Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
  • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
  • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
  • A24D3/0295—Process control means
• • 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
  • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
  • A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
  • A24C5/323—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing pneumatically
• • 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
  • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
  • A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
  • A24C5/328—Controlling means

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an arrangement for transferring rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry to at least one transmitting device with at least one transmitting module, at least one receiving device with at least one receiving module, at least one conveying element respectively arranged between one of the transmitting modules and one of the receiving modules for connecting the Transmitter module with the receiving module and transferring the articles of the specified type of article from the transmission module to the receiving module, and a signal means associated Fördcrelement for transmitting a request signal from a control device of the receiving module to a control device of the transmission module for controlling a delivery of the transmission module.
• the invention relates to a method for transferring rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry from at least one transmitting device to at least one receiving device having at least one receiving module by means of a respective arranged between one of the Scndemodule and one of the receiving modules conveying element for connecting the Sen - dcmoduls with the receiving module, comprising the steps of: transmitting a Anlbr- derungssignals from a control device of the receiving module to a control device of the transmitting module for controlling a conveying power of the transmitting module by means of the winningclement associated signaling device, and transferring the articles of the predetermined type of article from the transmitting module to the receiver module.
• rod-shaped articles for example filter rods
• a transmitting device or a plurality of transmitting devices which comprise at least one transmitting module
• a receiving device or several receiving devices with at least one receiving module sent.
• the transfer of the articles is preferably carried out pneumatically by a conveying element arranged between the transmitting module and the receiving module, preferably in the form of a pneumatic conveying line.
• request signals are transmitted to the transmitting module by the receiving module.
• the receiving module uses the request signal to signal with which delivery rate the transmitting module should send articles to the receiving module.
• the document DE 35 38 660 AI from the applicant's own house shows a transfer arrangement and a corresponding method having the features of the preambles of claims 1 and 10 mentioned at the beginning.
• the articles are removed from a magazine by means of a transmitting device and pneumatically sent to a downstream receiving station.
• the transmission power is transmitted depending on the filling level of a magazine of the receiving station by means of appropriate signals to the transmitting station.
• Another originating from the house of the applicant document DE 31 03 060 AI shows a system for supplying several groups of Filteransetzmaschinen with filter rods.
• the conveyor systems have two receiving devices, which are connected via pneumatic conveying lines to the transmitting modules of different transmitting devices.
• the filter machine In the case of a failure of a transmitting device, it is possible to supply by filtering the filter machine on the other conveyor line with filter rods on.
• the disadvantage is that in the production of end products and / or intermediates of a particular production line is not verifiable whether the sent from the respective transmitter module filter rods are also transferred to the corresponding receiving module and whether it is the predetermined type of filter rods.
• the receiving module may be supplied with filter rods which do not meet the required specification of the production line. It is therefore an object of the present invention to propose an arrangement that ensures error-free and reliable transfer of the article. Furthermore, the object is to propose a corresponding method.
• This is particularly advantageous because in addition to the request signal for determining the per unit time funded by the transmission module article production lines relevant information between the transmitting and receiving module can be replaced.
• misallocations and / or misfeeds can be detected quickly and reliably, and an operator notified of the occurrence of an error so that it can derive the appropriate consequences.
• the comparison unit is further configured to compare at least one of the predetermined device identifiers with at least one device identifier transmitted via the signal device and designed such that in the case of a detected in the comparison unit deviation between the at least one predetermined device identifier with the transmitted via the signal device Device identifier at the output of Starbuckserknnungs- device the error signal is provided. This can cause misallocations between see transmitting and receiving modules or between transmitting and receiving devices are recognized and displayed.
• a preferred development of the invention is characterized in that the output of the error detection device is connected to an error input of the control device of the transmission module and the control device of the transmission module is designed and configured such that the error signal provided at the error input of the control device of the transmission module for blocking or interrupting the transmission of the given article leads.
• the conveying element is connected by means of detachable connections to the transmitting module and the receiving module, wherein the signal device is arranged directly on the conveying element and the signal device is formed line bound. This design is particularly advantageous in terms of flexibly responding to the particular production requirements or production line requirements. When changing the requirements, the arrangement can be adapted to the new conditions comfortably and with little effort.
• the conveying element is a flexible connection.
• this facilitates the connection of the transmitter module and the receiver module by means of the conveyor element and at the same time allows the compensation of different distances between the modules to be connected and a spatial crossing of the conveyor elements, so that the assignment of the conveyor elements between several transmitter and receiver modules is mechanically not limited.
