US3565237A - Feeding rod-shaped articles into bins - Google Patents

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US3565237A
US3565237A US812063A US3565237DA US3565237A US 3565237 A US3565237 A US 3565237A US 812063 A US812063 A US 812063A US 3565237D A US3565237D A US 3565237DA US 3565237 A US3565237 A US 3565237A
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Mauritz L Strydom
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
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  • the articles are fed at one end of the bin between an arm and an overlying curtain which maintains the orientation of the arti- 8 Claims 5 Drawing Figs cles.
  • the articles between these two elements press on a [52] U.S. CI 198/44, switch which causes the arm to swing through the bin in a step- 198/57, 198/69 by-step operation.
  • the arm becomes B65g 47/18 inoperative and an endless conveyor in the base of the bin is [50]
  • Field ol'Sear-ch 198/69, 44 caused to move in response to the switch.
  • the storage bin has to be primed with an initial supply of articles before the bin can operate successfully.
  • priming has to be resorted to at the beginning of each cycle of operations or at least an operator has to be present and has to manipulate of rod-shaped articles the incoming rods in the initial stages.
  • An object of the invention is to provide apparatus which will allow a bin to be primed with the minimum 'of human attention.
  • the invention provides the combination of a bin composed of parallel sidewalls and a base; a support arm capable of sweeping the bin from a receiving position in which the arm is substantially parallel to the base through the cavity of the bin to a neutral position in which the arm leaves the bin cavity substantially unobstructed; a constraining element which overlies the support arm in its first position; means to feed rodshaped articles into the space below the constraining means and above the support arm when the latter is in the first position; means responsive to the pressure of articles accumulated between the curtain and the support arm to cause the arm to move from the receiving position towards the neutral position; and means to contain a body of articles accumulated in the expanding space between the arm and the constraining element along a third side at least until thatbody reaches its natural angle of repose on the base of the bin.
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal section through an end of a bin at the start of a priming operation
  • FIG. 2 is a similar view showing the bin in full operation
  • FIG. 3 is an end view of the bin of FIGS. 1 and 2,
  • FIG. 4 is a longitudinal section through an end of another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is view illustrating a curtain suitable for use with both embodiments.
  • the bin shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has parallel sidewalls 6, an arcuate end wall 7 and a belt conveyor 8 forming the base of the bin and driven by a drive means not shown.
  • v p g An arm 9 in the form of a flat plate is secured to a shaft 10 which may be driven in a clockwise direction from the position shown in FIG. 1 to the position shown in FIG. 2.
  • a flap 11 At the end of the.arm 9 there is a flap 11 which in the starting position is folded as shown in FIG. 1 and ends up in the position shown in FIG. 2.
  • the fiap 11 is hinged to the arm 9 by a hinge which allows it to flap in one direction only.
  • a conveyor l2 which feeds rodshaped articles such as filter rods or cigarettes on to the flap 9 in FIG. 1.
  • a curtain 13 which extends across the arm 9.
  • the conveyor 12 feeds articles into the space between the curtain l3 and the arm 9 with the curtain helping to maintain the orientation of the arriving rods.
  • the flap l-l straightens out and together with a curtain 17 attached at thehinge line of the flap 1] helps to contain the rods in a direction opposed to the end wall 7.
  • the arm 9 is caused to move counterclockwise and back to the FIG. 1 position.
  • curtain 19 which initially is draped over the arm 9 and assists in maintaining the orientation of the rods as the arm moves towards its FIG. 2 position.
  • the curtains l9, l7 and 13 can be made of fairly heavy flexible material or they can consist of the form described below with reference to FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 4 there is no end wall but there are sidewalls 6 and a conveyor 8 as before.
  • an arm 20 is mounted on a shaft to pivot between a first position shown in chain line and a second position shown in full and in which second position the arm 20 forms and end wall to the bin.
  • a series of curtains 22 to 30 cooperate with the arm 20 to contain the rods that are fed in this case through a slot 31 opening above the first position of the arm 20.
  • the rods are propelled along the slot by means of a rotor 32.
  • a pressuresensitive switch 33 Above the first position of the arm 20 there is a pressuresensitive switch 33. In the second position the arm 20 actuates a switch 36. Furthermore there is a photosensitive detector 38.
  • At least the curtain 23 is constructed in the manner illustrated in FIG. 5.
  • the curtain there illustrated is narrower in width than the bin and the length of the rod-shaped articles. It has two flexible tapes 40 spanned by rods 41.
  • the upper rods 41 are left out to allow the sensor arm of the switch 33 to be pressed upon by rods behind the curtain 22.
  • the rods 41 may form a complete ladder or they may be left out towards the top where they serve no useful purpose.
  • the arm 20 starts off in the chain line position.
  • the curtains 22 and 23 are draped to provide a resistance to rods emerging from the slot 31.
  • the switch 33 is actuated to cause the arm 20 to move counterclockwise. The movement continues while rods are fed in until the arm reaches-the full line position and actuates the switch 36. This puts the drive means of the shaft 21 out of action and the switch 34 now takes over control of the drive of the conveyor 8.
  • the detector 38 monitors the absence of rods and causes the arm 20 to move back, this time in a clockwise direction.
  • the combination claimed in claim 4 including means to cause the arm to move to a position overlying the bin cavity after the arm forms an angle with the base which exceeds the angle of repose of the accumulated articles.
  • the combination claimed in-claim 1 including means to detect the absence of articles at a predetermined position on the base, the detecting means being arranged to actuate reversal of the arm towards its receiving position.

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US4751996A (en) * 1985-07-02 1988-06-21 Maschinenfabrik Alfred Schmermund Gmbh & Co. Storage device for cigarettes or the like
US5349968A (en) * 1992-07-22 1994-09-27 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Method of producing filter-tipped cigarettes
US6540061B1 (en) * 1999-01-15 2003-04-01 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co.) Process and apparatus for conveying cigarettes
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US20060237336A1 (en) * 2005-03-24 2006-10-26 G. D Societa' Per Azioni Method and device for controlled filling of a feed channel supplying tobacco articles
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