EP2693900B1 - Dispositif de transport par rotation et procédé de transport d'articles de l'industrie du tabac - Google Patents

Dispositif de transport par rotation et procédé de transport d'articles de l'industrie du tabac Download PDF

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EP2693900B1
EP2693900B1 EP12711830.5A EP12711830A EP2693900B1 EP 2693900 B1 EP2693900 B1 EP 2693900B1 EP 12711830 A EP12711830 A EP 12711830A EP 2693900 B1 EP2693900 B1 EP 2693900B1
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Siegfried Schlisio
Arne ALBERS
Thomas Erdmann
Franz Rottmann
Peter Kalus
Martin CLOETERS
Torsten Mörke
Karl-Heinz Pawelko
Manfred Folger
Harald Dittombée
Dieter Plähn
Michael Kleine Wächter
Ralf Schmidt
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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
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/471—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces by means of a connecting band
    • 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
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
    • A24C5/327—Construction details of the cigarette transport drum

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  • the invention relates to a rotary conveying device for conveying articles of the tobacco processing industry, comprising a body with a substantially cylindrical shell, wherein the jacket has a plurality of vacuum pockets, which are acted upon by a negative pressure for sucking the articles.
  • the invention further relates to a film set for a rotary conveyor of the type mentioned.
  • the invention further relates to a method for conveying articles of the tobacco processing industry, comprising the steps of: providing a rotary conveying device for a machine of the tobacco processing industry, comprising a body having a substantially cylindrical shell, the jacket having a plurality of vacuum pockets; Pressurizing the vacuum bags with a vacuum for sucking the article.
  • the invention further relates to a method for adapting a rotary conveying device to a conveying of articles of the tobacco processing industry with different format.
  • Rotary conveying devices of the type mentioned can be, for example, suction rollers, conveyor drums or other, essentially cylindrical conveyor devices which convey articles of the tobacco-processing industry in a direction of rotation.
  • Rotary conveying devices of the type mentioned are used in drum machines of the tobacco processing industry, in particular in Filteransetzmaschinen and Multifilterherstellmaschinen.
  • Articles of the tobacco processing industry to be conveyed may be, for example, rod-shaped articles such as tobacco sticks, filter rods or cigarettes with or without filters, or sheet-like articles such as filter paper sections, filter paper webs, tipping paper sections or tipping paper webs.
  • the EP 1 447 016 A1 discloses a conveyor drum for articles of the tobacco processing industry with a lifting means with a predetermined longitudinal axial stroke for longitudinally aligned with each other and conveyed in at least one row queraxial the conveyor drum article.
  • a lifting means at least one magnetic lifting device is provided.
  • the WO 2010/012420 A1 relates to a conveyor drum of the tobacco processing industry with recordings for articles of the tobacco processing industry, in which various types of recordings are provided.
  • the DE 33 10 126 A discloses a cutting apparatus for dividing a continuous web into a plurality of discrete segments, particularly bands, for connecting filters to cigarettes, such that the end portion of the web is supported on a rotating support drum and the segments are supported by the end portion of the web be cut on the support drum by means of a Bahnsehneidmesser.
  • the cutting blade is cyclically moved in a plane transverse to the web and substantially parallel to the axis of the rotary drum so that a transverse progressive cut is made on the web from one longitudinal edge to its opposite longitudinal edge.
  • On the support drum a plurality of Bahnschneidmesser parallel to the axis of the drum are movably mounted at the same angular distance along the circumference of the support drum.
  • These cutting knives are urged to cycle at the angular location or at a fraction of the orbital angle of the support drum where the cut is to be made, an extension or cutting stroke through the web from a laterally retracted home position to a side edge of the web opposite side edge of the web and then make a retraction movement back to the starting position.
  • Rotary conveyor of the type mentioned initially have a substantially cylindrical shape with a cylindrical shell, which surrounds a, usually cylindrical, body.
  • a plurality of vacuum pockets are arranged, which are connected to a vacuum source, so that the articles to be conveyed, which are located directly on the surface of the jacket, sucked by the negative pressure formed in the vacuum pockets to the jacket and so with the jacket can be promoted.
