US3732663A - Method for producing cigarette packages - Google Patents

Method for producing cigarette packages Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3732663A
US3732663A US00035116A US3732663DA US3732663A US 3732663 A US3732663 A US 3732663A US 00035116 A US00035116 A US 00035116A US 3732663D A US3732663D A US 3732663DA US 3732663 A US3732663 A US 3732663A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
cigarettes
foil
foil web
troughs
drum
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
US00035116A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
E Geldmacher
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.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
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
Priority claimed from DE19691923588 external-priority patent/DE1923588C3/de
Priority claimed from DE19691940312 external-priority patent/DE1940312A1/de
Priority claimed from DE19691940302 external-priority patent/DE1940302A1/de
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3732663A publication Critical patent/US3732663A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C51/00—Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C51/26—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C51/266—Auxiliary operations after the thermoforming operation
    • B29C51/268—Cutting, rearranging and joining the cut parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29B—PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B11/00—Making preforms
    • B29B11/04—Making preforms by assembling preformed material
    • 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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/12—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers
    • B65B19/20—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers into boxes with hinged lids
    • 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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/18—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements
    • 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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/18—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements
    • B65B61/182—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements by applying tear-strips or tear-tapes
    • 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
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
    • B65B9/04—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C51/00—Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C51/02—Combined thermoforming and manufacture of the preform

