US3402528A - Machines for wrapping block-like articles - Google Patents

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US3402528A
US3402528A US491124A US49112465A US3402528A US 3402528 A US3402528 A US 3402528A US 491124 A US491124 A US 491124A US 49112465 A US49112465 A US 49112465A US 3402528 A US3402528 A US 3402528A
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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
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/18—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in two or more straight paths
    • B65B11/20—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in two or more straight paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • B65B11/22—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in two or more straight paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/221—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in one or more straight paths

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  • a machine for wrapping block-like articles, for example blocks of cigarettes.
  • the machine comprises a first push-member for feeding a block-like member past a feed path for wrapping material into a cell with the wrapping material partly Wrapped around the block-like member, the cell having a top wall and a bottom wall, means for moving the cell with the block-like member therein downwards, a second push-member for removing the block-like member from the cell and means for moving the top wall and the bottom wall separately upwards, the top wall being moved first and the bottom wall being moved subsequently.
  • the invention relates to machines for wrapping blocklike articles, for example cigarette blocks or block-like assemblies of cigarette blocks.
  • the invention consists in a machine for wrapping blocklike articles, comprising a first push member for feeding a block-like article along a first feed path, a cell having a bottom wall and a top wall being arranged for receiving the article after it has been fed beyond a second feed path for wrapping material, the second feed path extending transversely to the first feed path, means being provided for reciprocating the cell in a substantially vertical direction for moving the article to a lower level than that of the first feed path, a second push member being provided for removing the article from the cell and moving it along a third feed path at the lower level.
  • FIG. 1 shows an elevational view, partly in section, of a wrapping machine of the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a section along the line II-II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 shows a section along the line IIIIII of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 shows a section along the line IV-IV of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 shows a section along the line VV of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show details of the machine in different working positions
  • FIG. 8 shows a modified machine of the invention
  • FIG. 9 shows a section along the line IXIX of FIG. 1.
  • the machine illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 7 and 9 serves for wrapping blocks of cigarettes in transparent plastics sheet material.
  • the machine comprises a channel 2 for cigarette blocks 3, the walls of the channel 2 being held by bars of a machine frame (not shown).
  • the blocks 3 are inserted into the channel 2 manually or by a suitable supply device known per se.
  • the blocks 3 leave the channel 2 at its lower end where a slide 1 is provided having a stepped part 1a.
  • the slide 1 is mounted on a slide holder 51 guided by guide rods 52 of which only one is visible in the drawings.
  • the guide rods 52 are mounted on transverse bars 53 and 0f the machine frame.
  • a pivot 83 links an operating rod to the slide holder 51.
  • a lever 86 is connected to the pull rod by a pivot 84, the lever 86 being linked by a pivot 89 to the machine frame.
  • the lever 86 is turnable about the pivot 89 by a rod 88 linked to the lever 86 by a pivot 87.
  • a retaining bar 90 having a finger 90a is turnable downwards about a spindle 91 under the action of gravity when such turning movement is not impeded.
  • a step is formed at the transitional region between the bar 90 and the finger 90a.
  • a web 4 of wrapping material is fed to the machine in a manner known per se. Suitable lengths of wrapping material are cut from the web 4 by a cutter 7 mounted on a rotatable roller 6 mounted on a shaft '9, the cutter 7 co-operating with a counter-roller 5 mounted on a shaft 8.
  • Transverse bars 96 and 97 of the machine frame hold guidemeans 92 and 93 which define a feed path for the lengths of wrapping material.
  • Guides 10 and 10' are provided adjacent to the wrapping material when present and at its side remote from the channel 2, the guides 10 and 10 defining part of a feed path for articles to be wrapped and serving to bend the length of Wrapping material around part of each article as the article passes through the feed path for the wrapping material, which, when seen sideways, assumes the shape of a U.
  • Each article is moved horizontally from the channel 2 along its feed path, passes the feed path for the length of the wrapping material, and moves along its feed path between the guides 10 and 10'.
  • a cell having a bottom wall 11 and a top wall 12 is vertically movable, the uppermost position of the cell being indicated by broken lines at 11 and 12', its lowermost position being indicated by full lines.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates further details of the cell.
  • the top wall 12 is mounted on guided rods 68 which are slidable in twin guides 66 and are inter-connected by a transverse bar 72 to which a rod 74 is pivotally connected at 73, the rod 74 being reciprocatable by a suitable cam arrangement not shown.
  • the guides 66 are mounted on bars 65 of the machine frame.
  • the bottom wall 11 of the cell is slotted into two parts, each part of the bottom wall 11 being mounted on a guide rod 67, the guide rods 67 sliding in the twin guides 66 and being inter-connected by a transverse bar 71 to which a rod 69 is pivotally connected at 70, the rod 69 being reciprocatable by a suitable cam arrangement not shown.
