EP3790416A2 - Dispositif d'assemblage de segments de filtre et procédé d'assemblage de segments de filtre de l'industrie du tabac - Google Patents

Dispositif d'assemblage de segments de filtre et procédé d'assemblage de segments de filtre de l'industrie du tabac

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EP3790416A2
EP3790416A2 EP19730717.6A EP19730717A EP3790416A2 EP 3790416 A2 EP3790416 A2 EP 3790416A2 EP 19730717 A EP19730717 A EP 19730717A EP 3790416 A2 EP3790416 A2 EP 3790416A2
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filter
sliding
troughs
removal
segments
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Nikolai Wuttke
Oliver Deppe
Daniel Diedrich
Florian Hartmann
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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
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/025—Final operations, i.e. after the filter rod forming process
    • A24D3/0254—Cutting means
    • 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0275—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features
    • A24D3/0287—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features for composite filters
    • 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
    • A24C5/475—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces adapted for composite filters

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  • the invention relates to a filter segment assembly device of the tobacco processing industry with a filter segment run for the transverse axial transfer of a filter segment to a filter segment assembly member.
  • the invention further relates to a method for assembling filter segments of the tobacco processing industry in a cross-process.
  • Devices and methods of this type are required, for example, to produce single or multiple use length cigarette filters which are connected to tobacco sticks in cigarette making machines.
  • a corresponding method and a device for assembling groups of filter segments are known from EP 1 393 640 B1.
  • the facility shown there enables an extremely variable composition Position of filter segments to corresponding groups of filter segments.
  • corresponding units which are provided as modules or cabinet elements, are disclosed, which have several drum-shaped conveying and processing elements for each unit, which are described as soft element units 10-14 in EP 1 393 640 B1.
  • a filter run of a soft element unit 10 which is shown in FIG. 1 of EP 1 393 640 B1 has a removal drum 22.1 which is in engagement with two circular knives 27 in order to remove filter rods of multiple Ge removed from the magazine or storage container 21.1 - Cut the required length twice, then on the relay drum
  • EP 0 383 970 B1 discloses a device for producing filter cartridges, two filter runs being provided in FIG. 1, which deliver filter segments onto a large bowl drum 142.
  • US 3,067,644 A discloses a device for conveying and cutting filter rods in filter rod segments.
  • WO 2008/081340 A2 discloses a filter cutting system.
  • a filter segment assembling device of the tobacco processing industry with a filter segment run for the transverse axial transfer of a filter segment to a filter segment assembler, whereby a removal device is provided in the filter segment run, which is designed to remove a filter rod of multiple usage length from a filter magazine , wherein a cutting device is also provided in the filter segment run, which is designed to cut the filter rod of multiple useful length transversely axially into filter segments, a sliding device being provided downstream of the cutting device, the sliding device having troughs for receiving filter segments, which are thereby further developed is that the number of wells is a prime number that is greater than or equal to 29, especially greater than or equal to 37.
  • the cutting device is preferably designed as a cutting drum.
  • the cutting device can also be designed as a removal drum or staggered drum or accelerator drum.
  • the sliding device is preferably designed as a sliding drum. educated.
  • the sliding device is designed without a cutting device.
  • the cutting device is thus a device separate from the sliding device. Any cutting edges of the cutting device thus do not engage in receptacles or articles in the receptacles, such as filter rods or filter segments, of the sliding device.
  • the number of depressions in the sliding drum is a prime number that is greater than or equal to 29 or 37, on the one hand a large number of filter rods can be introduced, so that high efficiency is made possible, and on the other hand it is ensured that a very high variability is made possible. This will be discussed in more detail later.
  • the removal device can be designed as a removal drum and, for this purpose, can have, for example, a removal ring body which is provided with depressions.
  • the sliding device can be designed as a sliding drum which, for example, has a sliding ring body with corresponding recesses. Accordingly, not only filter rods can be moved in the sliding device, but also filter segments can be moved.
  • a number of troughs of the sliding drum of 61 troughs is particularly preferred.
  • the sliding device preferably has a stop against which filter segments accommodated in the troughs, which can also be referred to as receptacles, are pushed or can be pushed.
