EP3147224B1 - Vorrichtung zum verpacken von tabakmaterial in behältern und verfahren zum verpacken von tabakmaterial in einem behälter - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum verpacken von tabakmaterial in behältern und verfahren zum verpacken von tabakmaterial in einem behälter Download PDF

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EP3147224B1
EP3147224B1 EP15461565.2A EP15461565A EP3147224B1 EP 3147224 B1 EP3147224 B1 EP 3147224B1 EP 15461565 A EP15461565 A EP 15461565A EP 3147224 B1 EP3147224 B1 EP 3147224B1
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    • 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
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    • B65B1/20—Reducing volume of filled material
    • B65B1/26—Reducing volume of filled material by pneumatic means, e.g. suction
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B1/00—Preparation of tobacco on the plantation
    • A24B1/10—Packing or pressing tobacco
    • 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
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    • B65B1/20—Reducing volume of filled material
    • B65B1/24—Reducing volume of filled material by mechanical compression
    • 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/28—Controlling escape of air or dust from containers or receptacles during filling
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B29/00—Packaging of materials presenting special problems
    • 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
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/04—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
    • B65B31/041—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzles acting from above on containers or wrappers open at their top
    • B65B31/042—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzles acting from above on containers or wrappers open at their top the nozzles being arranged for insertion into, and withdrawal from, the container or wrapper
    • 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
    • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B65B39/007—Guides or funnels for introducing articles into containers or wrappers
    • 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • B65B43/52—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using roller-ways or 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
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • 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
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • B65B57/10—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
    • 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • B65B1/06—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles by gravity flow
    • 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/30—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
    • 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
    • B65B2220/00—Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/16—Packaging contents into primary and secondary packaging
    • B65B2220/18—Packaging contents into primary and secondary packaging the primary packaging being bags the subsequent secondary packaging being rigid containers, e.g. cardboard box

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  • the present invention relates to a device for packing tobacco material into containers and a method of packing tobacco material into a container.
  • Containers for the tobacco cut filler may have a form of rectangular wooden or cardboard boxes.
  • the tobacco cut filler is basically a material having a fibrous consistency, i.e. it has a low bulk density, and contains air in its volume.
  • the cut filler may be concentrated by eliminating the air from its volume.
  • a common practice is to compress the cut filler with mechanical or hydraulic presses by pressing the cut filler with a piston.
  • the cut filler can be also packed into tight plastic bags, from which air is drawn out.
  • a standard solution known from the prior art is to compress the cut filler with mechanical or hydraulic press having a vertically arranged piston, i.e. to compress in a direction from the top to the bottom in an inlet part of a chute to a container.
  • a disadvantage of this solution is the degradation of the cut filler, caused by pressure of the piston which presses the cut filler in the filling channel and the container.
  • the cut filler compressed this way has a non-uniform density within the volume of the container. For example, portions of the cut filler which are located at the bottom of the container are less exposed to pressure and degradation caused by the piston, than portions located in the upper part. The cut filler compressed this way is difficult to be removed from the container, and after removing it for further processing, it often stays agglomerated.
  • the PCT application WO8404286 discloses a device for compressing tobacco cut filler with use of a piston operating in the up-and-down direction in a filling channel.
  • the lower part of the filling channel of this device which is placed inside a container, has double walls, wherein the inner wall is perforated in order to enable drawing air out of the container while compression of the cut filler.
  • Such construction does not provide sufficient and uniform extraction of air from the cut filler in the container.
  • a patent application DE2848505 discloses a machine for filling voluminous powdery material from a storage hopper into packing containers, particularly plastics sacks, of dustproof flexible material.
  • the inlet of a filler pipe is connected to the hopper, the pipe containing an air-permeable piston movable between the inlet and discharge positions and being of external cross-section approximately equal to the internal cross-section of the packing container.
  • the aim of the invention is to provide a method and a device for packing tobacco material into containers, where the disadvantages of the similar methods and devices known from the prior art will be eliminated.
  • the aim of the invention is to provide a method and a device for packing tobacco material into containers, which will not excessively degrade tobacco material, and wherein the material packed with the provided method and device will be easy to be removed from the containers and will be have a low degree of agglomeration.
  • the object of the invention is a device and a method for packing tobacco material into containers in tobacco industry, as defined in the accompanying claims.
  • Fig. 1 shows a piston 1A of the device for packing containers in a first embodiment in a front cross-sectional view.
  • the piston 1A has a form of a plate 3 with bottom surface 2 extraction openings 4A.
  • the bottom surface 2 refers herein to any surface located at the bottom of the piston 1A.
