Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
  • B65C1/00—Labelling flat essentially-rigid surfaces
  • B65C1/04—Affixing labels, e.g. wrap-around labels, to two or more flat surfaces of a polyhedral article
  • B65C1/042—Affixing labels, e.g. wrap-around labels, to two or more flat surfaces of a polyhedral article using two or more applicators, e.g. cooperating rollers or brushes
  • B65C1/045—Affixing labels, e.g. wrap-around labels, to two or more flat surfaces of a polyhedral article using two or more applicators, e.g. cooperating rollers or brushes acting one after the other
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
  • B65B61/26—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for marking or coding completed packages
• • 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

Definitions

• the invention relates to a device for producing packs for cigarettes according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding method according to the preamble of claim 9.
• A1 is a device for attaching banderols to cigarette packs known, in which the cigarette packs are inserted into pockets of a revolver and provided with a revolver on a narrow side of the pack with a banderole during transport with the revolver. When the packages are removed from the turret, the bands are folded by a fixed mouthpiece, which is assigned to a subsequent conveying member.
• a disadvantage of this solution is that the relative position of the packs is changed by the transport by means of the revolver.
• a pivoting device is used to lift packs from a conveyor and to rotate in a different relative position, so that a print carrier can be attached from a means disposed above the conveyor means for attaching print carriers on a side surface of the pack. Thereafter, the pack provided with the print carrier is deposited again in the original relative position on the conveyor.
• the object of the invention is to further develop devices and methods, in particular with regard to additional possible uses.
• An apparatus for achieving this object has the features of claim 1.
• the device according to the invention thus makes it possible to attach printing media to two adjacent side surfaces of a package.
• the receptacle is limited by walls to form a pocket for the at least one package, wherein the package is exposed in the region of the print carrier to be mounted and is not covered by walls of the receptacle.
• the print carrier can be attached to the package located in the receptacle.
• the receptacle for the at least one package in the region of a (further) side at least partially has no wall, so that a portion of a corresponding side surface of the at least one pack is exposed for attachment of the projecting portion of the print carrier by means of the folding organ.
• folding member is preferably arranged pivotably and / or rotatably next to the receptacle.
• the folding member is adapted to serve as a lateral guide for the at least one package in the feed for receiving.
• the folding member thus fulfills a beneficial dual function.
• the two side surfaces of the package are arranged at an angle to each other, in particular transversely, preferably at an angle of 90 °.
• the device is set up so that the print carrier is mounted without lateral projection on the opposite side of the conveying direction of the packs on the conveyor facing first side surface of the pack, so that the folding organ only as a lateral guide for the supply of the pack for Recording serves.
• the device according to the invention can also be flexibly used for producing other packages.
• a method for achieving the object mentioned has the features of claim 9.
• the protruding portion of the print carrier is folded with the folding member against the other side surface of the package before the pack is deposited again on the conveyor.
• the folding member is preferably arranged pivotably and / or rotatably in the region of the conveying means.
• the folding member is moved to a first position in which the folding member serves as a lateral guide for the package in the feed for receiving.
• the folding member is moved to a second position for folding the protruding portion of the print carrier against the second side surface of the pack, in particular pivoted and / or rotated.
• the pack is preferably transported transversely to the conveying direction of the conveying means and transported flat on a longitudinal axis, so that the first side face is directed counter to the conveying direction.
• the package is transported with the second side face pointing parallel to the conveying direction and lying flat on the conveying means.
• Fig. 2 is a device for attaching print media
• FIG. 3 is a side view of the device according to arrow III in Fig. 2,
• FIG. 4 is a detail of the device in an enlarged view corresponding to section line IV - IV in Fig. 2,
• Fig. 5 is a plan view of the detail of FIG. 4, and Fig. 6-14 consecutive movement phases according to a
• the invention is explained using the example of the production of packs 10 for cigarettes.
• the packs 10 shown in the exemplary embodiment are cigarette packs of the Hinge-Lid type.
• the packages 10 are cuboid, with a lower box part 11 and an upper cover 12, which are pivotally connected to each other via line joints 13.
• the packs 10 have an end wall 14 on top of the lid 12 and an opposite bottom wall 15 on the box part 11. Further, a large-scale front 16 is present, which is formed from a front wall 17 of the lid 12 and a front wall 18 of the box part 11. Opposite the front side 16 is a rear side 19 is formed, consisting of a rear wall 20 of the lid 12 and a rear wall 21 of the box part 11. Between the rear wall 20 and the rear wall 21 extends the line joint thirteenth
• Two further side surfaces of the pack 10 are the so-called narrow side surfaces 22, 23, which are opposite to each other and by side walls 24 of the lid 12 and side walls 25 of the box part 11th are formed.