Definitions

  • the shaping of the troughs accepting the cigarettes individually occurs in the one first foil web on a drum provided with molds which can be placed under suction.
  • the present invention relates to methods for the production of cigarette packages and more particularly to such methods in which a first foil web of thermoplastic material, supplied from the supply roll, and having a width exceeding the length of the cigarettes to be packed, is pressed into troughs corresponding to the size of the cigarettes to be packed, cigarettes are placed in the troughs, a second flat web of foils supplied from a second supply roll is placed over the cigarettes to cover them and the webs are connected together, following which the two webs are separated to form sections which constitute substantially complete packages, that is to say packages only requiring a few simple operations to finish them.
  • One object of the present invention is to improve this method, one form of which is for instance described in the Belgian specification No. 718,876, so that production of the packages occurs more rapidly.
  • a further object of the invention is to produce packages by the method which are free of loose tobacco crumbs or particles detached from the cigarettes.
  • a still further object of the invention is to produce packages which are, as nearly as possible, of the same shape as conventional cigarette packages without the advantages of individual packaging of the cigarettes in troughs being lost.
  • the method in accordance with the invention is characterized in that the shaping of the troughs for accommodating the individual cigarettes in the first foil web, the so-called trough web, occurs on a drum provided with trough molds which can be placed under vacuum, after formation of the troughs the foil web passes to a filling roller provided with suitable trough receiving recesses, the filling roller possibly being constituted by a part of the drum, and in which the filling ofan individual trough occurs and in cooperation with which the second covering foil web is laid over the filled trough, the second foil web is welded to the first web containing the troughs, following which this twin'web construction passes to cutting and scribing devices which separates finished packages from it which then only need to be folded together to form a finished package.
  • a foil band is introduced broadly covering the slit on both sides. It is especially advantageous to displace one of the foil part separated by the slit in a direction perpendicular to. the direction of travel before running on to the drum so that at the position of separation the two foil parts are caused to overlap, this makes it possible to satisfactory close again the finished package after the package has been once opened by tearing open the covering first foil web with the opening strip contained in it.
  • a part of the package adjacent to the position of opening is not provided with grooves or troughs for the individual cigarettes but is in the form of a pocket with a flat bottom having the depth of the troughs and extending over any desired number of cigarettes, so that undesired displacement of the package is prevented and closing after once opening for removal of cigarettes is facilitated.
  • the slit to be produced is not perpendicular to the foil web but is made oblique in relation to it such that a flap is produced with a front edge extending obliquely downwards and which after opening and releasing springs back practically automatically on placing the package upright again, into the closing position.
  • a cap consists, in ac cordance with a further development of the invention, of applying to the first foil on running into the apparatus upstream from the embossing roller in the direction of travel a chemical in the form of a line, applied by means of a pin or brush.
  • the chemical attacks the thermoplastic material, more particularly during the thermoplastic shaping, along the line drawn to such an extent that the plastic material can easily be broken open along this line.
  • the principle of the invention also makes possible an acclimatisation of the individual parts of the package or their treatment with a gas so that owing to the possibility of dividing the package into several compartments the cigarette in the unopened compartments remain in their own atmosphere in the package until it is removed for use.
  • An apparatus for carrying out the method in accordance with the invention can comprise basically a frame with a driven drum mounted on it and having recesses for the formation of the troughs, a heating device extending over the range of contact with the foil on the drum and at least one suction device extending over at least one range of the drum, a filling roller arranged to receive the first foil web from the drum or forming a part of it, a supply device for supplying individual cigarettes, and, downstream from the position at which the cigarettes are supplied, a contact or supply roller for the second or covering foil web, a cutting and scribing device for the closed combination formed by the trough and covering foil, this being followed by a fold producing means.
  • the introduction of the cigarettes into the first foil can occur directly from a conventional cigarette hopper.
  • At least one shaking station with an associated suction device and a steam applying station for the treatment of the cigarettes supported on a conveyer and moving towards the first foil web.
  • the cigarettes emerging from a supply container or the like are shaken to such an extent that any loose tobacco crumbs or particles are removed.
  • This shaking is naturally only carried out in a gentle manner so as not to damage the contents of the cigarettes.
  • At the ends of the cigarettes completely free small crumbs or tobacco particles emerge and drop off during shaking.
  • This tobacco which falls from the cigarettes is immediately drawn off by a suction device and can be used in the preparation process for the production of tobacco for the filling of the cigarettes so that with the device in accordance with the invention substantial savings in tobacco are brought about.
