Classifications

• • 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
  • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
  • B65B19/223—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in a curved path; in a combination of straight and curved paths, e.g. on rotary tables or other endless conveyors
• • 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
  • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
  • B65B35/56—Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section
  • B65B35/58—Turning articles by positively-acting means, e.g. to present labelled portions in uppermost position

Definitions

• the .present invention relates to a packing machine and method for producing rigid packets, each comprising a least, two containers, one inside the other.
• the present invention may be used to advantage for producing rigid packets of cigarettes, to which the following .description refers purely by way of example. BACKGROUND ART
• a conventional rigid packet of cigarettes is what is known as a rigid hinged-lid packet, which comprises a foil-wrapped group of cigarettes, and a single hinged- lid container formed by folding a single blank about the group of cigarettes.
• Patent Application WO2006021581A1 describes a swing-open rigid packet of cigarettes
• Patent Application WO2007031484A1 describes a slide-open rigid packet of cigarettes
• Patent Applications IT2000BO00245, IT2006BO00020 and IT2006BO00420 describe pocket-book rigid packets of cigarettes (comprising at least two inner containers held together by the outer container)
• Patent Application EP2017198A1 describes a fan-open rigid packet of cigarettes (comprising at least two inner containers held together by the outer container) .
• the only characteristic common to all these last- generation rigid packets of cigarettes is that they are made from two different blanks folded one after the other (i.e. the inner blank is first folded about the group of cigarettes, and the outer blank is then folded about the folded inner blank) .
• the most critical brand- change part i.e. when switching from one type of rigid packet of cigarettes to another
• the transfer unit which transfers the inner containers from the first packing unit to the second packing unit, and on which the inner containers are oriented and/or grouped specifically, according to the type of rigid packet . of cigarettes.
• Patent Application WO2008101571A1 describes a packing machine . for producing rigid packets of cigarettes, each comprising an inner cursor folded about a wrapped group of cigarettes; and an ' outer blank folded about the wrapped group of cigarettes and the inner cursor.
• the packing machine comprises: a first packing unit for folding the inner cursors about the wrapped groups of cigarettes; a second packing unit for folding the outer blanks about the wrapped groups of cigarettes and the inner cursors; and a transfer unit, which receives the wrapped groups of cigarettes with the inner cursors from the first packing unit at an input station, feeds them to the second packing unit at an output station, and performs a single orienting operation on them at a manipulating station between the input station and the output station.
• the transfer unit comprises a single conveyor line, which feeds a succession of. wrapped groups of cigarettes with inner cursors along a path between the input station and the output station; and the manipulating station comprises an orienting wheel with peripheral pockets and mounted to rotate about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the path.
• a packing machine and method for producing rigid packets each comprising a least two containers one inside the other, as claimed in the accompanying Claims.
• Figure 1 shows a front view in perspective of a slide-open rigid packet of cigarettes in the closed position
• Figure 2 shows a front view in perspective of the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes in the open position
• Figure 3 shows an exploded view in perspective of the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes
• Figure 4 shows a spread-out view of a blank from which to form an inner container of the.
