US3659694A - Packing or wrapping machine of the mould wheel type - Google Patents

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US3659694A
US3659694A US67880A US3659694DA US3659694A US 3659694 A US3659694 A US 3659694A US 67880 A US67880 A US 67880A US 3659694D A US3659694D A US 3659694DA US 3659694 A US3659694 A US 3659694A
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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
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/84—Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
    • B65G47/846—Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements
    • B65G47/847—Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being grippers

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  • ABSTRACT Apparatus for transferring unwrapped cigarette packets from a wheel conveyor into the pockets of a mould wheel wrapping machine.
  • the apparatus comprises a rotary four-armed spider between the two wheels with a carrier pivoted from the end of each arm of the spider
  • Each carrier has a cam follower to move it radially, a cam follower to pivot it bodily, and a cam follower to open and close grippers pivotally mounted on the carrier.
  • Each cam follower coacts with a stationary cam.
  • the present invention relates to apparatus for transferring articles from the surface of a first rotary conveyor to the surface of a second rotary conveyor and is applicable to supplying articles to a packing or wrapping machine of the mould wheel type such as described and shown in US. Pat. No. 3,380,227 dated 4.30.68.
  • the machine therein described is for enclosing a rigid rectangular box, such as a packet of cigarettes, in an outer transparent wrapper.
  • apparatus for transferring articles from the surface of a first rtary conveyor to the surface of a second rotary conveyor disposed in the same plane and with the conveyors rotatable in the same sense so that the surface moves in opposite directions comprising a rotor between the two conveyors and rotatable in the opposite sense an article carrier pivotally mounted on the rotor, cam follower means carried by the carrier, and stationary cam means, the shape of the cam means being such that the carrier moves out radially towards the article on the first conveyor and is pivoted to be substantially tangential to the surface of that conveyor, is retracted radially after the article has been picked up by the carrier means and is moved out radially towards the surface of the second conveyor and is pivoted to be substantially tangential to the surface of the second conveyor for the carrier means to deposit the article thereon.
  • the cam followers means may comprise first and second roller cam followers, and the cam means may comprise first and second stationary cams, the first cam follower being mounted with its axis coinciding with the axis of pivoting of the carrier and loaded into contact with the first cam by a spring, the second cam follower being mounted on the carrier at a position displaced in the direction of rotation of the rotor from the axis of pivoting of the carrier, and loaded into contact with the second cam by a spring, whereby the first cam and the first cam follower cause the carrier to move radially of the rotor and the second cam and the second cam follower pivot the carrier.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of one embodiment ofthe invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the general area indicated by A in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 1 a fragment of the periphery of a wrapping machine of the mould wheel type as disclosed in the aforementioned patent is generally indicated by the reference numeral 1, one of the recesses in the mould wheel being indicated by 2 and a plunger by which a wrapped packet is ejected from the mould wheel 1 being indicated by 3.
  • the apparatus according to the present invention is generally indicated by the reference numeral 4 and is designed to be loaded with unwrapped packets at an input station B and to feed the unwrapped packets into the recesses such as 2, in the mould wheel at an output station C.
  • the unwrapped packets are received at the input station B by the apparatus 4 from a conveyor a portion ofwhich is indicated at 5.
  • the apparatus 4 comprises a rotor in the form of a spider 6 which has four arms 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d, the spider 6 being rotatable about a shaft 7.
  • a carrier is mounted at the radially outward end ofeach arm 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the area generally indicated by A in FIG. 1, but with the spider 6 and the mould wheel 1 advanced further than that shown in FIG. 1 into a position in which the carrier 8 at the end of the arm 6c is in register with the recess 27
  • the four carriers 8 are exactly the same only one will now be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.
  • Thecarrier 8 consists essentially of a carrier body 9 upon which afirst cam follower 32 is rotatable mounted, and an arm 14 integral with the body 9 and having a second cam follower 12 rotatably mounted at its free end.
  • Cam follower 32 runs upon a first cam 34, against which it is biased by a tension spring 31, and cam follower 12 runs on the first and outer cam surface track of a double-sided cam 13; both cams are stationary and encircle the shaft 7 of spider 6.
  • An arm 16 pivoted at 33 to the body 9 carries a stabilizing roller 15 at its free end.
  • the roller 15 runs along the inner track of cam 13 and is biased against cam follower 12 by a tension spring 17 so that the cam follower 12 is kept in rolling contact with the outer track of cam 13.
  • a link 10 pivoted at one end 11 to the radially outward end of the arm 6c is also pivoted at 33 to the body 9. Upon rotation .of the spider 6 the carrier 8 is therefore drawn along behind the link 10.
  • cam 34 determines the radial position of the carrier body 9, and that differential variations between cams l3 and 34 alter the attitude of the body 9 with respectto the mould wheel.
  • Two gripper members 18 and 19 respectively are pivotally mounted at 20 and 21 respectively to the carrier body 9.
  • the gripper member 18 has a toothed segment 22 which meshes with a toothed segment 23 on the gripper member 19.
  • a spring 24 urges the gripper member 18 in a clockwise direction about the pivot 20 and a spring 25 urges the gripper member 19 in an anticlockwise direction about the pivot 21.
  • the gripper member 18 has a third cam follower 26, in the form ofa wheel or roller, rotatably mounted on it, the cam follower 26 being held by the spring 24 in contact with a third cam 27 which encircles the axis of rotation of the rotor 6, ie the shaft 7.
  • the gripper members 18 and 19 have jaws 28 and 29 respectively which are adapted to hold a packet on the carrier body 9.
  • the opening and closing of the jaws 28 and 29 is effected by the cam follower 26 coacting with the cam 27 as the spider 6 rotates about the shaft 7.
  • the cam 27 causes the cam follower 26 to move in a clockwise direction about the pivot point 20 and thus cause the two jaws 28 and 29 to open with respect to one another and release the packet 30.
  • Apparatus for transferring articles from the surface of a first rotary conveyor to the surface of a second rotary conveyor disposed in the same plane and with the conveyors rotatable in the same sense so that the surface moves in opposite directions comprising a rotor between the two conveyors and rotatable in the opposite sense, an article carrier pivotally mounted on the rotor, first and second roller cam followers carried by the carrier, and first and second stationary earns, the first cam follower being mounted with its axis coinciding with the axis of pivoting of the carrier and loaded into contact with the first cam by a spring, the second cam follower being mounted on the carrier at a position displaced in the direction of rotation of the rotor from the axis of pivoting of the carrier, and loaded into contact with the second cam by a spring, whereby the first cam and the first cam follower cause the carrier to move radially of the rotor and the second cam and the second cam follower pivot the carrier, the shape of the cams being such that as the carrier moves towards the article on
  • the carrier comprises opposed pivoted grippers to grip the article therebetween, the grippers each having a gear segment, the gear segment being in mesh so that pivoting of one gripper causes pivoting of the other, a third cam follower being carried by one of the grippers and loaded into contact with a third stationary cam by resilient means, the third cam being shaped so that as the carrier approaches the first conveyor the grippers pivot away from each other to receive the article therebetween and then pivot towards each other to grip the article and that as the carrier reaches the second conveyor the grippers pivot away from each other to release the article.

