EP2805890A1 - Procédé et dispositif destiné à compléter des sacs (de tabac) dotés de patte de fixation cornière - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif destiné à compléter des sacs (de tabac) dotés de patte de fixation cornière Download PDF

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EP2805890A1
EP2805890A1 EP20140002586 EP14002586A EP2805890A1 EP 2805890 A1 EP2805890 A1 EP 2805890A1 EP 20140002586 EP20140002586 EP 20140002586 EP 14002586 A EP14002586 A EP 14002586A EP 2805890 A1 EP2805890 A1 EP 2805890A1
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Jörg Thierig
Burkard Roesler
Thomas Häfker
Henry Buse
Konrad Popp
Holger Witzmann
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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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • B65B43/54—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • B65B43/60—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation rotatable
    • 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
    • B65B29/00—Packaging of materials presenting special problems
    • 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
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/04—Applying separate sealing or securing members, e.g. clips
    • B65B51/06—Applying adhesive tape
    • 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
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
    • B65B51/14—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
    • B65B51/146—Closing bags
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/28—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for discharging completed packages from machines
    • 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
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/02—Closing containers or receptacles deformed by, or taking-up shape, of, contents, e.g. bags, sacks
    • 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/24—Cleaning of, or removing dust from, containers, wrappers, or packaging ; Preventing of fouling

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  • the invention relates to a method for completing, namely filling, closing and finishing, tobacco pouches with the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • Machine handling tobacco pouches with a wrap-around bag is problematic if adequate performance is to be achieved.
  • a known device for filling and closing tobacco pouches EP 0 870 683 B1
  • the bags are positioned in pairs on the circumference of a revolver rotating about a vertical axis.
  • the revolver forms pairs of opposing holding surfaces for two tobacco pouches positioned next to each other.
  • the pockets are sealed after insertion of a tobacco portion by sealing in the region of the opening. Measures for completing the bag by wrapping by means of winding tab are not disclosed.
  • the invention has the object of proposing measures for the completion of tobacco pouches in the version with winding strap, such that nevertheless a high level of performance in the manufacturing is achieved with gentle treatment.
  • the inventive method is characterized by the features of claim 1.
  • the method according to the invention consists of successive folding or winding steps for the winding strap, wherein a special feature is the sequence of the folding steps.
  • the device according to the invention for carrying out the method relates to a bag conveyor, in particular a revolver, which transports the bag in an upright position through processing stations and finally in a folding and winding station has the organs for carrying out the folding steps.
  • the station in question has stationary handling members which, during a stoppage phase, perform the successive folding steps with respect to the wrapping flap.
  • a special feature is that, as a conclusion of the winding process, a closure strip is mounted in the region of the winding station in order to fix the winding flap in the pack-like position.
  • the exemplary embodiments in the drawings relate to the manufacture or filling and closure of bags 10 for a respective tobacco portion 11 or for other particulate or granular or fibrous packaged goods.
  • the bag 10 is made of an optionally multilayer or multilayer film or other, thin packaging material.
  • the bag 10 is formed from a single, strip-shaped blank. Two at their edges by seams 13 interconnected, folded along a fold edge portions of the blank form the front wall 14 and rear wall 15 of a pocket 12. The rear wall 15 forms a projecting beyond the pocket 12 extension, namely a winding tab 16.
  • the bag 12 has an opening 17, which serves to fill the bag 10 or to remove the contents.
  • the opening 17 can be closed in a suitable manner, in particular by a reusable closure strip 18, which is preferably designed as a peel-seal seam.
  • the bag 10 When filling and closing the bag 10 this is prefabricated, unclosed fed to a filling and sealing station. In its area, the opening 17 is exposed, introduced the tobacco portion 11 and the bag 12 then closed. This is followed by a folding or winding process, provided that the bag 10, as here, is formed with a winding tab 16.
  • the dimensions of the bag 10 are preferably chosen so that three folding or winding sections are formed, which in Fig. 1 are indicated by transverse, dashed lines.
  • the (filled) pocket 12 forms a first winding portion or leg.
  • a middle section 19 which consists of a part of the pocket 12 above a filling region and a part of the winding strap 16.
  • At the central portion 19 includes a peripheral tab 20 at.
  • the procedure is such that the middle section 19 is grasped by folding or holding members, in the present case by holding fingers 21, 22, which detect and fix the central portion 19.
  • the bag 12 is folded as a folding leg against the central portion 19.
  • the edge tab 20 is folded against the bag 12, here against the rear wall 15 thereof.
