US1988518A - Cigarette collector - Google Patents

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US1988518A
US1988518A US444818A US44481830A US1988518A US 1988518 A US1988518 A US 1988518A US 444818 A US444818 A US 444818A US 44481830 A US44481830 A US 44481830A US 1988518 A US1988518 A US 1988518A
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Rupert E Rundell
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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
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
    • A24C5/326—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing with lateral transferring means

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  • This invention relates to cigarette collectors for high speed cigarette machines of the continuous rod type, its main object being to collect the cut cigarettes without injuring them and to divide them in two separate rows on the delivery conveyor, thereby permitting thelatter to run at a speed less than that of the cigarette rod. Another object is to so dispose the collecting mechaanism as to make the cigarette machine considerably shorter, thereby saving valuable floor space.
  • the improved collector comprises a rotary horizontal disk running below two semi-circular walls or partitions which guide the cigarettes delivered to the disk in two paths onto two offset deflector plates from which the cigarettes fall side by side in two parallel rows onto a conveyor or collector belt, each row corresponding, to one of the said paths.
  • the cigarettes, which leave the cutoff device of the cigarette machine in a continuous single line or row, are led into an oscillating tubular guide swinging in synchronism with the cutoff knife, so that alternate cigarettes are assorted in two lines or rows, each line of cigarettes feeding one of the aforesaid paths.
  • This separation of the delivered cigarettes into two rows has been found necessary in high speed machines for the reason that it is impossible for an operator to take the cigargettes off. the delivery conveyor as quickly as they collect or arrive in a single row.
  • the two-row delivery has another great advantage in sorting the cigarettes so that the tipped or printed ends of all cigarettes in the same row point in the same direction; those in one row pointing in one direction, while those in the other row point in the opposite direction.
  • the cigarettes are carried tangentially by the continuously running rotary disk around a semicircle and are thrown out of tangential alignment onto a belt traveling at constant speed obliquely across the path of the cigarettes, thereby guiding the same towards and onto the sides of the above mentioned deflector plates, which are provided with means for depositing the cigarettes in the desired position on the collector or delivery belt which is transversely disposed with respect to the deflector plates.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of the improved rotary cigarette collector
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same
  • Fig. 3 is a front view of. the drive for the rotary disk from line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
  • the guiding device comprises an oscillating tube acting in synchronism with the cutoff knife of the cigarette machine, and the forwarding surface comprises a rotary disk receiving the cigarettes from said guiding device.
  • the retarding means comprises a partition or wall against which the cigarettes are pressed by the forwarding surface.
  • the mechanism for receiving and collecting the cigarettes comprises a collecting conveyor and a belt conveyor which is arranged obliquely to the path of the cigarettes on the forwarding surface to receive and carry them to the collecting conveyor.
  • a deflector plate arranged to guide the cigarettes from one conveyor to the other.
  • the cigarettes C after leaving the cutting device of the cigarette machine, pass through a stationary tubular guide 5 into the oscillating guide tube 6 which is swung back and forth on a vertical pivot in synchronism with the cutting knife, so as to deliver alternate cigarettes on either side of a stationary wall or partition 8, thereby dividing the single line of cigarettes entering from guide tube 5 into two separate lines C1 and C2.
  • the cigarettes so delivered by guide tube 6 fall on a rotary horizontal disk 9 loosely mounted on stud 10 supported on hearing plate 11 fastened to the machine frame 12.
  • Disk 9 is provided 'with a guard rail 7 leading to a concentric circular web 13 integral with the disk and acting as a side guard for the inner line of cigarettes C1.
  • the cigarettes C1 are guided by the semi-circular strip 14 which forms a continuation of the partition 8 and is carried by lugs 15 of the stationary cover 16 fixed on' stud 10 by a lock-nut 17.
  • the outer line of cigarettes C2 is guided by the semi-circular outside wall 18 fastened to the machine frame 12.
  • the two rows or lines of cigarettes Cland C2 are carried against the partitions 14 and 18, respectively, and pressed against the same by the centrifugal force of the rotating disk, thereby retarding the speed of the cigarettes.
  • the friction of the disk on the bottom of the cigarettes is appreciably less than the friction of the parti tions on the ends of the cigarettes; the speed of the cigarettes is retarded sufliciently so that when they leave the disk it is substantially reduced with respect to the speed of the disk.
  • the rotary disk 9 has the downwardly projecting annular surface 19 and is driven at a constant speed regardless of the speed of the cigarette machine by friction wheel 20 slidably mounted on keys 21 in shaft 22 supported in ball bearings 23 of housing 24.
  • Friction wheel 20 is provided with a hub 25 having a hub slot 26 engaged by rollers 27 pivoted on fork lever 28 mounted on pivot 29 carried by housing 24.
  • the lower arm of fork lever 28 carries rollers 30 engaging in the slot 31 of adjusting stud 32 having the end portion 33 threaded into the housing 24.
  • the friction wheel 20 is brought closer to or farther away from the center of disk 9 by turning stud 32 which is then held in the desired position by the lock-lever 34 engaging with the threads on end portion 33.
  • the horizontal shaft 22 carries the spiral gear 35 meshing with spiral gear 36 on vertical shaft 37 supported in ball bearings 38 in the housing 24.
  • the latter is slidably mounted on machine frame 12 and held in position by lifter bushing 39 having adjusting range 40 threaded thereon resting against supporting bushing 41 of the stationary housing 42.
  • the lower end of shaft 37 is provided with a flat end projection 43 fitting into a corresponding end-slot of vertical shaft 44 supported in ball bearings 45 of the stationary housing 42.
  • Shaft 44 carries spiral gear 46 meshing with spiral gear 47 mounted on the main drive shaft 48 of the collector which runs continuously at constant speed. In case the friction wheel 20 is worn and adjustment is desired, the slidable housing 24 can be moved upward by turning the djusting ring 40.
  • the disk 9 delivers the cigarettes C1 and C2 upon the continuously running belt conveyor 49 which is set at an oblique angle with respect to the path of the cigarettes so as to overcome the centrifugal force of cigarettes and carry them against the deflectors 50 and 51 which are provided with curved side plates 52 and 53, respectively, which guide the cigarettes in parallel arrangement onto the continuously running collecting conveyor 54 after their forward motion has been stopped by the stationary guide rails 55 and 56 attached to the deflectors 50 and 51, respectively, the latter being mounted on the machine frame.
  • 11 plate 57 attached to deflector 51 guides the cigarettes 01 after leaving belt conveyor 49, and an adjustable guard rail 58 prevents cigarettes of the outer row C: from falling off the collecting conveyor 54.
  • the oblique belt conveyor 49 is driven by roller 59 and runs over idler roller 60 mounted on shaft 61 supported by the bracket 62 which is carried on pivot 63 and thus permits the running angle and speed of belt conveyor 49 to be adjusted.
  • Roller 59 is mounted on shaft 64 carrying friction roller 65 in engagement with and operated by the rotary disk 9.
  • Shaft 64 is supported by bearing bars 66 mounted on pivoted bracket 62.
  • the collecting conveyor 54 is driven from pulley 67 mounted on shaft 68 having the pulley 69 operated through belt 70 from the main drive of the cigarette machine, or the shaft 68 may be geared to the main drive.
  • the belt conveyor 49 Since the belt conveyor 49 is driven directly from the rotary disk 9, it, accordingly, has the same constant linear speed as the portion of the disk engaged by the friction roller 65, while the action of the partitions, comprising the retarding means, has reduced the speed of the cigarettes on the disk as described above.
  • the cigarettes Upon engaging the belt conveyor 49, the cigarettes are accelerated and propelled with a force suflicient to throw them against the guard rails 55 and 56, thereby insuring that they will be guided to the portions of the collecting conveyor 54 intended to receive them.
  • the cigarettes will be fed into proper position on the conveyor belt 54, regardless of variations in the weight and size of the cigarettes and the speed of the cigarette machine.
  • a deflector plate arranged to guide the cigarettes from the belt conveyor to the collecting conveyor and provided with a guide rail to stop the motion of the cigarettes imparted by the belt conveyor.

