JPH0242726B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a device for handling rod-shaped articles, and more particularly to a device for handling rod-shaped articles, such as stacked cigarettes, i.e. rod-shaped filtered cigarettes, in the longitudinal direction of the articles. It relates to a conveyor device for moving in a direction transverse to.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In the production of filtered cigarettes, it is known to feed filtered cigarettes in stacked form from a filtered cigarette assembly machine to a filtered cigarette packaging machine. A buffer pool is provided that is connected to the conveyor that connects such a cigarette assembly machine to a cigarette packaging machine, and the difference between the amount supplied from the cigarette assembly machine and the amount demanded from the cigarette packaging machine is compensated for by supplying cigarettes from the buffer pool. or can be eliminated by supplying cigarettes to the buffer reservoir. One such device is disclosed in British Patent No. 1,404,141, in which the buffer basins are provided with trolleys carrying trays each capable of carrying one batch of cigarettes.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, the device disclosed in the above-mentioned British patent specification firstly reduces the flow of rod-shaped articles such as cigarettes stacked in multiple layers to a length corresponding to the length of a compartment of a container. Two partitions must be inserted into the flow of rod-shaped articles to separate them into batches, and the conveyor must be stopped at this time. Furthermore, inserting such a partition into the stream of rod-shaped articles may cause damage to the rod-shaped articles. Next, by inserting two such partitions, the divided batches are pushed into the compartment. The direction of this pushing is along the length of the rod-shaped article, and a pusher for pushing engages with the longitudinal end of the rod-shaped article and pushes this end to push the rod-shaped article into the compartment. It's becoming like that. Returning rods from the compartments to the conveyor is similar, again moving the rods by pushing on the longitudinal ends of the rods. Since the conveyor must be stopped both when moving the rod-shaped article from the conveyor into the compartment and when returning the rod-shaped article from the compartment to the conveyor, the rod-shaped article by the conveyor must be stopped. In order to make the movement as smooth as possible, it is necessary to speed up the pushing and pushing operations of the rod-shaped article between the conveyor and the compartment. As mentioned above, both pushing and extruding are performed by the pusher engaging the end of the rod-shaped object in the longitudinal direction, so the faster the operation of the pusher is, the more There is a high possibility that the ends of the parts will be damaged. If the rod-shaped article is a cigarette,
Damage to the ends in the longitudinal direction would be a fatal defect as a product.

Thus, when using the device disclosed in the above-mentioned British patent specification, the disadvantage is that the structure is complicated and the manufacturing cost of the device increases, and the quality of the cigarettes deteriorates and is damaged, resulting in a large number of defective products. It was hot.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to eliminate the disadvantages of the prior art as described above and to provide a conveyor device for rod-shaped articles that is simple and convenient.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The conveyor device for rod-shaped articles in the tobacco industry of the present invention has a conveyor device for conveying rod-shaped articles in the tobacco industry in a direction transverse to the length of the rod-shaped articles between a rod-shaped article supply device and a rod-shaped article receiving device. a conveyor for conveying the flow; and a transfer device disposed adjacent the conveyor for conveying the rod-shaped articles to or from a joint of the conveyor in a direction transverse to the length of the rod-shaped articles. a station, the junction being a T-junction consisting of an opening between opposing conveyor belts of the conveyor, the transfer station further having a passageway for a movable container, the movable container comprising: at least one compartment for stacked batches of rod-shaped articles, and the passageway is arranged in the transfer station such that the transfer device can convey rod-shaped articles between successive compartments and a conveyor. the conveyor device, wherein the aperture is located in the transfer station such that a compartment located in the transfer station is located below the aperture; Supporting the leading edge of a continuous flow, an upper position corresponds to the upper part when said compartment is in the empty state and a lower position corresponds to the lower part when said compartment is in the filled state. a vertically movable device adapted to progressively move the leading end in a direction transverse to the length of the rod-shaped article between positions; A continuous stream of rod-like articles stacked in multiple layers extends from the conveyor into compartments located at the transfer station, where the continuous stream moves downwardly at the transfer station and progressively fills the compartments. The opening is arranged to be filled, and the opening can be closed by a reversibly movable gate device.

