EP1854726B1 - Zigarettenverpackungsmaschine - Google Patents

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EP1854726B1
EP1854726B1 EP07107772A EP07107772A EP1854726B1 EP 1854726 B1 EP1854726 B1 EP 1854726B1 EP 07107772 A EP07107772 A EP 07107772A EP 07107772 A EP07107772 A EP 07107772A EP 1854726 B1 EP1854726 B1 EP 1854726B1
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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
    • B65B19/221—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in one or more straight paths
    • 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
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
    • B65B11/10—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents

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  • the present invention relates to a cigarette packing machine.
  • the present invention relates to a cigarette packing machine of the type comprising a packing device for packing groups of cigarettes by folding at least one respective inner sheet of packing material about each group of cigarettes, and wherein the packing device comprises at least one first conduit defining a straight first channel, along which a succession of groups of cigarettes travels in a given travelling direction along a packing path; a feed conveyor for feeding flat inner sheets of packing material along a feed path intersecting the packing path and the first conduit at a loading station, and extending crosswise to the travelling direction; folding means located along the first conduit to fold each inner sheet of packing material about the respective group of cigarettes to form an inner wrapping about each group of cigarettes; and push means for feeding the groups of cigarettes along the first channel and through the loading station.
  • Folding the inner sheet of packing material about the group of cigarettes has been found to result in possible damage to the tips of the cigarettes (i.e. the tobacco ends opposite the filters) in the form of local deformation and/or tobacco fall-out (i.e. from the tips). Damage caused by folding the inner sheet of packing material about the group of cigarettes applies in particular to the cigarettes at the corners of the group, but is also noticeable in all the outer cigarettes, i.e. located along the fold lines of the inner sheet of packing material.
  • Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates as a whole a cigarette packing machine comprising a packing device 2 for packing groups 3 of cigarettes by folding a respective inner sheet 4 of packing material, normally foil, about each group 3 of cigarettes.
  • packing device 2 comprises a number of substantially identical superimposed packing conduits 5, each of which defines a respective straight folding channel 6 ( Figures 3 and 4 ) along which a respective succession of groups 3 of cigarettes travels along a respective packing path P1 in a travelling direction 7 parallel to the cigarette axes.
  • Packing device 2 also comprises a conveyor 8 for feeding groups 3 of cigarettes to an input station 9 where groups 3 of cigarettes are fed into respective packing conduits 5; a feed conveyor 10 for feeding flat inner sheets 4 of packing material along a feed path P2 extending crosswise to travelling direction 7 and intersecting packing paths P1 and packing conduits 5 at respective loading stations 11; and a push device 12 common to all the packing conduits 5, and which feeds each group of cigarettes 3 along relative packing conduit 5, from relative input station 9 to a relative output station 13, and through relative loading station 11.
  • packing conduits 5 may be side by side, instead of superimposed, and differ in number from the number shown; packing device 2 may even comprise only one packing conduit 5.
  • packing conduit 5 comprises an input portion, defined by a tubular spindle 14, and an output portion 15, which are located on opposite sides of loading station 11 and successively in travelling direction 7, and define folding channel 6.
  • Output portion 15 is fixed, and has a concave input end 16 substantially tangent to feed path P2 and to loading station 11, and defining a seat engaged by a convex output end 17 ( Figures 3, 4 ) of tubular spindle 14, which is moved back and forth in travelling direction 7, by known actuating means not shown, to and from an engaged position ( Figure 3c ) in which output end 17 of tubular spindle 14 engages input end 16 of output portion 15.
  • Output portion 15 is divided into two fixed portions 18, 19 separated by a folding station 20.
  • push device 12 comprises a frame 21 common to all the packing conduits 5, and in turn comprising a bar 22 parallel to travelling direction 7 and located outside packing conduits 5; two arms 23, 24 extending from respective ends of bar 22 towards packing conduits 5; and two further bars 25, 26, which are integral with the free ends of arms 23, 24, respectively, are perpendicular to respective arms 23, 24, and extend crosswise to travelling direction 7.
