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EP1795076B1 - Dispositif et procédure pour le transfert par lots de produits du tabac - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédure pour le transfert par lots de produits du tabac Download PDF

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EP1795076B1
EP1795076B1 EP06125020A EP06125020A EP1795076B1 EP 1795076 B1 EP1795076 B1 EP 1795076B1 EP 06125020 A EP06125020 A EP 06125020A EP 06125020 A EP06125020 A EP 06125020A EP 1795076 B1 EP1795076 B1 EP 1795076B1
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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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  • the present invention relates to a device and to a procedure for the transfer of tobacco products in batches.
  • the invention finds application to advantage in complete manufacturing lines for tobacco products, such as cigars, cigarettes and filter tips, and in particular for cigarettes; one typical instance, by way of example, would be the operation of directing the tobacco products in question from a maker to a packer or other wrapping machine.
  • cigarettes emerging from the maker are ordered in containers, known as trays, which will be stored in readiness before being emptied at an infeed station of the packer.
  • the single trays are filled by means of a hopper presenting a vertical back wall, and two fixed side walls extending divergently from top to bottom.
  • the aforementioned walls combine to delimit a top inlet opening in communication with a conveyor, on which tobacco products advance in a continuous flow toward the hopper, and a bottom discharge opening closed off by a movable shutter.
  • the hopper is emptied cyclically, whilst the flow through the inlet opening is continuous.
  • the hopper is filled by closing off the bottom discharge opening and allowing the cigarettes received from the conveyor to accumulate inside.
  • the hopper bottom is opened for a duration sufficient to allow the cigarettes to pass into the tray beneath, the tray also being lowered by degrees as the cigarettes are taken up.
  • the trays have to be filled at relatively high speed in order to keep up with the fast production tempo of the cigarette maker, and at the same time with special care, so that the cigarettes will not lose their ordered arrangement and suffer damage.
  • the massed cigarettes will lack compactness and lose their orderly arrangement, possibly assuming incorrect positions one relative to another, for example wrongly oriented, with axes no longer perpendicular to the back wall of the hopper but slightly askew, or even falling into a void and bending and breaking as a result.
  • FIG. 4691848 discloses a device for feeding cigarettes comprising at least one upstanding or inclined cigarette-guiding channel, which at both sides is delimited by at least one small belt, and along which the cigarettes coming from an overlying cigarette mass contained in a cigarette-feeding hopper descend in a horizontal disposition, and as a mass flow.
  • the sides of the lower mouth of the cigarette-guiding channel are bound by two endless conveyor members consisting of rollers set in a facing and reciprocally shiftable relation, and which are drawn apart by the thrust of the cigarettes and are moved into a position for opening the lower mouth of the cigarette-guiding channel.
  • the endless conveyor members are again moved, one towards the other, by the action of a spring, as soon as the thrust of the cigarettes ceases or decreases.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a device and a procedure for the batch transfer of tobacco products, such as will ensure that the products are handled with extreme care during the operation of filling the aforementioned trays.
  • the object of the invention is to design a device and a procedure that will allow of accurately monitoring and controlling both the rate at which the cigarettes flow into the hopper, and the pressure acting on the single cigarette while in the hopper and when transferred into a tray.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a device and a procedure for the batch transfer of tobacco products that will be compatible with high speed operation and allow an ordered arrangement of cigarettes massed in large quantities for loading into trays.
  • numeral 1 denotes a device, in its entirety, for transferring tobacco products 2 in batches, or lots, by means of containers 3 known commonly as trays, from a first processing unit 4 to a second processing unit 5, and in particular from a cigarette maker 4 to a cigarette packer 5.
  • containers 3 known commonly as trays
  • Both of the units 4 and 5 in question are of familiar embodiment and therefore illustrated only schematically.
  • the device 1 comprises a main conveyor 6 by which tobacco products, in this instance cigarettes 2, are carried from the cigarette maker 4 toward the packer 5 along a predetermined direction X; the conveyor 6 operates in conjunction with a unit for management of the containers 3, each of which is able to hold a plurality of cigarettes 2 arranged in ordered alignment.
  • the container management unit is neither shown nor described, but could be of the type disclosed in European patent application n° EP 06116470.3 or application n° EP 06116480.2 , both filed in the name of the present applicant.
  • each container 3 presents a rectangular bottom 7, of which the shorter side is matched substantially to the length of a single cigarette 2 and the longer side compasses several tens of the cigarettes 2 disposed side by side, also a main wall 8, likewise rectangular, set at right angles to the bottom 7 and joined along one longer side to a corresponding longer side of the bottom 7.
