EP2805634A1 - Device for manufacturing rod-shaped smoking articles - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for producing rod-shaped smoking articles, comprising at least two of the following modules: Stock feed (20) for feeding extruded sticks (S; S1, S2), first filter feed (30) for feeding first filter elements (F), second filter feed (80) for feeding second filter elements (G; G1, G2), a production unit (50) for finishing the rod-shaped smoking articles, a post-processing unit (60) and an output unit (70), each of the modules (20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80) has at least one drum for transporting and possibly further processing the rod-shaped smoking articles, in which the technical problem of being able to make devices for producing rod-shaped smoking articles more variable is solved by each module (20, 30, 50 , 60, 70, 80) has a separate drive (220, 370, 510, 610, 710, 860) for the at least one drum.

Description

The invention relates to a device for producing rod-shaped smoking articles, comprising at least two of the following modules: stock feed for feeding strand rods, first filter feed for feeding first filter elements, second filter feed for feeding second filter elements, a production unit for finishing the rod-shaped smoking article, a post-processing unit and an output unit, wherein each of the modules has at least one drum for the transport and optionally further processing of the rod-shaped smoking article.

In the production of rod-shaped smoking articles, for example cigarettes or empty tubes, a tobacco rod or an empty tube rod is first produced, which is generally referred to below as a rod. Empty tubes are later, for example, only filled by the consumer with tobacco.

In the tobacco rod, the tobacco is first fed manually or mechanically to a distributor unit. Therein, the tobacco is treated and loosened up and finally fed via a Saugstrangförderer, which transports the tobacco band-like as an endless tobacco rod, a string unit. The string unit ensures that the open tobacco rod is wrapped in paper, usually in a cylindrical shape and the paper is glued. This creates an endless, guided tobacco rod. This tobacco rod is then cut during transport through the strand unit into individual cylindrical tobacco rods, which usually have twice the length of the later finished tobacco rods in the product.

In addition, empty tube sticks can be produced in the abovementioned manner by omitting the tobacco as cylindrical paper tubes with inserted filter element.

In the strand unit, the tobacco rod and the tobacco rods or the empty tube rods are transported longitudinally or longitudinally as a function of production, ie in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the rod-shaped smoking article.

However, for the further production method of the rod-shaped smoking article, it is necessary that the strand sticks cut from the endless strand are no longer transported axially, but instead transversely to their longitudinal axis, since otherwise the strand sticks can not be handled and processed efficiently and damage-free. For this processing, the present device is provided for producing rod-shaped smoking articles with the at least two modules.

The preferably double-length molded tobacco sticks are transported for further finishing usually in troughs on the surface of rotating cylindrical drums, wherein the tobacco sticks are arranged axially parallel to the axis of the drum. The double-length molded tobacco sticks are then severed in the middle into two tobacco sticks, spread and a filter element is placed between the two tobacco sticks. Subsequently, the filter paper is glued, which is also referred to as tipping paper and connects the filter element with two tobacco sticks. If now also the filter is divided again in the middle, you get two cigarettes of desired length.

Furthermore, the double-length tobacco sticks can also be further processed to filterless cigarettes, so that the addition of tipping paper and filter elements can be omitted.

In contrast, the empty tube sticks are provided only with the filter or tipping paper and cut in the middle, so that you get two empty tubes desired length.

Due to changes in the market for rod-shaped smoking articles increasingly different smoking products are desired. Thus, the need to make changes in manufacturing devices at ever shorter intervals increases. However, since the prior art manufacturing apparatuses are each planned and manufactured as a unit, a change in the manufacturing apparatus tends to be difficult. In particular, the devices are usually provided with a drive, the driving force is transmitted via a transmission to all other drums of the device. The hitherto known production devices are therefore limited to an application with little change possibilities.

The DE 10 2005 051 525 A1 discloses a filter attachment machine having a stock feeder, a filter feeder, a tipping paper feeder, a post-processing unit, and an output unit. The components mentioned together form a unit whose components are not directly separable from each other.

The DE 10 2004 063 097 A1 describes a machine of the tobacco processing industry in which the transfer of the rod-shaped smoking article between individual components for conveying, processing, assembly and / or testing of rod-shaped smoking articles is simplified by vertical conveyors.