  • the cutting device is preferably designed such that it consists of a filter rod m times the length of use m filter segments or m / 2 Intersects filter segments, where m is an integer that is greater than or equal to 2.
  • the cutting device can have m-1 cutting edges, the position of which can be adjusted relative to one another or in the axial direction relative to a receptacle in which a filter rod can or is accommodated, or in the event that only one cutting edge is provided, is adjustable. Due to the adjustability of the axial position of the cutting edges, a very variable device and a very variable method are possible.
  • a filter rod 8 times the working length which is 8 cm long, by a distance of 1 cm to a stop to which the filter rod 8 times the working length is applied, by 7 cuts of the cutting device with a total of 7 cutting edges in a total of 8 fil - cut segments.
  • the cutting edges are preferably spaced apart by 1 cm in an axial direction.
  • three cutting edges would be used which have a spacing in the axial direction which would correspond to the length of the filter rod divided by four.
  • the cutting edges of the cutting device are preferably arranged axially relative to one another and axially arranged to a receptacle or trough of the cutting device such that the filter rod can be cut or cut into filter segments of the same length.
  • the cut filter segments then lie axially one behind the other in a receptacle and are conveyed to the sliding device in the filter run and released into a receptacle or trough of the sliding device.
  • the sliding device is preferably designed such that the filter segments which are arranged on the stop are delivered or can be delivered.
  • a cut filter segment from a trough is therefore always released from the sliding drum, whereas the remaining second or further filter segments still remain on the sliding device and continue to rotate with the drum.
  • the filter segment remaining in the trough of the sliding device or the remaining filter segments are then moved to the stop and in the next revolution of the sliding device, the filter segment abutting the stop is released. After the last filter segment has been released from the trough, a free trough is created, which is then repeated several times with a filter rod cut into several filter segments
  • the removal device preferably has troughs for receiving filter rods, the number of troughs being variably predeterminable and / or the removal means being followed by an accelerator device which has troughs, the number of which can be variably predefined.
  • the accelerator device is preferably an accelerator drum or has an accelerator ring body which rotates about an axis of rotation or on a shaft.
  • the filter run preferably has only the removal device or removal drum, possibly the accelerator device, in particular the accelerator drum, the sliding device, in particular the sliding drum, and the assembly element or an assembly drum or a corresponding one Assembly conveyor belt with corresponding troughs.
  • the removal device or the accelerator device then additionally functions as a cutting device.
  • a filter run is preferred which, as active conveying elements for filter rods or filter segments, only the removal device or removal drum, the pushing device, in particular pushing current mel, and the assembly member or an assembly drum or a corresponding assembly conveyor belt with corresponding troughs.
  • the removal device also includes the cutting device.
  • a further sliding drum is connected to the sliding drum, which then transfers filter segments or groups of filter segments pushed into an end position to an assembly element or an assembly drum, this assembly element then preferably rotating on an axis of rotation, which corresponds to the axis of rotation of the sliding drum or is arranged on the same shaft.
  • the variability is preferably given by a different number of active troughs.
  • a different number of active troughs is preferably achieved via exchangeable outer drum rings, which are also referred to as removal ring bodies, cutting ring bodies, sliding ring bodies or accelerator ring bodies, preferably each with a different number of troughs.
  • the removal device or removal drum for example, can have a removal ring body which can be easily replaced.
  • variable suction air connections can be arranged on the troughs or troughs can be blinded by inserting bodies.
  • a click drum with a variable number of troughs can alternatively be provided.
  • a conveyor drum 2 is disclosed there, which can be provided with trough elements 6.
  • the trough elements 6 have bushes 14 on their underside, which can be inserted into suction bores or sucking openings in the conveyor drum.
  • Corresponding base bodies or trough elements can then be used which have a width which enables a trough element to be introduced into each suction air opening distributed over the circumference or, for example, only into every second or every third etc., then the others Suction air openings can be closed by closing means or an area is provided on the trough elements which is widened in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum and which closes or seals the suction air openings in the conveyor drum which are spaced apart from the trough.
