EP2703304B1 - Procédé et dispositif destinés au remplissage d'emballages - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif destinés au remplissage d'emballages Download PDF

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EP2703304B1
EP2703304B1 EP13004066.0A EP13004066A EP2703304B1 EP 2703304 B1 EP2703304 B1 EP 2703304B1 EP 13004066 A EP13004066 A EP 13004066A EP 2703304 B1 EP2703304 B1 EP 2703304B1
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Michael Schlenker
Sven Ruthemeier
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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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • 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
    • B65B11/004—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material in blanks, e.g. sheets precut and creased for folding
    • 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
    • B65B19/223—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in a curved path; in a combination of straight and curved paths, e.g. on rotary tables or other endless conveyors
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/54—Feeding articles along multiple paths to a single packaging position
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/56—Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section
    • 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
    • B65B61/20—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for adding cards, coupons or other inserts to package contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1081—Inserts or accessories added or joined to the container, e.g. coins, pens, cards, spacers
    • 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
    • B65B2220/00—Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/14—Adding more than one type of material or article to the same package
    • 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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/06—Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device according to the objects of claims 1 and 5 for filling packages.
  • a device for packaging ice cream products of different color and / or different tastes in selected cuboid packs is known from US 2003/0183481 A1 , Shown is a device that packs three different versions of the ice cream products, via individual conveyor belts for the different products. These are transferred to a common belt conveyor and introduced by cross-cutting into the prepared packages. The formation of units of different objects as a packing unit and their handling is the font can not be removed.
  • a device deals with the transport and the completion of packages with two blocks of cigarettes, that is, with two cigarette groups encased in tinfoil.
  • the groups of cigarettes are placed on a conveyor plate with a partially folded blank of tinfoil and transported into a folded position.
  • the Stanniolzu motherboard be folded.
  • the cigarette blocks are pushed together in the transverse direction and introduced together in the pack.
  • the known technologies are not suitable.
  • the problem underlying the invention is therefore to introduce a unit of at least two, in particular of three different, independent objects or groups of objects with high performance of the machines in a package, in particular in a partially finished folding box.
  • the packages are positioned in pockets of a folding turret, such that the articles can be introduced (simultaneously) in the radially directed transport path into the packages open on the outside.
  • the objects are transported in the region of the transport path / filling path essentially along own tracks, preferably without mutual contact, in units corresponding to the contents of the package and handed over to the packing in a filling station.
  • the filler web forms separate transport paths or channels for each object, with each transport path associated carriers detect the objects for transport.
  • the objects are transferred to the common filling web at different positions, in particular in such a way that initially - in the longitudinal direction of the web - a group of filter pieces or filter rods with orientation in the longitudinal direction is introduced into the web.
  • the third object is supplied, in particular a bag (pouch) with tobacco, which is oriented to the dimensions of the pack.
  • the bag is preferably located in an upper trajectory, while the other objects - filter rods and packets of cigarette paper - in a common plane underneath each other lying - each with distance from each other - are transported.
  • a special feature is the transfer of the items to the prepared package. Following the filling path, the group of objects enters a Transfer conveyor, in particular a stage with recordings for each item. The stage causes a transfer of the objects to immediately adjacent to the pack.
  • a Ausschuborgan transmits the group of objects at the same time to the pack, wherein following the appropriately positioned stage funnel-shaped organs are arranged for (distance-free) merging of the objects in the pack relative position.
  • Other features of the invention relate to the configuration of the filler and the organs for the transfer of different objects to the filler.
  • the embodiments of the drawings are concerned with the supply of a plurality of differently shaped objects and with the transfer of the same to a pack 10.
  • This is preferably made of thin cardboard and is formed in the illustrated embodiment as a folding box / Hinge lid pack, as for the recording of cigarettes is known.
  • the package 10 thus consists of box part 11, cover 12 and (optionally) a collar 13. Box part 11 and lid 12 are formed from a conventional, one-piece blank.
  • the collar 13 with collar front wall 14 and collar side flap 15 consists of a separate blank and may extend to a bottom of the box part 11.
  • the pack 10 serves to accommodate at least two differently shaped objects or groups of objects. In the present case, three objects or groups are to be arranged in a predetermined relative position within the pack 10. It is a bag 16 made of foil in the execution of a designated for holding tobacco wrapping bag with a pocket 17 (for the tobacco) and a bag 17 in the closed position completely or partially surrounding the winding tab 18th
  • the package 10 contains a packet 19 with a supply of cigarette paper for self-preparation of cigarettes using the tobacco from the bag 16.