• one of the transmitting devices comprises a plurality of scanning modules, wherein at least one of the transmitting modules for transmitting the articles of a first predetermined type of article and one or more another of the transmission modules for sending the article at least one further predetermined type of article is set up. In this way, a great flexibility of the entire arrangement is given.
• the object is achieved by a corresponding method having the features mentioned in the introduction in that product parameters and / or predetermined device identifications are transmitted between the control device of the receiving module and the control device of the transmission module and vice versa by means of the signal device associated with the conveying element, and at least one parameter of predetermined product type is compared with at least one of the transmitted via the signal device product parameters, and in the case of a detected in the comparison deviation between the at least one parameter of the predetermined type of article and the at least one transmitted via the signal device product parameter Freundcrsignal at the output of an error detection device is provided.
• product parameters and / or predetermined device identifications are transmitted between the control device of the receiving module and the control device of the transmission module and vice versa by means of the signal device associated with the conveying element, and at least one parameter of predetermined product type is compared with at least one of the transmitted via the signal device product parameters, and in the case of a detected in the comparison deviation between the at least one parameter of the predetermined type of article and the at least one transmitted via the signal
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a first embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention in a first operating state, integrated in a production line,
• FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of a preferred development of the first embodiment shown in Figure 1 in a first operating state
• 4 shows a schematic illustration of a preferred development of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in a second operating state
• FIG. 5a shows a first exemplary embodiment of the connecting device according to the second embodiment in FIGS. 3 and 4,
• FIG. 5b shows a second exemplary embodiment of the connecting device according to the second embodiment in Figures 3 and 4, and
• Fig. 6 is a schematic Ü bersi chtsdarstel 1 ung.
• the present invention or the arrangement shown in the figures is particularly suitable for the transfer of filter rods.
• the present invention is not limited to the transfer of filter rods.
• the bar-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry include a variety of other articles, such as filter rods, multifilament rods, filter cigarettes, filters with cigarillos and the like.
• Under the conveying element are preferably understood pneumatic conveying lines.
• the articles of the tobacco processing industry are in this case moved by means of a pressurized gaseous medium, preferably by means of compressed air through the delivery lines.
• the invention is not limited exclusively to pneumatic conveying lines as conveying elements.
• the transfer of the articles may alternatively be carried out by means of other conventional conveying elements, which are designed for example as a roller conveyor.
• FIG. 1 schematically shows an arrangement 10 for transferring rod-shaped articles.
• the arrangement 10 necessarily comprises a transmitting device 19 with at least one transmitting module 20, 21, at least one receiving device 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d with at least one receiving module 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d and at least one conveying element 24.
• the conveying element 24 is in each case arranged between a transmitting module 20, 21 and an associated receiving module 22a, 22b or 23c, 23d for connecting a transmitting module 20, 21 to a receiving module 22a, 22b or 23c, 23d and for transferring the articles of a given type of article.
• the conveying element 24 is associated with a signaling device 25, not shown in FIG. 1 (see, eg, FIGS.
• er which is used to transmit a request signal from a control device.
• er acquired 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d of the corresponding Empfangsmod u 1 s 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d to a control device 28 of the transmitter module 20, 21 for controlling the flow rate of the or each transmitter module 20, 21 is formed and arranged.
• a transmitting device 19 each have a common control device 27 and 28 respectively (see eg Figure 6) provided.
• the embodiment of the invention allows the use of the assembly 10 to interchange brand parameters and / or product parameters and / or device identifiers between the transmitter and receiver to ensure error-free supply of downstream machines with the desired articles.
• the predetermined device identifications comprise a transmission module identifier and / or reception module identifier and / or transmitter device identifier and / or receiver device identifier and / or further-processing machine identifier.
• the transmission module identifier By means of the transmission module identifier, the respective transmission module (20, 21) is assigned a unique identifier, by means of which the transmission module (20, 21) can be unambiguously identified.
• the arrangement 10 is shown as part of a production line 12
• the arrangement 10 can also be used as a single unit.
• the production line 12 comprises, in addition to the arrangement 10, two filter production machines 15, 16, wherein the filter production machines 15 can produce 16 different types of articles.
• the articles of the first filter manufacturing machine 15 may be articles of a given article type of a first specification (indicated by a solid line) while the filter manufacturing machine 16 may produce articles of a given article type of a second specification (indicated by a dashed line).
