EP3590362B2 - Multisegment product manufacture for the tobacco processing industry - Google Patents

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EP3590362B2
EP3590362B2 EP19180922.7A EP19180922A EP3590362B2 EP 3590362 B2 EP3590362 B2 EP 3590362B2 EP 19180922 A EP19180922 A EP 19180922A EP 3590362 B2 EP3590362 B2 EP 3590362B2
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    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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  • the invention relates to a method for producing rod-shaped products from the tobacco processing industry.
  • the invention further relates to the use of a turning drum in a machine in the tobacco processing industry for producing rod-shaped products that comprise several segments.
  • the invention further relates to a machine for producing rod-shaped products from the tobacco processing industry, wherein the machine has a first product run in which a first rod-shaped product from the tobacco processing industry is or can be conveyed cross-axially from several segments and is or can be cut into a first and a second partial product, wherein the machine has a second product run in which a further rod-shaped product from the tobacco processing industry is or can be conveyed cross-axially, wherein the second product run is arranged behind the first product run in a conveying direction of the first product.
  • EP 3 231 300 A1 discloses a method for producing filter cigarettes, in which filter rods are conveyed transversely axially, are wrapped in the middle with a wrapping material, are cut through this wrapping material, are turned by 180° and are spaced apart longitudinally axially in order to then be fed to a filter attachment machine. This produces filter cigarettes that have a double wrapping material at their tobacco-side end.
  • WO 2014/064655 A2 and WO 2014/072953 A1 Processes and machines for producing tobacco products composed of three or more segments.
  • the tobacco processing industry increasingly requires a wide variety of rod-shaped products. These can include multi-segment filters, rod-shaped tobacco products to which filter segments or spacer segments are attached, or so-called heat-not-burn products.
  • the object of the present invention is to gently manufacture rod-shaped products for the tobacco processing industry, which consist of several segments, of which one of the sensitive segments is on the outside or is arranged at the end of the rod-shaped product.
  • a method, a use and a corresponding machine are to be specified.
  • the method according to the invention ensures that a sensitive segment which comes to lie on the outside after turning only comes to lie on the outside very late, so that little further processing or finishing work is required with this outer segment. Processing steps must be carried out. This means that such a sensitive or delicate segment is treated very gently.
  • the intermediate segment can comprise a single segment or several segments.
  • an intermediate segment can be combined from two external, similar segments and an intermediate, different segment.
  • a third product run can be provided, which provides the intermediate, different segment.
  • the joint turning of the intermediate segment and the first partial product takes place in such a way that the end faces of the intermediate segment and the first partial product which faced each other before turning continue to face each other after turning.
  • the second partial product is also turned so that the orientation of the second partial product is changed by 180° around a transverse axis.
  • the second partial product is turned such that the front side of the second partial product, which was on the outside before turning, faces a front side of the intermediate segment after turning.
  • the first and second partial products lie together in a trough of a conveyor element before and after turning, i.e. they are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal axial direction of the rod-shaped product. Turning preferably takes place on a turning drum.
  • the intermediate segment can be introduced very gently between the first and the second partial product without requiring a large sliding stroke in order to push the first partial product, the second partial product and the intermediate segment together.
  • drums for turning can also be used for turning, whereby within the scope of the invention several drums for turning are also to be understood as a turning drum.
  • a combination of a conveyor drum on which the two partial products and the intermediate segment are initially arranged in a trough, whereby, for example, the first partial product and the intermediate segment are removed from a conical drum and returned to the conveyor drum by another conical drum can be used.
  • Devices for turning rod-shaped products are, for example, in DE 34 45 945 A1 , EP 0 627 175 B1 and DE 199 20 760 A1 disclosed.
  • the first partial product, the intermediate segment and the second partial product are arranged coaxially to one another after turning.
  • the first rod-shaped product having at least three segments is cut in a first product run from a rod-shaped product having at least five segments and is then staggered in the first product run with other first rod-shaped products having at least three segments and arranged in transverse axial alignment.
  • a first product run is understood to mean in particular an arrangement of conveyor and processing drums by means of which, for example, rod-shaped products made up of several segments that are wrapped in a wrapping material are taken from a magazine, cut, then staggered and moved longitudinally so that they are aligned transversely, and then delivered to a conveyor drum or assembly drum, on which they are then cut again in the middle, for example, in order to subsequently carry out further processing steps.
  • a further processing step can be considered to be turning at least one of the cut rod-shaped products.
  • the second product run can have corresponding elements, such as conveyor and processing drums, and serves to process and convey an intermediate segment so that it is placed on the first partial product as a double-length product. The second product run can provide for the first partial product to be turned together with the intermediate segment.
  • a product run can also be made up of appropriate conveying and processing devices, by means of which filters or other rod-shaped products from the tobacco processing industry are taken from a magazine and are conveyed and processed accordingly in order to provide correspondingly long segments of this material.
  • a second product run can be provided in which a segment or intermediate segment is provided, which can be a filter segment of twice the usable length, for example.
  • the intermediate segment is fed to the first and second partial products in a second product run, wherein the intermediate segment is cut, staggered and arranged transversely axially aligned with further intermediate segments in particular in the second product run in order to then be applied to the first partial product.
  • the assembly of the first partial product, the intermediate segment and the second partial product is displaced longitudinally axially after the joint turning of the first partial product and the intermediate segment, so that the intermediate segment lies, in particular centrally, on a central process line which lies transversely axially to the conveyed rod-shaped products and partial products.
  • the object is further achieved by using a turning drum in a machine in the tobacco processing industry for producing rod-shaped products that comprise several segments, according to claim 9.
  • the turning drum is arranged at the end of a second product run or immediately behind the second product run, wherein a first product run arranged upstream of the second product run is provided, wherein the first product run is designed to process and transversely axially convey rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry that have several segments, wherein the processing is a transversely axial cutting of the rod-shaped products into a first and a second partial product, wherein the first and the second partial product each have at least two segments, wherein an intermediate segment is created or made available in the second product run, which is intended to be arranged on the outside of a rod-shaped product made available from the first product run and designed as a first partial product, so that the intermediate segment, after being turned together with the first partial product in the turning drum about a transverse axis by 180°, is arranged between two of the rod-shaped products made available from the first first
  • the second product run is the last product run in which a segment of the rod-shaped product of the tobacco processing industry is fed to further segments or rod-shaped sub-products.
  • the object is further achieved by a machine for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, wherein the machine has a first product run in which a first rod-shaped product of the tobacco processing industry is or can be conveyed transversely axially from several segments, and wherein the further rod-shaped product in the second product run can be or is applied to the first partial product from the outside, so that in a longitudinal axial direction of the products the sequence of further rod-shaped product, first partial product and second partial product results, wherein in a conveying direction of the first product the second product run is arranged behind the first product run, characterized in that at the end of the second product run or immediately after the second product run a turning drum is provided which is designed to receive the further rod-shaped product and the first partial product and to turn them by 180° about a transverse axis and to deposit them after turning in longitudinal axial alignment with the second partial product.
