EP1854725A1 - Procédé et machine pour empaqueter des groupes de cigarettes - Google Patents

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EP1854725A1
EP1854725A1 EP07107770A EP07107770A EP1854725A1 EP 1854725 A1 EP1854725 A1 EP 1854725A1 EP 07107770 A EP07107770 A EP 07107770A EP 07107770 A EP07107770 A EP 07107770A EP 1854725 A1 EP1854725 A1 EP 1854725A1
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Giulio Barbieri
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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
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/24—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers using hollow mandrels through which groups of cigarettes are fed

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  • the present invention relates to a method and machine for packing groups of cigarettes.
  • the groups of cigarettes and packing material are fed into relative packing pockets fed along a packing path by a packing conveyor.
  • Known packing pockets normally have walls, which are normally movable to receive and retain the relative groups of cigarettes and packing material, and which seriously complicate the structure, reduce the reliability, and increase the cost, of the packing conveyors.
  • Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates as a whole a packing wheel of a machine 2 for packing groups 3 of cigarettes, in particular, groups of cigarettes already wrapped in a preferably foil inner wrapping.
  • Packing wheel 1 is in the form of a regular polygon, and has a number of sides, along each of which are equally spaced at least two rigid packing pockets 5, i.e. with no moving parts (the example shown has three packing pockets 5, but may have only one, or more than three).
  • Packing wheel 1 is powered to rotate in steps about an axis 1a to feed packing pockets 5 in steps along a packing path P extending through a loading station 6, where a sheet of packing material - in the example shown, a collar 7 having a central panel 8 and two lateral wings 9 on opposite sides of central panel 8 - is inserted inside each packing pocket 5; a loading station 10 located downstream from loading station 6 in the travelling direction 11 of packing pockets 5 along packing path P, and where a group 3 of cigarettes is fed into each packing pocket 5; and an unloading station 12, where a group 3 of cigarettes and respective collar 7 are expelled together from each packing pocket 5.
  • packing wheel 1 comprises two polygonal disks 13, which are coaxial with each other and with axis 1a, are spaced apart by a distance equal to the length of packing pockets 5, and support respective ends of each packing pocket 5.
  • each packing pocket 5 has a longitudinal axis 14 parallel to axis 1a, and comprises two bottom cross members 15 and 16 located at the peripheries of respective polygonal disks 13 and defining a bottom wall 17 having a central opening 18 between polygonal disks 13; two parallel lateral walls 19 and 20 parallel to axis 1a and projecting radially outwards from polygonal disks 13; and an outer cross member 21 connected integrally to the free edges of lateral walls 19, 20 and located over cross member 16.
  • Outer cross member 21 is parallel to cross member 16, is relatively narrow, measured parallel to longitudinal axis 14, with respect to the length of packing pocket 5, and is divided into two equal parts by an intermediate slit 22.
  • Outer cross member 21 defines on packing pocket 5 a tubular portion 23 coaxial with longitudinal axis 14; and a portion 24, which is aligned with tubular portion 23, is C-shaped with its concavity facing radially outwards, and defines, with tubular portion 23, a seat 25 for receiving a respective group 3 of cigarettes coaxially with longitudinal axis 14.
  • a further seat 26 is formed inside seat 25 to receive the U-folded collar 7, and is shaped so that collar 7, when housed inside seat 26 inside packing pocket 5, is retained axially inside packing pocket 5 and remains outside seat 25.
  • seat 26 comprises two grooves 27, which are deeper than the thickness of collar 7, are formed in the inner surfaces of lateral walls 19 and 20 inside the C-shaped portion 24 of packing pocket 5 and flush with outer cross member 21, and each receive a respective lateral wing 9 of collar 7.
  • Seat 26 also comprises a sunken surface 28, which is defined by two longitudinal ribs 29 bounding opening 18, is lower than bottom wall 17 by an amount equal to the depth of grooves 27, and provides for supporting central panel 8 of collar 7.
  • Each longitudinal rib 29 comprises a suction device 30, which cooperates with central panel 8 to hold collar 7 in position inside seat 26.