• the production line 12 can optionally also comprise buffer stores 17, 18, each filter manufacturing machine 15, 16 each having at least one buffer store 17, 18 is assigned.
• the buffer memory 17, 18 serve to produce a uniform stream of articles, so that fluctuations in the per unit time produced by the filter manufacturing machines 15, 16 articles of the predetermined article types are relativized and compensated.
• the buffer storages 17, 18 serve to ensure a sufficient curing time of the freshly produced filter rods. From the first buffer memory 17 or from the second buffer memory 18, the articles of the predetermined type of article reach the transmitting device 19.
• the number of individual transmitter modules is not limited to the number shown in FIG. 1, but may be selected as desired in accordance with the required transmission power or design of the transmitter 19.
• the five first transmission modules 20 are for conveying the articles of the first predetermined type of article (solid lines), while five second transmission modules 21 for conveying the articles of the second article type (dashed lines) are provided.
• the first transmission modules 20 transmit the articles of the predetermined first type of article, while the transmission modules 21 send the articles of the second type.
• Each of the transmission modules 20, 21 is assigned a corresponding reception module 22a, 22b or 23c, 23d, ie Transmit modules 20, the receiving modules 22a »22b and the transmission modules 21, the receiving modules 23c, 23d.
• the transmitter modules 20, 21 of the transmitter 19 to the receiver modules 22a, 22b and 23c, 23d of the receiver 1 la, II b, 1 lc, 1 ld is in each case between one of the transmitter modules 20, 21 and one of the receiver modules 22a, 22b or 23c, 23d arranged at least one conveying element 24.
• the conveying elements 24 is arranged between each of the transmitting modules 20, 21 and each of the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d.
• the conveying elements 24 By means of the conveying elements 24, the articles of the given article types from the corresponding transmitting modules 20, 21 to the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c. 23d convicted.
• the transfer of the articles of the given types of articles is preferably carried out pneumatically by the conveying elements 24 are formed as pneumatic conveying line.
• the present invention is not limited to the pneumatic transfer of the articles of the given Article type limited. Rather, each device is suitable as a conveyor element 24, with the transfer of the article predetermined article type is executable example, roller conveyors are here called.
• Each conveying element 24 is assigned a signal device 25 for transmitting a request signal.
• the transmission of the request signal from the receiving module 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d to the respective transmitting module 20, 21 serves to transmit the demanded by the receiving module 22, 23 flow rate.
• the receiving module 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d is part of the Applicant's type MAX cigarette slicer. depending on the production capacity or possible style Istandphasen the filter attachment machine different number of filter rods per unit time for processing needed. This required per unit time number of filter rods is transmitted by the Filtcransetzmaschine to the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d of the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d. Of course, it is also possible to manually specify the required per unit time number of articles to be received articles of the given article type.
• the expensive equations 27a, 27b. 27c, 27d of the receiving module or the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d is designed, for example, as a programmable logic controller (PLC), industrial PC or the like.
• the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d may each be implemented as a software component and / or as a subroutine in a control of the respectively downstream filter attachment machine or of the respective downstream multiple filter production machine.
• the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c. 27d of the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d transmit the generated request signal to the control device 28 of the transmitting module 20, 21 for controlling the delivery rate of the sending module 20, 21.
• the request signal is preferably a pulse width modulated signal, wherein the duty cycle of the pulse width modulated signal with that of the receiving module 22 a, 22 b. 23c, 23 d corresponding delivery capacity corresponds.
• product parameters are transmitted between the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d of the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d and the control device 28 of the transmitting modules 20, 21 and vice versa by means of the signal device 25 assigned to the conveying element 24
• the control device 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d of the receiving module c 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d, the control device 28 of the transmission modules 20, 21 and the signal device 25 associated with the conveying element 24 is designed and set up for transmitting the predetermined respective product parameters between the transmitting modules 20, 21 and the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d and vice versa.
• the transmission of the product parameters can be bidirectional, ie on the one hand from the respective receiving module 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d to the respective transmitting module 20, 21 or from the transmitting module 20, 21 to the receiving module 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d.
• the product parameters allow for the production of a particular product of a production line 12 relevant data, such as identifiers, with which the articles can be clearly assigned to a particular article type.