• an obliquely directed closing edge extends between the cover 12 and the box part 11.
• a print carrier in the form of a band 26 is attached to the package 10.
• the band 26 extends in the region of the narrow side surface 23 and the end wall 14, ie in particular not (also) in the region of the front 16, back 19 or bottom wall 15, and the other narrow side surface 22nd
• the band 26 extends almost over the entire width of the narrow side surface 23 in the region of the obliquely directed closing edge between the lid 12 and the box part 11. Accordingly, the band 26 is destroyed when first opening the package 10.
• the band 26 has a weakening line 27 which is attached along the closing edge. The band 26 is glued against the pack 10, for example with glue.
• the device can also be used to attach other print media to the package 10.
• other print media for example, an attachment of coupons or the like is possible.
• FIG. 2 and 3 parts of a packaging machine for cigarette packs are shown, as far as they are relevant to the present invention.
• a complete packaging line is shown for example in US Pat. No. 6,751,934 B2.
• the following units are shown in the figures in the conveying direction:
• a turning device 29 for rotating and separating the packs 10 a pivoting device 30 for changing the relative position of the packs 10, a device 31 for attaching bands 26 to the packs 10,
• an inlet station 67 is formed, to which the packs 10 are transported with the rear side 19 pointing in the conveying direction and are dammed up there.
• the packs 10 are transported or held by conveyor belt 34 of endless conveyors 35.
• the foremost in the transport direction pack 10 is entrained by driver 36 of a vertically extending transport belt 37. Due to the spaced arrangement of the driver 36 of the transport belt 37, the packages 10 are transported away in this way from the inlet station 67 and separated.
• the separated packs 10 are then moved by the conveyor belt 37 along a curved conveyor section 38 and thereby forcibly rotated so that the packs 10 are arranged with the front side 16 down and the narrow side surface 22 facing in the conveying direction. In this relative position, the packs 10 are detected by the turning device 29.
• the turning device 29 has a rotary star 39 with four radially directed arms 40, which each detect a pack 10 on the back and feed the conveying means 32. Accordingly, the rotary star 39 is driven continuously and rotated about a vertical axis. In this case, the package 10 is transported along an outside guide plate 41 and rotated in this manner by 90 ° about an imaginary vertical axis. The packs 10 are thus with the front 16 down and with the narrow side surface 22 in the conveying direction pointing through the rotary star 39 on the conveyor 32nd transported, which the packages 10 at a distance from each other continuously in the direction of the wrapping machine 33 supplies.
• the conveyor 32 is formed in the present case as an endless conveyor, which transports the packages 10 in a horizontal plane.
• the belt 42 of the conveyor 32 in this case has spaced-apart carriers 43, which grip the packs 10 at the rear and transport them in the marked conveying direction 44.
• a device 31 known per se for attaching the banderoles 26 to the packs 10 is arranged.
• the structure of such a banding apparatus is known for example from WO 2007/087885 A1.
• Essential components are a banderole magazine 45, a rotationally driven removal roller 46, a rotationally driven transfer roller 47 and a glue unit 48.
• the banderoles 26 are individually removed from the banderole magazine 45 and transferred to the transfer roller 47.
• the bands 26 are then provided by means of the glue unit 48 with glue and subsequently fed to the package 10.
• the transfer of the banderole 26 to the packages 10 takes place when the package 10 is guided along on the underside of the transfer roller 47.
• the transport of the bands 26 and the packs 10 is coordinated so that the band 26 comes to rest in the desired position on the package 10.
• the device 31 for attaching the banderoles 26 is positioned at a distance above the flat packs 10 transported on the conveyor 32.
• the distance is selected so that the packs 10 can be transported freely below the device 31. This can be z. B. be advantageous if the packs 10 should not be provided with a band 26.
• the distance of the packs 10 to the device 31 must be reduced.
• the relative position of the packs 10 are changed such that the banderole 26 to be provided side surface of the packs 10 of the transfer roller 47 faces.
• the pivoting device 30 is provided.
• the pivoting device 30 has a receptacle 49 for a pack 10, which is movable by a gear 51 along a path shown in FIGS. 4 to 13 and is thereby pivotable or rotatable.
• the receptacle 49 is formed cassette-like, with a cross section corresponding to the outer dimensions of the packs 10. The dimensions of the interior of the receptacle 49 are selected so that a pack 10 can be inserted into the receptacle 49 and is held by this. Accordingly, the package 10 is applied to walls of the receptacle 49.
• the receptacle 49 has on the underside a recess 50 for the passage of the belt 42 of the conveying means 32nd
• pivoting device 30 The operation of the pivoting device 30 is as follows with reference to FIGS. 3 to 14:
• a pack 10 is inserted through the conveyor 32 into the receptacle 49.
