JP2012152212A - Feeding of rod-shaped article of tobacco processing industry to magazine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve feeding of rod-shaped articles to a magazine so that feeding of the articles can be changed and the structural expenses can be retained as low as possible.SOLUTION: There is provided a feeding device 50 for feeding rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry into the magazine 100. In a feeding device 50, one article mass-flow feeding device 60 and at least one article individual feeding device 70 are disposed on a feeding side of an input side magazine 100. Particularly, the feeding device 50 is characterized by that the article mass-flow feeding device 60 and the article individual feeding device 70 can be selectively operated. The feeding device 50 includes the magazine 100 having the feeding side for storing rod-shaped articles, specifically filter rods, of the tobacco processing industry. Also, there are provided a machine F for the tobacco processing industry and a method for operating the feeding device 50 for feeding articles of the tobacco processing industry into the magazine 100, where rod-shaped articles are fed into the magazine 100 through the feeding side of the magazine 100 in the horizontal direction in particular.

Description

  The present invention relates to a feeding device for feeding a tobacco processing industry rod-shaped article into a magazine, the feeding device comprising a magazine for receiving a tobacco processing industry rod-shaped article, in particular a filter rod, having a supply side. About. The invention further provides a machine for the tobacco processing industry and a bar-shaped article for feeding articles in the tobacco processing industry into the magazine, in particular in the transverse direction, introduced into the magazine via the supply side of the magazine. The invention relates to a method for operating a supply device.

  “Tobacco processing industry rod-shaped article” means, for example, a cigarette having a cigarette, cigarillo, or filter to which the present invention can be applied in addition to a filter rod, a multi-segment filter rod or a multi-filter rod, and a cigar having no filter I understand that.

  In the manufacture or processing of bar-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, these bar-shaped articles or parts thereof are transferred from the manufacturing machine to the next processing machine via a pneumatic transfer line. In this case, for example, the filter rod is transported via a transfer line, for example, to a storage magazine of a filter mounting machine.

  Patent Document 1 describes a storage magazine for a filter mounting machine in which, for example, a filter rod is transferred into a magazine through a shaft in the horizontal axis direction. From this magazine, the filter rod is continuously supplied to the use section (filter mounting machine). In this case, the filter rod is inserted into the magazine since it is in the horizontal axis direction.

  Furthermore, US Pat. No. 6,057,049 discloses a magazine for bar-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry in which bar-shaped articles, for example filter bars, are introduced into the magazine storage space via an inlet. For this reason, the magazine is provided with a filter loading device, and the filter loading device moves the filter rod transferred in the vertical axis direction from the filter delivery station via the combined transfer line. The received filter rod is introduced into the accumulation space in the horizontal axis direction through the outlet of the filter loading device.

  The HAUNI Machinechinbau AG device having a filter loading device and a filter delivery station is known by the name “FILTROMAT”.

German Patent No. 35 38 660 European Patent Application Publication No. 1 310 178 German Patent No. 39 18 137

  Starting from the prior art, the object of the present invention is to improve the supply of rod-shaped articles to a magazine so that the supply of articles is variable and the structural costs are kept as low as possible.

  The problem is that one article mass flow supply device and at least one individual article supply device are provided on the supply side of the incoming magazine, and in particular, the article mass flow supply apparatus and the individual article supply device are selectively provided. Tobacco processing industry, characterized in that the feeding device comprises a magazine for housing bar-shaped articles of tobacco processing industry, in particular filter rods, having a supply side, characterized in that it is operable or selectively operated This is solved by a feeding device for feeding the rod-shaped article into the magazine.

  The present invention provides one article mass flow supply to the supply side or the entry side of a magazine for bar-shaped articles formed at the same time, ie together or together, with a storage space for receiving the bar-shaped articles. Based on the idea that the apparatus and at least one article individual supply apparatus are provided. In this case, a bar-shaped article is additionally introduced into the interior space of the magazine through the inlet on the supply side of the magazine in the form of mass flow by the article mass flow supply device.

  In one predetermined operation mode, the article mass flow supply device and the individual article supply device are operated alternately or alternately. In addition, according to another mode of operation, an article mass flow supply device and an individual article supply device for providing a mixture of filter rods from both supply devices to the magazine entrance by means of the article mass flow supply device and the individual article supply device. Are driven at the same time.