  • folding blocks 19 are fixed for folding corner parts of the upper portion of the folding material while the article moves through the cell, as will be explained further below. From FIGS. 1 and 3, it will be noted that about centrally of the cell further folding blocks 18 are provided which are mounted on the top wall 12 of the cell. It is not absolutely necessary to mount the folding blocks 18 and 19 in the manner just described, but this kind of mounting is advantageous as will be explained further below. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the folding blocks 18, 19 do not extend through the entire length of the cell.
  • a wall 13 is provided which closes the cell when in its uppermost position and thus forms an abutment for the article when introduced into the cell.
  • levers 98 are pivoted, which form part of a parallelogram arrangement.
  • a folding member is pivoted to the levers 98.
  • the levers 98 and therewith the folding member 20 are movable by a pull rod 101.
  • the folding member 20 is provided at the rear of the cell.
  • the guide 10 is provided with a depending guide wall 21 in which an electric heating member 22 is inserted. An edge 21a between the guide 10 and the depending wall 21 assists in the folding of the wrapping material as well be explained further below.
  • a folding member 94 Adjacent the cell when in its lowermost position, a folding member 94 is provided which has a laterally extending folding finger 26 which can enter the cell from the rear (see also FIG. 4).
  • the folding member 94 is mounted on guide rods 55 slidable in guides 54 mounted on a transverse bar 53 of the machine frame.
  • the guide rods 55 are linked by means of a link 56 to an operating rod 58 pivoted at 57 to the link 56 and pivoted at 59 to a lever 95 which is pivoted to the machine frame at 62 and is connected to an operating rod 61 by a pivot 60.
  • a push member 23 is provided which can enter the cell through the slot in the bottom wall 11 when the cell is in its lowermost position (see also FIG. 3).
  • the push member 23 is mounted on a guide member 24 slidable along a guide rod 25 attached to transverse bars 99 and 102 of the machine frame.
  • the guide member 24 is prevented from rotation by an element 63 attached thereto, the element 63 being slidable in a guide rail 64.
  • the element 63 carries a spindle '76 to which a rod 75 is pivotally connected which by means of a pivotal connection 77 is linked to a lever 78 which is pivoted at 81 to the machine frame and operable by an operating rod 80.
  • top and bottom walls 15 and 16 form a further feed path for the article to be wrapped, the further feed path being aligned with the cell.
  • the wall 15 is made in one piece and held by the wall 13.
  • the wall 16 is mounted on a transverse bar 46 of the machine frame.
  • a folding member 17 is provided for folding the lower part of the wrapping material upwards.
  • the bottom wall 16 has a slot (see FIG. 9) so that the push member 23 can enter such slot, whereby it is possible for the push member 23 to move the article directly onto a platform 27 for moving the wrapped article upwards as will be explained further below. Thereby, it is achieved that each individual article is pushed onto the platform 27 by the push member 23; it is thus not necessary that an article has to push another article in front of it.
  • the platfrom 27 is mounted on a guide rod 38 slidable in a guide 36 mounted on a transverse bar 37 of the machine frame.
  • a connecting member 39 is attached to the guide rod 38.
  • An operating rod 41 which is movable by a cam not shown is pivotally linked by a spindle to the connecting member 39.
  • the guide 36 carries pivotal spindles 35 (see FIG. 2) pivotally holding levers 33 having fingers 33a for supporting wrapped articles 3 when moved upwards by the platform 27.
  • the levers 33 have laterally arranged limbs 47 to which operating rods 49 are pivoted at 48.
  • the channel has a stationary wall 42 fixed to a transverse rod 43 of the machine frame.
  • the upper portions 44 and 45 of the remaining walls of the channel are also stationary, whereas the lower Wall portions 29 of the channel are movable sideways by means of lever arrangements 31 operable, in known manner, by operating rods 32.
  • heating plates 30 are provided for sealing the wrapping material around the articles under heat.
  • perforations 34 are provided through which the fingers 33a extend.
  • the lower margins 28 of the lower wall portions 29 are rounded off as shown in FIG. 2 for facilitating the entrance of wrapped articles into the channel.
  • the block-like articles 3 which are to be wrapped are positioned in the channel 2 from which they are removed singly one by one by the slide 1 and its stepped parts 1a. All the movable parts of the machine are operated in timed relationship to one another by means of cams in a manner known per se.
  • Each article 3 is first moved out of the channel 2 by means of the stepped part 1a, the retaining bar with its finger 90a engaging the article when in the position 3a so that the slide 1 and its stepped part 1a can return to their initial position shown in FIG. 1, the article being held in the position 3a by the step between the finger 90a and the bar 90.
