US3828796A - Cigarette cutoff and filter tip attachment registration apparatus - Google Patents
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- US3828796A US3828796A US00316681A US31668172A US3828796A US 3828796 A US3828796 A US 3828796A US 00316681 A US00316681 A US 00316681A US 31668172 A US31668172 A US 31668172A US 3828796 A US3828796 A US 3828796A
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
- A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
- A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
- A24C5/28—Cutting-off the tobacco rod
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10S131/00—Tobacco
- Y10S131/906—Sensing condition or characteristic of continuous tobacco rod
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T83/00—Cutting
- Y10T83/141—With means to monitor and control operation [e.g., self-regulating means]
- Y10T83/159—Including means to compensate tool speed for work-feed variations
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- ABSTRACT Cigarette paper with printed registration marks is utilized in the formation of a cigarette rod on a making machine.
- the cigarette rod is cut at prescribed intervals along the registration mark. in view of variations in repeat lengths of paper between registration marks, the cut of the rod is automatically adjusted to register with the mark by a control which operates to sense the location of the mark in relation to the cutting knife.
- a filter tip attachment machine is located at the discharge end of the cigarette making machine.
- the operation of the attachment machine is in timed relationship with the cutting of the rod, whereby any adjustment in the latter is reflected by a corresponding adjustment in the drive of the attachment machine. This synchronization insures against jamming of the cut rod entering the filter tip attachment machine.
- Various cigarette papers are provided with registration marks printed thereon by the paper supplier as disclosed in commonly assigned patent application Ser. No. 59,052 filed July 27, 1970.
- the registration marks identify the beginning and end of a preprinted somewhat invisible pattern.
- the registrationmark repeat length varies throughout the length of paper ordinarily wound and supplied ona bobbin. Where filter tip cigarettes are being formed, the knife cut of the cigarette rod should be in registry with the mark.
- a filter tip attachment machine is ordinarily located; at the discharge end of a cigarette making machine when manufacturing filter tip cigarettes.
- the cut lengths of cigarette rod will not enter the filter tip attachment machine in predictable timed relationship with the operation of the filter tip attachment machine. Accordingly, registration must be maintained between the cut-off knife of the cigarette makingmachine and the filter tip attachment machine.
- the principal object of the present invention is to provide improved apparatus for registration of the cutting of cigarette paper with the location of registration marks printed thereon.
- Another object is to provide synchronization of the operation of a filter tip attachment machine with the cutting of the cigarette paper and consequently the introduction of the cut lengths of cigarette rods that are introduced into the filter tip attachment machine.
- FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a cigarette rod making machine for manufacturing cigarettes having paper with registration marks and a filter tip attachment machine for receiving cut lengths of the rod for assembly with filter plugs for filter tip cigarettes with a registration control being provided to register the cut with the registration mark and assure the synchronization of the filter tip attachment machine with the cutting of the rod;
- FIG. 2 is a topplan view thereof
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of the formed cigarette rod showing the registration marks at spaced intervals;
- FIG. 4 is a diagramatic perspective view of the registration control of the present invention shown associated with the cutting knife of the cigarette making machine and the drive of the filter tip attachment machine.
- a somewhat conventional continuous rod cigarette making machine 10 receives cut tobacco from the tobacco feed feed 12 which showers cut tobacco continuously onto a traveling tape 14. This tape delivers the cut tobacco to the traveling paper web 16 fed from the roll 18.
- the paper web 16 is suitably guided through the rod folder tongue 20, the rod paster 22 which applies a strip of paste to the lap edge of the cigarette rod paper, the rod former 24 and the rod sealer 26, by a continuously moving folding belt 28 driven by the drum 30.
- the filter tip attachment machine 40 is driven in synchronization with the cutoff 34 in a manner to be described in detail shortly so that the individual cigarette lengths 38 will be properly received without jamming in the flutes 42 of the fluted drum 44.
- the filter tip att'achment machine 40 then operates to associate the cigarette length 38 with the selected mouthpiece and thereafter forms the finished filter cigarette.
- the cigarette paper includes registration marks 45.
- these marks were approximately 2' millimeters wide and identified the beginning and end of an invisible printed pattern on the paper 16.
- the registration mark repeat length was 136 millimeters.
- An optical sensor 46 which may be in the form of a photocell assembly operates to detect the leading edge of the mark 45 for purposes of generating a signal which is adapted to be compared with a signal indicating the location of the knife 36 in assuring the proper registration of the cut made thereby with the location of the mark.
- the knife 36 is fixed to and rotates with shaft 47 extending from gear box 48 to an automatically adjustable speed for registry control.
- knife 36 is mounted on a universal 50 which permits the knife 36 to be placed at a slight angle to cooperate with and clear surfaces of longitudinally reciprocating ledger 52 as the cut is made.
- the ledger includes a substantially u shaped channel which receives and supports the rod during the cutting cycle. A pair of aligned slots in the side walls of the channel accommodate the cutting edge of the knife 36 as it moves.
- the ledger traverses a longitudinally reciprocal movement along the path of travel of the rod as the intended cut is made at approximately the same speed as the rod is traveling.