  • the steam applying station has the purpose of bringing about a renewed moistening of the cigarettes at those ends at which tobacco is exposed so that any finely divided and possibly dry tobacco is caused to adhere to the rest of the tobacco in the cigarette.
  • This steam applying station can be also followed by a further shaking station which ensures that no further free crumb material will be introduced into the package.
  • the conveyer preferably comprises two spaced rails or wires so that the cigarettes are only supported at two points and are otherwise exposed and can be readily subjected to the shaking operation so that crumb material which is freed falls downwards into a suitable draw off dish.
  • the rails are preferably made up in sections in the longitudinal direction, of which at least one is connected with the shaking means.
  • the conveyer prefferably, for the conveyer to be made of two parallel wires which are engaged at certain sections by shaking means.
  • the shaking can be carried out with the help of a mechanical shaker, for example, in the form of an eccentric which engages the corresponding rails or wire sections and causes them to perform shaking or swinging movements. It is, however, possible, especially in those cases in which the conveyer consists of wires, to employ electromagnetic shaking devices, and in this case suitable magnets are placed underneath the wires and the magnets are supplied with an alternating current so that the corresponding sections of wire are caused to vibrate as desired.
  • a mechanical shaker for example, in the form of an eccentric which engages the corresponding rails or wire sections and causes them to perform shaking or swinging movements.
  • the steam applying nozzle can be coupled with a counting mechanism so that the number of cigarettes passing the counting nozzle can be determined as the cigarettes pass one by one past the nozzle.
  • the counting mechanism and the feed of the packing device can be coupled and controlled in accordance with the desired size of packing. It is possible to provide the conveying means with a preferably adjustable presorter which divides the cigarettes, arriving in an uninterrupted succession, into the desired number of groups for packing and the groups pass into the means which entrains the suitably prepared foil web.
  • This presorter can comprise a chain on each side of the conveying means with projecting pins of which each takes a cigarette between them, while a pin corresponding to the number of the cigarettes to be packed in a package controls via a control device, for example a photocell, either the feed of the packing device or the chain for dividing up a desired number of cigarettes.
  • Such shaking, separating and steam applying devices can also, however, be provided at the lower end of the cigarette hopper directly and/or above the filling roller.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view of a device for carrying out the method in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a view of a production stage which takes place downstream from the filling roller;
  • FIG. 3 shows the means for producing slots, diagrammatically
  • FIG. 4 shows a package, produced by the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, ready for folding
  • FIG. 5 shows the package during the course of foldmg
  • FIG. 6 shows the package after folding together and practically finished apart from the application of the band
  • FIG. 7 is a longitudinal section for the package in accordance with FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a section through a part of the package
  • FIG. 9 is a section similar to that of FIG. 8 showing the package in the opened condition
  • FIG. 10 shows a modified embodiment of the means for supplying cigarettes to the filling roller
  • FIG. 11 is a plan view, more particularly of the conveying belt part
  • FIG. 12 is a view of a single package
  • FIG. 13 is an embodiment of a package in the spread out condition, in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 14 is a view of the package in accordance with FIG. 13 after folding up;
  • FIG. 15 is a side view of the package in accordance with FIG. 14;
  • FIG. 16 shows a twin package representing two packages in accordance with FIGS. 13 to 15;
  • FIG. 17 shows a modified embodiment of a package in accordance with the invention.
  • foil runs from a supply roll 1 over guide devices 3, 4 and 5 onto a drum 6. Adjacent the supply roll 1 there is a further supply roll 1a for use as soon as the roll 1 is exhausted.
  • the drum 6 is provided with depression or recesses which are connected with a duct, not shown, inside the drum for applying suction.
  • the depressions or recesses are in the form of adjacent troughs or grooves adapted to receive the cigarettes individually.
  • a device 8 which serves for heating the drum and the foil 2 wrapped round it so that putting the duct in the drum 6 under vacuum draws the foil, heated by the heating device 8, into the recesses so that troughs are formed in the foil as indicated by reference numeral 9.
  • Reference numeral 10 indicates a trimming wheel for trimming the edges of the foil. As indicated by reference numeral 11, the severed edge portions run over a guide element 12 onto a take-up roller 13.
  • the trimming knife 14 serves for cutting the grooves embossed in the foil obliquely, as shown in FIG. 3. This cut is important for the eventual cap of the package.
  • FIG. 3 shows the foil in which the troughs 15, 16 are found and which are cut with the'help of the trimming knives 14 at 17 and 18 obliquely so that caps 19 and 20 are produced.
  • the covering foil is supplied from a supply roll 27 and runs over edge trimming devices 28 and a roller 29 in the direction of the filling drum 21.
  • the foil 30 comes to lie on the filled grooved foil and preferably is welded by a welding device, not shown in detail, with the grooved foil at the point at which the roller 29 cooperates with the filling drum 21.
  • opening threads 33 and 34 are supplied which together with the covering foils 37 and 38 supplied from the rolls and 36 are laid over the slots 17 and 18 (FIG. 2) so that the package is now closed on all sides and each individual groove or trough contains a cigarette locked in it.
  • Reference numerals 39, 40 and 41 denote drive wheels for the cutting and folding devices, for example the folding wheels 42 and 43.