The gate device may include a rolling shutoff band as described in GB 2017618 published October 10, 1979.

(Function) In the present invention, the transfer device supports the leading end of a continuous flow of rod-shaped articles stacked in multiple layers, and has an upper position corresponding to the upper part when the compartment is empty; in a direction transverse to the length of the rod-shaped article between a lower position corresponding to the lower part when the compartment is in the filled state;
a vertically movable device adapted to progressively move said leading end to continuously move the rod-shaped article transversely from the conveyor into the compartment; and a reversible movement. This movement takes place via an opening that is opened and closed by a possible gate device, so that the conveyor does not have to stop.
Allows the movement of rods between the conveyor and the compartment, but only briefly stops the conveyor if the next container cannot be moved to the transfer station to accommodate the current rods. That's all you need to do. Furthermore, a noteworthy effect is that when according to the present invention,
The operation of engaging the pusher with the longitudinal end of the rod-shaped article and pushing the rod-shaped article is completely eliminated.
Since the rod-shaped article is in any case moved in a direction transverse to its length, there is no longer any risk of damaging the longitudinal ends of the rod-shaped article.

EXAMPLES The invention will now be described in more detail by way of examples with reference to the accompanying illustrative drawings.

1 and 2 show a conveyor system for connecting a filtered cigarette assembly machine 1 to a cigarette packaging machine 3. FIG. This conveyor device comprises a separate conveyor 2 for moving a stream of stacked cigarettes on a path from the final cutting drum 5 of the cigarette assembly machine 1 to the opposite side of the vaned hopper 7 of the cigarette packaging machine 3. , 4. The stacked cigarettes are moved from the conveyors 2, 4 toward the hopper 7 by going around the curved sections 11, 13, and the radius of the curved sections 11, 13 is relatively small, which makes the entire device compact. Note that it offers the following benefits: Wandering section 11,
13 consists of a laterally bendable conveyor section comprising elongated sheets each connected at one end to a belt, substantially as disclosed in GB 2007964A. In order to provide a buffer facility, a loading and unloading station 6,8 is associated with each conveyor 2,4, respectively, and the cigarettes are placed at station 6.
At the station 8, the tray 10 is loaded from the conveyor 2 or the tray 10 is unloaded from the conveyor 2, and at the station 8 the conveyor 4 is loaded into the tray 10 or the tray 10 is unloaded from the conveyor 2.

A tray 10, each having substantially a pair of adjacent vertically extending compartments, is mounted on a trolley 12.
They are carried in three rows inside a car. Trolley 1
2 can move adjacent to and parallel to the conveyor 2. The tray 10 is moved out of the trolley 12 and then moved through the passageway 14 to the trolley 12.
can be returned to. The passageway 14 has a station 6, for simultaneously loading or unloading the streams on the conveyors 2 and 4.
It passes through 8. Tray 10 in aisle 14
(and trolley 12) is moved in the direction of tray 10.
depending on whether it is being loaded or unloaded.

During loading (or vice versa, unloading) the cigarettes are conveyed from the conveyors 2, 4 into the tray 10 through an opening defined between the terminal sheaves 16. During normal operation of the conveyors 2, 4 for conveying cigarettes to the packaging machine 3, the belt pulleys 16 are adjacent to each other such that the flow over the conveyors 2 and 4 passes uninterrupted through the stations 6, 8, respectively. . However, at least one of the sheaves 16 of each set can be moved laterally away from the other sheave, thereby spacing each of the stations 6,8 on the conveyors 2,4. As shown in FIG. 2, a movable sheave 17 can be provided to take up the slack in the portion of the conveyor 2, 4 that passes around the movable sheave 16. In order to control the position of the movable sheave 16 and thus whether the gap in the stations 6, 8 is open or closed, the axis of the sheave 17 can be moved.