  • a cutting device is provided in the first product run for cutting, by means of which the first rod-shaped product is cut or can be cut transversely axially into the first and the second partial product, wherein downstream of the cutting device in particular a staggering device, in particular a staggering drum, and/or a pushing device, in particular a pushing drum, is or are provided.
  • the product runs have a plurality of drums, in particular conveyor drums and/or processing drums.
  • a spreading drum is provided in addition to the turning drum, the spreading drum being arranged upstream of the turning drum, the turning drum being directly connected to the spreading drum or only one further drum being arranged between the turning drum and the spreading drum, a very efficient and compact machine is possible.
  • the turning drum is designed to turn both the first partial product with the further rod-shaped product and the second partial product. This preferably takes place simultaneously, in such a way that the partial products arranged coaxially one behind the other and the further rod-shaped product are again arranged coaxially one behind the other after turning.
  • the product runs are designed as modules, wherein the conveying elements and processing elements of a product run are arranged in a common frame, scaffold and/or cabinet and have transfer units which are operatively connected to one another when two product runs are connected.
  • the further rod-shaped product can also be regarded as an intermediate segment.
  • Fig.1 shows a schematic view of a machine 10 according to the invention for producing rod-shaped products for the tobacco processing industry.
  • quadruple-length products 40 (see Fig.2 ) is removed by a removal drum 12.
  • the quadruple-length products 40 have five different segments, of which three segments are double-length in this case, for example.
  • the segments, i.e. the double-length and single-length segments 50, 52 can be: a tobacco rod, a hollow segment, an empty segment, a tube segment, a tobacco foil segment, a filter with activated carbon granulate or a filter element, for example a filter acetate element, which can also contain a capsule containing a flavoring.
  • the segment 50 can have a tobacco rod.
  • the segments in Fig.1 The organs shown, which are essentially designed as drums, are each rotated in the direction of the arrow.
  • the quadruple-length products 40 arranged in troughs and conveyed cross-axially are cut in the middle and transferred to a staggering drum 14.
  • double-length products 41, 41' are created.
  • the cut double-length products 41, 41' are staggered on the staggering drum 14.
  • the staggered double-length products 41, 41' are transferred to a sliding drum 15 and shifted there longitudinally axially so that they are arranged cross-axially one behind the other.
  • These double-length products 41, 41' arranged longitudinally axially one behind the other are delivered to a conveyor drum 16 and from there delivered to a cutting drum 17, on which the double-length products 41, 41' are cut in the middle by a circular knife 13.
  • the partial products 42, 42' are transferred from the cutting drum 17 to a conveyor drum 18.
  • the partial products 42, 42' are transferred from the conveyor drum 18 to an assembly drum 19, in which an intermediate segment 43 from a second product run 62 is placed on the outside of the first partial product 42.
  • the second product run 62 removes corresponding eight-fold long segments (not shown), for example filter segments, from a magazine or supply 21 by means of a removal drum 22.
  • the double-length segments are cut in the middle by circular knives 13 in order to be transferred to a staggering drum 24 and staggered there.
  • the intermediate segments 43 are then transferred to a sliding drum 25 and moved there in cross-axial alignment in the troughs of the sliding drum 25.
  • the intermediate segments 43 arranged in cross-axial alignment are then transferred to a conveyor drum 26 in order to be delivered from there to the assembly drum 19.
  • a rod-shaped product consisting of two partial products 42, 42' and an intermediate segment 43 is formed in the longitudinal axial direction, as shown in Fig.2 is clearly visible.
  • This assembly is transferred to a turning drum 20, on which the first partial product 42 is turned together with the intermediate segment 43 and, in addition, the second partial product 42' is also turned.
  • the assembly turned in this way is transferred to a conveyor drum 29 and then to a conveyor drum 33, on which the assembly is first pushed together in order to then attach a tipping paper 44 to the assembly of partial products 42, 42' and the intermediate segment 43.
  • a tipping paper strip 30 is guided over a suction roller 32, cut into tipping paper sections 44 by means of a cutting device 31 and attached to rod-shaped products in the known manner.
  • This structure of partial products 42, 42', the intermediate segment 43 and the tipping paper 44 is then transferred to a roller drum 34 and conveyed into the area of the roller element 39 in order to wrap the tipping paper 44 completely around the partial product 42, 42' and the intermediate segment 43.
  • a part of the segment 50 of each partial product 42 and 42' as well as the complete intermediate segment 43 is wrapped by the covering paper 44.
  • This double-length end product is then transferred to a conveyor drum 35, then transferred to a cutting drum 36 and cut in the middle by means of a circular knife 13 into the end products 45 and 45', which are then transferred to a spreading drum 37, whereby a turning drum 38 ensures that each end product 45' is turned by 180° and arranged accordingly in alignment with the other end products 45.
  • DE 34 45 945 A1 EP 0 627 175 B1 and DE 199 20 760 A1 .
  • Fig.3 shows another embodiment of a machine for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, whereby in comparison to Fig.1 Instead of a conveyor drum 18, a spreading drum 27 is provided.
  • the partial products 42 and 42' are spaced apart from one another or pulled apart longitudinally.
  • the intermediate segment 43 is then placed on the outside of the first partial product 42 and the combination of the first partial product 42 and the intermediate segment is turned by 180° on the turning drum 20 and the second partial product 42' is also turned by 180° on the turning drum 20. After turning, the intermediate segment 43 is at a distance from the second partial product 42'. This distance is reduced in a subsequent sliding drum 28, wherein the combination of the first partial product 42, intermediate segment 43 and second partial product 42' is also longitudinally displaced or tumbled so far that the intermediate segment 43 is arranged centrally in a process center of the machine 10.
  • the turning of the combination of the first partial product 42 and the intermediate segment 43 can also be carried out in such a way that it occurs around a transverse axis which is not centrally arranged in this combination, so that after turning the distance between the intermediate segment 43 and the second partial product 42' is essentially zero.
  • a covering paper 44 is wrapped around the intermediate segment and a part of the first and second partial products 42, 42'.
  • a turning drum or turning device disclosed in the aforementioned prior art documents can be used as the turning drum or turning device, which is indicated schematically in the exemplary embodiments.
  • Spreading drums are known from the prior art to those skilled in the art.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Herstellen von stabförmigen Produkten der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie. Die Erfindung betrifft ferner die Verwendung einer Wendetrommel in einer Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie zur Herstellung von stabförmigen Produkten, die mehrere Segmente umfassen. Ferner betrifft die Erfindung eine Maschine zur Herstellung von stabförmigen Produkten der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, wobei die Maschine einen ersten Produktlauf aufweist, in dem ein erstes stabförmiges Produkt der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie aus mehreren Segmenten queraxial gefördert wird oder förderbar ist, und in ein erstes und ein zweites Teilprodukt geschnitten wird oder schneidbar ist, wobei die Maschine einen zweiten Produktlauf aufweist, in dem ein weiteres stabförmiges Produkt der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie queraxial gefördert wird oder förderbar ist, wobei in einer Förderrichtung des ersten Produkts der zweite Produktlauf hinter dem ersten Produktlauf angeordnet ist.The invention relates to a method for producing rod-shaped products from the tobacco processing industry. The invention further relates to the use of a turning drum in a machine in the tobacco processing industry for producing rod-shaped products that comprise several segments. The invention further relates to a machine for producing rod-shaped products from the tobacco processing industry, wherein the machine has a first product run in which a first rod-shaped product from the tobacco processing industry is or can be conveyed cross-axially from several segments and is or can be cut into a first and a second partial product, wherein the machine has a second product run in which a further rod-shaped product from the tobacco processing industry is or can be conveyed cross-axially, wherein the second product run is arranged behind the first product run in a conveying direction of the first product.