  • the openings 4A are distributed on the whole surface of the plate 3, and their diameter is designed such that the speed of the extracted air is lower than the speed of entrainment of the material.
  • the openings 4A may be distributed regularly, for example in an orthogonal arrangement, or irregularly.
  • the group of materials, which can be concentrated by the use of such device includes for example tobacco cut filler, tobacco leaves, tobacco veins, fibrous materials and other loose materials which can be concentrated.
  • the extracted air flows through the openings 4A in the plate 3 to the chamber 5 of the piston 1A, next to the extraction channel 6 of the piston 1A, which is connected to filtration devices and to a pump (not shown on the drawing).
  • Fig. 2 shows a piston 1B of the device for filling the containers in a second embodiment in a front cross-sectional view.
  • the plate 3 In the plate 3 there are three openings 4B having a surface larger than single elements of the material being concentrated. Inside the openings 4B there can be mounted filtering elements 7, for example a mesh with openings having a surface smaller than the surface of the elements of the material to be concentrated.
  • the filtering element 7 prevents the concentrated material from being drawn out to the chamber of the piston 5 and to the extraction channel 6.
  • Fig. 3 shows the piston 1B inserted inside the filling channel 8.
  • the bottom part of the piston 1B is inserted into the container 9 for the concentrated material.
  • a plastic bag 16 is placed inside the container 9, which provides tightness of the container 9 and protects the material against contamination.
  • the filling channel 8 has channel sealing elements 10, which cooperate with the upper edge of the container 9 such as to seal the clearance between the wall of the filling channel 8 and the upper edge of the container 9.
  • the sealing elements of the channel 10 provide tightness of the system and more effective extraction of air trapped between the fibers of the concentrated material inside the container 9.
  • the channel sealing elements 10 may have a form of a collar overlapping the edges of the container 9, or a sealing which is pressed to the upper edge of the container 9.
  • Sealing of the system between the piston 1B and the filling channel 8 can be provided by sealing solutions known from the state of the art, which are not presented on the drawing. Due to the applied sealing, the air is drawn out of the entire space occupied by the tobacco material. Drawing of air out of the container 9 (depicted with arrows) in such a system provides accurate and uniform concentration of material, as compared to traditional presses that simultaneously compress and degrade the concentrated material.
  • the piston 1B descends by the force of gravity under its own weight and the force resulting from the difference in pressures acting on it. The descent of the piston 1B inside the filling channel 8 is continued until the air is drawn out of the container with the material and the desired level of concentration is achieved. The air is drawn out in a direction opposite to the direction of descent of the piston 1B.
  • an empty container 9, in which a plastic bag can be located (not shown on the drawing) is delivered by conveyors 11 to the position of filling of the tobacco material 12, where the filling channel 8 is lowered in the container 9 and its lower part is placed inside the container 9, below the upper edge of the container 9 (a typical drive unit for the filling channel 8 is not shown).
  • the channel sealing element 10 located in the lower part of the filling channel 8 is pressed to the upper edge of the container 9, to provide the desired tightness of the system.
  • the tobacco material 12 located on the conveyor 13, for example a belt conveyor is poured to the filling channel 8.
  • the piston 1 is lowered to the filling channel 8 by means of typical drive units known from the state of the art, not shown on the drawing.
  • piston 1 descends.
  • the packing of the container 9 and the corresponding concentration of the material is achieved by decreasing the volume through extraction of the air from the concentrated material.
  • the force exerted by the piston 1 on the material is intended mainly to move the material downwards, and not to compress it.
  • the piston 1 While descending, the piston 1 lowers the upper surface of the space occupied by the material.
  • the piston descends on the concentrated material only due to its own weight and due to forces resulting from the difference of pressures.
  • the weight of the piston may be balanced by a counterweight and by the friction between the piston and the filling channel 8, so that the pressing force exerted by the piston on the concentrated material is smaller than the deadweight of the piston.
  • the pressing force that impacts the concentrated material may be minimized by applying a servo system to control the position of the piston with respect to the concentrated material while the tobacco material is concentrated in the filling channel and the container, such that the piston follows the upper layer of the material to decrease the volume of the material in order to maximally draw air out of the material.
  • the weight of the piston or its weight minus the counterweight to be greater than the friction force between piston 1 and the internal walls of the filling channel 8.
  • the maximum level MAX of the material poured into the filling channel 8 depends on a plurality of factors, such as the type of the concentrated material, the humidity of material, the volume of the container, the dimensions of the filling channel, the negative pressure force, the pressing force of piston on the concentrated material.