During loading, the cigarettes are brought into the tray 1 through the respective openings associated with the stations 6, 8 by means of a lowering/raising platform which can be moved within the tray 10 under the action of a hoisting mechanism 15.
They are stored in a stacked form inside the 0. (It is also returned through said opening during unloading.)
This can be aided by the use of side bands 18 which engage the cigarettes through slots on either side of each compartment of the tray 10. The side band 18 is
When not in use, the tray 10 can be retracted away from the passageway.

Figure 3 shows the top of the tray 10 at the station 8 at the end of the unloading cycle. The movable sheaves 16 are spaced apart from each other so that openings are available between the sheaves 16 for receiving cigarettes from the unloading trays 10 on the conveyor 4. Cigarettes are removed from the tray 10 by upward movement on the raising/lowering platform 30.
and is moved upwardly through the opening.
Here, the hoist mechanism 15, side band 18 and platform 30 constitute a vertically movable device. As shown in FIG. 4, the platform 30 consists of two sections (which can be interconnected) for engaging a cigarette at the ends. Each portion of platform 30 has a V-shaped recess. This V-shaped recess contacts the cigarettes in the compartment of the tray 10. Platform 30 has projections 3 projecting through vertical slots 34 on each side of tray 10.
It has 2. These protrusions 32 are capable of engaging a hoist mechanism 15 (comprising a bar 19 carried by a driven chain 21), thereby allowing the platform 30 in each compartment of the tray 10 to be engaged during loading. Or it can be raised and lowered during unloading. The speed of movement of the platform 30 (controlled by the hoist mechanism 15) is such that the speed of movement of the platform 30 (controlled by the hoist mechanism 15) is
It can be controlled by a sensor 23 placed above. The sensor 23 can also control the speed of the respective conveyor 2, 4 (or part thereof) adjacent to the connection at the station 6, 8.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the fully loaded tray 10. As can be noticed from this figure, the cigarettes on each side of the central tray divider 36 face opposite directions and are simultaneously received directly from the cigarette assembly machine 1 and from the streams above conveyors 2 and 4. .

FIG. 6 shows the bottom of a fully loaded tray 10 when platform 30 occupies the lowest position. The middle part of the cigarettes stored in the tray 10 is connected to the platform 30 and the tray 10.
Note that the top of the bottom flange 37 is exposed above. Bands 18 can act on these intermediate portions to aid in raising (or lowering).

Stations 6, 8 can be activated whenever the supply of cigarette assembly machines 1 does not match the demand of cigarette packaging machines 3. empty tray 1
The trolley 12 carrying 0 is shown in FIGS.
As shown, the tray 10 can be moved to the right and placed in alignment with the stations 6,8. The trolley 12 can be equipped with compartments and can be moved. In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, three trays 10 are housed in each compartment of the trolley 12. The tray 10 is laterally moved into position below the conveyors 2, 4 at the stations 6, 8, as shown in FIG. A semi-flexible drive chain 38 movable within the casing 40 under the action of a drive gear 42 may be used to transport the trays 10 from each compartment of the trolley 12 to a loading/unloading position. After leaving trolley 12, tray 10 is transferred to feed conveyor 44.
Accepted above. The tray 10 is held on the feed conveyor 44 during loading or unloading, and is moved by the feed conveyor 44 to a lateral movement conveyor for movement over that portion of the path 14 that is parallel to the conveyors 2,4. 46. A single conveyor can then return the tray 10 to adjoin the empty compartment of the trolley 12 at a location downstream of the location where the tray 10 is removed. As shown in FIG. 1, trays 10 are loaded by moving from trolley 12 on the left hand aisle and returned onto the right hand aisle. Unloading occurs as the tray 10 moves in the opposite direction on the aisle 14.