The invention is therefore based on the technical problem of being able to make devices for producing rod-shaped smoking articles more variable.

The above-indicated technical problem is inventively achieved by a device having the features of the preamble of claim 1, characterized in that each module has a separate drive for the at least one drum. Thus, according to the invention a change of the device by replacing, adding or removing individual modules in a simple manner possible. Because in contrast to the prior art, no change in the entire drive train of the device consisting of drive and gearbox is necessary. The entire device must therefore not be returned to the manufacturer for a conversion, since the changes due to the lower technical complexity can be carried out on site.

In a preferred manner, a tipping paper feed for feeding tipping paper sections is provided as a further module, wherein the tipping paper feed also has a separate drive. Thus, the tipping paper feed may also be added as a stand alone unit to the device when needed. This is the case for the production of filter cigarettes or empty tubes, but not for the production of filterless cigarettes.

Preferably, each module has a separate gear for driving further drums when the module has more than one drum. Thus, each module can be economically manufactured and operated since the majority of the modules have more than one drum and not every drum requires its own drive. However, each module remains independent of other modules with respect to the drive.

Various combinations of modules to a device according to the invention are described below. Depending on which smoking article is to be produced, various modules are added to the device according to the invention or omitted.

Preferably, for producing filter cigarettes with a double filter, the device according to the invention with the stock feed with a Cutting knife, the second filter supply, the first filter feed, the production unit and the output unit equipped.

The stock feed takes over the double long poles of the string unit, centers them on a common orientation and divides the poles by means of the cutting knife.

This is followed by the module of the second filter supply, which preferably has two transport drums, so that this module above the transport drums provides space for the arrangement of the plurality of drums for the supply and processing of second filter elements. Thus, a filter production in the production of rod-shaped smoking articles with a multi-part, so at least two filter elements filter is made possible. Preferably, the first filter element is made of an acetate filter material and the second filter element is made of an activated carbon filter material.

The transport drums of the second filter feed pass the separate strand sticks to the adjoining module of the first filter feed. Also, this module has a plurality of drums for the supply and processing of first filter elements, in particular the second filter elements are transferred from the second filter supply to the first filter supply to produce a composite two-part filter, before it is combined with the strand rods. For the transport of the strand sticks, the second filter feed preferably has a spreading drum for pushing the two strand sticks apart and a feed drum for bringing the filter elements and the strand sticks together into a double-length smoking article.

The first filter unit then passes the multi-component double-length smoking article to the module of the manufacturing unit. Above the module of the production unit may be arranged as a further module a tipping paper supply for supplying tipping paper sections, which consists of at least one Bobine, a gluing unit and a cutting unit consists. The cut and glued covering paper sections are fed as filter paper to the double-length smoking articles in the production unit. The resulting composite smoking article is then rolled and then aligned and cut.

The next module is followed by the post-processing unit for quality control and, where appropriate, for re-sorting the rod-shaped smoking articles. Also, this module has a plurality of drums with which the smoking articles are transported and handed over.

At the end of the device, the dispensing unit is then provided, which transfers the finished rod-shaped smoking article to at least one dispensing shaft or to at least one conveyor belt.

In a further preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention for producing filter cigarettes with a simple filter, the modules of the stock feed with a cutting blade, the first filter feed, the production unit, the post-processing unit and the output unit are provided. Thus, this embodiment differs from the previously described device only in that the module of the second filter supply is omitted. The interaction and the functions of the existing modules are then preferably identical as described above.

For producing empty tubes, according to a further embodiment of the device according to the invention, the cane feed, the production unit, and the dispensing unit can be provided. Since the empty tubes have already received a filter element in the strand unit, in the present embodiment, the filter unit and the post-processing unit can be omitted. Thus, eliminating two more modules and the scope of the device is reduced again compared to the embodiments that have been previously explained.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the device for producing filterless cigarettes may comprise the modules of the stock feed with a cutting knife and the dispensing unit. This embodiment thus has only two modules and thus represents the minimum embodiment of the device according to the invention consisting of at least two modules.

Preferably, each module has a separate base plate, so that the modules can be assembled as required by the device according to the invention and firmly connected to each other.

On the other hand, the modules can also be mounted on a common base plate. On the base plate, the individual modules are then attached and assembled to the respective device. In this case, the modules may be formed in a predetermined dimension grid to be arranged modularly on the common base plate.