  • the third article is a number of (four) filter rods 20 in a special embodiment, namely with break points 21 for producing a plurality of filter pieces 22 from each filter rod 20.
  • the filter pieces 22 are used in the in-house production of filter cigarettes.
  • the filter rods 20 are positioned side by side in a row.
  • the aforementioned objects 16, 19, 20 are arranged in a particular relative position.
  • the bag 16 is housed in an upright position in a front region of the pack 10, wherein the winding tab 18 rests on the inside of the collar front wall 14.
  • the (five) filter rods 20 are juxtaposed in series against a rear wall 23 of the package 10.
  • the packet 19 then to it is the packet 19, thus likewise in the rear region under contact with the rear wall 23.
  • the (three) objects 16, 19, 20 are jointly and simultaneously loaded into the open or unfinished package 10 in the region of a filling station 24 (FIG. Fig. 4 ) introduced.
  • the package 10 is in a special folding position in a pocket 25 of a folding turret 26.
  • the articles are fed along a transport path - filling web 27 - the filling station 24.
  • a special feature is that the objects are successively fed to the filler web 27 and transported in the same area over and / or next to each other as a formed unit.
  • a first transfer station namely filter station 28, the group formed of the filter rods 20 is inserted in the longitudinal direction in the filling path 27.
  • a subsequent transfer station namely packet station 29, the packets 19 are fed and deposited in the filling track 27 next to the filter rods 20.
  • the bags 16 are fed and stored in the package-oriented relative position in the region of the filler web 27.
  • the transport path for the objects - filling track 27 - is formed in a special way.
  • These individual tracks are arranged side by side and one above the other.
  • a transport channel for the filter rods 20 - rod channel 31 - in a lower level and next to the transport channel for the packet 19 - packet channel 32 - arranged.
  • the transport channel 31, 32 for the bags 16 - bag channel 33 - is formed in a plane above the transport channels.
  • the transport channel 33 is bounded below by a transverse wall 34, which also serves as a support for the bag 16 during transport in the longitudinal direction of the filler web 27.
  • the bags 16 are slidably conveyed on the transverse wall 34.
  • the (lower) transport channels 31, 32 are assigned a (horizontal) track wall or track plate 35. This serves as a condition for the (sliding) Transport of the lower objects - packet 19, filter rods 20.
  • the transport channels 31, 32 separated by an (upright) partition 89 from each other.
  • the filler web 27 is also provided with an upper hood-shaped cover 36, which forms an upper wall of the transport channel 33 and side walls for the (three) transport channels 31, 32, 33.
  • the objects 16, 19, 20 are transported in the region of the filler web 27 by a (common) endless conveyor, namely by a chain or belt conveyor 37 with a plurality of each of a group of objects 16, 19, 20 associated drivers.
  • the belt conveyor 37 preferably consists of two spaced apart (endless) chains or (present) toothed belt. These are interconnected by transverse connecting members, in this case by struts 38. These are also carriers of the carriers for the objects.
  • the objects associated with the spaced-apart carrier are arranged on a common carrier, namely a U-shaped support profile 39. This sits on the strut 38 and is connected thereto.
  • the belonging to the unit of a package contents articles 16, 19, 20 are detected and transported together, by appropriately trained and arranged driver.
  • upright webs 40, 41 are arranged on the support profile 39, the driver heads 42, 43, 44 for one or the other article 16, 19, 20 and run for the common transport movement in the channels 31, 32, 33.
  • the heads 42, 43, 44 are formed as elongated, transverse tongues which extend approximately over the full width of the channels 31, 32, 33.
  • At a first web 40 of the driver head 42 for the bag 16 and the driver head 44 for the packet 19 are attached.
  • the driving head 43 for the filter rods 20 At the free end of the web 41 is the driving head 43 for the filter rods 20.
  • the two webs 40, 41 pass through longitudinal slots 45, 46 of the track plate 35 therethrough.
  • the (longer) web 40 also passes through a longitudinal slot 47 of the transverse wall 34.
  • a special feature is the introduction of the articles 16, 19, 20 in the filling web 27.
  • the group of filter rods 20 is first introduced into the associated transport channel 31.
