US3923146A - Cigarette transfer assembly for transferring cigarettes from a cigarette making machine to a cigarette packaging machine - Google Patents

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US3923146A
US3923146A US491622A US49162274A US3923146A US 3923146 A US3923146 A US 3923146A US 491622 A US491622 A US 491622A US 49162274 A US49162274 A US 49162274A US 3923146 A US3923146 A US 3923146A
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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
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/02—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/16—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding materials in bulk
    • B65G47/18—Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes
    • B65G47/19—Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes having means for controlling material flow, e.g. to prevent overloading
    • 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
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine
    • 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
    • B65G47/34—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor 
    • B65G47/46—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points
    • B65G47/51—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination
    • B65G47/5195—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for materials in bulk

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  • a reservoir provided for a surplus of fed cigarettes is activated by two switches which are spaced UNITED STATES PATENTS apart to effect a reliable control of the reservoir in rel,885,892 11/1932 Bronander 198/25 X sponge t flu tuations in the flow of cigarettes sup- 2,745,41O 5/1956 Molins 198/37 X plied to the packaging machine. 3,355,004 11/1967 Rupert 53/236 X 3,608,972 9/1971 Rudszinat v 198/20 C 1 Claim, 2 Drawing Figures L r 7 w 1 GGQQEWE 7 T 0 199cm fiZQcHM/E c ll lZ flee/4 U.S. Patent Dec. 2, 1975 Sheet 1 of2 3,923,146
  • This invention relates to a cigarette transfer assembly. More particularly, this invention relates to a cigarette transfer assembly for transferring cigarettes from a cigarette making machine directly to a cigarette packaging machine'on a high speed basis.
  • Cigarette feed machines have been known, for example, from US Pat. No. 3,799,324 in which a series of cigarettes are fed directly from a cigarette making ma' chine directly to a cigarette packaging machine on a high speed basis.
  • the cigarettes are fed sequentially from the making machine directly onto a conveyor which in turn feeds the cigarettes onto a horizontal conveyor which operates at a slower speed. This effects a stackingof the cigarettes on the horizontal conveyor.
  • the horizontal conveyor then conveys the cigarettes into a hopper of a cigarette packaging machine.
  • While the hopper-of the cigarette packaging machine may accommodate a large reserve supply of cigarettes, it is frequently necessary to provide the feed machines with a reservoir means by which an additional reserve supply of cigarettes can be placed.
  • reservoir means have been interposed in the path of the cigarettes so as to assume the additionally produced cigarettes without having the cigarette pass to the packaging machine.
  • a reservoir system may well operate almost constantly in a backwards and forwards manner order to receive. or expel small amounts of cigarettes. Because of these almost constant fluctuations in the reservoir, the mechanism for operating the reservoir system may well require a greater degree of maintenance over a period of time.
  • the chute has a slide surface which is coated with a substance such as polytetrafluorethylene, i.e., Teflon, which has a coefficient" of friction to permit the cigarettes to slide downwardly rather than to roll downwardly under the-forces of gravity. This avoids misalignment of the cigarettes.
  • the invention further provides a reservoir means which includes an elongated conveyor for receiving excess cigarettes delivered from a cigarette making machine connected to the transfer assembly and a sensing means on an opposite side of the flow of cigarettes from the elongated conveyor.
  • the sensing means is used for sensing a change in the flow rate of the cigarettes between the two conveyors and for activating the reservoir means to either accommodate more cigarettes or to expel stored cigarettes.
  • the sensing means includes a pair of switches located in preset position and a pivotally' mounted plate which is'responsive to changes in the cigarette flow rate between the two conveyors.
  • This plate is positioned between the switches to selectively actuate one of the-switches in response to an increased accumulation of cigarettes in order to activate the elongated conveyor to receive excess cigarettes and to activate the other of the switches in response to a reduced accumulation of cigarettes to activate the conveyor to expel cigarettes.