  • Push device 12 also comprises, for each packing conduit 5, two aligned rods 27, 28 parallel to travelling direction 7; rod 27 is integral with bar 25 and located at relative tubular spindle 14; and rod 28 is integral with bar 26 and located at relative output portion 15.
  • Two brackets 29, 30, bent into an L towards respective output station 13, extend from rod 27 towards relative packing conduit 5, and support respective pushers 31, 32, each defined by a plate, which is integral with respective bracket 29, 30, is positioned crosswise to travelling direction 7, and is shaped and sized to slide inside folding channel 6.
  • Three brackets 33, 34, 35, bent into an L towards respective output station 13, extend from rod 28 towards relative packing conduit 5, and support respective pushers 36, 37, 38 identical to pushers 31, 32.
  • Frame 21 moves along an annular path P3 ( Figure 3a ) comprising a first insertion portion crosswise to travelling direction 7, and along which some of pushers 31, 32, 36, 37, 38 are inserted inside folding channel 6 through respective slots 39 formed, crosswise to travelling direction 7, in packing conduit 5; a conveying portion, along which pushers 31, 32, 36, 37, 38 are moved along the inside of folding channel 6 in travelling direction 7, and brackets 29, 30, 33, 34, 35 are moved along a slot 40 formed longitudinally along packing conduit 5; a second withdrawal portion crosswise to travelling direction 7, and along which some of pushers 31, 32, 36, 37, 38 are withdrawn from folding channel 6 through respective slots 39; and a return portion, along which pushers 31, 32, 36, 37, 38 travel outside packing conduit 5.
  • each group 3 of cigarettes fed to input station 9 of relative packing conduit 5 is engaged successively by pushers 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, each of which moves group 3 of cigarettes forward one respective step in a sequence of steps, all longer than the length of group 3 of cigarettes, by the end of which, group 3 of cigarettes reaches output station 13.
  • packing device 2 Operation of packing device 2 will now be described with reference to Figures 3 and 4 , to one packing conduit 5, and to one group 3 of cigarettes, and as of the instant ( Figure 3a ) in which frame 21 is located at the end of the return portion of annular path P3; and the substantially rectangular parallelepiped-shaped group 3 of cigarettes (indicated 3a) is positioned at input station 9 coaxially with folding channel 6, with its cigarettes parallel to travelling direction 7, with its major lateral surfaces 41 positioned vertically, with its minor lateral surfaces 42 positioned horizontally, with one end surface 43 (tobacco end) at the front in travelling direction 7, and with its other end surface 44 (filter end) at the rear.
  • frame 21 performs a first cycle along annular path P3, during which, frame 21 travels along the insertion portion of annular path P3 to position pusher 31 ( Figure 3b ) a given distance D upstream from and facing end surface 44 of group 3a of cigarettes. Frame 21 then moves along the conveying portion of annular path P3 to first bring pusher 31 ( Figure 3c ) into contact with end surface 44, and then move group 3a of cigarettes a first step forward ( Figure 4a ) in travelling direction 7.
  • This first step inserts group 3a inside tubular spindle 14 and stops it in a position (indicated by group 3b in Figure 4a ) in which group 3b is positioned with end surface 44 contacting pusher 31 at a distance D downstream from a first slot 39 formed through tubular spindle 14, and with its end surface 43 close to the output end 17 of spindle 14.
  • group 3a of cigarettes is gripped laterally, by virtue of the portion, indicated 6a, of folding channel 6 defined by spindle 14 tapering towards output end 17.
  • frame 21 performs a second cycle along annular path P3, during which, frame 21 moves along the insertion portion of annular path P3 to insert pusher 32 through first slot 39 and position pusher 32 ( Figure 3b ) at distance D from end surface 44 of group 3b of cigarettes.
  • spindle 14 is stationary in a withdrawn position ( Figure 3b ) so as to define, with portion 18 of packing conduit 5 and at loading station 11, a gap through which an inner sheet 4 of packing material is fed and positioned across packing path P1, with its longitudinal axis perpendicular to the Figure 3 plane.
