JP3086712B2 - Sugar tobacco supply stop device for cigarette packaging equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cigarette supply stopping device in a cigarette packing apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cigarette wrapping apparatus, in which a mechanism for automatically stopping the supply of cigarettes is provided in an aligning apparatus for arranging cigarettes and stacking them in three rows, and stopping the packaging apparatus. The present invention also relates to a cigarette supply stopping device which prevents a semi-finished product from remaining in an intermediate portion of the packaging device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a cigarette wrapping apparatus arranges cigarettes put in, for example, a hopper or the like, and prepares two cigarettes for one box.
An alignment device for stacking zero cigarettes in three rows of seven, six, and seven bales, and an aluminum foil for the cigarettes stacked in the bale.
It is composed of a packing device for packaging with a wrapper or paper, a sealing device for attaching a seal or the like to the package. These devices are integrally connected, and a cigarette put in a hopper or the like is discharged as a finished product from the packaging device.

By the way, when such a packaging apparatus is stopped, if the apparatus is stopped as it is, many semi-finished products will remain in an intermediate portion of the packaging apparatus. in this way,
If a semi-finished product remains in the packaging container, the applied adhesive dries or, in the case of hot-melt type adhesive, is excessively heated by a heater, causing the adhesive to flow or the semi-finished product to burn, resulting in a number of defects. Products will be generated.

For this reason, conventionally, when the packaging apparatus is stopped for maintenance and maintenance, a blocking block or the like is manually inserted into the cigarette supply passage of the aligning apparatus to block the flow of the cigarette. , The packaging apparatus was operated for a certain period of time, and the packaging apparatus was stopped after the cigarette or semi-finished product was completely discharged from the packaging apparatus.

[0005] However, the above-mentioned supply passages are provided for one box, that is, twenty, and the work of simultaneously inserting the blocking blocks into these supply passages is troublesome and inefficient. There were problems such as requiring skill. Also, when a malfunction occurs in the packaging device and it becomes necessary to stop the packaging device urgently,
There is a problem that it takes a long time to stop the packaging device.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the supply of cigarettes is automatically stopped, and the stoppage of the packaging apparatus can be performed in a short time and easily. An apparatus for stopping the supply of cigarettes is provided.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided an alignment apparatus for aligning a number of cigarettes of one box in a row and then arranging the cigarettes in a plurality of stages in a bales stack. A packaging device for packaging one cigarette of one cigarette, wherein the aligning device is configured to arrange the cigarettes in a line and to supply the cigarettes for one box of cigarettes. A plurality of supply passages having the same number as that of the supply passages, and at the outlet ends of these supply passages, holding projections for temporarily holding cigarettes sent through the supply passages are provided. At the outlet end of each of the supply passages, there is provided a receiving drum for receiving each of the cigarettes held by the holding projections one by one from each of the supply passages. In the middle of the passage, projecting into each of these supply passages Stoppers are provided to freely press and hold the tobacco between the inner surfaces of the supply passages, and a drive mechanism is provided for driving the respective stoppers to protrude and retract. The position of each stopper in each of the supply passages is determined by the number of cigarettes from the cigarette held by these stoppers to the cigarette held in the holding protrusion at the outlet end of each supply passage. It is set so as to be equal in number, and a control device for simultaneously driving each of the above-mentioned driving mechanisms and simultaneously projecting each of the above-mentioned stoppers to stop the supply of cigarettes is provided. Is what you do. Also,
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the driving mechanism is an air cylinder, and the pressing force of the stopper by the air cylinder is such that the pressure is applied between the stopper and the inner surface of the supply passage. The pressing force is set so as not to be crushed and to be kept immovable at the position.

[0008]

The cigarette packaging apparatus provided with the cigarette supply stopping device has a number of supply passages equal to the number of cigarettes for one box, and the cigarette is supplied from the outlet of these supply passages. Take out one by one, stack in bales, and wrap for one box. Therefore, the packaging of the cigarette can be efficiently performed. However, in such a packaging apparatus, if the removal of cigarettes from the outlets of the supply passages does not stop at the same time, defective products with insufficient number of cigarettes may be manufactured. According to the cigarette supply stopping device of the present invention, when the packaging device is stopped, the stopper protrudes into the supply passage, clamps and holds the cigarette in the supply passage, and stops the supply. . Therefore, the operation stroke of the stopper may be short, the operation is quick, and the structure of the drive mechanism is simple. However, such stoppers and drive mechanisms cannot be arranged at the outlet end of the supply passage. At the outlet end of each of the above-mentioned supply passages, a holding projection that temporarily holds the cigarette is formed,
The number of cigarettes between the cigarettes stopped by the stopper and the cigarettes held by the holding projections is configured to be equal to each other in each supply passage. Therefore, the supply of cigarettes is not immediately stopped after the above-mentioned stopper is projected, but the number of cigarettes from the stopped cigarettes by the stoppers to the cigarettes held at the holding projections at the outlet end of each supply passage. Are set equal to each other, so that a shortage of products is not manufactured.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the entire cigarette packaging apparatus will be described. This device is a device for packaging 20 cigarettes at a time.
FIG. 1 shows the entire packaging apparatus. Reference numeral 1 in the figure denotes an alignment device. The aligning apparatus 1 is provided with a hopper 2, and a large number of cigarettes sent from a cigarette manufacturing apparatus (not shown) are put into the hopper 2. Then, with this aligning device 1, this cigarette is equivalent to one box, that is, 2 cigarettes.
Zero pieces are stacked in three rows of seven, six, and seven.
The cigarettes stacked in the bale are sent to the adjacent packing device 3. This packing device automatically packs the one box of cigarettes with aluminum foil, wrapping or paper. In addition, a seal or the like is attached to this package by an adjacent seal device, and the package is discharged via a discharge conveyor 5.