  • the winding tab 16 or its edge tab 20 is fixed by a standard holding means, here by an adhesive strip or a tape 23. This is attached to the finished, wound bag 10 in the present embodiment ( FIGS. 16 to 18 ).
  • the unfilled bags 10 supplied to the filling and sealing station can already be provided with a tape 23 attached to the winding flap 16.
  • the bag 10 is held in a vertical plane before or during the winding process.
  • a special feature is that while the bag 12 is located above the winding tab 16 and therefore by downward or downward folding ( Fig. 3 ) is placed against the central portion 19. The downwardly facing edge tab 20 is therefore folded upwards.
  • the holding members or retaining fingers 21, 22 remain until the completion of the bag or during a transfer to a discharge conveyor in the holding position according to Fig. 4 ,
  • the central aggregate of the filling and sealing station is a bag conveyor which conveys the bags 10 through the required number of processing stations.
  • the bag feeder is a (drum) turret 24, a hollow body which is driven to rotate about a horizontal axis, in successive steps from station to station.
  • the revolver 24 has a continuous outer wall 25 as a carrier of the externally applied bag 10.
  • the hollow body is according to the embodiment Fig. 10 closed on only one side by an end wall 26, but opposite open ( Fig. 10 ).
  • the end wall 26 serves to mount the revolver 24 on a drive shaft 27.
  • the revolver 24 On the outside of the revolver 24, namely on the outer wall 25 receptacles 28 are arranged for bag 10.
  • the revolver 24 is provided with a polygonal outer contour.
  • a plurality of respective planar wall portions 29 are interconnected to form a uniform cross section.
  • Particularly advantageous is the in Fig. 6 shown embodiment with a hexagonal turret 24 and therefore six consecutive flat wall portions 29 which are arranged at equal angles to each other.
  • Each wall portion 29 has a receptacle 28, wherein the wall portion 29 and attached thereto receptacle 28 are each associated with a bag 10.
  • the revolver 24 is rotatably mounted about a horizontal axis. This results in a closed orbit for the receptacles 28 in the vertical plane.
  • the revolver 24 preferably consists of a plurality of partial revolvers 30, 31, 32, 33, which are adjacent to each other in the axial direction.
  • the turret 24 with four partial revolvers 30..33 one unit, namely a common hollow body. This is mounted on a common drive shaft 27.
  • the partial turrets 30..33 are formed consistently and with the same dimensions.
  • the bags 10 arranged on each partial revolver 30... 33 are simultaneously conveyed through the processing stations assigned to each partial revolver 30... And simultaneously processed therein.
  • a number of bags 10 corresponding to the number of partial revolvers 30... 33 is simultaneously completed and stored at the same time.
  • the partial turrets 30..33 can be formed as independent bag conveyors, which are either mounted on a common drive shaft or can also be driven separately.
  • the partial turrets 30..33 can be replaced individually.
  • the capacity of the turret 24 can be increased by changing the number of partial turrets 30..33 in a simple manner, without thereby significantly changing the machine-relevant dimension of the device.
  • the revolver 24 or each partial revolver 30..33 is provided with a plurality of receptacles 28 which are distributed along the circumference.
  • An embodiment is advantageous in that a receptacle 28 is attached to each wall section 29.
  • the receptacles 28 are plate-shaped shaped pieces with organs or tools for holding and aligning each of a bag 10.
  • the holding means can act mechanically and / or pneumatically.
  • the receptacle 28 is eccentrically mounted on the respective wall portion 29, namely offset in the direction of rotation of the revolver 24.
  • the plate-shaped receptacle 28 forms a planar contact surface 35 substantially for the installation of the flat, aligned winding tab 16.
  • a trough-shaped mold surface 36 is formed for the system of the bag 12th
  • the prefabricated, unfilled bag 10 is placed on the receptacle 28 and fixed by suction and / or by clamping members.
  • a pocket holder 37 pivotally connected to a free end of the plate of the receptacle 28 is placed against the bag 10 so that substantially the area of the pocket 12 is grasped and fixed.
  • Another holding organ detects the winding tab 16, namely a clamping lever 38 which is pivotally mounted pivotally mounted on a support member 39 of the adjacent wall portion pivotally.
  • the clamping lever 38 detects the winding tab 16 with an angular holding leg in the region of the edge tab 20.
  • the clamping lever 38 can take on a different or additional task.
  • the clamping lever 38 can serve as a cover member for the exposed portion of the adhesive side of the tape 23.