  • the air trapped between the fibers of the concentrated material 12 is drawn out. Drawing air out allows to decrease the volume of the tobacco material 12 located in the filling channel 8 and in the container 9 by descending the piston 1, which overcomes the forces of elasticity of the fibers of the concentrated tobacco material 12 until the moment of reaching the maximal desired degree of air drawn out.
  • minimal space occupied by concentrated tobacco material 12 is marked by the level MIN positioned below the upper edge of the container 9. During that process, air is drawn out, in a way described above, to the device 14 generating negative pressure.
  • the piston 1 and the filling channel 8 are retracted to the starting position by means of typical drive units known from the state of the art, and the container 9 with the concentrated tobacco material 12 is transported by the conveyor 11 to a final position or is taken out from the station by an operator.
  • the container 9 may be located in the sealing chamber 15, as shown in Fig. 5 .
  • the sealing chamber 15 may be sealed with respect to the filling channel 8 and/or the conveyor 11.
  • the air is extracted both by the piston 1 and by the air extracting channels: a lateral air extracting channel 6a and a bottom channel 6b, from the sealing chamber 15.
  • the negative pressure force is equal to the force of extraction of air from the material concentrated by a piston 1, then the negative pressure applied to the concentrated material is equalized on all sides, therefore the tobacco material 12 is concentrated in a uniform manner. Moreover, the amount of the concentrated material drawn out in the direction of piston is reduced.
  • the lateral extraction channel 6a is connected to the side wall of the sealing chamber 15, thereby the negative pressure acts on the side walls of the container 9, while the bottom extraction channel 6b is connected to the bottom of the sealing chamber 15, thereby the negative pressure acts on the bottom of the container 9.
  • the second end of the extraction channels 6, 6a, 6b is connected to the negative pressure generating device 14, which also preferably filters fine particles of material input via the openings 4.
  • Fig. 6 and Fig. 6a show a process of packing the tobacco material 12 into the container 9 with the use of sealing chamber 15a.
  • the sealing chamber 15a is lowered together with the filling channel 8 on the container located on the conveyor 11a.
  • the conveyor 11a may be made of rubber, silicone, elastic plastic or other elastic materials.
  • sealing means 21 are applied to provide tightness of the system.
  • the tobacco material 12 is transported to the filling channel 8 from the feeder 13 and next, the piston 1 is lowered downwards by means of the drive unit 17. While descending, air is drawn out from the tobacco material 12 through the piston 1, the extraction channel 6 and the extraction channel 6a from the sealing chamber 15a.
  • the speed of descending of piston 1 might be controlled by control means 18, which receive signals from sensors 19, positioned in the filling channel 8.
  • the sensors 19 might control the height of the filling channel 8 with the tobacco material 12, and the level of descent of the piston 1.
  • the control means 18, responsively to the signals received from sensors 19, might increase or decrease the speed of descent of the piston 1. This might allow to eliminate uncontrolled pressure exerted on the material.
  • the piston 1 may be kept in contact with the tobacco material 12 or may follow the material. After achieving the required level of concentration of the tobacco material 12, the device 14 generating negative pressure is turned off, and the piston 1 is retracted up from the filling channel 8 by means of the drive unit 17. Next, the sealing chamber 15a and filling channel 8 are also retracted up by mechanical means, not shown on the drawing. After the end of the process of filling, the container 9 is closed and passed for further processing.
  • the pressing force of the piston on the tobacco material is not higher than 1500N, preferably not higher than 1100N.
  • the degree of degradation of the tobacco material is minimized, and the pressing force is high enough to overcome the resistant forces resulting from the friction between the piston and the filling channel and the internal resistances occurring between the fibers of the material.
  • Fig. 7 shows the steps of exemplary method of packing tobacco material into the container 9.
  • the container 9 is placed on the packing station under the filling channel 8.
  • the container 9 is placed inside the sealing chamber 15, 15a to which the negative pressure is applied.
  • the plastic bag 16 is placed inside the container 9.
  • the tobacco material 12 is fed in step 101 to the filling channel 8.
  • the piston 1, 1a, 1b is inserted into the filling channel 8 and the piston 1, 1a, 1b is moved in step 103 towards the upper surface of the tobacco material 12 accumulated in the channel 8.
  • negative pressure is applied to the extraction channel 6 connected to at least one extraction opening 4a, 4b in the bottom surface 2 of the piston 1, 1a, 1b.
  • step 105 the piston 1, 1a, 1b is descended in step 105 to the filling channel 8, thus lowering the upper limit of the space occupied by the tobacco material 12 during the descent of the piston 1, 1a, 1b.
  • negative pressure is turned off in step 106 and the piston 1, 1a, 1b is moved upwards in step 107.
