US20060090420A1 - Unit for feeding stacked packing material to a packing machine - Google Patents

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US20060090420A1
US20060090420A1 US11/253,799 US25379905A US2006090420A1 US 20060090420 A1 US20060090420 A1 US 20060090420A1 US 25379905 A US25379905 A US 25379905A US 2006090420 A1 US2006090420 A1 US 2006090420A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G37/00—Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes
    • B65G37/005—Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes comprising two or more co-operating conveying elements with parallel longitudinal axes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/10—Label magazines
    • B65C9/105—Storage arrangements including a plurality of magazines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/30—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for replenishing the pile during continuous separation of articles therefrom
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
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    • B65G2201/0258—Trays, totes or bins
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4225—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles in or on special supports
    • B65H2301/42254—Boxes; Cassettes; Containers
    • B65H2301/422542—Boxes; Cassettes; Containers emptying or unloading processes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2402/00—Constructional details of the handling apparatus
    • B65H2402/30—Supports; Subassemblies; Mountings thereof
    • B65H2402/35—Supports; Subassemblies; Mountings thereof rotating around an axis
    • B65H2402/352—Turrets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1936—Tickets or coupons

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  • the present invention relates to a unit for feeding stacked packing material to a packing machine.
  • the present invention may be used to advantage in a packing machine for producing packets of cigarettes combined with coupons, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
  • packing machines for producing packets of cigarettes combined with coupons are used, in which the coupons are fed to a packing line by a revolving loader normally located over the packing machine and normally having longitudinal grooves housing respective stacks of coupons.
  • the loader is rotated about a longitudinal, normally vertical axis to selectively align the grooves with the input of a normally vertical hopper, which receives one stack of coupons at a time, and has an output fitted with an extracting device for extracting and feeding the coupons one at a time to the packing line.
  • Feeding the coupons as described above has various drawbacks, on account of the fairly limited capacity of the loaders, which must therefore be replaced repeatedly during each operating cycle and require continual use of skilled labour. Moreover, given their size and weight, assembly of the loaders, which is normally performed by hand over the packing machine, calls for considerable effort on the part of the fitters and, at times, also stoppage of the packing machine.
  • a packing machine comprising a loading station having a coupon input and a power take-off; and a coupon truck store having a number of containers for respective stacks of coupons, and connectable removably to the loading station to cooperate, when connected to the loading station, with the power take-off and successively move the containers through an unloading position, in which each container is engaged by an extracting device for extracting and transferring the relative stack to the coupon input.
  • the total loading capacity of the coupon stack feed unit of the truck store described above is relatively small in proportion to the total size involved.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view, with parts removed for clarity, of a preferred embodiment of the feed unit according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic plan view, with parts removed for clarity, of the FIG. 1 feed unit
  • FIG. 3 shows a section along line III-III in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 shows a view in perspective of a container of the FIG. 1 feed unit
  • FIG. 5 shows a schematic side view, with parts removed for clarity, of a further embodiment of the FIG. 1 feed unit
  • FIG. 6 shows a schematic view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a further embodiment of the FIG. 1 feed unit.
  • Number 1 in FIGS. 1 to 3 indicates as a whole a packing material feed unit for feeding stacks 2 of coupons to a packing machine (not shown).
  • Feed unit 1 comprises a number of containers 3 arranged to define a group 4 of containers 3 ; group 4 comprises a number of side by side columns 5 of containers 3 , each column comprising a number of superimposed containers 3 ( FIG. 1 ); and each container 3 is parallelepiped-shaped and contains a stack 2 of coupons.
  • Feed unit 1 also comprises a conveying device 6 for feeding group 4 of containers 3 along a path P 1 in a travelling direction 7 ; and a pickup station 8 located at the end of path P 1 to remove one container 3 from group 4 of containers 3 .
