EP3542649A3 - Conveying device for rod-shaped tobacco articles - Google Patents

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EP3542649A3
EP3542649A3 EP19163934.3A EP19163934A EP3542649A3 EP 3542649 A3 EP3542649 A3 EP 3542649A3 EP 19163934 A EP19163934 A EP 19163934A EP 3542649 A3 EP3542649 A3 EP 3542649A3
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smoking articles
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Clemens Schmick
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Koerber Technologies GmbH
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Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH
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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
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/478—Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling
    • 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
    • A24C5/34—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes
    • 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
    • A24C5/34—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes
    • A24C5/345—Removing defective cigarettes
    • 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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  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles To Conveyors (AREA)

Abstract

Fördereinrichtung für stabförmige Rauchartikel (1) mit-einem Speicher (2), in welchem die stabförmigen Rauchartikel (1) in einem Stapel mit parallel zueinander ausgerichteten Längsachsen bevorratet sind, und-einer Trommelbaugruppe mit wenigstens einer ersten Trommel (13) mit zu einer Außenseite hin offenen Mulden (14), welche zur Aufnahme der aus dem Speicher (2) zugeführten, stabförmigen Rauchartikel (1) mit Unterdruck beaufschlagbar sind,wobei-zwischen dem Speicher (2) und der Trommelbaugruppe ein Führungskanal (11), eine Sensoreinrichtung (5) und eine Auswurfeinrichtung (6) vorgesehen sind, wobei-die stabförmigen Rauchartikel (1) in dem Führungskanal (11) in einem einreihigen Streifen mit einer der Länge der stab-förmigen Rauchartikel (1) entsprechenden Breite mit parallel zueinander ausgerichteten Längsachsen geführt sind, wobei-die Sensoreinrichtung (5) auf die stabförmigen Rauchartikel (1) in dem Streifen gerichtet ist und vorbestimmte Parameter der stabförmigen Rauchartikel (1) detektiert, wobei-die Auswurfeinrichtung (6) in Bezug zu der Transportbewegung der stabförmigen Rauchartikel (1) stromabwärts zu der Sensoreinrichtung (5) angeordnet ist und in Abhängigkeit von einem Signal der Sensoreinrichtung (5) angesteuert wird.Conveying device for rod-shaped smoking articles (1) with -a store (2), in which the rod-shaped smoking articles (1) are stored in a stack with longitudinal axes aligned parallel to one another, and -a drum assembly with at least one first drum (13) with an outside Troughs (14) which are open towards the bottom and which can be subjected to negative pressure to accommodate the rod-shaped smoking articles (1) supplied from the store (2), with a guide channel (11) and a sensor device (5) between the store (2) and the drum assembly ) and an ejection device (6) are provided, the rod-shaped smoking articles (1) being guided in the guide channel (11) in a single-row strip with a width corresponding to the length of the rod-shaped smoking articles (1) with longitudinal axes oriented parallel to one another, wherein the sensor device (5) is directed at the rod-shaped smoking articles (1) in the strip and predetermined parameters of the rod-shaped Detected smoking article (1), the ejection device (6) being arranged downstream of the sensor device (5) in relation to the transport movement of the rod-shaped smoking article (1) and being controlled as a function of a signal from the sensor device (5).

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EP0100537A2 (en) * 1982-08-04 1984-02-15 SASIB S.p.A. Cigarette quality control device
DE3442462C1 (en) * 1984-11-22 1986-04-03 Maschinenfabrik Alfred Schmermund Gmbh & Co, 5820 Gevelsberg Device for feeding cigarettes to a packaging station
US4962629A (en) * 1988-04-16 1990-10-16 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co.) Apparatus for the testing of cigarettes
DE4033644C1 (en) * 1990-10-23 1992-04-30 Maschinenfabrik Alfred Schmermund Gmbh & Co, 5820 Gevelsberg, De Cigarette group forming machine - incorporates accumulator with outlet guide system
DE19546696C1 (en) * 1995-12-14 1997-01-23 Schmermund Maschf Alfred Device with guide channels to feed cigarettes to packaging machine
EP2486810A1 (en) * 2009-10-06 2012-08-15 Shengli Jiao Method and device for detecting and rejecting defect cigarettes before quantitative output passages

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CN110292198A (en) 2019-10-01
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