Platform 3 with 10 trays full of cigarettes
0 will of course occupy the bottom position.
Preferably, the platform 30 of the empty tray 10 occupies the uppermost position in preparation for loading the tray with cigarettes. This can be done by providing rails on the partition plates of the compartments of the trolley 12. These rails engage hoist projections 32 to hold platforms 30 in their upper position when empty trays are returned to the compartments of trolley 12 after trays 10 have been unloaded. These rails hold the platforms 30 in their upper position so that the projections 32 are aligned with the hoist rods 19 when the trays 10 are moved into position for loading.

FIG. 8 shows a conveyor system similar to that of FIG.
FIG. 2 is an end view of another embodiment of the conveyor device, drawn as if viewed from the left end to the right in FIG. 1; Conveyor 2 conveys the cigarettes in the direction from the back to the front of the page in Figure 8.
A, 4A supplies cigarettes to a down drop 48, which corresponds to the hopper 7 in FIG. The downdrop 48 is a short chute, as seen at the left end of Figure 1, where the conveyor 2
A, 4A are curved to deliver cigarettes into the downdrop 48 from opposite sides of the downdrop 48. The downdrop 48 is connected to a mass flow elevator 50. The cigarettes from the downdrop 48, conveyed by the mass flow elevator 50, are conveyed through an elevated conveyor section 52 and a chute 54 to the cigarette packaging machine 3. Sensor 56 and sensor 5
8 controls the flow of cigarettes conveyed by the mass flow elevator 50. Sensor 60 controls the flow of cigarettes conveyed through elevated conveyor section 52. A small cigarette buffer is constructed at the sensor 60. According to the device shown in FIG. 8, the cigarette packaging machine 3 can be placed at any position, so the operator can sufficiently approach the cigarette packaging machine 3 from any direction. You can do it like this.

9 and 10 show yet another embodiment of the conveyor device. In this embodiment, the trolley 20 is moved transversely to the conveyors 2B, 4B between the cigarette assembly machine 1 and the cigarette packaging machine 3 (labeled at the far left in FIG. 9). (see no arrow). Trolley 20 is adapted to hold a plurality of trays 24 thereon, each tray 24 having six vertically extending adjacent compartments. Therefore, 1
The capacity of the two trays 24 is six times the capacity of the single tray 10 used in FIGS. 1 through 7 (the tray labeled 24 in FIG. 9 and the tray in FIG. 10).

Movement of the tray 24 is from the trolley 20 to the right in FIG. 9 in the direction of FIG. 9, and thence to the left in FIG. 9 in the direction of the lower arrow labeled 22. code 22
In order to pull out the tray 24 from the trolley 20 in the direction of the upper arrow marked with
A passageway extending parallel to 4B is provided. Also provided is a lateral passageway for moving the tray 24, labeled 24 in FIG. 9, downwardly in FIG. In the direction of the lower arrow labeled 22 in FIG.
B, 4B are sequentially indexed in parallel to the tray 24.
A set of adjacent compartments are stations 6B and 8B.
are placed sequentially below. Station 6B, 8B
Similarly to the above-mentioned embodiment, conveyors 2B and 4B
It operates to load cigarettes into the compartments of the tray 24 from the upper stream. Tray 24 is progressively moved into one compartment of trolley 20 as successive sets of adjacent compartments of tray 24 are loaded with cigarettes. It should be noted that this compartment is the compartment in which this tray 24 was previously housed. As may be inferred with reference to FIG. 9, the trolley 20 is moved downward in FIG. After the empty tray 24 is filled with cigarettes, the tray 24 is prepared to be stored in the same compartment from which it was taken. Therefore, in the situation shown in FIG. 9, the tray 24 drawn at the bottom is partially received in the compartment of the trolley 20, but the last compartment of this tray 24 is still being filled with cigarettes. It indicates a certain state. Then the next empty tray 24
is shown pulled out to the right from the trolley 20 and waiting to be moved downward in FIG. 9 (this is the tray labeled 24). The process of unloading the cigarettes from the tray 24 filled with cigarettes onto the conveyors 2B and 4B is the opposite of what has been described above, since it is sufficient to move in the opposite direction to the arrow. There is no need to elaborate on this. The bottom of the tray 24 can be formed with teeth (eg, of molded plastic material). The teeth can be engaged with a corresponding gear or belt with teeth to remove the tray 24 from or return it to the trolley 20. Trolley 2
Start moving tray 24 from 0 or move tray 2
4 completely back into the compartment of the trolley 20, the gear can be moved into the passage of the tray 24 on the trolley 20. Conveyor 2B, 4
Lateral movement relative to B could be effected by a pusher or by a belt carrying protrusions that slide the tray 24 axially onto a gear or belt that provides longitudinal movement in and out of the trolley 20. .