• Figure 5 shows a spread-out view of ' a blank from which to form an outer container of the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes;
• Figure 6 shows a schematic view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a packing machine, in accordance with the present invention, for producing the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes;
• Figure 7 shows . a schematic view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of an initial part of a first packing unit of the Figure 6 packing machine;
• Figure 8 shows a schematic view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of an end part of the first packing unit of the Figure 6 packing machine
• Figure 9 shows a schematic view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a transfer unit of the Figure 6 packing machine
• Figure 10 shows a schematic view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a second packing unit of the Figure 6 packing machine
• Figure 11 shows a schematic view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of the Figure 9 transfer unit
• Figure 12 shows a schematic view in perspective of transfer of the inner containers by the Figure 9 transfer unit
• FIGS 13 and 14 show two different schematic views in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of the Figure 9 transfer unit
• Figures 15 and 16 show respective front and plan views, with parts removed for clarity, of the Figure 9 transfer unit;
• Figure 17 shows a schematic view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, . of a first orienting conveyor of the Figure 9 transfer unit
• Figure 18 shows a schematic view . in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a second orienting conveyor of the Figure 9 transfer unit;
• Figure 19 shows a schematic view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a third orienting conveyor of the Figure 9 transfer unit;
• Figures 20 and 21 show respective schematic front and plan views, with parts removed or clarity, of the third orienting conveyor in Figure 19;
• Figure 22 shows a schematic, view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a grouping device of the Figure 9 transfer unity-
• Figure 23 shows a schematic view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a feed device of the
• Figure 24 shows a schematic view in perspective, with . parts removed for clarity, of a different embodiment of the transfer unit of the Figure 6 packing machine;
• Figure 25 shows a schematic view in perspective of transfer of the inner containers by the Figure 24 transfer unit
• Figures 26 and 27 show schematic views in perspective of transfer of the inner containers by two further embodiments of the Figure 9 transfer unit.
• the Figure 1 packet 1 of cigarettes comprises a wrapped, i.e. foil-wrapped, group 2 of cigarettes; and a rigid outer package made of cardboard or similar, housing wrapped group 2, and in turn comprising a rigid inner container 3 actually housing wrapped group 2, and a rigid outer container 4 in which inner container 3. is housed to slide straight, with , respect to outer container 4, between a closed position ( Figure 1) , in which . inner container 3 is fully inserted inside outer container 4, and an open position ( Figure 2) , in which inner container 3 is extracted partly from outer container 4 for direct user access to wrapped group 2.
• inner container 3 is parallelepiped-shaped, and has a bottom wall 5; a top wall 6; two opposite parallel major lateral walls 7; and two parallel minor lateral walls 8a, 8b interposed between major lateral walls 7.
• top wall 6 has an extraction opening 9 also extending over parts of major lateral walls 7, and which, when inner container 3 is in the open position, is located outside outer container 4 to permit withdrawal of the cigarettes (not shown) from inner container 3 once group 2 is unwrapped by the user.
• a retaining tab 10 is cut from each major lateral wall 7, close to minor lateral wall 8b, and projects outwards of inner container 3 from the edge between major lateral wall 7 and minor lateral wall 8b; four longitudinal edges are defined between major lateral walls 7 and minor lateral . walls 8; and eight transverse edges are defined between walls 7, 8 and walls 5, 6.
• outer container 4 is also parallelepiped-shaped, and has a bottom wall 11; a top wall 12; two opposite parallel, major lateral walls 13; one minor lateral wall 14; and an opening 15 opposite minor lateral wall 14 and through which inner container 3 slides.
• a retaining tab 16 is connected to the edge of each major lateral wall 13 bounding opening 15, projects inwards of outer container 4 from major lateral wall 13, and, as inner container 3 is extracted, , engages a corresponding retaining tab 10 on inner container 3 to limit travel of. inner container 3 and prevent it from detaching completely from outer container 4.
• Two longitudinal edges are defined between major lateral walls 13 and minor lateral wall 14; and six transverse edges are defined between walls 13, 14 and walls 11, 12.
• Containers 3 and 4 of the Figure 1-3 packet 1 are formed from respective known blanks 17 and 18 shown in Figures 4 and 5 respectively.
• Figure 6 shows a cigarette packing machine 19 for producing packets 1 of cigarettes as described above and shown in Figures 1-3.
• Packing machine 19 comprises a packing unit 20 for producing inner containers 3 by folding blanks 17 about respective wrapped groups 2 of cigarettes; a packing unit 21 for producing outer containers 4 by folding blanks 18 about respective, inner containers 3; and a transfer unit 22, which receives inner containers 3 from packing unit 20 at an input station 23, and feeds inner containers 3 to packing unit 21 at an output station 24.