EP 3 231 300 A1 offenbart ein Verfahren zur Herstellung von Filterzigaretten, bei dem Filterstöcke queraxial gefördert werden, mittig mit einem Umhüllungsmaterial umhüllt werden, durch dieses Umhüllungsmaterial geschnitten werden, um 180° gewendet und längsaxial voneinander beabstandet werden, um anschließend einer Filteransetzmaschine zugeführt zu werden. Hierdurch werden Filterzigaretten hergestellt, die an deren tabakseitigem Ende ein doppeltes Umhüllungsmaterial aufweisen. EP 3 231 300 A1 discloses a method for producing filter cigarettes, in which filter rods are conveyed transversely axially, are wrapped in the middle with a wrapping material, are cut through this wrapping material, are turned by 180° and are spaced apart longitudinally axially in order to then be fed to a filter attachment machine. This produces filter cigarettes that have a double wrapping material at their tobacco-side end.

Des weiteren zeigen WO 2014/064655 A2 und WO 2014/072953 A1 Verfahren und Maschinen zur Herstellung von Tabakwaren, welche aus drei oder mehreren Segmenten zusammengesetzt sind.Furthermore, WO 2014/064655 A2 and WO 2014/072953 A1 Processes and machines for producing tobacco products composed of three or more segments.

In der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie werden zusehends verschiedenste stabförmige Produkte benötigt. Hierbei kann es sich unter anderem um Multisegmentfilter, stabförmige Tabakprodukte, an die Filtersegmente oder Abstandssegmente angebracht sind, oder sogenannte Heat-not-burn Produkte handeln.The tobacco processing industry increasingly requires a wide variety of rod-shaped products. These can include multi-segment filters, rod-shaped tobacco products to which filter segments or spacer segments are attached, or so-called heat-not-burn products.

Insbesondere bei sehr empfindlichen Segmenten, die am äußersten Ende eines stabförmigen Produkts liegen, kann die Bearbeitung bzw. Verarbeitung in vielen Förderorganen zu Beschädigungen bzw. Qualitätseinbußen führen.Particularly in the case of very sensitive segments located at the outermost end of a rod-shaped product, machining or processing in many conveying devices can lead to damage or loss of quality.

Es ist Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung, stabförmige Produkte der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, die aus mehreren Segmenten bestehen, von denen eines der empfindlichen Segmente außenliegend ist bzw. zum Ende des stabförmigen Produkts angeordnet ist, schonend herzustellen. Hierzu soll ein Verfahren, eine Verwendung und eine entsprechende Maschine angegeben werden.The object of the present invention is to gently manufacture rod-shaped products for the tobacco processing industry, which consist of several segments, of which one of the sensitive segments is on the outside or is arranged at the end of the rod-shaped product. For this purpose, a method, a use and a corresponding machine are to be specified.

Gelöst wird diese Aufgabe durch ein Verfahren zum Herstellen von stabförmigen Produkten der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie mit den folgenden Verfahrensschritten:

  • gemäß einer ersten Variante:
    • Zuführen eines ersten stabförmigen Produkts der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie zu einer das erste Produkt queraxial fördernden Fördervorrichtung, wobei das erste Produkt wenigstens drei Segmente aufweist und wobei das erste Produkt mit einem Umhüllungsmaterial umhüllt ist,
    • queraxiales Schneiden des ersten Produkts in ein erstes und ein zweites Teilprodukt, wobei das erste und das zweite Teilprodukt jeweils wenigstens zwei Segmente aufweisen,
    • Anlegen eines Zwischensegments an das erste Teilprodukt, so dass in längsaxialer Richtung das Zwischensegment, das erste Teilprodukt und dann das zweite Teilprodukt hintereinander angeordnet sind, oder
  • gemäß einer zweiten Variante:
    • Zuführen eines Zwischensegments zu einer das Zwischensegment queraxial fördernden Fördervorrichtung,
    • Fördern eines ersten stabförmigen Produkts der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie in einer das erste Produkt queraxial fördernden Fördervorrichtung, wobei das erste Produkt wenigstens drei Segmente aufweist und wobei das erste Produkt mit einem Umhüllungsmaterial umhüllt ist,
    • queraxiales Schneiden des ersten Produkts in ein erstes und ein zweites Teilprodukt, wobei das erste und das zweite Teilprodukt jeweils wenigstens zwei Segmente aufweisen,
    • Anlegen der Teilprodukte an ein Ende des Zwischensegments, wobei das erste Teilprodukt an dem Zwischensegment zur Anlage gebracht wird,
    wobei gemäß beiden Varianten die folgenden weiteren Verfahrensschritte ausgeführt werden:
    • gemeinsames Wenden des Zwischensegments und des ersten Teilprodukts, um die Orientierung des Zwischensegments und des ersten Teilprodukts um eine Querachse um 180° zu ändern, und
    • Umwickeln des Zwischensegments und wenigstens eines Teils der an das Zwischensegment angrenzenden Segmente des ersten und des zweiten Teilprodukts mit einem weiteren Umhüllungsmaterial.
This task is solved by a process for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry with the following process steps:
  • according to a first variant:
    • Feeding a first rod-shaped product of the tobacco processing industry to a conveyor device which conveys the first product transversely axially, wherein the first product has at least three segments and wherein the first product is wrapped with a wrapping material,
    • cutting the first product transversely into a first and a second partial product, wherein the first and the second partial product each have at least two segments,
    • Attaching an intermediate segment to the first partial product so that the intermediate segment, the first partial product and then the second partial product are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal axial direction, or
  • according to a second variant:
    • Feeding an intermediate segment to a conveyor device that conveys the intermediate segment transversely,
    • Conveying a first rod-shaped product of the tobacco processing industry in a conveyor device which conveys the first product transversely axially, wherein the first product has at least three segments and wherein the first product is wrapped with a wrapping material,
    • cutting the first product transversely into a first and a second partial product, wherein the first and the second partial product each have at least two segments,
    • Placing the partial products at one end of the intermediate segment, whereby the first partial product is placed at the intermediate segment,
    According to both variants, the following further process steps are carried out:
    • turning the intermediate segment and the first partial product together to change the orientation of the intermediate segment and the first partial product about a transverse axis by 180°, and
    • Wrapping the intermediate segment and at least a portion of the segments of the first and second partial products adjacent to the intermediate segment with a further wrapping material.

Durch das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren wird erreicht, dass ein empfindliches Segment, das nach dem Wenden außen zu liegen kommt, erst sehr spät nach außen zu liegen kommt, so dass mit diesem außenliegenden Segment wenige weitere Verarbeitungs- bzw. Bearbeitungsschritte durchgeführt werden müssen. Hierdurch wird ein derartiges sensibles bzw. empfindliches Segment sehr schonend behandelt.The method according to the invention ensures that a sensitive segment which comes to lie on the outside after turning only comes to lie on the outside very late, so that little further processing or finishing work is required with this outer segment. Processing steps must be carried out. This means that such a sensitive or delicate segment is treated very gently.

Das Zwischensegment kann im Rahmen der Erfindung ein einzelnes Segment oder mehrere Segmente umfassen. Beispielsweise kann ein Zwischensegment aus zwei außenliegenden gleichartigen Segmenten und ein dazwischenliegendes andersartiges Segment kombiniert sein. Um das kombinierte Zwischensegment zur Verfügung zu stellen, kann ein dritter Produktlauf vorgesehen sein, der das dazwischenliegende andersartige Segment zur Verfügung stellt.Within the scope of the invention, the intermediate segment can comprise a single segment or several segments. For example, an intermediate segment can be combined from two external, similar segments and an intermediate, different segment. In order to provide the combined intermediate segment, a third product run can be provided, which provides the intermediate, different segment.

Das gemeinsame Wenden des Zwischensegments und des ersten Teilprodukts geschieht im Rahmen der Erfindung so, dass die vor dem Wenden einander zugewandten Stirnseiten des Zwischensegments und des ersten Teilprodukts nach dem Wenden weiterhin einander zugewandt sind.Within the scope of the invention, the joint turning of the intermediate segment and the first partial product takes place in such a way that the end faces of the intermediate segment and the first partial product which faced each other before turning continue to face each other after turning.

Vorzugsweise wird auch das zweite Teilprodukt gewendet, so dass die Orientierung des zweiten Teilprodukts um eine Querachse um 180° geändert wird. Das Wenden des zweiten Teilprodukts geschieht im Rahmen dieser Anmeldung so, dass die Stirnseite des zweiten Teilprodukts, die vor dem Wenden außen lag, nach dem Wenden einer Stirnseite des Zwischensegments zugewandt ist.Preferably, the second partial product is also turned so that the orientation of the second partial product is changed by 180° around a transverse axis. In the context of this application, the second partial product is turned such that the front side of the second partial product, which was on the outside before turning, faces a front side of the intermediate segment after turning.

Das Wenden um eine Querachse um 180° ist im Rahmen der Erfindung ein Wenden um eine Querachse, also einer zu einer Längsachse des ersten oder zweiten Teilprodukts oder des Zwischensegments orthogonalen Achse. Im Rahmen der Erfindung kann ein Wenden des zweiten Teilprodukts und ein gleichzeitiges Wenden des ersten Teilprodukts mit dem Zwischensegment auch ein Staffeln, aneinander Vorbeischieben und Zurückstaffeln des zweiten Teilprodukts mit dem ersten Teilprodukt in Kombination mit dem Zwischensegment sein.Within the scope of the invention, turning around a transverse axis by 180° is a turning around a transverse axis, i.e. an axis orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the first or second partial product or the intermediate segment. Within the scope of the invention, turning the second partial product and simultaneously turning the first partial product with the intermediate segment can also be staggering, pushing past each other and staggering back the second partial product with the first partial product in combination with the intermediate segment.