- a shaft encoder 54 is employed and electromechanically transforms analogue mechanical rotation into electrical pulses which are related to the knife cut. These signals are transmitted to the control 56 which compares the knife cut to the registration marks sensed by the sensor 46. A determination is made whether the registration mark led or lagged the knife cut. As will become evident shortly, the knife speed is increased if the registration mark led the cut and it is decreased if the registration mark lagged. When the determination is made, the control 56 sends a signal to adjust knife speed accordingly. Towards this end, the signal actuates pulsating or stepping motor 58 which through phase shifting differential 60 and gear box 48 changes the speed to knife 36.
- the phase shifting differential 60 allows the position of the knife 36 to be shifted in relation to the main drive 62 with an input from the motor 58.
- the phase shifting differential 60 has two inputs one from the main drive 62 and one from the motor 58.
- the main drive 62 is constant; therefore, the operation of the motor 58 determines the correct knife speed for registration.
- the control 56 senses the knife cut ahead of the registration mark 45, the motor 58 is switched to a higher speed until the registration mark is sensed in proper relation to the knife cut.
- the reverse takes place.
- a visual display 68 is provided as an alternative to an oscilloscope to facilitate manually adjusting the register between the knife cut and the registration mark by the machine operator.
- the visual display may be in the form of a neon lamp mounted on a rotated disc driven off the gear box 48 at a one-to-one ratio and synchronized with the rotation of the knife 36.
- the neon lamp is caused to flash by signals from the knife and from the registration mark sensor, as disclosed in detail in the above referenced patent application Ser. No. 316,679, filed on even date herewith and entitled Preprinted Cigarette Paper Registration Control.”
- the speed of operation of the filter tip attachment machine 40 is adjusted with any and all changes in speed of the knife 36. This is accomplished by connecting the drive of the filter tip attachment machine with the output of the differential 60. This is accomplished through the gear network 64 with gear 66 being free spinning by means of a suitably mounted bearing on shaft 62. In this manner, the cigarette lengths 38 will be assured registry with the flutes 42 of the fluted drum 44 of the filter tip attachment machine.
- a cigarette making machine for forming a cigarette rod and cutting it into cigarette lengths and a filter tip attachment machine for coupling a filter plug to one end of the cigarette length, wherein the cigarette making machine includes a source of cigarette paper having registration marks at spaced intervals,
- cigarette rod forming means for forming the cigarette paper about tobacco into a cigarette rod
- the filter tip attachment machine includes inlet conveying means for receiving the cigarette lengths and conveying them transversely of the path of travel of the cigarette rod, and
- control means responsive to said sensor means detecting the presence of the registration marks for changing the speed of the knife means so as to continually cause the knife means to cut at predetermined intervals along the cigarette rod and for changing the speed of the inlet conveying means of the filter tip attachment machine in timed relation with the change in speed of the knife means.
- said sensor means includes an optical sensor which senses the leading end of the registration mark, sensing means for sensing the position of the knife means, and knife speed adjusting means coupled with both the optical sensor and sensing means for determining whether the cut of the cigarette rod by the knife means occurred before the registration mark is sensed by the optical sensor or whether the registration mark occurred before the cut for adjusting the speed of the knife means to maintain the cut in proper register with said registration mark and means coupled with the knife speed adjusting means for adjusting the speed of operation of the inlet conveying means of the filter tip attachment machine in timed relation to the knife means operation and any adjustment thereof.
- the knife speed adjusting means includes a pulsating motor and a phase shift differential coupled thereto.
- sensing means comprises a shaft encoder which transforms analogue mechanical rotation of the knife means into electrical pulses.
- a visual display means is coupled with the knife means and with the optical sensor for providing a visual display of the relative position between the knife cut and registration mark.
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US00316681A US3828796A (en) | 1972-12-20 | 1972-12-20 | Cigarette cutoff and filter tip attachment registration apparatus |
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CA188,345A CA990605A (en) | 1972-12-20 | 1973-12-17 | Cigarette cutoff and filter tip attachment registration apparatus |
DE2363071A DE2363071A1 (de) | 1972-12-20 | 1973-12-19 | Vorrichtung zum synchronisierten schneiden von zigaretten und ansetzen von filtermundstuecken |
GB5883673A GB1414544A (en) | 1972-12-20 | 1973-12-19 | Cigarette cutoff and filter tip attachment registration apparatus |
ZA739601A ZA739601B (en) | 1972-12-20 | 1973-12-20 | Cigarette cutoff and filter tip attachment registration apparatus |
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US3372702A (en) * | 1958-06-28 | 1968-03-12 | Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg | Method and apparatus for making and manipulating cigarettes and similar rod-shaped articles |
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US3372702A (en) * | 1958-06-28 | 1968-03-12 | Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg | Method and apparatus for making and manipulating cigarettes and similar rod-shaped articles |
US3625226A (en) * | 1962-11-23 | 1971-12-07 | Seita | Counting and marking device |
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US6691493B1 (en) * | 1999-09-30 | 2004-02-17 | Hauni Maschinenbau Ag | Method of and apparatus for encoding and recording identifying indicia for arrays of rod-shaped commodities |
US20040107674A1 (en) * | 1999-09-30 | 2004-06-10 | Gottfried Von Bismarck | Method of and apparatus for encoding and recording identifying indicia for arrays of rod-shaped commodities |
US20050022829A1 (en) * | 2001-05-11 | 2005-02-03 | Atwell Charles G. | Cigarette paper with selected attenuator bands |
CN101828765A (zh) * | 2009-03-13 | 2010-09-15 | 国际烟草机械波兰有限公司 | 与生产烟草和滤棒的机器协作的输送系统以及在该输送系统内输送滤棒的方法 |
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