  • end surface 43 of group 3b of cigarettes first contacts end wall 45; group 3b of cigarettes and the relative U-folded inner sheet 4 of packing material are then inserted ( Figure 4a ) inside portion 18 of packing conduit 5; and, finally, group 3b of cigarettes (indicated 3c) is arrested inside portion 18 of packing conduit 5.
  • inner sheet 4 of packing material is wider than major lateral surfaces 41 of a group 3 of cigarettes; and major lateral walls 46, 47 are longer by a distance D than major lateral surfaces 41 of group 3 of cigarettes.
  • folding channel 6 has substantially the same section as group 3 of cigarettes, insertion of group 3b of cigarettes inside portion 18 ( Figure 5c ) forms - by interference with two fixed folding devices 49 at input end 16 of portion 18 - two first portions 50, adjacent to end wall 45, of two opposite minor lateral walls 51 ( Figure 6e ) of inner wrapping 48, and, for each first portion 50 of a minor lateral wall 51, two longitudinal lateral flaps 52, 53 ( Figure 5c ), each of which projects outwards from relative first portion 50 of minor lateral wall 51, is coplanar with a respective major lateral wall 46, 47, and engages a respective helical folding device ( Figure 2 ) defined by a respective helical slot 54, 55 formed along portion 18 of packing conduit 5.
  • group 3c of cigarettes is positioned ( Figure 4a ) with the rear end of major lateral walls 46, 47 immediately downstream from a second slot 39 formed through portion 18 of packing conduit 5, close to input end 16, and with end surface 44 contacting pusher 32 and at a distance D downstream from second slot 39.
  • pusher 37 is inserted inside folding channel 6 through third slot 39, moves along folding channel 6 in travelling direction 7 into tubular appendix 57 and into contact ( Figure 3c ) with end surface 44 of group 3d of cigarettes, and feeds group 3d of cigarettes ( Figure 4a ) through folding station 20 to insert group 3d of cigarettes and relative tubular wrapping 56 inside portion 19 of packing conduit 5.
  • the group of cigarettes here indicated 3e, is positioned ( Figure 4a ) with its end surface 44 coplanar with a folding plane P4 perpendicular to travelling direction 7, and in which operate three folding devices 58, 59, 60 ( Figure 2 ), which move back and forth to and from a position of interference with tubular appendix 57.
  • folding devices 58, 59, 60 are operated. More specifically, folding devices 58, 59, positioned opposite, are moved towards each other to engage the minor lateral walls of tubular appendix 57 and form two minor flaps 61, 62 on end surface 44 of group 3e of cigarettes ( Figure 6f ); and folding device 60, located on the opposite side of packing path P1 with respect to push device 12, is moved towards push device 12 to engage a respective major lateral wall of tubular appendix 57 and form a respective major flap 63 on end surface 44 of group 3e of cigarettes ( Figure 6g ).
  • Pushers 31, 32, 36, 37, 38 obviously all move forward in respective steps simultaneously, so that, for each cycle of frame 21 along annular path P3, a group 3a of cigarettes is fed into spindle 14, and an inner packet 66 is fed out of portion 19 of packing conduit 5.
  • inner packet 66 is fed to a packing unit (not shown) for forming rigid packets.
  • inner packet 66 may be fed, as shown in the Figure 7 and 8 variation, to a further packing conduit 68, which is coaxial with and located downstream from packing conduit 5 in travelling direction 7, and defines a further folding channel 69 extending through a further loading station 70, similar to loading station 11, for loading outer sheets 71 of packing material supplied to loading station 70 by a conveyor 71a similar to conveyor 8.
  • packing conduit 68 comprises an axially-moving tubular spindle 14' substantially identical to tubular spindle 14, but not tapered internally; and a fixed portion 18' substantially identical to portion 18 of packing conduit 5.
  • Tubular spindle 14' and fixed portion 18' are located on opposite sides of loading station 70 along packing path P1.
  • the parts of packing conduit 68 are indicated using the same reference numbers, but with superscripts, as for the corresponding parts of packing conduit 5.
