EP2921063B1 - Aufnahmevorrichtung zur aufnahme von artikeln der tabak verarbeitenden industrie - Google Patents

Aufnahmevorrichtung zur aufnahme von artikeln der tabak verarbeitenden industrie Download PDF

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EP2921063B1
EP2921063B1 EP15158488.5A EP15158488A EP2921063B1 EP 2921063 B1 EP2921063 B1 EP 2921063B1 EP 15158488 A EP15158488 A EP 15158488A EP 2921063 B1 EP2921063 B1 EP 2921063B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
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  • the invention relates to a receiving device for receiving articles of the tobacco processing industry for a conveying device designed for conveying these articles, which has a movable body in the conveying direction, on the outside, preferably in a standardized arrangement, at least one suction opening are formed. Furthermore, the invention relates to a conveying device for conveying articles of the tobacco processing industry with at least one such receiving device.
  • Articles of the tobacco processing industry may be, for example, rod-shaped articles such as tobacco rods and sticks of limited length, filter rods or cigarettes with and without filters or even cigarillos.
  • the transport of the articles of the tobacco processing industry takes place by means of the movable body provided as a conveying element, which moves with its article receiving outside in the direction of movement and thus in the transport or conveying direction.
  • the receiving portions are connected to a negative pressure source via passages formed in the movable body, so that the articles to be conveyed are sucked by a negative pressure formed in the receiving portions toward the outside of the movable body of the conveyer and are carried along by the latter during its movement, wherein the receiving portions are in particular groove or trough-shaped.
  • a rotary conveying device in which the movable body is designed as a rotatably mounted, driven drum in order to convey the articles of the tobacco processing industry transversely to its longitudinal extension in the direction of rotation, thus defining the conveying direction.
  • Such conveying devices and in particular rotary conveying devices are used in drum machines of the tobacco processing industry, in particular in filter attachment machines and Multifilterherstellmaschinen.
  • Conveying devices and in particular rotary conveyor devices for conveying articles of the tobacco processing industry are known.
  • the WO 2010/012420 A1 a conveyor drum with receiving troughs for receiving articles of the tobacco processing industry.
  • the receiving troughs comprise two different types of receiving troughs, namely smaller receiving troughs for receiving rod-shaped articles with a smaller diameter and larger receiving troughs for receiving rod-shaped articles with a larger diameter.
  • the two different receiving troughs on the outside of the drum body of the conveyor drum in a row are arranged transversely and alternately one behind the other, based on the rotation and thus conveying direction.
  • EP 2 570 039 A2 discloses a recording device with all features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • a receiving device for receiving articles of the tobacco processing industry for a conveying device designed for this conveying device which has a movable body in the conveying direction, on the outside of which at least one suction opening is formed, with at least one receiving element having an outer side Receiving at least one article, on which at least one outer inlet is formed, and having an inner side, with which the receiving element is arranged on the outside of the movable body of the conveying device and formed on the at least one outer outlet, and with at least one connecting channel for connecting the at least one inlet with the at least one outlet on the receiving element, wherein the at least one receiving element is provided with engagement means of a first type and engagement means of a second type, of which the engagement means of the first kind a speci fish shape, which is preferably individualized depending on the specific format of the article to be accommodated on the receiving element, and the second type engaging means has a shape substantially complementary to the shape of the first type engaging means, and the first type engaging means is for releasable engagement engaging means of
  • the conveyor can be in a structurally simple and at the same time effective substantially to each format adjust and thus set up again with each format change accordingly.
  • the receiving element on its outer side, which is provided for receiving at least one article, at least one inlet and on its inside, with which the receiving element is to be arranged on the outside of the movable body of the conveying device, at least one outlet.
  • At least one connecting channel is provided for connecting the inlet to the outlet.
  • receiving elements allows a standardized and thus simplified design and manufacture of the movable body of the conveyor.
  • standardized arrangement, according to the, preferably standardized, arrangement of the at least one suction opening on the movable body of the conveying device may be provided, so that when the receiving element is arranged on the movable body of the conveying device, the at least one outlet in fluid communication with at least one suction opening on the movable body Conveyor arrives.
  • a format-independent body can be used, while depending on the respective format of the article to be transported receiving elements are selected, which are individually adapted to the desired format with the arrangement and design of the inlets on the article receiving outside.
  • the outlets on the inside of the receiving elements directed towards the outside of the movable body of the conveying device form a kind of standardized interface with the suction openings in the movable body of the conveying device.
  • a corresponding number of groups of differently shaped receiving elements must be provided.
  • fastening means that allow a releasable attachment of the receiving elements on the outside of the movable body of the conveyor.
  • the receiving elements are provided on their outside with a plurality of preferably adjacent transversely to the conveying direction, inlets, on its inside with a plurality, preferably transverse to the conveying direction adjacent outlets and a plurality of connecting channels, which connect at least one inlet with at least one outlet.
  • at least one first row of conveying openings spaced apart first suction openings and at least one extending in the conveying direction, spaced from the first row transversely to the conveying direction second row of at least on the outside of the movable body of the conveying device in a standardized arrangement formed in the conveying direction spaced second suction openings.
