US3685631A - Packing or wrapping machines of the mould wheel type - Google Patents

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US3685631A
US3685631A US64688A US3685631DA US3685631A US 3685631 A US3685631 A US 3685631A US 64688 A US64688 A US 64688A US 3685631D A US3685631D A US 3685631DA US 3685631 A US3685631 A US 3685631A
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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
    • B65G29/00—Rotary conveyors, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels or cones
    • 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
    • B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
    • B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
    • B65G47/71—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor the articles being discharged or distributed to several distinct separate conveyors or to a broader conveyor lane
    • 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
    • B65G57/00—Stacking of articles
    • B65G57/32—Stacking of articles characterised by stacking during transit

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  • the present invention relates to mechanism for producing a plurality of output flows of articles from a single input flow of the articles.
  • the present invention is more particularly concerned with providing an arrangement for receiving the wrapped articles from the mould wheel and arranging the wrapped articles in two rows stacked one upon the other so that the two rows of articles can be boxed together.
  • apparatus for producing a plurality of flows of articles from a single flow of the articles comprising a first member rotatable about a first axis, and a second member rotatable about a second axis displaced from the first axis, article-gripping means mounted on each member, the shape of the path of each member being such, and the position of the axes being such, that the paths both pass adjacent to the input flow of articles for the article-gripping means each to receive an article, and are displaced from each other at first and second output points at which the articles are released by the article-gripping means to form two flows of articles.
  • the two axes may by horizontal and vertically spaced apart so that the output flows are formed as rows one above the other.
  • Each member may be an arm pivoted on the axis at its center, an article-gripping means being provided at each end of the arm so that the two article-gripping means on an arm are 180 out of phase.
  • Each article-gripping means may comprise a first bell crank pivotally mounted at the end of the arm and a second bell crank pivotally mounted on the first bell crank, the two bell cranks carrying first and second cam followers respectively, the first and second cam followers carried by one arm being spring loaded into contact with first and second cams respectively of a first pair of stationary cams, and the first and second cam followers on the other arm being spring loaded into contact with first and second cams respectively of a second pair of stationary earns, the cams being shaped so that as the cam followers pass the input flow the article-gripping means grips an article, and as the cam followers pass the output point the article-gripping means is opened to release the article.
  • a guide arrangement for receiving the articles at the output points, the guide arrangement including a first guide to form one row of articles and a second guide to form a second row of articles, means being associated with the two guides for decelerating the articles as they travel along the two guides from the point at which they are released from the article-gripping means.
  • the decelerating means may comprise a plurality of which is a side elevational view of one embodiment of the invention.
  • a portion of the periphery of the mould wheel of a wrapping machine of the mould wheel type shown in the aforementioned patent is shown at l, the mould wheel rotating in the direction of the arrow X.
  • Apparatus, according to the invention for receiving wrapped articles from the mould wheel 1 and forming them into two superimposed rows is generally indicated by the reference numeral 2.
  • a first arm 3 having two ends 3a-and 3b is rotatable about a first fixed axis 4.
  • a second arm 5 having two ends 5a and 5b is rotatable about a second fixed axis 6.
  • the ends 3a and 3b are 180 out of phase with one another and the ends 50 and 5b are 180 out of phase with one another.
  • the arms 3 and 5 have separate axes 4 and 6 they are rotated together in unison at to one another from a common drive (not shown).
  • the shafts carrying the arms 3 and 5 each have mounted thereon a gearwheel driven by a further gearwheel driven from the wrapping machine.
  • Each of the ends of the arms 3 and 5 carries an identical mechanism which removes wrapped articles from the periphery of the mould wheel 1 at an input point A and deposits the articles either at an upper output point B1 in the case of arm 3, or at a lower output point B in the case of arm 5.
  • the mechanism consists of a first bellcrank 8 pivotally mounted at 9 to the end of the respective arm 3 or 5, and a second bellcrank 10 pivotally mounted at 11 to the bellcrank 8.
  • the bellcranks 8 and 10 respectively carry first and second cam followers 12 and 13.
  • the followers 12 associated with the arm 3 run within parallel inner and outer cams 14a and 14b, and the corresponding followers 13 run upon a single cam 15; these cams are shown chain-dotted in the drawing.
  • the followers 12 and 13 associated with the arm 5 coat with parallel cams 32a and 32b, and cam 33 respectively, the cams being shown in full lines.
  • a spring 17 is attached to each bellcrank 10 to hod the follower 13 in contact with the respective cams l5 and 33. Likewise a spring 16 maintains each follower 12 in contact with the respective inner cams 14a and 32a. It should be noted that the outer cams 14b and 32b serve in particular as a safety precaution to prevent a bellcrank 8 from becoming jammed with the mould wheel 1 in the event of a spring 16 failing.
  • the cam followers 12 and 13 coat with the cams 14a and 15 to cause a claw 10a of the bellcrank 10 to move towards a claw 8a of the bellcrank 8 to grip a wrapped article 7 carried on the mould wheel 1;
  • the cam 14a is so shaped that in the vicinity of the input point A the bellcrank 8 travels substantially tangentially to the periphery of the mould wheel 1.
  • a plunger 18 carried by the mould wheel 1 urges the article 7 out of a mould pocket 19 in the periphery of the mould wheel 1 to release the article from the mould wheel 1.