  • the conveyor drum which is disclosed in EP 2 921 062 A1, can be used as a removal device. It can also be used as a sliding device and / or cutting device. The disclosure of EP 2 921 062 A1 is to be included in full in this patent application.
  • EP 2 328 429 B1 For the variable suction air connections or the blind setting of troughs, reference is made to EP 2 328 429 B1, in which three examples are disclosed of how corresponding suction air openings can be blinded from troughs, for example by providing a valve in the suction air opening or one End body, which can be designed as a seal.
  • an inner ring can also be provided, which adjoins the outer side of the inner ring of an outer ring body which has the suction air openings.
  • fewer suction air openings can be provided in the inner ring than in the outer ring.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 of EP 2 328 429 B1 and there the reference numbers 22, 26 and 28 as well as the associated description and description of the figures.
  • the disclosure of EP 2 328 429 B1 is to be included in full in this patent application.
  • the filter segment assembly device is particularly preferred when the removal device has a number of troughs or active troughs of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60, 120 or 240 ,
  • the maximum number provided here is preferably 120 and can be changed by the variability described above, in particular reduced or reduced accordingly.
  • the active trough number is reduced by dividing the number of base troughs by a natural number, the natural number being selected in this way will that at the Division no rest arises.
  • n can thus be 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 40 or 60.
  • the removal device is particularly preferably designed as a removal drum which has a removal ring body which has a number of troughs corresponding to the number of base troughs. It is then possible, simply by exchanging the removal ring body, to vary the number of troughs in the removal device or removal drum.
  • Two filter segment runs are preferably provided, for which purpose two removal ring bodies are arranged on an axis of rotation of the removal device and / or wherein two sliding ring bodies are provided on an axis of rotation or shaft of the sliding device, the sliding ring bodies in particular being arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another.
  • removal ring body can also be understood to mean a removal drum body.
  • sliding ring body can also be understood to mean a sliding drum body.
  • two sliding ring bodies are arranged one behind the other. Accordingly, two accelerator drums or two accelerator ring bodies can preferably be provided on an axis of rotation of the accelerator drum or, in particular, preferably on a common shaft.
  • At least three, preferably four, filter segment runs are preferably provided, for this purpose on an axis of rotation of the removal device.
  • a corresponding number, in particular at least three, before four, removal ring bodies are provided and / or a corresponding number, in particular at least three, preferably four, sliding ring bodies are provided on an axis of rotation of the sliding device.
  • the sliding ring bodies can in this case preferably be mirror-symmetrical to one another, for example two pairs of sliding ring bodies can each be mirror-symmetrical to one another. These can each have a stop which is arranged, for example, centrally between the sliding ring bodies.
  • mirror symmetry means that the filter rods or filter segments are arranged on one side of the sliding device or of the respective sliding ring body, which adjoins the other sliding ring body, which is adjacent to this.
  • two mirrors arranged symmetrically to one another are shared
  • Sliding ring body a common stop body, which is arranged along the circumference of the sliding ring body between the respective sliding ring bodies.
  • a further sliding drum is preferably provided, which pushes the filter segments received by the sliding ring bodies to one side and delivers them to the assembly member.
  • the assembly member preferably has an axis of rotation which corresponds to that of the sliding drum. This enables a compact design.
  • the further sliding drum is particularly preferably provided if four filter segment runs are provided, in which four removal ring bodies are provided on an axis of rotation of the removal device and / or four sliding ring bodies are provided on an axis of rotation of the sliding device.
  • the four removal ring bodies and / or the sliding ring body each arranged on a common shaft.
  • another rotating further sliding member can also be provided.
  • a multi-segment filter manufacturing machine in the tobacco-processing industry is preferably provided with a filter segment assembly device according to the invention, a transfer device being provided which delivers the assembled filter segments to a strand forming device or a device for wrapping the assembled filter segments with a wrapping material strip. fen is provided in a rolling process.
  • the strand forming device conveys the filter segments axially. So there is a transfer from a transverse axial conveying direction of the filter elements to a longitudinal axial conveying direction. In the variant of the rolling process, the filter segments remain in a transverse axial conveying movement.