Each compartment of tray 24 includes a capture platform. The capture platform may be a flat plate guided to be held substantially horizontally in the compartment.
This capture platform may consist of two parts, one part being a substantially U-shaped part and the other part being a flat plate usually placed at the bottom of the U-shaped part. It is. The hoist mechanism performs two movements, one to raise the composite platform to the upper part of the compartment, and the other to raise the plate to the outer U-shaped part and completely open the compartment. is to empty it. Similarly, during loading, cigarettes are first received on the plate and lowered into the U-shaped section before it begins its downward movement. The capture platform could alternatively be of similar construction to the platform used in tray 10.

Loading and unloading station 6B, 8
A projection for actuating the platform by a hoisting mechanism at B is housed in the compartment so that a hoist bar, chain or the like at the loading and unloading station can engage with the projection. The cigarette compartment is arranged to extend outwardly from the compartment in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette. Thus, the hoist mechanism 62 is located adjacent the path of the tray 24 below the loading and unloading stations 6B, 8B on each side. Platforms in adjacent compartments can be connected through a central partition so that the hoist mechanism 62 always raises or lowers both platforms in stations 6B, 8B together.

For better access around the conveyor equipment and the cigarette assembly machine 1 and the cigarette packaging machine 3, the conveyors 2B, 4 between said machines 1 and 3 are provided.
A bridge 64 is provided to cross B.

Figures 11 and 12 are similar to Figures 9 and 1.
2 shows an apparatus similar to that of FIG. 0 and including an elevator 66 for conveying the combined flow to a remote packaging machine. The apparatus includes a conveyor 68 for rotating the flow from conveyor 2C through 180 degrees. Conveyor 68 sends the flow to chute 70 . The chute 70 is in communication with the elevator 66. The flow on conveyor 4C is sent directly to the other side of chute 70. The conveyor 68 may be constructed of laterally bendable conveyor sections with elongated strips each connected to a belt at one end, as disclosed in GB 2007964. Can be done.

In the above, the conveyor device was described as a conveyor and tray that simultaneously loaded or unloaded from the parallel flow sent out from the cigarette assembly machine, but an assembler equipped with a tip rotating device that combines filtered cigarettes after cutting them It will be appreciated that a single conveyor for batches of cigarettes delivered from a single conveyor can be combined with a loading station and an unloading station. Any of the conveyor devices described herein and illustrated in the drawings could be adapted for this purpose.

When a conveyor system such as that shown in Figures 1-12 feeds separate streams directly from an assembly machine without rotation of the chips, each stream is It may be necessary to provide a mechanism to separately adjust the flow rate. Such variations occur, for example, when an inspection device associated with a cigarette assembly machine refuses to accept more cigarettes in one stream than the other stream. The compensating mechanism may include one or more sensors arranged to detect the level of cigarettes in each stream and responsive to the sensor adjacent the hopper of the cigarette packaging machine. Conveniently, the device includes a device for adjusting the flow rate of the stream and thereby maintaining the level of cigarettes at a predetermined (equal) value. The device may include a device for driving the conveyors separately relative to the flow, in some cases even temporarily stopping or even reversing the drive of one of the conveyors to provide the necessary It may be necessary to make corrections. Another way to effect the correction, for example in a device similar to that of FIG. 1, would be to independently control the drive of the curved conveyor sections 11, 13 adjacent to the hopper 7.