Furthermore, it is preferred if the modules at least partially occupy a separate vertical boundary surfaces, in particular cuboid spatial area. In this embodiment, the individual modules can be connected to each other without further conversion measures.

Furthermore, the receiving position and / or the dispensing position of the modules for transferring the rod-shaped smoking article can be adjustable. As the receiving position and delivery position of the modules is understood in the present case, the angular position of the respective receiving and dispensing drum, in which the transfer of the rod-shaped smoking article takes place. For a change in the receiving position and / or the delivery position of the modules when replacing or adding modules, the control of the intake troughs of the respective recording drums or Adjusting drums set so that a smooth transfer of rod-shaped smoking article is guaranteed throughout the device.

By contrast, the receiving position and / or the dispensing position of the modules for transferring the rod-shaped smoking article can each also be arranged at the same height. In this case, it is not necessary to change the receiving position and / or the dispensing position in a conversion of the device, on the contrary, the corresponding controls of the drums can remain unchanged.

Fig. 1

ein erstes Ausführungsbeispiel einer erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung für ein Herstellen von Filterzigaretten mit einem zweifachen Filter,

Fig. 2

eine schematische Darstellung der Anordnung der Antriebe und Getriebe für die Trommeln der Module gemäß der Vorrichtung nach Fig. 1,

Fig. 3a, b

eine graphische Darstellung der Positionen der Filterelemente während der Herstellung der Filterelemente in der ersten Filtereinheit und in der zweiten Filtereinheit,

Fig. 4

ein zweites Ausführungsbeispiel einer erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung für ein Herstellen von Filterzigaretten mit einem einfachen Filter,

Fig. 5

ein drittes Ausführungsbeispiel einer erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung für ein Herstellen von Leerhülsen und

Fig. 6

ein viertes Ausführungsbeispiel einer erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung für ein Herstellen von filterlosen Zigaretten.

In the following the invention will be explained in more detail by means of embodiments, reference being made to the accompanying drawings. Show the drawing

Fig. 1

A first embodiment of a device according to the invention for producing filter cigarettes with a double filter,

Fig. 2

a schematic representation of the arrangement of the drives and transmissions for the drums of the modules according to the device according to Fig. 1 .

Fig. 3a, b

a graphical representation of the positions of the filter elements during the manufacture of the filter elements in the first filter unit and in the second filter unit,

Fig. 4

A second embodiment of a device according to the invention for producing filter cigarettes with a simple filter,

Fig. 5

a third embodiment of an inventive device for producing empty tubes and

Fig. 6

A fourth embodiment of an inventive device for producing filterless cigarettes.

In the following, four different devices according to the invention for producing rod-shaped smoking articles each having a different number of modules are shown.

It has the basis of Fig. 1 described device on the largest number of modules. The other devices according to the 4 to 6 then have a smaller number of modules, so that the descriptions of this Fig. Essentially to the description of Fig. 1 refer back. Further shows Fig. 2 a drive and transmission plan for the device according to Fig. 1 , It follows that for each module of this embodiment, a drive is provided in each case, which is connected to an associated gear to drive other drums of each module. In the presentation after Fig. 2 Although a drive has been assigned to a particular drum, in principle each drum of a module can be assigned the drive and the respective other drums can be driven via the transmission.

The device 10 according to the Fig. 1 and 2 is used to produce filter cigarettes with a double filter, which has a series of drums, on the surfaces of each of which a plurality of receiving wells is formed. The receiving troughs each take the strand poles, filter elements or finished smoking articles as rod-shaped elements. For this purpose, the corresponding receiving areas have vacuum openings to which the transferred elements adhere. After circulating over a predetermined angular range, for example, of 180 °, the negative pressure is automatically turned off and an adjacent drum, which is also provided with such receiving wells, takes over the rod-shaped elements.

The device 10 now has first as a first module a stock feed 20 for feeding two separate strand rods S ₁ and S ₂ , which may be either tobacco sticks or empty tube sticks in principle. In the present embodiment, however, tobacco sticks are processed. In further embodiments, the first module is also used for feeding empty tubes, so that the following description refers generally to strand rods.

