Abstract:
The invention concerns an arrangement for manufacturing of portion packets (5) of a product for oral use, said arrangement comprising a forming arrangement configured to form portion packets of a bulk material. The invention is characterized in that the arrangement comprises a device (1) for placing the portion packets (5) into a container (7), wherein the device (1) comprises a portion packet transporting unit (10) and a portion packet positioning unit (20, 200), wherein the transporting unit (10) is configured to transport individual portion packets (5) to the positioning unit (20, 200) and wherein the positioning unit (20, 200) is configured to position the portion packets (5) in a certain pattern during operation of the device (1),wherein the transporting unit (10) comprises a product channel (12) intended for transportation of the portion packets (5), said product channel (12) having an inlet (13) and an outlet (14), wherein the transporting unit (10) further comprises a gas channel (15) intended to be connected to a source of pressurized gas, wherein the gas channel (15) is arranged to, when connected to said source, guide pressurized gas into the product channel (12) in a direction towards the product channel outlet (14), and wherein the gas channel (15) has an outlet opening (17) positioned in the product channel (12) at a distance (D) from the product channel inlet (13) such that an under-pressure is created at the product channel inlet (13) when pressurized gas is fed through said gas channel (15).
Abstract:
The invention concerns a device (1) for placing portion packets (5) of a product for oral use into a container (7). The invention is characterized in that the device (1) comprises a portion packet positioning unit (20, 200) configured to position the portion packets (5) in relation to each other in the container (7), wherein the positioning unit (20, 200) comprises a set of portion packet receiving compartments (25, 225) arranged in a certain pattern, each of said compartments (25, 225) having an entrance end (25a, 225a) allowing a portion packet (5) to enter the compartment (25, 225) and, at an opposite side of the compartment (25, 225), a retaining end (25b, 225b) preventing a portion packet from exiting the compartment (25, 225) in that direction, wherein the positioning unit (20, 200) further comprises a discharging member (21, 22, 28, 221, 222, 228, 228a) configured to discharge portion packets (5) from the compartments (25, 225) to the container (7), wherein the compartments (25, 225) are associated with a supporting structure (27, 227) that retains the compartment pattern during operation of the device (1).The invention also concerns a method for placing portion packets (5) of a product for oral use into a container (7) using a device (1) of the above type. The invention also concerns an arrangement for manufacturing of portion packets (5) of a product for oral use, which arrangement comprises a device of the above type.
Abstract:
A device (1) for packaging finely divided, moistened tobacco material in individual portion packages, comprising a means (2) for feeding the material into pockets (4) formed in a rotary portioning wheel (3) for portioning the material in portions. The device further comprises at least one compression means (10, 11, 12) for compressing these portions, a unit (23, 27) for advancing a packaging material (17) in synchrony with the compressed portions, at least one means (14, 15, 16) for discharging the portions from the pockets and advancing them to the packaging material, and a unit (28, 29, 30, 31, 33) for forming individual portion packages from the discharged portions and the packaging material. At the intended point of discharge of the portions to the packaging material, said material has the form of a tape (17), the compression means (10, 11, 12) being arranged to compress the portions in a direction which differs from the discharging and the feeding directions.