US3672541A - Feeding device for cigarettes for cigarette packing machines - Google Patents

Feeding device for cigarettes for cigarette packing machines Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3672541A
US3672541A US838253A US3672541DA US3672541A US 3672541 A US3672541 A US 3672541A US 838253 A US838253 A US 838253A US 3672541D A US3672541D A US 3672541DA US 3672541 A US3672541 A US 3672541A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
cigarettes
chutes
ejected
ejection position
ejection
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US838253A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Otto Niepmann
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Fr Niepmann and Co Maschinenfabrik
Maschinenfabrik Fr Niepmann and Co
Original Assignee
Fr Niepmann and Co Maschinenfabrik
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Fr Niepmann and Co Maschinenfabrik filed Critical Fr Niepmann and Co Maschinenfabrik
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3672541A publication Critical patent/US3672541A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/48—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by pneumatic conveyors

Definitions

  • ABSTRACT [30] Foreign Application Priority Data An apparatus in which cigarettes are ejected in batches in an endwise direction from chutes in which the cigarettes are July 2, 1968 Germany ..P 17 57 970.3 disposed in vertical stacks To permit high Speed of operation the cigarettes are urged downwardly in the chutes by air jets so [52] U.S.CI ..221/68,221/252, 2231457381, that following the ejection of a batch of cigarettes from the chutes, the next batch to be ejected will move quickly into [51] Int.
  • the supply of compressed air to the nozzles is preferably regulated so as to 2,682,983 7/1954 Ashcroft 221/93 k place t b t th i t t th i a ett are t d t 2,778,476 l/l957 Engleson et al ..221/93 ejection position 3,l06,282 10/1963 Schmermund ..221/93 3,127,971 4/1964 Schmermund 193/14 5 Claims, 2 Drawing Figures FEEDING DEVICE FOR CIGARE'I'IES FOR CIGARETTE PACKING MACHINES
  • the invention relates to apparatus for feeding a batch of cigarettes to a cigarette packing machine with a supply hopper having chutes associated therewith.
  • a batch of cigarettes is fed periodically out of a feed hopper and chutes onto a conveyor mechanism and is carried onto a packer feed track.
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevation of an apparatus for feeding cigarettes in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus of FIG. 1 shown partly in section.
  • an apparatus for feeding a batch of cigarettes to a cigarette packing machine comprising a hopper having at its bottom end a number of chutes arranged to be gravity fed with cigarettes, a base plate beneath the chutes for supporting a batch of cigarettes within the chutes, a downwardly-directed nozzle, mounted on the internal wall of the hopper and arranged to be connected to a supply of compressed gas, a reciprocable member arranged to push a batch of cigarettes from the base plate into an arbor and conveying means arranged to transfer said batch from the arbor to the cigarette packing apparatus.
  • an apparatus for feeding a batch of cigarettes to a cigarette packing machine comprising a cigarette feed hopper having a nozzle on its internal wall, said nozzle being directed towards the discharge end of the hopper and being arranged for connection to a supply of compressed gas.
  • the feed mechanism for use with a cigarette packing machine (not shown in its entirety) according to the invention comprises a feed hopper 1, having a front plate 10, a back plate 1b, and chutes 3, as shown most clearly in FIG. 1.
  • the bottom end of the chutes 3 is closed by a base plate 2 which supports the batch of cigarettes that is to be fed to the packing apparatus.
  • the cigarettes on the base plate 2 are pushed, by a reciprocating ejector 4, equipped with fingers arranged in three superimposed rows, into an arbor 5, which, as soon as the cigarettes have entered it, is lowered from the position shown in solid line to the position shown in broken line in FIG. 2.
  • a flight 7a on a conveyor chain 7 moves the batch of cigarettes out of the arbor and along a packer feed track 6, to the packing apparatus.
  • the front and back plates la, lb are each equipped with a compressed-air pipe 8, fitted with air nozzles, 8a, directed obliquely downwards.
  • These compressed-air pipes 8 are connected by a feed pipe 9, to a supply of compressed air.
  • a control valve (not shown), which is opened briefly while the ejector 4 is in the retracted position.
  • the sudden air flow from the air nozzles accelerates the fall of the cigarettes so that the speed of the cigarette packing machine can be increased without upsetting the cigarette feed.
  • the control valve can be operated, for example, by means of a cam rotating in synchronism with other parts of the apparatus. The exact moment of operation of the valve can be controlled by adjustment of the cam.
  • a hook-like retaining plate 10 Pivoted to the front la of the feed hopper 1, below the compressed-air pipe 8, is a hook-like retaining plate 10, which latches under the front ends of the bottom row of cigarettes within the chutes 3.
  • the retaining strip 10 is likewise briefly swung clear of the chutes 3, so that a further batch of cigarettes can then drop horizontally downwards onto the base plate 2, whereupon they are contacted by the fingers of the ejector 4 and pushed into the holder 5.
  • the front ends of the cigarettes are not released by the plate 10 until the ejector 4, which also serves to support the cigarettes in the chutes has just retracted clear of the rear ends of the cigarettes, thus ensuring that the cigarettes fall horizontally.
  • An apparatus for feeding batches of cigarettes comprising: a hopper having a plurality of chutes leading downwardly therefrom and terminating in side by side relation, each chute being adapted to receive a stack of cigarettes by gravity from the hopper with the received cigarettes in horizontal position, a base plate at the bottom of said chutes to support the cigarettes therein, said chutes being open at the ends of the cigarettes therein to permit endwise ejection of the cigarettes from the chutes, a member reciprocable in the direction of the length of the cigarettes and having pin means thereon to engage the ends of the cigarettes to be ejected so as to push the cigarettes from the chutes, the cigarettes in the chutes above the ones ejected therefrom dropping to ejection position upon retraction of said reciprocable member following an ejection stroke thereof, and means localized at the lower exit end of said chutes and for urging said cigarettes downwardly in said chutes to speed up the said dropping thereof to ejection position, said means including nozzle means operable for inclined directing, opposite to each other briefly during retraction of said reciproc
  • An apparatus which includes a stop member on the side of said chutes toward which the cigarettes are ejected adapted to engage beneath the adjacent ends of the lowermost non-ejected horizontal cigarettes in said chutes respectively, and means for withdrawing said stop member from holding rail relationship beneath the adjacent ends of said cigarettes to permit the cigarettes to drop to ejection position.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
US838253A 1968-07-02 1969-07-01 Feeding device for cigarettes for cigarette packing machines Expired - Lifetime US3672541A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19681757970 DE1757970B1 (de) 1968-07-02 1968-07-02 Zufuehreinrichtung fuer Zigaretten an einer Zigarettenpackmaschine