  • To promote rotary conveyors of the type mentioned are usually driven and are offset by the drive in a rotational movement to promote the articles in a rotational direction.
  • a rotary conveying device of the type mentioned which is characterized in that on the jacket a film with fastening means is releasably secured, wherein the film is formed on its side facing away from the jacket, the article, in particular articles of a first format, to promote.
  • the invention is based on the recognition that a considerable facilitation of the adaptation of a machine of the tobacco processing industry to the processing and conveying of articles of different formats can be achieved by the fact that an exchange of complete rotary conveyors, which are adapted for the promotion of articles of a first format , is dispensed with by other rotary conveyors adapted to convey articles of a second format.
  • the invention is further based on the finding that the adaptation of a rotary conveying device to a specific format to be conveyed article can be achieved that a releasably mounted on the mantle surface of the rotary conveyor device film is provided to promote the article.
  • a film Under a film is a web, sheet, or plate-shaped, preferably flexible, element to understand.
  • the film may be formed as a thin sheet having a thickness of less than 1 mm. Particularly preferred is a thickness of the film between 0.1 - 0.8 mm.
  • the film is inventively designed to promote on its side facing away from the coat the articles of the tobacco processing industry.
  • the film preferably has a substantially smooth, cylindrical surface on its side facing away from the jacket on, ie a surface without outwardly projecting cut edges or the like.
  • the film is releasably secured to the shell with fasteners, d. H. the film can be removed from the rotary conveyor and replaced with another film. This other film can then also be releasably secured back on the jacket and is also designed to promote on its side facing away from the jacket articles of the tobacco processing industry; however, unlike the first film, such a second film is preferably adapted to articles of a different format.
  • the invention also allows easier maintenance or repair, in particular cleaning the rotary conveyor: By loosening the attachment of the film on the jacket and removing the film from the rotary conveyor, the film, for example of glue residues, cleaned or otherwise serviced if necessary or replaced with increasing and critical wear or damage by another similar film.
  • the vacuum pockets in the drum shell can be cleaned more easily.
  • Another advantage of the rotary conveyor according to the invention results from the fact that as a replacement or replacement part only films must be kept, which are significantly more space-saving in storage than rotary conveyors as a whole.
  • rotary conveyor device can also interact with other components of a machine of the tobacco processing industry as known from the prior art rotary conveyor devices. Therefore, it is possible to exchange in existing machines of the tobacco processing industry rotary conveyors according to the prior art by inventive rotary conveyors and in this way to be able to use the advantages of the rotary conveyors according to the invention in already existing machines of the tobacco processing industry.
  • the rotary conveying device is characterized in that the film has vacuum passages which are arranged in fluid communication with the vacuum pockets, so that the articles can be sucked onto the film on the side of the film facing away from the jacket ,
  • the vacuum pockets preferably have dimensions that make them suitable for a variety of sizes of articles to be conveyed.
  • an embodiment of the vacuum pockets with a rectangular cross section on the mantle surface is preferred, wherein the vacuum pockets are preferably arranged transversely and spaced from each other in the circumferential direction of the shell.
  • the vacuum passages of the film may be formed, for example, as holes arranged in series or as a hole pattern, as slots or recesses in the film.
  • holes or slots are preferably, in particular for the promotion of rod-shaped articles, arranged transaxially on the film.
  • the vacuum passages of the film are arranged so that they are on the one hand connected to the vacuum pockets of the jacket, so that a built-in pockets vacuum acts through the vacuum passages of the film on the articles to be conveyed and can suck them to the film.
  • the vacuum passages of the film are preferably arranged such that, on the other hand, they are adapted to a specific format of articles, for example rod-shaped or sheet-shaped articles and their format-dependent geometries and dimensions.
  • the film along the circumference of the rotary conveyor device comprises areas with Untertik whollyssen, on each of which an article can be sucked and conveyed, as to alternately arranged areas without vacuum passages on which no articles are sucked and conveyed, so that the articles to be conveyed on the Foil are circumferentially spaced.