Vorzugsweise liegen das erste und zweite Teilprodukt vor und nach dem Wenden gemeinsam in einer Mulde eines Förderorgans, sind also in längsaxialer Richtung des stabförmigen Produkts hintereinander angeordnet. Vorzugsweise geschieht das Wenden auf einer Wendetrommel.Preferably, the first and second partial products lie together in a trough of a conveyor element before and after turning, i.e. they are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal axial direction of the rod-shaped product. Turning preferably takes place on a turning drum.

Wenn vorzugsweise vor dem Anlegen des Zwischensegments das erste und das zweite Teilprodukt, insbesondere wenigstens eine Länge des Zwischensegments, längsaxial zueinander beabstandet werden, kann sehr schonend das Zwischensegment zwischen das erste und das zweite Teilprodukt eingebracht werden, ohne einen großen Schiebehub zu benötigen, um das erste Teilprodukt, das zweite Teilprodukt und das Zwischensegment zusammenzuschieben.If the first and the second partial product, in particular at least a length of the intermediate segment, are spaced apart from one another longitudinally axially, preferably before the intermediate segment is applied, the intermediate segment can be introduced very gently between the first and the second partial product without requiring a large sliding stroke in order to push the first partial product, the second partial product and the intermediate segment together.

Alternativ zu einer Wendetrommel können auch mehrere Trommeln zum Wenden eingesetzt werden, wobei im Rahmen der Erfindung mehrere Trommeln zum Wenden auch als Wendetrommel zu verstehen sind. So kann beispielsweise eine Kombination einer Fördertrommel, auf der zunächst die beiden Teilprodukte und das Zwischensegment in einer Mulde angeordnet sind, wobei beispielsweise das erste Teilprodukt und das Zwischensegment von einer kegelförmigen Trommel abgenommen werden und von einer weiteren kegelförmigen Trommel wieder auf die Fördertrommel abgegeben werden, verwendet werden. Vorrichtungen zum Wenden von stabförmigen Produkten sind beispielsweise in DE 34 45 945 A1 , EP 0 627 175 B1 und DE 199 20 760 A1 offenbart.As an alternative to a turning drum, several drums can also be used for turning, whereby within the scope of the invention several drums for turning are also to be understood as a turning drum. For example, a combination of a conveyor drum on which the two partial products and the intermediate segment are initially arranged in a trough, whereby, for example, the first partial product and the intermediate segment are removed from a conical drum and returned to the conveyor drum by another conical drum, can be used. Devices for turning rod-shaped products are, for example, in DE 34 45 945 A1 , EP 0 627 175 B1 and DE 199 20 760 A1 disclosed.

Vorzugsweise sind das erste Teilprodukt, das Zwischensegment und das zweite Teilprodukt nach dem Wenden koaxial zueinander angeordnet.Preferably, the first partial product, the intermediate segment and the second partial product are arranged coaxially to one another after turning.

Vorzugsweise wird das wenigstens drei Segmente aufweisende erste stabförmige Produkt in einem ersten Produktlauf aus einem wenigsten fünf Segmente aufweisenden stabförmigen Produkt geschnitten und anschließend in dem ersten Produktlauf mit anderen wenigstens drei Segmente aufweisenden ersten stabförmigen Produkten gestaffelt und queraxial fluchtend angeordnet.Preferably, the first rod-shaped product having at least three segments is cut in a first product run from a rod-shaped product having at least five segments and is then staggered in the first product run with other first rod-shaped products having at least three segments and arranged in transverse axial alignment.

Unter einem ersten Produktlauf wird insbesondere eine Anordnung von Förder- und Bearbeitungstrommeln verstanden, mittels der beispielsweise stabförmige Produkte aus mehreren Segmenten, die mit einem Umhüllungsmaterial umhüllt sind, aus einem Magazin entnommen werden, geschnitten werden, dann gestaffelt und längsaxial so verschoben werden, dass diese queraxial fluchtend angeordnet sind, um dann auf eine Fördertrommel oder Zusammenstelltrommel abgegeben zu werden, auf der diese dann beispielsweise noch einmal mittig geschnitten werden, um anschließend weitere Bearbeitungsschritte vorzunehmen. Als weiterer Bearbeitungsschritt kann ein Wenden wenigstens eines der geschnittenen stabförmigen Produkte angesehen werden. Der zweite Produktlauf kann entsprechende Organe, wie Förder- und Bearbeitungstrommeln aufweisen und dient dazu ein Zwischensegment so zu bearbeiten und zu fördern, dass dieses als doppeltlanges Produkt an das erste Teilprodukt angelegt wird. Der zweite Produktlauf kann das gemeinsame Wenden des ersten Teilprodukts mit dem Zwischensegment vorsehen.A first product run is understood to mean in particular an arrangement of conveyor and processing drums by means of which, for example, rod-shaped products made up of several segments that are wrapped in a wrapping material are taken from a magazine, cut, then staggered and moved longitudinally so that they are aligned transversely, and then delivered to a conveyor drum or assembly drum, on which they are then cut again in the middle, for example, in order to subsequently carry out further processing steps. A further processing step can be considered to be turning at least one of the cut rod-shaped products. The second product run can have corresponding elements, such as conveyor and processing drums, and serves to process and convey an intermediate segment so that it is placed on the first partial product as a double-length product. The second product run can provide for the first partial product to be turned together with the intermediate segment.

Ein Produktlauf kann auch aus entsprechenden Förder- und Bearbeitungsorganen aufgebaut sein, mittels derer Filter oder andere stabförmige Produkte der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie aus einem Magazin entnommen werden und entsprechend gefördert und be- oder verarbeitet werden, um entsprechend lange Segmente dieses Materials zur Verfügung zu stellen. So kann beispielsweise ein zweiter Produktlauf vorgesehen sein, in dem ein Segment oder Zwischensegment zur Verfügung gestellt wird, das beispielsweise ein Filtersegment doppelter Gebrauchslänge sein kann.A product run can also be made up of appropriate conveying and processing devices, by means of which filters or other rod-shaped products from the tobacco processing industry are taken from a magazine and are conveyed and processed accordingly in order to provide correspondingly long segments of this material. For example, a second product run can be provided in which a segment or intermediate segment is provided, which can be a filter segment of twice the usable length, for example.

Vorzugsweise wird das Zwischensegment in einem zweiten Produktlauf dem ersten und zweiten Teilprodukt zugefördert, wobei das Zwischensegment insbesondere in dem zweiten Produktlauf geschnitten, gestaffelt und mit weiteren Zwischensegmenten queraxial fluchtend angeordnet wird, um anschließend an das erste Teilprodukt angelegt zu werden.Preferably, the intermediate segment is fed to the first and second partial products in a second product run, wherein the intermediate segment is cut, staggered and arranged transversely axially aligned with further intermediate segments in particular in the second product run in order to then be applied to the first partial product.

Vorzugsweise wird die Zusammenstellung des ersten Teilprodukts, des Zwischensegments und des zweiten Teilprodukts nach dem gemeinsamen Wenden des ersten Teilprodukts und des Zwischensegments längsaxial verschoben, so dass das Zwischensegment, insbesondere mittig, auf einer zentralen Prozesslinie liegt, die queraxial zu den geförderten stabförmigen Produkten und Teilprodukten liegt.Preferably, the assembly of the first partial product, the intermediate segment and the second partial product is displaced longitudinally axially after the joint turning of the first partial product and the intermediate segment, so that the intermediate segment lies, in particular centrally, on a central process line which lies transversely axially to the conveyed rod-shaped products and partial products.