The stick feeder 20 includes a take-up drum 21 and a cutting drum 22 with a cutting knife 23. The take-up drum 21 receives the double-long skeins S from the strand unit, not shown, and transfers the skeins S to the cutting drum 22. During the partial circulation of the skeins S with the cutting drum 22 then divides a cutting blade 23, the skein stick S into two skeins S ₁ and S ₂ . The cutting drum 23 can also be designed as a tumbling drum at the same time to align the transferred rod poles for precise cutting at a predetermined location in the receiving troughs.

According to the invention, the cutting drum 22 is connected to its own drive 220. Via a gear 210, the power of the drive is transmitted to the further drum 21.

The apparatus 10 further comprises, as a second module, a first filter feed 30 for feeding first filter elements F consisting of a filter magazine 31, a filter cutting drum 32 with three cutting blades 33a, 33b and 33c, a staggering drum 34, a sliding drum 35, an accelerator drum 36, a spreading drum 37 and a feed drum 38. The Fig. 3a also shows a schematic representation of the result of the positions of the filter elements. In the Fig. 3a is indicated with a vertical dashed line a median plane of the device 10, in which the double-long rod-shaped smoking articles are separated in a later method step.

In the filter magazine 31, filter rods made of the material of the first filter elements are positioned and stacked so as to be aligned parallel to the axes of the drums, which corresponds to the step a) in FIG Fig. 3a equivalent.

The arranged on the surface of the filter cutting drum 32 receiving troughs take from the filter magazine 31, the filter rods and transport them to the three cutting blades 33 a, 33 b and 33 c, whereby the filter rods are cut into four filter elements F. This corresponds to step b) in FIG Fig. 3a , The number of cutting blades can be variable and adapted to the tobacco products to be produced.

The four filter pieces are then transferred to the staggering drum 34, which consists of four sub-drums which are driven at different rotational speeds. Thus, the four filter pieces are separated so far that they can be included in the transfer to the sliding drum 35 each in a separate receiving trough. This corresponds to step c) in FIG Fig. 3a ,

During the partial circulation on the sliding drum 35, the filter pieces are moved along the receiving troughs, so that they lie in the same direction before the transfer to the accelerator drum 36 in the same direction. This corresponds to step d) in FIG Fig. 3a , Various mechanical or pneumatic techniques known from the prior art can be used for the displacement.

The accelerator drum 36 has a greater circumferential speed than the sliding drum 35, so that the speed of the filter elements F is adapted to the subsequent processing speed. This will be done in step e) in Fig. 3a represented by a larger distance between the filter elements F. On the other hand, the spreading drum 37 pushes the two skeins S ₁ and S ₂ , which were transferred from the cutting drum 23 of the stock feed 20, apart. For this purpose, the spreading drum on two separate drum elements, which are arranged at an angle to each other and diverge after receiving the two strand rods S ₁ and S ₂ and cause the spreading of the strand rods S ₁ and S ₂ .

The feed drum 38 takes over the transferred from the spreading drum 37 separate strand poles S ₁ and S ₂ and passed from the accelerator drum 36 filter elements F. Thus, the components of the double-long rod-shaped tobacco products are joined together, which are subsequently connected to a finished tobacco article.

Finally, a spreading drum 39 is provided for cooperation with a second filter unit 80 and will be explained in more detail below.

According to the invention, the cutting drum 37 is connected to its own drive 370. Via transmission parts 380, 360, 390, 350, 340, 320, 330a, 330b and 330c, the force of the drive 370 is transmitted to the further drums 38, 36, 39, 35, 34 and 32 and the cutting blades 33a, 33b and 33c.

The device 10 furthermore has, as a third module, a tipping paper feed 40 for feeding tipping paper sections, which consists of at least one reel 41, a gluing unit 42 and a cutting unit 43.

The tipping paper sections are also referred to as filter paper and are usually made of brown colored paper. They are separated by a paper strip, which is unwound from one of the two reels 41a, 41b and partially applied with a glue in the gluing unit 42, by means of the cutting unit 43.

Also, the tipping paper feed 40 has a separate drive as a separate module, which drives both the reels and the various transport rollers of the gluing unit 42 and the cutting unit 43 by means of a gear arrangement.

