DEVICE FOR MANUALLY OR MACHINELY PRODUCE A TUB-LIKE PACKAGING MATERIAL AND PACKING STATION

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a device for producing a tube-like packaging material from a paper web. The production of the packaging material can be carried out manually or by machine. The invention also relates to a packing station with a device according to the invention.

[0002] A device for manually producing spiral packaging material is known from DE 20 2012 009 025 U1. The device comprises a receptacle for gripping a wound roll of fiber material, which defines an axial direction and forms an inner surface from which the fiber material is pulled off to form the packaging material. A holder for the end face of the fiber material roll connects to the receptacle in the axial direction, the inner surface of which tapers funnel-like towards the dispensing opening to guide the pulled fiber material towards the dispensing opening. The fiber material is manually pulled out of the dispensing opening by packing personnel as a spiral-shaped packaging material, with the pulling action forming the packaging material. The manual production device for spiral packaging material is virtually maintenance-free and reliable.When so many packages have been filled with packaging material using the manual packaging material generating device that the paper roll is exhausted, the packing staff can simply add a new roll.

[0003] DE 10 2009 015 855 A1 describes a device for the automated production of a spiral-tube-like packaging material. For operation, the packaging material intake of the device is loaded with a web of material wound into a roll. The web is unwound or pulled off from its inner side and fed through an internally conical feed hopper to a motor-driven forming gear pair of the machine forming device. The motor-driven forming gears grip the packaging material to convey it from the packaging material intake towards an output and deform it in such a way that a tube-like packaging material is formed from the flat web material of the roll, which was pre-formed into a tube-like shape in the feed hopper. This tube-like packaging material is then reinforced by embossing along its longitudinal axis.The filling material reaches a dispensing nozzle on the housing carrier, which defines the outlet for dispensing the packaging material. Thanks to the motorization of the packaging material generation device, it can produce larger quantities of packaging material in a shorter time compared to the manual packaging material generation device described above. Equipped with appropriate control electronics, a mechanical packaging material generation device is also capable of producing predefined packaging material units from a predetermined quantity of input material based on predefined control sequences or program sequences. In this way, the quantity of packaging material produced and the quantity of raw material consumed can be optimized and controlled.For example, it is possible to calculate after how many packages, filled with a possibly known or estimable number of packaging material units, the machine packaging material production device will need a new roll of paper.

[0004] Another machine-based packaging material production device is described in US 2007 / 0117703 A1. In this device, the paper supply is also a roll wound on a spool, which is unwound from the outside. If a particularly large paper web supply is desired, a large-diameter roll can be selected. A disadvantage of this is that larger rolls are heavier, making reloading very strenuous. Furthermore, during operation, especially when rapidly producing large quantities of packaging material, the problem arises that the supply roll rotates at high speed. Due to the rotating supply roll, paper jams and / or paper web tearing can occur, particularly when the machine-based packaging material forming device is starting up or braking.When such an error occurs, its correction involves a significant and undesirable expenditure of time.

[0005] A machine-based packaging production device and a system with packing stations, which include machine-based packaging material production devices, are disclosed in US 6,918,489 B2. The packing stations (shown, for example, in Figure 18) are equipped with packaging material production devices that are supplied from a large storage area containing stacks of accordion-folded or zigzag-folded paper webs. A storage area is provided at the front of the packing stations where packing personnel can fill packages with goods and packaging material. Packaging material for filling the packages can be dispensed onto this storage area from the machine-based production device. The machine-based production device is fed from a stack of material located behind the production device.To ensure that packing staff working at the loading area always have sufficient packaging material available, personnel continuously move along a plank behind the production unit, refilling the units of several packing stations. Refilling is done using individual stacks of accordion-fold paper, the sections of which are joined together with adhesive strips so that the automated packaging production unit can process the next stack immediately after one has been used, without interruption. However, the system only provides a continuous supply of paper as long as no material or operator error occurs. It has proven unrealistic, however, to assume perfect, error-free operation and flawless material. If such a system experiences a paper jam, a tear in the supply material web, or a missing or missing component, the system will be affected.If a malfunctioning connection occurs to one of the subsequent leporello stacks, the automated packaging material production unit quickly runs out of paper and must be refilled, a time-consuming process. The effort required for refilling is due, among other things, to the complexity of the paper web feed to the packaging material production unit and the separate design of the systems. Furthermore, the large amount of space required for storage, the plank, etc., is undesirable.

[0006] US2014274647 A1 discloses a device for manually or mechanically producing a tubular packaging material from a paper web wound into a roll.

[0007] It is an object of the invention to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art, in particular to provide a device for the manual or machine production of packaging material or a packing station with such a device that has high reliability and availability with low maintenance and fault susceptibility and can preferably quickly provide large quantities of packaging material from a paper web material.

[0008] This problem is solved by the subject matter of claims 1, 11, 12.

