US3380459A - Devices for attaching mouthpieces to elongated articles such as cigarettes or cigars - Google Patents

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US3380459A
US3380459A US497977A US49797765A US3380459A US 3380459 A US3380459 A US 3380459A US 497977 A US497977 A US 497977A US 49797765 A US49797765 A US 49797765A US 3380459 A US3380459 A US 3380459A
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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
    • A24C5/56—Making tipping materials, e.g. sheet cork for mouthpieces of cigars or cigarettes, by mechanical means
    • A24C5/58—Applying the tipping materials
    • 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
    • A24C5/471—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces by means of a connecting band

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  • the invention relates to the provision in a device for attaching mouthpieces to elongated articles such as cigarettes or cigars in which groups of elongated articles and mouthpieces are received in the chambers of a rotatable drum acting as a conveyor, of marginal flanges on the drum between which bars are provided having a pair of a rotatable rollers laterally of each bar, one on each side of each bar, the spaces between the rollers or adjacent bars forming the groups receiving chambers, the rollers and bars being so dimensioned that the rollers bear against the group in the chamber.
  • the invention relates to devices for attaching mouth pieces, for example filter tips, to elongated articles such as cigarettes or cigars.
  • each comprising a filter plug of twice the length of a cigarette filter tip, and two cigarettes, one at each end of the plug, to wind a length of wrapping material around each plug and the adjacent ends of the two cigarettes and to out each group centrally whereby two filter tipped cigarettes are obtained from each group.
  • groups each comprising a filter plug of twice the length of a cigarette filter tip, and two cigarettes, one at each end of the plug, to wind a length of wrapping material around each plug and the adjacent ends of the two cigarettes and to out each group centrally whereby two filter tipped cigarettes are obtained from each group.
  • For fixing the length of wrapping material it is customary to place the length provided with an adhesive into contact with the plug and to rotate the group to wind the material around the plug.
  • This object is attained by providing a device which 0 permits the elongated articles to be particularly slowly rotated while the material is wound around the mouth pieces.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view, partly in section, of an embodimerit of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, of the embodiment of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a section along the line IIIIII of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a detail, in section, of FIG. 1 on a larger scale
  • FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 illustrate the detail of FIG. 4 in different operating positions.
  • FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 comprises chutes 101 for feeding cigarettes 36 and filter plugs 37 to a first rotatable drum T so that groups are formed on the drum T, each group comprising two cigarettes 36 and an intermediate filter plug 37 which has twice the length of a filter tip of a single cigarette.
  • the groups are transferred from the drum T to a secice 0nd rotatable drum X having a plurality of suction members 203, the free ends of which are concave to form troughs 202 for receiving the groups of cigarettes and filter plugs.
  • Each member 203 has bores 204 terminating in the trough 202 and being arranged to communicate, during a part of each revolution of the drum X, with a stationary suction duct 206, which, in turn, communicates through ducts 209, 210 with a suction line 208.
  • a third drum V is rotatable in the direction of the arrow z and serves to feed lengths 1 of wrapping material to groups of cigarettes and filter plugs held in troughs 202 of the drum X.
  • the lengths 1 of wrapping material are held on the drum V by suction chambers 1a.
  • Each of the lengths 1 of wrapping material is provided with an adhesive on its side facing the drum X and is glued to a group of cigarettes and filter plug at the position U,
  • drum X on further rotation in the direction of the arrow Y, successively feeds groups of cigarettes and plugs with attached lengths of wrapping material to a fourth drum W on which the lengths 1 of material are wound about the groups.
  • the further drum W comprises two crossed arms 20 keyed to a rotatable shaft 19 and carrying flanges 6 and 7 interconnected by rods 4 which are rectangular in cross section.
  • rollers 3 are easily rotatably mounted.
  • the diameter of the rollers 3 is such that between each pair of adjacent rollers a chamber is formed which is open towards the side away from the shaft 19 and in which a group 'of two cigarettes and an intermediate filter plug can be accommodated.
  • Discs 7a of the flange 7 are arranged to bear against a stationary segment 8 fixed to a frame 9 of the device.
  • the segment 8 is co-axial with the drum W, and an endless belt 11 of comparatively great width bears against an outer surface 10 of the segment 8.
  • the belt 11 is guided by rollers 12 and 14, which are mounted on the frame 9, and is laterally guided by side walls of a groove in the segment 8.
  • the belt is movable in the direction of the arrow 11a by means of a belt drum 16 which through a flange 17 is keyed to a hollow shaft 18 surrounding the shaft 19.
  • the hollow shaft 18 is mounted by means of needle bearings 18a in hublike extensions of the frame 9.
  • Three further parallel endless belts 21 extend about a portion of the drum W which corresponds approximately to the length of the segment surface 10.
  • the belts 21 are guided by rollers 22, 23 and 24 and tensioned by rollers 25 and 26.
  • the said rollers are respectively mounted on shafts 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 fixed to the frame 9.
  • the roller 25 also serves to drive the belts 21.
  • Groups of two cigarettes and an intermediate filter plug and provided with a length of wrapping material are held by suction in the troughs 202 of the drum X.
  • each group On rotation of the drum X and W, at the position E (FIG. 1), where the drum X comes nearest to the drum W, each group is deposited, after the suction effect on said group has been terminated, in a chamber or space between a pair of adjacent rollers 3 of the drum W.
  • a stripping finger 32 the groups of cigarettes are held in such chambers.
  • the lengths of material is folded about the centre portion of the group in U-shaped manner, the U having, however, limbs of different lengths, the leading limb 37a (see FIG.
  • the longer limb 37a reaches a stationary suction block 34 fixed to the frame 9.
  • the suction block 34 has suction bores 42, 43 and 44 which exert a suction elfect and draw the limb 37a against an inclined surface 33 of the suction block 34 and consequently hold the limb 37a under a slight tension while the limb 37a is being wound about the group.
  • the limb 37a provided with adhesive contacts an adjacent roller 3.
  • the entire group is somewhat rotated so that the smaller limb 38 is pressed by the adjacent roller 3 against the group as shown in FIG. 6 at U This effect is assisted by resilient finger 60 attached by means of a holder 61 to the segment 8 and by a recess 40 and its edge 41 of the block 34.
  • FIG. 5 shows the longer limb 37a drawn against the inclined surface of the suction block 34.
  • the group On further rotation of the drum W into position U shown in FIG. 7 the group reaches the moving belt 11 and the portion 35 of the suction block 34.
  • the inner belt '11, the drum W and the outer belts 21 move all in the same direction but with different speeds. More specifically, the inner belt 11 moves somewhat more slowly than the group rotates with the drum W. Therefore, the group rotates slowly in such a sense that the longer limb 37a is wound completely about the group, the winding being almost completed in position U shown in FIG. 4.
  • the group continues to rotate slowly in the same sense so that the length of wrapping material is pressed against the group. While the group remains on the drum W and slowly rotates, the adhesive has time sufiiciently to dry. If, for example, it be assumed that the output of the machine is 600 groups per minute, or groups per second and that groups can be accommodated simultaneously on the drum W, then the adhesive has two seconds for drying while a group is on the drum W. As experience shows this time of two seconds is sufiicient for a preliminary drying of the adhesive.
  • the rota tion of each group may be so slow that the group is rotated 5 times or even less while on the drum W. Owing to such a slow speed of rotation it is unlikely that the cigarettes of the groups will be seriously damaged although the length of wrapping material is firmly pressed against and Wound about the group.
  • FIGS. 1 and 3 When a group has passed the belts 11 and 21, they reach an ejector 45 (see FIGS. 1 and 3) which is held by a holder 46 pivoted at 47 to arms 48 of a movable parallelogram arrangement, the arms 48 being pivotally connected by stub shafts '52 to the frame 9.
  • the ejector 45 is operated by means of a crank shaft drive not shown through a rod 51 and a lever 49.
  • the ejector 45 moves the group from the drum W into recesses 53 of a drum 54 which is rotatably mounted in the frame 9 by means of a shaft 58.
  • a stationary guide member 55 holds the groups in the recesses 53.
  • a device for attaching mouthpieces to elongated articles such as cigarettes or cigars comprising a rotatable drum; marginal flanges on said drum; bars positioned between said flanges; a pair of rotatable rollers arranged laterally of each bar, one roller at each side of each bar, the bars and rollers being so dimensioned and positioned as to leave between the rollers of adjacent bars a chamber in which one group of the plurality of groups formed, by elongated articles and mouthpieces can be received with said rollers bearing against them; first means having a first movable surface arranged for contacting said groups on the drum at one side; second means having at least one further movable surface arranged for contacting said groups at the opposite side; means for winding a sheet like strip of material around each group; and means for moving said drum, said first surface and said further surface all in the same direction but at different speeds whereby to rotate said groups at a rotational speed depending on said different speeds.

