EP1883319B1 - Einheit zur übergabe von stäben aus strangmaterial für die herstellung von tabakprodukten - Google Patents

Einheit zur übergabe von stäben aus strangmaterial für die herstellung von tabakprodukten Download PDF

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EP1883319B1
EP1883319B1 EP06744503A EP06744503A EP1883319B1 EP 1883319 B1 EP1883319 B1 EP 1883319B1 EP 06744503 A EP06744503 A EP 06744503A EP 06744503 A EP06744503 A EP 06744503A EP 1883319 B1 EP1883319 B1 EP 1883319B1
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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
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  • the present invention relates to a unit for transferring sticks of rod material used in the manufacture of tobacco products.
  • a stick of rod material where referred to in the following specification, can be taken to mean any given element of elongated cylindrical appearance as used in the manufacture of tobacco products.
  • the sticks in question could be cigarette sticks, for example, turned out by a dual rod type of cigarette making machine designed to generate two successions of cigarette rods, simultaneously and in parallel, which are cut subsequently by suitable devices into discrete lengths.
  • the rods might be rods of filter material.
  • a first conventional type of transfer unit takes the form of a rotating platform furnished with a plurality of arms, each equipped at the outer end with a gripper mechanism such as will take up two cigarette sticks emerging side by side from the dual rod cigarette maker and transfer them to the next machine.
  • the sticks thus transferred are kept parallel one with another and carried through an angle of 90° along a path describing an arc to a circle, to a position where they can be placed in flutes afforded by an infeed roller serving the filter tip attachment machine.
  • the prior art also embraces a second type of transfer unit, designed specifically to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above.
  • This transfer unit consists substantially in a drum, rotatable about an axis parallel to the feed direction followed by the sticks of rod material and presenting a succession of peripheral flutes by which the sticks are taken up seriatim and conveyed toward the filter tip attachment machine.
  • the rotating drum is positioned momentarily with two adjacent and successive flutes aligned on the outfeed point at which the sticks of rod material emerge from the dual rod maker. Two sticks are directed into the two flutes without any pause in the rotation of the drum, and another two mutually adjacent flutes next in sequence to the flutes filled previously are brought into alignment with the outfeed point of the dual rod maker. Given the high transfer speeds expected of the unit, and the need for compactness, the drum must necessarily rotate at high angular velocities.
  • the drum of the transfer unit is equipped with an impeller device serving to transmit a transverse velocity component to the sticks.
  • the impeller device also performs a function of distancing each pair of sticks leaving the dual rod maker from the next pair in sequence, by inducing a longitudinal acceleration in the pair passing onto the drum.
  • the impeller device is embodied as a roller, rotatable about an axis normal to the feed direction followed by the sticks of rod material and furnished with a helical groove extending the full length of its developable periphery. As the roller turns, the helical groove engages the successive pairs of sticks, investing them with a transverse velocity component and with a longitudinal acceleration component so as to ease their passage into the flutes of the drum.
  • transverse velocity components induced by the impeller roller in the transferred sticks can lead in extreme cases to the stick being broken, or in any event damaged, as a result of the excessive stresses in play.
  • the main purpose of the present invention is to set forth a unit for transferring sticks of rod material used in the manufacture of tobacco products, such as will be unaffected by the drawbacks mentioned above.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a unit for transferring sticks of rod material used in manufacturing tobacco products, capable of operating at high transfer speeds.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a transfer unit of which the operating capacity will remain independent of the dimensions presented by the sticks of rod material being transferred.
  • numeral 1 denotes a unit according to the present invention, in its entirety, for transferring sticks S of rod material (as defined in the foregoing preamble) used in the manufacture of tobacco products.
  • the unit 1 comprises two feed channels 2a and 2b extending parallel one with another and spaced apart at a predetermined pitch p, along which to direct respective successions of sticks S emerging from a dual rod maker (not illustrated).
  • the two feed channels 2a and 2b are connected, for example, to the outfeed stage T of a dual rod type machine (as illustrated schematically in figures 3 and 6 ) by which continuous cigarette or filter rods are first fashioned and then cut into discrete lengths.