Die Aufgabe wird ferner gelöst durch eine Verwendung einer Wendetrommel in einer Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie zur Herstellung von stabförmigen Produkten, die mehrere Segmente umfassen, gemäß Anspruch 9. Hierbei ist die Wendetrommel am Ende eines zweiten Produktlaufs oder unmittelbar hinter dem zweiten Produktlauf angeordnet, wobei ein zum zweiten Produktlauf stromaufwärts angeordneter erster Produktlauf vorgesehen ist, wobei der erste Produktlauf ausgestaltet ist, um stabförmige Produkte der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, die mehrere Segmente aufweisen, zu bearbeiten und queraxial zu fördern, wobei das Bearbeiten ein queraxiales Schneiden der stabförmigen Produkte in ein erstes und ein zweites Teilprodukt ist, wobei das erste und das zweite Teilprodukt jeweils wenigstens zwei Segmente aufweisen, wobei in dem zweiten Produktlauf ein Zwischensegment erstellt oder zur Verfügung gestellt wird, das dazu vorgesehen ist, außen an ein aus dem ersten Produktlauf zur Verfügung gestellten als erstes Teilprodukt ausgebildeten stabförmigen Produkt angeordnet zu werden, so dass das Zwischensegment nach einem gemeinsamen Wenden mit dem ersten Teilprodukt in der Wendetrommel um eine Querachse um 180° zwischen zwei der von dem ersten Produktlauf zur Verfügung gestellten stabförmigen Produkte, nämlich dem ersten Teilprodukt und dem zweiten Teilprodukt angeordnet wird oder ist, wobei auch das zweite Teilprodukt gewendet wird, so dass die Orientierung des zweiten Teilprodukts um eine Querachse um 180° geändert wird.The object is further achieved by using a turning drum in a machine in the tobacco processing industry for producing rod-shaped products that comprise several segments, according to claim 9. In this case, the turning drum is arranged at the end of a second product run or immediately behind the second product run, wherein a first product run arranged upstream of the second product run is provided, wherein the first product run is designed to process and transversely axially convey rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry that have several segments, wherein the processing is a transversely axial cutting of the rod-shaped products into a first and a second partial product, wherein the first and the second partial product each have at least two segments, wherein an intermediate segment is created or made available in the second product run, which is intended to be arranged on the outside of a rod-shaped product made available from the first product run and designed as a first partial product, so that the intermediate segment, after being turned together with the first partial product in the turning drum about a transverse axis by 180°, is arranged between two of the rod-shaped products made available from the first product run, namely the first partial product and the second partial product, wherein the second partial product is also turned so that the orientation of the second partial product about a transverse axis is changed by 180°.

Vorzugsweise ist der zweite Produktlauf der letzte Produktlauf, bei dem ein Segment des stabförmigen Produkts der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie zu weiteren Segmenten oder stabförmigen Teilprodukten zugefördert wird.Preferably, the second product run is the last product run in which a segment of the rod-shaped product of the tobacco processing industry is fed to further segments or rod-shaped sub-products.

Durch die Verwendung einer entsprechenden Wendetrommel gemäß der Erfindung ist ein sehr schonender Umgang mit Produkten möglich, die nach dem Wenden außen liegende empfindliche Segmente aufweisen.By using a corresponding turning drum according to the invention, a very gentle handling of products that have sensitive segments on the outside after turning is possible.

Die Aufgabe wird ferner gelöst durch eine Maschine zur Herstellung von stabförmigen Produkten der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, wobei die Maschine einen ersten Produktlauf aufweist, in dem ein erstes stabförmiges Produkt der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie aus mehreren Segmenten queraxial gefördert wird oder förderbar ist, und wobei das weitere stabförmige Produkt in dem zweiten Produktlauf von außen an das erste Teilprodukt anlegbar ist oder angelegt ist, so dass sich in einer längsaxialen Richtung der Produkte die Reihenfolge weiteres stabförmiges Produkt, erstes Teilprodukt und zweites Teilprodukt ergibt, wobei in einer Förderrichtung des ersten Produkts der zweite Produktlauf hinter dem ersten Produktlauf angeordnet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass am Ende des zweiten Produktlaufs oder unmittelbar anschließend an den zweiten Produktlauf eine Wendetrommel vorgesehen ist, die dazu ausgebildet ist, das weitere stabförmige Produkt und das erste Teilprodukt aufzunehmen und um eine Querachse um 180° zu wenden und diese nach dem Wenden längsaxial fluchtend zu dem zweiten Teilprodukt abzulegen. Vorzugsweise ist in dem ersten Produktlauf zum Schneiden eine Schneidvorrichtung vorgesehen, mittels der das erste stabförmige Produkt queraxial in das erste und das zweite Teilprodukt geschnitten wird oder schneidbar ist, wobei stromabwärts der Schneidvorrichtung insbesondere eine Staffelvorrichtung, insbesondere Staffeltrommel, und/oder eine Schiebevorrichtung, insbesondere Schiebetrommel, vorgesehen ist oder sind.The object is further achieved by a machine for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, wherein the machine has a first product run in which a first rod-shaped product of the tobacco processing industry is or can be conveyed transversely axially from several segments, and wherein the further rod-shaped product in the second product run can be or is applied to the first partial product from the outside, so that in a longitudinal axial direction of the products the sequence of further rod-shaped product, first partial product and second partial product results, wherein in a conveying direction of the first product the second product run is arranged behind the first product run, characterized in that at the end of the second product run or immediately after the second product run a turning drum is provided which is designed to receive the further rod-shaped product and the first partial product and to turn them by 180° about a transverse axis and to deposit them after turning in longitudinal axial alignment with the second partial product. Preferably, a cutting device is provided in the first product run for cutting, by means of which the first rod-shaped product is cut or can be cut transversely axially into the first and the second partial product, wherein downstream of the cutting device in particular a staggering device, in particular a staggering drum, and/or a pushing device, in particular a pushing drum, is or are provided.

Vorzugsweise weisen die Produktläufe eine Mehrzahl von Trommeln, insbesondere Fördertrommeln und/oder Bearbeitungstrommeln, auf.Preferably, the product runs have a plurality of drums, in particular conveyor drums and/or processing drums.

Wenn zusätzlich zu der Wendetrommel eine Spreiztrommel vorgesehen ist, wobei die Spreiztrommel stromaufwärts zu der Wendetrommel angeordnet ist, wobei die sich die Wendetrommel unmittelbar an die Spreiztrommel anschließt oder nur eine weitere Trommel zwischen Wendetrommel und Spreiztrommel angeordnet ist, ist eine sehr effiziente und kleinbauende Maschine möglich.If a spreading drum is provided in addition to the turning drum, the spreading drum being arranged upstream of the turning drum, the turning drum being directly connected to the spreading drum or only one further drum being arranged between the turning drum and the spreading drum, a very efficient and compact machine is possible.

Vorzugsweise ist die Wendetrommel ausgebildet, sowohl das erste Teilprodukt mit dem weiteren stabförmigen Produkt als auch das zweite Teilprodukt zu wenden. Dies geschieht vorzugsweise gleichzeitig, und zwar derart, dass die koaxial hintereinander angeordneten Teilprodukte und das weitere stabförmige Produkt nach dem Wenden auch wieder koaxial hintereinander liegen.Preferably, the turning drum is designed to turn both the first partial product with the further rod-shaped product and the second partial product. This preferably takes place simultaneously, in such a way that the partial products arranged coaxially one behind the other and the further rod-shaped product are again arranged coaxially one behind the other after turning.

Vorzugsweise sind die Produktläufe als Module ausgebildet, wobei jeweils die Förderorgane und Bearbeitungsorgane eines Produktlaufs in einem gemeinsamen Rahmen, Gerüst und/oder Schrank angeordnet sind und Übergabeeinheiten aufweisen, die bei der Verbindung zweier Produktläufe miteinander in Wirkverbindung sind.Preferably, the product runs are designed as modules, wherein the conveying elements and processing elements of a product run are arranged in a common frame, scaffold and/or cabinet and have transfer units which are operatively connected to one another when two product runs are connected.