  • the leg of the clamping lever 38 covers the adhesive part of the tape 23, preferably with a small distance from the adhesive surface.
  • suction bores 34 both in the region of the contact surface 35 for the winding strap 16 and in the region of the molding surface 36 for the pocket 12.
  • the bag 10 is largely flat even with stretched bag 16 by the Suction holes 34 fixed. These can be switched off in their effect during the winding process.
  • the relative positions of the revolver 24 and the rotational steps are selected so that during the respective standstill two opposing wall sections 29 directed vertically and two further wall sections 29 are directed roof-shaped obliquely in the lower region and in the upper region, in a position symmetrical to an imaginary vertical median plane.
  • the stations of the revolver 24 are distributed so that the bag 10 or corresponding blanks are applied to the obliquely downwardly directed receptacle 28 in a lower loading station 40.
  • the next conveying cycle brings the bag 10 into an emptying station, in which no work steps are performed. Thereafter, the receptacle 28 together with bag 10 passes into a filling station 41.
  • the bag 12 is now in the lower part of the receptacle 28, with the opening 17 pointing upwards. About the exposed opening 17, the tobacco portion 11 is now inserted into the (upright) bag 10 from above by suitable filling members.
  • the receptacle 28 enters a position in which the bag 10 assumes a sloping inclined position.
  • a closing station 42 the opening 17 is closed by attaching a sealing seam by thermal sealing.
  • the closing station 42 is moved into the area of the suction station 69 and this is omitted without replacement.
  • the bag 10 is in an inclined upward sloping position, so that from the (still open) pocket 11 no content can escape.
  • the receptacle 28 is again promoted by an appropriate rotation of the turret 24 in an upright position.
  • a winding station 43 at least the winding tab 16 is brought into the pack-oriented position.
  • the tape 23 is attached and in the area of this station 43 the finished bag 10 is transferred to a discharge conveyor 44.
  • the workstations of the revolver 24 are equipped with task-oriented stationary units.
  • a suction station 69 enters a suction unit 45 with a tapered suction nozzle 46 into the opening 47 of the bag 12 and is effective above the filling area for the suction of particles.
  • the opening 17 is held by the curved bag holder 37 so far in the closed position that the extraction of tobacco from the interior of the bag 12 is avoided.
  • the sucked in the closed region of the opening 17 particles enter a collecting chamber 47 and are discharged through a transverse, axially parallel suction pipe 48.
  • a common suction pipe 48 is provided for a plurality of adjacent collecting chambers 47 or suction nozzles 46.
  • the suction port 46 entering the opening 17 is formed with a smaller width than the bag 10 and the opening 17.
  • the suction port 46 is also in the axial direction back and forth, ie in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the opening 17. This is the facilitates the introduction of the suction in the opening 17.
  • it is ensured that the closing area of the opening 17 is completely freed of particles and other residues.
  • the closing station 42 is designed in a special way.
  • a free edge region of the front wall 14 of the pocket 12 is here connected to the rear wall 15 by thermal sealing, in any case by transmission of heat and pressure.
  • a sealing member 49 is provided, which is pressed during the stoppage phase of the revolver 24 to the bag 10 in the region of the opening 17.
  • One in the present Trap wedge-shaped, heated sealing bar 50 is pressed with a relatively narrow edge sealing against the foils to be joined, so that a sealed seam, in particular a peel-seal seam is produced.
  • the sealing member 49 is transversely movable with respect to the bag 10, namely raised and lowered, in the present case by arranging on a pivot lever 51.
  • a hold-down 52 When lifting the sealing bar 50 of the films a hold-down 52 is effective, so one in a free area offset Sealing seam on the films fitting web-like retainer. This is mounted on the sealing member 49 parallel to the sealing bar 50, in a recess 53 of a holder and is under the load of a spring 54.
  • lifting the sealing bar 50 of the hold-down 52 initially remains in contact with the sealed films, thus preventing lifting thereof with the sealing bar 50.
  • the hold-down 52 is released from the bag 10.
  • an insulating separating member is attached, namely a strip 55 made of rubber, plastic, in particular Teflon.
  • the strip 55 is attached to the hold-down 52, namely at its lower edge region, and is lifted off or brought into position with this.
  • the closing station 42 may be arranged in the region thereof when the suction station 69 is removed, that is to say on a wall section 29 directed upward in the direction of rotation.
  • the winding station 43 is equipped in the present embodiment as a station with multiple functions.
  • the bags 10 are positioned so that the pocket 12 is positioned at the top and the wrap tab 16 extends below the pocket 12.
