GB2148836A - Method and apparatus for the production of a pack of smoking articles - Google Patents
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- GB2148836A GB2148836A GB08328881A GB8328881A GB2148836A GB 2148836 A GB2148836 A GB 2148836A GB 08328881 A GB08328881 A GB 08328881A GB 8328881 A GB8328881 A GB 8328881A GB 2148836 A GB2148836 A GB 2148836A
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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
- B65B19/04—Arranging, feeding, or orientating the cigarettes
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- Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
- Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
Description
1 GB 2 148 836 A 1
SPECIFICATION
Method and apparatus for the production of a pack of smoking articles This invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a novel pack of smoking articles, such as a packet of cigarettes.
Smoking articles such as cigarettes are produced in a great many types. For example, different to baccos having characteristic flavours, such as Turk ish and Virginia are used to produc cigarettes having the characteristic flavour of the tobacco.
Further, cigarettes of differing strength of flavour, total particulate matter delivery and nicotine deliv ery are made, as well as filter tipped and plain cig arettes. Many different types of filter tips are available as are cigarettes containing flavourants such as menthol.
At present a smoker may obtain cigarettes of a particular type only by purchasing a pack contain ing that type of cigarettes alone. Thus a smoker wishing to smoke different types of cigarette on different occasions must buy more than one pack of cigarettes.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present inven tion to provide apparatus for producing packs con taining at least two types of smoking article, with minimal capital outlay.
Packs of smoking articles according to the inven tion comprise two distinct groups of smoking arti cles, each group containing only smoking articles of one type.
Further, according to the invention there is pro vided a process for producing a pack of smoking 100 articles comprising two distinct groups of smoking articles, each group containing only smoking arti cles of one type, the process comprising:
retaining smoking articles of two types in two separate bodies, each body containing smoking ar- 105 ticles of only one type; removing a group contain ing a predetermined number of smoking articles from each body of smoking articles; separately wrapping each group of smoking articles in inner wrappers; and packing the wrapped groups of smoking articles together in an outer wrapper.
According to the invention, there is also pro vided apparatus for producing packs according to claim 1, comprising: a hopper divided into at least two discrete smoking article dispensing compart ments; means for separately wrapping smoking ar ticles dispensed from each dispensing compartment; and means for packaging the wrapped smoking articles from more than one dis pensing compartment in the same pack.
The invention will be further described by way of example, with reference to the drawings in which; Figure 1 shows a partially cross-section view of apparatus according to one embodiment of the in vention; and Figure 2 shows a partially schematic view of the packing stage of the embodiment of Figure 1.
The embodiment shown in the drawings corn prise a hopper 11 divided into two dispensing compartments 13 and 15 by a partition 17 which runs across the interior of the hopper 11. Each compartment is divided at its lower end into a number of generally upwardly extending channels by dividers 19 which are surmounted by guide fin- gers 21. A base plate 22 extends across the bottom of the hopper closing it off. The width of each channel formed by the dividers 19 is marginally greater than the diameter of a cigarette, so that cigarettes can stack up on the base plate 22 within the channels.
Cigarettes are introduced separately into each compartment 13 and 15 from separate cigarette making machines (not shown) by means of two supply trays 23 and 25, one tray feeding each com- partment. By way of example, it will be assumed that the cigarettes 27 supplied to the left-hand dispensing compartment 13 contain an American tobacco, whilst those cigarettes 29 supplied to the right-hand dispensing compartment 15 contain a Turkish tobacco. It will be appreciated that the cigarettes may be of any two types.
The cigarettes 27, 29 move from the supply trays 23, 25 into the dispensing compartments 13,15. Shakers 31, located generally centrally in each compartment 13, 15, oscillate as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1 to ensure that cigarettes within the hopper 11 are free to move down the hopper. As the cigarettes move further down the hopper 11, they are guided by guide fingers 21 into the chan- nels formed by dividers 19 to form stacks within the columns on the base plate 22. The American cigarettes 27 are still separated from the Turkish cigarettes 29 by the partition 17. The cigarettes are removed from the channels, for example by being pushed out from behind by means not shown, to form a group 33 of American cigarettes 27 and a group 35 of Turkish cogarettes 29 ready for wrapping. The groups shown in Fig. 2 each contain ten cigarettes, but it will be appreciated that by selecting the number of dividers 19 in each dispensing compartment 13, 15 appropriately and by appropriate positioning of the partition 17 within the hopper 11, groups containing any desired numbers of cigarettes may be made.
