EP2978324B1 - Förderer zum überführen stabförmiger raucherartikel - Google Patents
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- EP2978324B1 EP2978324B1 EP14716961.9A EP14716961A EP2978324B1 EP 2978324 B1 EP2978324 B1 EP 2978324B1 EP 14716961 A EP14716961 A EP 14716961A EP 2978324 B1 EP2978324 B1 EP 2978324B1
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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
- A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
- A24C5/326—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing with lateral transferring means
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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
- A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
- A24C5/327—Construction details of the cigarette transport drum
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- This invention relates to a conveyor for transferring rod-shaped smokers' articles.
- the invention has for an object a conveyor for transferring cigarettes or filter plugs, to which reference is hereinafter made without thereby limiting the scope of the invention.
- This description refers, without limiting the scope of the invention, to a drum conveyor rotatable about a respective axis and peripherally provided with a plurality of grooves, or flutes, angularly equispaced from each other, running parallel to the drum axis and capable of receiving the smokers' articles moving axially into them and applying suction to the smokers' articles in such a way as to gradually slow them down to a stop and hold them within.
- Drums of the above mentioned type are commonly used, for example, in machines for attaching filter tips to cigarettes and in machines for making filter plugs, see for example EP 0 682 881 A2 .
- Each flute on these drums is provided with a plurality of radial holes, each of which has one end facing outside the drum and the other end, positioned inside the drum and, during the period in which a smokers' article must be held in contact with the flute itself, in communication with a chamber which is in turn connected to a source of suction comprising a suction pump.
- the negative pressure which is transmitted to the radial holes communicating with the flutes.
- the optimum pressure value varies with variation, for example, of the type of smokers' articles being handled or even with variation of the operating speed of the machine.
- the negative pressure for example, must be greater when the drum rotates at high speed, so as to better oppose the centrifugal force acting on the cigarette sticks or filter plugs, and must be less when the machine is starting up or is running at a low speed for any reason.
- valve elements comprising a movable shutter, in particular of the rotary type which can be moved relative to the aperture for the air sucked in, thereby obstructing the aperture to variable extents.
- These valve elements are relatively unreliable because their operation is strongly affected by the presence, in the air flowing through them, of tobacco dust or substances such as sand mixed with the tobacco (when cigarettes are being handled) or cellulose dust mixed with carbon dust (when filter plugs containing active carbon are being handled). The inevitable presence of these substances causes wear and build-up of dirt, which in turn may lead to clogging up, making the valve elements unfit for use to adjust the negative pressure as described above, which in some cases must be carried out very rapidly.
- This invention has for aim to provide a conveyor for transferring rod-shaped smokers' articles which overcomes the disadvantages described above with reference to the prior art and which is at once relatively simple and inexpensive to construct.
- the numeral 1 denotes in its entirety a plant for handling rod-shaped smokers' articles 2, in particular filter plugs or cigarettes.
- the plant comprises a making machine 3 along which a (at least one) continuous rod 4 of filter material wrapped in a paper material is made in essentially known manner and is fed axially through a cutting station 5 where a cutting device 6 cuts the rod 4 into a sequence of filter plugs 2.
- the filter plugs 2 are delivered axially one after the other to a receiving roller or drum 7 constituting the infeed section of a handling machine 8 comprising, for example, an assembling machine designed to make filter plugs, each consisting of two or more plugs of filter material of different types.
- the drum 7 is rotatable continuously about a horizontal axis A parallel to the feed direction of the continuous rod 4 and is able to receive respective filter plugs 2 fed axially into elongate flutes 9 formed on its cylindrical peripheral surface at equal angular intervals and running parallel to the axis A. Each flute 9 receives and holds within it by suction a filter plug 2.
- the drum 7 transfers the filter plugs 2 in sequence to angularly equispaced suction flutes 10 of a further drum 11, counterrotating relative to the drum 7 and in the same way, the drum 11 transfers the filter plugs 2 in sequence to angularly equispaced, peripheral suction flutes 12 formed on a drum 13 which counterrotates relative to the drum 11.
- the filter plugs 2 are subjected to operations by which a finished smokers' article is formed.
- the receiving drum 7 is defined, at its cylindrical surface, by a substantially cylindrical hollow mantle 14.
- Each of the flutes 9 formed on the mantle 14 has an inlet portion 15 located at the portion of the drum 7 which axially faces the making machine 3, and an end portion 16 extending between the inlet portion 15 and the axial end of the drum 7 furthest from the selfsame making machine 3.
- the inlet portion 15 of each flute 9 has a length which is substantially equal to the length of a filter plug 2, a transverse dimension which decreases, starting from the end of it giving access to a filter plug 2. from a value exceeding the diameter of a filter plug 2 to a value substantially equal to that diameter, and a depth preferably exceeding the length of the radius of the filter plugs 2.
- the inlet portion 15 is, in essentially known manner, defined along the leading side of it, relative to the direction of rotation of the drum 7, by an edge which is inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of extension of the respective flute 9.