  • the object is further achieved by a method for assembling filter segments of the tobacco processing industry in a transverse process, filter rods of multiple useful lengths being removed from a filter rod magazine by means of a removal device in a filter run, the filter rods subsequently being axially transverse in a cutting device are cut into filter segments and then the filter segments are transferred from the cutting device to a sliding device or transferred directly to an accelerator device and from there are transferred directly to the sliding device, the filter segments initially being in one end position on one revolution of the sliding device are moved or are arranged in the end position, the filter segment which is arranged in the end position being transferred directly to an assembly element or directly to a further sliding drum and from there directly to the assembly mmenstellorgan be given.
  • the method according to the invention enables a very efficient assembly of filter segments of the tobacco processing industry, in particular in groups of filter segments, with only a few organs, ie inexpensive.
  • the filter segment or the filter segments that have remained on the sliding device in the first revolution of the sliding device are shifted into the end position in the next revolution of the sliding device, the filter segment being in the end position or on a stop of the sliding device is arranged, then released.
  • Recessing troughs of the sliding device are preferably again covered with filter rods cut into several filter segments.
  • the troughs can also be made for the troughs to be covered with filter rods cut into a plurality of filter segments, in which only one filter segment is arranged and is then released after covering with the new filter segments, whereupon the new filter segments are then pushed to a stop become. This accelerates in particular the running-in process of the method and the filter segment assembly device.
  • the sliding device has a number of troughs for receiving filter rods and filter segments, which is a prime number, which is 29 or 37 or larger.
  • a prime number which is 29 or 37 or larger.
  • Troughs are provided on at least two sliding ring bodies of a sliding device.
  • the method is then preferably carried out in at least two filter runs with these features.
  • a slide device with a number of troughs which is a prime number greater than or equal to 29, in particular greater than or equal to 37, is used in a filter run of a filter segment assembly device of the tobacco processing industry.
  • a number of troughs of 61 is particularly preferred.
  • the drums provided with different troughs according to the invention or the corresponding removal ring bodies preferably have different divisions for increased variability.
  • An increased variability through different division or number of troughs of the removal ring bodies is particularly preferred, whereby the variability can be increased by providing interchangeable removal ring bodies.
  • a sliding device preferably in the form of a sliding drum, preferably comprising two or more sliding ring bodies with a number of troughs which is a prime number and greater than or equal to 29, in particular greater than or equal to 37, preferably 61
  • efficient processing is possible Filter rods in filter segments and an efficient combination of groups of filter segments possible.
  • two or more filter runs are made possible, so to speak, in parallel on common axes of the conveying elements or processing elements. This enables a very efficient and space-saving filter segment combination.
  • the speed of rotation of the corresponding removal device and of the sliding device as well as of the assembly element are approximately the same from the peripheral speed. In the event that an accelerator device is provided between the removal device and the sliding device, the speed between the removal device and the sliding device is adjusted.
  • Corresponding accelerator devices or accelerator drums are known in the prior art. These are provided with movable troughs which have the slow speed of the removal device for removing filter rods from the removal device and then accelerate to the peripheral speed of the sliding device in the conveying direction for delivery to the sliding device.
  • a cutting device comprising preferably one or more cutting edges is provided upstream of the sliding device.
  • the cutting device can be a cutting drum or can be integrated in the removal device or the accelerator device.
  • a single run is provided, by means of which filter rods of multiple useful lengths can be cut into a plurality of filter elements, in order to subsequently deliver a filter segment from each receptacle or trough of a sliding device and the remaining filter segments during one revolution of the sliding device to move to a delivery position.
  • the filter segments can then be cut again in the middle and be spread.
  • a double filter run or double filter segment run is provided, a common shaft being provided in each case in the respective conveying and processing elements or devices.
  • the second variant can also be designed in the form of a quadruple barrel.
  • Two double filter segment runs can also be provided, in which filter segments made available accordingly are put together on a common assembly organ to form a group of filter segments.
  • the number of filter segments which are correspondingly dispensed is the same for each filter run per revolution of the sliding cutting ring body.