[0009] Accordingly, a device for manually or mechanically producing a tubular packaging material from a paper web wound into a roll is provided. A tubular packaging material can also be described as a three-dimensional packaging material. A three-dimensional packaging material can be formed from a two-dimensional, flat, web-like starting material, usually a paper web roll, into a three-dimensional structure that has at least one compressible cavity to provide cushioning and padding. Such a compressible cavity can extend longitudinally along the packaging material. Therefore, it can be described as a tubular packaging material.A tubular packaging material can, for example, be formed with an embossing extending longitudinally along the packaging material, as described in DE 10 2012 018 867 A1, which stabilizes the packaging material. In the case of an embossing, as specifically described in DE 10 2012 018 867 A1, for instance in the transverse center of the packaging material, the packaging material has two crumple cavities in the transverse direction (right and left) adjacent to the embossed strip. The tubular packaging material can be provided with a cushion-like stabilization at a front and / or rear end extending over a large part or the entire transverse width, for example, an embossing or die-cutting, in order to protect individual packaging material units in the form of cushions from unfolding starting from the longitudinal end sides.Such a cushion-like packaging material unit can be provided with longitudinal embossing or be free of longitudinal embossing. A tubular packaging material with a three-dimensional shape can also be designed without stabilizing embossing (in the longitudinal and / or transverse direction), as, for example, in DE 20 2012 009 025 U1, where, by pulling it out from the inside, the packaging material is formed into a spiral-shaped tube which, due to the stiffness of the paper material and the internal cavity, is already able to provide sufficient damping and cushioning for many packaged goods. The packaging material tube can be stabilized, for example by embossing, or simply torn without stabilization.In the device according to the invention for manually or mechanically producing a tubular packaging material, the paper web wound into a roll defines a longitudinal axis and forms an inner cavity from which the paper web can be peeled to form the packaging material. For example, a roll can be provided whose axial length is at least half its outer diameter and / or whose axial length is at most twice its outer diameter. Preferably, the ratio of axial length to outer diameter of the roll can be greater than 0.75, in particular greater than 1, and / or less than 1.75, in particular 1.5. For example, the ratio of axial length to outer diameter of the roll can be approximately 1.25. Preferably, the inner diameter of the roll in its new state can be less than half the outer diameter.Preferably, the inner diameter of the roll in its new state is greater than 1 cm, preferably greater than 5 cm, particularly preferably greater than 10 cm, and / or less than 25 cm, preferably less than 20 cm, particularly preferably less than 17.5 cm. For example, the inner diameter of a new roll can be approximately 16 cm. The device according to the invention for manually or mechanically producing a tubular packaging material comprises a guide funnel with an opening for dispensing the packaging material from a roll arranged in a dispensing position, wherein the guide funnel has an inner contour that tapers towards the opening in a dispensing direction. The device further comprises a primary receptacle for at least partially gripping a first roll and holding the first roll in the dispensing position.

[0010] The primary intake and the guide funnel can, for example, be designed as thin-walled plastic parts with a wall thickness of less than 5 mm, as in the device described in DE 20 2012 009 025 U1 for manually producing a spiral packaging material.

[0011] According to the invention, the device further comprises at least one secondary receptacle for receiving at least one second roll for reloading the device.

[0012] The secondary receptacle is designed to move between a passive and an active position, with the second reel movable. Movement of the secondary receptacle preferably accompanies a similar movement of the second reel it holds. It should be understood that the first and second reels can be identical in their new state, or at least essentially identical in design. The secondary receptacle can be designed similarly to the primary receptacle. The secondary receptacle can be designed, at least partially, to fully encompass the second reel and hold it in a storage position, which may differ from a delivery position. In the passive position of the secondary receptacle, the second reel is outside the delivery position.

[0013] In the passive position of the secondary feeder, no dispensing of supply material, in particular the paper web for forming packaging material, from the second roll is provided. In the passive position, the second roll can be located at an axial and / or radial distance relative to the guide funnel and / or its dispensing opening, which is preferably as large as the axial length or radial width of the first roll, particularly when new. Preferably, in the passive position of the secondary feeder, there is sufficient space between the guide funnel or its dispensing opening and the second roll so that the first roll can be arranged in the dispensing position, and in particular is already arranged in this position. The second roll can be moved from the passive position to the active position with the secondary feeder, especially when the first roll in the primary feeder is largely or completely used up.

[0014] In the active position of the secondary receptacle, the second roller can be arranged in the discharge position. For example, the secondary receptacle can assume the position, or a similar position, that previously occupied by the primary receptacle. It is conceivable that the secondary receptacle moves into the position of the primary receptacle, slides, rotates, glides, or the like. According to an alternative inventive embodiment, the second roller in the active position of the secondary receptacle is preferably displaceable into the primary receptacle exclusively under the influence of gravity. For example, in the active position of the secondary receptacle according to the second inventive alternative, the second roller can slide, glide, roll, fall, or the like into the primary receptacle with the aid of gravity and its own weight.

[0015] The device according to the invention is in particular designed such that, preferably without manual assistance, the second roller can be moved from the secondary intake into the primary intake in such a way that the second roller is arranged in the dispensing position after or as a result of the movement.Preferably, the second roll can be moved from the secondary intake to the primary intake in such a way that, preferably without manual assistance, the second roll assumes a position, particularly in the axial direction, relative to the guide funnel, in which the orientation of the axis of the second roll and the distance of the front end wall of the second roll in the output direction with respect to the output funnel and, in particular, its opening, are such that, preferably immediately after and / or as a result of the movement, the paper web can be peeled from the inner cavity of the second roll to form the packaging material (as previously from the first roll).For the sake of simplicity, the roll which is in the discharge position, in which the paper web can be peeled from the inner cavity of the roll through the guide funnel to form the packaging material, is referred to as the "first roll", whereby it should be clear that the "first roll" may be a (former second) roll that has been moved from the secondary intake to the primary intake.

[0016] According to one embodiment, the primary receptacle comprises exactly one first roll. Alternatively or additionally, the primary receptacle may have a shell body, which is in particular substantially semi-cylindrical in shape and / or which defines a receiving longitudinal axis that is preferably aligned with, and in particular aligned with, the output direction and / or preferably aligned with, and in particular aligned with, the roll axis of the first roll. The primary receptacle may have a shell body, for example, made of plastic, in particular with a thin wall thickness of less than 5 mm. The shell body of the primary receptacle is preferably dimensioned with an inner diameter that is at least as large as the outer diameter of a roll intended for loading the device. Preferably, the inner diameter of the primary receptacle measures at least 20 cm, in particular at least 25 cm, and most preferably at least 30 cm.It may be preferred that the inner diameter of the primary receptacle is less than 100 cm, particularly less than 50 cm, because rolls with such a large outer diameter are impractical to handle. A shell body may also have a shape other than a semi-cylindrical one, for example, a V-shaped or polygonal cross-section. It is also conceivable that the primary receptacle is formed by at least two struts extending in the direction of discharge, on which rolls can rest. A primary receptacle can comprise several struts extending longitudinally in the discharge direction or transversely to the discharge direction in order to circumferentially, at least partially, encircle a roll of packaging material. In this respect, a longitudinal axis of the receptacle can also be realized by a receptacle formed by rails and / or struts.