• packing unit 20 comprises a group-forming conveyor 25 for forming groups 26 of cigarettes, and having a number of pockets, each for receiving a group 26 of cigarettes from the outlet of a hopper; and a packing conveyor 27 having two straight, parallel, superimposed packing lines, on which sheets 28 of packing material, cut off a continuous strip, are folded about groups 26 of cigarettes to form wrapped groups 2 of cigarettes.
• packing unit 20 comprises a transfer wheel 29 for receiving wrapped groups 2 of cigarettes from packing conveyor 27; a packing wheel 30, which receives wrapped groups 2 ' of cigarettes from transfer wheel 29, and folds blanks 17 about wrapped groups 2 of cigarettes to form inner containers 3; and a drying conveyor 31 having two straight, parallel, superimposed drying lines for receiving and feeding inner containers 3 from packing wheel 30 to input station 23 of transfer unit 22.
• transfer unit 22 transfers inner containers 3 from input station 23 to output station 24, and orients (in another embodiment, also groups) inner, containers at four manipulating stations 32-35 arranged in series ' between input station 23 and output station 24.
• transfer unit 22 comprises four manipulating stations 32-35 that can be fully or even partly activated or deactivated individually, depending on the desired orientation and/or grouping of inner containers 3.
• some of manipulating stations 32-35 may be activated (and the rest left idle) to perform all or only the desired orienting and/or grouping operations on inner containers 3.
• only manipulating stations 33 and 34 are activated (i.e. actually work on inner containers 3), and manipulating stations 32 and 35 are deactivated (i.e. do no work on inner containers 3).
• packing unit 21 comprises a packing wheel 36, which receives inner containers 3 from output station 24 of transfer unit 22, and folds blanks 18 about inner containers 3 to form outer containers 4 and so complete packets 1 of cigarettes; and a drying conveyor 37 having two straight, parallel, superimposed drying.- lines, which receive and feed packets 1 of cigarettes from packing wheel 36 to an output . station 38 of packing machine 19.
• packing unit 21 is identical to the end part of packing unit 20 shown in Figure 8: the obvious similarities between packing wheels 30 and 36, drying conveyors 31 and 37, and the
• transfer unit 22 comprises two parallel, superimposed horizontal conveyor lines, each of which feeds a succession of inner containers 3 - preferably in steps (i.e. in a cyclically alternating stop-go movement) - along a straight path P between input station 23 and output station 24.
• manipulating stations 33 and 34 are activated in the Figure 11 and 12 embodiment. More specifically, and as explained below, manipulating station 33 performs a 180° rotation about a vertical axis of rotation perpendicular to path P, and manipulating station. 34 performs, simultaneously, a further 180° rotation about a vertical axis of rotation perpendicular to path P, and a 90° rotation about a horizontal axis of rotation perpendicular to path P.
• Each conveyor line comprises two belt conveyors 39 and 40 arranged in series, separated at manipulating station 34, and each comprising a number of partitions projecting perpendicularly from the belt to form respective seats 41 (Figure 13) for inner containers 3.
• On the bottom belt conveyor 39 inner containers 3 rest (and are therefore supported from underneath) on the belt of conveyor 39; whereas the top belt conveyor 39 comprises a static supporting surface 42 ( Figures 17 and 18) on which inner containers 3 rest and slide (and are therefore supported from underneath) as they are fed along path P.
• each belt conveyor 40 also comprises a static supporting surface 43 ( Figure 22) on which inner containers 3 rest and slide (and are therefore supported from underneath) as they are fed along path P.
• manipulating .station 32 comprises an orienting conveyor 43 located along and locally intercepting the two conveyor lines.
• Orienting conveyor 43 comprises an orienting wheel 44, which is mounted to rotate about a horizontal axis of rotation 45 parallel to the two paths P, is rotated in steps about axis of rotation 45 by an electric motor 46, and supports four U-shaped pockets 47, each of which is open on both sides to allow inner containers 3 through, and is positioned with its central channel parallel to paths P.