  • Embodiments according to the invention can fulfill individual features or a combination of several features.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a multi-segment filter manufacturing machine according to the prior art
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows the essential elements of two filter segment runs in a three-dimensional representation according to the invention
  • 3 shows a schematic view of a simple filter element run in another embodiment according to the invention
  • FIG. 4 shows schematically in a three-dimensional representation four filter runs or two double filter segment runs according to the invention
  • Fig. 5 shows schematically in a three-dimensional representation a fourfold filter run according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1 shows a multi-segment filter manufacturing device with a device according to the prior art for assembling groups of filter segments for manufacturing multi-segment filters in a schematic side view.
  • the multi-segment filter manufacturing device is divided into corresponding units.
  • the facility is according to the
  • Patent application DE 101 55 292.0 of the applicant can be divided into a plurality of independent functional units.
  • the functional units are a few soft element units 10-14, two transfer units 15 and 16, which can also be represented as a transfer unit, and a corresponding strand forming unit
  • the soft element units 10-14 are similar to one another. These correspond essentially to the soft element units of FIG. 5a) of DE 101 55 292.0 by the applicant. With regard to all further details of these soft element units, reference is explicitly made to patent application DE 101 55 292.0.
  • the soft element units 1 1, 12 and 13 differ from the soft element units 10 and 14 in that a further circular knife 27 is provided by means of the the supplied filter elements are cut again. In this embodiment, five soft element units 10-14 have been used.
  • hard element units can also be used which instead of a filter element made of cellulose acetate or fleece, for example, a hard filter element such as sintered elements, hollow cylinders or hollow chambers and capsules, which can also be filled with granules, for example , exhibit.
  • a hard element unit one has to think, for example, of the one described with reference to FIG. 6a) of DE 101 55 292.0.
  • the soft element units 10-14 of FIG. 1 comprise corresponding storage containers 21.1-21.5, which may have filter elements 12 times the usage length or 16 times the usage length, for example.
  • the filter elements n times the usage length are removed by means of the removal drum 22.1 and cut into filter elements of shorter usage length by circular knives 27. If there are only two circular knives, filters 12 times the working length are cut into filter elements 4 times the working length beforehand. If the upper circular knife is a circular knife and the lower one two circular knives one behind the other in the back plane, filter elements 16 times the length of use are cut into filter elements 4 times the length of use.
  • the filter elements 4 times the working length are transferred to a staggered drum 23.1, in which the filter elements are staggered, in order to be subsequently shifted transversely in axial alignment in a sliding / cutting drum 24.1, and then finally to make another cut with a circular knife 27. which cuts the filter elements 4 times the length of use into filter elements 2 times the length of use.
  • these filter elements are staggered so that they can then be / Transfer drum 26.1 to be aligned transaxially in alignment and then placed on a compilation drum 28.1.
  • filter elements of twice the usage length are stored in the soft element unit 10. These are then passed on to a compilation drum 28.2 of the soft element unit 11 by means of a transfer drum 29. Two filter elements of simple use length are then placed on this assembly drum 28.2, which are then pulled apart axially in the expansion drum 30.1. For this purpose, reference is made in particular to FIG. 2, which shows the position of the respective filter elements.
  • the soft element unit 11 differs from the soft element unit 10 in that a further circular knife 27 is arranged in the region of the sliding / transfer drum 26.2, which cuts filter elements of twice the useful length into filter elements of single useful length.
  • the soft element unit 11 differs from the soft element unit 10 in that an expansion drum 30.1 is used instead of the transfer drum 29.
  • the soft element units 12 and 13 also include corresponding expansion drums 30.2 and
  • 30.3 can be pulled apart or spread by means of the correspondingly inserted segments or filter elements.
  • the soft element unit 14 again essentially corresponds to the soft element unit 10, although, instead of the transfer drum 29, a staggered drum 31 is used, which is essential for the invention.
  • the compiled segments or filter elements which are arranged in a corresponding group of 8 filter elements in this exemplary embodiment, namely 6 filter elements of simple use length and two filter elements of double use length, are divided into two subgroups, namely, staggered accordingly in this exemplary embodiment, in order then to be aligned transversely axially in alignment in the sliding drum 32 and to be compressed in a subsequent wobble drum 33. the.
