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US20140157733A1
US20140157733A1 US13/920,578 US201313920578A US2014157733A1 US 20140157733 A1 US20140157733 A1 US 20140157733A1 US 201313920578 A US201313920578 A US 201313920578A US 2014157733 A1 US2014157733 A1 US 2014157733A1
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Matteo LENA
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    • 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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/06—Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
    • 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
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/04—Arranging, feeding, or orientating the cigarettes
    • B65B19/10—Arranging cigarettes in layers each comprising a predetermined number

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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for filling containers with rod-shaped articles.
  • this invention addresses the tobacco industry and has for an object an apparatus for filling containers, in particular cardboard boxes, with rod-shaped articles consisting, for example, of cigarettes, filters, filter tubes (tubes of paper with a filter at one end and designed to be filled with tobacco by the smoker).
  • the groups of cigarettes to be packed are usually formed using a vertical hopper into which the cigarettes are fed through an opening at the top of it.
  • the bottom portion of the hopper is divided into a plurality of mouths arranged side by side horizontally and each divided by a plurality of walls into substantially vertical channels arranged side by side horizontally and designed to receive respective stacks of cigarettes reciprocally superposed.
  • Groups of cigarettes, or layers which are then placed on top of one another to form the groups are pushed axially out of the hopper in succession from the bottom of each hopper mouth by suitable extractor elements which direct the groups to a packing station.
  • This invention has for an aim to provide an apparatus for filling containers with rod-shaped articles and which handles the articles much more gently than apparatuses known in the prior art.
  • the invention accordingly provides an apparatus for filling containers with rod-shaped articles, as described in the appended claims.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of an apparatus for filling containers with rod-shaped articles, made according to this invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are two schematic side views, partly in cross section, showing a part of the apparatus of FIGS. 1 and 2 in respective, different working situations;
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross section of some details of the apparatus of the preceding figures.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a vertical hopper 3 whose lower portion is equipped with at least one mouth 4 for dispensing cigarettes 2 and preferably subdivided into a plurality of mouths 4 positioned side by side horizontally (four in the embodiment illustrated).
  • Each mouth 4 is subdivided by a plurality of walls 5 substantially vertical and parallel to each other in a plurality of substantially vertical channels 6 positioned side by side horizontally, each of which is designed to accommodate internally a stack 7 of cigarettes 2 reciprocally superposed;
  • Extractor elements denoted in their entirety by the numeral 11 ( FIGS. 2-4 ) extract layers 12 of cigarettes 2 in succession from the bottom ends of the channels 6 , at the bottom portion of each mouth 4 of the hopper 3 , these layers being then reciprocally superposed inside containers 8 carried by a belt conveyor 9 , which directs the containers 8 to a further packing station of essentially known type schematically represented as a block 10 .
  • the belt conveyor 9 is spaced from the hopper 3 by a length exceeding the length of a cigarette 2 .
  • the extractor elements 11 comprise, for each mouth 4 of the hopper 3 , a supporting element consisting of a horizontal plate 13 positioned, at a zone where the cigarettes 2 are unloaded from the mouth 4 , below the bottom portion of the mouth 4 itself, and is connected to motor means (schematically represented as a block 13 ′) which are designed to impart horizontal alternating motion to the plate along a direction F perpendicular to the feed direction A of the upper transport branch 9 ′ of the belt conveyor 9 .
  • motor means (schematically represented as a block 13 ′) which are designed to impart horizontal alternating motion to the plate along a direction F perpendicular to the feed direction A of the upper transport branch 9 ′ of the belt conveyor 9 .
  • Each plate 13 has a length, measured along the direction A, substantially equal to the length of a bottom portion of the mouth 4 adjacent to it, and a length, measured along the direction F, exceeding twice the length of a cigarette 2 .
  • each plate 13 has a respective portion 14 , closest to the belt conveyor 9 , which is greater in length than a cigarette 2 positioned below the respective mouth 4 and, when extracted from the mouth 4 itself, situated between the mouth 4 and the belt conveyor 9 .
