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EP0433761B1
EP0433761B1 EP90123270A EP90123270A EP0433761B1 EP 0433761 B1 EP0433761 B1 EP 0433761B1 EP 90123270 A EP90123270 A EP 90123270A EP 90123270 A EP90123270 A EP 90123270A EP 0433761 B1 EP0433761 B1 EP 0433761B1
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  • the invention relates to a machine for packaging cigarettes in hinged-lid packs with a cigarette funnel, from which cigarettes can each be pushed into cells of a block turret, with the block turret being followed by conveyors having cells, which are provided with inner paper, frame and outer paper feeds as well as folding, gluing and and transfer devices are coupled and which are followed by a transfer turret and a multi-row drying turret, a slide for pushing parcels out of the transfer turret into a first row of the drying turret and optionally a further slide for pushing parcels from the first and a further row into one subsequent row of the drying turret or from the last row is provided on a conveyor.
  • hinged-lid packs It is known to pack cigarettes in hinged-lid packs, so-called hinged-lid packs.
  • a block of cigarettes to be packed is first wrapped in inner paper and the inner package thus formed is accommodated in a hinged-lid box, which is folded and glued from a corresponding blank.
  • the removal area for the cigarettes from the hinged lid box is surrounded by a frame on three sides, which is formed from a separate blank and glued to the blank for the hinged lid box.
  • machines are known, for example, from DE-C-3 046 063, which have a cigarette funnel from which cigarettes can be pushed into cells of a block revolver, the revolver having cells, which are equipped with inner paper, and outer paper feeds as well as folding, gluing and transfer devices (slider) coupled are connected downstream, which in turn is followed by a usually multi-row dry turret.
  • the packets formed are pushed into a first row of the drying turret in order to be pushed out into further rows after a corresponding circulation and after a sufficient drying time to be pushed out.
  • the packaging speeds achieved with such machines are indeed very high, approximately 400 packets per minute or more, but the performance can hardly be increased significantly by increasing the packaging speed.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a machine of the type mentioned, which allows greater performance with good operability and gentle cigarette handling.
  • the cigarette funnel has four outlets for filling cells from two block revolvers, the two block revolvers being followed by two parallel first transport chains coupled to an inner paper station and folding elements for the inner paper around the cigarette block to form inner packets, which are arranged on the delivery side adjacent to a first belt conveyor arranged transversely thereto, parallel to the first belt conveyor, a second belt conveyor with an overlapping upper and lower strand area between them and a third belt conveyor with an overlapping upper and lower strand area of the second and third belt conveyor, whereby between the first and second belt conveyors are provided with a transfer station for two inner packages, into which two frame feeds open in such a way that two frames between the cells of the two belts located opposite one another in the transfer station positioned and pressed during the transfer by the inner packages into the cells of the second belt conveyor, and the third belt conveyor is coupled with two plungers for pushing in an outer paper blank from an outer paper feed into a cell of the third belt conveyor and with a transfer station for two of one Provide the inner packs encompass
  • a gentle cigarette treatment can also be ensured by taking precautions where axial sliding is over to act only on the filter side of the cigarette and not suddenly.
  • FIG. 1a and 1b schematically show a front view of a machine for packaging cigarettes in hinged-lid packs.
  • FIG. 2a to 2d schematically show the machine of Fig. 1 in plan view.
  • the machine shown comprises a cigarette funnel 2 arranged on the machine frame 1 with a total of four outlets 3, into which shafts 4 each open a substantially vertical row of cigarettes.
  • vibrating rollers 5 or the like are. arranged to support a corresponding slipping of the cigarettes towards the outlets 3.
  • the cigarettes are pushed out of the outlets 3 into cells 6 of two block revolvers 7 with the aid of slides (not shown).
  • the cigarettes are inserted alternately from two adjacent outlets 3, with every second cell 6 being filled from one outlet 3 and the cell 6 which remains empty therebetween being filled from the other outlet 3 after further clocking.
  • the block turret 7, in the area of a cigarette control can be provided, can be rotated in opposite directions and their cells 6, the longitudinal axes of which extend in the direction of the mutually parallel turret axes of rotation, are each in their lowest, horizontal position in a transfer position to two parallel, horizontally arranged transport chains 8 for those transferred by the block turrets 7 Blocks of cigarettes.
  • an inner paper station 9 is provided with an inner paper feed, change and cutting device, the inner paper being drawn off from one of two inner paper reels 10 arranged one above the other.