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3672541A true US3672541A (en) 1972-06-27

Family

ID=5694783

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US838253A Expired - Lifetime US3672541A (en) 1968-07-02 1969-07-01 Feeding device for cigarettes for cigarette packing machines

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US3672541A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE1757970B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR2012135A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB1231347A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
SE (1) SE351821B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5548941A (en) * 1993-07-13 1996-08-27 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Method of feeding groups of tobacco items, in particular cigarettes, to a continuous packing machine
CN117342065A (zh) * 2023-10-24 2024-01-05 湖北中烟工业有限责任公司 一种夹紧式烟支装盒结构及方法

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2545891C2 (de) * 1975-10-14 1984-04-26 Efka-Werke Fritz Kiehn Gmbh, 7218 Trossingen Schacht-Abfüllvorrichtung für Filterzigaretten-Hülsen
DE3620735A1 (de) * 1986-06-20 1987-12-23 Focke & Co Verfahren und vorrichtung zum aussondern fehlerhafter zigaretten im zusammenhang mit einer zigaretten-verpackungsmaschine
DE4035397A1 (de) * 1990-11-07 1992-05-14 Focke & Co Vorrichtung zum verpacken von zigaretten
CN101913442A (zh) * 2010-07-30 2010-12-15 严清猛 一种气垫收集滑道式条烟排包机
CN117342064A (zh) * 2023-10-24 2024-01-05 湖北中烟工业有限责任公司 一种烟支推送装盒结构及方法

Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2342680A (en) * 1941-03-19 1944-02-29 American Can Co Conveyer
DE869729C (de) * 1951-10-25 1953-03-09 Jagenberg Werke Ag Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Vereinzeln von ineinandergestapelten Behaeltern aus nachgiebigem Material, wie Papier, Pappe od. dgl.
US2682983A (en) * 1949-07-01 1954-07-06 Ici Ltd Apparatus for feeding cylindrical wrappers
US2778476A (en) * 1955-03-21 1957-01-22 Redington Co F B Conveying and transporting mechanism for elongated articles
US3106282A (en) * 1960-04-15 1963-10-08 Schmermund Alfred Machines for handling cigarettes
US3127971A (en) * 1960-05-23 1964-04-07 Schmermund Alfred Device for the controlled feeding of cigarettes or similar rod-shaped articles

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE425017C (de) * 1923-05-15 1926-02-10 Walter Everett Molins Trichterfoermiges Foerdermagazin zur Zufuehrung von Zigaretten oder anderen Gegenstaenden aehnlicher Gestalt an Einpackmaschinen
DE1224658B (de) * 1964-06-11 1966-09-08 Alfred Schmermund Zufuehrungseinrichtung fuer Zigaretten an einer Zigarettenpackmaschine
US3382010A (en) * 1966-08-16 1968-05-07 American Home Prod Feeder apparatus

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2342680A (en) * 1941-03-19 1944-02-29 American Can Co Conveyer
US2682983A (en) * 1949-07-01 1954-07-06 Ici Ltd Apparatus for feeding cylindrical wrappers
DE869729C (de) * 1951-10-25 1953-03-09 Jagenberg Werke Ag Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Vereinzeln von ineinandergestapelten Behaeltern aus nachgiebigem Material, wie Papier, Pappe od. dgl.
US2778476A (en) * 1955-03-21 1957-01-22 Redington Co F B Conveying and transporting mechanism for elongated articles
US3106282A (en) * 1960-04-15 1963-10-08 Schmermund Alfred Machines for handling cigarettes
US3127971A (en) * 1960-05-23 1964-04-07 Schmermund Alfred Device for the controlled feeding of cigarettes or similar rod-shaped articles

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5548941A (en) * 1993-07-13 1996-08-27 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Method of feeding groups of tobacco items, in particular cigarettes, to a continuous packing machine
CN117342065A (zh) * 2023-10-24 2024-01-05 湖北中烟工业有限责任公司 一种夹紧式烟支装盒结构及方法

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
SE351821B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-12-11
FR2012135A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1970-03-13
DE1757970B1 (de) 1971-07-08
GB1231347A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1971-05-12

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US1247722A (en) Box-loading machine.
GB2194210A (en) Container filling machines
US1195571A (en) flaherty
US3567006A (en) Bobbin orienting and feeding
US4248027A (en) Apparatus for filling containers
US3672541A (en) Feeding device for cigarettes for cigarette packing machines
US2792922A (en) Article feeding device
US3650369A (en) Closure feeding and orienting apparatus
US3331486A (en) Bottle handling apparatus
US2428103A (en) Bullet handling apparatus
US3100562A (en) Container handling apparatus
US3945682A (en) Method and apparatus for transferring articles
US3945409A (en) Device for feeding lengths of wire to a processing machine
JPH0158448B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
US2908375A (en) Vertical descent mating pan lemon feeder
US3914814A (en) Method of and device for placing washers, spring rings, toothed discs, and similar elements onto the shanks of bolts, and the like
US4277932A (en) Case packing machine
US3297199A (en) Fastener escapement including a discharge assistant means
US1760441A (en) Cork-feeding device
US2747352A (en) Apparatus for packaging wafer tablets
US2842912A (en) Article packing apparatus
US1659831A (en) Packaging machine
US1437409A (en) Article feeding and collating mechanism
US3463296A (en) Device for feeding plastic containers in pairs
US3140772A (en) Canalizing conveyor system, particularly for packing machines