The subsequent production unit 50 as the fourth module has a wobble drum 51, a roller drum 52 with guide element 53, a transfer drum 54 and a cutting drum 55 with cutting blade 56.

The wobble drum 51 takes over the filter elements F and the strand sticks S ₁ and S ₂ from the feed drum 38 and during the first part of the circulation on the wobble drum 51, the filter elements F and the strand rods S ₁ and S ₂ are pushed together to possible without gap to each other lie. During the further circulation with the wobble drum 51, a glued covering paper section is in each case transferred from the tamping paper feed 40 and placed on the filter elements F and on short adjoining sections of the strand rods S ₁ and S ₂ .

The unit of tipping paper section, filter elements F and strand rods S ₁ and S ₂ is then transferred to the rolling drum 52, on which they contact during the circulation with a guide member 53 in contact and are forced to roll. As a result, the tipping paper section over the entire circumference of the filter elements F and strand sticks S ₁ and S ₂ comes to rest, so that a double-long rod-shaped smoking article is formed.

The double-long rod-shaped smoking article is then transferred from the transfer drum 54 to the cutting drum 55 and divided into two finished rod-shaped smoking articles by means of the cutting blade 56. In this case, the cutting blade 56 is arranged in the center plane of the device 10, which in the Fig. 3a and 3b is indicated by the vertical dashed line. The cutting drum 55 can also be designed as a tumbling drum at the same time Align the transferred rod poles for precise cutting at a predetermined location in the receiving cavities.

The transfer drum 54 can also be used to introduce a perforation of the paper in the region of the filter by means of a laser device (not shown) in order to be able to change and set the suction properties of the rod-shaped smoking article.

According to the invention, the wobble drum 51 is connected to its own drive 510. Via gear parts 520, 540, 550, 550 and 560, the power of the drive 510 is transmitted to the other drums 52, 53, 54 and 55 and the cutting blade 56.

This is followed by the fifth module, a post-processing 60, which has two transfer drums 61 and 62, a beater 63 and two drums 64 and 65 for performing quality controls.

Since the finished smoking articles generated from the double-length smoking article each lie with their filter elements together, every second smoking article is first turned by the turning drum 63 in order to achieve the same orientation of all smoking articles. The application of the turning drum 63 is optional and is mainly used in the production of cigarettes as rod-shaped smoking articles. Preferably, the turning drum 63 consists of two co-operating conical drums for reversing the orientation or for turning the smoking article.

Subsequently, the smoking articles are quality checked, for which several verification steps can be performed. For this purpose, two drums 64 and 65 are shown schematically for quality testing. The quality test can on the one hand a check of the degree of filling of the cigarette Tobacco, a visual inspection of the outside of the cigarette and / or a review of the flow characteristics of the filter of the cigarette.

According to the transfer drum 61 is connected to its own drive 610. Via transmission parts 620, 630, 640, 650 and 660, the force of the drive 610 is transmitted to the further drums 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66.

An output unit 70 connects as the sixth module with an output drum 71, which takes over the finished rod-shaped smoking article and transfers it to an output belt 72 or an output shaft. This module has only one drive 710. A gear is not required because of the lack of another drum.

Furthermore, as the seventh module, a second filter supply 80 is provided for feeding second, spaced-apart filter elements G ₁ and G ₂ at predetermined positions.

Fig. 3b shows a schematic representation of the result of the positions of the filter elements G ₁ and G ₂ . In Fig. 3b is again indicated by a vertical dashed line a median plane of the device 10, in which the double-long rod-shaped smoking articles are separated by the cutting blade 56 during further processing.

The filter feed 80 has a filter magazine 81, a first filter cutting drum 82 with cutting blades 83a, 83b and 83c, a staggering drum 84, a sliding drum 85 and a second filter cutting drum 86 with a cutting blade 87. Finally, the second filter feed 80 also includes the spreading drum 39, which is arranged within the module of the first filter unit 30. Furthermore, two transport drums 89a and 89b are provided, which transfer the strand rods from the cutting drum 22 to the spreading drum 37. The two transporting drum 89a and 89b are used alone, a space above aufzuspannen so that in this module, the above-mentioned elements can be arranged.