  • the switches are spaced apart relative to each other and to the plate such that minimal fluctuations in the flow rate need not be detected. For example, where the making machine delivers 5000 cigarettes per minute and the packaging machine packages cigarettes at the same rate, the nominal flow rate on the cigarette transfer assembly would be 5000 cigarettes per minute.
  • the switches are set so that the reservoir means remains inactive to fluctuations of plus or minus cigarettes per minute from the nominal'flow rate of 5000 cigarettes per minute. This decrease in sensitivity allows the flow means to have a longer maintenance life.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a side elevational view of a cigarette transfer assembly constructed in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a detailed view of thesensing means constructed in accordance with the invention.
  • the cigarette transfer assembly 10 is mounted and interconnected between a cigarette making machine 11 anda cigarette packaging machine 12in order to transfer cigarettes made in the making machine 11 to the packaging machine 12 for packaging purposes.
  • Both the cigarette making machine 11 and the cigarette packaging machine 12 are of any suitable construction.
  • each machine 11, 12 may be constructed to operate at an output rate of 5000 cigarettes per minute.
  • the cigarette transfer assembly includes a vertical conveyor l3 for conveying a stream of individually spaced apart cigarettes 14 upwardly from the cigarette making machine to an elevated position.
  • a horizontal conveyor 15 is connected to the packaging machine 12 in order to receive a flow of cigarettes in a stacked fashion for conveyance to the packaging machine 12.
  • the horizontal conveyor 15 operates at a slower speed than the vertical conveyor 13 and is independently activated.
  • a reservoir means 16 is located between the elevated position of the vertical conveyor 13 and the horizontal conveyor 15 for receiving excess cigarettes from the flow of cigarettes and for delivering the excess cigarettes into the cigarette flow at a subsequent time.
  • a chute 17 is also provided in the assembly 10 adjacent a forward end of the horizontal conveyor 15 and downstream of the reservoir means 16 for sliding of the flow of cigarettes downwardly onto the horizontal conveyor 15.
  • the transfer assembly 10 also has a transfer drum 18 at the elevated position of the vertical conveyor 13 in order to transfer the stream of individual cigarettes 14 downwardly towards the chute 17.
  • the vertical conveyor 13 has, for example, pairs of endless belts 19, 20 (only one of each pair being shown) which convey the stream of cigarettes 14 upwardly.
  • the outermost belts 19, shown to the left in FIG. 1, pass about a pulley 21 adjacent the elevated position of the conveyor 18 and are driven off the making machine 11 in a suitable manner.
  • the endless belts 20 pass around the transfer drum l8 and act as a carrier surface for the cigarettes 14.
  • an endless belt 22 is passed about various guide pulleys 23 and the transfer drum 18. These belts 22 lay over the stream of cigarettes 14 on the transfer drum I8 and ensure conveyance of the cigarettes about the drum 18.
  • a suitable guide means 24 is positioned at the exit point of the cigarettes from the transfer drum 18. This guide means 24 serves to guide the cigarettes passing from the drum l8 downwardly towards the chute 17. As shown, the guide means 24 is positioned above the reservoir means 16.
  • the reservoir means 16 includes an endless belt 25 which extends over a pulley 26 at one end and a drive pulley 27 at the opposite end.
  • a motor 28 sereves to drive the drive pulley 27 in a suitable manner such as via a transmission belt 29.
  • the reservoir means 16 includes a wall 30 secured onto the upper run of the conveyor belt 25 and a pair of upstanding side walls 31, 32.
  • the side walls 31, 32 are spaced apart a distance equal to at least the length of a cigarette being transferred and form an elongated reservoir space with the belt 25.
  • the walls 31, 32 may be made up of a transparent material so as to permit viewing of the cigarettes in the reservoir means 16.