  Article mass flow is understood within the scope of the present invention to be the mass flow of bar-like articles, for example filter rods, which are stacked one after the other in the transport direction and stacked side by side. In this case, the longitudinal axes of the mass flow closely stacked bundles or rod-shaped articles in the form of hexagonal or hexagonal knitted bodies are oriented parallel to each other during transport. In this case, in particular, a bar-shaped article in the form of an article mass flow is transported on or in the conveyor in the transverse direction, ie perpendicular to its longitudinal orientation. Typically, the height of the article mass flow, particularly transverse to the direction of transport, is a multiple of the diameter of the individual rod-like article.

  During operation of the article mass flow feeder, bar-like articles are continuously introduced into the magazine in a transverse direction from a supply line, for example, a shaft or passage.

  During the operation of the individual article supply device, a bar-shaped article, for example, a filter bar, which is individualized via the supply line or individually supplied or transferred in the longitudinal direction, such as a filter bar, is provided on the supply side of the magazine. At the station, it is transferred to the supply side of the magazine and then into the magazine. In this case, individual bar-shaped articles discharged from the receiving station are transferred into the magazine in the horizontal axis direction.

  In this case, within the scope of the present invention, an intermediate storage device can be provided between the magazine entrance or supply side and at least the individual article supply device, and at least the article individual supply device is discharged into the intermediate storage device. The rod-shaped article to be supplied or supplied is intermediately accumulated before being introduced into the magazine, so that the rod-shaped article discharged from the individual article supply device from the intermediate accumulation space is transversely inserted into the magazine. Introduced while being transported.

  In this case, within the scope of the present invention, the intermediate storage device provided during operation of at least one individual article supply device can be part of the article mass flow supply device during subsequent operation of the article mass flow supply device. . In this case, an intermediate storage device for the individual article supply device provided temporarily can be formed in the mass flow shaft portion.

  In this case, within the scope of the present invention, a bar-shaped article sensitive to impact or weak, i.e. mechanically sensitive, for example, via an individual article supply apparatus is carefully supplied. In operation, an article in the form of a mass flow that is not very sensitive to shock is supplied to a magazine of a filter mounting machine, for example. Thereby, for example, when the brand is exchanged in the filter mounting machine, the stop time of the machine is remarkably shortened. This is because no replacement time is required for each supply device. In addition, according to the present invention, both supply devices, that is, both the article mass flow supply apparatus and the at least one individual article supply apparatus are operated simultaneously, for example, during two types of operation.

  For example, a filter rod made of acetate is supplied to a filter mounting machine via an article mass flow supply device, but a special filter, for example a multi-segment filter, is supplied to the magazine via at least one individual article supply device. .

  For this reason, in the developed form of the present invention, a mass flow shaft portion is provided in the region on the supply side of the magazine, and at least one article individual supply device is arranged beside this mass flow shaft portion, The mass flow shaft portion can be loaded, in particular or alternatively, by an article mass flow supply device and / or an individual article supply device.

  In particular, on the supply side of the magazine, not only one article individual supply apparatus but also a plurality of individual article supply apparatuses that operate independently of each other in parallel can be provided. Independent supply lines for bar-shaped articles fed to

  In addition, in one development, the mass flow shaft part is provided with a movable shaft wall or a movable part of the shaft wall, especially in the first operating state, so that during operation of the article mass flow supply device. With the shaft wall or shaft wall part in the operating position, the article mass flow can be transferred or transferred via the mass flow shaft part, in particular the article is stopped particularly by the shaft wall or shaft wall part in the operating position. It is preferable that it is not possible to supply the mass flow shaft portion from the individual article supply device.

  For this reason, furthermore, in the region of the sflow shaft portion, a movable shaft wall is disposed at a stationary position during operation of the individual article supply device, particularly in the second operation state, and the mass flow shaft portion is Locked for mass flow of articles, in particular using a mass flow locking device arranged in the mass flow shaft part, the mass flow shaft part being able to be filled or filled during operation of at least one individual article supply device Is done. In this case, for example during operation of at least one individual article supply device, the mass flow shaft portion locked against the remaining or remaining mass flow supply line forms a kind of intermediate storage device, in this intermediate storage device, Individual bar-shaped articles received from the individual article supply apparatus are introduced. In this case, the rod-shaped article introduced into the intermediate storage device, that is, the article provided by the individual article supply apparatus is introduced while being transferred in the horizontal axis direction into the magazine.