- the end portion 16 of each flute 9 has a length similar to that of the inlet portion 15 and a constant transverse dimension substantially equal to the diameter of a filter plug 2 or just greater than the diameter of a filter plug 2.
- the end portion 16 of each flute 9 is delimited, at an end zone of it opposite that which communicates with the inlet portion 15, by a stop member 17 integral with the cylindrical peripheral surface of the mantle 14 of the drum 7.
- each flute 9 On the inlet portion 15 and on the end portion 16 of each flute 9 there are respective rows 18, 19 of holes 20, 21 formed radially relative to the mantle 14, there being, in the example illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 , eight holes per row.
- the holes 20 and 21 have respective ends giving onto the surface of the respective flute 9 intended to receive a filter plug 2.
- a Venturi-effect ejector is used to produce a negative pressure using the kinetic energy of an air jet made to flow into the Venturi tube present in the ejector itself upstream of the narrow section.
- the air moved by the air jet which causes a negative pressure increases its kinetic energy which is reconverted into pressure energy in the divergent part.
- the holes 20 and 21 forming part of the rows 18 and 19, respectively, present in the inlet portion 15 and in the end portion 16 of each flute 9 are connected to respective chambers 24 and 25 formed on the peripheral surface of a substantially cylindrical shell 26 running alongside the inside surface of the mantle 14 of the drum 7 ( Figures 5-8 ).
- Each of the chambers 24 and 25 communicates with one of the reduced cross-section zones 27 and 28 of the internal duct 22', 23' of a respective Venturi-effect ejector 22, 23.
- this negative pressure is transmitted, respectively, from the chambers 24 and 25 to the rows 18 and 19 of holes 20 and 21 of the flutes 9 when the holes 20 and 21 are located with the ends of them inside the drum 7 facing the chambers 24 and 25, that is to say, with reference to Figure 1 , along the arc B travelled by the flutes 9 between the zone where they are axially aligned with the continuous rod 4 of filter material from the making machine 3 and the zone of substantial tangency between the drum 7 and the drum 11.
- each filter plug 2 from the making machine 3 axially enters a flute 9 of the drum 7, and the front end of that filter plug 2, during its entry into the flute 9 itself, remains in a position facing an inclined leading edge (with reference to the direction of rotation of the drum 7) of the inlet portion 15 of the flute 9, and is suddenly slowed down by the row 18 of suction holes 20, and completes access to the inlet portion 15 of the flute 9 before being reached by the trailing edge of the flute 9 itself, against which it abuts.
- the axial motion of the filter plug 2 then continues onto the end portion 16 of the flute 9, which progressively slows it down to a stop thanks to the suction applied through its row 19 of holes 21.
- the filter plug 2 stops in exactly the right position because the filter plug 2 comes into abutment very gently against the stop member 17 associated with the end of the flute 9.
- the intensity of the suction applied through the holes 20 and 21 of the inlet portion 15 and of the end portion 16 of the flutes 9 travelling the arc B may be selected by acting on the valve elements 30, 31 in such a way that the suction applied at the inlet portion 15 is greater than that at the end portion 16 (filter plug 9 slowed down rapidly and stopped slowly) but it is possible to select the opposite option (filter plugs 9 slowed down more progressively and stopped relatively rapidly).
- the choice between these options depends on parameters such as, for example, the type of smokers' articles to be handled by the drum 7 (filter plugs, cigarettes), for each of which one type of handling may be preferable to another taking into account the different fragility of the articles themselves.
- the air used in combination with the Venturi-effect ejectors 22 and 23 is totally free of contamination by tobacco, dust or other substances which might negatively affect the possibility of adjusting the negative pressure applied through holes 20 and 21 of the flutes 9.
- the Venturi-effect ejectors 22 and 23 might be substituted for a single Venturi-effect ejector, whose narrow cross-section zone is connectable to both rows 18 and 19 of holes 20 and 21.
- the disadvantages typical of the prior art would be avoided, although it would not be possible to adjust the negative pressure applicable through the two rows 18 and 19 of holes 20 and 21 in the flutes 9 independently of each other.
- the conveyor of the invention comprising the aforementioned receiving drum 7, might also be a belt conveyor provided with suction flutes on its transporting surface, or it might rotate about an axis which is not horizontal.
- the making machine 3 described by way of an example makes one continuous rod 4 of filter material wrapped in a strip of paper material, divides the rod into plugs 2 and feeds the plugs 2 into respective flutes 9 on a drum 7.
- the solution of the invention can, however, be used equally well in combination with a making machine 3 which can make more than one continuous rod 4 of filter material alongside each other, where the plugs 2 obtained from the two rods 4 are fed to respective flutes 9 of respective drums 7 which are mutually juxtaposed and preferably counterrotating.