  • each inner packet 66 is loaded into relative spindle 14' directly by relative pusher 38, and is fed through loading station 70 and along fixed portion 18' by three further pushers 32', 36', 37' fitted integrally to bar 22 of frame 21 of push device 12 by a further arm 72, a further bar 73, and a further rod 74.
  • portion 19 of packing conduit 5 is movable axially back and forth in the same way as tubular spindle 14, spindle 14' and pusher 32' are eliminated, and loading station 70 is interposed between portion 19 and portion 18' which, in this case, defines the whole of packing conduit 68.
  • Packing conduit 68 is connected to at least one gumming device (typically located along feed conveyor 71a of outer sheets 71 of packing material) for applying spots of glue to each outer sheet 71 of packing material to stabilize respective cup-shaped outer package 67.
  • gumming device typically located along feed conveyor 71a of outer sheets 71 of packing material
  • the cigarette packing machine in Figures 7 and 8 also forms a transparent, heat-sealed outer overwrapping about each soft cup-shaped outer package 67 by folding a sheet of transparent, heat-seal overwrapping material about cup-shaped outer package 67.
  • each cup-shaped outer package 67 is fed to a third packing conduit coaxial with packing conduit 5 and further packing conduit 68, located downstream from further packing conduit 68 in travelling direction 7, and defining a third folding channel extending through a third loading station, similar to loading station 11 and loading station 70, for loading sheets of overwrapping material supplied to the third loading station by a third conveyor similar to conveyor 8 and conveyor 71a.
  • the third packing conduit comprises an axially-moving tubular spindle substantially identical to tubular spindle 14, but not tapered internally; and a fixed portion substantially identical to portion 18 of packing conduit 5.
  • the tubular spindle and the fixed portion are located on opposite sides of the third loading station along packing path P1.
  • each outer package 67 is loaded into the relative spindle directly by relative pusher 37', and is fed through the third loading station and along the fixed portion by three third pushers fitted integrally to bar 22 of frame 21 of push device 12 by a third arm, a third bar, and a third rod.
  • the third packing conduit is connected to at least one heat-seal device for heat sealing each sheet of overwrapping material to stabilize the respective outer overwrapping.
  • tubular spindle 14 is moved in travelling direction 7 so that, before pusher 32 reaches end surface 44 of group 3b of cigarettes, output end 17 of tubular spindle 14 engages input end 16 of portion 18 of packing conduit 5 ( Figure 3c ) to fold inner sheet 4 of packing material into a U to define ( Figure 5b ) a first end wall 45 and two opposite major lateral walls 46, 47 of an inner wrapping 48 ( Figure 6h ).
  • inner sheet 4 of packing material is initially folded into a U, not by the axial thrust exerted on inner sheet 4 of packing material by the cigarettes in group 3 of cigarettes, but by the thrust exerted by tubular spindle 14, which also acts as a folding device.
  • tubular spindle 14 which also acts as a folding device.
  • cigarette packing machine 1 in Figures 1-8 comprises at least one packing conveyor (defined by a respective packing conduit 5 and by push device 12) to receive and feed a group 3 of cigarettes along packing path P1; feed conveyor 10 for feeding a sheet 4 of packing material immediately upstream from input end 16 of the packing conveyor and crosswise to packing path P1, so that, as group 3 of cigarettes enters the packing conveyor, sheet 4 of packing material is folded into a U about group 3 of cigarettes; and a folding device (tubular spindle 14) located at input end 16 of the packing conveyor to fold sheet 4 of packing material into a U inside the packing conveyor just before group 3 of cigarettes is inserted inside the packing conveyor, i.e. before group 3 of cigarettes comes into contact with sheet 4 of packing material.
  • packing conveyor defined by a respective packing conduit 5 and by push device 12
  • tubular spindle 14 has an end wall, which comes into contact with sheet 4 of packing material to fold sheet 4 of packing material into a U, and which has suction means for retaining sheet 4 of packing material.
  • the suction means preferably comprise at least two suction holes on opposite sides of packing path P1, and suction through the suction means is activated when tubular spindle 14 folds sheet 4 of packing material into a U, and is cut off once sheet 4 of packing material is folded into a U.