  In addition, an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a movable shaft wall and a mass flow lock device in the region of the mass flow shaft portion, particularly in the third operating state, and these (ie the shaft wall and / or the mass flow lock device). The apparatus) is positioned at an intermediate position during operation of the article mass flow feeder and at least one individual article feeder, and the mass flow shaft portion is filled by both the article mass flow feeder and at least one individual article feeder Is possible.

  For this reason, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, the mass flow locking device is further formed as a movable, in particular pivotable guide flap.

  In addition, according to an advantageous development of the invention, the mass flow lock device comprises an actuator, in particular a pivot drive, and at least one position sensor and / or an angular position sensor, the movable shaft wall being an actuator In particular, coupled with a linear drive, at least one position sensor is provided for detecting the position of the shaft wall.

  Furthermore, in one embodiment, it is preferred that a filling state detection device for articles introduced into the mass flow shaft part from at least one individual article supply device is provided, in particular next to the mass flow shaft part.

  Furthermore, in order to introduce weak bar-like articles, for example filter bars, into the magazine during operation of the at least one individual article supply device, it is advantageous for the filling state detection device to use in particular a pivotable feeler. In particular, this feeler cooperates with a position generator and / or a position sensor. This provides a control device for filling the magazine so that the mechanically sensitive filter rods are not damaged when filling the magazine using at least one individual article supply device.

  Furthermore, in one embodiment, the at least one individual article supply device comprises a turning device, whereby an article transported in the longitudinal direction is converted or can be transformed in the transverse direction. It is advantageous if the articles to be transported in the direction can be introduced or introduced into the magazine. In particular, the at least one individual article supply device comprises a receiving station having a turning device.

  Furthermore, the problem is solved by a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter mounting machine, which is formed with a supply device for supplying a bar-shaped article to the magazine of the machine. To avoid repetition, see what was stated in the previous section.

  Furthermore, the problem is that one article mass flow supply device and at least one article individual supply device are provided on the supply side of the incoming magazine, and the article mass flow supply device and the individual article supply device are particularly selectively, That is, bar-shaped articles developed by being operated simultaneously or alternately are introduced into the magazine through the supply side of the magazine, particularly in the horizontal axis direction, and articles in the tobacco processing industry are fed into the magazine. It is solved by a method for operating a feeding device, for example a machine in the tobacco processing industry.

  In addition, it is advantageous to operate a supply device for supplying such rod-shaped articles into the magazine. To avoid repetition, see what was stated in the previous section.

  Further features of the invention are set forth in the description of the embodiments according to the invention together with the claims and the attached drawings. Embodiments according to the invention satisfy individual features or a combination of features.

  The present invention will now be described in connection with the drawings without limiting the general inventive concept, but reference should be made to the drawings for all details of the invention not described in detail in the text.

1 schematically shows a front view of a filter mounting machine for producing a filter cigarette. 1 schematically shows a front view of a supply device according to the invention having one article mass flow supply device and a plurality of individual article supply devices. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a supply device according to the invention in a first operating position. 2 schematically shows a cross-section of a supply device according to the invention in a second operating position; The part of the supply apparatus shown in FIG. 4 is shown with a perspective view.

  In each figure, the same or similar elements or corresponding parts are provided with the same reference numerals, and therefore are not newly introduced.

  In FIG. 1, a filter mounting machine F is partially illustrated in front view, but this filter mounting machine F is schematically illustrated via a drum device for supplying cigarette sticks. Receive a double use cigarette stick from P.

  The cigarette strand machine is known by the name “PROTOS” from HAUNI Machinechinbau AG, Hamburg. Under the name “MAX”, a filter mounting machine of HAUNI Machinechinbau AG, Hamburg is known as a machine in the tobacco processing industry.

  The filter mounting machine F schematically shown in FIG. 1 includes various functional units, namely a cigarette stick supply device 211 having a drum device T, a filter supply device 212 having a drum device M, and a coating paper supply device 213. A cigarette manufacturing device 214, a cigarette inspection device 215, and a cigarette discharge device 216.