  • the gripped article 7 is then carried from the input point A in the direction of arrow Y towards the upper output point 8,.
  • the followers 12 and 13 coact with cams 14a and 15 to cause the bellcrank 8 and bellcrank 10 to pivot and move their respective claws 8a and 10a away from one another to release the article 7.
  • the article 7 is guided laterally between a pair of double rollers 30 (only one shown) and then decelerated by an arrangement generally indicated by the reference 31.
  • the arrangement 31 comprises four pairs of rollers 23, 24, 25 and 26 respectively the peripheries of which project through apertures in the plates 20 and 22 to contact the articles 7.
  • Each pair of rollers other than the rollers 23 is connected to its next adjacent succeeding roller by a driving band 27.
  • Each band 27 passes around a first gear 28 at its upstream end and a second gear 29 at its downstream end; the gear 28 has a smaller diameter than the gear 29 so that a step-down gearing is effected.
  • the first pair of rollers 23 is driven by a motor (not shown) so that by virtue of the step-down drive between each pair of rollers and its next succeeding pair of rollers, the pair of rollers 24 is driven at a slower speed than the pair of rollers 23, the pair of rollers 25 is driven at a slower speed than the pair of rollers 24, and the pair of rollers 26 is driven at a slower speed than the pair of rollers 25.
  • a wrapped article 7 is first decelerated by one roller of the pair of rollers 23, depending on whether it is in the upper or lower row and then further decelerated by each succeeding rollers of a pair 24, 25 and 26.
  • the plates 20 and 21 terminate at a point beyond the last pair of rollers 26 whereas the plate 22 continues beyond the termination of the plates 20 and 21 so that wrapped articles upon reaching the end of the plate 21 drop onto the row of articles formed on the plate 22 to thus form a composite row comprising pairs of vertically stacked articles.
  • the vertically stacked pairs of articles are then subsequently packaged in pairs.
  • the apparatus described has general application in the packaging of any suitable article although it is specifically designed for taking a wrapped packet of cigarettes and forming the wrapped packets into vertically stacked pairs which can then be packaged in two rows by apparatus not illustrated.
  • Apparatus for producing a plurality of flows of articles from a single input flow of the articles comprising a first member rotatable about a first axis, a second member rotatable at the same speed as the first member about a second axis parallel to and on the same side of the input flow as the first axis, articlegripping means mounted on each member.
  • each member is an arm pivoted on the axis at its center, an article-gripping means being provided at each end of each arm so that the two article-gripping means on an arm are l out of phase and the angle between the two arms is substantially 4.
  • each article-gripping means comprises a first bellcrank pivotally mounted at the end of the arm and carrying a first cam follower and a second bellcrank pivotally mounted on the first bellcrank and carrying a second cam follower
  • the cam means comprises first and second pairs of stationary earns, the first and second cam followers carried by one arm being spring loaded into contact with first and second cams respectively of the first pair of stationary cams, and the first and second cam followers on the other arm being spring loaded into contact with said first and second cams respectively of the second pair of stationary earns, the cams being shaped so that as the cam followers pass the input flow the article-gripping means grips an article, and as the cam followers pass the output point the article-gripping means is opened to release the article.
  • Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein the decelerating means comprises a plurality of pairs of rollers between which the articles pass, each pair of rollers being driven at a slower speed than the adjacent pair nearer the output points.
  • each pair of rollers drives the next succeeding pair through a driving band, the driving band passing round a first pulley on the said pair and a second pulley on the said next succeeding pair, the first pulley having a smaller diameter than the second pulley so that a step-down gearing is effected.
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DE19546055A1 (de) * 1995-12-09 1997-06-12 Topack Verpacktech Gmbh Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Bilden einer zweilagigen Reihenformation aus zweibahnig zugeführten Packungen der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie
CN1076295C (zh) * 1994-03-14 2001-12-19 托帕克包装技术有限公司 由烟草加工业中的烟包形成两层烟包排的方法和装置
DE4405837B4 (de) * 1993-02-23 2004-04-29 G.D S.P.A. Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Zigaretten-Doppelpackungen
US20040245070A1 (en) * 2003-06-06 2004-12-09 Fallas David M. Conveyor chute
US7644558B1 (en) 2006-10-26 2010-01-12 Fallas David M Robotic case packing system
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US2194219A (en) * 1939-02-25 1940-03-19 Standard Conveyor Co Brake and accelerator for conveyers
US2417472A (en) * 1944-06-12 1947-03-18 Hall China Company Rotary conveyer for coating machines
US2762274A (en) * 1948-12-31 1956-09-11 Fmc Corp Carton erecting apparatus
US2714439A (en) * 1954-05-20 1955-08-02 Wilber W Prickett Can positioning machine
US2984337A (en) * 1958-09-04 1961-05-16 Sperry Rand Corp Transfer turret
US3095961A (en) * 1960-09-30 1963-07-02 Sperry Rand Corp Bale thrower
US3204386A (en) * 1962-02-19 1965-09-07 Illinois Tool Works Container pack forming machine
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DE3627912A1 (de) * 1986-08-16 1988-02-18 Focke & Co Revolver fuer verpackungsmaschinen
DE4405837B4 (de) * 1993-02-23 2004-04-29 G.D S.P.A. Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Zigaretten-Doppelpackungen
CN1076295C (zh) * 1994-03-14 2001-12-19 托帕克包装技术有限公司 由烟草加工业中的烟包形成两层烟包排的方法和装置
DE19546055A1 (de) * 1995-12-09 1997-06-12 Topack Verpacktech Gmbh Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Bilden einer zweilagigen Reihenformation aus zweibahnig zugeführten Packungen der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie
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US7644558B1 (en) 2006-10-26 2010-01-12 Fallas David M Robotic case packing system
US8997438B1 (en) 2012-09-18 2015-04-07 David M. Fallas Case packing system having robotic pick and place mechanism and dual dump bins

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