The groups 33, 35 of cigarettes are then sepa- rately wrapped in, for example, aluminium foil, and the wrapped groups 37, 39, each containing one type of cigarettes, are then packed in a conventional cigarette pack to provide a pack of twenty cigarettes containing ten American and ten Turkish cigarettes.
It will be seen that this invention provides apparatus for producing a mixed type pack of cigarettes which may be constructed by a simple adaption of a conventional cigarette packing hopper.
Claims (6)
- CLAIMS - 1. A pack of smoking articles comprising two distinct groups ofsmoking articles, each group containing only smoking articles of one type.
- 2. Apparatus for producing packs according to claim 1, comprising: a hopper divided into at least two discrete smoking article dispensing compart- ments; means for separately wrapping smoking ar- 2 GB 2 148 836 A 2 ticles dispensed from each dispensing compartment; and means for packaging the wrapped smoking articles from more than one dispensing compartment in the same pack.
- 3. Apparatus according to claim 2 comprising two dispensing compartments, each separately provided with means for supplying smoking articles of one type thereto.
- 4. Apparatus according to claim 2 or 3 in which each dispensing compartment is provided with an agitator.
- 5. A process for producing a pack of smoking articles comprising two distinct groups of smoking articles, each group containing only smoking arti- cles of one type, the process comprising: retaining smoking articles of two types in two separate bodies, each body containing smoking articles of only one type; removing a group containing a predetermined number of smoking articles from each body of smoking articles, separately wrapping each group of smoking articles in inner wrappers; and packing the wrapped groups of smoking articles together in an outer wrapper.
- 6. Apparatus substantially as described with reference to the drawings.Printed in the UK for HMSO, D8818935, 4i85, 7102. Published by The Patent Office, 25 Southampton Buildings, London, WC2A lAY, from which copies may be obtained.
Priority Applications (7)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB08328881A GB2148836B (en) | 1983-10-28 | 1983-10-28 | Method and apparatus for the production of a pack of smoking articles |
FR8416356A FR2554085B1 (en) | 1983-10-28 | 1984-10-25 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A PACKAGE OF SMOKING ARTICLES |
IT68065/84A IT1179793B (en) | 1983-10-28 | 1984-10-26 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A SMOKE ITEM PACKAGE |
EP84307398A EP0141629B1 (en) | 1983-10-28 | 1984-10-26 | Method and apparatus for producing a pack of smoking articles |
DE8484307398T DE3462005D1 (en) | 1983-10-28 | 1984-10-26 | Method and apparatus for producing a pack of smoking articles |
CH5145/84A CH660865A5 (en) | 1983-10-28 | 1984-10-26 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A PACKAGE OF SMOKING ARTICLES. |
BE0/213902A BE900913A (en) | 1983-10-28 | 1984-10-26 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A PACKAGE OF SMOKING ARTICLES. |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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GB08328881A GB2148836B (en) | 1983-10-28 | 1983-10-28 | Method and apparatus for the production of a pack of smoking articles |
Publications (3)
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GB8328881D0 GB8328881D0 (en) | 1983-11-30 |
GB2148836A true GB2148836A (en) | 1985-06-05 |
GB2148836B GB2148836B (en) | 1987-11-11 |
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GB08328881A Expired GB2148836B (en) | 1983-10-28 | 1983-10-28 | Method and apparatus for the production of a pack of smoking articles |
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EP (1) | EP0141629B1 (en) |
BE (1) | BE900913A (en) |
CH (1) | CH660865A5 (en) |
DE (1) | DE3462005D1 (en) |
FR (1) | FR2554085B1 (en) |
GB (1) | GB2148836B (en) |
IT (1) | IT1179793B (en) |
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DE3611707A1 (en) * | 1986-04-08 | 1987-10-22 | Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg | DEVICE FOR THE PNEUMATIC CONVERSION OF ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES FROM THE TOBACCO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY TO FOLLOW-UP PROCESSING MACHINES |