  • the whole apparatus is connected with a power drive 48 with a drive unit 49 and a base 50 with feet.
  • Reference numeral 51 denotes a reserve supply roll for the covering foil.
  • the mass 24 of cigarettes can be caused to shake slightly in order to ensure a proper flowing movement of the cigarettes.
  • Such means for producing shaking movements are known as such and are therefore not shown in detail in the drawing.
  • FIG. 2 shows the covering foil 30 and the grooved foil 9. It can be seen that on its movement towards the covering foil the grooved foil is cut centrally, as is denoted by reference numeral 52. The individual grooves 53 and 54 can be so separated that a part 55 remains on the covering foil 30 which is not covered with the material of the grooved foil, this simplifying the production of the package.
  • FIG. 2 also shows the application of the opening strips and the covering strips which cover them.
  • package parts are produced which are indicated by reference numeral 56 in FIGS. 2 and 4.
  • the foil package parts 53 and 54 are shown on the covering foil 30, together with the individual folding lines 57 to 59 which make it possible to produce a finished package from this structure.
  • the finished package is shown in FIG. 6. From FIG. 5 it can be seen how the cap part 19 of the troughs 15 can be tipped backwards after the opening strip has been removed to tear open the package for taking it contents out.
  • FIG. 6 also shows the band 60 which is stuck on the package at the end of manufacturing operations.
  • FIG. 7 shows a section through the package with the troughs 15 and 16, the oblique cuts 17 and 18 and the remaining parts of the package, as described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 show in detail the opening of the package for exposing its contents, for example the cigarettes.
  • the covering foil is denoted by reference numeral 30.
  • the grooved foil is denoted at 9.
  • the oblique cut is indicated by reference numeral 17 in FIG. 8 while reference numerals 17a and 17b show the bordering edges of this oblique cut in FIG. 9. Also some folding lines are shown in these figures, more particularly FIG. 9, so as to allow the cap 19 to be opened and thus allow access to the cigarettes 61.
  • FIG. 2 shows the severing of the grooved foil. A person skilled in the art can easily carry out severing of the covering foil.
  • reference numeral 101 denotes an oblique-bottomed cigarette container with cigarettes placed in it.
  • the container is mounted on a suitable part of the apparatus and discharges from its lower funnel-shaped end 102 the cigarettes one by one onto a conveyer belt 103.
  • this conveyer belt 103 has a section which is acted upon by means of a shaking device 105.
  • a dish structure 106 Underneath the conveyer belt there is a dish structure 106 which comprises for example a sieve element 107.
  • a vessel part 108 which is connected via a duct 109 with a suction or vacuum pump.
  • the cigarettes moving on the conveyer belt 103-104 are therefore shaken at a position adjacent to the shaking device 105 and tobacco particles loosely attached to their ends are shaken off, fall through the sieve element 107, into the part 108 and pass to the suction or vacuum.
  • the conveyer belt part 104 is adjoined by a conveyer belt part 111 on which steam is directed by nozzles 112 against the free ends of the cigarettes.
  • this part is adjoined by a further part 113, which is acted upon by a shaking device 114.
  • a sieve 115 and a funnel-shaped container 116 are provided.
  • the container is connected via the duct 117 with the suction.
  • a device 118 which ensures that the cigarettes drop with the desired spacing into the grooves 119 of the drum 120, which entrains the lower foil 121.
  • This foil 121 has the grooves 122.
  • the foil 121 comes from a supply roll 124 and is guided by a guide roller 123.
  • the grooves When the grooves had been filled with cigarettes, as indicated by reference numeral 125, the grooves are covered with the upper foil 126 which is supplied from a supply roller 127 and passes via a guide roller 128 onto the drum 120.
  • the devices for welding the edges of the covering foil 126 with the grooved foil 121 and the transverse severing means are not shown in FIG. 10.
  • FIG. 11 shows the path of movement of the foil diagrammatically so as to indicate two possible embodiments of the invention.
  • Reference numeral 101 again denotes the cigarette supply container, from which cigarettes 110 drop onto the conveyor belt and move along this path to the drum 120, which is not shown again in FIG. 11.
  • FIG. 11 In the upper part of FIG. 11 rails and parts of rails 103, 104, 111, 113 are shown.
  • the rail sections 104 and 113 are acted upon by the mechanical shaking devices 105 and 114.
  • the steam supply device is denoted by reference numeral 112 and comprises two steam nozzles which each direct steam onto the ends of the cigarettes 110. In the case of filter cigarettes it is possible to dispense with one of the steam applying nozzles 112.
  • the conveying means is in the form of a continuous wire, which is attached at 130; 131, 132 and 133. Between these points of attachment there are suitable magnetic shaking devices 134 and 135 which can be of conventional design and are therefore not described in detail.
  • the grooved foil 201 has grooves 202-206 each capable of receiving one cigarette. These grooves 202-206 merge with a pocket 207 which has the same depth as the grooves but is not divided up.
  • the foil 201 is associated with the second foil 208 which overlaps it at 209.
  • This arrangement of the second foil 208 can be provided for by slitting a foil which has the same breadth as the foil 201 and the foil 208, the foil parts 208 being moved in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel as it moves to the embossing rollers.
  • a second foil with the breadth of the foil 208 can be provided and this foil is caused to run in with the breadth of the foil 201 so that the desired overlapping is attained at 209.
  • the overlapping and separation position at 209 is covered by a web of foil 210, which can simultaneously contain the opening band. It is naturally also possible to operate in such a manner that the foil web 210 is only applied later.
