US3180067A - Cigarette-collecting mechanism - Google Patents

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US3180067A
US3180067A US169781A US16978162A US3180067A US 3180067 A US3180067 A US 3180067A US 169781 A US169781 A US 169781A US 16978162 A US16978162 A US 16978162A US 3180067 A US3180067 A US 3180067A
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Pembroke George Frederick
Hillman James George Edward
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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
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine
    • A24C5/352—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine using containers, i.e. boats
    • A24C5/354—Filling the boats at the making machine

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  • Containers used for collection of cigarettes in bulk are commonly known as trays, and the word tray will be used herein, for convenience, as meaning any suitable container in which cigarettes can be held in stack-like arrangement.
  • Trays are also known, and in commonuse, which are open at both sides (i.e., which have no back wall). Such a tray may consist only of end walls and a base. For convenience such trays will be referred to herein as open-sided trays.
  • cigarette-collecting mechanism for use with open-sided trays (i.e., trays having no back wall), in which cigarettes are pushed axially into an open-side tray, and wherein there is provided a plate member arranged to be moved into association with a tray to serve as a temporary back wall thereof, and means operative to move the plate member into such association before filling of the tray commences, and to move it away from the tray when the latter has been filled.
  • the plate member may be carried by carrier members mounted on a support so as to be movable relative thereto, and so as to be capable of moving the said plate member into and out of association with the tray.
  • the said support may be arranged to be moved up and down to raise and lower the tray, the said carrier members being arranged to move upwardly and downwardly with the said support.
  • the said carrier members may be pivotally mounted on the said support and arranged to be swung to move the said plate member into and out of association with the tray, and the swinging movements of the said carrier members may be controlled by a cam surface extending along the path of the said support as it moves upwardly and downwardly.
  • a cam surface extending along the path of the said support as it moves upwardly and downwardly.
  • a cam follower connected to the said plate member cooperates, so as to effect control over movement of the said plate member relative to the said support.
  • FIGURE 1 is a diagrammatic plan View
  • FIGURE 2 is an enlarged plan view of part of FIG- URE 1, showing additional details
  • FIGURE 3 is an end view
  • FIGURE 4 shows some of the mechanism illustrated in FIGURE 3, with parts in different positions.
  • FIGURE 1 two cigarette-making machines are shown fragmentarily at 1 and 2.
  • Catcher bands 3 and 4 extend towards the right from the machine.
  • similar catcher bands 5 and 6 extend towards the left from machine 2.
  • Cigarettes coming from the two machines are delivered in any suitable way on to the catcher bands 3, 4, 5 and 6, each of which carries arow of cigarettes transversely t of their axes. 7 Between the ends of the bands 3 and 5, and lengthwise in line-with them, is a receptacle 7 to receive cigarettes from the bands 3 and 5. A similar receptacle is located between the ends of the bands 4 and 6, the two receptacles being, asv shown, ofiset from each other lengthwise. Cigarettes are fed from opposite directions by the pairs of bands, 3, 5," and 4, 6, into the receptacles 7 and 8 respectively, and are supported therein and form stacks 9 and 10 (FIGURE 2) on a platform 11, FIGURES 2 and 3.
  • This platform isformed in two separate parts since the two receptacles are divided by a vertical partition 12.
  • the platform is arranged to be gradually lowered downwardly through the receptacles 7 and 8, in the'manner disclosed in United States patent specification No. 2,919,529 and cigarettes fed into the receptacles form a stack in each receptacle.
  • platform is near its lowermost position rows of needles 13 are projected into end faces of cigarettes to arrest downwardmovement of all cigarettes above a chosen level, and a support plate 14 is subsequently moved into the receptacles to support those cigarettes.
  • the stacks of cigarettes still supported on the platform 11 continue to move downwardly untilthey reach the appropriate position from which they are to be transferred from the receptacles into a tray.
  • a pusher device comprising two pusher plates 15a and 15b is arranged to move forwardly so that the plates 15a, 15b, which as seen in FIGURE 2 are in line with each other, move through the receptacles 7 and 8 respectively.
  • the pusher plates 15a and 15:; are mounted on bars 13 carried by a cross-piece 19, each end of which is fixed to a carriage 2% running along guide rods 21 on wheels 22.
  • t t g The tray 17 is an open-sided tray, and the mechanism includes a plate member 23 which can be moved into position to serve as a temporary back well during the filling of the traywith cigarettes, to act as a support for the side of a stack of cigarettes in the tray and also'as a stop to prevent cigarettes which have been pushed into the tray from continuing their forward movement and Patented Apr. 27, 1965'
