EP0615906A1 - Dispositif de contrôle de cigarettes - Google Patents

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EP0615906A1
EP0615906A1 EP94106036A EP94106036A EP0615906A1 EP 0615906 A1 EP0615906 A1 EP 0615906A1 EP 94106036 A EP94106036 A EP 94106036A EP 94106036 A EP94106036 A EP 94106036A EP 0615906 A1 EP0615906 A1 EP 0615906A1
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Heinz Focke
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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
    • 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 device for testing cigarettes in connection with a packaging machine, wherein rows of cigarettes lying one above the other are passed through a test unit and are tested in the region of upright test shafts of the same in a test zone by optoelectric test organs.
  • the present application is a divisional application to the application published under number EP-A-0 338 241. Reference is made to the content of the parent application mentioned.
  • cigarettes are checked for correct training, in particular for proper tobacco filling and - if applicable - for the presence of a filter. It makes sense to check the Cigarettes before the formation of cigarette groups as the contents of a pack of cigarettes. It is advisable to carry out the test in the area of a cigarette magazine or immediately before.
  • the object of the invention is to enable a change in the position of the test organs relative to the test wells or to the cigarettes.
  • Fig. 1 shows a cigarette magazine 10 in the design of the older patent application P 37 29 213.7.
  • a test unit 13 is arranged in an interior space delimited by side walls 11, 12 approximately halfway up the side walls 11, 12 converging upwards and downwards. In this cigarettes 14 are checked for correct training. Correctly designed cigarettes enter a cigarette store 15 below the test unit 13. Defective cigarettes, however, are ejected in the longitudinal direction in the area of the test unit 13.
  • the cigarette store 15 is located above magazine shafts 16 or above shaft groups 17 of such magazine shafts. At the lower ends of the magazine chutes 16, cigarette groups are ejected in the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes in accordance with the contents of a cigarette packet. This corresponds to the usual mode of operation of a cigarette magazine 10.
  • the cigarettes 14 are momentarily fixed in the test wells 18, in the exemplary embodiment shown by clamping fingers 25 arranged laterally in the test wells 18, each pressing a cigarette below the test level 22 against a test well wall 20.
  • the cigarettes of the row of cigarettes 19 temporarily rest on a support member, namely on supporting webs 26 of a comb-like, cross-movable cigarette carrier 27.
  • a support member namely on supporting webs 26 of a comb-like, cross-movable cigarette carrier 27.
  • the cigarette carrier 27 is moved transversely so that the supporting webs 26 extend below the test well walls 20. With simultaneous clamping of cigarettes by the clamping fingers 25, the two cigarettes located below the clamping fingers 25 can now get down into the cigarette store 15.
  • the checked cigarettes are transferred to the cigarette store 15 by free fall.
  • This is controlled by guide shafts 28 which are formed below the test unit 13 in the extension or continuation of the test shafts 18.
  • the guide shafts 28 are delimited by upright guide shaft walls 29, which continue downwards in the levels of the test shaft walls 20 and are of the same width.
  • the level of the cigarettes 14 in the area of the cigarette store 15 is checked, specifically by means of transverse control barriers (light barriers).
  • a lower control barrier 30 marks the permissible minimum level of cigarettes within the cigarette store 15. If the supply of cigarettes drops further, the subsequent packaging machine is switched off.
  • An upper control barrier 32 extends in the upper part of the guide shafts 28. If cigarettes are accumulated in the cigarette store 15 to such an extent that there is a backflow into the guide shafts 28 up to the control barrier 32, the supply of the cigarettes to the cigarette magazine 10 is interrupted.
  • the guide shaft walls 29 are provided with through holes 33 for the passage of the control barrier 32.
  • test organs are arranged in a special way, namely transmitter 23 and receiver 24.
  • 10 carriers are arranged on both sides of the cigarette magazine for holding all test organs.
  • the exemplary embodiments of the invention shown are test bars 38 (FIGS. 3, 4 and 5) and 39 (FIGS. 6 to 9).
  • the transmitters 23 and receivers 24 assigned to each cigarette 14 are arranged on these test bars 38, 39.
  • the cigarettes are checked according to the transmitted light principle.
  • Light-emitting transmitters 23 are attached to the ends of the cigarettes. These are assigned receivers 24 arranged laterally next to the cigarettes 14. In the present case, two receivers per cigarette 14 are arranged one above the other and on both sides of the cigarettes, to be precise adjacent to the end faces. A transmitter 23 accordingly acts on four receivers 24.
  • the test bars 38, 39 are comb-like because of the aforementioned test method.
  • the transmitters 23 are located in the region of depressions 40 (FIG. 9).
  • the receivers 24 are attached to transverse flanks 41 of comb-like projections 42.
  • the transmitters 23 and receiver 24 are connected to an electronic evaluation circuit, expediently within the hollow test bar 38, 39. Any error signals from the transmitter 23 and receiver 24 are evaluated by this and converted into control signals for a cigarette ejector (not shown).
  • the rear wall 35 of the cigarette magazine 10 and a front wall 43 made of transparent plastic in the present case are each provided with a recess 44 for the Passage of the test bars 38, 39 provided.
  • the test bars 38, 39 can be moved through the recess 44 to the facing ends of the cigarettes 14 in the test plane 22 by appropriate movement. So that the protrusion 42 of the comb-like test bar 38, 39 can enter the area between the adjacent cigarettes 14, the test shaft walls 20 are provided with a recess 45 in this area, namely adjacent to the recess 44. Due to the design of the inspection chamber walls 20 with a smaller width, this enables the protrusions 42 to enter between the cigarettes 14. As a result, the receivers 24 are arranged on the sides of the cigarettes.
  • test bars 38 can be moved transversely, for example in a horizontal plane.
  • test position FIG. 3
  • the test bar 38 with the projections 42 passes through the recess 44.
  • the test bars 38 can be retracted into a cleaning position according to FIG. 4.
  • cleaning brushes 46 are assigned to the test bars 38.
  • the arrangement is such that a series of elongated, upright cleaning brushes 46 engage each test bar 38.
  • the correspondingly designed cleaning brushes 46 enter the recesses 40 of the test bar 38 in such a way that the transmitters 23 arranged in the recesses 40 are cleaned as well as the receivers 24 on the flanks 41.
  • the cleaning is carried out by relative movement between the test bar 38 and the cleaning brushes 46, in the present case by moving the cleaning brushes 46 up and down.
  • brush holders 47, 48 which extend laterally next to the cigarette magazine 10, and that as downward-projecting organs.
  • the brush carriers 47, 48 are connected to one another at the ends next to the cigarette magazine 10 by a cross member 49.
  • This is connected to an upright lifting pin 50, on which the frame-like support structure consisting of brush holders 47, 48 and traverse 49 can be moved up and down by means of a sliding bush 51.
  • the latter can be driven in a suitable manner, for example by a push rod 52 that can be moved up and down (FIG. 2).
  • the test bar 39 is movable, namely pivoted.
  • the test bar 39 which is also designed as a hollow body, is provided at its ends with bearing pins 55 which are rotatably mounted in a cross member 56. This is connected to the cigarette magazine 10 or to the side walls 11 and 12.
  • a suitable rotary drive (gear drive) ensures a reciprocating, oscillating rotary movement of the bearing pin 55 and thus the test bar 39.
  • the movement of the test bars 39 takes place primarily for cleaning the transmitters 23 and receivers 24.
  • fixed cleaning brushes are assigned to the two test bars 39.
  • the cleaning brushes 57 are attached to the rear wall 35 and front wall 43 of the cigarette magazine 10, specifically at an angle pointing downwards.
  • a locking segment 58 is attached to the test bar 39. This fits into the recess 44.

