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EP0268919A2
EP0268919A2 EP87116545A EP87116545A EP0268919A2 EP 0268919 A2 EP0268919 A2 EP 0268919A2 EP 87116545 A EP87116545 A EP 87116545A EP 87116545 A EP87116545 A EP 87116545A EP 0268919 A2 EP0268919 A2 EP 0268919A2
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cigarettes
magazine
shaft walls
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packaging machine
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Heinz Focke
Kurt Liedtke
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Focke and Co GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • A24C5/34—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes
    • A24C5/3412—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes by means of light, radiation or electrostatic fields
    • 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
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/28—Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines
    • B65B19/30—Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines responsive to presence of faulty articles, e.g. incorrectly filled cigarettes

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  • the invention relates to a packaging machine for cigarettes with a container (magazine) for storing the cigarettes, the magazine being divided at least in the lower area by shaft walls into magazine chutes, each for receiving an upright row of cigarettes, and with test organs for checking the cigarettes for correct tobacco filling. Presence of a filter etc.
  • Cigarettes are checked for any errors before packaging.
  • the main deficiencies lie in an inadequate tobacco filling, which can have defects or voids, especially at the ends, i.e. in the area of the end faces of the cigarettes. Furthermore is closed Check whether a filter is present on filter cigarettes and whether it has been properly applied.
  • a packaging machine for cigarettes is usually assigned a magazine in which a certain supply of aligned cigarettes is accommodated.
  • magazine shafts are formed by upright shaft walls, which, due to their dimensions, accommodate an upright row of cigarettes.
  • cigarette groups corresponding to the contents of a cigarette pack are ejected from the magazine or from the magazine chutes.
  • the cigarette groups formed in this way are fed to the packaging units via conveyors (cigarette turret, pocket chain or the like).
  • the cigarettes are checked for correct training primarily after the formation of the cigarette groups in the area of the cigarette turret. However, it has also already been proposed to carry out the inspection of the cigarettes and to sort out any missing cigarettes in the area of the magazine.
  • the object of the invention is to reliably carry out the cigarette test in the area of the magazine by simple, effective measures.
  • the packaging machine according to the invention or its magazine is characterized in that the test organs, in particular optoelectric sensors, are arranged in the magazine walls of the magazine with a corresponding (greater) thickness.
  • light-emitting diodes are preferably used as transmitters and phototransistors as emp used catcher. These are of very small size and can be arranged in the shaft walls of the magazine so that they are directed against the outer surface of the cigarette, at the ends thereof.
  • the sensors are therefore preferably arranged on the upright lateral areas of the shaft walls. The test is carried out in such a way that stronger light reaches the phototransistors if the tobacco filling is faulty or the filter is missing.
  • the sensors in particular receivers, can be arranged in sealed blind holes in the shaft walls or in a cavity within the same.
  • the shaft walls consist of a translucent material, at least in the area of the arrangement of the sensors.
  • sensors are arranged in the shaft walls on both sides of a magazine shaft, so that the cigarettes are subjected to a test from both sides.
  • Transmitters are preferably arranged in front of the ends of the cigarettes, for example in a magazine front wall and / or magazine rear wall.
  • the light test of the cigarettes is therefore "corner".
  • the magazine front wall or magazine rear wall can be opened entirely or partially, in particular in the area of a separate test strip, as a hollow body sensor and other electrotechnical devices.
  • the invention can be used particularly advantageously in a device according to DE patent application P 36 30 735.7.