The filter cartridge 81 holds a plurality of filter rods of a second filter material, which are received by the first filter cutting drum 82 in the manner described above of receiving wells. This corresponds to step f) in FIG Fig. 3b ,

During the revolution on the first filter cutting drum 82, the cutting knives 83a, 83b and 83c cut the filter rods into four filter pieces. This corresponds to the step g) in Fig. 3b , The number of cutting blades can be variable and adapted to the tobacco products to be produced.

The four filter pieces are then transferred to the staggering drum 84, which consists of four sub-drums which are driven at different rotational speeds. Thus, the four filter pieces are separated so far that they can be included in each case in the transfer to the sliding drum 85 in a separate receiving trough. This corresponds to step h) in FIG Fig. 3b ,

During the partial circulation on the sliding drum 85, the filter pieces are moved along the receiving troughs, so that they are in the same position in the axial direction before being transferred to the second filter cutting drum 86. This corresponds to step i) in FIG Fig. 3b , Various mechanical or pneumatic techniques known from the prior art can be used for the displacement.

Subsequently, the filter pieces are received by the second filter cutting drum 86 and separated during the rotation by the cutting blade 87. The two filter elements G ₁ and G ₂ thus produced are transferred to the following spreading drum 39. This corresponds to the step j) in Fig. 3b , During the circulation on the spreading drum 39, the two filter elements G ₁ and G _{2 are} pushed apart to be transferred to the accelerator drum 36 of the first filter supply 30 at predetermined axial positions. This corresponds to step k) in FIG Fig. 3b , The distance between the second filter elements G ₁ and G ₂ is slightly larger than the length of the first filter element F, so that in the following between the two second filter elements G ₁ and G ₂ each have a first filter element F can be arranged.

The accelerator drum 36 has a higher rotational speed than the spreading drum 39, so that the filter elements to adapt to the processing speed in the subsequent steps. The greater speed is in step I) in Fig. 3b shown with larger vertical distances.

An arrangement of a first filter element F in the center and second filter elements G ₁ and G ₂ adjacent thereto at both ends thus results on the accelerator drum 36.

In this arrangement, therefore, the first filter element F between the second filter elements G ₁ and G _{2 is} arranged and the stock feed 20 leads the two strand rods S ₁ and S ₂ adjacent to the second filter elements G ₁ and G ₂ . This is then produced in the production unit 50 in the manner described above by sticking a tipping paper, a double-length cigarette.

Fig. 4 shows an inventive device 10 'for producing filter cigarettes with a simple filter, wherein like reference numerals designate like components of the device, as previously described with reference to Fig. 1 have been explained.

In contrast to the device 10 according to Fig. 1 the device 10 'does not have the module of the second filter feed 80. Thus passes with this Embodiment, the cutting drum 22, the strand rods directly to the spreading drum 37. The spreading drum 39, which is arranged within the module of the first filter supply, has no function in this constellation, since it cooperates with the drums of the second filter supply. The further properties of the device 10 'correspond to the properties of the device 10, as previously described with reference to FIG Fig. 1 to 3 have been described.

Fig. 5 The device 10 has only three modules, namely the stock feed 20, the lining feed 40, the production unit 50 and the output unit 70. In this case, the same reference numerals designate the same components of the invention Device, as previously based on the Fig. 1 have been explained.

In the production of empty tubes double-length empty tubes are made with a centrally arranged double-length filter from the strand unit and passed to the stock feed 20. The device 10 "thus only serves to apply a tipping paper and then separate the double-length empty tubes.

In contrast to the device 10 according to Fig. 1 Thus, the device 10 "does not have the modules of the first filter feed 30 and the second filter feed 80. Thus, in this embodiment, the cutting drum 22 transfers the strand rods directly to the wobble drum 51. Further, the post-processing unit 60 is not provided as a separate module, so that the cutting drum 55 transfers the separated empty tubes to the output drum 71.

The further properties of the device 10 'correspond to the properties of the device 10, as previously described with reference to FIG Fig. 1 to 3 have been described.

Finally shows Fig. 6 A fourth embodiment of a device according to the invention 10 "'for producing filterless cigarettes Embodiment only two modules are provided, namely the stock feed 20 and the output unit 70th

The double-length tobacco rods without filter produced by the strand unit are taken over by the stock feed 20 and separated by means of the cutting blade 23. The finished filterless cigarettes are then transferred from the cutting drum 22 to the output unit 70 with the output drum 71. Thus, the device 10 "'represents an embodiment of a device according to the invention which comprises only two modules.