  • the filter rods 20 are pushed out analogously to the handling of cigarettes in groups from a magazine 48 and transferred to an intermediate conveyor, namely a cyclically rotating in transverse plane filter turret 49. This is along the perimeter with pockets 50 for each group of Filter rods 20 provided.
  • the pocket 50 is arranged on a support web 51 at a distance from the circumference of the filter turret 49 in the transverse or tangential direction projecting.
  • the relative position is selected such that the belt conveyor 37 running in the axial direction of the filter turret 49 or its driver head 43 passes through the pocket 50 and removes the filter rods 20 from the pocket 50 or transfers them to the subsequent transport channel 31.
  • the pocket 50 of the filter turret 49 is provided on the radially outer side by a support plate 52 with slot for the passage of the web 41.
  • the remainder of the complex driver is moved 49 outside of parts of the filter turret.
  • the web 40 runs past the pocket 50.
  • the transverse driver head 42 is passed through a recess 53 which is formed by the staggered support web 51 and the pocket 50.
  • the packet station 29 follows.
  • the packets 19 are supplied by a packet conveyor 54 arranged next to the filling track 27. This is arcuate, so that the packet 19 are first provided transversely to the filling path 27 and then by deflection in the conveying direction of the filler web 27.
  • the packet conveyor 54 which is preferably designed as a pneumatic conveyor, transports the packets 19 into the one transverse transfer channel 55. This leads into the region of the filling track 27 and is open to the transport channel 32 through a corresponding recess in the side wall of the cover 36 (FIG. Fig. 9 ).
  • a slider 56 with the longitudinal extent in the conveying direction pointing packet 19 is inserted into the associated transport channel 32, in coordination with the movement of the driver or the driver head 44, so that the packet 19 is transported accurately positioned with the filter rods 20.
  • the (filled) bags 16 are fed in the longitudinal direction, ie in a relative position with transverse seams of the pocket 17.
  • a feed unit - bag unit 57 - is arranged above the filling track 27.
  • the bags 16 are first supplied in the downward direction, in this case by upright conveyor belts 58, 59.
  • At this includes a deflection member 60 with an arcuate deflection path.
  • Outside a fixed guide piece 61 is arranged with arcuate sliding surface 62.
  • driven endless conveyors in the present version in the form of round belts 63, 64, which are guided at a distance from each other via deflection wheels and drive wheels.
  • the sliding surface 62 is inside the round belt 63, 64 associated with a support wall 65 as a guide, so that in this area a (circular) arcuate conveying channel 66 is created for the bag 16.
  • the dimension of the conveyor channel 66 is chosen so that the bags 16 are not deformed during transport.
  • the propulsion of the bag 16 is effected by the voltage applied to these, consisting of corresponding material round belt 63, 64.
  • the cover 36 or its upper wall is provided with a corresponding recess, so that the bags 16 can be fed one after the other and deposited on the transverse wall 34.
  • the deposited bag is detected by the driver head 42, so that the group of objects associated with a pack 10 is transported on as a unit.
  • the group of objects 16, 19, 20 is transferred from the belt conveyor 37 to an intermediate conveyor or to a transfer conveyor, which is commonly referred to as Stage 67 is designated. This is between a transfer station in the deflection region of the belt conveyor 37 (FIG. Fig. 14 ) and a transfer station adjacent to the folding turret 26 (FIG. Fig. 16 ) back and forth. In the transfer station, the stage 67 connects to the filling track 27, namely to the channels 31, 32, 33, so that the objects 16, 19, 20 are pushed by the drivers while continuing the movement in corresponding receptacles of the stage 67.
  • the stage 67 is moved (at increased speed) to the filling station 24 so that the carriers of the belt conveyor 37 are freely deflectable in the region of a deflection roller of the toothed belts (FIG. Fig. 14 ).
  • the stage 67 is designed analogously to the filling track 27, namely with internal chambers or chambers 68, 69, 70 for the bag 16 (upper chamber 68), for the packet 19 (one of the lower chambers 69) and for the filter rods 20 (chamber 70 below next to the chamber 69).
  • the lower chambers 69, 70 are open on the inside to form a free space 71 for the passage of a pusher.
  • a bottom plate 72 is closed because a Ausschuborgan is supplied from above.
  • a (horizontal) partition wall 73 is provided with a slot 74.