  • the cigarettes 2 lie with one end offered in contact to the main wall 8, which presents a shorter side compassing several tens of cigarettes 2 disposed side by side; thus, the container 3 will hold several thousands of cigarettes, arranged quincuncially.
  • the container 3 also presents two mutually opposed and parallel side walls 9 perpendicular to the bottom 7 and to the main wall 8, combining to delimit an opening 10 on the side opposite from the bottom 7, through which the container 3 can be filled and emptied, and an auxiliary opening 11 on the side opposite from the main wall 8.
  • the main conveyor 6 presents an opening 12 located intermediately along its length, directly above and communicating with a hopper denoted 13.
  • the main conveyor 6 comprises a first belt 14 looped around pulleys 15, extending between the cigarette maker 4 and the hopper 13 and presenting a top branch 16 on which cigarettes 2 emerging from the maker 4 are carried, lying side by side.
  • the hopper 13 comprises a back wall 22 and two side walls 23 delimiting a top inlet opening 24a aligned with the opening 12 in the conveyor 6.
  • the side walls 23 are mutually divergent, extending from the ends 20 and 21 of the belts 14 and 17 and spreading to a distance marginally less than the width of one container 3.
  • Each side wall 23 is also of width approximately equal to the length of one cigarette 2, so that the hopper 13 presents a bottom discharge opening 24b substantially identical in terms of outline and dimensions to the bottom 7 of the container 3.
  • This same opening 24b can be opened or closed by a shutter 25 of conventional embodiment, comprising a plurality of retaining bars 25a set perpendicular to the back wall 22 and arrayed side by side.
  • the bars 25a are capable of movement between an open position ( figures 1 , 3 , 4 and 6 ), in which the space between any two adjacent bars is sufficient to admit one cigarette 2, and a closed position ( figures 2 and 5 ) in which the bars 25a are drawn into close order by pivoting on respective offset axes and the cigarettes 2 are unable to pass between them.
  • the intermediate opening 12 of the conveyor 6 and the top opening 24a of the hopper 13 are linked via a duct 26 delimited by a pair of mutually opposed vertical walls 27 mounted to a fixed frame 28 of the device 1.
  • Numeral 29 denotes a support element located next to the hopper 13 and driven by a relative motor 30, shown schematically, of which the function is to carry and position a single container 3 during the filling cycle ( figures 4 to 6 ).
  • the support element 29 is traversable vertically between a first position ( figure 4 ) of proximity to the bottom opening 24b of the hopper 13 and a second position ( figure 6 ) distanced from the bottom opening 24b, thus allowing the container 3 to fill up gradually during its descent ( figure 5 ), as will be explained in the course of the specification.
  • Empty containers 3 are brought to the hopper 13 one at a time by the aforementioned management unit (not illustrated) in readiness for filling.
  • the container 3 is offered to the hopper 13 with the top opening 10 directed upwards, the auxiliary opening 11 facing the hopper 13, and the bottom 7 beneath the bottom discharge opening 24b, so that the hopper 13 is effectively positioned internally of the container 3 ( figure 4 ).
  • the hopper 13 is emptied by shifting the bars 25a of the shutter 25 to the open position so as to release the cigarettes 2, which drop through the bottom opening 24b onto the bottom 7 of the container 3; at the same time, the container 3 is lowered gradually to free more space ( figure 5 ).
  • the bars 25a of the shutter 25 return to the closed position ( figure 6 ) and the container 3 is directed toward a storage location while the hopper 13, still full, continues to receive cigarettes 2 from the conveyor 6.
  • the hopper 13 discharges cyclically whereas the incoming flow is continuous.
  • a motion-inducing mechanism 31 linked to the side walls 23 of the hopper 13, such as will actively vary the geometry of the selfsame side walls 23, and thus reproportion the internal volume of the hopper 13, according to the quantity of cigarettes 2 admitted.
  • the motion-inducing mechanism 31 comprises at least one sensor 32 able to monitor a parameter indicating the quantity of tobacco products 2 admitted to the hopper 13, an actuator 33 connected to the side walls 23, which are deformable, and a control unit 34 to which both the sensor 32 and the actuator 33 are connected.
  • the control unit 34 receives a signal S from the sensor 32 indicating the quantity of tobacco products 2 entering the hopper 13 and generates a signal C 1 by which the actuator 33 is piloted to vary the geometry of the side walls 23.