  • the outlets are in a correspondingly standardized arrangement on the inside of the receiving elements
  • the arrangement of the receiving elements on the outside of the movable body of the conveyor has the consequence that at least one outlet in fluid communication with at least one of the suction openings in at least one the rows passes.
  • This embodiment is particularly suitable for a collection or compilation drum in Multifilterherstellmaschinen with at least two axially spaced rows of suction openings to a corresponding number of axially axially behind the other, one behind the other, preferably different, filter segments to hold, ie on the outside of each receiving element a first filter segment is fixed by a suction air generated by first suction openings in the movable body and a second filter segment by a suction air generated by second suction openings in the movable body.
  • the simple solution would be the use of color coding;
  • such a solution is disadvantageous because a variety of different shades required is the risk that introduced as an additive in the material of the receiving elements dyes can change the material properties undesirably, which is the case in particular in injection molding, possibly some of the dyes of interest here are no longer allowed and ultimately does not guarantee the required confusion can be, as a different color the use of different recording elements, ie recording elements for different formats, in principle can not be prevented.
  • the receiving elements are expediently designed for the arrangement of an individually defined position on the outside of the movable body of the conveyor and can be arranged adjacent to each two adjacent receiving elements only in their individual defined positions on the outside of the movable body of the conveyor, if at the a receiving element engaging means of the first type are provided, which can bring in releasable engagement with engagement means of the second kind, which are provided on the adjacent other receiving element.
  • an arrangement of receiving elements next to each other only possible if they have second engagement means which are formed substantially complementary to the first engagement means.
  • the engagement means of the first type and the engagement means of the second type are expediently arranged on different sides, preferably on opposite sides of the receiving element. If the receiving element has an elongated shape, the engagement means should preferably be arranged on its long sides.
  • the receiving elements are usually close to each other, which is the case in particular in the so-called. 4 ⁇ pitch, creates a kind of overlap or contact area between the facing sides of each two adjacent receiving elements, which then, so to speak by itself to a mutual engagement of of course, only on the premise that the engagement means of the second type are formed substantially complementary to the engagement means of the first type and thus fit into the engagement means of the first type.
  • the engagement means in such a way that two adjacent receiving elements are engaged with each other in such a way that they have a defined distance from one another, wherein in particular substantially all receiving elements are arranged equidistant from one another.
  • the coding represented by the engagement means can be realized particularly easily by the formation of projections and / or recesses of different widths.
  • the engagement means have at least one projection of the first type with a first width dimension, a projection of the second type with a second width dimension, a recess of the first type with an opening width corresponding to the first width dimension and / or a recess of the second type with an opening width corresponding to that second width dimension such that a protrusion of the first kind on the one engagement means fits into a recess of the first kind on the other engagement means and / or a protrusion of the second kind on the one engagement means fits into a recess of the second kind on the other engagement means.
  • the engagement means can be designed not only for releasable mutual toothing, but also simultaneously for detachable, articulated coupling of the receiving elements.
  • the conveyor device is designed as a rotary conveyor, wherein as a movable body, a rotatably mounted drum is provided, whose direction of rotation defines the conveying direction.
  • the receiving elements can be connected so to speak to form a ring which is to be arranged on the surface of the drum.
  • a receiving device for receiving articles of the tobacco processing industry described below with reference to the figures is provided for a conveying device for conveying these articles, which is designed as a rotary conveying device.
  • the conveyor device has a drum body forming a conveyor drum or a base drum 2, which has a substantially cylindrical outer or lateral surface 2a, is rotatably mounted about a rotation axis, not shown, and in particular in a filter manufacturing machine or filter attachment machine and particularly preferably as a collection or compilation drum is used in Multifilterherstellmaschinen.
  • the conveyor drum is rotated by a drive, also not shown in rotation, wherein the rotational direction of the outer side 2 a of the base drum 2 defines the initially mentioned conveying direction of the article, also not shown, to be conveyed.
  • the conveying direction is in FIG. 1 exemplified by the arrow "A".
  • the outer side 2a of the base drum 2 is provided in the axial direction and thus transverse to the conveying direction A, elongated recesses 4, which are arranged in the circumferential direction of the base drum 2 and thus in the conveying direction A side by side in series and equidistant to each other.
  • depression elements 6 are used which have an elongate shape.
  • the recesses 4 serve to arrange and hold the tray elements 6, wherein in each case a recess 4 receives a tray elements 6.
  • FIG. 1 For reasons of a simplified illustration, only a part of the recesses is equipped in each case with a depression element 6.
  • suction openings 8, 9 are formed, open into the not shown, provided in the base drum 2 suction channels, which are connected to a suction source, also not shown.
  • suction openings 8, 9 are shown in FIG. 4 only in some of the recesses 4.