  • the slide 1 has returned the article drops downwards from the positions 3a into the position 3b and now lies in front of the slide 1.
  • the article On the next stroke of the slide 1 the article is moved forwards from position 3b into the cell, which is in its uppermost position indicated by the broken lines 11' and 12 and assumes the position 30 within the cell, While travelling from position 3b to position 30 the article encounters a length of Wrapping material, and moves beyond the feed path of the wrapping material which thereby is folded around the article in U-shape by the guides 10 and 10. While the article is introduced into the cell, the folding blocks 18 and 19, which are in the position 18 and 19', fold the wrapping material at the leading end of the article. Subsequently, the folding member 20 descends and turns the upper adjacent part of the wrapping material downwards.
  • the folding member 20 descends the cell is moved downwards, so that its bottom and top walls 11, 12 are in the position shown in full lines, the article being now in the position 3d. While the article moves from position 30 to position 3d, the guide wall 21 and the edge 21a fold the lower part of the wrapping at the rear of the article upwards.
  • the heating member 22 seals the wrapping material at the rear.
  • the folding finger 26 folds the rear parts of the wrapping material at the corner and at the top.
  • the push member 23 moves forward and pushes the article from its position 3d out of the cell into the further feed path between the walls 15 and 16, Where the folding member 17 folds the lower lateral portions of the wrapping material upwards.
  • the push member 23 has left the slot in the bottom wall 11 of the cell for moving the article along the further feed path, the upwards movement of the cell starts while the push member 23 returns underneath the cell. Thereby a considerable gain of time can be obtained.
  • the push member 23 moves the article into a position 3e on the platform 27 which is now lifted and thereby lifts all the articles in the second channel.
  • the lower wall portions 29 and the fingers 33a of the channel are moved sideways.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the movements of the parts of the cell.
  • the top wall reaches its uppermost position 12' so that movement of the next article 3 by means of the push member 1 can begin.
  • the bottom wall 11 reaches its uppermost position 11.
  • the bottom wall should reach its upper position when the leading end of the article reaches the -fo1ding member 19.
  • both walls 11 and 12 move jointly downwards as hereinbefore described.
  • the push member 23 has removed to the rear of the article out of the region of the folding blocks 18, upwards movement of the top wall 12 begins as illustrated in FIG. 7.
  • the bottom wall 11 When the article has been completely ejected from the cell, the bottom wall 11 is moved upwards.
  • the control of the movement of the bottom wall 11 and the top wall 12 may, for example, be effected in the maner known per se by control cams which become effective at different times.
  • FIG. 8 shows a modification of a machine for wrapping a composite block of individual block-like articles.
  • the composite blocks 203 are fed by means of a conveyor 202.
  • a slide 201 pushes the blocks into the cell when in the position 211', 212.
  • Wrapping material 204 is fed between guides 293 and 292 forming a feed path for the wrapping material which is folded by the guides 210, 210 into U-slrape.
  • the movable folding member 220 and the guide wall 221 are provided.
  • the article In the lowermost position of the cell With the bottom wall 211 and top wall 212 the article assumes the position 2031) and is located in front of the guide rod 225 and its push member 223.
  • folding members 226 are provided for folding the material at the rear of the article.
  • the bottom wall 211 and the top wall 212 of the cell are mounted on guide rods 267 and 268.
  • the folding members 217 and 217a are provided for folding the wrapping material at the top.
  • a machine for wrapping block-like articles comprising a first push member for feeding a block-like article along a first feed path, a cell for receiving said article after it has been fed beyond a second feed path for Wrapping material, said cell including a bottom wall and a top wall, said second feed path extending transversely to said first feed path, means for reciprocating said cell in a substantially vertical direction for moving said article to a lower level than that of said first feed path, a second push member for removing said article from said cell and moving it along a third feed path at said lower level and first means for moving said bottom wall of said cell, and
  • a machine for wrapping block-like articles comprising a first push member for feeding a block-like article alonga first feed path, a cell for receiving said article after it has been fed beyond a second feed path for wrapping material, said cell including a bottom Wall and a top wall, said second feed path extending transversely to said first feed path, means for reciprocating said cell in a substantially vertical direction for moving said article to a lower level than that of said first feed path, and a second push member for removing said article from said cell and moving it along a third feed path at said lower level, said bottom wall of said cell and said top wall of said cell being separately movable from said third feed path to said first feed path by two guide rods and two operating rods, said bottom wall being movable by one of said guide rods and one of said operating rods, and said top wall being movable by the other one of said guide rods and said operating rods.

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