  • the variation in internal volume of the hopper 13 must be proportioned so as to avoid compression and degradation of the cigarettes 2, while at the same time ensuring the flow remains suitably compact, so that the cigarettes 2 do not lose their ordered alignment.
  • control unit 34 is also connected to the motor 30 of the support element 29 in such a way as to vary the rate of descent Vd of the selfsame element 29 ( figure 5 ) in response to the signal S received from the sensor 32, by generating a respective control signal denoted C 2 ( figure 1 ).
  • the senor 32 will be located near the conveyor 6 along the predetermined direction X followed by the cigarettes 2, above the top opening 24a of the hopper 13, so as to measure the rate of the flow.
  • the senor 32 is a feeler placed to measure the depth Sp of the flow of cigarettes 2 advancing along the conveyor 6 ( figure 3 ).
  • the feeler 32 comprises a finger 35 of which a first end 35a is coupled to the spindle 36 of a potentiometer such as will pick up any angular movement of a floating second end 35b.
  • the second end 35b appears substantially flat when seen in cross section, and is thus able to ride on the cigarettes 2 without damaging them.
  • the potentiometer is mounted above the conveyor 6 and over a zone 37 occupied by the advancing flow of cigarettes 2, with the spindle 36 set at right angles to the back wall 22 of the hopper 13.
  • the finger 35 is capable of movement between a first position, in which the second end 35b encroaches on the zone 37 occupied by the cigarettes 2, and a second position in which it is caused by a rise in level of the flow of cigarettes 2 to rotate through an angle ⁇ ( figure 3 ) determined by the depth Sp of the cigarettes 2 present on the conveyor 6 at the intermediate opening 12.
  • each of the side walls 23 of the hopper 13 comprises a flexible leaf 38.
  • a first end 38a of the leaf 38 is inserted slidably in a terminal portion 39 associated pivotably with the fixed frame 28 of the device 1 by way of an axis Y of rotation located near the top inlet opening 24a.
  • the leaf 38 also presents a second end 38b associated pivotably with the fixed frame 28 of the device 1 by way of a further axis W located near the bottom discharge opening 24b.
  • the actuator 33 comprises a pair of levers 40 flanking the hopper 13, each with a first end 40a hinged to the frame 28 and a second end 40b linked to a corresponding flexible leaf 38.
  • each lever 40 is coupled to a pivot 41 turning on an axis Z located alongside the axis Y of rotation of the terminal portion 39 aforementioned.
  • the second end 40b of the lever 40 is linked to a middle area 42 of the respective leaf 38 by way of a connecting rod 43 coupled pivotably to the lever 40 and attached hingedly to a lug 44 associated rigidly with the leaf 38.
  • Each of the levers 40 is connected to a motor 45 and rendered capable thus of angular movement on the pivot 41 at its first end 40a.
  • the motor 45 will consist preferably in a double acting pneumatic or fluid power cylinder 46 mounted horizontally near to the inlet opening 24a of the hopper 13 ( figures 1 and 2 ).
  • the cylinder 46 has a central body 47 slidably accommodating two mutually opposed rods 48 capable of movement in respective horizontal directions.
  • Each rod 48 carries a pin 49 engaging a socket 50 afforded by the first end 40a of the corresponding lever 40 and distanced from the rotational axis Z of the pivot 41.
  • a linear displacement of the rod 48 produces an angular movement of the lever 40 which, by way of the connecting rod 43, will either push or pull on the leaf 38 at the middle area 42 and cause it to arch.
  • control unit 34 In operation, with the hopper 13 filling up, the control unit 34 is programmed to position the two side walls 23 according to a prescribed law of deformation "Ld" that corresponds to a reference flow rate "Pr" of the cigarettes 2 advancing on the conveyor 6. At the same time, the control unit 34 also monitors the effective flow rate "Pe” by way of the sensor 32, comparing this value with the reference value "Pr” and, should the effective rate “Pe" differ from the reference rate "Pr", responds by adjusting the law of deformation "Ld”.
  • control unit 34 will apply no correction to the law "Ld” governing the increase in volume.
  • control unit 34 will alter the law "Ld” governing the increase in volume in such a way, for example, as to speed up the rate at which the side walls 23 are deformed.
  • the control unit 34 will alter the law "Ld” governing the increase in volume in such a way as to slow the rate at which the side walls 23 are deformed, for example, or to leave the walls 23 undeformed, or indeed to reduce the volume of the hopper 13 by causing the walls 23 to flex inwards.