• the product parameters include a unique identifier associated with a particular type of filter rod. For example, in the first filter manufacturing machine 15, filter rods of a first specification are produced, while in the filter manufacturing machine 16 filter rods of a second specification are produced. The filter rods of the first and second specifications arrive as the articles of a certain type of article via the previously described buffer memory 17, 18 as a mass flow to the transmitting device 19.
• the articles or the filter rods of the first and second specification respectively product parameters are assigned, which in the Control device 28 of the transmission modules 20, 21 and / or the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d of the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23 d are stored, wherein previously a transmission of the product parameters preferably by the respective control unit of the production machine (s) 15, 16 was carried out, but also a specification of the product parameters by a central host computer and / or a local control panel at the transmitting device 19 and / or the receiving devices 1 1 a, 1 lb, 11c, 1 ld done.
• the device identifiers are transmitted either in addition to the product parameters.
• the product parameters are preferably stored in a central controller 30, not shown in FIG. 1 (see FIG.
• control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 28 are transferred to at least one of the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 28 of the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d or the transmitter modules 20, 21 and in the corresponding control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 28 stored as a predetermined production parameter or predetermined device identifier.
• the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 28 are adapted accordingly, that is, they have appropriate interfaces for communication with the central controller 30 and suitable storage means for storing the predetermined product parameters and / or device identifiers.
• the product parameters are manually input to the controllers 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 28 on site.
• the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 28 have, in addition to the interfaces, corresponding input devices, for example via a keyboard, a touch screen or other input means.
• At least one parameter of the predetermined type of article is compared with at least one of the product parameters exchanged via the signal device 25.
• there is a comparison between at least one of the parameters of the predetermined type of article stored in one of the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 28 of the respective emulation module 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d or of the respective send module 20, 21 is, with at least one of the exchanged product parameters instead, which has been previously exchanged via the signaling device 25 between the control device 28, 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d of the respective transmitting module 20, 21 and the respective receiving module 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d.
• an error signal is provided at the output of an error recognition device.
• the error detection device comprises a comparison unit for comparing the at least one parameter of the predetermined type of article with the at least one product parameter exchanged via the signal device 25.
• the comparison unit provides the error signal at the output of the error detection device if the comparison unit determines a deviation between the at least one parameter of the predetermined article type and the at least one product parameter transmitted via the signal device 25.
• the comparison unit comprises at least one hardware and / or software comparator, which generates and provides the error signal. In this way, a misallocation between the articles of predetermined types of articles that are in contact with one of the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d from one of the transmitting modules 20, 21 can be reliably detected.
• the comparison unit is further configured to compare at least one of the predetermined device identifiers with at least one device identifier transmitted via the signal device 25 and configured such that in the event of a deviation detected between the at least one predetermined device identifier and the device identifier transmitted via the signal device 25 in the comparison unit at the output of the error detection device, the error signal is provided.
• the comparison section is preferably designed such that it can compare both the transmitted product parameters with the predetermined product parameters, as well as the transmitted device identifiers with the predetermined device identifiers.
• the error detection device is set up in such a way that either a comparison is made as to the product parameters or the device identifications or both the product parameters and the device identifications.
• the output of the error detection device is connected to an error input of the control device 28 of the transmission modules 20, 21.
• the control device 28 of the transmission modules 20, 21 is designed and set up such that the error signal provided at the error input of the control device 28 of the respective transmission module 20, 21 for preventing, interrupting and / or canceling the transmission of the predetermined article leads.
• the transmission the article is interrupted immediately. Consequently, a transfer of false articles of a given type of article is reliably avoided.
• the control device 28 of the transmission modules 20, 21 GmbHmitlel on. which are suitable to stop the transmission process.
• these switching means are connected in a signal path of the request signal processing, so that in the event of a fault, the request signal is switched to a delivery rate of zero and the corresponding transmitting module 20, 21 no longer sent articles of the predetermined type of article.
• the switching means directly accesses a transmitting unit 20, 21 associated with the transmitting unit and electrically or mechanically blocks the sending. More preferably, the stopping of the transmission takes place digitally within a microprocessor or digital control of the corresponding control device 28 of the transmission modules 20, 21.
• the previously performed error detection also take place at the receiving end, ie in the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d of the receiving modules 22a , 22b, 23c, 23d.
• the stopping of the transmission in this case by switching means in the respective control device 27a. 27b, 27c, 27d of the respective receiving module 22a, 22b, 23c, 23 d, which are set up in such a way that that of the receiving module 22a, 22b. 23c, 23d the request signal transmitted to the transmission module 20, 21 is supplied with a signal corresponding to the delivery power zero.