  The drum device T of the cigarette stick supply device 211 includes a plurality of transfer drums 118, 119 and 120. After the double cigarette stick is delivered from the cigarette strand machine P to the take-up drum 118, the double cigarette stick is transferred in the transverse direction and delivered to the cutting drum 119, on which 2 The double-length tobacco stick is cut into a single-length tobacco stick by a cutter disposed on the cutting drum 119. From the cutting drum 119, the cigarette stick having a single use length is delivered to the spreading drum 120, on which the pair of cut cigarette sticks are spread apart from each other in the longitudinal axis direction. The Next, the pair of tobacco sticks separated in the vertical axis direction is conveyed to the knitting drum 121.

  On its transfer path to the knitting drum 121, a double-length tobacco stick is cut and expanded in the longitudinal direction. On the knitting drum 121, a double-length filter plug is conveyed via another drum device M of the filter supply device 212. The filter plug is interposed between two cigarette sticks separated in the longitudinal direction. Inserted. As a result, a series of cigarette stick-filter plug-cigarette stick-groups arranged one after the other on the knitting drum 121 are formed.

  In order to insert or arrange a double-length filter plug between pairs of tobacco sticks spaced apart in the longitudinal direction on the knitting drum 121, the drum device M has a take-out drum 114, by which the filter rod Is removed from the filter rod magazine 100 and cut into double length filter plugs using a cutter disposed on the extraction drum 114. The filter plug is then delivered to the spreading drum 115 and the subsequent step drum 116. The stepped double-length filter plug is then transferred from the stepping drum 116 to the subsequent insertion drum 117 and transferred to the knitting drum 121 in the horizontal axis direction. An article group consisting of a stick-filter plug-tobacco stick-group is formed.

  A knitted article group consisting of a tobacco stick-filter plug-tobacco stick-group is delivered from the knitting drum 121 to the transfer drum 122. At the same time, a coating paper piece is fed synchronously from the coating equipment 110 of the coating paper supply device to the organized tobacco stick-filter plug-tobacco stick-group. Patent Document 3 describes in detail a coating apparatus that is mostly contained in the content of the present application.

  In this case, the glued coated paper trip 111 to be transferred is cut into a coated paper piece or a bonded paper piece by the cutter of the cutter drum 113 on the cutting drum 112 of the coating device 110. The cut pieces of bound paper are handed over or affixed to an article group or tobacco stick-filter plug-tobacco stick-group on the transfer drum 122, respectively.

  After each cut piece of bonded paper is applied to a group of articles, the group of articles is further conveyed to a subsequent rolling drum 126 and a rolling 127, which allows the bonded paper pieces to be completely removed from the cigarette. Stick-filter plug-cigarette stick-wrapped around the group. In one embodiment, the rolling device 127 is composed of a web wheel, a rolling hand having a rolling surface, and a rolling roller on the exit side, and the rolling surface and the rolling drum 126 constitute a rolling passage, and in the rolling passage, The group of articles is wrapped with a piece of bound paper, thereby forming a double-length filter cigarette.

  The double length filter cigarette is then delivered to the transfer drum 128 and then to the transfer drum 129, which is formed as a cutting drum, and provided for the processing process on the filter loading machine. The cutting drum 129 is provided with a cutter 132. The cutter divides the center to produce a filter cigarette having a length of 1 × from a double length filter cigarette.

  The filter cigarette having a use length of 1 time is then delivered from the cutting drum 129 to the spreading drum 133. On the spreading drum 133, the filter cigarette pairs are separated from each other in the longitudinal axis direction and then delivered to the first inspection drum 134. A first inspection mechanism 144 is disposed on the inspection drum 134, and this inspection mechanism causes the filter cigarette to undergo a first inspection, for example, an upper end inspection.

  Within the scope of the present invention, the manufactured filter cigarette can be subjected to a density inspection and / or a top end inspection and / or a breathability inspection with a first inspection mechanism. Furthermore, it is possible to perform an optical inspection of the cigarette on the drum 134 by the inspection mechanism 144 within the scope of the present invention.

  The cigarette is then handed over from the inspection drum 134 to the subsequent second inspection drum 135, which includes at least one of the above inspections not performed on the cigarette with another quality inspection and / or inspection drum 134. In order to receive one, a second inspection mechanism 145 is provided.

  The filter cigarette is delivered from the inspection drum 135 to the transfer drum 136. The transfer drum 136 is provided with a sample take-out drum 137 for taking individual samples from the finished filter cigarette article stream.

