EP1994838A1 - Tambour de transport - Google Patents

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EP1994838A1
EP1994838A1 EP08009342A EP08009342A EP1994838A1 EP 1994838 A1 EP1994838 A1 EP 1994838A1 EP 08009342 A EP08009342 A EP 08009342A EP 08009342 A EP08009342 A EP 08009342A EP 1994838 A1 EP1994838 A1 EP 1994838A1
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guide rod
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receptacle
conveying drum
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Manfred Folger
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Koerber Technologies GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
    • A24C5/327—Construction details of the cigarette transport drum
    • 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
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/478—Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling

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  • the invention relates to a conveyor drum for rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry with a lifting means for longitudinal axial displacement in at least one row queraxial the conveyor drum conveyed articles, wherein the lifting means is variable from a first predetermined stroke to a second predetermined stroke. Furthermore, the invention relates to a machine of the tobacco processing industry.
  • Such articles that are held in single-layer or multilayer series by means of suction on conveyors, such as conveyor drums in filter or cigarette making machines, and promoted by these.
  • Such articles are filter cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos and filter rods, filter segments, etc. If in the following, for the sake of simplicity, only cigarettes or filters is used, the same applies quite correspondingly also for other articles to be conveyed of the aforementioned type, such as filter segments.
  • cigarettes are held with suction air transversely to their longitudinal axial orientation on conveyor drums, which are primarily drums of cigarette making machines or filter tying machines.
  • conveyor drums which are primarily drums of cigarette making machines or filter tying machines.
  • cigarettes can be arranged side by side in two substantially parallel rows and moved on the conveyor drums at right angles with respect to the cigarette axes.
  • cut double-length tobacco sticks are spread longitudinally on the conveyor drum and inserted a double-length filter rod.
  • the tobacco sticks undergo a predetermined stroke, so that the tobacco sticks are longitudinally spaced apart.
  • sliding drums are known in which in parallel rows, mutually offset filter rods are pushed together on the sliding drum to a series of filter rods arranged one behind the other.
  • the articles experience a predetermined longitudinal axial stroke on these conveyor drums.
  • the stroke or the longitudinal axial displacement is fixedly determined on the conveyor drum.
  • EP 1 425 979 B1 is disclosed a conveyor drum, wherein the stroke of the lifting means is adjustable.
  • the lifting means is designed as a swash plate, the inclination and thus the stroke infinitely are adjustable.
  • Another conveyor drum which has a lifting means having an adjustable stroke.
  • a cam mechanism is provided as a lifting means, which is formed by means of a cam body, a lever arm and a sliding element connected to the lever arm. The stroke can be adjusted continuously by means of the change in the lever length of the lever arm.
  • This object is achieved in a conveying drum for rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry with a lifting means for longitudinal axial displacement of at least one row queraxial the conveyor drum conveyed articles, wherein the lifting means of a first predetermined stroke to a second predetermined stroke is variable, characterized in that the lifting means comprises a first lift gate for the first predetermined stroke and a second lift gate for the second predetermined stroke.
  • the invention is based on the idea that a small number of different formats are often processed in machines of the tobacco processing industry. For these cases, it is not necessary to provide a stepless adjustment of the stroke length. This eliminates complex technical solutions, such as stepless and variably adjustable swashplates or cam gears with adjustable stroke. Instead, it is sufficient to provide for each of the formats used in the production process each have a separate Hubkulisse and switch in a production change between the respective Hubkulissen. Another advantage of this solution is that errors in the adjustment of continuously adjustable lifting means are avoided.
  • the predetermined Hubkulissen according to the present invention allow a simple and error-free adjustment and a simple change of each predetermined strokes.
  • three or more separate lifting scenes are provided for each of three or more different stroke lengths.
  • first lift gate and / or the second lift gate are designed as shift gate, a simple possibility for production change is created.
  • the first and / or the second lift gate are each put in a corresponding active state in a production change, so that the stroke is determined by the switched first or second Hubkulisse.
  • a lift gate is in an active state or in a working position, while the second lift gate is in a passive state, i. is switched off.
  • a switching device in particular mechanical or electrical or magnetic switching means is provided for switching, so that either one or the other Hubkulisse is switched to an active state or is located.
  • the receptacles are designed longitudinally displaceable axially to the orientation of the article.
  • the articles are held securely in the recordings on the conveyor drum.