  • Reference numeral 211 indicates a cut which makes it possible on tearing opening with the opening band to open only one of the packages with the cigarettes accommodated in the grooves 202 to 206.
  • FIGS. 13 to 17 show various packages which can be produced with the package shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 in accordance with the invention.
  • a lower foil in the case of the package in accordance with FIGS. 13 to 15 suitable grooves are provided in which the cigarettes 301 are mounted.
  • the lower foil is covered by a covering foil which is not shown in detail in the drawings but ensures that the cigarettes 301 remain in their grooves.
  • the foils are also provided at the position 302 to 306 with transverse folds so that the whole structure in accordance with FIG. 13 can be folded together.
  • the cigarettes are now in the interior and the outer foil can be covered with the covering web so that the package demos a conventional cigarette package.
  • Reference numeral 307 denotes a cross piece with a tax mark 308 stuck on it.
  • FIG. 16 differs from those of FIGS. 13 to 15 only in that several such layers are arranged one above the other, the tax mark 308 being arranged over the edge of the package.
  • FIG. 17 differs from that in accordance with FIGS. 13 to 16 in that between each groove a continuous fold is provided so that the package can be folded together to form a cylindrical body which has piece 307 over which the tax mark or a band 308 is stuck.
  • a method for the production of cigarette packages comprising the steps of:
  • a method for the production of cigarette packages as defined in claim 1 comprising the additional steps of: placing a slit entirely through the said first foil web aligned and communicating with said slit in said trough subsequent to the step of slitting said trough, to separate said first foil web into two parts; and displacing said two parts of said first foil web relative to each other in a manner to produce an overlapping area of said two parts along said slits. 5.
  • a method for the production of cigarette packages as defined in claim 4, comprising the additional step of: placing a cut through a portion of said first foil web, said covering foil web and said foil band adjacent said trough in a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction of said first foil web to separate said foil bands between adjacently disposed troughs to allow the opening of a single trough at a time when tearing off said foil band.
  • a method for the production of cigarette pack- I ages comprising the steps of:
  • a method for the production of cigarette packages as defined in claim 6, comprising the additional step of: placing a cut through a portion of said first foil web, said second foil web, said covering foil web and said foil band adjacent said trough in a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction of said first foil web to separate said foil bands between adjacently disposed troughs to allow the opening of a single trough at a time when tearing off said foil band.
  • An apparatus for manufacturing cigarette packages comprising in combination:
  • a power drive operatively associated with and driven by said drive unit
  • a drum having a plurality of depressions disposed around its peripheral surface, said drum being rotatably mounted on and driven by said power drive;
  • At least one supply roll to supply a continuous first foil web of packaging material to overlay an arcuate portion of said peripheral surface of said drum;
  • heating means operatively associated with said drum to heat said first foil web overlying said peripheral surface of said drum .to make it pliable;
  • vacuum creating means operatively associated with said plurality of depressions in said drum to draw heated portions of said first foil web of packaging material into said depressions to create troughs in said first foil web, said troughs being adapted to subsequently contain cigarettes;
  • a filling drum mounted on and driven by said power drive, disposed adjacent said drum, said filling drum having a plurality of depressions in its peripheral surface corresponding to said depressions in said drum and being adapted to receive said troughs in said first foil web,
  • At least one trimming device situated between said drum and said filling drum adapted to slit said troughs in said continuous first foil web in a longitudinal direction of said first foil web to define at least one opening in each of said troughs through which the cigarettes to be contained therein may be subsequently removed, and to produce at least one cap in each of said troughs to close said openings;
  • cigarette filling means disposed above said filling drum adapted to deposit at least one cigarette in each of said troughs in said first foil web;
  • a roller disposed in contiguous relationship to said filling drum downstream from said filling means; at least one supply roll to supply a continuous cover ing foil web material to said roller, said continuous web being disposed between said roller and said filling drum to lie over said continuous foil web and close said troughs containing said cigarettes;
  • folding means to fold said series of sealed packages into individual packages each containing at least one of said troughs
  • a hopper to contain cigarettes having an open funnelshaped lower end portion adapted to release at least one of said cigarettes at a time through said opening;
  • conveying means disposed beneath said open funnelshaped lower portion of said hopper and extending to a point adjacent said filling drum adapted to receive said cigarettes from said hopper and convey them to said filling drum;
  • shaking means operatively associated with said conveying means to vibrate said conveying means and in turn said cigarettes located on said conveying means to shake loose tobacco particles from said cigarettes;
  • a sieve located generally horizontally in said container dividing it into an upper part and a lower vessel part;
  • a vacuum pump operatively associated with said lower vessel part of said container to clear said lower vessel part of said tobacco particles