  • the respective inner paper section is folded around the respective cigarette block conveyed by the transport chains 8 by means of appropriate folders, wherein the inner packet formed in this way can optionally be closed at the head after transferring it to a cell of a belt conveyor 11.
  • the belt conveyor 11 is arranged at a right angle to the transport chains 8 and can be advanced by two cell divisions in each case. Its cells are aligned in the transfer station from the transport chains 8 to the belt conveyor 11 with the respective upper run of the transport chains 8 and are open both on the front side and on the outside. After the inner packages, which may have to be closed at the top, are conveyed to a transfer station to a further belt conveyor 12 having cells.
  • the belt conveyor 12 is located partially with its upper run below the lower run of the belt conveyor 11 and a belt conveyor 13 having third cells.
  • the three belt conveyors 11, 12, 13 are arranged horizontally in a vertical plane and are all open on the front and outside, with the longitudinal direction transverse cells arranged in the direction of transport.
  • a frame feed 14 opens into a frame inserting device 15, with which the frame 16 supplied by the frame feed device 14 is positioned between two pairs of cells of the two belt conveyors 11, 12 located one above the other, so that the frames 16 are pushed over when Inner packages from the cells of the belt conveyor 11 into the cells of the belt conveyor 12 by pushers (indicated as arrows 17) into the receiving cells of the belt conveyor 12, the inner package from below and encompassing the sides.
  • the frame feed 14 comprises four frame bobbins 18 and two bobbin changing and frame cutting stations.
  • the belt conveyor 13 there are two magazines 19 for cutting outer paper (Cardboard blanks), which are replenished via conveyor belts 20 which receive stacks 21 of outer paper blanks.
  • An outer paper blank 22 is removed from the bottom of each of the two magazines 19 at the same time and arranged above a cell of the belt conveyor 13 and pushed into the respective cell by means of a plunger (indicated as arrow 23).
  • the transfer of the inner packages partially encompassed by the frames takes place in a transfer station from the cells in the upper run of the belt conveyor 12 to the cells in the lower run of the belt conveyor 13 by means of a slide.
  • the outwardly projecting tabs in the head region of the outer paper blank are glued by a cross-gluing device 26, in order to then be folded and pressed on by a folding and pressing device 27.
  • the packs which are finally not sealed laterally, are then transferred in a further transfer station from the upper run of the belt conveyor 13 to two further transport chains 28 running perpendicular to them, in order to be guided along longitudinal gluing devices 29 and folding switches 30 for gluing and closing the packs in the side wall area.
  • the closed packages arrive in cells 31 from two coaxial transfer turrets 32, which are commonly rotatable and arranged such that two cells 31 in the transfer position are adjacent to one another and one above the other and in alignment with two cells 34 of the dry turret 33 are located.
  • the drying turret 33 is multi-row, in particular three-row, whereby after the parcels have been picked up by the transfer turrets 32, they are carried along by about 270 ° and then pushed into the second row by means of a corresponding double slide, whereby parcels simultaneously move from the second to the third row and from the third be pushed onto a conveyor 35.
  • the parcels have a sufficiently long duration of stay in the drying turret 33, of which only about 90 ° of the first row remain unused, i.e. in the case of three rows, a 2 3/4 circulation is guaranteed for each packet.
  • a central drive 36 is arranged in the machine frame 1, from which the individual drives for the individual machine units are derived.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Maschine zum Verpacken von Zigaretten in Klappdeckelpackungen mit einem Zigarettentrichter, aus dem Zigaretten jeweils in Zellen eines Blockrevolvers schiebbar sind, wobei dem Blockrevolver Zellen aufweisende Förderer nachgeschaltet sind, die mit Innenpapier-, Zargen- und Außenpapierzuführungen sowie Falt-, Beleim- und Übergabeeinrichtungen gekoppelt sind und denen sich ein Übergaberevolver und ein mehrreihiger Trockenrevolver anschließt, wobei ein Schieber zum Überschieben von Päckchen aus dem Übergaberevolver in eine erste Reihe des Trockenrevolver und gegebenenfalls ein weiterer Schieber zum Überschieben von Päckchen von der ersten bzw. einer weiteren Reihe in eine nachfolgende Reihe des Trockenrevolvers bzw. aus der letzten Reihe auf einen Abförderer vorgesehen ist.The invention relates to a machine for packaging cigarettes in hinged-lid packs with a cigarette funnel, from which cigarettes can each be pushed into cells of a block turret, with the block turret being followed by conveyors having cells, which are provided with inner paper, frame and outer paper feeds as well as folding, gluing and and transfer devices are coupled and which are followed by a transfer turret and a multi-row drying turret, a slide for pushing parcels out of the transfer turret into a first row of the drying turret and optionally a further slide for pushing parcels from the first and a further row into one subsequent row of the drying turret or from the last row is provided on a conveyor.