  • a first folding or winding step on the bag 10 is completed.
  • the fixation of the upper part of the bag, namely the bag 12, is released.
  • the bag holder 37 is pivoted.
  • the suction holes 34 are vented in the region of the mold surface 36.
  • the bag 12 can be pivoted in a first winding step down in the position according to Fig. 17 namely, under abutment with the central portion 19 of the wrapper 16.
  • This process of folding the bag 12 is assisted or carried out by a folding lifter 56 which is stationarily but pivotally mounted on a holder 57.
  • An end portion of the pivot lever 56 is formed as a curved finger 58 which is moved with a free end against the bag 10 and the bag 12 and this folded down.
  • the finger 58 comprises part of the pocket 12 and fixes the folding or winding step.
  • the downwardly facing region of the wrapper 16, namely the edge tab 20 is detected and folded by upward movement against the outwardly directed free side of the bag 10 and the bag 12 ( Fig. 17 . Fig. 18 ).
  • This purpose is a Laschenfalter 59, which is also stationary, movably mounted in the region of the station 43, in the present case coaxially or in the same pivot bearing as the folding lever 56.
  • the angle-shaped or U-shaped Laschenfalter 56 detects the free part of the wrapper 16 An angled leg 60.
  • the edge tab 20 is moved upwards against the remote side of the curved pocket 12. In the end position ( Fig. 18 ), the correspondingly shaped leg 60 fixes the edge tab 20 in the exact contact with the pocket 12.
  • the holder 57 for the pivot lever 56 on the one hand and the Laschenfalter 59 on the other hand is stationary within the (unilaterally open) turret 24 is arranged.
  • the organs 56, 59 pass through purposefully positioned recesses or openings in the outer wall 25 of the revolver 24 and through corresponding openings and recesses in the region of the receptacle 28.
  • Other processing means may be arranged, if necessary, stationary within the revolver 24.
  • the holder 57 with the folding members for the bag 10 in the station 43 is without further details - in FIG Fig. 10 shown.
  • the simplified illustrated holder 57 is formed as a hollow body for receiving gear parts and drive means for the folding or winding elements, namely for the fingers 58 on the one hand and the Laschenfalter 59 on the other hand, wherein a plurality of unit revolvers connected to a unit 30..33 a common holder 57th have for the folding or winding elements and this holder 57 extends axially parallel within the turret 24.
  • the wall sections 29 and the receptacle 28 are provided with slot-like recesses which allow the passage of the folding and holding members in the region of this station.
  • Fig. 1 In the winding station 43 are also in connection with Fig. 1, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 These are attached to a common carrier, in the present case on two side support tabs 61, 62. These are mounted at a distance from each other on a support shaft 63.
  • the support tabs 61, 62 In the working position, the support tabs 61, 62 are directed transversely to the receptacle 28.
  • the retaining fingers 21, 22 in turn are transversely, namely hook-shaped arranged to the support tabs 61, 62 ( Fig. 14 ).
  • the support tabs 61, 62 are outside the area of the bags 10, while the transverse support fingers 21, 22 are in contact with the free side of the bag 10, namely the wrapper 16 for defining the central portion 19 (FIG.
  • the retaining fingers 21, 22 are wrapped in the folding or winding process of the winding strap 16.
  • the holding fingers 21, 22 engage in an inner region defined by the pocket 12 on the one hand and the middle section 19 on the other hand.
  • the remaining holding members namely, the folding lever 56 and the tab folder 59, the finished-wound bag is carried by the holding fingers 21, 22 in position.
  • the tape 23 for fixing the edge tab 20 to the pocket 12 is brought into position.
  • the tapes 23 are fed by a tape conveyor 64 and held ready for transfer to a bag 10.
  • a transfer member for each tape 23 is provided.
  • This consists of a pivot arm 65 with a pivotally attached to this Tapehalter 66, which is designed here as a suction member, ie as an elastic, cap-shaped element which is attached to the free side of a tape 23 in the region of the tape conveyor 64 and by vacuum the tape 23rd detected and decreases from the tape conveyor 64.
  • the bag 10 is completed. In the area of the station 43, the bag 10 is delivered or transported away, by the discharge conveyor 44 designed as an endless or belt conveyor. The bag 10 is lifted off the receptacle 28 by means of a transfer conveyor and deposited on the discharge conveyor 44. This task is taken over here by the retaining fingers 21, 22 in conjunction with the support tabs 61, 62. These are by means of pivot lever 67 from the position on the turret 24 transversely movable and can be stored on an upper run of the discharge conveyor 44. The holding members, namely support tabs 61, 62 with the retaining fingers 21, 22 are rotatable relative to the pivot lever 67 so that the support tabs 61, 62 are directed downward in the storage of the bag 10 on the discharge conveyor 44. To transfer the bag or to release the same of the retaining fingers 21, 22, they are moved apart, by moving apart of the support tabs 61, 62, so that the retaining fingers 21, 22 come free from the position between the winding tab 16 and bag 12.