As in the Fig. 1 . 5 and 6 is shown, each module 20, 30, 50, 60, 70 and 80 has a separate base plate 20a, 30a, 50a, 60a, 70a and 80a. Thus, the modular structure is continued even in the base plate. Each module is self-contained and each of the devices described above can be assembled by joining the individual modules together.

As Fig. 4 shows, the modules 20, 30, 50, 60, 70 and 80 may also be mounted on a common base plate 10a. In this case, the modules can optionally be connected to a common, possibly connected to the substrate of a manufacturing device base plate. In this case, it is not necessary to change the baseplate when the baseplate is connected, even when the device is rebuilt.

As is clear from the previously described Fig. 1 . 4 . 5 and 6 results, the modules 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 at least partially occupy a separate vertical boundary surfaces, in particular cuboid spatial area. In this case, the modules adjoin one another laterally and an exchange or addition of modules is thereby simplified.

In the described four different embodiments of the present invention according to the FIGS. 1 . 4 . 5 and 6 are the shooting position and the Delivery position of the modules for transferring the rod-shaped smoking article each arranged at an equal height. In this case, it is advantageously very easy to exchange modules, since the transfer position does not have to be changed in each case.

In addition, an embodiment of a device according to the invention is possible in which the receiving position and / or the dispensing position of the modules for transferring the rod-shaped smoking article are adjustable. For example, the transfer of the rod-shaped smoking article from the drum 22 to the drum 89a in FIG Fig. 1 and the transfer of the drum 22 to the drum 51 in Fig. 5 take place in different angular positions of the drum 22. Therefore, by changing the control of the negative pressure, the discharge position of the drum 22 would have to be changed. This can be done, for example, by replacing a flange with a milled supply line for transmitting the negative pressure to the drum 22.

Claims (12)

1. Device for producing rod-shaped smoking articles, - with at least two of the following modules: - Stock feed (20) for feeding strand rods (S; S ₁ , S ₂ ), - first filter feed (30) for feeding first filter elements (F), second filter feed (80) for feeding second filter elements (G; G1, G2), a production unit (50) for finishing the rod-shaped smoking article, - A post-processing unit (60) and an output unit (70), - wherein each of the modules (20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80) has at least one drum for the transport and possibly further processing of the rod-shaped smoking articles,
characterized, - That each module (20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80) has a separate drive (220, 370, 510, 610, 710, 860) for the at least one drum. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1,
characterized,
in that a tipping paper feed (40) for feeding tipping paper sections is provided as a further module, and in that the tipping paper feed has a separate drive. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
characterized,
that each module (20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80) having a separate transmission for driving other drums. 4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3,
characterized,
that for producing filter cigarettes with a double filter, the stick feed (20) with a cutting knife (23), the first filter feed (30), the second filter feed (80), the production unit (50), the post-processing unit (60) and the output unit (70) are provided. 5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3,
characterized,
provided that for a cigarette filter with a simple filter, the stock supply (20) with a cutting blade (23), the first filter input (30), the preparation unit (50), the post-processing unit (60) and the output unit (70). 6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3,
characterized,
in that the stock feed (20), the production unit (50), the post-processing unit (60) and the output unit (70) are provided for producing empty tubes. 7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3,
characterized,
in that the stock feed (20) with a cutting knife (23) and the dispensing unit (70) are provided for producing filterless cigarettes. 8. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7,
characterized,
in that each module (20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80) has a separate base plate (20a, 30a, 50a, 60a, 70a, 80a). 9. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7,
characterized,
in that the modules (20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80) are fastened on a common base plate (10a). 10. Device according to one of claims 1 to 9,
characterized,
that the modules (20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80) at least partially having a separate vertical limiting surfaces, in particular to take parallelepiped spatial domain. 12. Device according to one of claims 1 to 11,
characterized,
that the receiving position and / or the dispensing position of the modules (20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80) for the transfer of rod-shaped smoking articles are adjustable. 13. Device according to one of claims 1 to 11,
characterized,
that the receiving position and / or the dispensing position of the modules (20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80) for the transfer of rod-shaped smoking articles are arranged in each case at the same height.

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