Es ist bekannt, Zigaretten in Klappdeckelpackungen, sogenannte hinged-lid-Packungen, zu verpacken. Hierzu wird ein zu verpackender Zigarettenblock zunächst in Innenpapier eingeschlagen und das so gebildete Innenpaket in einer Klappdeckelschachtel, die aus einem entsprechenden Zuschnitt gefaltet und geklebt wird, untergebracht. Der Entnahmebereich für die Zigaretten aus der Klappdeckelschachtel ist hierbei von einer Zarge auf drei Seiten umgeben, die aus einem getrennten Zuschnitt gebildet und mit dem Zuschnitt für die Klappdeckelschachtel verklebt wird.It is known to pack cigarettes in hinged-lid packs, so-called hinged-lid packs. For this purpose, a block of cigarettes to be packed is first wrapped in inner paper and the inner package thus formed is accommodated in a hinged-lid box, which is folded and glued from a corresponding blank. The removal area for the cigarettes from the hinged lid box is surrounded by a frame on three sides, which is formed from a separate blank and glued to the blank for the hinged lid box.

Um Zigaretten in dieser Weise zu verpacken, sind beispielsweise aus der DE-C-3 046 063 Maschinen bekannt, die einen Zigarettentrichter aufweisen, aus dem Zigaretten jeweils in Zellen eines Blockrevolvers schiebbar sind, dem Zellen aufweisende Revolver, die mit Innenpapier-, Zargen- und Außenpapierzuführungen sowie Falt-, Beleim- und Übergabeeinrichtungen (Schieber) gekoppelt sind, nachgeschaltet sind, denen wiederum ein gewöhnlich mehrreihiger Trockenrevolver folgt. Die gebildeten Päckchen werden in eine erste Reihe des Trockenrevolvers eingeschoben, um nach entsprechendem Umlauf in weitere Reihen weiter- und nach genügender Trocknungszeit ausgeschoben zu werden. Die mit derartigen Maschinen erreichten Verpackungsgeschwindigkeiten sind zwar recht hoch, ca. 400 Päckchen pro Minute oder mehr, jedoch läßt sich die Leistung durch Steigerung der Verpackungsgeschwindigkeit kaum mehr entscheidend steigern.In order to package cigarettes in this way, machines are known, for example, from DE-C-3 046 063, which have a cigarette funnel from which cigarettes can be pushed into cells of a block revolver, the revolver having cells, which are equipped with inner paper, and outer paper feeds as well as folding, gluing and transfer devices (slider) coupled are connected downstream, which in turn is followed by a usually multi-row dry turret. The packets formed are pushed into a first row of the drying turret in order to be pushed out into further rows after a corresponding circulation and after a sufficient drying time to be pushed out. The packaging speeds achieved with such machines are indeed very high, approximately 400 packets per minute or more, but the performance can hardly be increased significantly by increasing the packaging speed.

Zur Steigerung der Verpackungsgeschwindigkeit ist es beispielsweise aus der DE-A-3 639 994 (EP-A-268 917) bekannt, die Verpackungsmaschine zweibahnig aufzubauen. Hierbei befindet sich jedoch die Getriebeanordnung zwischen den beiden Verpackungsbahnen, so daß die Zugänglichkeit und Bedienbarkeit sowie die Überschaubarkeit beeinträchtigt sind, und die Zigarettentrichter sind unabhängig voneinander ausgebildet.To increase the packaging speed, it is known for example from DE-A-3 639 994 (EP-A-268 917) to construct the packaging machine in two lanes. Here, however, the gear arrangement is located between the two packaging lines, so that the accessibility and usability as well as the manageability are impaired, and the cigarette funnels are designed independently of one another.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist, eine Maschine der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, die bei guter Bedienbarkeit und schonender Zigarettenbehandlung eine größere Leistung ermöglicht.The object of the invention is to provide a machine of the type mentioned, which allows greater performance with good operability and gentle cigarette handling.