[0017] According to one embodiment of a device for manually or mechanically producing a tubular packaging material, the secondary receptacle is designed to at least partially encompass a second roll. The secondary receptacle can be designed like the primary receptacle. For example, the secondary receptacle can have a second shell body. A second shell body can be separate from a second shell body or formed integrally with the first shell body. The secondary receptacle can alternatively or additionally have rails and / or struts and / or a shape other than a cylindrical one. Preferably, the secondary receptacle can have a substantially semi-cylindrical shell body. The secondary receptacle, in particular a second shell body, can define a second longitudinal axis for receiving.The second longitudinal axis of the secondary camera can be aligned, particularly in the active position of the secondary camera, corresponding to, and especially in alignment with, the axis of the second roller, and / or, particularly in the active position of the secondary camera, be arranged correspondingly, and especially in alignment with, the longitudinal direction of the primary camera, in particular of a shell body of the primary camera. The secondary camera can be formed in a shape complementary to the primary camera. In particular, a second shell body of the secondary camera can be formed in a shape complementary to the first shell body of the primary camera.

[0018] It may be preferred that the device for manually or mechanically producing a tubular packaging material comprises a first roll received in the primary intake and / or at least one second roll arranged in the at least one secondary intake.

[0019] According to a preferred embodiment, the secondary receptacle comprises a magazine that holds at least one second roller. The magazine can, for example, hold two, three, or more second rollers. The secondary receptacle can be a tube magazine, preferably arranged with second rollers arranged one behind the other in the axial direction; a box magazine, preferably with second rollers arranged side by side or one above the other in a radial direction, particularly the vertical radial direction, wherein, in particular, the second rollers in the box magazine can each have an axially extending contact between two radially adjacent rollers; a rod magazine; a drum magazine, preferably with several receptacles that are rotatable about a common center of rotation through which a drum rotation axis extends; or the like.It is conceivable that a magazine, in particular a box magazine, a drum magazine, or the like, can form the primary intake and at least one secondary intake. In this way, with a drum magazine comprising several intakes, for example six, the magazine can be rotated such that one of the intakes is always positioned behind the guide funnel in the output direction. After the paper roll in this intake has been used up, the empty intake can be pivoted away from the guide funnel of the discharge opening by rotating the drum magazine, and another intake filled with a roll can take its place, with the new roll assuming the discharge position.It is also conceivable that, for example in a drum magazine, guide funnels or guide funnel sections or the like are arranged at the individual receptacles regardless of their position, whereby a rotation of the drum magazine can serve to move an empty receptacle ("primary receptacle") away from a dispensing position and to supply the dispensing position with a new roller-loaded receptacle ("secondary receptacle").

[0020] According to a preferred embodiment of a packaging material production device, the secondary refill for reloading the primary refill can preferably be arranged above the primary refill solely by the action of gravity, particularly relative to a vertical direction. The arrangement of the secondary refill, especially for reloading the primary refill, can be located only partially above the primary refill. According to a specific embodiment, the secondary refill, including any rolls it holds, can be arranged completely above the primary refill such that the secondary refill and the arranged roll are entirely above the primary refill and any fresh rolls that may be arranged in the primary refill. Preferably, the secondary refill can be arranged behind the primary refill with respect to the output direction.For example, the secondary intake can be positioned above and behind the primary intake in such a way that the second roll can slip or slide from the secondary intake into the primary intake in the output direction.

[0021] According to one embodiment of a packaging material production device, the secondary feeder, particularly for reloading the primary feeder, can be arranged at least partially laterally, and especially horizontally, parallel to the output direction, relative to the primary feeder. Preferably, the secondary feeder can be arranged horizontally perpendicular to the output direction, adjacent to the primary feeder, for a reloading movement that is at least partially horizontal or substantially horizontal. For example, a drum magazine can be provided with a drum axis offset horizontally to the output direction and / or the longitudinal axis of the primary feeder. It is also conceivable that, for example, a box or rod magazine has a magazine extension in the horizontal direction transverse to the output direction and / or the longitudinal axis of the primary feeder. In such a magazine, the second rollers are positioned substantially horizontally next to each other.A horizontally oriented box or rod magazine may have a pushing means, such as a spring or the like, and / or a preferably slight inclination of at most 30°, at most 15°, at most 10° or at most 5° relative to the horizontal direction.

[0022] According to one embodiment of a packaging material generating device, the dispensing opening and / or the dispensing direction are inclined downwards. The downward inclination can, in particular, be adjustable. It is clear that, relative to the floor surface of a room in which the generating device is located, a vertical perpendicular can be defined, as well as two horizontal planes, one of which can be oriented according to the orientation of the dispensing direction, and the second horizontal plane can be defined perpendicular to both the vertical and the first horizontal plane. The term "downwardly inclined" or "inclined downwards" is therefore to be understood as meaning that, in particular, the dispensing direction has at least one component in the vertical downward direction, specifically such that dispensing can occur under the influence of, or with the assistance of, gravity acting on the paper web.The dispensing opening and / or the dispensing direction can preferably have an angle of inclination of at least 10°, at least 30°, or at least 45°. Selecting the angle of inclination can, for example, increase the dispensing speed of a manual dispensing device. Depending on the arrangement of the device and its dispensing opening, the angle of inclination can be adjusted for particularly ergonomic removal of the packaging material from the generating device. The secondary intake, in particular a reloading section of the secondary intake, can be arranged at an angle of inclination relative to the first horizontal direction that corresponds to the angle of inclination of the dispensing opening. The secondary intake, in particular a reloading section of the secondary intake, can have a sliding angle relative to the first horizontal direction that differs from the angle of inclination of the dispensing opening and / or the dispensing direction.

[0023] According to one embodiment of a device that can be combined with the preceding ones, the device has a retaining element that can assume a retaining position in which it prevents reloading of the device, and a pass-through position in which it permits reloading. The retaining element can preferably be implemented as a movable element, for example, as a barrier, latch, flap, trapdoor, or the like. In particular, the retaining element can be arranged between the primary and secondary receptacles. Preferably, the retaining element is arranged in the dispensing direction between the secondary and primary receptacles. It is particularly preferred that, in the retaining position, the retaining element prevents reloading of the primary receptacle, and that, in the pass-through position, the retaining element permits reloading of the primary receptacle by means of a second roller.A retaining device can ensure that reloading of the device, particularly the primary feeder, with a second roll is prevented as long as paper can be peeled from the first roll to produce packaging material. In other words, the retaining device prevents a second roll from slipping into a primary feeder that is still partially occupied by a first roll, which could lead to a paper jam. A retaining device can be, for example, a flap or trapdoor between the secondary and primary feeders of a stick magazine, or a latch that prevents a drum magazine from rotating a second roll into the dispensing position.If the magazine has rollers arranged one behind the other in the axial direction, in the manner of a tubular magazine, a retaining device can be formed, for example, as a bar, wedge, barrier or the like, which in the retaining position can be arranged in the discharge direction between the secondary intake and the primary intake, and which in its pass-through position can allow the second roller to slide or glide into the primary intake.