  • a further preferred embodiment of the rotary conveying device is characterized by positioning means which are arranged and adapted to fix the film on the jacket in a predetermined position, wherein the positioning means preferably one or more pins, one or more guide rails, one or more terminal strips and / or a or multiple clamping bars.
  • the provision of positioning means has the advantage of ensuring that the film is arranged in a predetermined position on the jacket, so that the articles conveyed on the film can be picked up by other conveying devices without disturbing the conveying process and can in turn be delivered to other conveying devices.
  • the positioning means may be formed on the jacket and / or on the film.
  • the film may have positioning openings into which positioning means can engage.
  • the positioning means are preferably distributed along the circumference of the shell.
  • the fastening means comprise a clamping disc and / or a groove. These fastening means may preferably be arranged on the end faces of a rotary conveyor.
  • the fastening means can be designed as a force, shape or frictional locking fastener.
  • the positioning means are identical to the attachment means, so that the film is also positioned simultaneously with the attachment to the shell.
  • the film comprises or consists of non-magnetizable metal.
  • the film may also have carbide or zirconium or consist of, in particular zirconium (IV) oxide (ZrO 2 ).
  • IV zirconium oxide
  • the film comprises or consists of magnetizable metal.
  • the fastening means comprise one or more magnets, preferably permanent magnets.
  • a combination of a film with or made of magnetizable metal and magnetic fastening means has the advantage that the resulting attachment by means of magnetic force on the one hand during operation of the rotary conveyor very reliable and on the other hand is easy to solve.
  • the release of the attachment can be done without (special) tool.
  • the magnetic attachment means are preferably arranged transversely between the vacuum pockets and spaced along the circumferential direction of the shell.
  • the magnetic fastening means may also be arranged annularly along the circumferential direction of the jacket.
  • a preferred embodiment is characterized in that the film comprises at least two film segments, wherein preferably each of the film segments is releasably secured to the jacket.
  • the film may consist of or comprise two, three or more segments. This can in particular facilitate the assembly and disassembly of the film.
  • the film is divided into segments along substantially cross-axial dividing lines.
  • each of the segments has an extent across the entire width of the film and an extent in the circumferential direction that corresponds to a portion of the total extent of the film in the circumferential direction.
  • each of the film segments can be fixed by means of the positioning means in a predetermined position on the jacket. In this way it can be ensured that each film element is aligned in the desired position.
  • the positioning means comprise at least one positioning element for each of the foil segments.
  • the rotary conveying device is characterized in that the articles are formed in a sheet shape and the rotary conveying device is designed as a suction roll, wherein preferably the vacuum passages are arranged in the form of a hole pattern, which is adapted to a format of the sheet-shaped article.
  • Suction rolls are preferably used to promote sheet or sheet-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cover paper webs or filter cover paper strips. It is particularly preferred that the vacuum passages of the film on the format, that is, the dimensions of the sheet-shaped article to be conveyed are tuned.
  • the vacuum passages may be arranged as a plurality of holes or holes forming a hole image.
  • the rotary conveyor device is characterized in that the articles are rod-shaped and the rotary conveyor is designed as a conveyor drum, wherein preferably the film has receptacles which are adapted to receive the rod-shaped article on a side facing away from the jacket.
  • the film preferably has receptacles for receiving the rod-shaped articles on a side facing away from the jacket, which are formed as outwardly open troughs or recesses in the film.
  • Trays formed as depressions can, for example, be on the side of the film facing away from the jacket be applied by welding or gluing.
  • the troughs can also be formed by forming or embossing in the film.
  • the receptacles are recesses in the film, wherein the recesses are preferably formed rectangular. Such recesses may for example be punched out of the film. It is particularly preferred if the aligned transversely to the direction of rotation edges of the recesses are chamfered or bevelled. This has the advantage that the articles to be conveyed can be taken up particularly gently in the recesses. In particular, when the articles are tobacco sticks or cigarettes, this is advantageous so as not to adversely affect the quality of the articles.
  • the foil which preferably consists essentially of sheet metal, is formed as a closed ring.