Diese Aufgabe wird dadurch gelöst, daß der Zigarettentrichter vier Auslässe zum Füllen von Zellen von zwei Blockrevolvern aufweist, wobei sich an die beiden Blockrevolver zwei parallele, mit einer Innenpapierstation und Faltorganen für das Innenpapier um den Zigarettenblock zur Bildung von Innenpaketen gekoppelte, erste Transportketten anschließen, die abgabeseitig benachbart zu einem quer dazu angeordneten, ersten Gurtförderer angeordnet sind, parallel zu dem ersten Gurtförderer ein zweiter Gurtförderer mit überlappendem Ober- und Untertrumbereich zwischen diesen sowie ein dritter Gurtförderer mit überlappendem Ober- und Untertrumbereich des zweiten und dritten Gurtförderers angeordnet sind, wobei zwischen dem ersten und zweiten Gurtförderer eine Übergabestation für jeweils zwei Innenpakete vorgesehen ist, in die zwei Zargenzuführungen derart münden, daß jeweils zwei Zargen zwischen den in der Übergabestation einander gegenüber befindlichen Zellen der beiden Gurtförderer positioniert und bei der Übergabe durch die Innenpakete in die Zellen des zweiten Gurtförderers gedrückt werden, und der dritte Gurtförderer mit zwei Stößeln zum Einstoßen jeweils eines Außenpapierzuschnitts von jeweils einer Außenpapierzuführung in eine Zelle des dritten Gurtförderers gekoppelt und mit einer Übergabestation für jeweils zwei von einer Zarge umgriffenen Innenpaketen vom zweiten Gurtförderer versehen sowie nachfolgenden Querbeleim- und Falteinrichtungen für in Querrichtung der Päckchen nach außen überstehende Abschnitte der Außenpapierzuschnitte gekoppelt ist, wobei sich an den dritten Gurtförderer zwei zu den ersten parallele, zweite Transportketten anschließen, die mit Längsbeleim- und Falteinrichtungen für in Längsrichtung der Päckchen nach außen überstehende Abschnitte der Außenpapierzuschnitte gekoppelt und abgabeseitig benachbart zu jeweils einem Übergaberevolver angeordnet sind, wobei ein Doppelschieber zum gleichzeitigen Überschieben von jeweils zwei Päckchen aus zwei Zellen der Übergaberevolver in den Trockenrevolver vorgesehen ist, wobei die Längsrichtung der Zellen der Gurtförderer quer und in Transportrichtung der Transportketten angeordnet ist und die Gurtförderer jeweils um zwei Zellenteilungen weitertaktbar sind.This object is achieved in that the cigarette funnel has four outlets for filling cells from two block revolvers, the two block revolvers being followed by two parallel first transport chains coupled to an inner paper station and folding elements for the inner paper around the cigarette block to form inner packets, which are arranged on the delivery side adjacent to a first belt conveyor arranged transversely thereto, parallel to the first belt conveyor, a second belt conveyor with an overlapping upper and lower strand area between them and a third belt conveyor with an overlapping upper and lower strand area of the second and third belt conveyor, whereby between the first and second belt conveyors are provided with a transfer station for two inner packages, into which two frame feeds open in such a way that two frames between the cells of the two belts located opposite one another in the transfer station positioned and pressed during the transfer by the inner packages into the cells of the second belt conveyor, and the third belt conveyor is coupled with two plungers for pushing in an outer paper blank from an outer paper feed into a cell of the third belt conveyor and with a transfer station for two of one Provide the inner packs encompassed by the frame with the second belt conveyor as well as the subsequent cross-gluing and folding devices for projecting outwards in the transverse direction of the packets Sections of the outer paper blanks are coupled, with the third belt conveyor being followed by two transport chains which are parallel to the first and which are coupled with longitudinal gluing and folding devices for sections of the outer paper blanks projecting outward in the longitudinal direction of the packets and are arranged on the delivery side adjacent to a transfer turret, wherein a double slide is provided for simultaneously pushing two packets from two cells of the transfer turret into the drying turret, the longitudinal direction of the cells of the belt conveyors being arranged transversely and in the direction of transport of the transport chains, and the belt conveyors being able to be advanced by two cell divisions.