• an inner container 3 on the top. conveyor line is engaged by a pocket 47 at a receiving/release station 48 along the top conveyor line, and is released to a receiving/release station 49 along the bottom conveyor line by orienting wheel 44 rotating 180° about axis of rotation 45.
• an inner container 3 on the bottom conveyor line is engaged by a pocket 47 at receiving/release station 49 along the bottom conveyor line, and is released to receiving/release station 48 along the top conveyor line by orienting wheel 44 rotating 180° about axis of rotation 45.
• each pocket 47 receives an inner container 3 from one conveyor line at receiving/release station 48 or 49, releases the inner container 3 to the other conveyor line at receiving/release station 49 or 48, and, in transferring the inner container 3 from receiving/ release station 48 or 49 to receiving/release station 49 or 48, rotates it 180° about horizontal axis of rotation 45.
• manipulating station 33 comprises two orienting conveyors 50, each located along and locally, intercepting a corresponding conveyor line.
• Each orienting conveyor 50 comprises an orienting wheel
• each orienting wheel 51 supports four U-shaped pockets 53, each open on both sides to let inner containers 3 through. More specifically, each orienting wheel 51 is hollow to allow an inner container 3 to be fed through it, through two aligned pockets 53.
• Each orienting wheel 51 is cup-shaped, i.e. has a bottom wall, and an open end opposite the bottom wall; the top orienting wheel 51 is positioned with its open end facing upwards, so its bottom wall forms an extension of static supporting surface 42 of the top belt conveyor 39; and the bottom orienting wheel 51 is positioned with its open end facing downwards.
• each orienting wheel 51 When each orienting wheel 51 is stationary, i.e. not rotating about axis of rotation 52, inner containers 3 on belt conveyors 39 of the two conveyor lines are fed, unmanipulated, through respective orienting . wheels 51 at manipulating station 33 (more specifically, static supporting surface 42 of the top belt conveyor 39 is interrupted at orienting wheel 51 " and replaced locally by the bottom wall of orienting wheel 51) .
• each pocket 53 receives an inner container 3 from a conveyor line at a receiving station 54, releases the inner container 3 to the same conveyor line at a release station 55 downstream from receiving station 54, and, in transferring inner container 3 from receiving station 54 ' to release station 55, rotates it 180° about vertical axis of rotation 52.
• manipulating station 34 comprises two orienting conveyors 56, each located along and intercepting a corresponding conveyor line.
• Each orienting conveyor 56 comprises an orienting wheel 57 mounted to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation 58 crosswise to the two paths P (the two orienting wheels 57 are positioned coaxially one over the other) ; two independent electric motors (not shown) rotate orienting wheels 57 in steps about axis of rotation 58; and each orienting wheel 57 supports twelve U-shaped pockets ' 59.
• Orienting wheels 57 are never stopped,, .in that they serve to transfer inner containers 3 from belt conveyors 39 to belt conveyors 40.
• each pocket 59 receives an inner container 3 from a conveyor line at a receiving station 60, releases the inner container 3 to the same conveyor line at a release station 61 downstream from receiving station 60, and, in transferring inner container 3 from receiving station 60 to release station 61, rotates it 180° about vertical axis of rotation 58.
• An orienting member 62 extends about each orienting wheel 57, and is designed to impart to each inner container 3, travelling inside pocket 59 from receiving station 60 to release station 61, a further 90° rotation about a horizontal axis of rotation crosswise to axis of rotation 58 of orienting wheel 57. More specifically, each orienting member 62 is defined by a channel, which extends about respective orienting wheel 57, surrounds and guides inner container 3 from receiving station 60 to release station 61, is designed to rotate inner container 3 90°, and comprises a number of round rails forming the walls of the channel and supported by four transverse supporting members. In a preferred embodiment, the rails are arranged to engage at least two opposite edges of inner container 3.
• orienting wheels 57 are never stopped, in that they serve to transfer inner containers 3 from belt conveyors 39 to belt conveyors 40, but orienting members 62 can be dismantled quickly -to eliminate further rotation of inner containers 3 by orienting members 62.