Hierzu wird insbesondere auf eine Maschine der Patentanmelderin mit dem Namen Merlin hingewiesen. Hierbei sei zudem insbesondere auf die WO 03/024256 A2 oder EP 2 335 503 B1 verwiesen.In this connection, particular attention is drawn to a machine of the patent applicant called Merlin. In this connection, particular attention is also drawn to the WO03/024256 A2 or EP 2 335 503 B1 referred to.

Im Rahmen der Erfindung kann das weitere stabförmige Produkt auch als Zwischensegment angesehen werden.Within the scope of the invention, the further rod-shaped product can also be regarded as an intermediate segment.

Weitere Merkmale der Erfindung werden aus der Beschreibung erfindungsgemäßer Ausführungsformen zusammen mit den Ansprüchen und den beigefügten Zeichnungen ersichtlich.Further features of the invention will become apparent from the description of embodiments of the invention together with the claims and the accompanying drawings.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend ohne Beschränkung des allgemeinen Erfindungsgedankens anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnungen beschrieben, wobei bezüglich aller im Text nicht näher erläuterten erfindungsgemäßen Einzelheiten ausdrücklich auf die Zeichnungen verwiesen wird. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine schematische Ansicht auf eine erfindungsgemäße Maschine zur Herstellung von stabförmigen Produkten der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie,
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eine schematische Draufsicht auf stabförmige Produkte, die von einem Anfangsprodukt zu einem Endprodukt verarbeitet werden, und zwar auf der in Fig. 1 gezeigten Maschine,
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eine schematische Ansicht einer weiteren erfindungsgemäßen Maschine zur Herstellung von stabförmigen Produkten der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie in einer anderen Ausführungsform, und
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eine schematische Draufsicht auf stabförmige Produkte, die von einem Anfangsprodukt zu einem Endprodukt verarbeitet werden, und zwar auf der in Fig. 3 gezeigten Maschine.
The invention is described below without limiting the general inventive concept using exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawings, whereby express reference is made to the drawings for all details of the invention not explained in more detail in the text. They show:
Fig.1
a schematic view of a machine according to the invention for producing rod-shaped products for the tobacco processing industry,
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a schematic plan view of rod-shaped products being processed from an initial product to a final product, on the Fig.1 shown machine,
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a schematic view of another machine according to the invention for producing rod-shaped products for the tobacco processing industry in another embodiment, and
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a schematic plan view of rod-shaped products being processed from an initial product to a final product, on the Fig.3 machine shown.

In den Zeichnungen sind jeweils gleiche oder gleichartige Elemente und/oder Teile mit denselben Bezugsziffern versehen, so dass von einer erneuten Vorstellung jeweils abgesehen wird.In the drawings, identical or similar elements and/or parts are provided with the same reference numbers, so that a repeated presentation is dispensed with in each case.

Fig. 1 zeigt schematisch eine Ansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Maschine 10 zur Herstellung von stabförmigen Produkten der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie. In einem ersten Filterlauf 61 werden aus einem Magazin oder Vorrat 11 vierfachlange Produkte 40 (siehe Fig. 2) durch eine Entnahmetrommel 12 entnommen. Die vierfachlangen Produkte 40 weisen fünf verschiedene Segmente auf, wovon drei Segmente beispielsweise in diesem Fall doppeltlang sind. Die Segmente, also die doppeltlangen und die einfachlangen Segmente 50, 52, können sein: ein Tabakstock, ein Hohlsegment, ein Leersegment, ein Röhrensegment, ein Tabakfoliensegment, ein Filter mit Aktivkohlegranulat oder ein Filterelement, beispielsweise ein Filteracetatelement, bei dem auch beispielsweise eine Kapsel enthalten sein kann, die einen Aromastoff enthält. Es sind hier vielfache Varianten möglich. Insbesondere ist es möglich, dass das Segment 50 einen Tabakstock aufweist. Die in Fig. 1 dargestellten Organe, die im Wesentlichen als Trommeln ausgebildet sind, werden jeweils in Pfeilrichtung gedreht. Fig.1 shows a schematic view of a machine 10 according to the invention for producing rod-shaped products for the tobacco processing industry. In a first filter run 61, quadruple-length products 40 (see Fig.2 ) is removed by a removal drum 12. The quadruple-length products 40 have five different segments, of which three segments are double-length in this case, for example. The segments, i.e. the double-length and single-length segments 50, 52, can be: a tobacco rod, a hollow segment, an empty segment, a tube segment, a tobacco foil segment, a filter with activated carbon granulate or a filter element, for example a filter acetate element, which can also contain a capsule containing a flavoring. Many variants are possible here. In particular, it is possible for the segment 50 to have a tobacco rod. The segments in Fig.1 The organs shown, which are essentially designed as drums, are each rotated in the direction of the arrow.

In den Figuren 2 und 4 sind die einfach langen Segmente mit 50 und 52 gekennzeichnet.In the Figures 2 and 4 the single-length segments are marked 50 and 52.

Auf der Entnahmetrommel 12 werden die in Mulden angeordneten und queraxial geförderten vierfachlangen Produkte 40 mittig geschnitten und auf eine Staffeltrommel 14 übergeben. Auf diese Weise entstehen zweifachlange Produkte 41, 41'. Auf der Staffeltrommel 14 werden die geschnittenen zweifachlangen Produkte 41, 41' gestaffelt. Die gestaffelten zweifachlangen Produkte 41, 41' werden auf eine Schiebetrommel 15 übergeben und dort längsaxial verschoben, so dass diese queraxial hintereinander fluchtend angeordnet sind. Diese längsaxial hintereinander fluchtend angeordneten zweifachlangen Produkte 41, 41' werden auf eine Fördertrommel 16 abgegeben und von dort auf eine Schneidtrommel 17 abgegeben, auf der die zweifachlangen Produkte 41, 41' mittig durch ein Kreismesser 13 geschnitten werden. Hierdurch entstehen die Teilprodukte 42 und 42', die längsaxial zueinander, beispielsweise in einer Mulde der Schneidtrommel 17, angeordnet sind. Von der Schneidtrommel 17 werden die Teilprodukte 42, 42' auf eine Fördertrommel 18 übergeben.On the removal drum 12, the quadruple-length products 40 arranged in troughs and conveyed cross-axially are cut in the middle and transferred to a staggering drum 14. In this way, double-length products 41, 41' are created. The cut double-length products 41, 41' are staggered on the staggering drum 14. The staggered double-length products 41, 41' are transferred to a sliding drum 15 and shifted there longitudinally axially so that they are arranged cross-axially one behind the other. These double-length products 41, 41' arranged longitudinally axially one behind the other are delivered to a conveyor drum 16 and from there delivered to a cutting drum 17, on which the double-length products 41, 41' are cut in the middle by a circular knife 13. This creates the partial products 42 and 42', which are arranged longitudinally axially to one another, for example in a trough of the cutting drum 17. The partial products 42, 42' are transferred from the cutting drum 17 to a conveyor drum 18.

Von der Fördertrommel 18 werden die Teilprodukte 42, 42' auf eine Zusammenstelltrommel 19 übergeben, bei der aus einem zweiten Produktlauf 62 ein Zwischensegment 43 außen an das erste Teilprodukt 42 angelegt wird. Der zweite Produktlauf 62 entnimmt entsprechende nicht dargestellte achtfachlange Segmente, beispielsweise Filtersegmente, aus einem Magazin bzw. Vorrat 21 mittels einer Entnahmetrommel 22. Dort werden die doppeltlangen Segmente durch Kreismesser 13 mittig geschnitten, um auf eine Staffeltrommel 24 übergeben und dort gestaffelt zu werden. Anschließend werden die Zwischensegmente 43 auf eine Schiebetrommel 25 übergeben und dort queraxial fluchtend in den Mulden der Schiebetrommel 25 verschoben. Anschließend werden die queraxial fluchtend angeordneten Zwischensegmente 43 auf eine Fördertrommel 26 übergeben, um von dort auf die Zusammenstelltrommel 19 abgegeben zu werden.The partial products 42, 42' are transferred from the conveyor drum 18 to an assembly drum 19, in which an intermediate segment 43 from a second product run 62 is placed on the outside of the first partial product 42. The second product run 62 removes corresponding eight-fold long segments (not shown), for example filter segments, from a magazine or supply 21 by means of a removal drum 22. There, the double-length segments are cut in the middle by circular knives 13 in order to be transferred to a staggering drum 24 and staggered there. The intermediate segments 43 are then transferred to a sliding drum 25 and moved there in cross-axial alignment in the troughs of the sliding drum 25. The intermediate segments 43 arranged in cross-axial alignment are then transferred to a conveyor drum 26 in order to be delivered from there to the assembly drum 19.