  • packing wheel 1 arrests one side 4, and therefore the three packing pockets 5 arranged along side 4, at loading station 6, where each of the three packing pockets 5 receives a respective collar 7 supplied by a feed unit 31 shown in Figures 6 and 7 and common to all three packing pockets 5.
  • Feed unit 31 comprises a belt conveyor 32, a suction conveyor belt 33 of which is looped about pulleys 34 (only one shown) and comprises a conveying branch 35, which extends along a feed path parallel to the side 4 of packing wheel 1 arrested at loading station 6, and is raised and offset transversely with respect to said side 4.
  • Belt 33 has a number of pairs of pins 36, each of which provides for keeping slightly raised a respective lateral wing 9 of a relative collar 7, the central panel 8 of which is gripped by suction on belt 33, is interposed between pins 36 of the relative pair of pins 36, and is arrested by belt 33, at loading station 6, in a position aligned with a respective packing pocket 5.
  • Feed unit 31 also comprises a transfer device 37, in turn comprising a number of suction heads 38, each of which is substantially the same shape and size as central panel 8, is aligned with a respective central panel 8 and a respective packing pocket 5 at loading station 6, and moves back and forth, together with the other suction heads 28, between a pickup position, in which suction head 38 is tangent to conveying branch 35 of conveyor 32 and rests on central panel 8 of a respective collar 7 on conveying branch 35, and a release position, in which suction head 38 is inserted inside portion 24 of relative packing pocket 5 to release the U-folded collar 7 inside relative seat 26.
  • a transfer device 37 in turn comprising a number of suction heads 38, each of which is substantially the same shape and size as central panel 8, is aligned with a respective central panel 8 and a respective packing pocket 5 at loading station 6, and moves back and forth, together with the other suction heads 28, between a pickup position, in which suction head 38 is tangent to conveying branch 35 of conveyor 32 and rests on
  • Transfer device 37 comprises two shafts 39, 40, which are oscillated about respective fixed axes 41, 42, parallel to conveyor 32, by a cam actuating device 43, which comprises a cam roller 44 powered to rotate about an axis parallel to axis 1a, and having two cams 45, 46 for controlling, by means of respective cam follower rollers 47a, 48a, two cranks 47, 48 fitted to shafts 39, 40 respectively.
  • cam actuating device 43 which comprises a cam roller 44 powered to rotate about an axis parallel to axis 1a, and having two cams 45, 46 for controlling, by means of respective cam follower rollers 47a, 48a, two cranks 47, 48 fitted to shafts 39, 40 respectively.
  • Transfer device 37 also comprises a deformable-quadrilateral crank mechanism 49 interposed between shafts 39, 40 and a bar 50 supporting suction heads 38, and which transmits a back-and-forth movement to bar 50.
  • Crank mechanism 49 comprises a rocker arm 51 pivoting about axis 41 and fitted to shaft 39; and a rocker arm 52 pivoting about axis 42 and fitted idly to shaft 40.
  • Connecting rod 57 comprises an end portion 58, which projects from central portion 56 towards conveyor 32, is substantially T-shaped, and comprises an end upright 59, to the bottom end of which bar 50 is connected integrally.
  • central portion 56 is connected integrally to a further end portion 60, which is hinged to the connecting rod 61 of a crank mechanism 62 having a crank 63 pivoting about axis 42 and fitted to shaft 40.
  • shaft 39 imparts a transverse, substantially vertical movement to connecting rod 57, and therefore to bar 50; and shaft 40 imparts to connecting rod 57, and therefore to bar 50, a substantially horizontal movement, which, combined with the vertical movement, moves suction heads 38 cyclically between the pickup and release positions.
  • transfer device 37 also comprises a folding device 64, which, for each suction head 38, comprises a fork-shaped folding member 65, which surrounds relative suction head 38 and folds a relative collar 7, at loading station 6, into a U by folding lateral wings 9 squarely with respect to relative central panel 8 as collar 7 is transferred from conveyor 32 to relative packing pocket 5.
  • a folding device 64 which, for each suction head 38, comprises a fork-shaped folding member 65, which surrounds relative suction head 38 and folds a relative collar 7, at loading station 6, into a U by folding lateral wings 9 squarely with respect to relative central panel 8 as collar 7 is transferred from conveyor 32 to relative packing pocket 5.
