EP2338797A1 - Ausgabeeinheit für eine Packermaschine zum Herstellen von Behältern von Tabakprodukten - Google Patents

Ausgabeeinheit für eine Packermaschine zum Herstellen von Behältern von Tabakprodukten Download PDF

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EP2338797A1
EP2338797A1 EP10193018A EP10193018A EP2338797A1 EP 2338797 A1 EP2338797 A1 EP 2338797A1 EP 10193018 A EP10193018 A EP 10193018A EP 10193018 A EP10193018 A EP 10193018A EP 2338797 A1 EP2338797 A1 EP 2338797A1
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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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/26—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for marking or coding completed packages
    • 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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/28—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for discharging completed packages from machines

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  • the present invention relates to an outfeed unit of a packer machine manufacturing containers for tobacco products, in particular packets of cigarettes.
  • the outfeed unit of a cigarette packer comprises a rectilinear channel along which packets of cigarettes ordered in a substantially continuous row are conveyed, cured and measured.
  • the channel in question is delimited above and below by two mutually opposed branches of two power-driven conveyor belts, looped around respective pairs of rollers at the opposite ends of the channel.
  • the cigarette packets are generally of rectangular parallelepiped appearance, each presenting two end walls disposed transversely to a longitudinal axis of the packet, and four side walls by which the end walls are interconnected.
  • the two end walls coincide with the top end face and bottom end face of the packet, whilst the two larger side walls coincide with the front and rear faces, and the two smaller side walls with the flank faces.
  • the packets are disposed transversely to the direction of movement of the conveyor belts and with one of the two flank faces resting on the bottom of the channel.
  • one of the exposed faces presented by each individual packet is marked during the course of a printing step with a number (the production lot, for example), or a date, or a code of whatever given description.
  • the machine is equipped with a laser or ink-jet printer.
  • the machine further comprises means by which to time the passage of the packets with the operation of the printing device.
  • Such means are provided by interlocking the printing device to a further device stationed upstream of the selfsame printing device and monitoring the progress of the packet, so as to establish an exact synchronization between the passage of each packet and the activation of the printing device.
  • the monitoring device could make use of a barrier photocell able to detect the position of each successive packet by way of the gaps in the advancing row.
  • the packets In outfeed units of conventional embodiment, however, the packets generally advance in close contact one with the next, in such a way that the respective bottom end faces combine to form a substantially flat and unbroken surface; accordingly, monitoring devices of the type in question utilize sensors designed to detect a particular reference mark or notch identifying the packet or brand currently in production.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring device for an outfeed unit of a packer machine manufacturing containers for tobacco products, such as will be unaffected by drawbacks associated with the prior art as mentioned above, that is to say, a monitoring device that will require no modification whatever in the event of production being switched from one brand to another.
  • numeral 1 denotes an outfeed unit, in its entirety, forming part of a machine 2 producing packets 3 of cigarettes, known conventionally as a cigarette packer.
  • the outfeed unit 1 presents a rectilinear channel 4 along which packets 3 ordered in a continuous row 5 are conveyed and cured.
  • the channel 4 is carried by a vertical bulkhead 6 of the packer machine 2, and connects this same machine with an overwrapping machine, schematized as a block denoted 7, by which the packets 3 are enveloped in an outer covering of transparent material.
  • the channel 4 is delimited above and below by two mutually opposed and parallel branches 8 and 9 of two respective conveyor belts 10 and 11 looped around respective pairs of rollers 12 and 13 at opposite ends of the channel.
  • the two belts 10 and 11 are driven by a motor 14, with the active branches 8 and 9 running in a feed direction denoted F (see arrow).
  • the cigarette packets 3 which for example could be of hinge-lid type, are of substantially rectangular parallelepiped appearance, each presenting two end walls 15 and 16 disposed transversely to the longitudinal axis of the packet, denoted L, and four side walls 17, 18, 19 and 20 by which the end walls 15 and 16 are interconnected.
  • the two end walls 15 and 16 coincide respectively with the top end face and the bottom end face of the packet 3, the two smaller side walls 17 and 18 with the flank faces, and the two larger side walls 19 and 20 respectively with the front face of the packet 3, from which the lid is opened, and the rear face or back of the packet, which is crossed by the hinge line of the lid.
  • the packets 3 are disposed transversely to the feed direction F of the conveyor belts 10 and 11 and positioned with one flank face 17 or 18 resting on the bottom of the channel 4, so that the bottom end of each packet 3, as viewed in the elevation of figure 1 , remains accessible on the side of the channel 4 opposite from the bulkhead 6.
  • numeral 21 denotes a monitoring device designed to track the packets 3 during their passage through a monitoring position 22 located along the channel 4.
  • the monitoring device 21 comprises sensing means 23 consisting in a high sensitivity distance sensor 24 of laser or microwave type, positioned facing the substantially flat surface presented by the adjoining end faces 16 of the single packets 3 advancing in succession along the channel 4.
  • the distance sensor 24 could be an OADM series laser sensor, made by the Swiss company Baumer Electric AG.
  • the unit 1 Located at a position 25 along the channel 4, downstream of the monitoring position 22, the unit 1 comprises a printing device, schematized in the drawing as a block denoted 26 and consisting, for example, of an ink-jet printing device or a laser printing device.
  • the printing device 26 is interlocked to the monitoring device 21 by way of a master control unit 27 in receipt of the output signal from an encoder 28 designed to generate a succession of pulses indicating the feed rate of the conveyor belts 10 and 11, and consequently also indicating the number of machine cycles.
  • the graph of figure 3 represents the variation in amplitude A of the output signal generated by the distance sensor 24 in response to the variation in distance D between the sensor 24 and the bottom end faces 16 of the packets 3, occurring with the displacement S of the row 5 relative to the monitoring position 22.
  • the amplitude A of the output signal from high accuracy sensors of the type in question registers a peak value M during the passage of the areas of contact, denoted 29, between successive packets, or in other words with each increase in the distance between the sensor 24 and the discontinuities in the surface created by the bottom end faces 16 of the packets 3.
  • the monitoring device requires neither replacing nor recalibrating, as the operating principle remains entirely independent of the brand of cigarette, or the size and type of the packet 3 in production.

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  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
EP10193018A 2009-12-23 2010-11-29 Ausgabeeinheit einer Verpackungsmaschine zur Herstellung von Behältern für Tabakprodukte Not-in-force EP2338797B1 (de)

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PL10193018T PL2338797T3 (pl) 2009-12-23 2010-11-29 Zespół wyjściowy maszyny pakującej, wytwarzającej pojemniki na wyroby tytoniowe

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ITBO2009A000820A IT1397821B1 (it) 2009-12-23 2009-12-23 Unita' di uscita di una macchina confezionatrice di contenitori di prodotti da fumo.

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