Next, the configuration of the above-mentioned aligning device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, one supply box, that is, twenty supply passages 12 are formed in the bottom of the hopper 2 along the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 4, these supply passages 12 are passages formed between the blocks 13 and 14 and have a width slightly larger than the diameter of the cigarette C.

On the upper surfaces of the blocks 13 and 14, a mountain-shaped guide block 18 is mounted. Further, a pair of agitator rollers 11 are provided at the upper end of the supply passage 12, that is, on both sides of the entrance, respectively. The agitator rollers perform a rotational swinging motion, and the cigarette C in the hopper 2 is supplied to the supply passage 12. Introduce within. Therefore, the cigarette C in the hopper 2 is guided by the guide block 18 and is sent one by one into the supply passage 12 by the agitator roller 11, and the cigarette C is introduced into the supply passage 12. Aligned in a line. Then, the cigarettes C arranged in a line are moved downward by gravity.

A holding block 19 is provided at the lower end of the supply passage 12, that is, at the end on the outlet side. At the lower part of the holding block 19, a holding projection 15 is provided so as to project substantially horizontally so as to protrude into the supply passage 12. A negative pressure nozzle 16 is opened on the side of the holding projection 15, and the negative pressure nozzle 16 communicates with a negative pressure passage 17. Therefore, the cigarette C sent in the supply passage 12 comes into contact with the holding projection 15 and is sucked and held by the negative pressure of the negative pressure nozzle 16.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, receiving drums 20 are arranged at the lower ends of the supply passages 12, respectively. These receiving drums 20 are mounted on a rotating shaft 21 and rotate in the direction of the arrow in FIG. On the peripheral surface of the receiving drum 20, for example, two receiving members 22 are attached, and an arc-shaped concave portion for holding the cigarette C is formed on a side surface in the forward direction of the receiving member. The negative pressure nozzle 23 is open.

Accordingly, the cigarettes C held by the holding projections 15 at the lower end of the supply passage 12 are received one by one into the recesses of the receiving member 22 by the rotation of the receiving drum 20. It is held by negative pressure.

As shown in FIG. 2, a row of receiving drums 20, ie, seven or six receiving drums 2 are provided.
The three alignment drums 30 are arranged close to 0, respectively. These alignment drums 30 are mounted on a rotating shaft 31 and rotate in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. The peripheral speed of these alignment drums 30 is set equal to the peripheral speed of each receiving drum 20 described above. A plurality of groups of alignment concave portions 32 are formed on the peripheral surface of the alignment drum 30. The number of alignment recesses 32 in each group is one row, that is, seven or six. Then, the alignment recesses 32 of each of these groups
Is passed through the receiving drum 20, the cigarette C is transferred into the alignment recess 32 of each of these groups. Therefore, one row of cigarettes C is transferred to the alignment recesses 32 of each group. Note that these alignment recesses 32
Although not shown, a negative pressure nozzle is opened in the same manner as described above, and the transferred cigarette C is held by the negative pressure.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the transfer drums 4 correspond to the respective aligning drums 30, respectively.
0 is arranged. These transfer drums 40 are attached to a rotating shaft 41 and rotate in the direction of the arrow in FIG. On the peripheral surface of these transfer drums 40, a plurality of groups of holding recesses 4 are provided.
2 are formed, and a negative pressure nozzle is also opened in each of the holding concave portions 42. One row of cigarettes C held in the alignment recesses 32 of each group of the alignment drums 30 is transferred to the holding recesses 42 of each group of the transfer drum 40.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
1 corresponding to the row, that is, three transfer drums 40 described above.
A plurality of bales stacking drums 50 are arranged. This bale-stacking drum 50 is attached to a rotating shaft 51 and rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. A plurality of heads 52 are provided on the peripheral surface of the bale-stacking drum 50, and when these heads 52 pass near the transfer drum 40, these heads 5
Two rows of cigarettes C, one for each row, are transported in a bale stack.