  • the control unit 34 also governs the rate "Vd" at which the support element 29 descends during the step of emptying the hopper 13 and filling the container 3.
  • the container 3 is lowered according to a prescribed law of motion "Lm” that corresponds to the reference flow rate "Pr” of the cigarettes 2 advancing on the conveyor 6.
  • the control unit 34 senses the effective flow rate "Pe” by way of the sensor 32, comparing this value with the reference value "Pr", and should the effective rate "Pe” differ from the reference rate "Pr", responds by adjusting the law of motion "Lm".
  • the shutter 25 opens and the cigarettes 2 begin to drop into the container 3.
  • control unit 34 will alter the law of motion "Lm” in such a way as to increase the rate Vd at which the container 3 descends.
  • the control unit 34 will alter the law of motion "Lm” in such a way as to reduce the rate Vd at which the container 3 descends.
  • the function of monitoring the rate of descent Vd can also be performed simultaneously with that of monitoring the deformation of the side walls 23, applying a control logic that is more complex and not described here.
  • all of the monitoring and control operations are intended primarily to ensure that the pressure exerted on each cigarette 2 by the other cigarettes and by the walls of the hopper 13 remains constant, so that the cigarettes will not be crushed and damaged.

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  1. Un dispositif pour le transfert par lots de produits du tabac, comprenant une trémie (13) dotée d'une paroi arrière (22) et de deux parois latérales (23), déformables, qui se combinent pour délimiter une ouverture supérieure (24a) d'entrée des produits du tabac (2) et une ouverture inférieure (24b) de déchargement desdits produits du tabac (2), ainsi que d'un volet obturateur (25) destiné à ouvrir ou à fermer ladite ouverture inférieure (24b), ledit dispositif étant caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre un mécanisme d'actionnement (31) relié aux parois latérales (23) et destiné à faire varier activement la géométrie desdites parois latérales (23), en déformant ces mêmes deux parois latérales (23), afin d'adapter le volume intérieur de la trémie (13) à la quantité de produits du tabac (2) entrant par l'ouverture supérieure (24a).
  2. Le dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le mécanisme d'actionnement (31) comprend au moins un capteur (32) destiné à surveiller un paramètre indiquant la quantité de produits du tabac entrant dans la trémie (13), un actionneur (33) relié aux parois latérales (23), et une unité de contrôle (34) reliée audit au moins un capteur (32) et à l'actionneur (33) de manière à pouvoir recevoir un signal (S), en provenance dudit capteur (32), représentant le paramètre indiquant la quantité de produits du tabac (2) entrant dans la trémie (13), et à générer un signal (C) destiné à piloter l'actionneur (33) pour faire varier la géométrie des parois latérales (23).
  3. Le dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre un élément de support (29) supportant un contenant (3) devant être rempli avec les produits du tabac (2), et un moteur (30) destiné à mouvoir verticalement ledit élément de support (29) entre une première position proche de l'ouverture inférieure (24b) de la trémie (13) et une deuxième position éloignée de cette même ouverture inférieure (24b), de manière à permettre le remplissage du contenant (3) pendant le mouvement de l'élément de support (29) de la première position à la deuxième position.
  4. Le dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le moteur (30) est relié à l'unité de contrôle (34) de manière à ce que la vitesse de descente (Vd) de l'élément de support (29) puisse être modifiée sur la base du signal provenant du capteur (32) et représentant le paramètre indiquant la quantité de produits du tabac (2) entrant dans la trémie (13).
  5. Le dispositif selon la revendication 1, 2, 3 ou 4, caractérisé en ce que chacune des parois latérales (23) de la trémie (13) comprend une lame flexible (38).
  6. Le dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que chacune des parois latérales (23) comprend une portion terminale (39) associée de façon pivotante à un châssis fixe (28) à proximité de l'ouverture supérieure (24a) d'entrée, et la lame (38) présente une première extrémité (38a) insérée de façon coulissante dans ladite portion terminale (39) et une deuxième extrémité (38b) associée de façon pivotante audit châssis fixe (28) à proximité de l'ouverture inférieure (24b) de déchargement.
  7. Le dispositif selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que l'actionneur (33) comprend une paire de leviers (40) présentant, chacun, une première extrémité (40a) articulée au châssis fixe (28) et une deuxième extrémité (40b) reliée à une paroi latérale (23) respective, et au moins un moteur (45) destiné à mettre en rotation chaque levier (40) autour de la première extrémité (40a) respective.
  8. Le dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit au moins un moteur (45) de l'actionneur (33) comprend un vérin (46) pneumatique ou hydraulique à double effet.
