EP2999361B1 - Dispositif permettant d'alimenter des articles pour fumeur en forme de tige dans une machine automatique destinée à l'industrie du tabac - Google Patents

Dispositif permettant d'alimenter des articles pour fumeur en forme de tige dans une machine automatique destinée à l'industrie du tabac Download PDF

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EP2999361B1
EP2999361B1 EP14727939.2A EP14727939A EP2999361B1 EP 2999361 B1 EP2999361 B1 EP 2999361B1 EP 14727939 A EP14727939 A EP 14727939A EP 2999361 B1 EP2999361 B1 EP 2999361B1
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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
    • A24C5/325—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing from a hopper
    • 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
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine

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  • This invention relates to a device for feeding rod-like smokers' articles in an automatic machine for the tobacco industry.
  • the feed device of this invention is used for rod-like smokers' articles defined as "delicate” articles in that they are easily damaged during handling.
  • pieces of rod or of smokers' articles containing rolled tobacco or soft filter material are considered "delicate" smokers' articles.
  • a device for feeding rod-like smoker's articles comprises a hopper which contains a mass of rod-like smokers' articles and whose bottom is closed by a pickup and transfer roller provided with a plurality of suction flutes. Each suction flute receives a single rod-like smokers' article.
  • the pickup roller withdraws the smokers' articles from the inside of the hopper and conveys them to operating stations downstream.
  • a first drawback is due to the fact that the rods tend to be flattened and/or marked by creasing when they are inside the hopper, especially the rods at the bottom of the hopper on account of the weight of the mass of the articles on top of them inside the hopper itself.
  • a second drawback is due to damage to the rod-like articles when they are withdrawn from the hopper by the receiving flutes on the pickup roller. This drawback is particularly true for small and very delicate articles when high operating speeds are reached.
  • This invention has for an aim to provide a device for feeding rod-like smokers' articles, capable of overcoming the above mentioned drawbacks and as described in independent claim 1.
  • the numeral 1 denotes in its entirety a device for feeding rod-like smokers' articles, in particular in a filter tip attachment machine or filter making machine not illustrated.
  • rod-like smokers' article 2 is used to mean a stick of predetermined length from which two or more pieces 9 are obtained by means of a transversal cutting operation.
  • the pieces 9 are equal in length.
  • rod-like smokers' articles 2 or rod-like articles 2 is meant both filter rods, from which plugs or pieces of filter are obtained, and tobacco rods, for example rolled tobacco, from which pieces of tobacco rod are obtained.
  • the device 1 for feeding rod-like smokers' articles 2 comprises a hopper 3 for containing a mass 2a of rod-like articles 2 and at least one pickup and transfer roller 4 for picking up and transferring the rod-like articles 2 and which is located downstream of the hopper 3 and rotates about its axis of rotation 4a.
  • the pickup and transfer roller 4 has a plurality of suction flutes 5 on its cylindrical surface.
  • the device 1 comprises a first and a second pickup and transfer roller 6 and 7, located downstream of the hopper 3 and juxtaposed with each other, for picking up and transferring the rod-like articles 2.
  • the first and second pickup and transfer rollers 6 and 7 are each provided with respective suction flutes 5.
  • the first and second pickup and transfer rollers 6 and 7 rotate about respective axes of rotation 6a and 7a.
  • first and second pickup and transfer rollers 6, 7 are mounted to be tangent to each other at a transit station 22 for the rod-like smokers' articles 2.
  • first and second rollers 6 and 7 are counter-rotating. As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 , the first roller 6 rotates clockwise and the second roller 7, anticlockwise.
  • the suction flutes 5 of the first and second rollers 6 and 7 extend in length mainly along a direction parallel to the respective axis of rotation 6a and 7a.
  • the device 1 comprises cutting means 8, in particular for transversely cutting the rod-like articles 2 into pieces 9.
  • the cutting means 8 cut the rod-like articles 2 transversely in such a way as to divide them into one or more pieces 9.
  • the cutting means 8 face the second hold-down and transfer roller 7 and define therewith at least one cutting station 10.