  • the support tabs 61, 62 are rotatably mounted and displaceable in the axial direction on the axially parallel support shaft 63.
  • a common support shaft 63 for each bag 10 and each station 43 associated support tabs 61, 62 are provided.
  • the aforementioned organs are therefore operated synchronously or simultaneously.
  • pivot lever 67 are arranged so that several, namely four bags 10 simultaneously in the manner described and as shown in FIG Fig. 18, Fig. 19 be lifted from the turret 24 and stored on the discharge conveyor 44.
  • the formation and relative position of the revolver 24 and the consequent conveying direction of the bag 10 enables a special material flow of the overall device ( Fig. 5 ).
  • the prefabricated, unfilled bag 10 are supplied to a feed conveyor 68, in groups in a relative position corresponding to the number of juxtaposed receptacles 28 and the relative position thereof. In the present embodiment, therefore, four adjacent bags 10 are provided in the region of the feed station 40 in the region of the feed conveyor 68, in an inclined position and at intervals corresponding to the distances of the receptacles 28. The bags 10 are then simultaneously, together by obliquely upward Movement created on the recordings 28.
  • the path of movement of the bag to its completion corresponds to nearly a full revolution of the revolver 40th
  • Der Abier 44 is offset relative to the feed conveyor 68 in height, so that the bags 10 are delivered after completion before the respective receptacles 28 get back into the feed station 40.
  • the discharge conveyor 44 is directed parallel to the feed conveyor 68, offset to this and preferably while continuing the conveying direction ( Fig. 5 ).
  • a special feature is the arrangement of processing, in particular folding organs in the area of the revolver 24.
  • the turret 24 or its outer wall 25 is provided with recesses or openings through which the tools arranged in the interior of the revolver 24 can pass in order to be able to act on the outside of the turret 24 in the region of the receptacles 28.
  • the Laschenfalter 59 are bow-shaped.
  • the recesses 70 are shaped accordingly ( Fig. 20 ).
  • slot-like openings 71 are provided, namely two parallel openings 71 for the passage of the fingers 58 for folding or folding the bag 12, also in the winding station 43.
  • the said organs 56, 59 are pivotable on a common carrier or holder 57, which extends as a fixed member in the longitudinal direction of the revolver 24.
  • the revolver 24 may advantageously also be designed as in Fig. 20 shown.
  • the likewise polygon-like turret 24 is mounted on a fixed axis of rotation 72.
  • the drum or revolver 24 is rotatably mounted on the axis of rotation 72 or - in the example according to Fig. 20 -
  • the turret 24 is open at both ends.
  • the drive is transmitted to the revolver 24 via a gear transmission.
  • an internal sprocket 75 is connected to the revolver 24 in an end region of the turret 24-opposite the rotary bearing 73 in this case.
  • the drive is transmitted via a drive pinion 76, which is arranged off-center here and is in engagement with the ring gear 75.
  • the revolver 24 is provided in the region of the drive with a cover, namely a cover plate 77, which is arranged at the free end of the rotation axis 72. Organs can pass through the cover plate 77.
  • the carrier or holder 57 for the organs 56 and 59 is mounted inside the turret 24 with the axis of rotation 72 in a respective workstation corresponding relative position.
  • the organs pass through the recesses 70 and openings 71, respectively.
  • the drive for the organs 56, 59 via drive shafts 78, which are mounted stationary and enter in the region of the drive side of the revolver 24 in this, through the cover plate 77 therethrough.
  • the revolver 24 On the opposite side, namely in the region of the support of the revolver 24 on the axis of rotation 72, the revolver 24 is provided with an end wall 79. This is supported by the pivot bearing 73 on the axis of rotation.
  • the end wall 79 is provided with a system of pneumatic lines, namely with suction holes 80. These are connected via further suction lines or channels with the wall of the turret 24 and with the receptacles 28 for the bag 10 for the supply Suction holes 34.
  • the suction holes 80 of the end wall 79 are connected via a fixed, annular vacuum disk 81 with conventional connection channels and connecting lines 82 with a vacuum source.

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