US3391770A - Device for use in connection with cigarette packing machines for filling cigarette funnels and the like - Google Patents

Device for use in connection with cigarette packing machines for filling cigarette funnels and the like Download PDF

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US3391770A
US3391770A US588956A US58895666A US3391770A US 3391770 A US3391770 A US 3391770A US 588956 A US588956 A US 588956A US 58895666 A US58895666 A US 58895666A US 3391770 A US3391770 A US 3391770A
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Niepmann Otto
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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
    • 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
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine
    • A24C5/352—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine using containers, i.e. boats
    • A24C5/356—Emptying the boats into the hopper of the packaging machine

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  • ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Feed method and arrangement for cigarettes in which a hopper batch fed with cigarettes at the top discharges cigarettes continuously at the bottom while in the interval from the end of one batch feed to the initiation of the next batch feed the hopper reduces in volume to keep the level of cigarettes constant therein and during the feeding of a batch into the hopper the volume increases.
  • the present invention relates to a device for filling a cigarette funnel for use in connection with wrapping machines operating with feeder means (Schragen) open at the bottom, while a displaceable closure member is provided above the inlet opening of the funnel.
  • feeder means Schoragen
  • a displaceable closure member is provided above the inlet opening of the funnel.
  • the inlet opening of the funnel has associated therewith a control device, e.g. an electric cell, which control-s the exchange of a cigarette filled feeding container for an empty one.
  • a control device e.g. an electric cell
  • the said control device brings about a withdrawal of the empty feeding container and its replacement by a cigarette filled feeding container, whereupon the closure member opens.
  • This exchange of the feeding containers requires a certain time during which cigarettes continue to be withdrawn from the funnel.
  • a drop height between the closure member of the funnel and the surface of the cigarette layer still in the funnel occurs. When this height or distance exceeds a certain magnitude, it may happen that the cigarettes dropping into the funnel or hopper cause some disorder.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of a device according to the present invention with the feeding container placed on the cigarette funnel or hopper.
  • FIG. 2 is an end view of the device of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates on a smaller scale than FIGS. 1 and 2 a modified arrangement of the present invention which differs from that of FIGS. 1 and 2 primarily in that the side walls of the funnel are pivotable about their upper edges rather than about their lower edges as is the case with the arrangement of FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the funnel side walls are moved toward each other for lifting or raising the cigarettes still in the funnel, whereupon after the opening of the funnel inlet the said side walls are gradually returned to their previous position.
  • the side walls of the funnel are pivotable about their lower edges.
  • the moving effect of the side walls can be further improved by making the funnel side walls tiltable about their upper edges inasmuch as in this way the lifting or raising of the cigarettes in the funnel is further facilitated.
  • the side walls have their lower edges provided with bent guiding plates in order to prevent the cigarettes from laterally escaping from the funnel.
  • the packing machine comprises a funnel or hopper 1 into which feeding container means 2 filled with cigarettes can be emptied.
  • the inlet of the funnel may be closed for instance by a steel band 3 which is movable back and forth and is rolled onto and off a drum 4.
  • a steel band 3 which is movable back and forth and is rolled onto and off a drum 4.
  • the inlet edge or funnel 1 may in a manner known per so be controlled by an electric cell 6 while the light source 5 is located on one side, and the electric cell on the other side of the funnel inlet as is well known in the art.
  • the side walls In and 1b are pivotable at their lower edges about pivots 11a.
  • the pivoting of the side walls 1a, 1b may be effected by pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder piston means 9 pivotally connected at 1112 to the side walls 1a, 1b.
  • Springs 8 associated with the cylinder piston systems 9 continuously urge the side walls 1a, 1b inwardly, while the cylinder piston systems 9 are adapted against the thrust of springs 8 to move the said side walls 1a, 1b outwardly to their normal position indicated by dot-dash lines 1a, 1b.
  • a cover plate 7 for preventing the cigarettes 10 from being pressed and escaping outwardly.
  • the side wall portions 1c, 1d of the funnel 1' are pivotally supported at their upper edges at pivots 11 and 12.
  • the lower ends of said side wall portions 10 and 1d are equipped with bent guiding plates 13 and 14 likewise for preventing'the cigarettes from escaping outwardly.
  • pivoting of the side wall portions 1c, 1d may be efieeted by pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder piston systems similar to the cylinder piston systems 8, 9 referred to above in connection with the description of FIG. 1.
  • the present invention is, by no means, limited to the particular embodiments illustrated in the drawing but also comprises any modifications within the scope of the appended claims.
  • the closure member may also be formed by a strip displaceable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the above mentioned band 3 while said strip may also be controlled by an electric cell.
  • fluid operable cylinder piston means 9 instead of the fluid operable cylinder piston means 9, other suitable adjusting means may be provided. Furthermore, instead of the electric cell control means, also manually or electrically operable keys may be used.
  • An apparatus for feeding cigarettes comprising; a hopper open at the bottom for feeding cigarettes to a conveying device, said hopper receiving cigarettes in paraliel stacked relation and having a pair of walls parallel to the cigarettes, said pair of walls being moveable toward each other to reduce the volume of said hopper and away from each other to increase the volume of said hopper, a moveable closure member on top of said hopper also parallel to said cigarettes, means for placing a container of cigarettes in inverted position over said closure member with the cigarettes therein parallel to those in the hopper so that upon withdrawal of said closure member the cigarettes will drop from the container into said hopper, detecting means for detecting the level of cigarettes in said hopper, actuating means connected to at least one of said pair of walls and under the con-.
  • trol of said detecting means and operable when the detected level of cigarettes in the hopper is below a predetermined height to move the said pair of walls toward each other so as to reduce the volume of the hopper during continued discharge of cigarettes from the bottom thereof thereby to maintain said level at a predetermined minimum height, said actuating means being operable when the said detected level is above a predetermined height to move said pair of walls away from each other to increase the volume of said hopper to a maximum during discharge of cigarettes from a said container into said hopper.
  • actuating means includes fluid motors connected to said pair of walls for moving said pair of walls away from each other.
  • An apparatus which includes arcuate wall means at the free ends of said pair of walls to maintain the continuity of the interior surface of the hopper in all tilted positions of said pair of walls.

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US3024585A (en) * 1958-10-24 1962-03-13 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg Device for filling cigarette frames
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US4553660A (en) * 1978-11-01 1985-11-19 Molins Plc Handling rod-like articles
EP1952706A1 (de) * 2007-01-31 2008-08-06 Hauni Maschinenbau AG Entleermagazin und Verfahren zum Entleeren von mit stabförmigen Produkten gefüllten Schragen, insbesondere Schachtschragen
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