  • the predetermined pitch p, between centres of the two feed channels 2a and 2b, is therefore dictated by the distance between the two channels T1 and T2 of the outfeed stage T and cannot be altered.
  • the unit 1 further comprises a drum 3 rotatable about an axis X parallel to the feed channels 2a and 2b; the drum 3 presents a plurality of flutes 4 ordered consecutively around its peripheral surface of revolution and alignable in pairs with the feed channels 2a and 2b in such a way as to take up the sticks S emerging from the dual rod maker.
  • the sticks S are thus directed repetitively into the flutes 4 and caused to advance as one with the rotating drum 3, before being released in ordered and consecutive sequence to a further machine on which they will undergo further processing steps.
  • the further machine in question might consist in a filter tip attachment machine (not illustrated), by way of example, in which case the sticks of rod material could consist either in sticks cut from a tobacco rod or sticks cut from a filter rod.
  • the single flutes 4 of the drum 3 are set apart one from the next at a distance less than the pitch p between the feed channels 2a and 2b.
  • the single flutes 4 of the drum 3 are identical one to another, equispaced, and occupy the full longitudinal dimension of the drum 3.
  • Each flute 4 presents a flared entry portion 5 to the advancing stick S, on the side of the drum facing the feed channels 2a and 2b, so that the sticks S are guided naturally into the relative flutes 4.
  • the drum 3 is also equipped with aspirating means 6 operating along each flute 4 in such a way as to retain the sticks S during the transfer step, that is to say during the rotation of the drum 3.
  • such aspirating means 6 comprise a vacuum pump (not illustrated), which might be installed internally of the drum 3 or remote from the drum 3, also a plurality of holes 7 (visible in figure 2 ) located in the flutes 4 and in fluid communication with the vacuum pump, in such a way as to generate a negative pressure at the surface of the flutes 4 and thus retain any sticks S placed therein.
  • a vacuum pump not illustrated
  • holes 7 visible in figure 2
  • the two flutes 4 of each successive pair presented to the feed channels 2a and 2b will always be separated by two intermediate flutes 4.
  • these same two flutes are not directly adjacent, but spaced apart by a distance equivalent to the width of two further flutes.
  • the dimensional and directional symbols adopted in the specification are referred to the drum 3, and accordingly, the displacement p1 of the single flute 4 is measured along an arc coinciding with a circumference R passing through the centres of the flutes 4; similarly, the pitch p dividing the two feed channels 2a and 2b is measured along an arc of the same circumference R.
  • the same result could be obtained nonetheless adopting a different system of reference, based for example on the two feed channels 2a and 2b, provided that all of the various distances are measured concordantly with the system selected.
  • the drum 3 rotates tangentially to the two feed channels 2a and 2b so that the pairs of flutes 4 will be positioned at the same height as the channels when in alignment.
  • the transfer unit 1 also incorporates impeller means 8 operating on the feed channels 2a and 2b in such a way as to gain a further enhancement of the effectiveness with which the sticks S are directed into the flutes 4 of the drum 3.
  • the impeller means 8 comprise a first pair of rollers 9 and a second pair of rollers 10 located downstream of the feed channels 2a and 2b, by which respective sticks S of rod material are taken up, accelerated and directed into the flutes 4 of the rotating drum 3.
  • each pair 9 and 10 rotate tangentially to the stick S on which they operate, and occupy respective planes Z1 and Z2 (indicated by phantom lines in figure 4 ) inclined in relation to the plane Z0 (indicated by a phantom line in figure 1 ) occupied by the two feed channels 2a and 2b.
  • each pair of impeller rollers 9 and 10 will interact with a predetermined portion of the relative stick S of rod material.
  • each of the sticks S advancing along the two channels 2a and 2b presents a gummed joint line in a predetermined position, extending along its full length
  • the rollers 9 and 10 are angled in such a way as to avoid any contact with the gummed joint and ensure that the integrity of the stick S is not degraded.
  • the sticks S of rod material are received directly from a dual rod type machine, and since the two rods are also gummed simultaneously by the machine, the sticks S will arrive at the unit 1 with the gum still not completely dried.