• the respective control device 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d of the receiving modules 22a, 22b 23c, 23d signals in the event of an error by means of the request signal that the transmission of the articles of predetermined type by the particular transmitter module 20, 21 should be interrupted or stopped .
• Particularly advantageous is the provision of the error signal or the automatic stopping of the transmission when the first operating state shown in Figure 1 is to be terminated to switch to a second operating state.
• FIG. 1 A schematic representation of the first embodiment in this second operating state is shown in FIG. According to the second operating state, articles of the first and second article types are not supplied as before in the first operating state of the transmitting device 19, but only one and the same article of the given article type are produced by two production lines 12.
• each conveying element 24 is essentially fixedly and directly connected to one of the transmitting modules 20, 21 and one of the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d, where it is stated here that the respective connection at least with a suitable tool is solvable.
• confusion in the assignment of transmitter module 20, 21 and receiver module 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d is ruled out.
• a plausibility check, as described above, with regard to the correspondence of the article-specified article type with the product parameters is then of relevance when a first article type is changed to a second article type.
• FIGS. 3 and 4 show a schematic representation of a preferred embodiment of the first Ausrumbleungsform shown in Figure 1, each in a first and second operating state.
• This preferred development substantially corresponds to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, so that what has been said above also applies to the development shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
• the preferred embodiment according to FIGS. 3 and 4 differs from the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 and 2 in that each conveying element 24 is preferably connected to one of the transmitting modules 20, 21 and one of the receiving modules 22a, 22b by means of detachable, in particular rapidly detachable, connections. 23c, 23d is indirectly or indirectly connected.
• a connecting device 37 is provided, which is designed as a change station and at least two maneuvering panels or removable plates 59, 61 includes.
• the associations between the transmitting modules 20, 21 of the transmitting device 19 and the corresponding receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d of the receiving device 1 la , I Ib, 1 lc, 1 ld can be adjusted as desired and above all as needed.
• the conveying elements 24 are designed to be flexible.
• a further production line 42 is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
• this comprises a filter production unit 45, a downstream buffer memory 48, a transmission device 49, at least one transmission module 50, 51 with a control device 58. Furthermore, a reception device 41a, 41b with reception modules 52a, 52b and controllers 57a, 57b. Otherwise, the embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 correspond to those of FIGS. 1 and 2.
• FIG. 5a by way of example, two of the conveying elements 24 with two signal devices 25 are shown, each of the transmitting device 19, 49 or its transmitting modules 20, 21, 50, 51 and the receiving device 11a, 11b, 11c , 41 a, 41 b and the receiving modules 22 a, 22 b. 23c. 23d, 52a, 52b are assigned.
• the detachable connections which are preferably in the form of an electrical or pneumatic plug / coupling combination as a plug connection 39, the conveying elements 24 can be easily exchanged via the exchangeable plates 59, 61 with the transmitting modules 20, 21, 50, 51 and the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d are connected to each other in any association.
• the signal means 25 arranged directly on the conveyor element 24.
• the conveying element 24 and the signaling device 25 thus form a compact and functional unit.
• a misallocation when the conveying element 24 is repositioned can be reliably detected.
• the signaling device 25 is formed cable-bound, for example as an electrical line.
• the signaling device 25 is set up as an electrical bus line or as an optical line in the form of an optical waveguide.
• the signaling device 25 comprises a signal line 38 or a plurality of signal lines 38.
• the signaling device 38 is designed as an electrical line, it is a signal line 38 with one or more wires.
• the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 57a, 57b, 28, 58 are designed and set up to transmit a first data signal and a second superimposed data signal via the signal line 38.
• the controllers 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 57a, 57b, 28, 58 have suitable means for converting data into corresponding data signals.
• the data can be both analog quantities, for example a voltage value or another analog signal, for example a rectangular signal with a varying duty cycle, such as digital data, for example a sequential bit stream.
• the first data signal is assigned to an analog variable
• the second data signal is assigned to a digital variable.
• the means for conversion comprise at least one modulation device, which is designed and set up in such a way that the second data signal is modulated onto a carrier signal and then superimposed on the first data signal.
• the controllers 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 57a, 57b. 28, 58 for simultaneously transmitting the first and second data signal set.
• the present invention is not limited to the above-described configuration regarding the data signals.