  • cigarette packing machine 1 comprises actuating means for moving tubular spindle 14 reciprocatingly (i.e. back and forth) along packing path P1.
  • Number 72 in Figure 9 indicates as a whole a cigarette packing machine, which comprises a feed wheel 73 rotating about a central axis of rotation 74 and having at least one peripheral pocket 75 for housing group 3 of cigarettes; a packing wheel 76 rotating about a central axis of rotation 77 and having at least one peripheral pocket 78 for housing group 3 of cigarettes wrapped in sheet 4 of packing material; and feed conveyor 10 for feeding a sheet 4 of packing material between wheels 73 and 76. As it is transferred from pocket 75 on feed wheel 73 to pocket 78 on packing wheel 76, group 3 of cigarettes intercepts the sheet 4 of packing material supplied by feed conveyor 10.
  • Cigarette packing machine 72 comprises a folding device 79 located between wheels 73 and 76 to fold sheet 4 of packing material into a U before sheet 4 of packing material is contacted by group 3 of cigarettes.
  • Folding device 79 is fork-shaped, and comprises two folding fingers 80 located on opposite sides of packing path P1 and alongside wheels 73 and 76.
  • a preferred embodiment shown in Figure 9 comprises a fixed folding edge 81 interposed between wheels 73 and 76 to fold sheet 4 of packing material partly before sheet 4 of packing material is inserted inside pocket 78 on packing wheel 76. More specifically, fixed folding edge 81 is tubular with a central through opening 82 through which sheet 4 of packing material and group 3 of cigarettes are fed.
  • the Figure 9 embodiment also comprises a push device 83 for expelling group 3 of cigarettes from pocket 75 on feed wheel 73 into pocket 78 on packing wheel 76, and so intercepting sheet 4 of packing material pre-folded by folding device 79; and a counter-pusher 84, which grips sheet 4 of packing material against an end wall of group 3 of cigarettes to ease sheet 4 of packing material and group 3 of cigarettes into pocket 78 on packing wheel 76.
  • feed conveyor 10 is located along feed wheel 73, upstream from the transfer station to packing wheel 76, and deposits sheet 4 of packing material on the outer surface of feed wheel 73: sheet 4 of packing material is retained mechanically and/or by suction on the outer surface of feed wheel 73.

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  1. Zigarettenverpackungsmaschine, umfassend:
    eine Verpackungseinrichtung (2) zum Verpacken von Zigarettengruppen (3) durch Falten von zumindest einem entsprechenden inneren Blatt (4) des Verpackungsmaterials um jede Zigarettengruppe; und bei der die Verpackungseinrichtung (2) zumindest eine erste Leitungsführung (5) umfasst, die einen geraden ersten Kanal (6) definiert, entlang dem eine Reihe von Zigarettengruppen (3) in einer vorgegebenen Laufrichtung (7) entlang eines Verpackungspfads (P1) laufen;
    Zuführmittel (10) zum Zuführen von flachen inneren Blättern (4) des Verpackungsmaterials entlang eines Zuführungspfades (P2), der den Verpackungspfad (P1) und die erste Leitungsführung (5) an einer Ladestation (11) schneidet und sich quer zur Laufrichtung (7) erstreckt;
    Faltmittel (14, 49, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 38), die entlang der ersten Leitungsführung (5) angeordnet sind, so dass sie das innere Blatt (4) des Verpackungsmaterials um die jeweilige Zigarettengruppe falten, so dass eine jeweilige innere Verpackung (48) ausgebildet ist; und
    Schiebemittel (12) zum Zuführen der Zigarettengruppen (3) entlang des ersten Kanals (6) und durch die Ladestation (11);
    wobei die Verpackungsmaschine (1) dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass
    die Schiebemittel (12) schrittbetriebene Schiebemittel sind und eine Anzahl von ersten Schiebern (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) umfassen, die einstückig miteinander verbunden sind; wobei jeder erste Schieber (31; 32; 36; 37; 38) jede Zigarettengruppe (3) einen entsprechenden in einer Reihe von Schritten jeder Zigarettengruppe (3) entlang eines ersten Kanals (6) bewegt.
