EP2137074B1 - Dispositif de rinçage dans des machines de fabrication de sachets uniques de matériau pulvérulent et dans des systèmes de répartition et d'emballage de mélasse de tabac - Google Patents

Dispositif de rinçage dans des machines de fabrication de sachets uniques de matériau pulvérulent et dans des systèmes de répartition et d'emballage de mélasse de tabac Download PDF

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EP2137074B1
EP2137074B1 EP08737316A EP08737316A EP2137074B1 EP 2137074 B1 EP2137074 B1 EP 2137074B1 EP 08737316 A EP08737316 A EP 08737316A EP 08737316 A EP08737316 A EP 08737316A EP 2137074 B1 EP2137074 B1 EP 2137074B1
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Fulvio Boldrini
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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
    • B65B65/00—Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • 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
    • B65B37/00—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged
    • B65B37/08—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by rotary feeders
    • 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
    • B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
    • B65B2210/06—Sterilising or cleaning machinery or conduits
    • 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
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging

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  • the present invention relates to a flushing device applicable to machines for manufacturing individual bags or sachets of cohesionless material, particularly pouches of nasal snuff, or of moist snuff (also known as snus ) for oral use, as well as to systems for processing a tobacco mixture prepared with molasses or honey and other oily substances serving as moisturizing agents, and essences of flowers or fruit as aromatic agents.
  • the prior art embraces machines of the type comprising a unit by which tobacco stored in a magazine is taken up via a feed duct, subjected to primary processing steps and directed into a feed hopper, whereupon the pretreated, cohesionless material is released from the hopper to rotary conveying means at a delivery station, and carried by the conveying means to a transfer station where single portions of the tobacco are ejected.
  • the ejected portions are taken up by a wrapping station downstream of the transfer station, where each one is enclosed in a relative pouch.
  • a system of the type in question comprises a unit by which the mixture is prepared, with a discharge station feeding a hopper, at which a conveying mechanism releases the mixture to a processing unit comprising a first transport wheel and a levelling wheel serving to distribute and regulate the volume of the mixture on the first wheel, also a second unloading wheel operating in conjunction with the first wheel.
  • the processing unit feeds the mixture to an extruder unit positioned beneath the hopper and downstream of the wheels, considered in the feed direction of the tobacco mixture or tobamel.
  • the extruder unit comprises a device by which the tobamel is forced through an outlet orifice in the form of a continuous rod, the rod thereafter advancing in a predetermined direction through successive packaging stations.
  • the equipment comprises a number of processing and conveying components in contact with the product which, due to the typical morphology of these same products and in particular by reason of their high moisture content, tend to cling to and form deposits on the components in question, thereby diminishing the output capacity of the machines and systems and giving rise to the need for frequent maintenance.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks.
  • numeral 1 denotes a machine for manufacturing pouches containing a cohesionless material.
  • the machine 1 comprises a delivery station 2 at which the cohesionless material is released to conveying means 3 rotatable between the selfsame delivery station 2 and a transfer station 4, where successive portions of tobacco are ejected.
  • the machine 1 further comprises a wrapping station 5, of which a full description is disclosed in Italian patent application n° B02006A 000792 filed 22/11/2006 by the present applicant, at which the portions of tobacco ejected from the transfer station are taken up and enclosed in respective pouches.
  • the delivery station 2 incorporates a take-up, primary processing and feed unit 6 by which the cohesionless material is received from a magazine (not illustrated) and released to the aforementioned conveying means 3.
  • the take-up unit 6 comprises a dispensing wheel 7 presenting pockets 8 delimited by radial vanes 9 and serving to accommodate the tobacco, also a feed outlet 10 from which the tobacco is released to the aforementioned conveying means 3, and a pair of contrarotating rollers 11 interposed between the wheel 7 and the feed outlet 10, by which the tobacco is pretreated and conveyed toward the selfsame outlet 10.