  • the upper surface of the plates 13 defines a plurality of horizontal grooves 15 parallel to the direction F and having substantially in section a substantially semi-circular shape with concavity facing upwards and diameter substantially equal to that of a cigarette 2 .
  • the grooves 15 extend substantially along the entire length of the plates 13 , in such a way as to affect the parts of the plates located below the bottom portions of the mouths 4 , as well as the parts of the plates outside these portions.
  • the transversal arrangement of the grooves 15 is such that each groove 15 is located exactly under the bottom end of a channel 6 and is vertically aligned with the channel 6 itself.
  • the upper surface of each groove 15 is provided with a plurality of holes which can be placed in communication with a suction source, not illustrated.
  • the transfer apparatus essentially comprises a drive or actuating device of basically known type, schematically represented as a block 17 , designed to move an articulated arm 18 (also of basically known type) connected thereto at one end of it The other end of the articulated arm 18 supports, through the agency of a connecting bar 19 , four pick-up elements, each consisting of a plate 20 .
  • the plates 20 which are equal in number to the number of mouths 4 of the hopper 3 , are provided on their undersides ( FIG. 5 ) with a plurality of horizontal grooves 21 parallel to the direction F and having in section a substantially semi-circular shape with concavity facing downwards and diameter substantially equal to that of a cigarette 2 .
  • the grooves 21 of each plate 20 are substantially equal in length to the cigarettes 2 and their number and transversal arrangement are the same as those of the aforementioned grooves 15 of the plates 13 , so that each plate 20 , in use and as will become clearer as this description continues, can be positioned on top of a respective plate 13 in such a way that the grooves 21 and the corresponding underlying grooves 15 are perfectly aligned.
  • the lower surface of each groove 21 is provided with a plurality of holes which can be placed in communication with a suction source, not illustrated.
  • each groove 15 holds down by suction the cigarette 2 adjacent to it, thus preventing unwanted movements.
  • the motor means 13 ′ then move the plates 13 along the horizontal direction F and bring them to the position, shown in FIG. 4 , where they are closest to the belt conveyor 9 .
  • the cigarettes 2 resting on the grooves 15 and held down thereon by suction, are extracted from the respective channels 6 and are carried out of the hopper 3 to form a layer 12 of cigarettes 2 on each of the plates 13 .
  • other cigarettes 2 move down the selfsame channels 6 onto the portions of the grooves 15 located under the channels 6 themselves to form further layers 12 .
  • the actuating device 17 moves the articulated arm 18 so as to bring a plate 20 above each plate 13 in such a way that the grooves 21 on the plates 20 are positioned in contact with respective cigarettes 2 carried by the grooves 15 of the plates 13 .
  • the suction applied through the grooves 15 is then switched off and the suction through the grooves 21 is switched on to “capture” the cigarettes 2 housed in the grooves 15 .
  • the actuating device 17 then moves the articulated arm 18 again, taking the plates 20 and the cigarettes 2 held by the plates 20 above respective containers 8 carried by the upper transport branch 9 ′ of the belt conveyor 9 .
  • each layer 12 of cigarettes 2 carried by a plate 20 is placed inside one of the containers 8 when the suction applied through the grooves 21 is switched off.
  • the plates 20 are then moved away from the containers 8 by the actuating device 17 and the plates 13 , after the cigarettes 2 have been removed from the respective grooves 15 as described above, are moved by the motor means 13 ′ back to the position initially considered, sliding under the cigarettes 2 waiting at the bottom of the channels 6 .
  • the belt conveyor 9 is then started in order to move the full containers 8 away from the filling zone and to convey to that zone the same number of empty containers 8 to be filled in their turn.

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CN115210144A (zh) * 2020-02-20 2022-10-18 吉地股份公司 填充无烟烟草的袋体的容器的设备和方法

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US5699896A (en) * 1994-05-11 1997-12-23 Sasib S.P.A Transfer device, and in particular, a packaging machine for cigarettes or the like, which is provided with the said transfer devices
US5730159A (en) * 1995-12-14 1998-03-24 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Unit for supplying layers of cigarettes
US5860427A (en) * 1996-08-20 1999-01-19 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Unit for forming group of cigarettes
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CN115210144A (zh) * 2020-02-20 2022-10-18 吉地股份公司 填充无烟烟草的袋体的容器的设备和方法

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