[0024] According to one embodiment of a device for manually or mechanically producing a tube-like packaging material, the secondary intake has a reloading section which is preferably fixed relative to the primary intake, and preferably immovable during operation, in a position elevated relative to the primary intake and / or adjacent to, and preferably aligned with, the primary intake and / or above the primary intake. In a particular embodiment, the secondary intake has a filling section located at the rear in the dispensing direction A, which extends vertically downwards. Preferably, the filling section of the secondary intake extends below the primary intake, and more preferably below the front dispensing opening of the primary intake.Preferably, the filling section of the secondary intake extends vertically from a lowest point below the dispensing opening to a highest point near or corresponding to the highest point of a front reloading section of the secondary intake. In the horizontal direction, a bridge-, curve-, or saddle-shaped transition area may be provided between the filling section and the reloading section of the secondary intake. For example, a reloading section of the secondary intake may slope downwards in the dispensing direction towards the primary intake to allow movement of a second roll into the primary intake. The filling section of the secondary intake may slope upwards opposite to the dispensing direction to allow filling from the rear of the device. By moving a roll in the direction of dispensing within the filling section, a roll can be conveyed into the reloading section of the secondary intake.The transition area between the filling area and the reloading area of ​​the secondary intake provides protection against damage to the paper web roll when transitioning from the upwardly inclined filling section to the downwardly inclined reloading section.

[0025] According to one embodiment of a device for manually or mechanically producing a tubular packaging material, the secondary receptacle is movable such that it can move between an active reloading position for reloading the device, in particular the primary receptacle, and a passive filling position for refilling at least one further roll into the secondary receptacle. Preferably, the secondary receptacle is movable into an elevated and / or forward-positioned active reloading position, preferably adjacent to or overlapping the primary receptacle, for refilling, in particular the primary receptacle. The passive filling position can be provided, in particular, to allow the refilling of one or more further rolls into the secondary receptacle from a position behind the device in the dispensing direction.In this way, while packing personnel are producing packaging material from the first roll held in the primary receptacle, the secondary receptacle can be refilled so that the secondary receptacle is supplied with a second roll before all the paper material has been removed from the first roll. In the active reloading position, the secondary receptacle is arranged in an elevated position and / or forward in the output direction, preferably in a position adjacent to the primary receptacle or overlapping it axially. The passive reloading position is offset from the active reloading position. Preferably, the passive reloading position can be lowered and / or offset rearward against the output direction, particularly relative to the primary receptacle. It should be understood that the relative position designations of the passive reloading position and the active reloading station are mutually dependent.The active reloading position is preferably positioned ahead of the passive filling position in the dispensing direction and / or raised vertically. The passive filling position is lowered vertically relative to the active reloading station and / or offset backwards in the opposite direction to the dispensing direction. The primary intake can serve as a reference point.

[0026] According to a further development, a device for the automated or manual production of a tube-like packaging material has a secondary receptacle that is movable translationally, in particular telescopically, in and against the output direction. Alternatively or additionally, the secondary receptacle can be pivotable about a transverse axis that extends transversely to the output direction, preferably in a horizontal direction (a second horizontal direction). A first horizontal direction can be oriented according to the output direction. The primary receptacle and the secondary receptacle can be coordinated with each other, in particular dimensioned and / or arranged such that the secondary receptacle can move at least partially within the primary receptacle, preferably telescopically, back and forth. The secondary receptacle can be provided with a support device, such as a spring, preferably an air spring, for mass balancing with respect to the secondary receptacle.The support device of the secondary receiver can preferably provide at least partial mass compensation of the secondary receiver and the second roller(s) received therein during a movement of the secondary receiver in a vertical direction upwards, for example from the passive filling position to the active reloading position, in particular during a pivoting movement about the transverse axis.

[0027] According to a preferred embodiment of a device for the automated or manual production of packaging material, the device may have at least one sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a roll in the primary and / or secondary intake. Preferably, only one sensor is provided for detecting the presence or absence of a roll in the secondary intake. The sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a roll, particularly in the secondary intake, may be coupled to the retention device. A single sensor can be used to check whether at least one roll is present in the primary and / or secondary intake, or whether at least two rolls are present, so that the device, particularly the secondary intake, can be refilled before all the paper web material, especially from the primary intake, is converted into packaging material, i.e., before the device is empty.

[0028] According to a particularly preferred embodiment of a device according to the invention for manually producing a spiral-shaped packaging material, the device is free of a drive, such as an electric drive, for conveying the packaging material and / or the paper web. According to this embodiment, the device is free of conveying means, particularly those driven by motors, such as electric motors, such as conveyor rollers. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the device is free of cutting means, particularly those driven by motors, such as electric motors, such as a cutting device, for example, scissors, a guillotine, or the like.

[0029] According to another particularly preferred embodiment of a device for the automated production of packaging material, the device comprises conveying means, such as conveying and / or forming rollers, for conveying the packaging material and / or the paper web, and, in particular, an electric drive for operating these conveying means. In this preferred embodiment, the device may optionally include an electrically operated separating means, such as a cutting device, for example, scissors, a guillotine, a rotary cutter, or the like, for separating a cushioning material unit, such as a cushioning pad, from the tubular packaging material.

[0030] The invention also relates to a packing station with a device, configured as in the embodiment or further development described above, for manually or mechanically producing a tube-like packaging material. The packing station further comprises a frame to which the device is attached. The frame has a front facing the packing personnel, preferably with a storage surface, wherein the opening of the device is located on the front of the frame, particularly above the storage surface. Additionally or alternatively, the frame can have a rear facing away from the packing personnel, wherein the secondary intake is arranged in a preferably tilted and / or recessed filling state, preferably behind the rear and / or downwards, preferably on or under a frame top to which the device is preferably attached.The frame can be mounted on a wall, suspended from a ceiling, or placed on the floor. Combinations of mounting options for the frame or frame components within a room are possible.