  • An upper wall 75 for defining the upper chamber 68 is provided with a wide recess 76 aligned with the free space 71 and the slot 74.
  • the chambers 68, 69. 70 of the stage 67 are on both sides - pointing in the conveying direction - open. To avoid displacements, misalignments of objects and parts thereof, the objects in the chambers 68, 69, 70 are fixed.
  • the bag 16 is pneumatically fixed in the upper chamber 68, by pressing against the intermediate wall 73 as a bearing surface for the bag 16. Above it are attached to oblique surfaces of the upper wall 75 pneumatic pressure elements 77, in particular in the embodiment as a membrane, the an air line 78 can be acted upon with compressed air and snuggles under pressure to the top of the bag 16.
  • a pressure member 77 is arranged in the region of the winding tab 18 and another pressure member 77 in the region of an upwardly directed pocket wall, in particular outside the winding tab 18.
  • the other objects are pressed by vacuum (suction) to the bottom plate 72 of the stage 67.
  • suction suction
  • two rows of suction holes 79 for holding the packet 19 are connected to a suction line 80.
  • depressions 81 for a respective filter rod 20 are formed on the bottom side.
  • Each trough 81 is associated with a series of suction holes 82.
  • the suction holes 82 are connected to a suction line 83 for fixing the filter rods to the bottom plate 72nd
  • the stage 67 is designed such that the collar 13 is deposited in the partially folded package 10 in the pocket 25 of the folding turret 26 with the objects 16, 19, 20 ( Fig. 6 ).
  • the collar 13 is (unfolded) by a transverse collar conveyor 84 ( Fig. 14 ), in the plane of the top of the stage 67. There, the collar 13 is placed in transverse alignment ( Fig. 11 ).
  • the collar 13 is entrained, by acting on the top of the stage stops 85 for the back of the collar thirteenth
  • the articles 16, 19, 20 are detected by a further conveyor, pushed out of the stage 67 and inserted, eliminating the mutual distances as a unit in the open on the feed side pack 10.
  • the blank for the package 10 is folded in the filling station 24 angularly or L-shaped, wherein in a known manner the rear wall 23 rests on a bottom of the bag, while the unfolded parts of the lid 12 are substantially outside the pocket 25.
  • the collar 13 is carried along, folded with respect to the collar side tabs 15 and thus brought into the package-oriented position ( Fig. 6 ), in which the cross-sectionally U-shaped collar 13 on the upper object - bag 16 - is applied. Thereafter, the package 10 is unfolded in the usual manner.
  • the ejection of the objects 16, 19, 20 from the stage 67 into the pack 10 is effected by a rotating slide 86 (FIG. EP 0 994 029 B1 ).
  • the pusher 86 is provided with a special pusher head 87 which conforms to the shape of the stage 67 and engages the objects by correspondingly formed projections on the back.
  • the slider head 87 is further formed so that portions between the projections can pass through the recess 76, the slot 74 and the clearance 71.
  • the projections for carrying the objects are each directed sideways.
  • movable guide webs 88 are effective laterally. These are in the rotational movement of the folding turret 49 back or swung away.
  • converging sliding surfaces are formed by the guide webs 88 on both sides of the path of movement of the articles 16, 19, 20, so that packet 19 and filter rods 20 are brought together overcoming the distances.