The compartments of trays 10 and 24 may be defined by wedge-shaped partitions such that they are wider on the side adjacent the cigarette filter tip than across the opposite side. This allows the filter tips to expand slightly to help correct for "chip formation." Failure to help correct for "tip formation" will result in the top side of the cigarette in the compartment being slanted. An important but further possible modification to the shape of the compartment is to slightly taper the compartment so that the compartment is closer to the gate (across the tobacco flow) than at the end further away from the gate. ) It is slightly wider. That is, typically the width of the compartment may be wider at the top than at the bottom. This slight taper has been found to be advantageous in aiding the unloading of compartments having a simple flat platform for transferring cigarettes. This taper need only be very small; typically, for a compartment 600 mm long and approximately 120 mm wide, the top of the compartment may be approximately 2 mm wider than the bottom.

13 and 14 illustrate a conveyor system in which a combined stream of filtered cigarettes is conveyed towards a vaned hopper 74 of a cigarette packaging machine 76. Conveyor 78 used for stream 72 is connected to loading and unloading station 80
It is equipped with Station 80 includes a locking band such as that used in the conveyor systems shown in FIGS. 1-12. Trolley 8
2 can be moved on a path extending transversely to the conveyor 78 and conveys a tray 84 having compartments. The tray 84 is parallel to and adjacent to the conveyor 78 on the trolley 8 on the aisle 85.
2 and returned to the tray 82. Below station 80, parallel and vertically extending bands 86 and movable platform 88 define a vertical channel. The band 86 can be slightly sloped so that the width of the groove is slightly wider at its upper end than at its lower end. A plunger 90 extending in the longitudinal direction of said groove moves between the bands 86 (when the platform is in its lowest position) and thereby displaces the station 8 between the bands 86.
A batch of cigarettes received through the opening in tray 84 can be transferred towards the compartment of tray 84. The successive compartments of the tray 84 are filled with cigarettes by forcing successive batches through the grooves between the bands 86 by means of a plunger. Platform 88 is used to progressively lower the article, ie, cigarettes, into the compartment between bands 86. The unloading process is done in exactly the reverse order of the loading process.

Therefore, the device according to FIGS. 13 and 14 is such that the cigarettes are not delivered directly into the tray compartment from above, but are received into the transfer channel or compartment, and the cigarettes are removed from the transfer channel or compartment adjacent to the tray compartment. The device is similar to that of FIGS. 1-12, except that the device is laterally transferred into a tray. Therefore, it will be appreciated that the structure of the tray 84 may be configured differently than the structure of the tray used in the device according to the former embodiment. For example, the tray can be closed at its top end (in use) and can be configured to be open on only one side.