  Two rows of filter cigarettes having a length of 1 ×, which are arranged one after the other in the horizontal axis direction, are transferred from the transfer drum 136 to the turning drum 138 having the turning device 139 provided in the turning drum 138. Therefore, when the filter cigarette is discharged from the rotating drum 138 to the subsequent transfer drum 140, the filter cigarette is arranged or transferred in the horizontal axis direction in a row.

  The filter magazine 100 is provided with stored filter rods necessary for the production of filter cigarettes, and the filter rods are filled via a filter rod supply device 50 according to the present invention disposed beside the filter magazine 100. Is done. On the supply side of the filter magazine 100 formed so as to have the inlet 101 by the supply device 50, the filter rod is transferred as a rod-shaped article into the storage space or accumulation space of the filter magazine 100 in the horizontal axis direction. 100 is introduced.

  The supply device 50 has a horizontal transfer passage 51, which passes through the inlet 101 of the filter magazine 100, and through this transfer passage, a rod-like filter rod provided from the supply device 50 is connected to the filter magazine. It is transferred into 100. Therefore, since the transfer passage 51 has at least one transfer belt on the lower surface, the filter rod placed on the transfer belt of the transfer passage 51 fills the filter magazine 100 while transferring the filter rod in the horizontal axis direction. It is pushed in through the entrance 101.

  Details of the feeding device 50 according to the invention are schematically shown in the detailed views of FIGS.

  FIG. 2 schematically shows partly an enlarged view of the supply device 50 arranged on the supply side of the filter magazine. The supply device 50 has a vertical transfer shaft 52 disposed in the transfer passage 51, which is a part of the article mass flow supply device 60 shown schematically. During operation of the article mass flow supply device 60, the filter rod (which is a bar-like article in the tobacco processing industry) is transferred downward in the form of mass flow via the transfer shaft 52, so that it is transferred in the form of an article bundle. The filter rod is turned at the lower end of the transfer shaft 52 and conveyed to the inlet 101 of the filter magazine 100 through the horizontal transfer passage 51.

  At the lower end of the transfer shaft 52, three individual article supply devices 70 arranged in parallel or vertically are arranged beside the transfer shaft 52 (see FIGS. 3 to 5). Combined with a transfer line for filter rods or rod-shaped articles (not shown here), within each transfer line, the rod-shaped articles or filter rods are transported in the longitudinal direction and the respective articles Under the diverter of the individual supply device, it is converted into a transfer in the horizontal axis direction, so that the filter rod introduced into the transfer passage 51 from the individual article supply device 70 during the operation of the individual article supply device 70 is then a filter magazine. It is conveyed in 100.

  3 and 4 schematically show different operating states of the supply device 50 in cross-sectional views.

  In the operation state of the supply device 50 illustrated in FIG. 3, the article mass flow supply device is operated, but the three individual article supply devices 70 are not operated.

  The transfer shaft 52 of the article mass flow supply device 60 is constituted by a plurality of shaft walls, and in particular, these shaft walls are arranged so as to have a right-angle cross section. FIG. 3 shows transverse walls 53, 54 arranged vertically in a cross-sectional view, these walls 53, 54 being connected to the rear wall 55 and the front wall (not shown here). Connecting.

  As can be seen from FIGS. 3 to 5, the lower end of the wall 54 ends on the individual article supply device 70. Between the lower end of the wall 54 and the bottom of the transfer passage 51, in the first operating state, a rod-like filter rod transferred via the transfer shaft 52, in particular the mass flow shaft portion 59 at the end or exit side of the transfer shaft 52, In order to enable a reliable guide, a movable, in particular slidable guide plate 56 is arranged between the bottom of the transfer passage 51 and the lower end of the wall 54.

  The rear side of the guide plate 56 is coupled to a holding device 57, and this holding device can slide vertically in the link guide 58. At the lower end of the link guide 58, the vertical link guide 58 is formed to have a (slight) inclination in order to arrange the slidable or movable guide plate 56 and the non-movable wall 54 in a straight line. Yes. Thereby, an opening is obtained between the lower end of the wall or the guide wall 54 and the bottom of the transfer passage 51 by introducing the guide plate 56 into the gap in the region of the mass flow shaft portion 59. At the upper end, the guide plate 56 is formed to have an inclined portion, and when the guide plate 56 is disposed at the operating position (see FIG. 3), it engages with the lower end of the wall 54 from behind, thereby The filter rods that are moved downward in the horizontal axis direction are prevented from reaching the outside of the transfer shaft 52.

