EP3984381A3 - Method to control a feeding unit to feed components for smoking articles - Google Patents

Method to control a feeding unit to feed components for smoking articles Download PDF

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EP3984381A3
EP3984381A3 EP21202253.7A EP21202253A EP3984381A3 EP 3984381 A3 EP3984381 A3 EP 3984381A3 EP 21202253 A EP21202253 A EP 21202253A EP 3984381 A3 EP3984381 A3 EP 3984381A3
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Massimo Malavolta
Nicola Baldanza
Marco BRUSCHI
Ivan Eusepi
Giuliano Gamberini
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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
    • A24C5/322—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

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  • Feeding Of Articles To Conveyors (AREA)
  • Threshing Machine Elements (AREA)
  • Cigarettes, Filters, And Manufacturing Of Filters (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)

Abstract

A method to control a feeding unit (1) to feed components (2) for smoking articles and comprising the steps of: feeding, by means of a first feed (3), a first flow of components (2) having a first pitch (PI); and feeding, by means of a second feed (4), a second flow of components (2) having a second pitch (PI), which is the same as the first pitch (P1). In case of the regular operation of both feeds (3, 4), combining, at a first drum (5), the components (2) of the first and second flows so as to create a third flow of components (2), in which the components (2) of the first flow are alternated with the components (2) of the second flow and have a third pitch (P3) which is smaller then, in particular half, the first pitch (P1) and the second pitch (P1). In case of regular operation of both feeds (3, 4), transferring the components (2) of the third flow from the first drum (5) to a second drum (8) having the same speed as the first drum (5). In case the first feed (3) stops, the steps of: carrying out a pitch reduction of the components (2) of the second flow, in particular at the output of the first drum (5), so as to obtain a third flow of components (2) having a third pitch (P3) which is smaller than, in particular half, the first pitch (P1) and the second pitch (P1); and transferring the components (2) of the third flow from the first drum (5) to the second drum (8).
EP21202253.7A 2020-10-12 2021-10-12 Method to control a feeding unit to feed components for smoking articles Active EP3984381B1 (en)

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IT102020000023935A IT202000023935A1 (en) 2020-10-12 2020-10-12 METHOD OF CONTROLLING A SUPPLY UNIT FOR SUPPLYING COMPONENTS FOR TOUGH PRODUCTS

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EP3984381A3 true EP3984381A3 (en) 2022-05-18
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EP2580969A2 (en) * 2011-10-12 2013-04-17 Hauni Maschinenbau AG Transfer drum for a machine for producing products for the tobacco manufacturing industry
EP3542650A2 (en) * 2018-03-22 2019-09-25 Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH Conveying and cutting device for rod-shaped tobacco articles
EP3685684A1 (en) * 2019-01-28 2020-07-29 Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH The preparation of rod-like smoking products

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US5349968A (en) 1992-07-22 1994-09-27 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Method of producing filter-tipped cigarettes

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2580969A2 (en) * 2011-10-12 2013-04-17 Hauni Maschinenbau AG Transfer drum for a machine for producing products for the tobacco manufacturing industry
EP3542650A2 (en) * 2018-03-22 2019-09-25 Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH Conveying and cutting device for rod-shaped tobacco articles
EP3685684A1 (en) * 2019-01-28 2020-07-29 Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH The preparation of rod-like smoking products

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