Patent ID: 6718727
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: B65G,B65H

Abstract:
Arrangement for supplying production and packaging machines with expendable material or packaging material that are wound as reels (18), supplied on pallets (20) and distributed to the production and packaging machines, characterized by the following features:a) a machine comprising at least two lines (10, 11) for producing and packaging cigarettes, b) an intermediate store (12) for storing packaging material reels (18) located adjacent to the machine and containing at least one pallet (20) of packaging material reels for processing in the machine, c) a pallet conveyor (28) for conveying pallets (20) on which one type of reel (18) is present to the intermediate store (12), and d) a reel conveyor (48) for transporting individual reels of the one type of reel (18) from the intermediate store (12) to the machine that is to be supplied with the reel (18), wherein the pallet conveyor (28) and the reel conveyor (48) are separate devices, and the conveying of the pallets (20) to the intermediate store (12) and the transporting of the individual reels (18) take place independently from one another.