  • Folding device 64 comprises a frame 66 common to all the suction heads 38 and in turn comprising a head 67, which is located over bar 50 and fitted with a vertical plate 68 located behind bar 50 and perpendicular to axis 1a; and each folding member 65 comprises two prongs 69 projecting, parallel to axis 1a, from plate 68 and on opposite sides of relative suction head 38.
  • Head 67 is connected to upright 59 of connecting rod 57 by an articulated quadrilateral 70 comprising a connecting rod, defined by head 67, and two cranks interposed between head 67 and upright 59 and hinged to upright 59 to oscillate about respective axes parallel to axes 41, 42.
  • One of these two cranks is defined by one arm of a rocker arm 71, the other arm of which defines a crank of a further articulated quadrilateral 72 comprising a connecting rod 73 connected to rocker arm 71, and a further crank 74 fitted to a powered shaft 75, parallel to shafts 39, 40, to oscillate about a fixed axis 76 of shaft 75.
  • frame 66 moves with upright 59 and, therefore, with suction heads 38 by virtue of the movements imparted to suction heads 38 by actuating device 43, and moves, with respect to upright 59 and by virtue of the combined movements of upright 59 and of crank 74 with respect to axis 76, to move each folding member 65 along an annular path with respect to relative suction head 38.
  • FIGs 8 and 9 which show one collar 7 positioned on conveying branch 35 of conveyor 32 at loading station 6, with wings 9 slightly raised and resting on respective pins 36
  • folding member 65 is initially located behind conveyor 32 (Figure 8a).
  • suction head 38 moves down towards the pickup position, and, at the same time, prongs 69 are positioned on a level with conveying branch 35, are moved forward and inserted ( Figure 8b) between wings 9 and conveying branch 35, and are then raised to fold wings 9 about suction head 38 as this reaches the pickup position ( Figure 8c).
  • prongs 69 remain in a substantially fixed position with respect to suction head 38 to keep wings 9 folded and assist insertion of suction head 38 (Figure 9b) inside portion 24 of relative packing pocket 5, and release of the U-folded collar 7 inside relative seat 26.
  • folding member 65 backs up with respect to suction head 38, and then moves down behind conveyor 32.
  • each packing pocket 5 is fed along packing path P and arrested at loading station 10, where it receives a respective group 3 of cigarettes fed axially by a push device 77 into relative seat 25 through tubular portion 23, which defines an input portion of packing pocket 5.
  • Seat 26 ( Figure 4) being located inside portion 24 flush with tubular portion 23, and being lower than seat 25, group 3 of cigarettes slides axially inside seat 25 without interfering with the collar, and, once loaded completely inside seat 25, assumes, with respect to collar 7, a temporary position, in which collar 7 is folded into a U about an intermediate portion of group 3 of cigarettes.
  • each packing pocket 5, on receiving group 3 of cigarettes is fed along packing path P and arrested at unloading station 12, where a push device 78 expels group 3 of cigarettes and the respective U-folded collar 7.
  • push device 78 first pushes group 3 of cigarettes axially to disengage it ( Figure 5) from tubular portion 23 of packing pocket 5, and, at the same time, slides it axially with respect to collar 7, so that group 3 of cigarettes projects partly from the opposite end of seat 25 to cross member 21, and collar 7 is positioned, with respect to group 3 of cigarettes, in its final position flush with the end of group 3 of cigarettes facing cross member 21.
  • push device 78 pushes group 3 of cigarettes and respective collar 7 radially out of portion 24 of packing pocket 5.

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DE102009050035A1 (de) * 2009-10-20 2011-04-21 Focke & Co.(Gmbh & Co. Kg) Vorrichtung zum Speichern von (Zigaretten-)Packungen
EP2528824B1 (fr) 2010-01-26 2015-11-11 GIMA TT S.r.l. Machine de conditionnement et procédé de conditionnement de produits à fumer
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WO2014195016A1 (fr) * 2013-06-06 2014-12-11 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co. Kg) Procédé et dispositif de fabrication de paquets, notamment de paquets de cigarettes
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