• manipulating station 35 comprises a grouping device 63 positioned Crosswise to the two conveyor . lines to group an inner container 3 on the . top conveyor line with an inner container 3 on the bottom conveyor line, by moving the inner container 3 on the top conveyor line in a direction perpendicular to the two paths P onto the bottom conveyor line. Downstream from grouping device 63, the bottom conveyor line supplies output station 24 with a succession of groups, each comprising two inner containers 3, and the top conveyor line supplies no inner containers 3 to output station 24 (as shown in Figures 24 and 25) .
• Grouping device 63 comprises a belt conveyor 64 positioned- crosswise to the two conveyor lines and in turn comprising a belt, and a number of partitions projecting perpendicularly, from the belt to form respective seats 65 for inner containers 3.
• Each seat 65 on belt conveyor 64 is oriented to let through the inner containers 3 travelling along paths P.
• belt conveyor 64 When belt conveyor 64 is stationary, at manipulating station 35, the inner containers 3 on belt conveyors 40 of the two conveyor lines are fed, unmanipulated, through seats 65 on belt conveyor 64 (as shown in Figures 11 and 12). More specifically, static supporting surface 43 of the top belt conveyor 40 is interrupted partly at belt conveyor 64 and replaced locally by a partition on belt conveyor 64.
• transfer unit 22 comprises - two compensating, conveyors 66, .each of which is connected to a respective conveyor line, extends crosswise to path P, contains a reserve of inner containers 3, and travels in an insertion direction to transfer an inner container 3 from the reserve to the conveyor line, and in a withdrawal direction, opposite the. insertion direction, to transfer an inner container 3 from the conveyor line to the reserve.
• Each compensating conveyor 66 is a belt conveyor, and comprises a belt with a number of partitions projecting perpendicularly from the belt to form respective seats 67 for inner containers 3. More specifically, the compensating conveyor 66 connected to the top conveyor line is located beneath' the inner containers 3 travelling along path P, so the .inner containers 3 are supported from underneath on the belt of compensating conveyor 66; whereas the compensating conveyor 66 connected to the bottom conveyor line is located 'over' the inner containers 3 travelling along path P, so the inner containers 3 are supported from underneath on (and, when moving, slide along) a static supporting surface (not shown) .
• Each seat 67 of each compensating conveyor 66 is perpendicular to path P, and is open on both sides to allow inner containers 3 through when compensating conveyor 66 is stationary.
• transfer unit 22 comprises a bin 68 for inner containers 3, located beneath a first end of compensating conveyors 66 close to the conveyor lines; and/or a bin 69 for inner containers 3, located beneath a second end of compensating conveyors 66 opposite the first end and
• Bin 68 is normally used to collect reject inner containers 3 (i.e. faulty inner containers 3 removed from paths P) detected at a quality control station (not shown) upstream from transfer unit 22.
• reject inner containers 3 i.e. faulty inner containers 3 removed from paths P
• a quality control station not shown
• the compensating conveyor 66 is moved forward one step' to push the inner container 3 off path P and by gravity into bin 68 underneath.
• Bin 69 is normally used to collect sample inner containers 3 for quality control
• each compensating conveyor 66 is run for a given length of time to remove the target number of inner containers 3 from path P and drop them by gravity into bin 69 underneath.
• transfer unit 22 comprises a feed device 70 located . at output station 24 to feed inner containers 3 from each conveyor line to packing unit -21.
• feed device 70 comprises an. elector 71, which, in a first movement perpendicular to path P, ejects inner containers 3 from the respective conveyor line into a first intermediate position facing an input pocket (i.e. a. pocket on packing wheel 36) of packing unit 21; and a pusher 72, which pushes inner containers 3, in a second movement parallel to path P., from the first intermediate position into the input pocket of packing unit 21.
• Each ejector 71 comprises a C-shaped ejector pocket 73 movable back and forth between an. insertion position, in which ejector pocket 73 is traversed by path P, and a withdrawn position, in which ejector pocket 73 is in the first intermediate position, at a given distance from path P.