  When the article mass flow supply device 60 is in operation, the guide plate 56 is disposed between the lower end of the wall 54 and the lower end of the transfer passage 51, so that the filter rod moves the mass flow shaft portion 59 of the transfer shaft 52 as an article mass flow. And then transferred to the horizontal transfer passage 51, whereby the filter magazine of the filter mounting machine is filled by the introduction of the article mass flow.

  In the operation position shown in FIG. 3, the article mass flow supply device 60 is operated, but the individual article supply device 70 is stopped.

  FIG. 4 schematically shows an operation state in which the individual article supply device 70 arranged vertically is operated to discharge the filter rod into the filter magazine. In this operating state, the article mass flow supply device 60 is stopped. In this case, the guide plate 56 is moved backward from the operating position (see FIG. 3) and is disposed behind or next to the wall 54, so that the lower end of the wall 54 and the lower end of the transfer shaft 52 are arranged. The mass flow shaft portion 59 is freely accessible.

  A turnable guide plate 71 is disposed on the exit side of the individual article supply device 70 above the individual article supply device 70, and the guide plate includes at least one or more individual article supply devices 70. Is moved or swiveled to the operating position during operation, the upper portion of the area between the vertical wall 53 disposed on the opposite side of the individual article supply device 70 and the individual article supply device 70 is restricted, thereby The filter rod introduced from the individual supply device 70 in the horizontal axis direction does not reach the transfer shaft 52 upward. In the stationary position of the guide plate 71 shown in the first operating state in FIG. 3, this guide plate is disposed between the guide plate 56 (operating position) and the outlet of the individual article supply device 70.

  By turning the guide plate 71 (see FIG. 4), the space formed between the transfer passage 51 and the individual article supply device 70 in the second operation state is formed as a kind of intermediate storage device. Inside, the filter rods introduced from the individual article supply device are collected and then further conveyed via the transfer passage 51 to fill the magazine.

  Further, a feeler arm 72 is pivotably supported between the outlet of the individual article supply device 70 and the guide plate 71, and this feeler arm is used when filling an intermediate space between the transfer passage 51 and the outlet of the individual article supply device 70. The staying height or level of the filter rod in the intermediate space is detected. When too many filter rods are introduced into the intermediate space, the abutting feeler arm is lifted based on the level in the rising intermediate space, so that in the transfer line for each individual article supply device 70 The feed of the filter rods transferred in the vertical axis direction is controlled.

  FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the operating position schematically illustrated in FIG. 4 in which the guide plate 71 is swung.

  As can be seen from FIG. 5, the feeler arm 72 is constituted by three material strips arranged in parallel to each other, and the end of the material strip of the feeler arm 72 is formed in the penetration portion of the guide plate 71 having a complementary shape. Engage and end sides are joined together. When the guide plate 71 is turned to the operating position (see FIGS. 4 and 5), the feeler arm 72 is simultaneously moved to the operating position by the turning movement. The level of the filter rod in the intermediate space, the upper part of which is restricted by the guide plate 71, is detected by a displaceable feeler arm 72 and a sensor 73 coupled to the feeler arm 72. The supply of filter rods to the space is controlled accordingly.

  All of the above features, features that can be individually read from the drawings, and individual features disclosed in combination with other features, alone or in combination, are considered important to the present invention. Embodiments according to the invention can be realized by individual features or by a combination of features.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 50 Supply apparatus 51 Transfer path 52 Transfer shaft 53 Wall 54 Wall 55 Rear wall 56 Guide plate 57 Holding apparatus 58 Link guide 59 Mass flow shaft part 60 Article mass flow supply apparatus 70 Article individual supply apparatus 71 Guide plate 72 Feeler arm 73 Sensor 100 Filter magazine DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 Coating apparatus 111 Coating paper trip 112 Suction roll 113 Measuring roll 114 Extraction drum 115 Expansion drum 116 Step drum 117 Insertion drum 118 Transfer drum 119 Cutting drum 120 Expansion drum 121 Knitting drum 122 Transfer drum 126 Rolling drum 127 Rolling device 128 Transfer drum 129 Cutting drum 132 Cutter 133 Expanding drum 134 Inspection drum 135 Inspection drum 136 Transfer drum 137 Take-out drum 138 Rotating drum 139 Rotating device 140 Transfer drum 141 Discharge drum 144 Inspection mechanism 145 Inspection mechanism 211 Cigarette stick supply device 212 Filter supply device 213 Coating paper supply device 214 Cigarette production device 215 Cigarette inspection device 216 Cigarette discharge device F Filter attachment Machine M Drum device (filter plug)
P Cigarette strand machine T Drum device (cigarette stick)