  • the subgroups are then transferred to a transfer drum 34 and accelerated by means of an acceleration drum 35, placed in an insertion wheel 19 of a transfer conveyor 20, in order to be transferred in a known manner to a multisegment filter train which is then wrapped with filter paper and cut to length ,
  • a transfer drum 34 and accelerated by means of an acceleration drum 35, placed in an insertion wheel 19 of a transfer conveyor 20, in order to be transferred in a known manner to a multisegment filter train which is then wrapped with filter paper and cut to length .
  • the strand forming unit which is shown schematically in FIG. 1 at 17, is, for example, a customary strand forming device of the applicant with the designation KDF 2 E.
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows in a three-dimensional representation two simple filter runs or filter segment runs of the tobacco processing ingredients. industry.
  • the extraction current has a number of 60 troughs 7 for receiving the filter rods 8.
  • the removal drums are shown here as removal ring bodies 100.
  • the removal drums or removal ring bodies 100 rotate in the direction of the arrow about an axis of rotation 140 or are arranged on a corresponding shaft, which is not shown.
  • the removal devices are designed as cutting devices.
  • a circular knife 6 is provided, which in each case cuts the filter rods 8 accommodated in the troughs 7 into first and second filter segments 9, 9 ' .
  • the filter segments 9, 9 ' are then transferred from the removal devices 1 to sliding devices 3.
  • the filter segments 9, 9 ' get into every second recess of the sliding device 3.
  • the respective sliding device 3 is in the form of a sliding drum has a sliding ring body 1, formed.
  • the respective sliding device 3 rotates about an axis of rotation or is driven in rotation on a respective shaft.
  • the troughs 7 provided on the sliding device 3 have a number of 61.
  • the first filter segment in each case as the filter segment which is arranged at the stop 130, is then delivered to a collating member 28 in the form of a collating drum, so that there two filter segments 9, 9 'one behind the other in the corresponding axial direction
  • Filter segments 9 and 9 then alternate in the direction of rotation of the assembly member 28. From there, the two filter segments 9, 9 can be transferred for further processing, for example in a transverse axial roll winding or in a longitudinal axial strand manufacturing machine.
  • the second filter segments 9 remaining on the sliding device 3 are pushed onto the stop 130, in the same way as the filter rods were or are pushed against the stop 130 and are then released onto the assembly drum 28 during the next pass. Filter segments 9, 9 ' are again introduced into the empty troughs 7 then remaining.
  • an assembly conveyor belt which for example has troughs 7, can also be provided.
  • a removal drum 100 could be provided, for example, which has 120 troughs 7, that is to say whose division is half as large as the division of the removal device 1 shown in FIG. 2.
  • 30 troughs 15 can also be used Troughs or another number of troughs, which has already been mentioned above, can be provided.
  • a Number of troughs of 30 troughs with a double division like that shown in FIG. 2, ie. a double distance between the troughs must be provided.
  • a simple interchangeability or possibility of variation is given in that the removal ring bodies 100 can be exchanged accordingly provided with different troughs.
  • FIG. 3 schematically shows a filter run or filter segment run in another embodiment of the invention.
  • the removal device 1 in the form of a removal drum runs at a slower circumferential speed than the sliding device 3 in the form of a sliding drum.
  • an accelerator drum 2 or staggered drum 2 is provided. At the end, the correspondingly cut filter segments are discharged from the sliding device 3 onto an assembly drum 28.
  • an assembly belt can be provided instead of an assembly drum.
  • Two options are indicated schematically in this figure.
  • the removal drum 1 as a cutting device, which is shown by the schematically illustrated circular knife 6 on the removal drum 1.
  • the relay drum 2 as a cutting device, which is indicated schematically by the circular knife 6 on the relay drum 2.
  • a cutting device for example in the form of a cutting drum, between the relay drum 2 and the sliding drum 3.
  • Fig. 4 shows another embodiment of the invention.
  • the removal device T comprises two removal ring bodies 100 and 101, both of which rotate together about an axis of rotation 140.
