Patent ID: 12246870

REFERENCE NUMBERS

A. Cutting, crimping and stacking machineB. First unitC. Second unit1. Semi-finished roller2. Braking system3. Tensioning (dancer) system4. Product traction cylinder5. Product cutting unit5.1. Rotating roller6. Product transfer conveyor7. half-moon reel8. Paper transfer unit9. Product crimper unit10. Glue injector11. Transfer rails12. Moving sawdust blade system13. Glue preparing tank14. Product tip crimping unit15. Crimped product counter conveyor16. Output product transferring and collecting conveyor17. Moving product collecting chamber18. Frame19. Upper crimper conical mold20. Lower crimper conical mold21. Sawdust suction pipe22. On-off servo motor23. Drive servo motor24. Cutting positioning sensor25. Product collecting chamber movement system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a cutting, crimping and stacking machine (A) that is capable of performing automatically cutting, crimping and stacking the conical cornet cone packages by itself. The cutting, crimping and stacking machine (A) according to the invention is comprised of two units, namely a first unit (B) and a second unit (C), which have the same working principle, consist of the same elements and can operate independently of each other simultaneously. Provided that the working principle remains the same, the number of units can be increased and decreased depending on need and demand.

The loading process of semi-finished rollers (1) to the air shaft and electro-magnetic brake system (2) is performed separately by the operator. Then, by performing air locking, the semi-finished rollers (1) are secured in a rotatable way. The products coming out of the semi-finished roller (1) are passed through the tensioning (dancer) system (B) and compressed by hand between the product traction cylinders (4) in a pressed way. By measuring the tension between the dancer and the shaft with the electromagnetic brake system (2) and also the roller diameter with sensor, the brake is applied at variable moment value. As the machine rotates, the product, which is opened in proper and oriented way from semi-finished roller (1) automatically by the product traction cylinder (4), is passed through the product cutting unit (5) and cutting process is carried out into the desired dimensions.

InFIG.2, the detailed perspective view of the product cutting unit (5) has been given. As seen in the figure, the product cutting unit (5) comprises at least one rotating roller (5.1) in which the blade cutting the package strip is placed. The package strip coming from semi-finished roller (1) is separated into the suitable pieces for the production of cornet cone in one move. The blade on the rotating roller (5.1) cuts the package strip at each turn. The speed of the rotating roller (5.1) can be increased and decreased according to the type and dimension of the cornet cone to be cut. Before the products enters into the product traction cylinder (4), the length of the products passed through the cutting positioning sensor (24) is measured and the traction amount is controlled and the cutting length is adjusted in this way. Then, the cornet papers, which are cut into desired size, are transferred to the crimping section by the product transfer conveyor (6). The accurate cutting process is achieved by synchronizing the accordance of the pattern and cut-off position on the paper and the position that the product traction cylinder (4) obtains with the servo motor from the cutting positioning sensor (24). The product cutting unit (5) operates by communicating with the product crimper unit (9) and the cut products are transferred to the paper transfer unit (8) by the half-moon reel (7) at the appropriate time while leaving out from the product transfer conveyor (6).

The position indicated as appropriate time information is the position of half-moon reel (7) on the product transfer conveyor (6) with respect to the product The products are transferred to the paper transfer unit (8) by the half-moon reel (7). The carrier feet situated on the paper transfer unit (8) start to transfer the products to the product crimper unit (9) by stacking the products in an equally spaced manner at a certain distance (until the product arrives at the crimper unit (9)). During this transferring process, the products are positioned relative to the upper crimper conical mold (19) and the lower crimper conical mold (20) by the transfer rails (11).

The products, which are positioned close to the product crimper unit (9) and in a certain range, are glued to the inner side of the products having the desired properties with the glue injector (10) just before entering the unit. The required glue is stored in a glue preparing tank (13). Then, the products that come in front of the product crimper unite unit (9) are vacuumed by the upper crimper conical mold (19) and the products taken over the paper transfer unit (8) are crimped between the two molds by the help of the lower crimper conical mold (20) and at the same time they are attached, so the crimping process is performed. During this crimping process, the upper crimper conical mold (19) and the lower crimper conical mold (20) turn around in the axis of the drive servo motor (23). During this crimping process, the excess sawdust arising from the opening part of the product is cut by the moving sawdust blade system (12) on the upper crimper conical mold (19). The cut sawdusts are suctioned by the sawdust suction unit (21) and discharged. After the crimping and sawdust cutting process are completed, the lower crimper conical mold (20) is opened by the on-off servo motor (22) and the products are thrown to the crimped product counter conveyor (15) by the upper crimper conical mold (19). In this way, crimped cornet packages are obtained and the production circle is continuously repeated.

Since the cutting, crimping and stacking machine (A) according to the invention contains a first unit (B) and a second unit (C), these processes are performed twice per unit time. These systems operate independently of each other. The products coming from the crimped product counter conveyor (15) are collected at the output product transferring and collecting conveyor (16). The products transferred by the output product transferring and collecting conveyor (16) are collected by stacking at desired amounts in the moving product collecting chamber (17). As the bottom of the moving product collecting chamber (17) is filled by the product collecting chamber movement system (25), it is lowered.