Hierdurch wird eine doppelbahnig arbeitende Maschine geschaffen, die somit einen doppelten Ausstoß an Zigarettenpäckchen im Vergleich zu einer einbahnigen Maschine - gleiche Verpackungsgeschwindigkeit vorausgesetzt - liefert. Insbesondere ergibt sich gleichzeitig eine gut überschaubare und zugängliche und damit gut bedienbare Maschine, bei der im Störfall Störungen leicht behebbar und der die Verpackungsmaterialien leicht zuführbar sind. Auch eine schonende Zigarettenbehandlung kann gewährleistet werden, indem dort, wo axial überschoben wird, Vorkehrungen getroffen werden, um nur auf die Filterseite der Zigaretten und nicht schlagartig auf diese einzuwirken.This creates a double-lane machine that thus delivers twice the output of cigarette packets compared to a single-lane machine - provided the packaging speed is the same. In particular, this results in a clearly manageable and accessible and therefore easy-to-use machine, in which faults can be easily rectified in the event of a malfunction and the packaging materials can be easily fed. A gentle cigarette treatment can also be ensured by taking precautions where axial sliding is over to act only on the filter side of the cigarette and not suddenly.

Weitere Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind der nachfolgenden Beschreibung und den Unteransprüchen zu entnehmen.Further refinements of the invention can be found in the following description and the subclaims.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend anhand eines in den beigefügten Abbildungen dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels näher erläutert.The invention is explained below with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying figures.

Fig. 1a und 1b zeigen schematisch eine Frontansicht einer Maschine zum Verpacken von Zigaretten in Klappdeckelpackungen.1a and 1b schematically show a front view of a machine for packaging cigarettes in hinged-lid packs.

Fig. 2a bis 2d zeigen schematisch die Maschine von Fig. 1 in Draufsicht.2a to 2d schematically show the machine of Fig. 1 in plan view.

Die dargestellte Maschine umfaßt einen am Maschinengestell 1 angeordneten Zigarettentrichter 2 mit insgesamt vier Auslässen 3, in die Schächte 4 für jeweils eine im wesentlichen vertikale Zigarettenreihe münden. Im Zigarettentrichter sind Rüttelrollen 5 o.dgl. angeordnet, um ein entsprechendes Nachrutschen der Zigaretten zu den Auslässen 3 hin zu unterstützen.The machine shown comprises a cigarette funnel 2 arranged on the machine frame 1 with a total of four outlets 3, into which shafts 4 each open a substantially vertical row of cigarettes. In the cigarette funnel, vibrating rollers 5 or the like are. arranged to support a corresponding slipping of the cigarettes towards the outlets 3.

Die Zigaretten werden aus den Auslässen 3 jeweils in Zellen 6 von zwei Blockrevolvern 7 mit Hilfe von Schiebern (nicht dargestellt) geschoben. Das Einschieben der Zigaretten erfolgt hierbei abwechselnd aus jeweils zwei benachbarten Auslässen 3, wobei jede zweite Zelle 6 von einem Auslaß 3 her und die dazwischen leer verbliebene Zelle 6 nach dem Weitertakten vom anderen Auslaß 3 her gefüllt wird. Die Blockrevolver 7, in deren Bereich eine Zigarettenkontrolle vorgesehen sein kann, sind gegenläufig drehbar und ihre Zellen 6, deren Längsachsen sich in Richtung der zueinander parallelen Revolverdrehachsen erstrecken, befinden sich jeweils in ihrer untersten, horizontalen Position in einer Übergabeposition zu zwei parallelen, horizontal angeordneten Transportketten 8 für die von den Blockrevolvern 7 übergebenen Zigarettenblöcke.The cigarettes are pushed out of the outlets 3 into cells 6 of two block revolvers 7 with the aid of slides (not shown). The cigarettes are inserted alternately from two adjacent outlets 3, with every second cell 6 being filled from one outlet 3 and the cell 6 which remains empty therebetween being filled from the other outlet 3 after further clocking. The block turret 7, in the area of a cigarette control can be provided, can be rotated in opposite directions and their cells 6, the longitudinal axes of which extend in the direction of the mutually parallel turret axes of rotation, are each in their lowest, horizontal position in a transfer position to two parallel, horizontally arranged transport chains 8 for those transferred by the block turrets 7 Blocks of cigarettes.