Auf diese Weise bildet sich in längsaxialer Richtung eine Zusammenstellung eines stabförmigen Produkts aus zwei Teilprodukten 42, 42' und einem Zwischensegment 43, wie in Fig. 2 gut erkennbar ist. Diese Zusammenstellung wird auf eine Wendetrommel 20 übergeben, auf der das erste Teilprodukt 42 mit dem Zwischensegment 43 zusammen gewendet wird und zudem das zweite Teilprodukt 42' auch gewendet wird.In this way, a rod-shaped product consisting of two partial products 42, 42' and an intermediate segment 43 is formed in the longitudinal axial direction, as shown in Fig.2 is clearly visible. This assembly is transferred to a turning drum 20, on which the first partial product 42 is turned together with the intermediate segment 43 and, in addition, the second partial product 42' is also turned.

Die so gewendetete Zusammenstellung wird übergeben auf eine Fördertrommel 29 und dann eine Fördertrommel 33, auf der die Zusammenstellung zunächst zusammengeschoben wird, um dann ein Belagpapier 44 auf die Zusammenstellung aus Teilprodukten 42, 42' und dem Zwischensegment 43 aufzuheften. Hierzu wird ein Belagpapierstreifen 30 über eine Saugwalze 32 gelenkt, mittels einer Schneidvorrichtung 31 in Belagpapierabschnitte 44 geschnitten und wie bekannt auf stabförmige Produkte angeheftet. Anschließend wird dieses Gebilde aus Teilprodukten 42, 42' dem Zwischensegment 43 und dem Belagpapier 44 auf eine Rolltrommel 34 übergeben und in den Bereich des Rollorgans 39 gefördert, um dort das Belagpapier 44 vollständig um das Teilprodukt 42, 42' und das Zwischensegment 43 zu wickeln. Wie in Fig. 2 zu erkennen ist, wird hierbei ein Teil des Segments 50 jedes Teilprodukts 42 und 42' sowie das vollständige Zwischensegment 43 vom Belagpapier 44 umwickelt.The assembly turned in this way is transferred to a conveyor drum 29 and then to a conveyor drum 33, on which the assembly is first pushed together in order to then attach a tipping paper 44 to the assembly of partial products 42, 42' and the intermediate segment 43. For this purpose, a tipping paper strip 30 is guided over a suction roller 32, cut into tipping paper sections 44 by means of a cutting device 31 and attached to rod-shaped products in the known manner. This structure of partial products 42, 42', the intermediate segment 43 and the tipping paper 44 is then transferred to a roller drum 34 and conveyed into the area of the roller element 39 in order to wrap the tipping paper 44 completely around the partial product 42, 42' and the intermediate segment 43. As in Fig.2 As can be seen, a part of the segment 50 of each partial product 42 and 42' as well as the complete intermediate segment 43 is wrapped by the covering paper 44.

Danach wird dieses doppeltlange Endprodukt auf eine Fördertrommel 35 übergeben, dann auf eine Schneidtrommel 36 übergeben und mittig mittels eines Kreismessers 13 geschnitten in die Endprodukte 45 und 45', die dann auf eine Spreiztrommel 37 übergeben werden, wobei mittels einer Wendetrommel 38 dafür gesorgt wird, dass jeweils ein Endprodukt 45' um 180° gewendet und entsprechend fluchtend mit den anderen Endprodukten 45 angeordnet wird.This double-length end product is then transferred to a conveyor drum 35, then transferred to a cutting drum 36 and cut in the middle by means of a circular knife 13 into the end products 45 and 45', which are then transferred to a spreading drum 37, whereby a turning drum 38 ensures that each end product 45' is turned by 180° and arranged accordingly in alignment with the other end products 45.

Zum Wenden von stabförmigen Produkten oder Artikeln sei verwiesen auf DE 34 45 945 A1 , EP 0 627 175 B1 und DE 199 20 760 A1 .For turning rod-shaped products or articles, please refer to DE 34 45 945 A1 , EP 0 627 175 B1 and DE 199 20 760 A1 .

Fig. 3 zeigt eine andere Ausführungsform einer Maschine zur Herstellung von stabförmigen Produkten der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, wobei im Vergleich zu Fig. 1 statt einer Fördertrommel 18 eine Spreiztrommel 27 vorgesehen ist. In der Spreiztrommel 27 werden die Teilprodukte 42 und 42' längsaxial zueinander beabstandet bzw. auseinander gezogen. Fig.3 shows another embodiment of a machine for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, whereby in comparison to Fig.1 Instead of a conveyor drum 18, a spreading drum 27 is provided. In the spreading drum 27, the partial products 42 and 42' are spaced apart from one another or pulled apart longitudinally.

Es wird dann das Zwischensegment 43 an das erste Teilprodukt 42 außen angelegt und die Kombination aus erstem Teilprodukt 42 und Zwischensegment um 180° auf der Wendetrommel 20 gewendet und zudem das zweite Teilprodukt 42' auch um 180° auf der Wendetrommel 20 gewendet. Das Zwischensegment 43 hat nach dem Wenden einen Abstand von dem zweiten Teilprodukt 42'. Dieser Abstand wird in einer sich anschließenden Schiebetrommel 28 verringert, wobei zudem die Kombination aus erstem Teilprodukt 42, Zwischensegment 43 und zweitem Teilprodukt 42' längsaxial soweit verschoben oder getaumelt wird, dass das Zwischensegment 43 mittig in einer Prozessmitte der Maschine 10 angeordnet ist.The intermediate segment 43 is then placed on the outside of the first partial product 42 and the combination of the first partial product 42 and the intermediate segment is turned by 180° on the turning drum 20 and the second partial product 42' is also turned by 180° on the turning drum 20. After turning, the intermediate segment 43 is at a distance from the second partial product 42'. This distance is reduced in a subsequent sliding drum 28, wherein the combination of the first partial product 42, intermediate segment 43 and second partial product 42' is also longitudinally displaced or tumbled so far that the intermediate segment 43 is arranged centrally in a process center of the machine 10.

Das Wenden der Kombination aus erstem Teilprodukt 42 und Zwischensegment 43 kann auch so ausgeführt werden, dass es um eine nicht in dieser Kombination mittig angeordneten Querachse geschieht, so dass nach dem Wenden der Abstand zwischen dem Zwischensegment 43 und dem zweiten Teilprodukt 42'im Wesentlichen Null ist.The turning of the combination of the first partial product 42 and the intermediate segment 43 can also be carried out in such a way that it occurs around a transverse axis which is not centrally arranged in this combination, so that after turning the distance between the intermediate segment 43 and the second partial product 42' is essentially zero.

Nach dem Wenden wird wie bei der Ausführungsform der Figur 1 ein Belagpapier 44 um das Zwischensegment und einen Teil des ersten und zweiten Teilprodukts 42, 42' gewickelt.After turning, as in the embodiment of the Figure 1 a covering paper 44 is wrapped around the intermediate segment and a part of the first and second partial products 42, 42'.

Als Wendetrommel bzw. Wendevorrichtung, die in den Ausführungsbeispielen schematisch angedeutet ist, kann eine Wendetrommel oder Wendevorrichtung verwendet werden, die in den eben genannten Dokumenten des Standes der Technik offenbart sind. Spreiztrommeln sind aus dem Stand der Technik für den Fachmann bekannt.A turning drum or turning device disclosed in the aforementioned prior art documents can be used as the turning drum or turning device, which is indicated schematically in the exemplary embodiments. Spreading drums are known from the prior art to those skilled in the art.