  • the closed ring preferably has an inner diameter which is smaller than the outer diameter of the shell, preferably about 0.25 to about 0.75 mm smaller, more preferably about 0.5 mm smaller.
  • the closed ring is chamfered on at least one of its edges facing the respective end face, preferably with a chamfer facing the shell of the drum body. In this way, it is easily possible to push or slide the formed as a closed ring metal foil on the drum body.
  • the jacket is chamfered on at least one peripheral edge facing the respective end face and its circumference.
  • the film of the invention in particular if it is formed as a closed, preferably made of sheet metal, ring, lightly press or push on the drum body.
  • the film is formed as a sheet, being provided on the side facing away from the jacket of the film as wells receptacles are provided, the open sides facing away from the jacket, wherein it is at the troughs in radially of the film protruding ridges milled depressions is.
  • the webs may preferably be formed by etching a sheet metal blank used to produce the film. In this case, preferably, a sheet metal blank outside the areas provided for the webs is etched down from a base thickness onto the finally remaining thickness of the metal sheet outside the areas provided for the webs.
  • an original sheet thickness of 3 mm can be used, which is etched down outside the bars to an etched sheet thickness of 0.15 mm.
  • the webs therefore remain integrally connected outside the etched area with the sheet metal ring and can then be provided by a milling operation with troughs according to the invention.
  • One of the advantages of this embodiment of the etched out of a sheet metal blank webs is that in this way no frontal sealing of the troughs against secondary air longer necessary because already by the aforementioned forming the webs by etching a seal against secondary air is generated.
  • a further aspect of the invention is a film set for a rotary conveying device according to one of the preceding claims, comprising at least a first and a second film for a rotary conveying device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least first and second film are formed on a shell of a body of a Rotary conveying device according to one of the preceding claims to be releasably secured and promote on its side facing away from the jacket articles of the tobacco processing industry, and wherein the first film is adapted to promote articles of a first format and the second film is formed, a second article, from first different format to promote.
  • Another aspect of the invention is a method for conveying articles of the tobacco processing industry comprising the steps of: providing a rotary conveyor for a machine of the tobacco processing industry comprising a body having a substantially cylindrical shell, the shell having a plurality of vacuum pockets having; Pressurizing the vacuum bags with a vacuum for sucking the articles; characterized by the steps of: providing a film releasably secured to the jacket; Conveying the articles on a side of the film facing away from the jacket.
  • a further aspect of the invention is a method for adapting a rotary conveyor to conveying articles of the tobacco processing industry of different format, comprising the steps of: providing a rotary conveyor comprising a body having a substantially cylindrical shell and a first, releasably secured to the shell Foil which is designed to promote on its side facing away from the jacket articles of a first format; Removing the first film; Providing a second film which is adapted to convey on its side facing away from the jacket articles of a second format; releasably securing the second foil to the shell.
  • FIGS. 1 to 10 illustrated embodiment of a rotary conveyor device 100 is designed as a conveyor drum for conveying rod-shaped articles 400, 410, 420.
  • the rotary conveyor 100 is adapted to convey articles in two parallel conveyor lines.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-section through the first conveyor line of the rotary conveyor 100 according to FIG Fig. 1 represents, Fig. 5 a cross section through the second conveyor line of the rotary conveyor 100 according to Fig. 1 ,
  • FIG. 12 illustrates a cross-section through the first conveyor line of the rotary conveyor 100 according to FIG Fig. 1 represents, Fig. 5 a cross section through the second conveyor line of the rotary conveyor 100 according to Fig. 1 .
  • the rotary conveying device 100 has a body 110 with a substantially cylindrical jacket 120, wherein the jacket 120 has a plurality of vacuum pockets 121.
  • the vacuum pockets 121 may be pressurized by connecting to a suction source (not shown) to draw articles 400, 410, 420.
  • a suction source not shown
  • the vacuum pockets 121 have flared portions 122 towards the outer surface of the shell.
  • films 200, 210, 220, 230 are made of magnetizable metal and can be releasably secured to the shell 120 with fastening means, which are here designed as permanent magnets 310.