[0031] Further preferred embodiments of the invention can be found in the dependent claims. Further properties, advantages, and features of the invention will become clear through the following description of preferred embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, which show: Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of a production device according to the invention; Fig. 2a shows a second embodiment of a device according to the invention for manually producing packaging material; Fig. 2b shows the device according to Fig. 2a with a lowered secondary intake that is shifted to the rear into a filling position; Fig. 2c shows the device according to Fig. 2a in the position according to Fig. 2b, wherein the secondary intake is refilled with another roll; Fig. 2d shows the device according to Fig. 2a with a filled secondary intake in an active reloading position, wherein a barrier is located in a retaining position between the secondary intake and the primary intake; Fig. 3a shows a third embodiment of a device according to the invention for manually producing a tube-like packaging material with a secondary intake designed as a drum magazine; Fig. 3b shows the device according to Fig. 3a , which is located in a position offset from the longitudinal axis of the primary recording; Fig. 3c the device according to Fig. 3a , in which the secondary intakes are in an active reloading position, with a paper web roll sliding from the secondary intake into the primary intake; Fig. 3d shows the device according to Fig. 3awith a roller in the dispensing position; Fig. 4a shows a fourth embodiment of a device according to the invention for manually or mechanically producing a tube-like packaging material with a secondary intake designed as a rod magazine; Fig. 4b shows the device according to Fig. 4a in a state in which a second roller is moved into the primary mount; Fig. 4c shows the device according to Fig. 4a with a first roller arranged in the dispensing position and three second rollers arranged vertically one above the other in the box magazine; Fig. 4d shows a packing station with the device according to Fig. 4a in the state according to Fig. 4c Fig. 4 shows the device according to Fig. 4ain a packing station, wherein packing personnel at the front of the packing station can remove packaging material from the device from a roll in the primary intake, and the box magazine is in a rearward-tilted filling position in which filling personnel standing at the rear of the frame can load the box magazine with fresh rolls of paper material; Fig. 5a shows a perspective side view of a packing station with a production device according to a fifth embodiment of the invention; Fig. 5b shows the production device according to Fig. 5a ; Fig. 5c shows a perspective rear view of the packing station according to Fig. 5a ; Fig. 5d shows a detailed section of a reloading section of the device according to Fig. 5a or 5c; Fig. 5e and Fig. 5f show detailed views of the device according to Fig. 5a with a restraint device in a restraint position; and Fig. 5g and Fig. 5h show detailed views of the device according to Fig. 5awith a retention device in its pass-through position.

[0032] In the following illustrations of preferred embodiments, the same or similar reference numerals are used for the same or similar components. A device according to the invention for manually or mechanically producing a tube-like packaging material is generally designated by reference numeral 1. A packing station is hereinafter referred to by reference numeral 100. For the sake of simplicity, detailed illustrations of motors or motor-driven conveying and forming rollers or the like have been omitted in the illustrations of preferred embodiments. In this regard, reference is made to DE 10 2009 015 855 A1, EP 2 711 167 A1, EP 2 711 168 A1 and DE 10 2005 053 319 A1.The device 1 according to the invention for manually or mechanically producing a tube-like packaging material from a paper web wound into a roll 11, 12 comprises as its main component a guide funnel 5, a primary intake 3 arranged behind it in the output direction A, and a secondary intake arranged above and / or behind it. As detailed in the illustrations of preferred embodiments, the secondary intake can be implemented, for example, as part of a magazine, such as a longitudinally extending tube magazine 20 with rolls arranged one behind the other, as a box magazine 40 with stacked rolls 12, or as a drum magazine 30 with rolls rotatably mounted in individual intakes about a drum axis T.

[0033] The following section will first describe the in Figure 1The illustrated packing station 100 is described as having a manual packaging material production device 1, which has a tube magazine 20. The packaging material production device 1 is mounted on a frame 101.

[0034] The rack 101 stands on the floor of a logistics center (not shown in detail) in the manner of a shelf. Starting from the space in which the device 1 is located, in particular the floor on which it stands, a vertical direction V in the direction of gravity, as well as two horizontal directions H1 and H2 extending perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the vertical direction V, can be defined.

[0035] The first horizontal direction is oriented according to the output direction A of the device 1. The output direction A is determined by the shape and arrangement of the output opening 7, which is provided in the center of the output and guide funnel 5 of the device 1. The output direction A is tilted downwards by an angle α relative to the first horizontal direction H 1. Extending in output direction A behind the output and guide funnel 5 is the primary receiving 3, which in the first preferred embodiments is formed by a semi-cylindrical shell body 53 in which a first roller 11 is received.

[0036] The longitudinal axis L1 of the primary mounting corresponds to the longitudinal axis R1 of the first roller 11. It should be noted that a slight radial misalignment between the longitudinal axis R1 and the longitudinal axis L1 of the primary mounting is possible within acceptable tolerances in the radial direction transverse to the longitudinal axis. The first roller 11 preferably abuts the inner, funnel-shaped wall of the guide funnel 5 with its front end face, in particular with the radial outer circumference of the roller 11.

[0037] The paper web forming the roll 11 can be pulled from the inside through the guide funnel 5 and its discharge opening 7, forming a spiral-shaped packaging material that can be torn off at the discharge opening 7 to create individual packaging units. The tray body 53 and the guide funnel 5 can be made of thin-walled material, particularly plastic. The guide funnel 5 can be attached to the first tray body 53 by a plug connection, such as a bayonet fitting, either detachably or permanently.

[0038] In output direction A behind the first shell body 53 of the primary intake 3, a secondary intake 21 is provided, which is also implemented here as a shell body 23 for illustrative purposes. In the Figure 1In the preferred embodiment shown, the second shell body 23 also has a thin wall with a wall thickness of less than 5 mm, which may preferably be made of the same material as the first shell body, for example, plastic. The shapes of the first shell body 53 and the second shell body 23 are dimensioned accordingly; in particular, they have the same inner diameter and / or the same wall thickness. By way of example, the shell bodies 23 and 53 are shown as semi-cylindrical. They could also have a different shape, e.g., a polygonal or V-shape.