  • spacing means disposed above said conveying means at an end thereof adjacent said filling drum having cleats disposed transverse to the travel of said conveying means defining spaces each of which are adapted to receive at least one cigarette to ensure that said cigarettes are deposed with the desired spacing from said conveying means to said troughs in said first foil web.
  • An apparatus for manufacturing cigarette packages as defined in claim 9, comprising the additional elements of:
  • At least one steam nozzle positioned adjacent said conveying means to direct steam against at least one end of each of said cigarettes located on said conveying means;
  • shaking means operatively associated with said conveying means at a point immediately downstream from said steam nozzle to vibrate said conveying means and in turn said cigarettes located on said conveying means to shake loose tobacco particles from said cigarettes;
  • a sieve located generally horizontally in said container dividing it into an upper part and a lower vessel part;
  • a vacuum pump operatively associated with said lower vessel part of said container to clear said lower vessel part of said tobacco particles.
  • said rails are comprised of a plurality of longitudinal sections
  • shaking means are operatively associated with at least one of said sections to vibrate said cigarettes placed transversely across said rails.
  • said conveying means comprises two spaced apart wires to support and convey said cigarettes disposed transversely across said wires, the space between said spaced apart wires allowing said loose tobacco particles to drop into said container eliminating any possibility of said loose tobacco particles from being conveyed to and deposited in said troughs in said first foil web with said cigarettes.
  • said shaking means comprise electronic devices disposed adjacent at least one of said wires and in turn said cigarettes supported across said wires.
  • An apparatus for manufacturing cigarette packages comprising in combination:
  • a power drive operatively associated with and driven by said drive unit
  • a drum having a plurality of depressions disposed around its peripheral surface, said drum being rotatably mounted on and driven by said power drive;
  • At least one supply roll to supply a continuous first foil web of packaging material to overlay an arcuate portion of said peripheral surface of said drum;
  • heating means operatively associated with said drum to heat said first foil web overlaying said peripheral surface of said drum to make it pliable;
  • vacuum creating means operatively associated with said plurality of depressions in said drum to draw heated portions of said first foil web of packaging material into said depressions to create troughs in said first foil web, said troughs being adapted to subsequently contain cigarettes;
  • a hopper to contain cigarettes having an open funnelshaped lower end portion adapted to release at least one of said cigarettes at a time through said opening;
  • conveying means disposed beneath said open funnelshaped lower portion of said hopper and extending to a point adjacent said drum adapted to receive said cigarettes from said hopper and to convey them to said drum;
  • shaking means operatively associated with said con veying means to vibrate said conveying means and in turn said cigarettes located on said conveying means to shake loose tobacco particles from said cigarettes;
  • a seive located generally horizontally in said container dividing it into an upper part and a lower vessel part;
  • a vacuum pump operatively associated with said lower vessel part of said container to clear said lower vessel part of said tobacco particles
  • spacing means disposed above said conveying means at an end thereof adjacent said drum, said conveying means having cleats disposed transverse to the travel of said conveying means defining spaces each of which is adapted to receive one cigarette to ensure that said cigarettes are deposed with the desired spacing from said conveying means into said trough in said first foil web;
  • At least one supply roll to supply a continuous covering foil web material to said roller, said continuous covering web being disposed between said roller and said drum to lie over said continuous first foil web and close said troughs containing said cigarettes;
  • welding means to seal said continuous covering foil web to said continuous foil web.
  • At least one steam nozzle positioned adjacent said conveying means to direct steam against at least one end of each of said cigarettes;
  • shaking means operatively associated with said conveying means at a point immediately downstream from said steam nozzle to vibrate said conveying means and in turn said cigarettes located on said conveying means to shake loose tobacco particles from said cigarettes;
  • a sieve located generally horizontally in said container dividing it into an upper part and a lower vessel part;
  • a vacuum pump operatively associated with said lower vessel part of said container to clear said lower vessel part of said tobacco particles.
  • said conveying means comprises:
  • said rails are comprised of a plurality of longitudinal sections
  • shaking means are operatively associated with at least one of said sections to vibrate said cigarettes placed thereon.
  • said conveying means comprises two spaced apart wires to support and convey said cigarettes deposed transversely across said wires, the space between said spaced apart wires allowing said loose tobacco particles to drop into said container eliminating any possibility of said loose tobacco particles from being conveyed to and deposited in said troughs in said first foil web with said cigarettes.
  • said shaking means comprises electronic devices disposed adjacent at least one of said wires to shake said wires and in turn shake said cigarettes supported across said wires.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
US00035116A 1969-05-08 1970-05-06 Method for producing cigarette packages Expired - Lifetime US3732663A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19691923588 DE1923588C3 (de) 1969-05-08 Zigarettenpackung aus zwei Kunststoff-Folien
DE19691940312 DE1940312A1 (de) 1969-08-07 1969-08-07 Vorrichtung zum Verpacken von Zigaretten
DE19691940302 DE1940302A1 (de) 1969-05-08 1969-08-07 Verfahren zur Herstellung von Zigarettenpackungen
DE1940313 1969-08-07