  • the cutting means 8 are disc knives, counter-rotating relative to the second hold-down and transfer roller 7 and, with reference to Figures 1 and 2 , they rotate in clockwise direction.
  • each disc knife 8 passes through respective radial slots made in the flutes 5 of the second hold-down and transfer roller 7 transversely to each flute 5, in such a way as to cut each rod-like article 2 transversely.
  • the cutting means 8 comprise one or more disc knives according to whether the rods 2 have to be cut into two or more pieces 9. Consequently, the flutes 5 of the second pickup and transfer roller 7 are each provided with as many intermediate slots for the passage of the disc knives 8 as there are cuts to be made on each rod-like article 2.
  • the device 1 comprises five disc knives 8. More specifically, three disc knives 8a are aligned with each other relative to the respective axes of rotation, and two disc knives 8b are aligned with each other relative to the respective axes of rotation, offset relative to the three disc knives 8a.
  • the device 1 comprises means 11 for distributing and subdividing the rod-like articles 2 which are fed by and contained in the hopper 3.
  • the distributing and subdividing means 11 are capable of positioning the rod-like articles 2 relative to each other so as to prevent them from flattening and damaging each other.
  • the distributing and subdividing means 11 are located at least at the bottom 3a of the hopper 3.
  • the distributing and subdividing means 11 comprise a plurality of individual channels 12, each of which receives at least one row of rod-like articles 2.
  • row is meant a succession defined by a plurality of individual rod-like articles 2 positioned one above another.
  • Each channel 12 makes it possible to stack the rod-like articles 2 in separate rows so that the rod-like articles 2 closest to the rollers 6 and 7 have to support only the weight of the rod-like articles 2 in their own channel 12.
  • the channels 12 prevent localized flattening of the rod-like articles 2.
  • Each channel 12 has an inlet opening 13 in communication with the bottom 3a of the hopper 3 and an outlet opening 14 facing a portion of the cylindrical surface of the respective hold-down and transfer roller 6, 7.
  • a first group 12a of channels 12 extends from the bottom 3a of the hopper 3 to the first roller 6 and a second group 12b of channels 12 extends from the bottom 3a of the hopper 3 to the second roller 7.
  • the channels 12 allow dividing the load of a single mass of rod-like articles 2 into multiple groups 12a, 12b of rod-like articles 2, which means the weight of the individual articles 2 is considerably lower than the total weight of the mass of the rod-like articles 2.
  • a bridge element 15 is provided between two adjacent channels 12 so as to urge each rod-like article 2 either into one channel 12 or into the adjacent channel 12.
  • the device 1 comprises feed means 15 for feeding the pickup and transfer roller 4 and designed to transfer the rod-like articles 2 from the hopper 3 to the roller 4 itself.
  • the feed means 15 comprise a plurality of transfer members 16, each dedicated to a respective channel 12.
  • the transfer members 16 simultaneously pick up at least one rod-like article 2 from the respective channel 12 and transfer that article to the respective pickup and transfer roller 4.
  • Each transfer member 16 rotates about its axis of rotation 16a through at least 180°.
  • the feed means 15 comprise a plurality of first retaining elements 17 for holding back the last rod-like article 2 in a respective channel 12 and each associated with a respective transfer member 16.
  • the first retaining element 17 releases the last rod-like article 2 which is to be picked up by the transfer member 16.
  • the first retaining element 17 releases the last rod-like smokers' article 2 inside the channel 12, that is to say, the rod-like smokers' article 2 closest to the cylindrical surface of the hold-down and transfer roller 4, as illustrated in Figure 3 .
  • each transfer member 16 for transferring the rod-like article 2 has a groove 18 for receiving the rod-like article 2.
  • each transfer member 16 is surrounded by a side plate 19.
  • the side plate 19 is in the form of a substantially cylindrical side wall shaped so that as the transfer member 16 rotates about its axis 16a, the rod-like article 2 is interposed between the side plate 19 and the groove 18 of the transfer member 16 and thus remains in position inside the groove 18 itself, as illustrated in Figure 4 .
