EP3766790A1 - Vorrichtung, system und verfahren zum füllen von stabförmigen artikeln in verpackungen - Google Patents

Vorrichtung, system und verfahren zum füllen von stabförmigen artikeln in verpackungen Download PDF

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EP3766790A1
EP3766790A1 EP19189620.8A EP19189620A EP3766790A1 EP 3766790 A1 EP3766790 A1 EP 3766790A1 EP 19189620 A EP19189620 A EP 19189620A EP 3766790 A1 EP3766790 A1 EP 3766790A1
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sheet
deformable material
rod
articles
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Dimitar Yanchev
Ivan IKOV
Kaloyan YANCHEV
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Aiger Usa LLC
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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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/223—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in a curved path; in a combination of straight and curved paths, e.g. on rotary tables or other endless conveyors
    • 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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/025—Packaging cigarettes in webs of flexible sheet material
    • 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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/04—Arranging, feeding, or orientating the cigarettes
    • B65B19/10—Arranging cigarettes in layers each comprising a predetermined number
    • 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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/12—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers
    • 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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/223—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in a curved path; in a combination of straight and curved paths, e.g. on rotary tables or other endless conveyors
    • B65B19/226—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in a curved path; in a combination of straight and curved paths, e.g. on rotary tables or other endless conveyors using endless conveyors having pockets, each pocket being provided with separate members, e.g. folders
    • 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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/228—Preparing and feeding blanks
    • 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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/34—Packaging other rod-shaped articles, e.g. sausages, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws, welding electrodes
    • 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
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
    • B65B41/02—Feeding sheets or wrapper blanks

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  • rod-shaped articles may be filtered or filter-less cigarettes, cigarette filter portions, cigarillos, cigars, and other, similar articles.
  • the cigarette production process often involves first manufacturing the rod-shaped articles, combining them with other rod-shaped articles if necessary (for example a cigarette portion and a filter portion), and then processing the rod-shaped articles and packaging them.
  • Cigarettes typically lie flat therein, usually in two layers one above the other. Packing loose cigarettes in such a container, especially at high speeds, presents a unique set of problems.
  • an apparatus which may facilitate the placing of rod-like articles, such as cigarettes, into waiting packaging, which includes a space in which articles may be inserted, this space described by a base, a plurality of side walls, and a sheet of deformable material which is secured to the apparatus such as by vacuum force provided via vacuum openings located in the side walls.
  • the word “exemplary” means “serving as an example, instance or illustration.”
  • the embodiments described herein are not limiting, but rather are exemplary only. It should be understood that the described embodiments are not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. Moreover, the terms “embodiments of the invention”, “embodiments” or “invention” do not require that all embodiments of the invention include the discussed feature, advantage or mode of operation.
  • vacuum may be understood as the application of differences in air pressure to apply forces to objects, including, but not limited to, partial vacuums and complete vacuums.
  • FIG. 1 there is provided an exemplary embodiment of an assembly line 100 configured to fill rod-shaped articles into a packaging element.
  • a conveyor system 161 may be coupled to the apparatus 200 and thus may move the apparatus 200, may position the apparatus 200 with in relation to other systems that may act upon it, and may manipulate the apparatus's 200 orientation in space.
  • a vane-based feeding system 111 may be coupled with a push rod 112 in order to place rod-shaped articles into the apparatus 200.
  • a vacuum transport belt 121 for example, may be used to position a sheet of deformable material 240 in relation to the apparatus 200 such that, in one possible embodiment, a folding ram 131 may be used to push the sheet of deformable material 240 against the apparatus.
  • the pushing ram 122 may also thus fold the sheet of deformable material 240 about one or more edge of the apparatus 240.
  • the assembly line may also include a detection element, such as a camera 152, configured to evaluate the resulting placement of a sheet of deformable material 240 on or about the apparatus 200.
  • the assembly line may also include one or more discharge stations 151, at which stations the rod-shaped articles and/or the sheet of deformable material 240 may be discharged from the apparatus 200.
  • a discharge station 151 may be configured to, in one possible embodiment, discharge the rod-shaped articles and/or the sheet of deformable material 240 into a waiting packaging element, or in another possible embodiment, discharge the same from the assembly line, such as when an undesirable configuration of articles or sheet 240 is detected.
  • the apparatus may include a bottom part 201, a plurality of side walls 210 having an interior side, an exterior side, a top end and a bottom end, the top end or bottom end pivotally connected to the bottom part 201, and a cavity described by the same in which rod-like articles may be placed.
  • a plurality of vacuum openings may be located on the exterior side 230 of a given side wall 210 and/or on the top end 231 of a given side wall 210. These vacuum openings may be in fluid connection with a vacuum source 202.
  • an apparatus 200 for the filling of rod-shaped articles into packaging may include a sheet of deformable material 240 which may be placed with or folded about the apparatus 200.
  • This deformable sheet 240 may additionally be secured to the apparatus 200, such as, in one possible embodiment, through vacuum suction provided by the vacuum source 202 through the plurality of vacuum openings 230, 231.
  • an apparatus 200 for the filling of rod-shaped articles into packaging which may include a means for discharging articles contained within the apparatus 200 and/or a deformable sheet 240 from the apparatus.
  • the bottom part 201 may consist of both a stationary portion 351 and a movable surface 352. This movable surface 352 may be actuated, such as by a plunger-type actuator 350, in order to exert a force upon the articles contained within the apparatus 200 and/or the sheet of deformable material 240 such as to discharge the same from the apparatus 200.
  • FIG. 4 there is provided an exemplary embodiment of a method 400 for the filling of rod-shaped articles, such as cigarettes, into packaging.
  • the method may include placing 410 rod-shaped articles into an apparatus 200, positioning 420 a sheet of deformable material 240 with the apparatus 200 and above the bottom part 201, folding 430 the sheet of deformable material 240 about one or more edges of the apparatus 200, securing 440 the sheet of deformable material 240 to the apparatus, reorienting 460 the apparatus 200 such that the articles contained therein are supported by the sheet of deformable material 240, and discharging 450 the rod-shaped articles contained within the apparatus 200 and/or the sheet of deformable material 240 from the apparatus 200 such as to place the same within a packaging element or such as to remove the same from the system.

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