  • At least one receptacle is preferably arranged on a slide which can be moved longitudinally to the direction of the articles. It is also provided within the scope of the invention to arrange two or more receptacles on a carriage.
  • the conveying drum can be realized easily and with little effort.
  • the guide rods move in the course of the promotion on the conveyor drum longitudinally, following the curve profile of Hubkulissen.
  • the guide rod has a cam follower by means of which a cam profile of the first lift gate and / or a cam profile of the second lift gate can be implemented or implemented in changes in the stroke position of the guide rod and / or the receptacle and / or the carriage.
  • the cam follower preferably has rollers that wear on the lifting link wear and friction.
  • the cam follower has at least one corresponding roller for each lifting link.
  • a further advantageous embodiment undergoes the conveyor drum when the cam follower is switchable from the first Hubkulisse to the second Hubkulisse and / or from the second Hubkulisse to the first Hubkulisse.
  • the switching does not take place by a circuit of Hubkulisse, but by switching the cam follower from a Hubkulisse to another Hubkulisse.
  • the guide rod is loaded by a spring and pressed against the first lifting link and / or the second lifting link or is.
  • the spring is preferably arranged on the opposite end of the cam follower of the guide rod.
  • a first receptacle and / or a first carriage are fixedly connected to a first guide rod.
  • a compact construction and stable construction is achieved when the first receptacle and / or the first carriage are connected to the second guide rod, wherein the first receptacle and / or the first carriage are decoupled by means of a sliding bearing of longitudinal axial movements of the second guide rod.
  • the second receptacle and / or the second carriage are connected to the first guide rod, wherein the second receptacle and / or the second carriage are decoupled by means of a sliding bearing of longitudinal axial movements of the first guide rod.
  • the recordings or carriages are thus guided on two guide rods, wherein they only follow along the longitudinal axial displacements of the guide rod with which they are firmly connected. On the other or second guide rod, however, they are arranged longitudinally axially displaceable.
  • This embodiment of the invention provides a high degree of stability while effectively preventing tilting of the seats or carriage. Further, it is possible in this way to provide slides with multiple recordings with little design effort.
  • the conveyor drum on a first lifting means and a second lifting means, wherein the first lifting means for longitudinal axial displacement of the first guide rod and the second lifting means for longitudinal axial displacement of the second guide rod are each formed.
  • first lifting means for longitudinal axial displacement of the first guide rod and the second lifting means for longitudinal axial displacement of the second guide rod are each formed.
  • the lifting means for the symmetrical longitudinal axial displacement of the first guide rod and / or the first receptacle and / or the first carriage on the one hand and the second guide rod and / or the second receptacle and / or the second carriage on the other hand formed about an axis of symmetry.
  • This symmetrical design of the longitudinal axial displacement of the two rows of cross-axially subsidized article of the tobacco processing industry increases the usability of the conveyor drum according to the invention in a machine of the tobacco processing industry, since a present in the other conveyor drums of the machine symmetry in the conveyor drum according to the invention is maintained.
  • the conveyor drum according to the invention it is possible with the conveyor drum according to the invention to produce before and after a production change filter cigarettes of the same length, for example, before the production change shorter filter sticks are used with longer tobacco sticks, while after the production change longer filter sticks are combined with shorter tobacco sticks.
  • the symmetry axis of the promotion of the filter sticks and the tobacco sticks remains before and after the production change as well as the length of the filter cigarettes obtained, so that no further adjustments of a filter attachment machine are needed.
  • the invention is further achieved by a machine of the tobacco-processing industry with at least one conveying drum according to the invention described above. To avoid repetition, reference is made to the above to the conveyor drum according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a cross section through a conveyor drum 10 according to the invention shown in detail.
  • the conveyor drum 10 has a control flange 11 which is fixedly connected to a machine of the tobacco processing industry (not shown).
  • a control ring 12 is rotatably arranged on the control flange 11.
  • a guide rod 13 On the control ring 12, a guide rod 13 is provided, which has a cam follower 25 with two arranged on an axis 28 rollers 26, 27. With the roller 27 of the cam follower 25 and thus the guide rod 13 rolls on a fixed lifting link 22 from.
  • the guide rod 13 is by means of a sliding bearing 21st longitudinally axially movably connected to the housing of the conveyor drum 10.
  • a shift gate 23 is provided outside the fixed lift gate 22, which is switchable by means of a switching device 24.