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- Förderer zum Überführen stabförmiger Raucherartikel, versehen mit einer Vielzahl an langgestreckten Furchen (9), die ausgestaltet sind, um jeweilige Raucherartikel (2) aufzunehmen, die durch eine axiale Bewegung in die Furchen (9) geführt werden, und um diese durch Ansaugung zu halten, die in jeder Furche (9) durch eine Vielzahl an Sauglöchern (20, 21) angewandt wird, aufweisend jeweilige erste Enden, die auf eine Oberfläche der Furche (9) reichen, wobei der Förderer eine Drehtrommel (7) umfasst, die sich um eine Achse (A) dreht und deren im Wesentlichen zylindrische Umfangsfläche mit einer Vielzahl langgestreckter Furchen (9) versehen ist, die in gleichen Winkelabständen voneinander angeordnet sind und parallel zu derselben Achse (A) verlaufen, wobei eine jede Furche (9) einen Einlassabschnitt (15) und einen Endabschnitt (16) aufweist und ein jeder Einlassabschnitt (15) eine Querabmessung aufweist, ausgehend von deren Ende Zugang zum Raucherartikel (2) gewährt wird, die von einem Wert, der den Durchmesser eines Raucherartikels (2) überschreitet, auf einen Wert abnimmt, der im Wesentlichen gleich dem betreffenden Durchmesser ist, definiert entlang der Vorderseite davon relativ zur Drehrichtung der Trommel (7) durch eine Kante, die gegenüber einer Längsausdehnungsachse derselben Furche (9) geneigt ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er mindestens einen Venturi-Effekt-Auswerfer (22, 23) umfasst, assoziiert mit dem Förderer (7), und eine Druckluftquelle (29), die zu einem Ende der internen Leitung (22', 23") des mindestens einen Venturi-Effekt-Auswerfers (22, 23) führt, wobei die zweiten Enden der Löcher (20, 21), die mit den Furchen (9) assoziiert sind, mit einer reduzierten Querschnittszone (27, 28) derselben internen Leitung (22', 23') verbunden werden können.
- Förderer nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er zwei Venturi-Effekt-Auswerfer (22, 23) umfasst, wobei ein Ende deren jeweiliger interner Leitungen (22', 23') zu einer Druckluftquelle (29) führt, wobei die zweiten Enden der Löcher (20, 21) jeweils mit dem Einlassabschnitt (15) und dem Endabschnitt (16) einer jeden Furche (9) assoziiert sind, verbindbar mit einer reduzierten Querschnittszone (27, 28) der internen Leitung (22', 23') eines jeweiligen Venturi-Effekt-Auswerfers (22, 23).
- Förderer nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er Ventilmittel (30, 31) umfasst, die zwischen der Druckluftquelle (29) und den jeweiligen internen Leitungen (22', 23') der zwei Venturi-Effekt-Auswerfer (22, 23) eingesetzt sind.
- Förderer nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die durch die Löcher (20) des Einlassabschnitts (15) einer jeden Furche (9) angewandte Ansaugung größer ist als die Ansaugung, die durch die Löcher (21) des Endabschnitts (16) angewandt wird.
- Förderer nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die durch die Löcher (20) des Einlassabschnitts (15) einer jeden Furche (9) angewandte Ansaugung geringer ist als die Ansaugung, die durch die Löcher (21) des Endabschnitts (16) angewandt wird.
- Förderer nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Endabschnitt (16) einer jeden Furche (9) an einer Endzone, die gegenständig zu derjenigen angeordnet ist, die mit dem Einlassabschnitt (15) kommuniziert, durch ein Stoppelement (17) begrenzt ist.
- Förderer nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Stoppelement (17) fest mit einer zylindrischen Umfangsfläche eines Mantels (14) der Trommel (7) verbunden ist.
- Förderer nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Stoppelement (17), das sich im Endabschnitt (16) einer jeden Furche (9) befindet, ausgestaltet ist, um sicherzustellen, dass der Raucherartikel (2) an der korrekten Position stoppt, nachdem der Raucherartikel (2) auf äußerst sanfte Weise zum Anschlag gegen dasselbe Stoppelement (17) geführt wurde.
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IT000131A ITBO20130131A1 (it) | 2013-03-27 | 2013-03-27 | Convogliatore per il trasferimento di articoli da fumo a forma di barretta. |
PCT/IB2014/060182 WO2014155317A1 (en) | 2013-03-27 | 2014-03-26 | Conveyor for transferring rod-shaped smokers' articles |
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EP2978324A1 EP2978324A1 (de) | 2016-02-03 |
EP2978324B1 true EP2978324B1 (de) | 2018-10-31 |
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IT201900014352A1 (it) | 2019-08-08 | 2021-02-08 | Gd Spa | Convogliatore e metodo di allineamento per articoli a forma di barretta |
IT201900017195A1 (it) * | 2019-09-25 | 2021-03-25 | Gd Spa | Tamburo e metodo per la rullatura di articoli di forma a barretta |
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