  • the endless belt 25 is movable between two extreme positions in which the wall 30 is positioned at a point close to the path of the cigarettes passing from the transfer drum 18 to the chute 17 and a position adjacent the end of the reservoir means 16, the right-hand end as viewed in FIG. 1.
  • the reservoir means 16 further includes a sensing means 33 on an opposite side of the flow of cigarettes from the wall 30.
  • the sensing means 33 is adapted to sense a change in the flow rate of the cigarettes between the vertical conveyor 13 and the horizontal conveyor 15, and more particularly, between the transfer drum 18 and the chute 17.
  • the sensing means 33 includes a pair of switches 35, 36 which are each fixedly located in a preset position on the frame of the transfer assembly 10 as well as a pivotally mounted plate 37 which is responsive to accomulations of cigarettes between the transfer drum 18 and the chute 17.
  • Each switch 35, 36 is of any suitable construction and each contains a leaf spring 38 which is adapted to activate the switch 35, 36 upon being depressed.
  • the plate 37 is pivotally mounted on a pivot pin 39 which is centrally located between the switches 35, 36 and which is fixedly secured in the frame of the transfer assembly 10.
  • a lever arm 40 which is in fixed relation to the plate 37 is connected to one end of a coil spring 41 whichis mounted at the opposite end on a pin 42 secured in the frame of the transfer assembly 10. In this way, the spring 41 serves to bias the plate 37 via the lever 40 in a direction towards the wall 30 of the reservoir means 16.
  • a bracket 43 is also secured about the pivot pin 39 in fixed relation with the plate 37 to pivot with the plate 37.
  • the bracket 43 is mounted to be adjusted by means of two cams 44 so that a neutral position of the plate 37 can be obtained.
  • each bracket 43 carries a pair of cam blocks 45.
  • Each cam block 45 extends outwardly towards a respective switch 35, 36 and, particularly, towards the leaf spring 38 of each switch.
  • Each cam block 45 is also pivotally mounted on the bracket 43 by means of a bolt 46 and is locked in place by a locking screw 47.
  • the locking screw 47 passes through the cam block 45 and an elongated slot 48 in the bracket 43 so as to permit adjustment of the position of the cam block 45 relative to the bracket 43.
  • this adjustment means 49 includes a double armed lever 50 which is pivotally mounted about the pin 39.
  • Each arm 51 of the lever 50 is disposed opposite a cam block 45 and has an adjusting screw 52 which passes through the arm 51 to abut the cam block 45.
  • a lock nut 53 is provided on each screw 52 to fix the screw 52 in place on the arm 51.
  • the plate 37 includes a main leaf 54 which is pivoted about the pin 39 and an adjustable leaf 55 is secured via an adjusting screw device 56 to the main leaf 54. By adjusting the screw device 56, the leaf 55 may be brought closer or further away from the main leaf 54.
  • the cigarettes are allowed to accumulate in the region between the plate 37 of the sensing means 33 and the wall 30 of the reservoir means 16 prior to passage into the chute 17.
  • the chute 17 is substantially filled with cigarettes.
  • the chute 19 has a bottom 58 on which the slide surface 57 is formed, a top 59 and a pair of side walls 60 which may be transparent.
  • This confined chute 17 allows the cigarettes to be conveyed in a compact manner.
  • the lowermost cigarettes that is the cigarettes sliding on the slide surface 57 move downwardly at about the same rate of speed as the uppermost cigarettes, that is, the cigarettes adjacent the top 59.
  • mashing of the cigarettes is reduced. This, in turn, permits the packaging of cigarettes which have substantially uniform round cross-sectional shapes.
  • the leaf 55 which forms a guide for the cigarettes has a bent lower end which serves to guide the downwardly moving cigarette into the chute 17. As shown, the lower end of the leaf 55 extends into the plane of the chute 17 and overlaps the bottom wall 58 of the chute 17.
  • the plate 37 of the sensing means 33 would pivot in a clockwise manner as viewed in FIG. 2. This, in turn, would cause a similar rotation of the bracket 43 such that the upper cam block 45 would depress the leaf spring 38 into the switch 36.