  • Packaging machines for cigarettes 10 are more common has equipped with a magazine 11, a container in which a stock of aligned cigarettes 10 is accommodated. Magazines of this type are generally known and have the same basic structure.
  • the lower area of the magazine 11 consists of a plurality of magazine chutes 12, the width of which corresponds approximately to the diameter of a cigarette 10.
  • the magazine shafts 12 are separated from one another by upright shaft walls 13.
  • the number of cigarettes 10 ejected from the magazine chutes 12 at the same time corresponds to the content of one cigarette packet.
  • the cigarettes 10 are checked within the magazine chutes 12 with regard to their correct formation. In particular, it should be checked whether the tobacco filling 15 is complete in the area of the free ends or end faces of the cigarettes 10. 2, 5 and 6 show examples of faulty cigarettes 10a, 10b, 10c and 10d. In each of these there is a tobacco gap 16 at the ends, in different configurations.
  • test devices namely optoelectric sensors
  • the shaft walls 13 are formed with a greater thickness than those of conventional magazines.
  • the cigarette test is carried out optoelectrically.
  • 13 sensors are arranged in the shaft walls adjacent to the cigarette ends and thus on the upright edges of the shaft walls, specifically receivers 17 and 18. These are phototransistors which react to light differences.
  • the receivers 17, 18 can be assigned (light) transmitters 19, in particular light-emitting diodes. In the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2, however, only receivers 17, 18 are arranged in the shaft walls 13. These have the receiving side 20 facing the end region of the cigarette 10 or 10a, 10b ... to be tested.
  • the light required for the cigarette test enters via the end faces of the cigarettes 10, 10a ...
  • the front wall 21 and possibly the rear wall 22, which in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 run transversely to the shaft walls are made entirely or partially of translucent material, e.g. made of plastic. As a result, outside light can reach the end faces of the cigarettes 10, 10a ... via the front wall 21. If the cigarette 10 is correctly designed, that is to say without a tobacco gap 16, the receiver 17, 18 is exposed to relatively little light. However, if there is a tobacco gap 16, the receiver 17, 18 receives more light and triggers an error signal.
  • the different design of the tobacco gaps 16 is taken into account by a corresponding arrangement of receivers 17 and 18 by checking each cigarette 10 from both sides.
  • the cigarettes 10 are checked while the cigarettes 10 are moving downwards in sections.
  • two cigarettes 10 are ejected from each magazine shaft 12.
  • the movement section of the cigarettes 10 in the magazine shafts 12 is therefore two cigarettes.
  • Above an out thrust level 23 for the cigarettes is checked.
  • two rectified receivers 17 are arranged one above the other, at the level of the two cigarettes to be checked.
  • a further two receivers 18 are directed in opposite directions. As a result, one and the other side are checked during two successive stoppage cycles of the cigarettes, so that irregular tobacco gaps 16 can also be identified.
  • the sensors can be arranged in different ways within the shaft walls 13. 1 and 2, blind holes 24 are formed in the shaft walls for receiving a receiver 17, 18, respectively.
  • the arrangement of the sensors in the blind holes 24 is selected such that the receiving side 20 faces the closed side of the blind hole 24. This means that the sensors are protected against mechanical stress and dirt.
  • the shaft walls 13 are completely or partially translucent, for example made of plastic.
  • the front wall 21 in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 is designed such that it projects into the magazine shafts 12 with rib-like projections 25 and thus rests against the front ends of the cigarettes 10, 10a. In order to ensure that the cigarettes slide downward without tilting, the front wall 21 is lifted from the latter or from the shaft walls 13 during a movement cycle of the cigarette (dash-dotted line in FIG. 2).
  • the front wall 21 is therefore arranged to be cyclically or pulsatingly movable.
  • a sensor bar 26 and 27 is arranged in the area of the front wall and / or in the area of the rear wall 22 to accommodate the sensors and other electrotechnical or electronic devices for testing the cigarettes 10. This is part of the front wall 21 or rear wall 22 and detachably connected as a unit to the rest of the front wall 21 or rear wall 22 and accordingly inserted into a recess thereof.