[0039] It may be preferred that the second shell body 23 has a slightly smaller inner diameter than the front first shell body 53. For example, the inner diameter of the second shell body 23 may be smaller than the inner diameter of the front, first shell body by one wall thickness or more, so that the second shell body 23 can be arranged at least partially within the first shell body 53 and optionally be translationally, preferably telescopically, displaceable within the first shell body 53 (not shown in detail). A barrier 61 or other retaining means may be provided between the primary receptacle 3 provided by the first shell body 53 and the secondary receptacle 21 provided by the second shell body 23, which prevents a second roller in the primary receptacle 21 from moving freely into the dispensing position located in the primary receptacle. Figure 1The retaining device 61 is implemented as a barrier which can be pivoted upwards to assume a passage position (not shown in detail) in which the retaining device 61 allows unimpeded passage or relocation of a second roller (not shown in detail) from the secondary intake 21 in the direction of the output direction A to the guide funnel 5.

[0040] The secondary receptacle 21 is arranged behind the primary receptacle 3 in the output direction A and above it in the vertical direction V, so that a second roller (not shown) can slide from the secondary receptacle 21 into the primary receptacle 3 under the significant influence of gravity. To allow a roller to easily slide or slide from the secondary receptacle 21 into the primary receptacle 3, the longitudinal axes L2 of the secondary receptacle 21 and L1 of the primary receptacle 3 can be arranged correspondingly to each other, in particular in alignment.

[0041] The device 1 can, for example, have a capacitive sensor 70 on the secondary receptacle 21, which detects whether a reel is located in the secondary receptacle 21. If, as in Figure 1If no roll is arranged in the secondary intake 21, the sensor 70 can detect this and communicate it to a control electronics unit. This control electronics unit can then signal, for example with an optical signaling device such as a traffic light 71, whether the generating device 1 needs to be refilled. For example, the traffic light 71 can light up green if both the primary intake 3 and the secondary intake 21 are each filled with a roll 11, 12 (not shown in detail). The traffic light 71 can signal with a different signal, for example with a yellow light, that although there is still a roll 11 in the generating device 1 from which the paper web can be unwound to form packaging material, there is no second roll, no second rolls, or not the full number of second rolls that the magazine is capable of holding in the secondary intake 21.The traffic light can indicate with a third light signal, for example red, if no role at all is arranged in the generating device 1.

[0042] Alternatively or additionally, other signals can be generated, for example, an acoustic signal and / or a signal to a central control unit, which can be informed, for example, about the consumption of paper web rolls by a single or each individual production device within a logistics center. The control electronics (not shown in detail) can be connected to the retaining device 61, where another (not shown in detail) sensor can be provided to detect the reloading processes of the device. If the device, as in the preferred embodiments described later, has a magazine 30, 40 with a capacity for more than one second roll 12, it can be monitored, by using one or more sensors 70 on one or more secondary feeders and / or a reloading sensor, for example on a retaining device, whether or not the reloading process is taking place.how many rollers are present in the production device.

[0043] The Figures 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d show a device 1 for producing packaging material, which is essentially the one described above. Figure 1 The depicted generating device 1 corresponds to the representation of the Figures 2a to 2d differs from the representation in Figure 1 essentially only by the air spring 63, which supports the secondary mount 21, and by the fact that in the Figures 2a to 2d Sensor 70 and traffic light 71 are not shown. The expert understands that they are only visible in the diagram. Figure 1 components shown (sensor 70 and traffic light 71) and which are only in the Figures 2a to 2d The components shown (air spring 63) of the respective other version can be added as desired. In this respect, the representation of the generating device 1 corresponds to Figure 2a essentially the according to Figure 1 .

[0044] The generating device 1 is supported by a first holding device 60 with a bracket 64 and a second bracket 66, which are supported on the frame 101. It is clear that a single bracket 64 (as in Figure 1 The entire generating device 1 can be supported by the bracket 64. The front, first support is located approximately centrally below the shell body 53 of the primary intake 3. The primary intake 3 is attached to the bracket 64 by a pivot joint that can be fixed in several different tilt positions. In this way, the tilt angle α of the output direction A relative to the horizontal direction H1 is determined. A first support beam 65, which is supported by the bracket 64, extends below the shell body 53 of the primary intake 3. The support beam extends rearward opposite to the output direction A and terminates in the region of the rear end of the primary intake 3.

[0045] A second support beam 67 extends beneath the shell body 23 of the secondary mounting 21. The second support beam 67 extends primarily in the direction of the longitudinal axis L2 of the secondary mounting 21. The second support beam 67 rests against a second bracket 66, which is attached to the top 109 of the frame 101. Instead of a bracket consisting of two brackets 64, 66, a single bracket may also be provided.

[0046] The front end of the second support beam 67, in the output direction A, is mounted to the first support beam 65 by a joint 68. The joint 68, which connects the primary camera 3 with the secondary camera 2, allows translational movement of the secondary camera 21 relative to the primary camera 3 in the direction of the first longitudinal axis L1. The joint 68 between the primary camera 3 and the secondary camera 21 also allows pivoting movement of the secondary camera 21 about a transverse axis Q relative to the primary camera 3.

[0047] As in the Figures 2b and 2cAs shown, the secondary receptacle 21 can be translationally displaced backwards relative to the primary receptacle 3 and pivoted downwards about the transverse axis Q to assume a filling position for refilling the device 1 with additional rollers. In this filling position, the shell body 23 of the secondary receptacle 21 is close to the top of the frame 101, so that refilling access from the rear 105 of the frame is easily possible for refilling personnel.

[0048] A newly refilled roll 12, which was inserted from the rear 105 into the secondary receptacle 21, is in Figure 2cAs shown. When the secondary mount 21 is pivoted upwards about the transverse axis Q and moved translationally towards the primary mount 3, the second roller 12 slides forwards in the secondary mount 21 in the output direction A. For the upward vertical movement V, the secondary mount 21 with the second roller 12 arranged therein is lifted. The compression spring 63 is provided to relieve the weight when lifting the secondary mount 21 with the second roller 12 arranged therein.