Im Bereich jeder Transportkette 8 ist eine Innenpapierstation 9 mit einer Innenpapierzuführungs-, -wechsel- und -schneideinrichtung vorgesehen, wobei das Innenpapier jeweils von einer von zwei übereinander angeordneten Innenpapierbobinen 10 abgezogen wird. Der jeweilige Innenpapierabschnitt wird um den jeweiligen, von den Transportketten 8 geförderten Zigarettenblock durch entsprechende Falter gefaltet, wobei gegebenenfalls des kopfseitige Schließen des so gebildeten Innenpakets nach Übergabe hiervon an eine Zelle eines Gurtförderers 11 erfolgen kann.In the area of each transport chain 8, an inner paper station 9 is provided with an inner paper feed, change and cutting device, the inner paper being drawn off from one of two inner paper reels 10 arranged one above the other. The respective inner paper section is folded around the respective cigarette block conveyed by the transport chains 8 by means of appropriate folders, wherein the inner packet formed in this way can optionally be closed at the head after transferring it to a cell of a belt conveyor 11.

Der Gurtförderer 11 ist im rechten Winkel zu den Transportketten 8 angeordnet und ist jeweils um zwei Zellenteilungen weitertaktbar. Seine Zellen fluchten in der Übergabestation von den Transportketten 8 zu dem Gurtförderer 11 mit dem jeweiligen Obertrum der Transportketten 8 und sind sowohl stirnseitig als auch außenseitig offen. Nach dem gegebenenfalls vorzunehmenden kopfseitigen Schließen der Innenpakete werden diese in eine Übergabestation zu einem weiteren, Zellen aufweisenden Gurtförderer 12 gefördert. Der Gurtförderer 12 befindet sich teilweise mit seinem Obertrum unterhalb des Untertrum des Gurtförderers 11 und eines dritten Zellen aufweisenden Gurtförderers 13. Die drei Gurtförderer 11, 12, 13 sind horizontal in einer Vertikalebene angeordnet und besitzen sämtlich stirn- und außenseitig offene, mit der Längsrichtung quer zur Transportrichtung angeordnete Zellen.The belt conveyor 11 is arranged at a right angle to the transport chains 8 and can be advanced by two cell divisions in each case. Its cells are aligned in the transfer station from the transport chains 8 to the belt conveyor 11 with the respective upper run of the transport chains 8 and are open both on the front side and on the outside. After the inner packages, which may have to be closed at the top, are conveyed to a transfer station to a further belt conveyor 12 having cells. The belt conveyor 12 is located partially with its upper run below the lower run of the belt conveyor 11 and a belt conveyor 13 having third cells. The three belt conveyors 11, 12, 13 are arranged horizontally in a vertical plane and are all open on the front and outside, with the longitudinal direction transverse cells arranged in the direction of transport.

In der Übergabestation vom Gurtförderer 11 zum Gurtförderer 12 mündet eine Zargenzuführung 14 in einer Zargeneinlegeeinrichtung 15, mit der von der Zargenzuführeinrichtung 14 zugeführte Zargen 16 zwischen zwei Paare von übereinanderbefindliche Zellen der beiden Gurtförderer 11, 12 positioniert werden, so daß die Zargen 16 beim Überschieben der Innenpakete aus den Zellen des Gurtförderers 11 in die Zellen des Gurtförderers 12 durch Schieber (als Pfeile 17 angedeutet) in die aufnehmenden Zellen des Gurtförderers 12, das Innenpaket von unten und seitlich umgreifend, gedrückt werden. Die Zargenzuführung 14 umfaßt vier Zargenbobinen 18 sowie zwei Bobinenwechsel- und Zargenschneidstationen.In the transfer station from the belt conveyor 11 to the belt conveyor 12, a frame feed 14 opens into a frame inserting device 15, with which the frame 16 supplied by the frame feed device 14 is positioned between two pairs of cells of the two belt conveyors 11, 12 located one above the other, so that the frames 16 are pushed over when Inner packages from the cells of the belt conveyor 11 into the cells of the belt conveyor 12 by pushers (indicated as arrows 17) into the receiving cells of the belt conveyor 12, the inner package from below and encompassing the sides. The frame feed 14 comprises four frame bobbins 18 and two bobbin changing and frame cutting stations.

