a number of transverse crease lines 21 defining, between the two longitudinal crease lines 20, a panel 11' forming a top portion of front wall 11 (more specifically, the portion forming part of lid 7); a panel 9' forming top wall 9; a panel 12' forming rear wall 12 and therefore having hinge 8; a panel 10' forming bottom wall 10; and a panel 11" forming a bottom portion of front wall 11 (more specifically, the portion forming part of container 3).
  • Each panel 11', 11", 12' has two lateral wings 13' and 13", which are located on opposite sides of relative panel 11', 11", 12', and are separated from relative panel 11', 11", 12' by longitudinal crease lines 20.
  • Panel 11' has a reinforcing flap 22 for strengthening the bottom edge of lid 7; and each wing 13', 13" of panel 12' has respective rectangular tabs 23 at opposite ends of wing 13', 13".
  • each packet 2 When forming each packet 2, the corresponding lateral wings 13', 13" are superimposed and glued to each other to form the minor lateral walls 13 of container 3; each tab 23 is folded squarely with respect to relative lateral wing 13', 13", and is superimposed on and glued to an inner surface of a relative panel 9', 10' to define an inner portion of a relative wall 9, 10; and reinforcing flap 22 is folded 180° onto and glued to panel 11'.
  • longitudinal edges 14 and transverse edges 15 are all square.
  • longitudinal edges 14 are rounded; in which case, to form rounded edges 14, blank 19 must have four groups of closely spaced longitudinal crease lines to enable blank 19 to flex locally as required into a circular shape.
  • at least some of longitudinal edges 14 or at least some of transverse edges 15 are rounded or bevelled (as in the packet of cigarettes described in Patent Application EP-A1-0764595 ).
  • some longitudinal edges 14 and some transverse edges 15 may be non-square, rounded or bevelled edges, so as to have both non-square, rounded or bevelled longitudinal edges 14 and non-square, rounded or bevelled transverse edges 15.
  • packet 2 of cigarettes may resemble the packet of cigarettes described in Patent Application EP-A1-1066206 ; in which case, major lateral walls 11 and 12 are outwardly convex, and each have a flat central portion, and two curved creased lateral bands connecting the flat central portion to minor lateral walls 13 at respective sharp, non-square longitudinal edges 14.
  • packets 2 of cigarettes resembling the one described in Patent Application EP-A1-1066206 , such as partly curving the convex walls, or curving only one wall as opposed to two opposite facing walls, or curving minor lateral walls 13 as opposed to major lateral walls 11 and 12.
  • Patent Application WO03026984A1 some variations of the packet of cigarettes described in Patent Application EP-A1-1066206 are proposed in Patent Application WO03026984A1 .
  • packing machine 1 comprises a number of work stations 24 arranged successively along a packing path. More specifically, packing machine 1 comprises seven work stations 24 : a group-forming station 24a for forming groups 4 of cigarettes; a feed station 24b for feeding sheets 5 of inner packing material; a folding station 24c for folding sheets 5 of inner packing material about groups 4 of cigarettes; a feed-and-fold station 24d for feeding and folding collars 16 about groups 4 of cigarettes and on top of the folded sheets 5 of inner packing material; a feed station 24e for feeding sheets 19 of outer packing material; a folding station 24f for folding sheets 19 of outer packing material about groups 4 of cigarettes and on top of the folded sheets 5 of inner packing material; and a drying station 24g for drying packets 2.
  • a group-forming station 24a for forming groups 4 of cigarettes
  • a feed station 24b for feeding sheets 5 of inner packing material
  • a folding station 24c for folding sheets 5 of inner packing material about groups 4 of cigarettes
  • a feed-and-fold station 24d for feeding and folding collars 16 about groups
  • each work station 24 the following description is limited to the main operating devices shown in Figures 1-3, though, in actual fact, each work station 24 comprises additional operating devices that cannot be shown in detail in the drawings.
  • Station 24a for forming groups 4 of cigarettes comprises a hopper (not shown in detail) with at least three outlets for feeding three groups 4 of cigarettes simultaneously to three pockets of a group-forming conveyor (not shown).
  • the group-forming conveyor may comprise a drum rotating intermittently (or "in steps") about a horizontal axis of rotation, and supporting a number of groups of three pockets each.
  • a packing conveyor 25 (shown schematically) picks up the groups 4 of cigarettes from group-forming station 24a, and feeds groups 4 of cigarettes along a horizontal packing path P1, which extends through station 24b for feeding sheets 5 of inner packing material, through station 24c for folding sheets 5 of inner packing material, and through station 24d for feeding and folding collars 16, and terminates at station 24f for folding sheets 19 of outer packing material.