  • impeller rollers of the second pair 10 lie parallel to those of the first pair 9, and the two pairs overlap at least in part.
  • the two pairs of impeller rollers 9 and 10 interact with relative longitudinal portions of sticks S that are identical one to another, that is, engaging in contact at identical distances from the ends of two stick S advancing side by side, so that both of the sticks S advancing along the two feed channels 2a and 2b are subjected to the same axial acceleration, applied at identical points and at the same instant.
  • the two impeller rollers 9a-9b and 10a-10b of each contrarotating pair 9 and 10 are driven at a peripheral velocity at least equal to the linear velocity of the sticks S advancing along the two feed channels 2a and 2b.
  • the peripheral velocity of the rollers will be greater than the linear velocity of the sticks S, so that the sticks can be accelerated toward the drum 3.
  • the impeller rollers 9a-9b and 10a-10b are set in rotation by one or more drive means, coupled to suitable transmission components.
  • the drive means consist in an electric motor 11, whilst the transmission consists in a drive pulley 12 keyed to the motor 11 and linked to respective pulleys 13 and 14 associated with each impeller roller 10a and 10b of the second pair 10.
  • the pulleys 12, 13 and 14 are interconnected by a belt 15 in such a way that the two rollers 10a and 10b are made to rotate in opposite directions.
  • the roller denoted 10b is indicated in figure 6 for convenience of illustration.
  • impeller rollers 9a and 9b of the first pair 9 are power driven, coupled by way of a belt (not illustrated) to the aforementioned motor 11 driving the second pair 10 of rollers.
  • the transfer unit 1 also comprises inspection means 16 that will allow of exposing the impeller rollers 9a-9b and 10a-10b and the two feed channels 2a and 2b to view.
  • such inspection means 16 include a bottom plate 17 presenting the feed channels 2a and 2b, which can be mounted or integral, and carrying the two impeller rollers of the first pair 9, also a top plate 18 on which the rollers of the second pair 10 are mounted.
  • the top plate 18 can be moved between an operating position (shown in figures 1 , 4 and 5 ), placed over the bottom plate 17, and an inspection position (shown in figure 2 ) distanced from the selfsame bottom plate 17.
  • the aforementioned drive means can be installed directly on the face of the bottom plate 17 and/or of the top plate 18, or internally of the plates.
  • the electric motor 11 is housed internally of the bottom plate 17.
  • the bottom plate 17 and top plate 18 are connected by a hinge 19; with this arrangement, the top plate can swing away from the bottom plate 17, opening in the manner of a book to allow inspection of the impeller means 8 and the feed channels 2a and 2b.
  • the transfer unit 1 functions as indicated schematically in figure 5 .
  • Two sticks S1 of a first pair are guided into two first flutes 4 presented to the feed channels 2a and 2b, whereupon the drum 3, rotating at constant angular velocity in the direction of the arrow F in figure 5 , will bring two further flutes 4 into alignment with the feed channels 2a and 2b as soon as these are ready to release a second pair of sticks S2.
  • the second flutes 4 are distanced from the first flutes which took up the first pair of sticks S1, by a gap 2/3 of the pitch p between the feed channels 2a and 2b.
  • the sticks S2 of the second pair are duly transferred to the rotating drum 3, which then brings two third flutes 4 into alignment with the feed channels 2a and 2b.
  • the third flutes 4 are distanced from the second flutes by a gap 2/3 of the pitch p between the feed channels 2a and 2b.
  • the process of filling the drum continues in the manner described, and each flute 4 of the drum 3 is thus able to admit a respective stick S of rod material.
  • the rotational speed of the drum can be reduced by 1/3 compared to that of drums in prior art units, or alternatively, maintaining the same speed of rotation, the number of sticks transferred can be increased by 1/3.