Oberhalb des Gurtförderers 13 befinden sich zwei Magazine 19 für Außenpapierzuschnitte (Kartonzuschnitte), die über Transportbänder 20, die Stapel 21 von Außenpapierzuschnitten aufnehmen, nachgefüllt werden. Aus den beiden Magazinen 19 wird jeweils gleichzeitig ein Außenpapierzuschnitt 22 bodenseitig entnommen und über einer Zelle des Gurtförderes 13 angeordnet sowie mittels eines Stößels (als Pfeil 23 angedeutet) in die jeweilige Zelle gestoßen. Nachdem die Außenpapierzuschnitte 22 eine Zipfelvorfalteinrichtung 24 passiert haben, erfolgt in einer Übergabestation die Übergabe der teilweise von den Zargen umgriffenen Innenpakete von den Zellen im Obertrum des Gurtförderers 12 zu den Zellen im Untertrum des Gurtförderers 13 mittels Schieber. Nach Passieren eines Zipfelumlegers 25 werden die nach außen überstehenden Lappen im Kopfbereich des Außenpapierzuschnitts durch eine Querbeleimeinrichtung 26 beleimt, um anschließend durch eine Falt- und Andrückeinrichtung 27 umgefaltet und angedrückt zu werden.Above the belt conveyor 13 there are two magazines 19 for cutting outer paper (Cardboard blanks), which are replenished via conveyor belts 20 which receive stacks 21 of outer paper blanks. An outer paper blank 22 is removed from the bottom of each of the two magazines 19 at the same time and arranged above a cell of the belt conveyor 13 and pushed into the respective cell by means of a plunger (indicated as arrow 23). After the outer paper blanks 22 have passed a corner pre-folding device 24, the transfer of the inner packages partially encompassed by the frames takes place in a transfer station from the cells in the upper run of the belt conveyor 12 to the cells in the lower run of the belt conveyor 13 by means of a slide. After passing through a corner flipper 25, the outwardly projecting tabs in the head region of the outer paper blank are glued by a cross-gluing device 26, in order to then be folded and pressed on by a folding and pressing device 27.

Die schließlich noch seitlich unverschlossenen Packungen werden anschließend in einer weiteren Übergabestation vom Obertrum des Gurtförderes 13 an zwei weitere, senkrecht dazu verlaufende Transportketten 28 übergeben, um entlang von Längsbeleimeinrichtungen 29 und Faltweichen 30 zum Verkleben und Schließen der Packungen im Seitenwandbereich geführt zu werden.The packs, which are finally not sealed laterally, are then transferred in a further transfer station from the upper run of the belt conveyor 13 to two further transport chains 28 running perpendicular to them, in order to be guided along longitudinal gluing devices 29 and folding switches 30 for gluing and closing the packs in the side wall area.

Von den Transportketten 28 gelangen die geschlossenen Pakete in Zellen 31 von zwei koaxialen Übergaberevolvern 32, die geläufig drehbar und derart angeordnet sind, daß sich jeweils zwei Zellen 31 in Übergabeposition zu einem Trockenrevolver 33 benachbart und übereinander angeordnet sowie mit zwei Zellen 34 des Trockenrevolvers 33 fluchtend befinden.From the transport chains 28, the closed packages arrive in cells 31 from two coaxial transfer turrets 32, which are commonly rotatable and arranged such that two cells 31 in the transfer position are adjacent to one another and one above the other and in alignment with two cells 34 of the dry turret 33 are located.

Der Trockenrevolver 33 ist mehrreihig, insbesondere dreireihig, wobei nach Aufnahme der Päckchen von den Übergaberevolvern 32 diese um etwa 270° mitgeführt und dann in die zweite Reihe mittels eines entsprechenden Doppelschiebers überschoben werden, wodurch gleichzeitig Päckchen aus der zweiten in die dritte Reihe und aus der dritten auf einen Abförderer 35 geschoben werden. Auf diese Weise haben die Päckchen eine genügend lange Aufenthaltsdauer im Trockenrevolver 33, von dem nur ca. 90° der ersten Reihe ungenutzt bleiben, d.h. bei Dreireihigkeit ein 2 3/4 Umlauf für jedes Päckchen gewährleistet wird.The drying turret 33 is multi-row, in particular three-row, whereby after the parcels have been picked up by the transfer turrets 32, they are carried along by about 270 ° and then pushed into the second row by means of a corresponding double slide, whereby parcels simultaneously move from the second to the third row and from the third be pushed onto a conveyor 35. In this way, the parcels have a sufficiently long duration of stay in the drying turret 33, of which only about 90 ° of the first row remain unused, i.e. in the case of three rows, a 2 3/4 circulation is guaranteed for each packet.