  2. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 1, bei der die erste Leitungsführung (5) einen ersten und zweiten Abschnitt (14, 15) umfasst, die nacheinander in Laufrichtung (7) angeordnet sind und den ersten Kanal (6) definieren, und wobei von diesen der zweite Abschnitt (16) befestigt ist und ein konkaves Eingangsende aufweist, und der erste Abschnitt ein konvexes Ausgangsende auf weist; und bei der der Zuführungspfad (P2) und die Ladestation (11; 69) im Wesentlichen tangential zum Eingangsende (16) sind; und der erste Abschnitt ist in Laufrichtung (7) vorwärts und rückwärts in eine Eingriffsposition und aus dieser bewegbar, wobei in dieser das Ausgangsende (17) und das Eingangsende (16) in Eingriff stehen, um jedes innere Blatt (4) des Verpackungsmaterials in ein U zu formen.
  3. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, bei der die Schiebemittel (12) einen Rahmen (21) umfasst, der alle ersten Schieber (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) lagert, und der entlang einem ringförmigen Pfad (P3) bewegbar ist, umfassend einen ersten Abschnitt quer zur Laufrichtung (7) und entlang dem die ersten Schieber (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) in den ersten Kanal (6) eingesetzt werden; einen Förderabschnitt, entlang dem die ersten Schieber (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) entlang der Innenseite des ersten Kanals (6) in Laufrichtung (7) bewegt werden; einen zweiten Abschnitt quer zur Laufrichtung (7) und entlang dem die ersten Schieber (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) von dem ersten Kanal (6) zurückgezogen werden; und einen Rückkehrabschnitt, entlang dem die ersten Schieber (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) aus dem ersten Kanal (6) bewegt werden.
  4. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 3, bei der jeder erste Schieber (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) einen entsprechenden Bügel (29; 30; 33; 34; 35) aufweist, der quer zur Laufrichtung (7) positioniert ist und den ersten Schieber (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) mit dem Rahmen (21) verbindet.
  5. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 4, bei der die erste Leitungsführung (5) eine längliche Aussparung (40) für den Durchgang der Bügel (29; 30; 33; 34; 35) aufweist; und eine Anzahl von Queraussparungen (39), die die längliche Aussparung (40) schneiden und zum Einsetzen/Zurückziehen der ersten Schieber (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) vorgesehen sind.
  6. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, bei der jeder Schritt länger ist, als die Länge der Zigarettengruppe (3).
  7. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 6, bei der die Reihenfolge der Schritte einen Einsetzschritt aufweist, in welchem die Zigarettengruppe (3) in den ersten Abschnitt (14) der ersten Leitungsführung (5) eingesetzt wird.
  8. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 7, bei der die Reihenfolge der Schritte einen Überführungsschritt umfasst, in dem die Zigarettengruppe (3) und das innere Blatt (4) des Verpackungsmaterials in den zweiten Abschnitt (15) der ersten Leitungsführung (5) überführt werden, um eine erste Endwand (45) und zwei gegenüberliegende erste Seitenwände (46, 47) der inneren Verpackung auszubilden; zwei erste Abschnitte (50), die benachbart zur ersten Endwand (45) liegen, von zwei gegenüberliegenden zweiten Seitenwänden (51) der inneren Verpackung (48); und für jeden ersten Abschnitt (50) einer zweiten Seitenwand (51) zwei längliche Seitenklappen (52, 53), von denen jede von dem jeweiligen ersten Abschnitt (50) einer zweiten Seitenwand (51) nach Außen hervorsteht, und koplanar mit einer jeweiligen ersten Seitenwand (46, 47) ist.
  9. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 8, bei der die Faltmittel (14, 49, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 38) erste befestigte Falteinrichtungen (49) umfassen, die an dem Eingangsende (16) des zweiten Abschnitts (15) der ersten Leitungsführung (5) angeordnet sind, so dass sie jeden ersten Abschnitt (50) einer zweiten Seitenwand (51) und jede längliche Seitenklappe (52; 23) ausbilden.