  • nozzles 12 Installed internally of the take-up, primary processing and feed unit 6 is a plurality of nozzles 12 from which to spray a cleansing fluid.
  • the nozzles 12 are connected by way of respective pipelines 13 to a tank 14 containing the cleansing fluid and equipped with a pump 15 by which the fluid is supplied to the nozzles 12 under pressure.
  • the activation of the pump 15, and therefore the supply of flushing fluid to the nozzles 12, is governed by a computerized master control unit (not illustrated).
  • the nozzles, tank and pump combine to provide the machine with flushing means.
  • the conveying means 3 are embodied as a drum 16 rotatable intermittently and anticlockwise about a horizontal axis A, and interposed between a bottom end of the feed outlet 10 and the transfer station 4.
  • the drum presents a cylindrical wall, denoted 16a, including a band of predetermined width rendered permeable to air by a plurality of through holes.
  • the enclosure 17 delimited by the cylindrical wall 16a is divided by two radial walls into two sectors, denoted 18 and 19.
  • a first sector 18, located adjacent to the feed outlet 10 and extending around to the transfer station 4, is connected by way of a duct (not illustrated) to a source of negative pressure (not illustrated).
  • numeral 20 denotes a system in accordance with the invention for portioning and packaging a tobacco molasses mixture 21.
  • the system 20 comprises a preparation unit (not illustrated) where tobacco (not illustrated) is blended en masse by substantially conventional methods with agglutinating substances such as honey, molasses or the like, also with other oily substances such as glycerine, serving to moisturize the mixture, and preferably with essences of fruit or flowers serving as aromatizers.
  • agglutinating substances such as honey, molasses or the like
  • other oily substances such as glycerine
  • a conveying mechanism 22 advantageously of flexible embodiment, on which the tobacco molasses mixture 21 is taken up from the preparation unit, and a discharge station 23 where the mixture is released by the conveying mechanism 22.
  • the system 20 comprises a first transport wheel, and a second unloading wheel operating in conjunction with the first wheel 6.
  • the first transport wheel is positioned to receive the tobacco molasses mixture 21 at the discharge station 23.
  • a third levelling wheel 26 which when set in rotation serves to distribute and regulate the volume of the tobacco molasses mixture 21 occupying peripheral pockets 27 presented by the first transport wheel.
  • the system 20 further comprises an extruder unit 28, providing means by which to extrude the tobacco molasses mixture 21.
  • the tobacco molasses mixture 21 emerges from an outlet orifice 29 in the form of a continuous rod, advancing in a predetermined direction.
  • a plurality of spray nozzles 31 serving to deliver a cleansing fluid.
  • the nozzles 31 in question are connected by way of respective pipelines 32 to a tank 33 containing the cleansing fluid and equipped with a pump 34 by which the fluid is supplied to the nozzles under pressure.
  • the activation of the pump 34, and therefore the supply of flushing fluid to the nozzles 31, is governed by a computerized master control unit (not illustrated).
  • the nozzles 31 will occupy a plane other than that occupied by the extruding means 28, in order to provide the necessary operating clearance for the purposes of spraying the extruder.
  • the nozzles, tank and pump combine to provide the system with flushing means.
  • the device is relatively effective in preventing the formation of tobacco deposits internally of the feed components described and illustrated; accordingly, there is no need to strip down the equipment and no requirement for action on the part of an operator, signifying a reduction in system downtime and operating costs.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne des machines de fabrication de sachets d'un produit de tabac sans fumée ou d'un autre matériau pulvérulent et des systèmes de répartition et d'emballage de mélanges de tabac de type tobamel, qui peuvent être adaptés à un dispositif de rinçage qui utilise un nombre de buses de pulvérisation (12, 31) positionnées à proximité d'unités (6, 30) qui permettent de transporter et de traiter les produits de tabac sans fumée et à fumer; alors que la machine ou le système fonctionne, un fluide de nettoyage contenu dans un réservoir (14, 33) alimente sous pression les buses (12, 31) par l'intermédiaire d'une pompe (15, 34) et dirigé sur des parties internes des unités (6, 30) pour éliminer les dépôts du produit qui tendent à s'accumuler pendant les étapes de traitement, et permettent ainsi d'éviter la nécessité d'un nettoyage fréquence et des interruptions pour des raisons de maintenance.