  • the permanent magnets 310 are according to FIGS. 7 and 8th arranged to terminate with the outer surface of the shell 120 and form a common, smooth surface with the outer surface of the shell 120. However, they can also protrude over the lateral surface or be slightly recessed.
  • the films 200, 210, 220, 230 are designed to convey the articles 400, 410, 420 on their sides 120, 211, 221, 231 facing away from the casing 120.
  • the films 200, 210, 220, 230 receptacles 700, 710, 730, 800, which differ on the one hand in their design and manufacture and make them suitable on the other to take items 400, 410, 420 different format.
  • the foils 200, 210, 230 have receptacles designed as depressions 700, 710, 730, whose open sides are remote from the casing 120.
  • the wells 700, 710 are introduced by forming or embossing in the films 200, 210. Different depths or radii of the troughs 700, 710 can be achieved by using different forming or embossing tools.
  • a starting material with a different thickness so that the cavity formed during the forming or embossing on the same tool has a different depth or a different radius than a trough of a manufactured on the same tool Foil with a different thickness.
  • the hollows 730 of in Fig. 10 shown film 230 are applied on the side facing away from the jacket of the film 231, for example by gluing or welding.
  • the wells 700, 710, 730 have vacuum passages which may be formed as serially arranged bores 500, 530 or as elongated holes 510.
  • the vacuum passages 500, 510, 530 are in fluid communication with the vacuum pockets 121, so that on the side facing away from the jacket 201, 211, 231 of the films 200, 210, 230, the articles 400, 410 are sucked to the films 200, 210, 230 can.
  • the in the FIGS. 6 to 9 illustrated film 220 has rectangular recesses 800 as recordings in which article 420 can be added.
  • the edges 801, 802 of the recesses 800 extending transversely to the conveying direction are chamfered or chamfered in order to be able to receive the articles 420 with particular care, which has a positive effect on the quality of the articles 420 and the end products produced therefrom.
  • the recesses 800 are in fluid communication with the vacuum pockets 121, so that the articles 420 can be sucked onto the film 220 on the side 221 of the film 220 facing away from the jacket.
  • the vacuum pockets 121 and the flared portions 122 are preferably formed and, in particular, wide enough to be able to aspirate articles 400, 410, 420 of different sizes.
  • the films or the jacket preferably further comprise positioning means which are in the Fig. 1 . 2 . 6 and 10 are shown as pins 600, which by engaging in corresponding positioning holes (for film 220 in Fig. 9 designated 223) can set the respective film on the shell 120 in a predetermined position.
  • the films 220, 230 preferably have a gap 224, 234, which facilitates the assembly or disassembly of the films 220, 230.
  • the film 230 is made of sheet metal and is designed as a closed ring.
  • the closed ring has an inner diameter which is smaller than the outer diameter of the shell, preferably about 0.25 to about 0.75 mm smaller, more preferably about 0.5 mm smaller.
  • the fact that the inner circumference of the film 230 formed as a ring is somewhat smaller than the circumference of the in FIG. 10 not shown drum body results in the assembly of such a film formed as a ring an elongation in the wells when mounting the ring on the drum body.
  • the formed as a closed ring plate 230 is fixed on the drum body. Also in this variant, the positioning of the film 230 can be made on the drum body by means of pins.
  • the closed ring is chamfered on at least one of its edges facing the respective end side with a facing the jacket of the drum body bevel.
  • the jacket of the drum body is chamfered on at least one peripheral edge facing the respective end face and its circumference.
  • the film 230 is made of sheet metal.
  • the webs 730 have been formed by etching a sheet metal blank used to produce the film.
  • a sheet metal blank outside of the intended areas for the webs of a base thickness is etched down to the final remaining thickness of the sheet metal foil outside the intended areas for the webs.
  • an original sheet thickness of 3 mm is used for the sheet metal blank, which is etched outside the webs down to an etched sheet thickness of 0.15 mm down.
  • the webs remain outside the etched area integrally connected to the sheet metal ring stand and will then be provided by milling with the wells 730.