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  1. Procédé pour l'introduction d'au moins deux objets (16, 19, 20) ou groupes d'objets dans un emballage commun (10), en particulier dans un emballage parallélépipédique (10) du type boîte pliante/couvercle articulé, de préférence pour l'introduction d'un sachet en film (16) pour du tabac, d'un petit paquet (19) avec du papier à cigarette et de préférence d'une pluralité de filtres (22) ou de bouts-filtres (20) pour rouler soi-même des cigarettes filtres, les objets (16, 19, 20) formant le contenu de l'emballage étant transportés le long d'une bande de remplissage commune (27) jusqu'à l'emballage (10) ouvert ou partiellement plié, le procédé comprenant les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) des objets (16, 19, 20) sont acheminés individuellement à la bande de remplissage (27) et sont déposés dans celle-ci,
    b) les objets (16, 19, 20) sont transportés avec une affectation spatiale correspondant à l'agencement à l'intérieur de l'emballage (10) et avec une orientation réciproque en commun le long de la bande de remplissage (27),
    c) les objets (16, 19, 20) associés à un emballage (10) sont transportés les uns à côté des autres dans des canaux de transport séparés, délimités les uns par rapport aux autres (31, 32, 33), à une distance réciproque les uns des autres, vu dans la direction transversale, le long de la bande de remplissage (27) ;
    le procédé étant caractérisé en ce que les objets (16, 19, 20) se distinguent de par leur forme et/ou leur taille et en ce que les objets différents (16, 19, 20) formant le contenu d'un emballage (10) sont acheminés les uns après les autres dans la direction de transport à la bande de remplissage (27) et sont déposés dans celle-ci.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les objets (16, 19, 20) associés à un emballage (10) sont acheminés par la bande de remplissage (27) ou à la suite de celle-ci à une plate-forme déplaçable séparément (67), et sont transportés par celle-ci jusqu'au transfert à l'emballage (10) en partie plié ou en vue de l'insertion dans l'emballage en partie plié.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins deux objets, en particulier un groupe de bouts filtres (20) et un petit paquet (19) avec du papier à cigarettes, sont transportés dans un plan inférieur, de préférence commun, de la bande de remplissage (27) les uns à côté des autres et un troisième objet plus gros, en particulier un sachet (16), est transporté dans un plan séparé situé au-dessus.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que tout d'abord un groupe de bouts-filtres (20) est introduit de préférence dans la direction longitudinale dans la bande de remplissage (27) et de préférence au début de la bande de remplissage (27), puis un petit paquet (19) est acheminé à la bande de remplissage (27), de préférence par introduction latérale orientée transversalement dans une position à côté des bouts-filtres (20) et en ce qu'ensuite, dans un poste de sachets ultérieur subséquent (30), un sachet (16) est introduit dans la bande de remplissage (27), de préférence par alimentation au niveau du côté supérieur de la bande de remplissage (27) en le déposant dans un plan de transport supérieur.
  5. Dispositif pour le transport et le transfert à un emballage commun (10) d'objets, à savoir d'un sachet en film (16) pour du tabac, d'un petit paquet (19) avec du papier à cigarette et de préférence d'un groupe de filtres ou de bouts-filtres (20) pour rouler soi-même des cigarettes filtres, les objets (16, 19, 20) formant le contenu de l'emballage pouvant être acheminés en commun à l'emballage (10) ouvert ou partiellement plié par des dispositifs de transport et de coulissement,
    a) une bande de remplissage commune, de préférence rectiligne (27), pour le transport des objets (16, 19, 20) correspondant à un contenu d'un emballage, servant d'unité de transport,
    b) les objets (16, 19, 20) formant le contenu de l'emballage étant disposés dans la région de la bande de remplissage (27) dans une affectation spatiale correspondant à l'agencement à l'intérieur de l'emballage (10) avec une orientation réciproque,
    c) la bande de remplissage (27) présentant au moins une paroi transversale horizontale (34) et une paroi de séparation verticale (89) pour délimiter des canaux (31, 32, 33) pour chaque objet (16, 19, 20),
    d) à chaque fois l'un des objets (16, 19, 20) dans un canal de transport associé pouvant être saisi par une tête d'entraînement associée (42, 43, 44) d'un dispositif de transport commun (37) et pouvant être transporté le long des canaux de transport, le dispositif étant caractérisé en ce que les canaux sont de tailles différentes, et en ce que
    e) pour le transfert successif des objets à la bande de remplissage (27), des postes de transfert (28, 29, 30) successifs dans la direction de transport sont associés à la bande de remplissages (27).
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) la bande de remplissage (27) est divisée de préférence en trois canaux de transport (31, 32, 33),
    b) un canal de sachets supérieur plus large (33) forme la paroi transversale inférieure (34) en tant que support pour les sachets (16) et pour réaliser une délimitation par rapport aux canaux de transport situés en dessous, en particulier un canal pour des bouts-filtres (31) et un canal pour des petits paquets (32),
    c) les canaux de transport inférieurs, en particulier le canal pour les bouts-filtres (31) et le canal pour des petits paquets (32), sont séparés les uns des autres par une paroi de séparation verticale (89) et sont limités par le bas par une plaque de bande continue (35).
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que les canaux de transport (31, 32, 33) sont fermés de tous les côtés en coupe transversale, dans la région supérieure et latérale, de préférence par un recouvrement de section transversale en forme de U (36).