  • the feed means 15 comprise second retaining elements, each associated with a first retaining element 17 and with a transfer member 16, for holding back the second last rod-like article 2 in a respective channel 12.
  • the second retaining element holds back the second last article 2 and stops it from moving along the channel 12.
  • transfer members 16 are equal in number to the channels 12, they operate along a defined circular arc of the respective pickup and transfer roller 4.
  • each transfer member 16 rotates through 180° about its axis 16a to withdraw the rod-like article 2 from the channel 12 and release it into the respective flute 5 of the pickup and transfer roller 4, whilst the pickup and transfer roller 4 rotates about its axis 4a through an angle equal to the angle subtended by that circular arc.
  • each transfer member 16 simultaneously release the rod-like articles 2 into the respective flutes 5 of the roller 4, defining a second operating position. From the first operating position to the second, each transfer member 16 rotates through 180° about its axis 16a.
  • Each first retaining element 17 oscillates about its axis 17a to retain and release the last rod-like article 2 while the respective transfer member 16 rotates from the first operating position to the second.
  • the device 1 comprises first and second feed means 20 and 21, each facing at least part of the cylindrical outside surface of the first and second pickup and transfer rollers 6, 7, respectively.
  • first feed means 15 and the pickup and transfer roller 4 also apply to the first feed means 20 and the first pickup and transfer roller 6 and to the second feed means 21 and the second pickup and transfer roller 7.
  • the first and second feed means 20 and 21 feed the rod-like smokers' articles 2 according to a first and a second filling pattern, respectively
  • the first filling pattern entails filling the flutes 5 of the first roller 6 in alternate or offset fashion, leaving empty or unoccupied at least one flute 5 between two flutes 5 which are occupied by respective rod-like articles 2.
  • the rod-like smokers' articles 2 are transferred from the first to the second pickup and transfer roller 7.
  • the first filling pattern is transferred to the second roller 7.
  • the empty flutes 5 of the second roller 7 are then filled by the second feed means 21.
  • the second feed means 21 feed the rod-like smokers' articles 2 into respective flutes 5 of the second roller 7 according to a second filling pattern.
  • the second filling pattern is a function of the first filling pattern of the first roller 6 so that the empty flutes 5 of the second roller 7 are filled.
  • the second filling pattern entails filling the flutes 5 in alternate or offset fashion, filling each empty or unoccupied flute 5 between two flutes 5 which are already occupied by respective rod-like articles 2.
  • the first and second feed means 20 and 21 feed the rod-like smokers' articles 2 in what is known as intercalated fashion.
  • the device 1 comprises more than two pickup and transfer rollers 6 and 7, such as, for example, three rollers
  • the first of these rollers in the feeding direction of the device 1 will leave as many consecutive flutes 5 empty between two flutes 5 occupied by respective rod-like smokers' articles 2 - and thus two consecutive empty flutes - as there are pickup and transfer rollers downstream of the first roller, that is to say, in this example, two.
  • the first pickup and transfer roller 6 leaves one flute 5 empty between two flutes 5 occupied by a respective rod-like smokers' articles 2 each because there is only one second pickup and transfer roller 7 downstream of the first roller 6.
  • the pattern of filling the flutes 5 of each pickup and transfer roller 4, 6, 7 by means of the respective feed means 20, 21 comprises leaving empty as many flutes 5 between two flutes 5 occupied by rod-like smokers' articles 2 as there are pickup and transfer rollers 4, 6, 7 located downstream of that pickup and transfer roller 4, 6, 7.
  • the presence of more pickup and transfer rollers 6 and 7 allows reducing the feed speed of the rod-like smokers' articles 2 with these rollers 6 and 7 rotating at the same speed.
  • the distributing and subdividing means 11 are located at least at the entrance 23 of the hopper 3.
  • the distributing and subdividing means 11 comprise a distributor 24 movable in a supplying direction F of the hopper from a first operating position to a second operating position and vice versa to release one or more layers of rod-like smokers' articles 2 through the entrance 23 of the hopper 3.
  • the distributor 24 translates from the first operating position to the second operating position and vice versa.