Im Rahmen der Erfindung sind Merkmale, die mit "insbesondere" oder "vorzugsweise" gekennzeichnet sind, als fakultative Merkmale zu verstehen.Within the scope of the invention, features marked with "in particular" or "preferably" are to be understood as optional features.

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EntnahmetrommelRemoval drum
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KreismesserCircular knife
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StaffeltrommelRelay drum
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SchiebetrommelSliding drum
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SchneidtrommelCutting drum
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ZusammenstelltrommelAssembly drum
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SpreiztrommelSpreading drum
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SchiebetrommelSliding drum
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FördertrommelConveyor drum
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BelagpapierstreifenWrapping paper strips
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SchneidvorrichtungCutting device
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SaugwalzeSuction roll
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FördertrommelConveyor drum
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RolltrommelRoll drum
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SchneidtrommelCutting drum
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  1. A method for producing rod-shaped products (45, 45') of the tobacco-processing industry, having the following method steps:
    - according to a first version:
    - supply a first rod-shaped product (41,41') of the tobacco-processing industry to a conveying device (14, 15, 16) conveying the first product (41, 41') along a transverse axis, wherein the first product (41,41') has at least three segments (50, 52), and wherein the first product (41,41') is wrapped with a wrapping material,
    - cut the first product (41,41') along a transverse axis into a first and a second partial product (42, 42'), wherein the first and the second partial product (42, 42') each have at least two segments (50, 52),
    - place an intermediate segment (43) on the first partial product (42) so that the intermediate segment (43), the first partial product (42) and then the second partial product (42') are arranged sequentially in the longitudinal axial direction, or
    - according to a second version:
    - supply an intermediate segment (43) to a conveying device (14, 15, 16) conveying the intermediate segment (43) along a transverse axis,
    - convey a first rod-shaped product (41, 41') of the tobacco-processing industry in a conveying device (14, 15, 16) conveying the first product (41, 41') along a transverse axis, wherein the first product (41,41') has at least three segments (50, 52), and wherein the first product (41,41') is wrapped with a wrapping material,
    - cut the first product (41,41') along a transverse axis into a first and a second partial product (42, 42'), wherein the first and the second partial product (42, 42') each have at least two segments (50, 52),
    - place the partial products (42, 42') at one end of the intermediate segment, wherein the first partial product (42) is brought into contact with the intermediate segment (43),
    wherein the following additional method steps are performed according to both versions:
    - jointly turn the intermediate segment (43) and the first partial product (42) to change the orientation of the intermediate segment (43) and the first partial product (42) by 180° about a transverse axis, and
    - wrap the intermediate segment (43) and at least part of the segments (50, 52) of the first and the second partial product (42, 42') bordering the intermediate segment (43) with a additional wrapping material (44).
  2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the second partial product (42') is also turned so that the orientation of the second partial product (42') is changed by 180° about a transverse axis.
  3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that turning is performed on a turning drum (20).
  4. The method according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that before placing the intermediate segment (43), the first and the second partial product (42') are spaced from each other along the longitudinal axis, in particular by at least a length of the intermediate segment (43).
  5. The method according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the first and the second partial product (42, 42') and the intermediate segment (43) are arranged coaxially to each other after turning.
  6. The method according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the first rod-shaped product (41, 41') having at least three segments (50, 52) is cut in a first product run (61) from a rod-shaped product (40) having at least five segments (50, 52) and then arranged staggered and flush with other first rod-shaped products (41, 41') along a transverse axis in the first product run (61).
  7. The method according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the intermediate segment (43) is conveyed to the first and second partial product (42, 42') in a second product run (62), wherein the intermediate segment (43) is in particular cut, staggered and arranged flush along a transverse axis with other intermediate segments (43) in the second product run (62).
  8. The method according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the assembly of the first partial product (42), the intermediate segment (43) and the second partial product (42') is moved along the longitudinal axis after the first partial product (42) and the intermediate segment (43) are jointly turned so that the intermediate segment (43), in particular in the middle, lies on a central process line which lies on a transverse axis to the conveyed rod-shaped products (41, 41') and partial products (42, 42').
  9. A use of a turning drum (20) in a machine (10) of the tobacco-processing industry to produce rod-shaped products (45, 45') which comprise several segments (50, 52, 43), characterized in that the turning drum (20) is arranged at the end of a second product run (61) or directly after the second product run (61), wherein a first product run (61) arranged upstream from the second product run (61) is provided, wherein the first product run (61) is configured to process and convey along a transverse axis rod-shaped products (40, 41, 41') of the tobacco-processing industry that have several segments (50, 52), wherein the processing is a severing of the rod-shaped products (40, 41, 41') into a first and a second partial product (42, 42') in a transverse manner, wherein the first and the second partial product (42, 42') comprise each at least two segments (50,52), wherein in the second product run (62), an intermediate segment (43) is created or made available which is provided to be arranged outside on a rod-shaped product (42, 42'), which is formed as a first partial product (42), made available from the first product run (61) so that the intermediate segment (43), after being turned together with the first partial product (42) 180° about a transverse axis in the turning drum (20), will be or is arranged between two of the rod-shaped products (42, 42'), which are the first partial product (42) and the second partial product (42') made available by the first product run (61), wherein also the second partial product (42') is turned, such that the orientation of the second partial product (42') is changed 180° about a transverse axis.
  10. A machine (10) for producing rod-shaped products (45, 45') of the tobacco-processing industry, wherein the machine (10) has a first product run (61) in which a first rod-shaped product (41, 41') of the tobacco-processing industry consisting of several segments (50, 52) will be conveyed or is conveyable along a transverse axis and will be cut or is cuttable into a first and a second partial product (42, 42'), wherein the first and the second partial product (42, 42') comprise each at least two segments (50,52), and wherein the machine (10) has a second product run (62) in which another rod-shaped product (43) of the tobacco-processing industry will be conveyed or is conveyable along a transverse axis, wherein the other rod-shaped product (43) can be placed on the first partial product (42) from the outside in the second product run (62) such that the sequence of the other rod-shaped product (43), first partial product (42) and second partial product (42') results in a longitudinal axial direction of the products (42, 42', 43), wherein the second product run (62) is arranged after the first product run (61) in a conveying direction of the first product (41, 41'), characterized in that at the end of the second product run (62) or directly after the second product run (62), a turning drum (20) is provided which is configured to receive the other rod-shaped product (43) and the first partial product (42) and to turn them 180° about a transverse axis and place them flush with the second partial product (42') along the longitudinal axis after turning.
  11. The machine (10) according to claim 10, characterized in that, in the first product run (61) for cutting, a cutting device (13) is provided by means of which the first rod-shaped product (41, 41') will be or is cuttable along a transverse axis into the first and the second partial product (42, 42'), wherein downstream of the cutting device (13), in particular a staggering device (14), in particular a staggering drum, and/or a pushing device (15), in particular a pushing drum, is or are provided.
  12. A machine (10) according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the product runs (61, 62) have a plurality of drums, in particular conveying drums (16, 26) and/or processing drums (12, 14, 15, 22, 24, 25).
  13. The machine (10) according to one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that a spreading drum (27) is provided in addition to the turning drum (18, 20), wherein the spreading drum (27) is arranged upstream of the turning drum (20), wherein the turning drum (20) directly adjoins the spreading drum (27), or only one additional drum (19) is arranged between the turning drum (20) and spreading drum (27).
  14. The machine (10) according to one of claims 10 to 13, characterized in that the turning drum (20) is designed to turn both the first partial product (42) with the other rod-shaped product (43) as well as the second partial product (42').
  15. The machine (10) according to one of claims 10 to 14, characterized in that the product runs (61, 62) are designed as modules, wherein each of the conveying units and processing units of a product run (61, 62) are arranged in or on a common frame, structure and/or cabinet and have transfer units that are operatively connected to each other in the connection of two product runs.
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