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que les objets (16, 19, 20) peuvent être transportés le long de la bande de remplissage (27) par un transporteur à courroie (37) qui présente des éléments d'entraînement espacés qui rentrent avec des têtes d'entraînement (42, 43, 44) dans les canaux de transport respectivement associés (31, 32, 33), les têtes d'entraînement (42, 43, 44) étant montées sur des nervures (40, 41) qui sont connectées au transporteur à courroie (37) et qui entrent à travers des fentes (45, 46, 47) dans des parois des canaux de transport (31, 32, 33).
  9. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'un groupe de bouts-filtres (20) peut être formé dans une position dans la région d'un revolver à filtres (49) présentant des poches (50) réalisées de manière correspondante et, par un dispositif d'entraînement ou une tête d'entraînement (43) associé(e), peut être ressorti à travers le transporteur à courroie (37) hors des poches (50) du revolver à filtres (49) s'étendant dans la direction de transport et être introduit dans la bande de remplissage (27) ou dans le canal de bouts-filtres associé (31).
  10. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 9, caractérisé en ce que les poches (50) du revolver à filtres (49) sont disposées sur la périphérie de celui-ci en formant un évidement ouvert d'un côté (53) pour le passage d'une tête d'entraînement (42) du transporteur à courroie (37).
  11. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 10, caractérisé en ce que des objets pour le contenu de l'emballage, en particulier les petits paquets (19) pour le papier à cigarettes, sont acheminés, transversalement à la direction de transport des objets dans la région de la bande de remplissage (27), jusqu'à cette dernière, et de préférence peuvent être déposés à côté des bouts-filtres (20), un canal de transfert (55) pour les petits paquets (19) avec une ouverture pour le passage se raccordant latéralement à la bande de remplissage (27) dans la région du canal pour les petits paquets (32), de telle sorte que les petits paquets (19) puissent être introduits par le biais du canal de transfert (55) dans la bande de remplissage (27), de préférence avec une étendue longitudinale dans la direction de transport.
  12. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) le transporteur à courroie (37) se termine à distance d'un poste de remplissage (28) et à côté d'un revolver de pliage (26),
    b) un transporteur intermédiaire, à savoir une plate-forme (67), sert au transport des objets (16, 19, 20) de manière correspondant au contenu de l'emballage à la suite du transporteur à courroie (37),
    c) la plate-forme (67) présente des deux côtés des évidements ou des chambres (68, 69, 70) ouverts, s'étendant dans la direction de transport, qui sont adaptés à la position et aux dimensions des canaux de transport (31, 32, 33) de la bande de remplissage (27) de telle sorte que les objets (16, 19, 20) puissent être introduits à travers le dispositif d'entraînement du transporteur à courroie (37) à la suite de la bande de remplissage (27) dans les chambres (68, 69, 70) de la plate-forme (67) positionnée de manière correspondante.
  13. Dispositif selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que les objets (16 19, 20) dans la plate-forme (67) ou dans les chambres (68, 69, 70) sont fixés pour empêcher une modification de la position, de préférence au moyen d'air comprimé ou d'air aspiré, une paroi supérieure (75) de la chambre (68) présentant de préférence des organes de pression déformables du côté intérieur (77), qui peuvent être pressés avec de l'air sous pression contre un côté supérieur du sachet (16), et en outre de préférence une plaque de fond (72) limitant les chambres (inférieures) (69, 70) présentant des trous d'aspiration (79, 82) débouchant dans les chambres (69, 70), pour la fixation des petits paquets (19) d'une part et des bouts-filtres (20) d'autre part.
  14. Dispositif selon la revendication 12 ou 13, caractérisé en ce que les objets (16, 19, 20) associés à un emballage (10) peuvent être ressortis des chambres (68, 69, 70) et enfoncés dans l'emballage partiellement ouvert (10) par le biais d'un dispositif d'insertion (86) dans une position de transfert associée à l'emballage (10), des distances transversales entre les objets (16, 19, 20) pouvant être supprimées pendant le mouvement d'insertion.
  15. Dispositif selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'insertion (86) peut être introduit par le haut dans les chambres (68, 69, 70) par le biais d'un évidement (76) dans la paroi supérieure (75) de la plate-forme (67), à chaque chambre (68, 69, 70) étant associée une saillie au niveau d'une tête d'insertion (87) pour saisir à chaque fois un objet (16, 19, 20).
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