  • packing conveyor 25 may comprise a belt conveyor having a conveying branch coinciding with packing path P1, and a return branch, and which supports a number of pushers which push groups 4 of cigarettes along packing path P1.
  • packing conveyor 25 may comprise a number of pushers, each of which is integral with the other pushers and pushes each group 4 of cigarettes forward one respective step of a sequence of steps of each group 4 of cigarettes along packing path P1.
  • packing conveyor 25 simultaneously feeds along packing path P1 three groups 4 of cigarettes arranged side by side in a vertical direction perpendicular to packing path P1. In other words, three vertically offset groups 4 of cigarettes are fed simultaneously along packing path P1 by packing conveyor 25.
  • Feed station 24b comprises a feed conveyor 26, which feeds each sheet 5 of inner packing material along a vertical feed path P2 perpendicular to packing path P1, so that each group 4 of cigarettes intercepts a respective sheet 5 of inner packing material, which is thus folded into a U about group 4 of cigarettes.
  • Each sheet 5 of inner packing material is fed through feed station 24b and along feed path P2 with its long sides perpendicular to feed path P2, and its short sides parallel to feed path P2.
  • packing conveyor 25 simultaneously feeds along packing path P1 three groups 4 of cigarettes arranged side by side in a vertical direction (i.e. parallel to feed path P2). Consequently, feed conveyor 26 feeds through feed station 24b and along feed path P2 three successive sheets 5 of inner packing material, which are intercepted simultaneously by three respective side by side groups 4 of cigarettes.
  • each two successive sheets 5 of inner packing material intercepted simultaneously are spaced apart along feed path P2 by a given distance D1 exactly equal to the distance between each two side by side groups 4 of cigarettes; and each two sheets 5 of inner packing material not intercepted simultaneously are spaced apart along feed path P2 by a given distance D2 greater than distance D1.
  • a succession of groups of three sheets 5 of inner packing material is fed along feed path P2; the three sheets 5 of inner packing material in each group are spaced apart by distance D1 exactly equal to the distance between each two side by side groups 4 of cigarettes; whereas each two successive groups of sheets 5 of inner packing material are spaced apart by distance D2 greater than distance D1.
  • feed station 24b comprises a reel-off device (not shown) for unwinding off a reel (not shown) a strip 27 of packing material of a width equal to the long sides of each sheet 5 of inner packing material; and a cutting device 28 for cyclically cutting strip 27 of packing material transversely to cut sheets 5 of inner packing material off strip 27 of packing material.
  • Feed conveyor 26 is located immediately downstream from cutting device 28 to receive sheets 5 of inner packing material from cutting device 28, and spaces sheets 5 of inner packing material along feed path P2 as described above.
  • Feed conveyor 26 comprises a pair of top suction belts 29 immediately downstream from cutting device 28; and a pair of bottom suction belts 30 downstream from top suction belts 29.
  • the two top suction belts 29 are parallel and side by side, and feed sheets 5 of inner packing material along feed path P2 by retaining two opposite ends of each sheet 5 of inner packing material; similarly, the two bottom suction belts 30 are parallel and side by side, and feed sheets 5 of inner packing material along feed path P2 by retaining two opposite ends of each sheet 5 of inner packing material.
  • the two bottom suction belts 30 being spaced a given distance apart, groups 4 of cigarettes travelling through feed station 24b along packing path P1 pass between the two bottom suction belts 30.
  • the two top suction belts 29 are located on the opposite side of sheets 5 of inner packing material with respect to the two bottom suction belts 30, so as to form a transfer area in which each sheet 5 of inner packing material is retained simultaneously by both top suction belts 29 and bottom suction belts 30, and in which each sheet 5 of inner packing material is released by top suction belts 29 to bottom suction belts 30.
  • each suction belt 29, 30 comprises a perforated belt (or at any rate a belt permeable to air) wound about two end pulleys (one idle and the other powered) and having a conveying branch which runs over a chamber in which a vacuum is formed by a suction pump.
  • top suction belts 29 is set with respect to cutting device 28 to space all the sheets 5 of inner packing material apart by distance D1; and the travelling speed of bottom suction belts 30 is set with respect to top suction belts 29 to space each group of three sheets 5 of inner packing material apart from the next group of three sheets 5 of inner packing material by distance D2.