  • the conveyor system .26 the brackets being guided by guide rods 27 and wheels 28 on the brackets.
  • the conveyor system 26 is arranged to be operated so as to bring the tray to two different filling levels whereby two successive batches or stacks of cigarettes are pushed into the tray, one on top of the other.
  • the temporary back wall plate 23 is carried by the brackets in the following manner.
  • One arm 29 of a bell crank lever pivoted at 30 to a bracket. 25 carries a roller 31 which runs along a cam track 32 as the tray is raised and lowered by the convey: or system 26, the top end of the cam track 32 being recessed at 33.
  • the other arm 34- of the lever has a hooked end 35 in which is supported a short rod 36 fixed to the plate 23.
  • a roller 37 also fixed to the plate 23, runs along an other cam track 38 formed as an extension of the bracket It will be understood that mechanism as just described is provided in association with each of the brackets 25.
  • the conveyor system operates to move the tray upwards to the position shown in FIGURE 4.
  • the rollers 31 enter the slots 33 and the plate 23 is thus swung away from the tray, the rollers 37 also riding up and away from the tray over their cam tracks 38.
  • the bridge 16 is arranged to be moved prior to a filling operation, into a position to bridge the gap between the platform 11 and the base of the tray.
  • a block 39 which simultaneously moves forwardly, and on the second filling operation this block engages theside of the stack already in the tray (i.e., the end faces of the cigarettes) to ensure that the stack is kept in alignment during the filling of the upper half of the tray.
  • the plate .23 may be interchangable with plates of diiference thicknesses so as to enable the mechanism to deal with cigarettes of dilferent standard lengths. This makes. it possible for a standard tray, wide enough to accommodate the longest cigarettes likely to be made, to be used for all sizes of cigarette, since the cigarettes can be centered in the tray by using a back plate 23 of suitable thickness, Alternatively the arms 34 could be interchangable with arms of different length, or the rods 36 fixed to the plates 23 could be ad-v j'ustable, or diiferent plates could have rods 36 spaced different distances from the plates.
  • Cigarette-collecting mechanism for use with opensided trays, in which cigarettes are pushed axially into an open-sided tray, comprising a plate member arranged to be moved into association with a tray to serve as a temporary back wall thereof, carrier members by which the said plate member is carried, a support on which the said carrier members are mounted so as to be movable relatively thereto and so as to be capable of moving the said plate member into and out of association with the tray, and means operative to move the plate member into such association before filling of the tray commences, and to move it away from the tray when the latter has been filled.
  • Mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the said support is arranged to be moved up and down to raise and lower the tray, the said carrier members being arranged to'move upwardly and downwardly with the said support.
  • Mechanism as claimed in claim 4 comprising a further camsurface, and a cam follower connected to the said plate member which co-operates with the further cam surface, so as to effect control over movement of the said plate member relative to the said support.
  • Cigarette-collecting mechanism for use with open sided trays, in which cigarettes are pushed axially into.
  • an open sided tray comprising a movable support arranged to carry a tray to and away from a filling position, at
  • Cigarette-collecting mechanism for use with open sided trays, in which cigarettes are pushed axially into an open sided tray, comprising a support arranged to be moved along a path between a first position, at which an empty tray can be received on the said support, and a filling position, at which cigarettes are pushed axially into the tray to fill the latter, so as to convey the empty tray from the said first position to the said' filling position, and to return the filled tray from the said filling position to the said first position, a plate member connected to the said support so as to be movable relatively thereto, so
  • Cigarette-collecting mechanism for use with open sided trays, in which cigarettes are pushed axially into an open sided tray, comprising a support arranged to be moved up and down to raise and lower the tray, a carrier member pivotally mounted on the said support, a plate member carried by the said carrier member so as to be movable relatively to the said support and arrangedto move upwardly and downwardly with the said support, a cam surface extending along the path of the said support as it moves upwardly and downwardly, a cam fol 5 6 a lower connected to the said carrier member and arranged 7 References Cited by the Examiner to cooperate with the said cam surface to swing the said UNITED STATES PATENTS carrier member so as to move the said plate member into and out of association with the tray to serve as a 2,919,529 1/60 Hillman 53245 X temporary back wall of the tray'as the support moves 5 2,938,317 5/60 Hillman 53-148 along the said path, a further cam surface on the said 3,004,374

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