  • the container 9 is closed in step 108.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Verfüllen von Tabakmaterial (12) in Behälter (9) in der Tabakindustrie, umfassend:
    - eine Zufuhreinrichtung (13) für die Zufuhr des Tabakmaterials (12);
    - einen Füllkanal (8) zum Akkumulieren des zugeführten Tabakmaterials (12) und zum Leiten des Tabakmaterials (12) zu einem Behälter (9);
    - eine Unterdruckerzeugungsvorrichtung (14);
    - einen Kolben (1, 1a, 1b), der in dem Füllkanal (8) aufwärts und abwärts beweglich ist, um während der Senkbewegung des Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) die Obergrenze des Raums zu senken, den das in dem Behälter (9) vorhandene Tabakmaterial (12) einnimmt;
    - wobei der Kolben (1, 1a, 1b) in dessen Unterseite (2) wenigstens eine Absaugöffnung (4a, 4b) aufweist, die mit wenigstens einem Absaugkanal (6) verbunden ist, um durch die Unterdruckerzeugungsvorrichtung (14) Luft aus dem Tabakmaterial (12) zu saugen;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    - sich der Kolben (1, 1a, 1b), sobald er sich in Kontakt mit der Oberseite des Tabakmaterials befindet, in dem Füllkanal (8) einzig durch Schwerkraftwirkung durch sein Eigengewicht und durch die aus der Differenz der auf den Kolben (1, 1a, 1b) wirkenden Druckdifferenzen resultierende Kraft nach unten bewegen kann.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Absaugkanal (6) des Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) so gestaltet ist, dass er Luft in eine Richtung absaugt, die zu der Richtung der Senkbewegung des Kolbens entgegengesetzt ist.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Querschnittsform des Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) im Wesentlichen der Querschnittsform des Füllkanals (8) entspricht.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Querschnittsform des Kanals (8) im Wesentlichen der Form der durch die Oberkanten des Behälters (9) definierten Oberfläche entspricht.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass diese eine Dichtungskammer (15, 15a) für den Behälter (9) umfasst, die mit der Unterdruckerzeugungsvorrichtung verbunden ist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Unterdruck in der Dichtungskammer (15, 15a) auf die Wände des Behälters (9) wirkt.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Unterdruck in der Dichtungskammer (15, 15a) auf den Boden des Behälters (9) wirkt.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6 oder 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der auf die Wände und/oder den Boden des Behälters (9) wirkende Unterdruck dem über den Kolben (1, 1a, 1b) auf das Tabakmaterial (12) wirkenden Unterdruck entspricht.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Presskraft des Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) auf das Tabakmaterial (12) nicht höher ist als 1500N, vorzugsweise nicht höher als 1100N.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Füllkanal (8) Sensoren (19) zur Überwachung des Pegels umfasst, bis zu welchem der Füllkanal (8) mit Tabakmaterial (12) gefüllt ist.
  11. Verfahren zum Verfüllen von Tabakmaterial (12) in einen Behälter (9) in der Tabakindustrie, die folgenden Schritte umfassend:
    - Platzieren (100) des Behälters (9) in einer Packstation unter einem Füllkanal (8);
    - Zuführen (101) des Tabakmaterials (12) an den Füllkanal (8);
    - Einführen (102) eines Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) in den Füllkanal (8) und Bewegen (103) des Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) in Richtung der Oberseite des Tabakmaterials (12), das sich in dem Kanal (8) angesammelt hat;
    - Zufuhr (104) von Unterdruck an einen Absaugkanal (6), der mit wenigstens einer Absaugöffnung (4a, 4b) in einer Unterseite (2) des Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) verbunden ist;
    - Absenken (105) des Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) in den Füllkanal (8), wodurch während der Senkbewegung des Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) die Obergrenze des Raums gesenkt wird, den das Tabakmaterial (12) einnimmt;
    - Abschalten (106) des Unterdrucks, nachdem der Behälter gefüllt ist (9);
    - Bewegen (107) des Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) nach oben;
    - Verschließen (108) des Behälters (9);
    gekennzeichnet durch
    - Absenken (105) des Kolbens (1, 1a, 1b) in dem Füllkanal (8), sobald sich der Kolben (1, 1a, 1b) in Kontakt mit der Oberseite des Tabakmaterials befindet, einzig durch Schwerkraftwirkung durch sein Eigengewicht und durch die aus der Differenz der auf den Kolben (1, 1a, 1b) wirkenden Druckdifferenzen resultierende Kraft.
  12. Verfahren nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter (9) ferner in einer Dichtungskammer (15, 15a) platziert wird, der ein Unterdruck zugeführt wird.
  13. Verfahren nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Plastikbeutel (16) in dem Behälter (9) platziert wird.
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