  • Folding station 24c comprises a folding device 31 comprising three superimposed, substantially identical packing conduits, each of which defines a respective straight folding channel along which a respective succession of groups 4 of cigarettes travels along packing path P1.
  • Each straight folding channel is equipped with both fixed (i.e. helical) folders and movable folders, to complete the folding of each sheet 5 of inner packing material about a respective group 4 of cigarettes.
  • Station 24d for feeding and folding collars 16 comprises a feed device (not shown), which detaches collars 16 successively from a strip of collars (not shown) unwound off a reel (not shown), to feed groups of three collars 16 to folding station 24d. Collars 16 are fed in much the same way as sheets 5 of inner packing material. That is, three successive collars 16 are fed through feed station 24d and intercepted simultaneously by three respective side by side groups 4 of cigarettes wrapped in sheets 5 of inner packing material. At station 24d for feeding and folding collars 16, each collar 16 is folded into a U about the respective group 4 of cigarettes and on top of sheet 5 of inner packing material by known folders (not shown).
  • Station 24f for folding sheets 19 of outer packing material comprises a vertical packing wheel 32, which rotates clockwise in steps (i.e. intermittently) about a horizontal axis of rotation 33 perpendicular to packing path P1, and has a number of peripheral pockets 34, each for housing a group 4 of cigarettes.
  • packing wheel 32 is polygonal (in particular, octagonal) with a number of (in particular, eight) sides, along each of which are arranged three parallel, side by side pockets 34.
  • sheets 19 of outer packing material are inserted inside respective pockets 34 on packing wheel 32, so that each sheet 19 of outer packing material is folded partly inside respective pocket 34.
  • three sheets 19 of outer packing material are preferably inserted simultaneously into three pockets 34 along the same side of packing wheel 32.
  • each sheet 19 of outer packing material is folded about a respective group 4 of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet 5 of inner packing material, to form a respective packet 2 of cigarettes.
  • Packets 2 of cigarettes are expelled successively from pockets 34 of packing wheel 32 at drying station 24g.
  • folding of each sheet 19 of outer packing material about respective group 4 of cigarettes wrapped in sheet 5 of inner packing material is completed so as to complete respective packet 2 of cigarettes as packet 2 of cigarettes is expelled from respective pocket 34 of packing wheel 32 and fed to drying station 24g.
  • packet 2 of cigarettes is completed by gumming and folding the outer wings 13', 13" onto the corresponding already-folded wings 13', 13".
  • packing machine 1 may be altered to produce soft packets 2 of cigarettes; in which case, the main differences lie in not using collars 16, and in each sheet 19 of outer packing material being defined by a soft sheet similar to sheet 5 of inner packing material, as opposed to a rigid blank. Consequently, sheets 19 of outer packing material are fed and folded in exactly the same way as sheets 5 of inner packing material.
  • each group 4 of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet 5 of inner packing material is fed along packing path P1 and through station 24e for feeding sheets 19 of outer packing material, each of which is rectangular with two long sides and two short sides; each sheet 19 of outer packing material is fed through feed station 24e and along a feed path perpendicular to packing path P1, with its long sides perpendicular to the feed path and its short sides parallel to the feed path, so that a respective group 4 of cigarettes intercepts sheet 19 of outer packing material, which is thus folded into a U about group 4 of cigarettes.
  • Each sheet 19 of outer packing material is then folded, along packing path P1, about respective group 4 of cigarettes by a folding device similar to folding device 31.
  • a strip of packing material is unwound off a reel and cut cyclically crosswise by a cutting device to cut sheets 19 of outer packing material off the strip of packing material.
  • a cutting device to cut sheets 19 of outer packing material off the strip of packing material.
  • packing machine 1 processes three groups 4 of cigarettes simultaneously.
  • packing machine 1 may process two groups 4 of cigarettes simultaneously, or even only one group 4 of cigarettes at a time. Reducing the number of groups 4 of cigarettes processed simultaneously obviously reduces the complexity and size of packing machine 1, but also reduces the output rate (i.e. the number of packets 2 of cigarettes produced in a given time interval) of packing machine 1.
  • Packing machine 1 as described above has numerous advantages.
  • the average travelling speed of sheets 5 of inner packing material is relatively slow, so that highly precise positioning of each sheet 5 of inner packing material with respect to respective group 4 of cigarettes can be achieved easily.
  • simultaneously packing three groups 4 of cigarettes provides for a high output rate (as many as 1500 packets a minute), while at the same time allowing a relatively long time interval in which to perform each packing operation.
  • each packing operation can be performed extremely accurately, without recourse to complicated, unproven engineering solutions.

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