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3732663A true US3732663A (en) 1973-05-15

Family

ID=27430893

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US00035116A Expired - Lifetime US3732663A (en) 1969-05-08 1970-05-06 Method for producing cigarette packages

Country Status (11)

Country Link
US (1) US3732663A (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)
AU (1) AU1491970A (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)
BE (1) BE750124A (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)
CA (1) CA942652A (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)
CH (1) CH517022A (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)
DK (1) DK135756B (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)
FR (1) FR2047468A5 (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)
GB (1) GB1301894A (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)
LU (1) LU60870A1 (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)
NL (1) NL7006752A (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)
SE (1) SE380778B (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png)

Cited By (20)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3967730A (en) * 1975-01-18 1976-07-06 Techform, Inc. Cigarette package
US4384441A (en) * 1979-07-11 1983-05-24 Tetra Pak International Ab Machine for wrapping elongated articles in plastic film
US20040016205A1 (en) * 2002-04-18 2004-01-29 Pro-Pac Services., Inc. Packaging machine for producing reclosable packages
US6761267B1 (en) * 2002-01-17 2004-07-13 Defoor Bruce Pastel carrier
US20050218198A1 (en) * 2004-04-06 2005-10-06 Cavero Dio C Comestible product dispensers and methods of making and using same
US7213511B2 (en) 1996-03-20 2007-05-08 R.P. Scherer Corporation Method and apparatus for printing a ribbon for packaging gelatin capsules
US20070199849A1 (en) * 2004-05-11 2007-08-30 Cadbury Adams Usa Llc. Package for accommodating an array of consumable products
GB2438155A (en) * 2006-05-17 2007-11-21 Oliver Frank Dennis Carter Apparatus for farming algae
US20090272660A1 (en) * 2008-05-02 2009-11-05 John England Pack For Smoking Articles
US7686165B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2010-03-30 Cadbury Adams Usa Llc Packaging design with separate compartments
US7811614B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2010-10-12 Cadbury Adams Usa Llc Gum slab package having insertable product retention member
US20110030314A1 (en) * 2008-03-19 2011-02-10 Ima Safe S.R.L. Unit For Supplying Products
US7901719B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2011-03-08 Cadbury Adams Usa Llc Gum slab package with flap retention
US7971718B2 (en) 2005-05-09 2011-07-05 Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc Package for dispensing and retaining gum slabs with adhesive securement
US8393469B2 (en) 2004-07-08 2013-03-12 Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc Reclosable consumable product package assembly
US20130239519A1 (en) * 2012-03-16 2013-09-19 Thomas Orsini Easily removable selvage device
US8607980B2 (en) 2009-02-02 2013-12-17 Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc Openable and reclosable sealed package for confectionery products
WO2014004493A2 (en) 2012-06-29 2014-01-03 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Dispensing container, packaged product assembly, and related method
WO2015108816A2 (en) 2014-01-17 2015-07-23 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Electronic smoking article with improved storage of aerosol precursor compositions
WO2019244127A1 (en) 2018-06-22 2019-12-26 Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc. Aerosol source member having combined susceptor and aerosol precursor material

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN109665127A (zh) * 2017-10-17 2019-04-23 荣昌制药(淄博)有限公司 一种改进的粉末药品包装机

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3353329A (en) * 1964-08-11 1967-11-21 Cloud Machine Corp Method of and apparatus for packaging elongated articles such as nipples
US3445986A (en) * 1964-06-09 1969-05-27 Seita Device for filling storage containers with cigars and like rod-shaped objects
US3512332A (en) * 1965-04-30 1970-05-19 Hassia Verpackung Ag Packaging containers as well as procedure and devices for their manufacture

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3445986A (en) * 1964-06-09 1969-05-27 Seita Device for filling storage containers with cigars and like rod-shaped objects
US3353329A (en) * 1964-08-11 1967-11-21 Cloud Machine Corp Method of and apparatus for packaging elongated articles such as nipples
US3512332A (en) * 1965-04-30 1970-05-19 Hassia Verpackung Ag Packaging containers as well as procedure and devices for their manufacture

