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US 4,896,842 AGranted
Packaging machine, especially for cigarettes
AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorsFocke Heinz, Wach Jurgen
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AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorsFocke Heinz, Wach Jurgen
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A reel-change device for feeding high-performance packaging machines with web-like packaging material wound to form reels (11, 11a, 12), wherein one of two working journals (13, 14) is resupplied with a ("full") reel (11a), while the other working journal carries the working reel (12) which is feeding the packaging machine. The new reels (11a) are extracted from a reel stock (18) by means of a transport arm (21) with a transport journal (22) and are pivoted to one side or the other in order to be brought into a position equiaxial with the one working journal which has been emptied (13, 14). When there is correct alignment, the reel (11a) is pushed onto the empty working journal (13, 14). For this purpose, the transport art (21) is pivotable and can be shifted axis-parallel relative to the working journals (13, 14).
Packaging machine for producing cigarette packs from web-like packaging material which is drawn from a working reel on one of a plurality of working journals, a new "full" reel being extracted from a reel stock by means of a transport journal, conveyed in axial alignment in front of an empty one of said working journals and transferred to said empty working journal as a result of axial shifting, characterized in that said transport journal (22) is disposed on a transport arm (21) which is mounted pivotably between said working journals (13, 14), and which conveys said "full" reel (11a) along an arc of a circle alternatively in front of an empty one of said working journals (13, 14).
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