  • the switch 36 would cause the motor 28 to activate the belt 25 so that the wall 30 is moved towards the plate 37. This, in turn, would expel any cigarettes which have been accumulated in the reservoir into the mouth of the chute 17.
  • the amount of pivoting of the cam blocks 45 and of the leaf spring 38 is such as to preclude an instaneous response of the switches 35, 36 to a sensed fluctuation in the cigarette flow. That is, the switches 35, 36 are to be activated only after the plate 37 has moved a substantial distance.
  • the sensing means 33 may be set to respond to fluctuations of plus or minus cigarettes per minute in the flow rate of the cigarettes.
  • the amount of fluctuation permitted before actuation of the switches 35, 36 is about 4 of the output rate of the cigarette making machine 11.
  • each cam block 45 is independently adjustable, the time delay for the respective switches 35, 36 can also be adjusted so that one switch may respond slower or faster than the other.
  • a cigarette transfer assembly comprising a first vertical conveyor for conveying a stream of individually spaced apart cigarettes upwardly to an elevated position;
  • a second horizontal conveyor for receiving a flow of cigarettes from said first conveyor; reservoir means extending from between said elevated position of said first conveyor and said second conveyor for receiving excess cigarettes from said flow of cigarettes and for delivering the excess cigarettes into said flow at a subsequent time, said reservoir means including an elongated conveyor extending transversely from the flow of the cigarettes, said conveyor being expandable transversely of the flow of the cigarettes to said second conveyor for receiving excess cigarettes thereon and a sensing means on an opposite side of said flow of cigarettes from said elongated conveyor for sensing a change in the flow rate of cigarettes between said first and second conveyors, said sensing means including a pair of switches located in preset position and a pivotally mounted plate responsive to changes in the flow rate of cigarettes between said first and second conveyors, each said switch being operatively connected to said elongated conveyor to activate said elongated conveyor, said plate being positioned between said switches to selectively activate one of said switches in response to an accumulation of cigarettes between said first and second conveyors to activate said elongaed conveyor to receive excess cigarettes

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US491622A US3923146A (en) 1974-07-25 1974-07-25 Cigarette transfer assembly for transferring cigarettes from a cigarette making machine to a cigarette packaging machine
CA229,468A CA1024034A (en) 1974-07-25 1975-06-17 Cigarette transfer assembly for transferring cigarettes from a cigarette making machine to a cigarette packaging machine
GB2617575A GB1475427A (en) 1974-07-25 1975-06-19 Cigarette transfer assembly for transferring cigarettes
ZA00753985A ZA753985B (en) 1974-07-25 1975-06-23 A cigarette transfer assembly for transferring cigarettes from a cigarette making machine to a cigarette packaging machine
PH17332A PH13683A (en) 1974-07-25 1975-06-30 A cigarette transfer assembly for transferring cigaretts packaging machine
JP50081025A JPS524640B2 (xx) 1974-07-25 1975-07-02
DE2530008A DE2530008C3 (de) 1974-07-25 1975-07-04 Transportvorrichtung zum Fördern von Zigaretten mit einem Zigarettenspeicher
BR7504543*A BR7504543A (pt) 1974-07-25 1975-07-17 Conjunto para transferencia de cigarros
CH959275A CH593185A5 (xx) 1974-07-25 1975-07-22
NL7508846A NL7508846A (nl) 1974-07-25 1975-07-24 Inrichting voor het overdragen van sigaretten.
BE158573A BE831689A (fr) 1974-07-25 1975-07-24 Assemblage de transfert de cigarettes
FR7523186A FR2279618A1 (fr) 1974-07-25 1975-07-24 Assemblage de transfert de cigarettes
IT25768/75A IT1040073B (it) 1974-07-25 1975-07-25 Apparecchiatura per il trasferi menio di sigarette

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