• feed device 70 feeds inner containers 3 to packing wheel 36, i.e. each inner container 3 is inserted into a respective pocket on packing wheel 36, in an axial feed direction (i.e. parallel to the axis of rotation of packing wheel 36) .
• feed device 70 feeds inner containers 3 to packing wheel 36, i.e. each inner container 3 is inserted into a respective pocket on packing wheel 36, in a radial feed direction (i.e. perpendicular to the axis of rotation of packing wheel 36) , and, for each conveyor line, comprises ejector 71, which, in a first movement perpendicular to " path P, . ejects ' inner containers 3 ' from the respective conveyor line into a first intermediate position; pusher 72, which pushes inner containers 3, in a second movement parallel to path P, from the first intermediate position into a second intermediate position facing an input pocket (i.e.
• transfer unit. 22 comprises four manipulating stations 32-35 that can be activated or deactivated individually, depending on the desired orientation and/or grouping of inner containers 3. In other words, some of manipulating stations 32-35 may be activated (and the rest left idle) to perform all or only the desired orienting and/or grouping operations on inner containers 3.
• manipulating stations 33 and 34 are activated (i.e. actually work on inner containers 3), and manipulating stations 32 and 35 are deactivated (i.e. do no work on inner containers 3) .
• inner containers 3 are rotated 180° about a vertical axis of rotation and, at manipulating station 34, are rotated 18,0° about a vertical axis of rotation (which cancels out the 180° ' rotation about a vertical- axis of rotation at manipulating station 33), and are also rotated 90° about a horizontal axis of rotation. '
• manipulating station 33 is only partly activated (i.e. is only activated for the top conveyor line) and so actually works on inner containers 3 on the top conveyor line, and does no work on inner containers 3 on the bottom conveyor line; manipulating stations 34 and 35 are activated (i.e. actually work on inner containers 3); and manipulating station 32 is deactivated (i.e. does no work on inner containers 3).
• inner containers .3 on the top conveyor line are rotated 180° about a vertical axis of rotation (whereas inner containers 3 on the bottom conveyor line are unaffected).
• inner containers 3 are rotated 180° about a vertical axis of rotation (which cancels out the 180° rotation about a vertical axis performed on inner containers 3 on the top conveyor line at manipulating station 33) and are also rotated 90° about a horizontal axis of rotation.
• inner containers 3 are formed into groups each of two superimposed inner containers 3, on the bottom conveyor line.
• manipulating stations 32, 33 and 34 are activated (i.e. actually work on inner containers 3), and manipulating station 35 is deactivated (i.e. does no work on inner containers 3).
• inner containers 3 are rotated 180° about, a horizontal axis of rotation.
• inner containers 3 are rotated 180° about a vertical axis of rotation. And, at manipulating station 34, inner containers 3 are rotated 180° about a vertical axis of rotation (which cancels out the 180° rotation about a vertical axis of rotation performed at manipulating station 33) , and are also rotated 90° about a horizontal axis of rotation.
• manipulating stations 34 and 35 are activated (i.e. actually work on inner containers 3) and manipulating stations 32 and 33 are deactivated (i.e. do no work on inner containers 3).
• inner containers 3 are rotated 180° about a vertical axis of rotation, and 90° about a horizontal axis of rotation; and, at manipulating station 35, inner containers 3 are formed into groups, each of two superimposed inner containers 3, on the bottom conveyor line.
• Manipulating stations 32-35 described (which can be fully or partly activated or deactivated, depending on the packet 1 of cigarettes being produced) provide for manipulating inner containers 3 as required to produce a wide range of packets 1 of cigarettes. In the case -of an exceptionally complex packet 1 of cigarettes, however, an additional manipulating station may be required.
• Transfer unit 22 described has numerous advantages.
• transfer unit 22 described is cheap and easy to produce, by comprising conventional (individual) component parts.

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