US3680280A - Cigarette packaging apparatus - Google Patents

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US3680280A
US3680280A US31962A US3680280DA US3680280A US 3680280 A US3680280 A US 3680280A US 31962 A US31962 A US 31962A US 3680280D A US3680280D A US 3680280DA US 3680280 A US3680280 A US 3680280A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • an independent stacker is coupled to a packing machine just upstream of it so that each time a parcelling machine stops, the stacker can continue to run normally to deliver pack stacks of cigarettes that are in the storage unit associated with it to eliminate the need of stripping the stacking unit each time the parcelling machine stops.
  • each of the packing machines is coupled to intercept the pack stacks and transfer them in its own plurality of boxes during those instances when the parcelling machine stops and to recirculate said stacks when the parcelling machine again starts normal operation.
  • each storage unit is associated directly with a packing machine.
  • Single packs are stored in the storage unit while the pack stacking unit is connected to be common to all the cigarette packing machines and is located just upstream of the parcelling machine. Thus, each time that the parcelling machine stops, the stacking unit will also stop.
  • each of the packing machines is coupled to the parcelling machine with a storage unit being selectively coupled to intercept the pack stacks and retain them in their own plurality of boxes during those instances when the parcelling machine stops and to recirculate said stacks to the parcelling machine when it again starts normal operation.
  • the packing machines can feed the parcelling machine through a single stacker with which a pack storage unit is associated.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates schematically a perspective view of the storage unit and the loading and unloading means in accordance with the principles of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the storage unit and the loading and unloading means
  • FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the storage unit loading and unloading means
  • FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the storage unit and of the loading and unloading means of another embodiment of structure in accordance with the principles of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a top plan view, partially in section of the storage unit and the loading and unloading means of the structure of FIG. 4, and;
  • FIG. 6 illustrates schematically still another embodiment of the structure in accordance with the principles of the invention.
  • a plurality of cigarette packing machines are coupled to feed a single parcelling machine.
  • each packing machine is coupled to feed a stacker having a storage unit which includes suitable pack stack loading and unloading devices.
  • the loading device of storage unit 8, having movable pockets 7, consists substantially of a feed conveyor 1 which can be of any convenient form such as, a paddle chain type, in combination with a transfer plunger 2 which cooperates with conveyor 1.
  • the unloading device can comprise an ejector plunger 3 in cooperation with a conveyor 4 which can be, for example, of the superimposed parallel belt type.
  • the pack stacks P which arrive from the stacker are transferred by the paddle chain conveyor 1 to platform 5 and press against sensing plate 6 this actuates transfer plunger 2 to move forward which, in turn, transfers stacks P to the pocket 7 of storage unit 8 which is level with platform 5. After the transfer, plunger 3 moves the stacks P out of pocket 7 and urges them to move between the superimposed belts of conveyor 4 which feeds the parcelling machine.
  • Storage unit 8 consists of two parallel endless chains and supports a plurality of box-shaped pockets 7 that are opened on the outer side and at each end and are driven through two horizontally positioned toothed wheels.
  • pocket 7 is positioned level with platform 5 to permit the transfer of stacks P from paddle chain conveyor 1 directly to belt conveyor 4 through a pocket 7.
  • ejector plunger 3 is locked out of the pocket 7 that is to be loaded. After the stacks P have been transferred into the pocket 7 of storage unit 8 by plunger2, the storage unit 8 rotates one pitch from the top downward to bring a new pocket 7 into filling position.
  • storage unit 8 begins to unload pack stacks P on conveyor 4, the pack stacks from the storage unit being inserted between the pack stacks P arriving from the stacker. More particularly, plunger 3 operates to push the stacks P out of the pocket 7 with which it is aligned while storage unit 8 continues to remain stationary until a new stack P is transferred into the pocket 7 and immediately thereafter pushed off by plunger 3. Storage unit 8 then rotates one pitch upward to being a new full pocket 7 into a position in which it is unloaded as described above.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 there is illustrated another embodiment of the loading and unloading devices of storage unit 8 in accordance with the principles of the invention.
  • the loading device of storage unit 8 consists substantially of a feed conveyor which can be, for example, of the parallel superimposed belt type, and of a transfer plunger 2 which cooperates with conveyor 1.
  • the unloading device comprises an ejector plunger and parallel superimposed belt conveyor 9 which cooperates with transfer plunger 14 and paddle chain conveyor 18.
  • pack stacks X which come from the stacker are transferred by belts 1 onto platform 5 which is provided with stop wall 17.
  • plunger 2 which transfers stacks X between the pair of parallel superimposed intermediate belt conveyor 10, is enabled to move forward.
  • the conveyor belts l0 urge stacks X into contact with stop wall 11 which is provided with a sensing unit 12.
  • the plunger 14 moves forward to transfer stacks X onto guide 13 which is coupled to paddle chain belt conveyor 18.
  • Conveyor 18 transfers the stacks X to the parcelling machine feeder, consisting, for example, of parallel superimposed belts 19.
  • plunger 14 is locked in its inoperative position and transfer plunger 2 is moved twice the distance of the normal stroke, to transfer the pack stacks X fed by belts 1 onto platform 5 to a pocket 7 of storage unit 8.
  • storage unit 8 rotates one pitch from the top downward, bringing a new pocket 7 to its filling position.
  • plunger 14 When the parcelling machine resumes its normal operation, plunger 14 is released and the stroke of plunger 2 is once again normal, that is, pack stacks X coming from the stacker are once again transferred from between belts 10. At the same time, the emptying of storage unit 8 begins.
  • plunger 15 pushes the stacks Y out of pocket 7 and into the unloading position inserting them between belts 9. The stacks push against wall 116 of notch 16 provided within plunger 14. Through the action of the notch, one of stacks Y, for example Y1, ejected from pocket 7, is transferred on guide 13, together with stacks X coming from the stacker, or contained between belts 10 for each stroke of plunger 14.
  • Plunger 15 which has retracted after having pushed stacks Y off pocket 7, remains stationary until all of the stacks Y have been transferred onto guide 13.
  • Storage unit 8 rotates one pitch from the bottom upward to bring a new full pocket 7 into a position in which it is unloaded as described above.
  • the feed of the parcelling machine with the stacks coming from the stacker and with those unloaded from storage unit 8 does not require an excessive increase of the speed of operation of the parcelling machine as the emptying of storage unit 8 occurs at the very slow rate of one stack per each group of stacks fed.
  • the sensing plates 6, l2 and the control circuits of plungers 2, 3, 14, 15 can be of any suitable type.
  • the system in accordance with the principles of the invention as illustrated in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 can comprise a plurality of packing machines I which feed a parcelling machine M through a single device D for forming stacks P with which is associated a storage unit 8 for the temporary storage of stacks P. All this without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
  • a device for packing cigarettes comprising a packing machine, a pack stacker coupled to said packing machine to stack packs of cigarettes, a parcelling machine coupled to receive a stack of packs of cigarettes from said pack stacker, a pack storage unit interposed between said pack stacker and said parcelling machine, loading means for intercepting the stacks of packs of cigarettes from said pack stacker to feed said pack storage unit when said parcelling machine becomes inoperative and means for feeding the stacks of packs of cigarettes stored in said pack storage unit to the parcelling machine when it resumes operation.
  • the loading and unloading means comprises a conveyor coupled to feed the pack stacks from the stacker to a loading platform, a first plunger coupled to transfer the pack stacks into a pocket of said storage unit aligned with the platform, a second plunger coupled to push said stacks out of said pocket of said storage unit and a feed conveyor for conveying said stacks pushed out of said pocket to said parcelling machine.

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