  • supplying direction F is used to mean a direction parallel to the main longitudinal extension of the hopper 3, and more specifically, of the bottom 3a of the hopper 3 itself.
  • the distributor 24 to supply a surface area equal to the bottom 3a of the hopper 3, of substantially quadrilateral shape defined by a pair of longitudinal sides and a pair of transversal sides, has an extension, transversal to the supplying direction F, which is at least equal to the transversal side, since the longitudinal side of the hopper 3 is defined by the translation along the supplying direction from the first operating position to the second, and vice versa.
  • the distributor 24 is movable from the first operating position to the second operating position, and vice versa, at a constant speed relative to a fixed reference system.
  • the distributor 24 is movable at a variable speed from the first operating position to the second operating position, and vice versa, relative to a fixed reference system, as a function of the filling level of the hopper 3.
  • the device 1 comprises a hopper level sensor connected to a control and drive unit for moving the distributor 24.
  • the control and drive unit regulates the speed of translation of the distributor 24 as a function of the filling level of the hopper 3.
  • the distributor 24 is in the form of a tray with an open bottom facing the entrance 23 of the hopper 3.
  • the distributor 24 is driven by transmission means 27, preferably belt transmission means.
  • the rod-like smokers' articles 2 are made to advance by the transmission means 27 of the distributor 24, in particular by the belt transmission means 27.
  • the transmission means 27 comprise a first and a second belt 28 and 29 trained around respective drive and idler rollers.
  • the distributor 24 allows feeding the rod-like smokers' articles 2 arranged in layers inside the hopper 3 as a function of the translation of the distributor in the supplying direction F, so that the articles do not knock each other out of shape.
  • the distributing and subdividing means 11 are located inside the hopper 3 and comprise one or more tilting elements 30 which adapt to the flow of rod-like articles 2 directed towards the bottom 3a of the hopper 3.
  • the tilting elements 30 are mounted at respective heights such as to divide the mass of rod-like articles 2 inside the hopper into a plurality of layers, each composed of a defined number of rows of rod-like articles 2 so that the weight of the upper layers, that is, those furthest from the bottom 3a of the hopper 3 does not bear down and flatten the rod-like articles 2 located near the bottom 3a of the hopper 3.
  • the device 1 comprises means 11 for distributing and subdividing the rod-like articles 2 which are fed by and contained in the hopper 3.
  • these distributing and subdividing means 11 preferably comprise both the channels 12 for distributing the rod-like smokers' articles 2 to be fed to the respective pickup and transfer rollers 6 and 7 and the distributor 24, according to the first embodiment, which is movable along the supplying direction F, and/or the tilting elements 30 mounted inside the hopper 3.
  • the combination in a single embodiment of the elements mentioned above, namely, the channels 12, the distributor 24 and/or the tilting elements 30, is an optimal combination for preventing any damage to the rod-like smokers' articles 2 while they are being fed within the hopper 3 and until they are transferred to the pickup and transfer rollers 6 and 7.
  • the invention also applies to the cases where the device 1 comprises only the channels 12 which transfer the rod-like articles 2 from the bottom 3a of the hopper 3 towards the respective pickup and transfer roller 4 or the distributor 24 for feeding the hopper 3 or the tilting elements 30 mounted inside the hopper 3 itself.