Cited By (32)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3967730A (en) * 1975-01-18 1976-07-06 Techform, Inc. Cigarette package
US4384441A (en) * 1979-07-11 1983-05-24 Tetra Pak International Ab Machine for wrapping elongated articles in plastic film
US7213511B2 (en) 1996-03-20 2007-05-08 R.P. Scherer Corporation Method and apparatus for printing a ribbon for packaging gelatin capsules
US6761267B1 (en) * 2002-01-17 2004-07-13 Defoor Bruce Pastel carrier
US20040016205A1 (en) * 2002-04-18 2004-01-29 Pro-Pac Services., Inc. Packaging machine for producing reclosable packages
US6701695B1 (en) * 2002-04-18 2004-03-09 Brian Douglas Packaging machine for producing reclosable packages
US6868654B2 (en) * 2002-04-18 2005-03-22 Pro-Pac Services, Inc. Packaging machine for producing reclosable packages
US20050218198A1 (en) * 2004-04-06 2005-10-06 Cavero Dio C Comestible product dispensers and methods of making and using same
US20070199849A1 (en) * 2004-05-11 2007-08-30 Cadbury Adams Usa Llc. Package for accommodating an array of consumable products
US8658229B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2014-02-25 Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc Gum slab package having insertable product retention member
US7686165B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2010-03-30 Cadbury Adams Usa Llc Packaging design with separate compartments
US7811614B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2010-10-12 Cadbury Adams Usa Llc Gum slab package having insertable product retention member
US8252352B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2012-08-28 Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc Gum slab package with flap retention
US7901719B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2011-03-08 Cadbury Adams Usa Llc Gum slab package with flap retention
US7913846B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2011-03-29 Cadbury Adams Usa Llc Packaging design with separate compartments
US8221812B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2012-07-17 Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc Gum slab package having insertable product retention member
US8172086B2 (en) 2004-05-11 2012-05-08 Cadbury Adams Usa Llc Packaging design with separate compartments
US8393469B2 (en) 2004-07-08 2013-03-12 Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc Reclosable consumable product package assembly
US7971718B2 (en) 2005-05-09 2011-07-05 Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc Package for dispensing and retaining gum slabs with adhesive securement
GB2438155A (en) * 2006-05-17 2007-11-21 Oliver Frank Dennis Carter Apparatus for farming algae
US8479476B2 (en) * 2008-03-19 2013-07-09 Ima Safe S.R.L. Unit for supplying products
US20110030314A1 (en) * 2008-03-19 2011-02-10 Ima Safe S.R.L. Unit For Supplying Products
US20090272660A1 (en) * 2008-05-02 2009-11-05 John England Pack For Smoking Articles
US8485355B2 (en) 2008-05-02 2013-07-16 British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited Pack for smoking articles
US8607980B2 (en) 2009-02-02 2013-12-17 Kraft Foods Global Brands Llc Openable and reclosable sealed package for confectionery products
US20130239519A1 (en) * 2012-03-16 2013-09-19 Thomas Orsini Easily removable selvage device
WO2014004493A2 (en) 2012-06-29 2014-01-03 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Dispensing container, packaged product assembly, and related method
US9108784B2 (en) 2012-06-29 2015-08-18 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Dispensing container, packaged product assembly, and related method
US9493291B2 (en) 2012-06-29 2016-11-15 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Dispensing container, packaged product assembly, and related method
WO2015108816A2 (en) 2014-01-17 2015-07-23 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Electronic smoking article with improved storage of aerosol precursor compositions
EP3498116A2 (en) 2014-01-17 2019-06-19 RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. Electronic smoking article with improved storage of aerosol precursor compositions
WO2019244127A1 (en) 2018-06-22 2019-12-26 Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc. Aerosol source member having combined susceptor and aerosol precursor material

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
SU443507A3 (ru) 1974-09-15
AU1491970A (en) 1971-11-18
GB1301894A (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png) 1973-01-04
DK135756C (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png) 1977-11-21
LU60870A1 (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png) 1970-07-07
SE380778B (sv) 1975-11-17
CH517022A (de) 1971-12-31
CA942652A (en) 1974-02-26
DK135756B (da) 1977-06-20
BE750124A (fr) 1970-10-16
NL7006752A (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png) 1970-11-10
FR2047468A5 (US06312121-20011106-C00033.png) 1971-03-12

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3732663A (en) Method for producing cigarette packages
US4184591A (en) Method for producing cigarette packages and packages produced by this method
CN104093555B (zh) 具有加强撕开条的包装
CA1235394A (en) Package for a plurality of cigarette packs or the like
EP0016066A1 (en) Packing machines
RU97106857A (ru) Упаковка для табачных изделий, в частности сигарет, а также способ и устройство для ее изготовления
US3513629A (en) Overwrap packing machines
US7415812B2 (en) Apparatus and method for packing smoking articles
US4866912A (en) Method of an apparatus for packing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry
US20080216847A1 (en) Fine-Cut-Tobacco Portion Pack And Process For Producing Fine-Cut-Tobacco Portion Packs
US6450329B1 (en) Packet for a group of articles of elongated shape, and a relative method of manufacture
US3345795A (en) Method and apparatus for packaging bars of plastic material
US6684606B1 (en) Method and apparatus for manufacturing sealed packets of cigarettes
GB2132975A (en) Machine for packing cigarettes
CH700739A2 (it) Confezione aromatizzata di sigarette e macchina per la sua realizzazione.
GB2201935A (en) Apparatus for packaging sachet packs
US3402524A (en) Apparatus for packaging articles
US3805474A (en) Package construction and method for forming a strip of individual impregnated tissues into containers
US2987857A (en) Method of producing infusion bags
EP0607211A1 (en) Manufacturing infusion packages
JPH01159240A (ja) 包み箱製造装置
US3727828A (en) Foil over-lapped slits
WO2016050775A1 (en) Method and apparatus for making a pack with a printed insert
US2870584A (en) Apparatus for packing and wrapping cigarettes
US3507094A (en) Apparatus for packing or wrapping articles