  • FIGS. 11 to 16 illustrated embodiment of the rotary conveyor 1100 is a suction roll with a body 1110 and a substantially cylindrical shell 1120 and a rotary handle 1101st
  • a film is arranged, which, as in the Figures 11 . 12 and 14 can be seen, consists of several film segments 1210 and is formed on its side facing away from the jacket 1120 sheet-shaped article, such as filter paper strip to promote.
  • the jacket 1120 has a plurality of vacuum pockets 1121, which can be acted upon by connecting to a suction source (not shown) with a negative pressure to suck articles on the side facing away from the jacket 1120 of the film or the film segments 1210 can.
  • the foil segments 1210 are formed of magnetizable metal and releasably secured to the shell 1220 via fasteners formed as permanent magnets 1310a, b, c.
  • the permanent magnets 1310a, b, c are annular and arranged to terminate with the outer surface of the shell 1120 and form a common, nearly smooth surface with the outer surface of the shell 1120.
  • the film segments 1210 have holes as vacuum passages, which are arranged in the form of a hole pattern 1212. These vacuum passages in the form of a hole pattern 1212 are in fluid communication with vacuum pockets 1221 formed in the jacket 1120.
  • the vacuum pockets 1221a, b can, as in Fig. 12 can be seen, be formed differently.
  • the formation of the vacuum pockets 1221a, b in the suction roller embodiment is format-independent, ie an adaptation of the rotary conveyor 1100 to articles to be conveyed to different formats can be achieved solely by replacing the film 1200 or the film segments 1210 , 1220.
  • Fig. 15 is another segment 1220 for a rotary conveyor 1100 according to the Fig. 11 and 12 represented by the in Fig. 14 segment 1210 distinguished by a matched to a different format of articles hole pattern 1222.
  • the rotary conveyor 1100 can be easily, quickly and inexpensively converted to the promotion of different sized items.
  • the foil segments 1210, 1220 have positioning apertures 1213, 1223 by means of which the foil segments 1210, 1220 on the jacket 1220 can preferably be fixed in a specific position by engagement with positioning means.
  • the film 1200 also has vacuum passages in the form of a hole pattern 1202 and positioning openings 1203 and is designed to convey sheet-shaped articles on its side 1201 facing away from the jacket 1120.
  • the openings 1205 in the film 1200 and the openings 1215 between the film segments 1210 serve as cutting blade openings, can engage in the cutting blade of a cutting blade, not shown, to cut a continuous web of a sheet-like article in format-dependent strips, which then facing away from the jacket 1220 Page 1201 of the film 1200 or on the side facing away from the jacket 1220 of the film segments 1210, 1220 are promoted.
  • rotary conveying devices according to the invention can be used in existing machines of the tobacco processing industry and the advantages associated with the rotary conveying devices according to the invention can also be achieved in the course of retrofitting in existing machines.

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  1. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) pour transporter des articles (400, 410, 420) de l'industrie de traitement du tabac, comprenant un corps (110, 1110) ayant une enveloppe (120, 1120) de forme sensiblement cylindrique, l'enveloppe comportant plusieurs poches de dépression (121, 1121) adaptées pour pouvoir être soumises à une dépression pour aspirer les articles,
    un film (200, 210, 220, 230, 1200, 1210, 1220) étant fixé sur l'enveloppe, le film étant configuré pour transporter les articles sur son côté opposé à l'enveloppe,
    caractérisé en ce que le film (200, 210, 220, 230, 1200, 1210, 1220) est fixé sur l'enveloppe de manière amovible à l'aide de moyens de fixation (310, 1310).
  2. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que le film (200, 210, 220, 230, 1200, 1210, 1220) comporte des passages de dépression (500, 1202, 1212, 1222) qui sont disposés de façon telle qu'ils soient en liaison fluidique avec les poches de dépression, si bien que les articles (400, 410, 420) puissent être aspirés vers le film sur le côté du film opposé à l'enveloppe (120, 1120).