Claims (13)

A feeding device (50) comprises a magazine (100) for receiving tobacco processing industry bar-shaped articles, in particular filter bars, having a supply side, feeding tobacco processing industry bar-shaped articles into the magazine (100). In the supply device (50) for
One article mass flow supply device (60) and at least one individual article supply device (70) are provided on the supply side of the magazine (100) on the entry side. In particular, the article mass flow supply device (60) and the article are provided. The supply device (50), wherein the individual supply device (70) is selectively operable or selectively operated.   A mass flow shaft portion (59) is provided in an area on the supply side of the magazine (100), and at least one article individual supply device (70) is disposed beside the mass flow shaft portion (59). 2. Supply according to claim 1, characterized in that, in particular, the mass flow shaft portion (59) can be loaded, in particular selectively, by an article mass flow supply device (60) and / or an individual article supply device (70). Device (50).   The mass flow shaft portion (59) is provided with a movable shaft wall (56), particularly in the first operating state, so that the shaft wall (in the operating position when the article mass flow supply device (60) is in operation) ( 56) the article mass flow is transportable or transported via the mass flow shaft portion (59), in particular the article is fed from the individual article feeder (70) by the shaft wall (56) in the operating position. 3. Feeding device (50) according to claim 2, characterized in that it cannot be fed to the shaft part (59).   In the region of the sflow shaft portion (59), a movable shaft wall (56) is disposed at a stationary position during operation of the individual article supply device (70), particularly in the second operating state, and mass flow. The shaft portion (59) is locked for article mass flow, particularly using a mass flow locking device (71) disposed within the mass flow shaft portion (59), wherein the mass flow shaft portion (59) is at least 4. Supply device (50) according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that it can be filled during operation of one individual article supply device (70).   Particularly in the third operating state, a movable shaft wall (56) and a mass flow lock device (71) are provided in the region of the mass flow shaft portion (59), which are connected to the article mass flow supply device (60). During operation of the at least one individual article supply device (70), each is positioned at an intermediate position, and the mass flow shaft portion (59) is connected to the article mass flow supply device (60) and the at least one individual article supply device (70). Feeding device (50) according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that it can be filled by both.   6. Feeding device (50) according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the mass flow locking device (71) is formed as a movable, in particular pivotable guide flap.   The mass flow locking device (71) comprises an actuator, in particular a pivot drive, and at least one position sensor and / or an angular position sensor, and a movable shaft wall (56) is coupled to the actuator, in particular a linear drive. 6. A feeding device (50) according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that at least one position sensor is provided for detecting the position of the shaft wall (56).   A filling state detection device (72, 73) for articles introduced into the mass flow shaft portion from at least one individual article supply device (70) is provided especially next to the mass flow shaft portion (59). The supply device (50) according to any one of claims 4 to 7.   The filling state detection device (72, 73) is specifically configured to use a pivotable feeler (72), and in particular this feeler (72) cooperates with a position generator and / or position sensor. The supply device (50) according to claim 8, characterized in that   At least one individual article supply device (70) is provided with a turning device, whereby an article to be transported in the vertical axis direction is converted to the horizontal axis transport direction or is convertible and transported in the horizontal axis direction. 10. Supply device (50) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the article to be made can be introduced into or introduced into the magazine (100).   Machine (F) in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter mounting machine (F), characterized in that it comprises a supply device (50) according to any one of the preceding claims. Supply device for supplying articles in the tobacco processing industry into the magazine (100), in which rod-shaped articles are introduced into the magazine (100), in particular in the direction of the horizontal axis, via the supply side of the magazine (100). 50) in the method for driving
One article mass flow supply device (60) and at least one individual article supply device (70) are provided on the supply side of the magazine (100) on the entry side, and this article mass flow supply apparatus (60) and individual article supply are provided. Method characterized in that the device (70) is selectively operated.   Method according to claim 12, characterized in that the feeding device (50) according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is operated.

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