  • the test strip 26, 27 is designed overall as a hollow body.
  • the shaft walls 13 are formed with a smaller width than the length of the cigarettes.
  • a rib-like projection 28 of the same fits, positively. Together with the rest of the test bar 26, 27, this forms a common workpiece and a coherent hollow body. This is formed like a comb by the projections 28. The ends of the cigarettes 10 lie between adjacent projections 28.
  • the sensors are arranged partly inside the hollow projection 28, partly in the area of an inner wall 29 of the test strip 26, 27.
  • the principle of checking the ends of the cigarettes from two opposite sides is also implemented here, due to the dimensions of the projections on the one hand and the small size of the Sensors, on the other hand, each have two sensors for testing adjacent cigarettes opposite one another in the same transverse plane.
  • the two receivers 30 and 31 each assigned to a cigarette 10 on the same side, the sensitivity of the test and thus its sensitivity Accuracy increased.
  • the transmitters 32 are arranged in front of the ends of the cigarettes 10 within the test strip 26, 27, namely on the inner walls 29.
  • the test strip 26, 27 is for carrying out the test as a whole or at least in the region of the projections 28 and the inner wall 29 made of translucent material.
  • all sensitive optical or electrotechnical organs are accommodated in a closed, encapsulated cavity.
  • test bar 26 checks the cigarettes 10 for any tobacco gaps 16 in the manner already described
  • test bar 27 is used to check the cigarettes 10 with regard to the presence of a filter 33. Deviating from the drawing, it is for testing the filter 33 sufficient if only one receiver 30 or 31 is provided per cigarette.
  • the test bar 26, 27 is arranged in such a way that two cigarettes one on top of the other in a magazine shaft 12 are tested at the same time, two receivers 30, 31 being assigned to each cigarette end one above the other, as shown.
  • FIG. 6 shows a small section of a magazine 11 with a test bar 26, 27.
  • the arrangement of the receivers 30, 31 in the region of the projections 28 corresponds to the exemplary embodiment described above. 6, no transmitters (light emitting diodes) are used. The light here is about the total translucent test bar 26, 27 fed to the ends of the cigarettes 10 and thus the receivers 30, 31.
  • test organs can be used in the manner described for conventional, generally known cigarette magazines, but with a correspondingly greater thickness of the shaft walls.
  • this solution can be used particularly advantageously in a magazine according to patent application P 36 20 735.7.
  • the magazine 11 corresponds to the magazine according to the aforementioned older patent application with regard to the removal of any faulty cigarettes.
  • the details shown in the drawings are part of the test unit of the earlier patent application, that is, a unit with magazine shafts and shaft walls, which is built into the magazine.
  • guide and support members are therefore also provided in the area of the ejection plane 23 in the exemplary embodiments shown, as well as comb webs 34 and support webs 35 which can be moved relative to one another in the transverse direction, specifically in that in the earlier patent application described way.
  • the further details of the magazine which is not fully shown in the drawings, can correspond to that of patent application P 36 20 735.7.

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EP87116545A 1986-11-27 1987-11-10 Machine d'emballage pour cigarettes Expired - Lifetime EP0268919B1 (fr)

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DE3640491 1986-11-27
DE19863640491 DE3640491A1 (de) 1986-11-27 1986-11-27 Verpackungsmaschine fuer zigaretten

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EP0268919A2 true EP0268919A2 (fr) 1988-06-01
EP0268919A3 EP0268919A3 (en) 1989-03-22
EP0268919B1 EP0268919B1 (fr) 1993-02-17

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EP (1) EP0268919B1 (fr)
JP (1) JPH0620892B2 (fr)
BR (1) BR8706406A (fr)
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CN102963553A (zh) * 2012-12-13 2013-03-13 广东中烟工业有限责任公司 一种条包烟玻璃纸检测方法和装置

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EP0268919B1 (fr) 1993-02-17
DE3640491A1 (de) 1988-06-09
JPS63152515A (ja) 1988-06-25
JPH0620892B2 (ja) 1994-03-23
BR8706406A (pt) 1988-07-19
EP0268919A3 (en) 1989-03-22
US4931633A (en) 1990-06-05
CA1304727C (fr) 1992-07-07

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