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Cited By (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2509752A (en) * 1948-12-02 1950-05-30 American Tobacco Co Cigarette turning device
US2534954A (en) * 1948-11-02 1950-12-19 American Tobacco Co Cigarette turning device
US3036581A (en) * 1955-05-18 1962-05-29 American Mach & Foundry Apparatus for making cigarettes
US3450258A (en) * 1965-05-18 1969-06-17 Seita Device for selectively extracting objects from a continuous stream of objects and especially cigarettes
DE2254230A1 (de) * 1971-12-10 1973-06-20 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg Vorrichtung zum aendern der foerderrichtung von laengsaxial gefoerderten filterstaeben

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GB681855A (en) * 1949-10-21 1952-10-29 Adalbero Stangel Improvements in or relating to machines for cutting filter tip and other mouthpieces for cigarettes
CN111924167A (zh) * 2020-06-17 2020-11-13 江西中烟工业有限责任公司 一种烟盒包装机的弧形折叠板用定位工装

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2534954A (en) * 1948-11-02 1950-12-19 American Tobacco Co Cigarette turning device
US2509752A (en) * 1948-12-02 1950-05-30 American Tobacco Co Cigarette turning device
US3036581A (en) * 1955-05-18 1962-05-29 American Mach & Foundry Apparatus for making cigarettes
US3450258A (en) * 1965-05-18 1969-06-17 Seita Device for selectively extracting objects from a continuous stream of objects and especially cigarettes
DE2254230A1 (de) * 1971-12-10 1973-06-20 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg Vorrichtung zum aendern der foerderrichtung von laengsaxial gefoerderten filterstaeben

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GB358042A (en) 1931-10-02
BE371173A (xx) 1930-07-31

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