  • the switching device 24 may be formed according to the invention mechanically, electrically or as a combination thereof.
  • Fig. 1 is the switching device 24 for the shift gate 23 in a switching position in which the shift gate 23 relative to the lifting link 22 with respect to the rollers 26, 27 of the cam follower 25 is offset to the rear.
  • the shift gate 23 After actuation of the switching device 24, the shift gate 23 is moved relative to the lifting link 22 in the direction of the cam follower 25. In the end position of the shift gate 23 this projects beyond the Hubkulisse 22, so that the cam follower 25 rolls with its roller 26 on the cam follower 25 opposite surface of the shift gate 23. In this case, the roller 27 of the cam follower 25 is not in contact with the surface of the Hubkulisse 22nd
  • a carriage 14 With the guide rod 13, a carriage 14 is fixedly connected to a receptacle 15 by means of a fastening 16, 16 '.
  • a fastening 16, 16 ' In the receptacle 15 transversely promoted rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry are inserted (not shown).
  • Another carriage 17 with a receptacle 18 is arranged on the guide rod 13 that the carriage 17 is penetrated by the guide rod 13.
  • the carriage 17 has a slide bearing 19, so that the carriage 17 does not follow along axial movements of the guide rod 13. Perpendicular to the longitudinal axis However, the guide rod 13, the carriage 17 is not movable relative to the guide rod 13.
  • An axis of symmetry 20 is shown in phantom, around which the carriages 14, 17 are displaced longitudinally symmetrically.
  • Fig. 2a and 2b is a detail from Fig. 1 increased.
  • the shift gate 23 is connected by means of the switching device 24 in an inactive position.
  • FIG. 3a and 3b an alternative embodiment of the conveyor drum 10 according to the invention is shown in detail.
  • two fixed Hubkulissen 22, 29 are provided.
  • a shift gate 23 now a reversible cam follower 30 is provided.
  • the cam follower 30 has a single roller 31 on an axle 32. In a first position of the cam follower 30 rolls off the roller 31 of the cam follower 30 on the surface of the first Hubkulisse 22.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of an unrolling of a section of a conveyor drum 10 according to the invention shown.
  • the rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry (not shown) are conveyed in the direction of arrow 52 transversely.
  • the conveyor drum 10 carriages 53, 53 ', 53 ", 53"', each having receptacles 54, 54 ', 54 ", 54"' for the article.
  • the receptacles 54, 54 ', 54 ", 54” are schematically indicated by points outputs of Saugluftkanälen for holding rod-shaped articles in the receptacles 54, 54', 54 ", 54"'.
  • Each carriage 53, 53 ', 53 “, 53”' is mounted on two guide rods 55, 55 'and 55 ", 55"', respectively.
  • the conveyor drum 10 is bounded by two side walls 50, 50 '.
  • guide rods 55 ', 55 “' by means of anchors 58 ', 58"' anchored.
  • the guide rods 55, 55 ', 55 ", 55”' respectively springs 59, 59 ', 59 ", 59”', by means of which they are spring loaded.
  • the conveyor drum 10 also has lifting scenes 51, 51 '.
  • the guide rods 55, 55 " which are anchored to the side wall 50 ', have cam followers 57, 57", which roll on the lift gate 51 opposite the side wall 50'.
  • the guide rods 55, 55 spring preloaded.
  • the guide rods 55 ', 55 "' anchored to the side wall 50 and spring loaded there are curve followers 57 ', 57''', which roll on the opposite lifting link 51.
  • the lifting scenes 51, 51 ' are mutually offset in height, so that, for example, the lifting link 51 does not collide with the guide rods 55', 55 "'.
  • Adjacent carriages 53, 53 'and 53 “, 53”' are respectively connected to two guide rods 55, 55 'and 55 ", 55”', so that squares each consist of two carriages 53, 53 'and 53 “, 53” 'and two guide rods 55, 55' and 55 “, 55” 'arise.
  • the carriages 53, 53 'and 53 “, 53”' are each provided with an anchoring 60, 60 'or 60 ", 60'” and a slide bearing 61, 61 ', 61 ", 61”', wherein the arrangement anchoring 60, 60 ', 60 “, 60'” and plain bearings 61, 61 ', 61 ", 61”' in each pair is crossed. In this way, take the carriage 53, 53 “the stroke of the lifting link 51 and the carriage 53 ', 53"' the stroke of the lifting link 51 '.

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