  10. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 9, bei der die Faltmittel (14, 49, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 38) zweite befestigte Falteinrichtungen (54, 55) umfassen, die entlang des zweiten Abschnitts (15) der ersten Leitungsführung (5) angeordnet sind, so dass sie die länglichen Seitenklappen (52, 53) direkt auf die jeweilige Zigarettengruppe (3) falten und das Ausbilden der Seitenwände (51) fertig stellen, so dass sie eine rohrförmige Verpackung definieren, welche die Zigarettengruppe (3) enthält, an einem ersten Ende durch die erste Endwand (45) geschlossen ist und an einem zweiten Ende gegenüber dem ersten Ende einen rohrförmigen Fortsatz (57) aufeist, der von einem relativen Ende der Zigarettengruppe (3) hervorsteht; wobei die Reihenfolge der Schritte einen Zuführungsschritt umfasst, in dem die Zigarettengruppen (3) und das innere Blatt (4) des Verpackungsmaterials entlang dem zweiten Abschnitt (15) der ersten Leitungsführung (5) zugeführt werden und die zweiten befestigten Falteinrichtungen (54, 55) eingreifen.
  11. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 10, bei der die Faltmittel (14, 49, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 38) eine Anzahl von bewegbaren Falteinrichtungen (58, 59, 60, 38)umfassen, um den rohrförmigen Fortsatz (57) zu falten und eine zweite Endwand (65) der inneren Verpackung auszubilden; die bewegbaren Falteinrichtungen (58, 59, 60, 38) sind an einer Faltstation (20) montiert und entlang des zweiten Kanals (15) der ersten Leitungsführung (5) angeordnet, so dass sie sich vorwärts und rückwärts durch den ersten Kanal (6) und quer zur Laufrichtung (7) bewegen.
  12. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 11, bei der die bewegbaren Falteinrichtungen (58, 59, 60, 38) einen (38) der ersten Schieber (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) umfassen.
  13. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 12, bei der die Reihenfolge der Schritte einen Ausstoßschritt umfasst, in welcher die Zigarettengruppe (3) und die innere Verpackung (48) aus dem zweiten Abschnitt (15) der ersten Leitungsführung (5) ausgestoßen werden.
  14. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 13, bei der, entlang dem ersten Abschnitt (14) der ersten Leitungsführung (5), sich der erste Kanal (6) zum zweiten Abschnitt (15) verjüngt, um die Zigarettengruppe (3) schräg zu greifen, wenn die erste Zigarettengruppe (3) durch den ersten Abschnitt geführt wird.
  15. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 14, bei der die Verpackungseinrichtung (2) umfasst:
    eine zweite Leitungsführung (68), welche einen geraden zweiten Kanal (69) definiert, der sich durch eine zweite Ladestation (70) erstreckt, und entlang dem Verpackpfad (P1) angeordnet ist und mit der ersten Leitungsführung (5) in Laufrichtung (7) nachgelagert der ersten Leitungsführung (5) ausgerichtet ist;
    Fördermittel (71a) zum Zuführen von flachen äußeren Blättern (71) von Verpackungsmaterial zur zweiten Ladestation (70);
    zweite Faltmittel (14', 49', 54', 55'), die entlang der zweiten Leitungsführung (68) angeordnet sind, um jedes äußere Blatt (71) des Verpackungsmaterials um die innere Verpackung (48) einer jeweiligen Zigarettengruppe (3) zu falten, um eine becherförmige äußere Verpackung (67) um jede Zigarettengruppe (3) auszubilden; und
    zweite Schiebemittel (32', 36', 37') zum Zuführen der Zigarettengruppen (3) und der jeweiligen inneren Verpackungen (48) entlang dem zweiten Kanal (69) und durch die zweite Ladestation (70).