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EP94106036A 1988-04-16 1989-03-11 Dispositif de contrÔle de cigarettes Expired - Lifetime EP0615906B1 (fr)

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DE3812689 1988-04-16
DE3812689A DE3812689A1 (de) 1988-04-16 1988-04-16 Vorrichtung zum pruefen von zigaretten
EP89104366A EP0338241B1 (fr) 1988-04-16 1989-03-11 Dispositif pour contrôler des cigarettes

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EP89104366.3 Division 1989-03-11
EP89104366A Division EP0338241B1 (fr) 1988-04-16 1989-03-11 Dispositif pour contrôler des cigarettes

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EP0615906A1 true EP0615906A1 (fr) 1994-09-21
EP0615906B1 EP0615906B1 (fr) 1999-05-19

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EP89104366A Expired - Lifetime EP0338241B1 (fr) 1988-04-16 1989-03-11 Dispositif pour contrôler des cigarettes
EP94106036A Expired - Lifetime EP0615906B1 (fr) 1988-04-16 1989-03-11 Dispositif de contrÔle de cigarettes

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EP (2) EP0338241B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2662026B2 (fr)
CN (1) CN1018910B (fr)
AU (1) AU624371B2 (fr)
BR (1) BR8901795A (fr)
CA (1) CA1333227C (fr)
DE (3) DE3812689A1 (fr)

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DE58909277D1 (de) 1995-07-13
EP0338241B1 (fr) 1995-06-07
JP2662026B2 (ja) 1997-10-08
AU3305589A (en) 1989-10-19
DE58909848D1 (de) 1999-06-24
CA1333227C (fr) 1994-11-29
EP0615906B1 (fr) 1999-05-19
DE3812689A1 (de) 1989-11-02
BR8901795A (pt) 1989-11-28
US4962629A (en) 1990-10-16
CN1038620A (zh) 1990-01-10
CN1018910B (zh) 1992-11-04
JPH01308710A (ja) 1989-12-13
EP0338241A3 (en) 1990-01-31
EP0338241A2 (fr) 1989-10-25

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