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US4431010A (en) * 1980-06-20 1984-02-14 G. D Societa Per Azioni Cigarette filters applying devices
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US4535790A (en) * 1983-03-31 1985-08-20 Philip Morris Incorporated Method and apparatus for aligning oval cigarette filters
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US4266655A (en) * 1978-12-18 1981-05-12 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Apparatus for phasing and transferring rod-shaped articles
US4431010A (en) * 1980-06-20 1984-02-14 G. D Societa Per Azioni Cigarette filters applying devices
WO1984003818A1 (en) * 1983-03-31 1984-10-11 Philip Morris Inc Method and apparatus for tipping smoking articles
US4535790A (en) * 1983-03-31 1985-08-20 Philip Morris Incorporated Method and apparatus for aligning oval cigarette filters
US4596257A (en) * 1984-06-29 1986-06-24 Philip Morris Incorporated Method and apparatus for tipping smoking articles
US4938340A (en) * 1984-08-10 1990-07-03 Molins Plc Conveying rod-like articles
US5054604A (en) * 1984-08-10 1991-10-08 Molins, Plc Conveying rod-like articles
US5984851A (en) * 1994-03-31 1999-11-16 Japan Tobacco Inc. Grading device, used in manufacture of filter plugs for cigarettes
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US20070289843A1 (en) * 2006-04-18 2007-12-20 Barry Kitazumi Conveyor System Including Offset Section
US7445111B2 (en) 2006-04-18 2008-11-04 Aquest Systems Corporation Transport system including vertical rollers
US20080050208A1 (en) * 2006-08-25 2008-02-28 Barry Kitazumi High speed transporter including horizontal belt
US20080053794A1 (en) * 2006-08-25 2008-03-06 Brain Michael D Conveyor transfer system
US7434678B1 (en) * 2007-06-14 2008-10-14 Aquest Systems Corporation Systems and methods for transport through curved conveyance sections
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