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DE2858074C2 (de) * 1978-02-15 1985-08-01 Focke & Co, 2810 Verden Vorrichtung zur Übergabe von eingehüllten Zigarettengruppen an einen umlaufenden Revolver
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US3823809A (en) * 1971-01-06 1974-07-16 Colgate Palmolive Co Article transfer
US4059186A (en) * 1972-01-28 1977-11-22 The Continental Group, Inc. Can body shaper
US4172514A (en) * 1977-02-07 1979-10-30 Giddings & Lewis, Inc. High speed continuous assembly machine
DE2858074C2 (de) * 1978-02-15 1985-08-01 Focke & Co, 2810 Verden Vorrichtung zur Übergabe von eingehüllten Zigarettengruppen an einen umlaufenden Revolver
DE2806263A1 (de) 1978-02-15 1979-08-16 Focke Pfuhl Verpack Automat Verfahren und vorrichtung zum zusammenfuehren von gegenstaenden in einer verpackungsmaschine
WO1981000553A1 (fr) * 1979-08-24 1981-03-05 Yakult Honsha Kk Mecanisme de transport a vitesse constante
US4413709A (en) * 1979-08-24 1983-11-08 Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha Constant-speed conveyor apparatus
US4511027A (en) * 1981-10-23 1985-04-16 Risvin - Ricerche E Sviluppo Industriale - S.R.L. Method of and apparatus for the handling of products by operative means carried in continuous movement
AT391440B (de) * 1981-10-23 1990-10-10 Risvin Ricerche Sviluppo Ind Verfahren und vorrichtung zum handhaben von gegenstaenden mittels kontinuierlich bewegter arbeitsmittel
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US4697691A (en) * 1985-02-11 1987-10-06 Jagenberg Aktiengesellschaft Apparatus for transferring articles, especially bottles
US4823536A (en) * 1986-12-17 1989-04-25 G.D Societa Per Azioni Handling method and device
US5657855A (en) * 1993-06-23 1997-08-19 The Meyercord Co. Indicia applicator for cigarette packages
US5865595A (en) * 1996-02-05 1999-02-02 Azionaria Cotruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.P.A. Product manipulating unit
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FR2802191A1 (fr) * 1999-12-13 2001-06-15 Sidel Sa Dispositif de convoyage d'entites discretes comportant un bras de transfert perfectionne et installation de soufflage de recipients munie d'un tel dispositif
WO2001044084A3 (fr) * 1999-12-13 2002-05-02 Sidel Sa Dispositif de convoyage d'entites discretes comportant un bras de transfert perfectionne et installation de soufflage de recipients munie d'un tel dispositif
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US20070214745A1 (en) * 2006-03-14 2007-09-20 Kerry Quinn Modular Stamper
CN102164833A (zh) * 2009-06-30 2011-08-24 伊莫拉Sacmi机械合作公司 传送装置
CN102164833B (zh) * 2009-06-30 2013-07-10 伊莫拉Sacmi机械合作公司 传送装置

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