Further, as shown in FIG.
An extruding drum 53 is attached to 1, and the extruding drum 53 rotates together with the bale-stacking drum 50. The pushing drum 53 is provided with a pusher 54 corresponding to the head 52, and pushes out the 20 cigarettes C held by the heads 52 to the transfer drum 55. Then, the 20 cigarettes C for one box are packed by the packing device 3 of FIG. 1 and a seal is attached by the sealing device 4.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, a description will be given of the cigarette supply stopping device of the present invention provided in the aligning device 1. FIG. A supply stopping device 60 is provided at the lower end of the supply passage 12 for the cigarette C. The supply stopping device 60 is provided, for example, at the lower end of one of the blocks 14 constituting the supply passage 12. The supply stopping device 60 includes a stopper 61. The stopper 61 is connected to the opening 6 formed in the block 14 described above.
It is configured to protrude and sink into the above-mentioned supply passage 12 through the supply passage 8. A guide pin 63 protrudes from the rear surface of the stopper 61, and the guide pin 63 is slidably guided by a guide bush 65 formed on the support member 69, and guides the protrusion / recess of the stopper 61. I do. The stopper 61 has a driving mechanism such as the air cylinder 6.
2 are connected. The air cylinder 62 is attached to the block 14, and the air cylinder 62
Are connected to air pipes 66 and 67. These air pipes 66 and 67 are connected to a solenoid valve (not shown).

Incidentally, the supply stopping device 60 as described above is
Each of the twenty supply passages 12 is provided. In each supply passage 12, the number of cigarettes C between the cigarette C from which the stopper 61 protrudes and is squeezed and the cigarette C held by the holding projection 15 is The number of the supply passages 12 is set to the same number, for example, one as shown in FIG. Also,
Each of these supply stopping devices 60 is configured to be simultaneously operated by a control device (not shown) or the like.

The pressing force of the air cylinder 62 is set to such a strength that the cigarette C sandwiched between the stoppers 61 is not crushed and the cigarette C is held immovable. I have.

Next, the operation of such a device will be described.
During the operation of the packaging device, the stopper 61 of the supply stopping device 60 is retracted from the supply passage 12. Therefore, the cigarette C freely passes through the supply passage 12 and is received by the receiving drum 29.

When the packaging device is stopped, pressurized air is supplied to the air cylinder 62 of the supply stopping device 60 of each supply passage 12 by a signal from a control device (not shown). 12 protrudes.
Then, the cigarette C is clamped and held between the distal end of the stopper 61 and the inner surface of the supply passage 12, so that the cigarette C becomes immovable and the supply of the cigarette C is stopped.
When the packaging apparatus is operated for a predetermined time from this state, all the cigarettes downstream of the compressed cigarette C are packaged by the packaging apparatus to become products. Note that, in this case, the clamping pressure of the cigarette C is sequentially performed by a signal from a control device (not shown), so that a product with an insufficient number is not produced.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the drive mechanism for driving the stopper is not limited to an air cylinder, but may be a solenoid or other mechanism.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the packaging device is stopped, the stopper of the supply stopping device protrudes into the supply passage and presses the cigarette to stop its movement.
Therefore, the supply of cigarettes from the supply passage is automatically stopped, and the stopping of the packaging device can be performed easily and in a short time, and the operation does not require skill.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a packaging device.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the alignment device.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the alignment device.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of a part of the alignment device.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged front view of another part of the alignment device.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a supply stopping device attached to the alignment device.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line 7-7 in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Alignment apparatus 2 Hopper 12 Supply passage 15 Holding convex part 20 Receiving drum 60 Supply stop device 61 Stopper 62 Drive mechanism

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65B 19/04

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An aligning device for arranging a number of cigarettes for one box in a row and then arranging the cigarettes in a plurality of stages in a bales stack, and a packaging device for packaging the one box of cigarettes stacked in the bales. In the cigarette packaging apparatus provided, the aligning device includes a plurality of supply passages of a number equal to the number of cigarettes of one box for supplying the cigarettes in a line. At the outlet end of the supply passage, there is provided a holding protrusion for temporarily holding a cigarette sent in each of the supply passages, and at the outlet end of each supply passage described above. A receiving drum is provided for receiving each of the cigarettes held by the holding projections from each of the supply passages, and a receiving drum is provided in the middle of each of the supply passages so as to protrude into each of the supply passages. It can be immersed and wound between the inner surfaces of these supply passages. A stopper is provided for holding the cigarette by pressing, and a driving mechanism is provided for driving each of the stoppers so as to protrude and retract, respectively. The position of each stopper in each of the supply passages is provided. Is set so that the number of cigarettes held by the stoppers to the number of cigarettes held in the holding protrusions at the outlet end of each supply passage is equal in each supply passage, A control device for simultaneously driving the driving mechanisms to simultaneously project the stoppers to stop the supply of cigarettes; a cigarette supply stopping device for a cigarette packaging device. 2. The driving mechanism is an air cylinder,
Further, the pressing force of the stopper by the air cylinder is set to a sufficient pressing force so that the tobacco held between the stopper and the inner surface of the supply passage is not crushed and is immovably held at the position. The cigarette supply stopping device of the cigarette packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the cigarette is supplied.