[0049] In the Figures 3a to 3d Another embodiment of a device for the manual or automated production of packaging material is shown. This embodiment differs from the previously described preferred embodiment in the following ways: Figures 3a to 3dThe illustrated embodiment is distinguished primarily by the fact that the secondary receptacle 31 is implemented as part of a drum magazine 30. The drum magazine 30 comprises four secondary receptacles 31 with hollow cylindrical shell bodies 33. The four hollow cylindrical shell bodies 33 are rotatably mounted about a common drum axis T in a cylindrical magazine drum 32. The shell bodies 33 are fully cylindrical to prevent the secondary rollers 12 contained within them from falling out of the secondary receptacle 31 during rotation about the drum axis T.

[0050] The drum axis T is in the reloading position, which is in the Figures 3a and 3cThe drum axis T is arranged parallel to the first longitudinal axis L1 of the primary receptacle 3. The drum axis T is preferably arranged coaxially between the individual secondary receptacles 31, with substantially equal radial distances to them. The distance between the second longitudinal axes L2 is greater than the diameter of the solid shell body 33 and preferably less than twice the shell body diameter. Preferably, the distance between the drum axis and the second longitudinal axes L2 is equal. The distance between the drum axis T and the second longitudinal axes L2 can be greater than the diameter of a shell body 33. Preferably, the distance from the second longitudinal axis to the drum axis is at least 1.4 times and / or at most 1.6 times, preferably about 1.5 times, the diameter of a receptacle 33.

[0051] The magazine drum 32 is equipped with a movable holding device, similar to the one mentioned above regarding the one in the Figures 2a to 2d described, held on the frame 101 of the packing station 100. The holder can have a first bracket 64 and a first support beam 65, as described above, for supporting the primary receiver. The holder device can further have a second bracket 66, on which a second support beam 67 is supported by one or more springs, in particular pneumatic springs 65. The support beam 67 can also be held on the first support beam 65 by a joint 68. With the articulated arrangement of the second support beam pivotable about the joint 68 and supported by the pneumatic spring 63, the entire drum magazine 30 can be lowered and raised, and optionally switched between a rear filling position and a front reloading position, which are located in the Figures 3a and 3c The image shown will be rotated.

[0052] As in Figure 3bAs shown, the drum magazine 30 can rotate around the drum axis T to remove, for example, an empty secondary receptacle from the primary receptacle 3 and to bring a second secondary receptacle 31, equipped with a second roller 12, into the reloading position.

[0053] During the recharging process according to Figure 3c First, a retaining device, such as a barrier 61, can be brought into a passive passage position between the primary receptacle 3 and the secondary receptacle 31, so that the second roller 12 can slide from the secondary receptacle 31, which is in the reloading position, into the primary receptacle 3. 3D figure Figure 1 shows a primary image with a freshly reloaded first roll 11. After reloading the primary image 3 from a secondary image 31, the drum magazine 30 can rotate this secondary image 31 with the entire drum magazine 30 around the drum axis T, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 3bindicated so that another, loaded second receptacle enters the reloading position. Independent (roller) rotation is prevented by a retaining device not shown in detail.

[0054] From the into the Figures 2a to 2d The preferred embodiment, which is shown in the following, differs from the embodiment shown in 3a to 3d. Figures 4a to 4e This is illustrated essentially by the fact that the secondary intake 41 is part of a box magazine 40. The box magazine 40 can be attached to the frame 101 by means of a bracket as described above. For example, four secondary rollers 12 can be arranged in the box magazine, positioned directly above one another in the vertical direction 4.

[0055] Alternatively, it is also conceivable to use a rod magazine in which the rollers are not arranged directly next to each other in the vertical direction, but rather one above the other in the vertical direction, offset not perpendicularly but in a zigzag pattern. In this way, more rollers could be accommodated in a rod magazine (not shown in detail) with the same vertical height but a greater width in the second horizontal direction H 2 than in a box magazine 40 of the same vertical height V.

[0056] As in the Figures 4b and 4c As shown, after emptying the primary intake 3, a second roll 12 from the box magazine 40 can be moved forward in the output direction A from the secondary intake 41 into the primary intake 3. When the roll thus moved takes the place of a first roll 11 in the primary intake 3, as shown in Figure 4cAs shown, the magazine box 40 contains one fewer second roll 12 than before; here, for example, there are still three second rolls 12 (cf. Figure 4c This condition is also shown by Figure 4d , however, with a view to the back 105 of the rack 101 of the Packstation 100.

[0057] The box magazine can be removed from the active reloading position using the holding device 60 ( Figure 4d ) into a filling position pivoted, for example, 90° to the rear about the transverse axis Q of the joint 68 of the holding device 60 ( Figure 4e In the filling position, filling personnel can insert second rolls into the box magazine 40 from the rear 105 of the frame until it is again filled with rolls 12. The box magazine 40 can then be returned to the active reloading position ( Figure 4d ) are raised by the filling personnel raising the box magazine 40 with the assistance of the air spring(s) of the holding device 60.

[0058] In contrast to the previous descriptions, device 1 for producing packaging material according to the Figures 4a to 4e In the active reloading position, the receiving longitudinal axis L2 of the lowest shell body 43 of the secondary receiver 41 is indeed oriented in the first horizontal direction H1 corresponding to the first receiving longitudinal axis L1 of the primary receiver 3; however, the first and second receiving longitudinal axes L1, L2 are not aligned. Rather, there is an angular offset between the essentially horizontal direction, in particular the first horizontal direction H1, the second receiving longitudinal axis L2, and the first receiving longitudinal axis L1, which is inclined by the angle α. The angular offset preferably corresponds to the angle α.

[0059] The in the Figures 5a to 5h The preferred embodiment shown is essentially based on the one described in Figure 1the illustrated version, so that the descriptions given above with regard to Figure 1a apply completely to the version according to the Figures 5a to 5h are transferable. The device for producing packaging material according to the Figures 5a to 5h has a type of tube magazine 20 which can hold more than two, for example four, five or more second rolls 12 in addition to a first roll 11 in the primary recording 3.