IT1266280B1 (en) * | 1993-03-05 | 1996-12-27 | Gd Spa | HOPPER FOR EXTENDED ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR SMOKE ARTICLES. |
DE102004032832A1 (en) | 2004-07-06 | 2006-02-16 | Focke & Co.(Gmbh & Co. Kg) | Device for producing double-block cigarette packs |
RS50789B (en) * | 2004-08-11 | 2010-08-31 | Philip Morris Products S.A. | Apparatus and method for producing customised containers of cigarettes |
ITBO20050448A1 (en) * | 2005-07-04 | 2007-01-05 | Gd Spa | SUPPLY UNIT FOR FILTERS TO A FILTER MACHINE |
MY169133A (en) * | 2012-07-27 | 2019-02-18 | Philip Morris Products Sa | Apparatus and method for forming of collations of rod shaped articles |
PL2923953T3 (en) * | 2014-03-25 | 2017-07-31 | G. D Societa Per Azioni | Reject station and method for expelling a flawed group of cigarettes from a pocket of a cigarette packing machine group-forming conveyor |
WO2017129714A1 (en) | 2016-01-29 | 2017-08-03 | Philip Morris Products S.A. | Apparatus and method for feeding rod-shaped articles |
PL3408182T3 (en) | 2016-01-29 | 2020-08-10 | Philip Morris Products S.A. | Feeding apparatus and method for rod-shaped articles |
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GB282124A (en) * | 1926-07-13 | 1927-12-13 | Walter Everett Molins | Improvements in or relating to packing machinery |
GB513798A (en) * | 1938-04-20 | 1939-10-23 | John Walker Chalmers | Improvements in or relating to slide and shell boxes |
GB944324A (en) * | 1959-04-29 | 1963-12-11 | Theegarten Franz | Improvements in apparatus for wrapping sweets |
GB1166236A (en) * | 1967-01-07 | 1969-10-08 | Heinz Focke | Apparatus for and Method of Producing Soft Packs of Cigarettes. |
GB1440923A (en) * | 1972-10-19 | 1976-06-30 | Schmermund A | Machine for packaging rod-shaped articles |
WO1980000246A1 (en) * | 1978-07-11 | 1980-02-21 | Molins Ltd | Packing machines |
GB2101958A (en) * | 1981-06-13 | 1983-01-26 | Focke & Co | Apparatus for enclosing goods in single or multiple wrappers |
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DE1224658B (en) * | 1964-06-11 | 1966-09-08 | Alfred Schmermund | Feed device for cigarettes on a cigarette packing machine |
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- 1984-10-25 FR FR8416356A patent/FR2554085B1/en not_active Expired
- 1984-10-26 IT IT68065/84A patent/IT1179793B/en active
- 1984-10-26 BE BE0/213902A patent/BE900913A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1984-10-26 EP EP84307398A patent/EP0141629B1/en not_active Expired
- 1984-10-26 DE DE8484307398T patent/DE3462005D1/en not_active Expired
- 1984-10-26 CH CH5145/84A patent/CH660865A5/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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GB282124A (en) * | 1926-07-13 | 1927-12-13 | Walter Everett Molins | Improvements in or relating to packing machinery |
GB513798A (en) * | 1938-04-20 | 1939-10-23 | John Walker Chalmers | Improvements in or relating to slide and shell boxes |
GB944324A (en) * | 1959-04-29 | 1963-12-11 | Theegarten Franz | Improvements in apparatus for wrapping sweets |
GB1166236A (en) * | 1967-01-07 | 1969-10-08 | Heinz Focke | Apparatus for and Method of Producing Soft Packs of Cigarettes. |
GB1440923A (en) * | 1972-10-19 | 1976-06-30 | Schmermund A | Machine for packaging rod-shaped articles |
WO1980000246A1 (en) * | 1978-07-11 | 1980-02-21 | Molins Ltd | Packing machines |
GB2101958A (en) * | 1981-06-13 | 1983-01-26 | Focke & Co | Apparatus for enclosing goods in single or multiple wrappers |
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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}GAMAGES CHRISTMAS BAZAAR} INTRODUCED BY ALISON ADBURGHAM & PRINTED BY REDWOOD BURN LTD FOR DAVID & CHARLES (HOLDINGS) LTD 15BN 0715366084 (SEE PAGE 448 * |
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EP0141629B1 (en) | 1987-01-14 |
IT8468065A0 (en) | 1984-10-26 |
GB2148836B (en) | 1987-11-11 |
BE900913A (en) | 1985-02-15 |
IT1179793B (en) | 1987-09-16 |
CH660865A5 (en) | 1987-05-29 |
DE3462005D1 (en) | 1987-02-19 |
GB8328881D0 (en) | 1983-11-30 |
FR2554085A1 (en) | 1985-05-03 |
EP0141629A1 (en) | 1985-05-15 |
FR2554085B1 (en) | 1987-08-21 |
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PE20 | Patent expired after termination of 20 years |
Effective date: 20031027 |