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  1. Dispositif permettant d'alimenter des articles pour fumeur en forme de tige dans une machine automatique destinée à l'industrie du tabac, comprenant au moins une trémie (3), servant à contenir une pluralité d'articles en forme de tige (2), et au moins un rouleau de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7) étant situé en aval de la trémie (3) et qui saisie et transfère les articles en forme de tige (2) ; le rouleau de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7) comportant une pluralité de cannelures d'aspiration (5) sur sa surface cylindrique ; le dispositif comprenant des moyens (11) servant à distribuer et à subdiviser les articles en forme de tige (2) qui sont alimentés et contenus dans la trémie (3) ; les moyens de distribution et de subdivision (11) étant en mesure de positionner les articles en forme de tige (2) les uns par rapport aux autres de manière à empêcher qu'ils ne s'aplatissent entre eux ; dans lequel les moyens de distribution et de subdivision (11) sont situés au moins au fond (3a) de la trémie (3) et comprennent une pluralité de canaux individuels (12), chacun recevant au moins une rangée d'articles en forme de tige (2) ; dans lequel le dispositif comprend des moyens d'alimentation (15, 19, 20) permettant d'alimenter le rouleau de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7) et conçus pour transférer les articles en forme de tige (2) de la trémie (3) vers au moins un rouleau de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7) ; dans lequel les moyens d'alimentation (15, 19, 20) comprennent une pluralité d'organe de transfert (16), chacun dédié à un canal respectif (12) ; dans lequel les organes de transfert (16) saisissent simultanément au moins un article en forme de tige (2) à partir d'un canal respectif (12) et le transfèrent vers le rouleau de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7) ; le dispositif étant caractérisé en ce que chaque organe de transfert (16), permettant de transférer l'article en forme de tige (2), comporte une rainure (18) permettant de recevoir l'article en forme de tige (2), chaque organe de transfert (16) étant entouré d'une plaque latérale (19) afin d'empêcher l'article en forme de tige (2) de tomber de la rainure (18) de l'organe de transfert (16) respectif lors de la rotation autour de son axe (16a) ; ladite plaque latérale (19) se présentant sous la forme d'une paroi latérale substantiellement cylindrique configurée de manière à ce que l'organe de transfert (16) tourne autour de son axe (16a), l'article en forme de tige (2) est interposé entre la plaque latérale (19) et la rainure (18) de l'organe de transfert (16) restant ainsi en position à l'intérieur de la rainure (18) elle-même ; les moyens d'alimentation (15) comprenant un premier élément de retenue (17) permettant de retenir l'article en forme de tige (2) dans un canal (12) respectif, le premier élément de retenue (17) relâchant le dernier article en forme de tige (2) lors de la saisie par l'organe de transfert (16) .
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chaque organe de transfert (16) tourne autour de son axe de rotation (16a) d'au moins 180°.
  3. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une pluralité de rouleaux de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7) situés en aval de la trémie (3) et placés côte à côte ; le dispositif (1) comprenant des moyens d'alimentation (20, 21) respectifs, chacun faisant face à au moins une partie de la surface extérieure cylindrique du rouleau de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7) respectif ; les moyens d'alimentation (20, 21) alimentant les articles pour fumeur en forme de tige (2) selon un modèle respectif de remplissage des cannelures (5) du rouleau de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7) respectif.
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le modèle de remplissage des cannelures (5) de chaque rouleau de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7), par le biais des moyens d'alimentation (20, 21) respectifs, comprend de laisser vide autant de cannelures (5) entre deux cannelures (5) occupées par les articles pour fumeur en forme de tige (2) que de rouleaux de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7) situés en aval de ce rouleau de préhension et de transfert (4, 6, 7) .
  5. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de distribution et de subdivision (11) sont situés au moins à l'entrée (23) de la trémie (3).
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de distribution et de subdivision (11) comprennent un distributeur (24) mobile dans une direction d'alimentation (F) de la trémie (3) d'une première position fonctionnelle (25) à une seconde position fonctionnelle (26) et vice versa pour relâcher une ou plusieurs couches d'articles pour fumeur en forme de tige (2) à travers l'entrée (23) de la trémie (3) .
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le distributeur (24) est mobile de la première position fonctionnelle (25) à la seconde position fonctionnelle (26), et vice versa, à une vitesse constante par rapport à un système de référence fixe.
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le distributeur (24) est mobile à une vitesse variable de la première position fonctionnelle (25) à la seconde position fonctionnelle (26), et vice versa, par rapport à un système de référence fixe, en fonction du niveau de remplissage de la trémie (3).
  9. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de distribution et de subdivision (11) sont situés à l'intérieur de la trémie (3) et comprennent un ou plusieurs éléments d'inclinaison (30) qui s'adaptent au flux d'articles en forme de tige (2) orientés vers le fond (3a) de la trémie (3).
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