  • the removal device T has a removal ring body 100 with 60 troughs and a coaxially arranged removal ring body
  • the filter rods 8 are removed from magazines or storage containers (not shown) by the removal device 1, so that the filter rods 8 lie against the edge of the adjacent extraction ring body 100 or 101. Alternatively, the filter rods 8 can be removed and in
  • the filter rods are cut into filter segments on the extraction drum 100, 101, specifically on the extraction drum 100 into two filter segments and on the extraction drum 101 into three filter segments.
  • a circular knife 6 is provided for the simple cut and a double circular knife 6 for the double cut
  • the filter rods 8 are then transferred to a sliding direction 3 ′′ comprising two sliding ring bodies 110 and 11 1. Only one sliding ring body can also be provided. It only has to be possible that a stop 130 is provided in the middle of this sliding ring body or when using two sliding ring bodies, on which the filter segments 9 and 9 'can be placed. The number of troughs of the sliding ring bodies 1 10 and 1 11 is 61. The cut filter segments 9, 9 are then correspondingly delivered to the assembly element or the assembly drum 28.
  • the sliding device 3 ′′ comprising two sliding ring bodies 110 and 11 1 rotates about an axis of rotation 141 or on a common shaft.
  • a corresponding double filter run of the same design is shown in FIG. 4, so that a total of four filter runs or two double filter runs in each case, which are arranged on common axes of rotation or shafts, are made possible or carried out.
  • the grouping drum 28 then results in a group of filter segments which are arranged alternately long-short-long-short.
  • the short filter segments have been created by cutting a filter rod into three filter segments on the sliding / cutting ring bodies 110, 11 1, which have been transferred from the removal ring bodies 101.
  • the slightly longer ones Filter segments were created by cutting a filter rod 8 once.
  • FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment of the invention.
  • four removal ring bodies 100, 101, 102 and 103 are arranged on a common axis of rotation 140 or a common shaft, on a removal device 1 ′′.
  • the divisions and the number of troughs are also different here.
  • the removal ring body 100 has 60 troughs, the removal ring body 101 40 troughs, the removal ring body 102 20 troughs and the removal ring body 103 10 troughs.
  • the filter rods 8 accommodated in the troughs 7 of the removal ring bodies are cut different times. A simple cut takes place on the removal ring body 100. A double cut is carried out on the removal ring body 101. A double circular knife 6 'is used for this .
  • the filter rod 8 is cut into 5 filter segments on the removal ring body 102.
  • a quadruple circular knife can be used for this.
  • the filter rods received on the removal ring body 103 are cut into 10 filter segments.
  • a circular knife with 9 cutting edges can be used for this.
  • circular knives can also be arranged offset in the direction of rotation of the removal ring body 101, 102, 103.
  • the removal device T is immediately connected to a sliding device 3 ′′ arranged on a common shaft, on which four
  • Sliding ring body 1 10, 1 11, 1 12 and 1 13 are arranged.
  • Two sliding ring bodies can also be provided, each of which represents a unit of sliding ring bodies 1 10 and 1 11 and 112 and 113.
  • a stop 130 is provided in the middle of these two sliding ring bodies.
  • the filter segments are on the
  • Compilation drum 28 which is arranged on the common shaft of the sliding device 3 ", to be applied.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif d'assemblage de segments de filtre de l'industrie du tabac comprenant une section de segment de filtre destinée à transférer, suivant l'axe transversal, un segment de filtre (9, 9') à un élément d'assemblage de segment de filtre (28). La section de segment de filtre comporte un dispositif de retrait (1, 1', 1'') qui est conçu pour retirer une tige de filtre (8) de longueur d'utilisation multiple d'un magasin de filtres (21.1-21.5). La section de segment de filtre comporte également un dispositif de coupe (3, 3', 3'') qui est conçu pour couper la tige de filtre (8) de longueur d'utilisation multiple en segments de filtre suivant l'axe transversal, un dispositif de coulissement étant prévu en aval du dispositif de coupe, le dispositif de coulissement (3, 3', 3'') comportant des cavités (7) destinées à recevoir des segments de filtre (8). L'invention est caractérisée en ce que le nombre de cavités (7) est un nombre premier supérieur ou égal à 29. L'invention concerne un procédé correspondant d'assemblage de segments de filtre de l'industrie du tabac.
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