  16. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 15, bei der die zweiten Schiebemittel (32', 36', 37') schrittbetriebene Schiebemittel (12) sind und eine Anzahl von zweiten Schiebern (32', 36', 37') umfassen, die einstückig miteinander verbunden sind; wobei jeder zweite Schieber (32', 36', 37') jede Zigarettengruppe (3) einen jeweiligen Schritt in einer Reihenfolge von Schritten von jeder Zigarettengruppe (3) entlang des zweiten Kanals (69) nach vorne bewegt.
  17. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 16, bei der die zweiten Schieber (32', 36', 37') einstückig mit den ersten Schiebern (31, 32, 36, 37, 38) sind.
  18. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 15 bis 17, bei der die zweite Leitungsführung (68) einen ersten (14') und zweiten (18') Abschnitt umfasst, die nacheinander in Laufrichtung (7) angeordnet sind und einen zweiten Kanal (69) definieren; und bei der der erste und zweite Abschnitt (14', 18') der zweiten Leitungsführung (68) an gegenüberliegenden Seiten der zweiten Ladestation (70) liegen.
  19. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 18, bei der der erste und zweite Abschnitt (14', 18') der zweiten Leitungsführung (68) im Wesentlichen jeweils identisch zum ersten (14) und einem Teil (18) des zweiten (15) Abschnitts der ersten Leitungsführung sind.
  20. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 15 bis 19, bei der die zweite Leitungsführung (68) zumindest eine Klebeeinrichtung aufweist, um Kleberpunkte auf jedes äußere Blatt (71) des Verpackungsmaterials aufzubringen, um die entsprechende Becherförmige äußere Verpackung (67) zu stabilisieren.
  21. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 15 bis 20, bei der die Verpackungseinrichtung (2) umfasst:
    eine dritte Leitungsführung, welche einen geraden dritten Kanal definiert, der sich durch eine dritte Ladestation erstreckt, und die entlang dem Packpfad (P1) angeordnet ist und mit der zweiten Leitungsführung in Laufrichtung (7) nachgelagert der zweiten Leitungsführung ausgerichtet ist;
    Fördermittel zum Zuführen von flachen Blättern von Außenverpackungsmaterial zur dritten Ladestation;
    dritte Faltmittel, die entlang der dritten Leitungsführung angeordnet sind, um jedes Blatt von Außenverpackungsmaterial um die becherförmige äußere Verpackung (67) einer jeweiligen Zigarettengruppe (3) zu falten, um eine äußere Außenverpackung auszubilden; und
    dritte Schiebemittel zum Zuführen der Zigarettengruppen (3) und der jeweiligen inneren Verpackungen und der becherförmigen äußeren Verpackungen (48, 67) entlang dem dritten Kanal und durch die dritte Ladestation.
  22. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 21, bei der die dritten Schiebemittel schrittbetriebene Schiebemittel sind und eine Anzahl von dritten Schiebern umfassen, die einstückig miteinander verbunden sind; wobei jeder dritte Schieber jede becherförmige äußere Verpackung (67) einen jeweiligen Schritt in einer Reihenfolge von Schritten von jeder becherförmigen äußeren Verpackung (67) entlang des dritten Kanals nach vorne bewegt.
  23. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 22, bei der die dritten Schieber einstückig mit den zweiten Schiebern (32', 36', 37') sind.
  24. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 21 bis 23, bei der die dritte Leitungsführung einen ersten und zweiten Abschnitt umfasst, die nacheinander in Laufrichtung (7) angeordnet sind und einen dritten Kanal definieren; und bei der der erste und zweite Abschnitt der dritten Leitungsführung an gegenüberliegenden Seiten der dritten Ladestation angeordnet sind.
  25. Verpackungsmaschine nach Anspruch 24, bei der der erste und zweite Abschnitt der dritten Leitungsführung im Wesentlichen jeweils identisch zum ersten (14) und zu einem Teil (18) des zweiten (15) Abschnitts der ersten Leitungsführung sind.
  26. Verpackungsmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 21 bis 25, bei der der dritte Kanal zumindest eine Hitzeversiegelungseinrichtung aufweist zum Hitzeversiegeln jedes Blatts des Außenverpackungsmaterials, um die jeweilige äußere Verpackung zu stabilisieren.
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