• the controllers 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 57a, 57b, 28, 58 comprise means adapted to transmit exclusively digital quantities or exclusively analog quantities by means of the first and second data signals.
• a further preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized. in that the first data signal comprises the request signal and the second superimposed data signal comprises the product parameters of the predetermined article type and / or at least one of the includes predetermined facility identifiers.
• the request signal is an analog signal whose voltage between the levels zero volts and 24 volts and vice versa according to the on the part of one of the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d, 52a, 52b currently to be requested delivery capacity of the corresponding transmission module 20, 21, 50, 51 goes back and forth. For example, a zero volts level will break / stop transmission, while a 24 volt level will re-enable the transmission after a break has occurred.
• the request signal is an analog voltage value, for example in a range from zero to 24 volts, wherein the voltage value range is assigned to a delivery power range.
• the transmission process is stopped, for example, while at a voltage of 24 volts, the maximum capacity in each transmitter module 20, 21, 50, 51 predetermined by the corresponding receiving module 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d, 52a, 52b becomes.
• Each voltage value between zero and 24 volts is thus associated with a corresponding delivery rate.
• the size of an electrical control current can also be transmitted as an analog variable, for example a control current in the range from zero to 20 mA.
• the product parameters of the given article type and / or the predetermined device identifiers are preferably digital quantities, for example binary values, which are transmitted as the second data signal.
• the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 57a, 57b, 28, 58 are preferably designed and set up as a superimposed data signal c for transmitting a readiness for transmission signal and for transmitting the product parameters of the predetermined type of article and / or the predetermined device identifications.
• the respective transmission module 20, 21, 50, 51 of the corresponding receiving device I Ia, II b, 11c, 1 l d. 41 a, 41 b his readiness to send.
• the control devices 27a, 27b, 27c. 27d, 57a, 57b of the Emplangsmodule 22a, 22b, 23c. 23d, 57a, 57b are adapted and configured to process this ready to send signal.
• FIG. 5a shows the connection device 37 with one of the transmission devices 19, 49, which are connected to the signal device 25 by means of the two signal lines 38, and two of the conveying elements 24 with one of the reception devices 11a, 11b, 11c, 1d via the corresponding one Plug connections 39 are connectable to each other.
• these plug-in connections 39 comprise pneumatic plug connections arranged on the corresponding conveying elements 24 and for connecting the transmitting device 19, 49 or with the receiving device 11a, 11b. 11c, 1 ld are set up and designed.
• the connectors 39 for connecting the signal lines 38 to the transmitting device 19, 49 or to the receiving device I Ia, I I b, 1 1 c, 1 ld are formed according to the signal line used either as electrical connectors and / or optical connectors.
• the electrical plug-in connection can be designed, for example, as a multi-pole electrical plug / socket connection and formed in addition to the already mentioned signals for transmitting further signals.
• such an electrical plug connection and the associated signal device 25 comprise additional signaling and control lines.
• the signal device 25 or the electrical connector comprises a total of 7 signal lines, with the following signals or the following pin assignments of the above-mentioned electrical connectors:
• the electrical plug-in connections and the corresponding control devices 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 57a, 57b are designed to override the request signal and to transmit the ready-to-send signal via separate signal lines.
• FIG. 5b shows, by way of example, the conveyor elements 24 and signal devices 25 arranged between the transmitter-side exchangeable plates 59 and the receiver-side exchangeable plates 61.
• three of a total of five of the transmitter side plates 59 are each provided with three of a total of five of the receiver-side exchangeable plates 61 connected by means of two conveying elements 24 and two signal devices 25.
• the transmitting modules 20, 21, 50, 51 outgoing pipes are each guided to one of the removable plates 59, so see between each of the transmitter modules 20, 21 50, 51 and each of the transmitter-side removable plates 59 at least one pipe connection is arranged.
• At least one pipe connection with each of the receiving modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d, 52a, 52b is arranged on the receiver side between each exchangeable plate 61.
• the tubes each terminate at the removable plate 61 in corresponding plug-in connections 39, so that on each of the removable plates 59, 61 both the transmitter side and the receiver side each of the transmitter modules 20, 21, 50, 51 with each of the receiver modules 22a, 22b, 23c, 23d, 52a, 52b can be connected by simply plugging or repositioning the conveying elements 24 and the signal device 25.
• the present invention is, of course, not limited exclusively to two transmitting devices 19. As indicated in FIGS. 3 and 4, further transmitting devices 19, 49 may also be provided.

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