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  1. Einheit zur Übergabe von Stäben aus Strangmaterial für die Herstellung von Tabakprodukten, bestehend aus zwei parallelen Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b), die in einem bestimmten Teilungsabstand (p) voneinander angeordnet sind, entlang denen jeweils Aufeinanderfolgen von Stäben (S) aus Strangmaterial geleitet und befördert werden, die aus einer Doppelstrang-Herstellungsmaschine ausgegeben werden, sowie einer Trommel (3), die um eine parallel zu den Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) verlaufende Achse (X) in Drehung versetzt wird und mehrere Mulden (4) aufweist, die aufeinanderfolgend um eine entsprechende periphere Rotationsfläche angeordnet sind und paarweise mit den Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) ausgerichtet werden können, um die Stäbe (S) aufzunehmen, die entlang der Kanäle (2a, 2b) befördert werden, wobei die Einheit dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass jede Mulde (4) der Trommel (3) von der benachbarten Mulde durch einen Abstand getrennt ist, der kleiner ist als der Teilungsabstand (p) zwischen den zwei Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b).
  2. Einheit nach Anspruch 1, worin die Mulden (4) jeweils im gleichen Abstand zur nächsten angeordnet sind.
  3. Einheit nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, worin die Trommel (3) zwei Mulden (4) zwischen jedem Paar Mulden aufweist, die mit den Zuführkanälen (2a,2b) ausgerichtet werden können.
  4. Einheit nach Anspruch 3, worin die Trommel (3) um einen Winkel dreht, der jedes Mal, wenn ein Paar Stäbe (S) aus Strangmaterial von einem Paar Mulden (4) aufgenommen wird, eine Verschiebung (pl) jeder Mulde (4) bewirkt, die zwei Dritteln des Teilungsabstandes (p) zwischen den zwei Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) entspricht.
  5. Einheit nach den vorhergehenden Ansprüchen, worin die Trommel (3) mit konstanter Winkelgeschwindigkeit dreht.
  6. Einheit nach den vorhergehenden Ansprüchen, die Schlagmittel (8) beinhaltet, die entlang der Zuführkanäle (2a, 2b) wirken und dazu dienen, die Stäbe (S) aus Strangmaterial in die Mulden (4) der Trommel (3) zu leiten.
  7. Einheit nach den vorhergehenden Ansprüchen, worin die Trommel (3) tangential zu den Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) dreht und somit die Ausrichtung der Paare von Mulden (4) auf gleicher Höhe mit den Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) ermöglicht.
  8. Einheit nach den vorhergehenden Ansprüchen, worin die einzelnen Mulden (4) entsprechende aufgeweitete Einführabschnitte (5) für die Zuführkanäle (2a, 2b) aufweisen, um das Einführen der Stäbe (S) aus Strangmaterial in die entsprechenden Mulden zu unterstützen.
  9. Einheit nach den vorhergehenden Ansprüchen, worin die Trommel (3) Saugmittel (6) beinhaltet, die entlang jeder der Mulden (4) wirken und dazu dienen, die Stäbe (S) während der Drehung der Trommel (3) festzuhalten.
  10. Einheit nach Anspruch 6, worin die Schlagmittel (8) ein erstes Paar Walzen (9) und ein zweites Paar Walzen (10) beinhaltet, die stromabwärts von den Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) angeordnet sind und von denen entsprechende, aus den Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) austretende Stäbe (S) aus Strangmaterial ergriffen, beschleunigt und in die Mulden (4) der drehenden Trommel (3) geleitet werden.
  11. Einheit nach Anspruch 10, worin die einzelnen Schlägerwalzen (9a, 9b, 10a, 10b) jedes Paares (9, 10) tangential zu dem Stab (S) drehen, mit dem sie in Wechselwirkung treten, wobei sie entsprechende Ebenen (Z1, Z2) einnehmen, die in Bezug auf die von den zwei Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) eingenommene Ebene (Z0) geneigt sind und so angeordnet sind, dass sie mit vorbestimmten Abschnitten der Stäbe (S) in Eingriff treten.
  12. Einheit nach Anspruch 11, worin die Walzen (10a, 10b) des zweiten Paares (10) parallel zu den Walzen (9a, 9b) des erste Paares (9) und zumindest teilweise die Walzen überlappend angeordnet sind, so dass sie mit den gleichen Abschnitten der entsprechenden Stäbe (S) aus Strangmaterial in Eingriff treten, mit denen die Walzen des ersten Paares (9) in Eingriff treten.