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  1. Machine de fabrication de sachets de matériau pulvérulent comprenant une unité d'enroulement, de traitement primaire et d'alimentation (6) à travers laquelle la matière est dirigée, caractérisée en ce que la machine est équipée d'un dispositif de rinçage comprenant des moyens de rinçage positionnés de telle sorte à coïncider avec l'unité d'enroulement, de traitement primaire et d'alimentation (6) et conçue pour enlever les dépôts du matériau pulvérulent.
  2. Machine selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle lesdits moyens de rinçage comprennent une pluralité de buses de pulvérisation (12) reliées à un réservoir (14) rempli de liquide de nettoyage.
  3. Machine selon la revendication 2, comprenant une pompe (15), associée au réservoir (14), par laquelle le liquide de nettoyage est envoyé sous pression aux buses (12).
  4. Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, comprenant un dispositif d'enroulement auquel ledit dispositif de rinçage est appliqué, ledit dispositif d'enroulement étant équipé d'une roue de distribution (7), d'une sortie d'alimentation (10) de laquelle le matériau pulvérulent est libéré vers les moyens d'acheminement (3) pour être dirigé vers un poste de transfert (4), et d'une paire de rouleaux tournant en sens contraire (11) interposés entre la roue (7) et la sortie d'alimentation (10), par lesquels le matériau est prétraité et acheminé vers la même sortie (10), dans laquelle le dispositif de rinçage comprend des moyens de rinçage positionnés de telle sorte à coïncider avec l'unité d'enroulement (6) et conçus pour enlever les dépôts de matériau pulvérulent.
  5. Système pour fabriquer un mélange de tabac, comprenant une unité (30) par laquelle le mélange est acheminé et déchargé, caractérisé en ce que le système est équipé d'un dispositif de rinçage comprenant des moyens de rinçage positionnés de telle sorte à coïncider avec l'unité d'acheminement et de déchargement (30) et conçus pour enlever les dépôts du mélange de tabac.
  6. Système selon la revendication 4, dans lequel lesdits moyens de rinçage comprennent une pluralité de buses de pulvérisation (31) reliées à un réservoir (33) rempli de liquide de nettoyage.
  7. Système selon la revendication 6, comprenant une pompe (34), associée au réservoir (33), par laquelle le liquide de nettoyage est envoyé sous pression aux buses (31).
  8. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 7, comprenant une unité d'acheminement et de déchargement (30) à laquelle ledit dispositif de rinçage est appliqué, ladite unité d'acheminement et de déchargement (30) étant équipée d'une première roue de transport, d'une seconde roue de déchargement fonctionnant conjointement avec la première roue, et de moyens (28) d'extrusion du mélange de tabac, dans lequel le dispositif de rinçage comprend des moyens de rinçage positionnés de telle sorte à coïncider avec l'unité d'acheminement et de déchargement (30) et conçus pour enlever les dépôts du mélange de tabac.
EP08737316A 2007-03-20 2008-03-19 Dispositif de rinçage dans des machines de fabrication de sachets uniques de matériau pulvérulent et dans des systèmes de répartition et d'emballage de mélasse de tabac Not-in-force EP2137074B1 (fr)

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IT000198A ITBO20070198A1 (it) 2007-03-20 2007-03-20 Dispositivo di lavaggio in macchine per la produzione di singole bustine di materiale incoerente ed in impianti per il confezionamento di porzioni di melassa di tabacco.
PCT/IB2008/000656 WO2008114128A2 (fr) 2007-03-20 2008-03-19 Dispositif de rinçage dans des machines de fabrication de sachets uniques de matériau pulvérulent et dans des systèmes de répartition et d'emballage de mélasse de tabac

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