  3. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par des moyens de positionnement (600) qui sont disposés et configurés pour fixer le film (200, 210, 220, 230, 1200, 1210, 1220) sur l'enveloppe (120, 1120) dans une position prédéterminée, les moyens de positionnement comprenant de préférence une ou plusieurs tiges, une ou plusieurs barres de guidage, une ou plusieurs barres de serrage et/ou une ou plusieurs barres de tension.
  4. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de fixation comprennent un disque de serrage et/ou une rainure.
  5. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le film comporte un métal non magnétisable ou en est constitué.
  6. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le film (200, 210, 220, 230, 1200, 1210, 1220) comporte un métal magnétisable ou en est constitué.
  7. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de fixation (310, 1310) comprennent un ou plusieurs aimants, de préférence des aimants permanents.
  8. Dispositif de transport par rotation (1100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le film comporte au moins deux segments de film (1210, 1220), de préférence, chacun des segments de film étant fixé sur l'enveloppe (1120) de manière amovible.
  9. Dispositif de transport par rotation (1100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les articles présentent la forme d'une feuille et en ce que le dispositif de transport par rotation est configuré comme un tambour aspirant, les passages de dépression (1212, 1222) étant disposés de préférence à la façon d'un motif de trous qui est adapté à un format des articles en forme de feuille.
  10. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que les articles (400, 410, 420) présentent la forme d'une tige et en ce que le dispositif de transport par rotation est configuré comme un tambour de transport, le film comportant de préférence des logements (700, 710, 730, 800) qui sont configurés pour recevoir les articles en forme de tige sur un côté opposé à l'enveloppe.
  11. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100) selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que les logements (700, 710, 730) sont configurés comme des creux dont les côtés ouverts sont détournés de l'enveloppe (120).
  12. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100) selon l'une des deux revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les logements (730) sont agencés sur le côté du film (230) opposé à l'enveloppe.
  13. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100) selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que les logements (800) sont configurés comme des évidements du film (220), les évidements présentant de préférence une forme rectangulaire.
  14. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100) selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que les bords des évidements (800), qui sont orientés transversalement à la direction de rotation, sont biseautés.
  15. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le film (230), constitué de préférence essentiellement en une tôle, est configuré comme un anneau fermé.
  16. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que l'anneau fermé présente un diamètre intérieur qui est inférieur au diamètre extérieur de l'enveloppe (120, 220), de préférence inférieur d'environ 0,25 à environ 0,75 mm, de façon davantage préférée inférieur d'environ 0,5 mm.
  17. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon l'une des deux revendications précédentes 15 ou 16, caractérisé en ce que l'anneau fermé est biseauté à au moins un de ses bords en regard de la face frontale respective, et comprend de préférence un biseau orienté vers l'enveloppe.
  18. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'enveloppe (120, 1120) est biseauté à au moins un bord périphérique orienté vers la face frontale respective et son pourtour.
  19. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le film (230) est configuré comme une tôle, des logements configurés comme des creux (730) étant prévus sur le côté opposé à l'enveloppe (120, 1120), les côtés ouverts desquels étant détournés de l'enveloppe (120, 1120), les creux (730) étant des creux (730) fraisés dans des barrettes radialement en saillie sur le film (230).
  20. Dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que les barrettes sont des barrettes obtenues par gravure chimique effectuée sur une tôle brute utilisée pour la réalisation du film.
  21. Procédé de transport d'articles (400, 410, 420) de l'industrie de traitement du tabac, comprenant les étapes
    - mettre à disposition un dispositif de transport par rotation (100, 1100) pour une machine de l'industrie de traitement du tabac, comportant un corps (110, 1110) ayant une enveloppe (120, 1120) de forme sensiblement cylindrique, l'enveloppe comportant plusieurs poches de dépression (121, 1121) ;
    - soumettre les poches de dépression à une dépression pour aspirer les articles ;
    - mettre à disposition un film (200, 210, 220, 230, 1200, 1210, 1220) fixé sur l'enveloppe (120, 1120) ;
    - transporter les articles (400, 410, 420) sur un côté du film opposé à l'enveloppe ;
    caractérisé en ce que le film (200, 210, 220, 230, 1200, 1210, 1220) est fixé de manière amovible sur l'enveloppe.
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