Im Maschinengestell 1 ist ein zentraler Antrieb 36 angeordnet, von dem die Einzelantriebe für die einzelnen Maschinenaggregate abgeleitet sind.A central drive 36 is arranged in the machine frame 1, from which the individual drives for the individual machine units are derived.

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  1. Machine for packaging cigarettes in hinge-lid packs, with a cigarette funnel (2), out of which cigarettes can be pushed respectively into cells (6) of a block turret (7), the block turret (7) being followed by conveyors (9, 11, 12, 13, 28) which have cells and which are coupled to inner-paper, collar and outer-paper feeds (9, 14, 19) and to folding, glue-coating and transfer devices (24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30) and downstream of which are a transfer turret (32) and a multi-row drying turret (33), a slide for pushing over packs from the transfer turret (32) into a first row of the drying turret (33) and, if appropriate, a further slide for pushing over packs from the first or a further row into a subsequent row of the drying turret (33) or from the last row onto a discharge conveyor (35) being provided, characterised in that the cigarette funnel (2) has four outlets (3) for the filling of cells (6) of two block turrets (7), the two block turrets (7) being followed by two parallel first transport chains (8) which are coupled to an inner-paper station (9) and members for folding the inner paper round the cigarette block to form inner packages and which, on the delivery side, are located adjacent to a first belt conveyor (11) arranged transversely thereto, there being arranged parallel to the first belt conveyor (11) a second belt conveyor (12) with an overlapping upper-strand and lower-strand region between them and a third belt conveyor (13) with an overlapping upper-strand and lower-strand region of the second and third belt conveyors (12, 13), there being provided between the first and second belt conveyors (11, 12) a transfer station for two respective inner packages, into which collar feeds (15) open in such a way that two respective collars (16) are positioned between the cells located opposite one another in the transfer station and belonging to the two belt conveyors (11, 12) and, during the transfer, are pressed into the cells of the second belt conveyor (12) by the inner packages, and the third belt conveyor (13) being coupled to two rams, each for ramming an outer-paper blank (22) from a respective outer-paper feed (19) into a cell of the third belt conveyor (13) and being provided with a transfer station for two respective inner packages, surrounded by a collar (16), from the second belt conveyor (12) as well as being coupled to subsequent transverse glue-coating and folding devices (26, 27) for outer-paper blank portions projecting outwards in the transverse direction of the packs, there being downstream of the third belt conveyor (13) two second transport chains (28) which are parallel to the first and which are coupled to longitudinal glue-coating and folding devices (29, 30) for outer-paper blank portions projecting outwards in the longitudinal direction of the packs and, on the delivery side, are arranged adjacent to a respective transfer turret (32), a double slide being provided for simultaneously pushing over two respective packs from two cells (31) of the transfer turrets (32) into the drying turret (33), the longitudinal direction of the cells of the belt conveyors (11, 12, 13) being arranged transversely and in the direction of transport of the transport chains (8, 28) and the belt conveyors (11, 12, 13) being respectively advanceable by two cell divisions.
  2. Machine according to Claim 1, characterised in that the two block turrets (7) are driven in opposite directions and have their transfer position relative to the first transport chains (8) in the lowest, horizontal, cell position.
  3. Machine according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the first and third belt conveyors (11, 13) are arranged next to one another and the second belt conveyor (12) is arranged under these and overlapping both of them.
  4. Machine according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the transfer turrets (32) are arranged next to one another, in such a way that their cells are arranged adjacent to and one above the other in the station for transfer to the following drying turret (33).
  5. Machine according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that it is U-shaped, as seen in a top view, the two side legs having the first and second transport chains (8, 28) respectively and the middle leg having the belt conveyors (11, 12, 13).
  6. Machine according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the outer-paper feed has two magazines-(19) for outer-paper blanks (22), into each of which opens a conveyor belt (20) for stacks (21) of outer-paper blanks (22).
  7. Machine according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the two collar feeds (14) each comprise two collar reels (18), a reel-changing station and a collar-cutting station.
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