  9. Le dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre un convoyeur (6) s'étendant le long d'une direction (X) prédéfinie entre une première unité (4) et une deuxième unité (5) de traitement des produits du tabac (2), et présentant une ouverture intermédiaire (12) située face à l'ouverture supérieure (24a) d'entrée de la trémie (13) afin de faire tomber lesdits produits du tabac (2) dans ladite trémie (13).
  10. Le dispositif selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que ledit au moins un capteur (32) est placé à proximité du convoyeur (6) en un point situé le long de la direction (X) prédéfinie.
  11. Le dispositif selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que ledit au moins un capteur (32) est placé au-dessus de l'ouverture (24a) d'entrée de la trémie (13).
  12. Le dispositif selon la revendication 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce que ledit au moins un capteur (32) comprend un palpeur servant à relever la profondeur (Sp) du flux de produits du tabac (2) avançant sur le convoyeur (6) dans la direction (X) prédéfinie.
  13. Une procédure pour le transfert par lots de produits du tabac, comprenant la phase consistant à alimenter un flux de produits du tabac (2) dans une trémie (13) dotée d'une paroi arrière (22) et de deux parois latérales (23), déformables, qui se combinent pour délimiter une ouverture supérieure (24a) d'entrée et une ouverture inférieure (24b) de déchargement desdits produits du tabac (2), ainsi que d'un volet obturateur (25) destiné à ouvrir ou à fermer ladite ouverture inférieure (24b), ladite procédure étant caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend l'autre phase consistant à faire varier activement la géométrie des parois latérales (23) et le volume intérieur de la trémie (13), en déformant ces mêmes deux parois latérales (23), de manière à augmenter ou à réduire le volume intérieur de la trémie (13), en fonction de la quantité de produits du tabac (2) entrant dans la trémie (13), par l'intermédiaire d'un mécanisme d'actionnement (31) relié auxdites parois latérales (23).
  14. La procédure selon la revendication 13, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend en outre les phases consistant à aligner un contenant (3) par rapport à l'ouverture inférieure (24b) de déchargement de la trémie (13), à actionner le volet obturateur (25) pour ouvrir l'ouverture inférieure (24b), à abaisser le contenant (3) pour permettre le passage des produits du tabac (2) de la trémie (13) dans le contenant (3) et à régler la vitesse de descente (Vd) du contenant (3) sur la base d'un paramètre indiquant la quantité de produits du tabac (2) entrant dans la trémie (13).
  15. La procédure selon la revendication 14, caractérisée en ce que la phase d'alimentation d'un flux de produits du tabac (2) dans la trémie (13) comprend la phase consistant à acheminer lesdits produits le long d'une direction (X) prédéfinie sur un convoyeur (6) qui s'étend entre une première unité (4) et une deuxième unité (5) de traitement des produits du tabac (2) et qui présente une ouverture intermédiaire (12) située face à l'ouverture supérieure (24a) d'entrée de la trémie (13) afin de faire tomber lesdits produits du tabac (2) dans ladite trémie (13).
  16. La procédure selon la revendication 15, caractérisée en ce que le paramètre indiquant la quantité de produits du tabac (2) entrant dans la trémie (13) est donné par le débit des produits du tabac (2) avançant sur le convoyeur (6).
  17. La procédure selon la revendication 16, caractérisée en ce que la phase de variation active de la géométrie des parois latérales comprend les phases consistant à déformer les parois latérales (23) selon une loi de déformation (Ld) prédéfinie correspondant à un débit de référence (Pr) des produits du tabac (2) avançant sur le convoyeur (6), à relever le débit réel (Pe) des produits du tabac (2) avançant sur le convoyeur (6), à comparer le débit réel (Pe) avec le débit de référence (Pr), et à faire varier la loi de déformation (Ld) si le débit réel (Pe) diffère du débit de référence (Pr).
  18. La procédure selon la revendication 17, caractérisée en ce que la phase de réglage de la vitesse de descente du contenant comprend les phases consistant à abaisser le contenant (3) selon une loi de mouvement (Lm) prédéfinie correspondant à un débit de référence (Pr) des produits du tabac (2) avançant sur le convoyeur (6), à relever le débit réel (Pe) des produits du tabac (2) avançant sur le convoyeur (6), à comparer le débit réel (Pe) avec le débit de référence (Pr), et à faire varier la loi de mouvement (Lm) si le débit réel (Pe) diffère du débit de référence (Pr).
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