During unloading, batches from the tray, i.e.
The articles (cigarettes) can be retrieved into the compartments between the bands 86 by means of a scoop-type plunger or by providing a suction force to the plunger.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, rod-shaped articles such as cigarettes stacked in multiple layers can be moved not only by a conveyor but also when transferred from a conveyor to a compartment. Also, when the rod-shaped article is returned from the compartment to the conveyor, it is always moved in a direction transverse to the length of the rod-shaped article and is continuously moved, so that there is a risk that the rod-shaped article, especially the longitudinal ends, may be damaged. In addition, the rod-shaped articles between the conveyor and the partitioned space can be transferred smoothly and quickly without stopping the movement of the conveyor. Moreover,
It is not necessary to provide a particularly complicated device for transferring articles between the conveyor and the compartment, and the structure can be simplified.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the cigarette conveyor device, FIG. 2 is a side view of the device shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view of a portion of the device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.
Figure 5 is a plan view of a container, that is, a tray, used in the conveyor device shown in Figure 1, Figure 6 is a side view of a portion of the container shown in Figure 5, and Figure 7 is a diagram cut along a line. FIG. 8 is an end view of another type of conveyor device for cigarettes, and FIG. 9 is a plan view of yet another type of conveyor device for cigarettes. Figure 10 is the 9th
11 is a plan view of yet another type of conveyor device for cigarettes, FIG. 12 is a side view of the conveyor device shown in FIG.
11 is a side view of the conveyor device of FIG. 11, FIG. 13 is a side view of a portion of a further type of conveyor device for cigarettes, and FIG. 14 is a plan view of the conveyor device of FIG. 13. 1... Cigarette assembly machine with filter, 2... Conveyor, 3... Cigarette packaging machine, 4... Conveyor,
5... Cutting drum, 6... Loading and unloading station, 7... Hopper, 8... Loading and unloading station, 10... Tray, 11... Conveyor curve, 12... Trolley, 13... Conveyor curved part, 14... passage, 15... hoist mechanism, 16... belt vehicle,
17...Movable pulley, 18...Side band, 19
...rod, 20...trolley, 21...chain,
22...Passage, 23...Sensor, 24...Tray, 30...Conveyor device, 32...Protrusion, 3
4... Groove, 36... Central partition plate, 37... Bottom flange, 38... Drive chain, 40... Casing, 42... Drive gear, 44... Feed conveyor, 46... Lateral movement conveyor, 50...Elevator, 52...Elevated conveyor part, 54...
Shoot, 56, 58, 60...Sensor, 2
A, 4A...conveyor, 2B, 4B...conveyor, 2C, 4C...conveyor, 6B...loading station, 8B...unloading station,
62... Hoist mechanism, 64... Bridge, 66... Elevator, 68... Conveyor, 70... Chute, 72... Flow of filtered cigarettes, 74...
... hopper, 76 ... cigarette packaging machine, 78 ... conveyor, 80 ... loading and unloading station, 82 ... trolley, 84 ... tray, 8
5...Aisle, 86...Band, 88...Movable platform, 90...Brangier.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A conveyor device for rod-shaped articles in the tobacco industry, which conveys a stream of rod-shaped articles in a direction transverse to the length of the rod-shaped articles between a rod-shaped article supply device and a rod-shaped article receiving device. a conveyor for transporting the rod-shaped articles; and a transfer station disposed adjacent to the conveyor and including a transfer device for conveying the rod-shaped articles to or from a joint of the conveyor in a direction transverse to the length of the rod-shaped articles. and the joint is a T-joint consisting of an opening between opposite conveyor belts of the conveyor, and the transfer station further has a passageway for a movable container, the movable container being a stacked rod-shaped joint. the transfer station having at least one compartment for batches of articles; In a conveyor device, said openings are arranged in said transfer stations 6, 8 so that the compartments 10 located in said transfer stations are arranged below said openings, said transfer device is capable of transporting said rod-shaped articles which are stacked in multiple layers. Supporting the leading edge of a continuous flow, an upper position corresponds to the upper part when said compartment is in the empty state and a lower position corresponds to the lower part when said compartment is in the filled state. in a direction transverse to the length of the rod-shaped article between the positions;
a vertically movable device 15, 18, 30, 62, 8 adapted to progressively move said leading end;
6, 88, this vertically movable device is arranged such that a continuous stream of said rod-shaped articles stacked in multiple layers extends from said conveyor 2, 4, 8 into a compartment located at said transfer station, said a continuous flow is arranged to move downwardly in the transfer station and progressively fill the compartment, and the opening is closable by a reversibly movable gate device, Conveyor device for rod-shaped articles.