  • a conveying device 9 is located at pickup station 8 to feed each container 3 along a path P 2 having a vertical initial portion perpendicular to path P 1 .
  • a feed station 10 is located along path P 2 , where the stack 2 of coupons inside a container 3 is expelled from container 3 and fed to the packing machine.
  • a belt conveyor 11 extends from feed station 10 to receive and feed a stack 2 of coupons to the packing units (not shown) of the packing machine, and is preferably integrated in the packing machine.
  • Conveying device 6 comprises a horizontal surface 12 supporting group 4 of containers 3 in sliding manner; and a feed device 13 for pushing group 4 of containers 3 along path P 1 , at the end of which, pickup station 8 removes from the bottom of a column 5 of containers 3 the container 3 resting directly on horizontal surface 12 .
  • pickup station 8 comprises a through hole 14 formed through horizontal surface 12 ; and a closing device 15 movable between a closed position preventing passage of a container 3 through hole 14 , and an open position permitting passage of a container 3 through hole 14 .
  • feed device 13 comprises two endless chains 16 located on opposite sides of group 4 of containers 3 , and each supporting a number of vertical push members 17 .
  • each container 3 comprises two connecting bodies 18 located at opposite ends of container 3 , and which engage and slide freely vertically along a respective pair of push members 17 .
  • Conveying device 9 comprises a drum 19 rotating about a horizontal axis of rotation 20 perpendicular to the FIG. 2 plane.
  • Drum 19 is located beneath through hole 14 , comprises a pusher 21 movable perpendicularly to axis of rotation 20 of drum 19 , and has a number of peripheral seats 22 , each for receiving a respective container 3 .
  • Each container 3 comprises a rear wall 23 having a through opening 24 ( FIG. 3 ), through which pusher 21 moves to expel stack 2 of coupons from container 3 .
  • drum 19 rotates between pickup station 8 , where it receives a container 3 inside a respective peripheral seat 22 ; feed station 10 , where it unloads stack 2 of coupons onto belt conveyor 11 by means of a horizontal movement of pusher 21 ; and an unloading station 25 , where it unloads the empty container 3 inside a collecting space 26 for empty containers 3 .
  • feed unit 1 comprises a conveying device 27 located beneath drum 19 and for receiving the empty container 3 by gravity from drum 19 , and transferring the empty container 3 from conveying device 9 to collecting space 26 .
  • conveying device 27 is dispensed with, and collecting space 26 is located beneath drum 19 to receive containers 3 by gravity directly from drum 19 .
  • feed unit 1 comprises a conveying device 28 for receiving an empty container 3 from conveying device 9 , and feeding the empty container 3 to a return station 29 .
  • a belt conveyor 30 is interposed between conveying device 9 and conveying device 28 , to transfer empty containers 3 , along a path P 3 parallel to path P 1 and in a travelling direction 31 opposite travelling direction 7 , between unloading station 25 at conveying device 9 , and a loading station 32 at conveying device 28 .
  • Belt conveyor 30 comprises two side by side, endless belts 33 (only one shown in FIG. 5 ); and a pusher 34 located between the two belts 33 at loading station 32 , and movable perpendicularly with respect to travelling direction 31 .
  • Return station 29 is located along path P 1 , on the opposite side to pickup station 8 , and reinserts the empty container 3 inside group 4 of containers 3 , at the bottom of a column 5 of containers 3 , and directly onto horizontal surface 12 .
  • Return station 29 comprises a through hole 35 formed through horizontal surface 12 ; and a closing device 36 movable between a closed position preventing passage of a container 3 through hole 35 , and an open position permitting passage of a container 3 through hole 35 .
  • Conveying device 28 comprises a rotary drum 37 , which is located beneath through hole 35 , comprises a pusher 38 movable perpendicularly to an axis of rotation 39 of drum 37 , and has a number of peripheral seats 40 , each for receiving an empty container 3 . More specifically, drum 37 rotates between loading station 32 , where it receives an empty container 3 inside a respective peripheral seat 40 by means of an upward movement of pusher 34 , and return station 29 , where it moves container 3 through hole 35 onto horizontal surface 12 by means of an upward movement of pusher 38 .
  • feed unit 1 is mounted on a trolley 41 comprising a number of wheels 42 , and a frame 43 supporting conveying device 6 , group 4 of containers 3 , and conveying device 9 .
  • Feed unit 1 as described above is cheap and easy to produce, and is extremely compact in relation to its considerable storage capacity.
  • feed unit 1 as described above may also be used to advantage on other automatic machines for packing products other than cigarettes, and for supplying the automatic machines with any type of packing material other than coupons.
  • feed unit 1 as described above may be used for feeding labels to a bottling machine or food labels to a food packing machine.

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