  13. Einheit nach den Ansprüchen 10 bis 12, worin die Schlägerwalzen (9a, 9b, 10a, 10b) mit einer Umfangsgeschwindigkeit drehen, die mindestes gleich der linearen Geschwindigkeit der Stäbe (S) aus Strangmaterial bei deren Vorschub entlang der Zuführkanäle (2a, 2b) ist.
  14. Einheit nach den Ansprüchen 10 bis 13, die Mittel (16) beinhaltet, welche die Inspektion der Schlägerwalzen (9a, 9b, 10a, 10b) und der Zuführkanäle (2a, 2b) ermöglichen.
  15. Einheit nach Anspruch 14, worin die Inspektionsmittel (16) aus einer unteren Platte (17) bestehen, auf der die Zuführkanäle (2a, 2b) montiert oder ausgefertigt sind und die das erste Paar Schlägerwalzen (9) trägt, sowie aus einer oberen Platte (18), die das zweite Paar Schlägerwalzen (10) trägt, wobei die obere Platte (18) eine Bewegung zwischen einer Arbeitsstellung, in der sie über der unteren Platte (17) angeordnet ist, und einer Inspektionsstellung, in der sie von der unteren Platte (17) beabstandet ist, ausführen kann.
  16. Einheit nach Anspruch 15, worin die untere Platte (17) und/oder die obere Platte (18) entsprechende Antriebsmittel beinhalten, durch die das erste Paar (9) Schlägerwalzen beziehungsweise das zweite Paar (10) Schlägerwalzen in Drehung versetzt werden.
  17. Einheit nach Anspruch 15 oder 16, worin die obere Platte (18) scharnierbeweglich mit der unteren Platte (17) verbunden ist und somit eine Bewegung zwischen der Arbeitsstellung und der Inspektionsstellung ausführen kann.
  18. Einheit nach den vorhergehenden Ansprüchen, worin die Stäbe (S) aus Strangmaterial Zigarettenstäbe sind.
  19. Einheit nach den Ansprüchen 1 bis 17, worin die Stäbe (S) aus Strangmaterial Filterstopfen sind.
  20. Anlage zur Herstellung von Tabakprodukten, bestehend aus zumindest einer Übergabeeinheit (1) nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche.
  21. Verfahren zur Übergabe von Stäben aus Strangmaterial für die Herstellung von Tabakprodukten, das den Schritt des Zuführens eines ersten Paares von Stäben (S1) aus Strangmaterial in zwei peripher angeordnete Mulden einer Trommel (3) beinhaltet, die mehrere solcher Mulden (4) aufweist, die mit Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) ausgerichtet werden können, entlang denen die Stäbe befördert werden, wobei das Verfahren dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass es ferner folgende Schritte umfasst: Drehen der Trommel (3) um eine parallel zu den zwei Kanälen (2a, 2b) verlaufende Drehachse (X) und um einen Winkel, der zwei Dritteln des Teilungsabstandes (p) zwischen den zwei Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) entspricht, um zwei weitere Mulden mit einem zweiten Paar von Stäben (S) auszurichten, die aus den Zuführkanälen (2a, 2b) austreten; und Einleiten des zweiten Paares von Stäben in die zwei weiteren Mulden.
  22. Verfahren nach Anspruch 21, worin die Trommel (3) mit konstanter Geschwindigkeit dreht.
  23. Verfahren nach Anspruch 21 oder 22, das den Schritt des Beschleunigens der Stäbe (S) aus Strangmaterial bei der Einleitung in die Mulden beinhaltet.
  24. Verfahren nach Anspruch 23, worin die den Stäben aus Strangmaterial erteilte Beschleunigung nur längsgerichtet ist.
  25. Verfahren nach Anspruch 21, worin die Aufeinanderfolge der Schritte zum Einleiten der Stäbe aus Strangmaterial in die Mulden der Trommel (3) für eine vorbestimmte Anzahl von Wiederholungen durchgeführt wird, so dass mehrere Mulden, die zumindest einen Kreissektor der Trommel (3) belegen, mit entsprechenden Stäben aus Strangmaterial gefüllt werden können.
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