• the receptacle 49 is arranged such that it is aligned in alignment with the transport path of the packs 10 on the belt 42.
• Arrow 44 is moved and pivoted about a horizontal axis, in an upright position shown in FIG. 7.
• the transfer member 47 In the erected position to be provided with the band 26 narrow side surface 23 faces the transfer member 47, which has transported the band 26 in a corresponding position, so that by contacting the narrow side surface 23 with the band 26 on the circumference of the transfer member 47, the band 26 is pressed against the narrow side surface 22 and attached there.
• a special feature of this process may be that the receptacle 49 is accelerated relative to the belt 42 in order to have enough time for the pivoting of the receptacle 49.
• the receptacle 49 is further transported in the conveying direction of the packs 10 and thereby rotated back to the original relative position until it is aligned in accordance with FIG. 13 again in alignment with the transport path of the packs 10.
• the trajectory of the receptacle 10 is adjusted so that the package 10 in the position shown in FIG. 13 rear again taken by the driver 43 and transported further in the conveying direction. Thereafter, the next pack 10 is inserted into the receptacle 49.
• a first special feature is that the receptacle 49 is rotated or pivoted in such a way that the narrow side face 23 facing the conveying direction faces the transfer roller 47.
• a correspondingly adapted gear 51 is provided, with a plurality of articulated levers 52, 53, which provide for a corresponding movement of the receptacle 49.
• a second special feature is that the band 26 is offset to the narrow side surface 23 is mounted so that a portion 54 protrudes beyond the narrow side surface.
• the portion 54 corresponds to the part of the band 26, which is attached to the end wall 14.
• the corresponding offset in the attachment of the banderole 26 can be generated for example by appropriate arrangement of the banderole 26 on the transfer roller 47, or by corresponding relative position of the receptacle 49 and the transfer roller 47th
• a next particularity consists in measures for folding the projecting portion 54 of the banderole 26 and attachment of the same on the end wall 14 of the package 10.
• a corresponding folding member 55 which is mounted in the region of the conveyor 32, and the portion 54 against the end wall 14th folds.
• the folding member 55 is arranged as the orientation of a gear 56, which allows the movement of the folding member 55 shown in Fig. 4 to 14.
• the folding member 55 is disposed on a horizontal shaft 57 of the gear 56 and rotatable about this shaft 57.
• the folding member 55 fulfills two tasks in the illustrated embodiment, namely on the one hand the folding of the portion 54 of the banderole 26 mentioned above and on the other hand serves the folding member 55 as a side guide for the packs 10 in the supply to the receptacle 49. These two functions owed, the folding member 55th in the present case a complex shape with a folding arm 58 and a guide arm 59, each serving one of the two functions. But it is of course possible to choose the shape of the folding member 55 different. In this respect, the invention is not limited to the present shape of the folding member 55 and implemented in other ways.
• the fold arm 58 is used for folding or folding over the portion 54, while the receptacle 49 or the pack 10 located therein is on the way back to the conveyor 32 or its belt 42 (FIG. 9). Shortly before reaching the belt 42, the portion 54 is folded with a side edge of the folding arm 58 against the end wall 14 and applied there, so that it is fixed by the mounted on the portion 54 of glue points 60 there. In the present case, the pivoting or rotational movement of the receptacle 49 and a rotational movement of the folding member 55 are superimposed according to arrow 61. The folding arm 58 is then moved as shown in FIG. 11 by further rotation of the folding member 55 along the end wall 14, so that the portion 54 is pressed accordingly.
• the folding member 55 serves as a side guide. As shown particularly in FIG. 5, the folding member 55 is aligned on the side facing the package 10 with a wall of the receptacle 49 in the region of a narrow side surface 23 of the package 10. In this way, to be provided with the band 26 pack 10 along the folding member 55th be pushed to insert into the receptacle 49 to become. Fig.
• both the folding arm 58 and the guide arm 59 assist in the guidance of the packs 10.
• the receptacle 49 has walls in the embodiment shown to form a kind of pocket for the pack 10.
• the receptacle 49 has a top wall 63, side walls 64, 65 and a bottom wall 66.
• the bottom wall 66 has a continuous recess for the Belt 42 and the driver 43, so that the bottom wall 66 basically consists only of short side wall pieces, projecting from the side walls 64, 65 parallel to the top wall 63.
• the receptacle 49 at the two end faces as far open so that the pack 10 can be supplied and deported. In this way, at least the attachment of the band 26 on the end wall 14 is not affected. In order to facilitate this, the pack 10 with the narrow side surface 23 can also project (slightly) out of the receptacle 49.
• a vacuum connection 69 is provided in the region of the top wall 63, with which can be applied to the pack 10 with a negative pressure to secure pack 10 in its position in the receptacle 49.

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