  • the suction openings are subdivided into a first row of suction openings 8 and an axially spaced second row of suction openings 9 in order to support two, preferably different filter segments located axially one behind the other on the respective tray element 6, thus providing a first on the tray element 6
  • Filter segment are fixed by a suction air generated by the first suction 8 and a second filter segment by a suction air generated by the second suction 9. That's why the in FIG. 1 shown basic drum 2 in particular for use as a collection or compilation drum in Multifilterherstellmaschinen. Since the articles are not shown in the figures, it should be pointed out in this context, for the sake of good completeness, that this also applies equally to the previously mentioned filter segments.
  • the tray elements 6 are separate components, of which a tray element 6 in FIG. 2 is shown in detail. Since, as already mentioned above, the trough element 6 have an elongated shape, it has two long sides 6a and two narrow sides 6b and an upper or outer side 6c and a lower or inner side 6d, such as FIG. 2 can also recognize. Like that FIGS. 2a and b Furthermore, it can be seen, the outer side forms 6c a concave surface to form a trough, in each of which at least one rod-shaped article of the tobacco-processing industry is added, which, as already mentioned, but not shown in the figures.
  • the Trough elements 6 are arranged on the outer side 2 a of the basic drum so that their outer side forming the trough 6 c faces outwards, such as FIG. 1 can be seen schematically.
  • the trough element 6 is provided on its outer side 6c with inlets 10 and on its inner side 6d with outlets 12 for this purpose.
  • the inlets 10 and the outlets 12 are connected to each other via connecting channels 14, which are formed in the trough element 6.
  • the arrangement of the inlets 10 on the outer side 6c of the trough element 6 and possibly in this context also the formation of the connecting channels 14 is individually adapted to the format of the male article.
  • outlets 12 are provided on the inner side 6 d of the trough element 6 regardless of the respective format of the article to be accommodated on the outer side 6 c in a standardized arrangement corresponding to the likewise standardized arrangement of the suction openings 8, 9 in the recesses 4 on the outer side 2 a of the base drum 2, so that when the trough element 6 is arranged in a recess 4 on the outside 2a of the base drum 2, the outlets 12 on the inside 6d of the trough element 6 come into fluid communication with the correspondingly associated suction openings 8 or 9.
  • the base drum 2 is used as a format-independent body, while depending on the respective format of the article to be transported, those tray elements 6 are selected, with respect to the arrangement and design of the inlets 10 on the article receiving outside 6c of the tray element 6 to the desired format individually adapted and to be arranged on the outside 2a of the base drum 2 in the recesses 4, to form together with the base drum 2 a format-dependent conveyor drum.
  • the outlets 12 form a kind of standardized interface to the suction openings 8, 9 in the outer side 2 a of the basic drum 2 on the inner side 6 d of the hollow element 6 directed towards the outer side 2 a of the basic drum 2.
  • the fasteners are provided as elastic lugs 16 on the narrow sides 6b of the trough element 6 and in releasable latching engagement with the corresponding narrow side of the recesses 4 and / or with the outer side 2a of the base drum 2 can be brought.
  • the depression elements 6 are aligned in the axial direction and thus transversely to the conveying direction A and form a circumferentially and thus in the conveying direction A over the entire circumference of the base drum 2 and extending in the manner of one on the outside 2a the basic drum 2 arranged ring closed row of transverse to the conveying direction A adjacent trough elements.
  • the engaging means comprise first type engaging means 20 and second type engaging means 24.
  • the first type engaging means 20 have a specific shape which is individualized depending on the specific format of the article to be received by the outer side 6c of the tray member 6, while the engaging means 24 of the second type have a shape substantially complementary to the shape of the engaging means 20 of the first type.
  • the distances from the respectively closest narrow side 6b in the case of the engagement means 20 of the first type and the engagement means 24 of the second type are the same, so that, viewed in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the depression element 6, the movement according to FIG Figure 2c left engaging means 20, 24 so to speak, on the same 'height' or at the same place and according to Figure 2c right engagement means 20, 24 are also at the same 'height' or at the same place.
  • the engagement means 20 of the first type in series side by side lying on a first narrow recess 21, a first narrow projection 22 and a wide recess 23.
  • the engaging means 24 of the second type are arranged, which in series juxtaposed a second narrow projection 25 which fits into the first narrow recess 21, a second narrow recess 26 which receives the first narrow projection 22, and a first wide projection 27, which fits into the first wide recess 23 have. If two trough elements 6 of in FIG.
  • the depression elements 6 are generally close to each other, which is the case in the so-called 4 ⁇ division and in the illustrated embodiment also by the arrangement and design of the recess 4, arises one Art overlap or contact area between the facing long sides 6a each two adjacent well elements 6. This then leads, so to speak by itself to a mutual engagement of the opposing engagement means 20, 24 on two adjacent well elements 6 and thus to a kind of toothing each two adjacent well elements. 6 , of course, only on condition that the engagement means 24 of the second type are complementary to the engagement means 20 of the first type and thus fit into the engagement means 20 of the first type as previously described.
  • the coding represented by the engaging means is determined according to the method of FIG. 2 embodiment shown particularly simple by the formation of the projections 22, 25, 27 and recesses 21, 23 and 26 realized.
  • the trough element 6 is formed as a one-piece body.

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