[0060] The secondary receiving section 21 comprises a reloading section 22 located at the front in the output direction A and a filling section 24 located at the rear in the output direction A. The reloading section 22 forms the secondary receiving section 21. Several, for example two, second rollers 12 can be arranged axially one behind the other, preferably aligned, in the reloading section 22. The reloading section 22 defines a receiving longitudinal axis L 2 with a sliding angle β that is inclined downwards relative to the first horizontal direction H 1. As in Figure 5b , 5e or 5g As shown, the glide angle β can correspond to the inclination angle α. As in Figure 5a To demonstrate this, the tilt angle α of the output can be set independently of the sliding angle β. Preferably, the tilt angle α can be set greater than the sliding angle β. The tilt angle α can, for example, assume a position between 0° and 90°. The rear end of the primary holder 3 is located at the same vertical height V as the secondary holder 21, so that, regardless of any difference between the sliding angle β and the tilt angle α, the primary holder 3 can always be reloaded with a roll from the secondary holder 21. The tilt angle α can be set using the holder 64 of the primary holder 3.

[0061] It may be preferable that the reloading section 22, inclined downwards at the sliding angle β, is always kept as full as possible with second rollers 12. It may be irrelevant whether the filling section 24 also contains one or more rollers. The filling section 24 may also be normally free of rollers. In such a case, a new roller would only be inserted into the filling section 24 when the reloading section 22 is being filled and pushed upwards vertically until the roller passes from the filling section 24 into the reloading section 22 via the transfer section.

[0062] For this purpose, a sensor (not shown), such as the sensor 70 described above, can be provided in a rear area of ​​the secondary intake 21, for example in the area of ​​the rear shell body 23b, to register the presence or absence of a second paper roll 12 at this location. Like the sensor 70 described above, such a sensor could be located at a rear end of the reloading section 22 and generate a paper roll demand signal for processing by the control electronics, for example by generating a demand signal using the indicator light 71.

[0063] The holding device 60 of the in the Figures 5a to 5hThe preferred embodiment of a device 1 shown here differs from the holding devices 60 described above in that the position of the secondary intake 21, or of the entire magazine 20, is fixed during operation. In this embodiment, the filling of the secondary intake 21 during the use of the device 1 for producing packaging paper by packing personnel at the front 103 of the frame 101 is ensured by a filling section 24 of the secondary intake 21, extending vertically downwards from the reloading section 22, at the rear 105 of the frame 101. The filling section 24 can have a tray-like body 25, which can accommodate one or more secondary rolls 12. The basic shape of the tray-like body 25 in the filling section 24 of the device 1 is as follows: Figures 5a to 5hthe same as regarding the design possibilities of the aforementioned shell bodies 23, 53 etc.

[0064] The filling section 24 preferably extends behind the rear side 105 of the frame 101 and below the dispensing opening 7 and / or the top 107 of the frame 101 of the packing station 100. At the rear, lower filling end of the filling section 24, a retainer, preferably formed as an edge 26 and / or tab, is provided to prevent the new second roll 12 from slipping out of the filling section. Safety bars 27 or other safeguards may be provided in the filling section 24, at least in sections along its vertical extent, to prevent one or more rolls from tipping backward out of the filling section 24. For example, safety bars 27 may be provided at intervals smaller than the axial length of a roll 12 along the bar section.

[0065] To fill the device 1, personnel can insert or push fresh rolls into the filling section 24 from the rear 105 of the frame 101. One or more rolls can be moved manually, with the aid of tools, or by motorized conveying devices, such as a conveyor belt, or the like, from a lower filling position to the reloading section 22.

[0066] In Figure 5b It can be seen that the secondary intake 21 in the reloading section 22 is composed of several telescopically nested shell bodies 23a, 23b. A transfer section 28 is also provided between the rear shell body section 23b and the shell body 25, which constitutes the filling section 24. This transfer section forms a curved transition from the upwardly inclined shell body 25 of the filling section 24 to the angle β of the downwardly inclined shell bodies 23 (23a, 23b) of the reloading section 22.

[0067] The telescoping of the shell body sections 23a, 23b allows the axial length of the secondary support 21 to be statically adjusted depending on the width of the frame 101. Preferably, the rear shell body 23b is inserted section by section into the front shell body 23a. For this purpose, the front shell body 23a and the rear shell body 23b can have the same cross-sectional shape but different cross-sectional widths, for example, a semi-cylindrical or V-shaped cross-sectional shape with different widths (inner diameters). An alternative embodiment of two or more longitudinal struts forming the secondary support could be designed such that struts offset from each other in the axial and radial directions with the same longitudinal extension direction (L 2 ) are provided, so that overlapping areas between the front and rear struts are provided corresponding to the overlapping area of ​​the two shell bodies 23a, 23b.

[0068] It is also conceivable that the front area of ​​the shell body(s) 23 of the reloading section 22 overlaps with the rear area of ​​the shell body 53 of the primary intake 3 in the axial direction.

[0069] To prevent the rollers 11, 12 from jamming at the transition between different receiving sections, an alignment of the different sections relative to each other is preferred, or an arrangement in which a receiving section located further back in the output direction A extends section by section within the receiving section located in front of it in the output direction. For example, the rear shell body section 23b extends in its front half within the front shell body 23 when the Figure 5b depicted design.

[0070] The Figures 5e and 5f show a retaining device in the form of a bolt 62 in its retained position. In the Figures 5g and 5hThe locking bar 62 is shown in the open position. In the output direction A, the locking bar 62 extends radially through the shell body 23 of the secondary receptacle 21 at its front end, reaching into the area for receiving the second roller 12. The roller 12 is positioned behind the locking bar 62 in the output direction A, so that the locking bar prevents the roller 12 from sliding forward into the primary receptacle 3 in the output direction A as long as it is in the retaining position.

[0071] By actuating a lever 72, the bolt 62 can be moved radially outwards to a release position, in which it is outside the roller area of ​​the secondary receiver 21, so that it no longer obstructs the roller 12. The bolt 62 can, for example, be moved manually from the retaining position to the release position by a mechanical actuator such as the lever 72, and spring-loaded back into the retaining position when the lever 72 is released. It is also conceivable that, instead of manual, mechanical actuation, an electrically controlled actuator (not shown) could be used, which would move the bolt 62 between the retaining and release positions via an electronic actuator of the restraint device, such as the bolt 62 or the barrier 61 described above.An electronic actuation via a reload button can be simultaneously connected to the control electronics, and the button press can be interpreted as a signal to order another roll to fill the secondary intake. Reference symbol list

[0072] 1 Generating device 3 Primary intake 5 Guide hopper 7 Dispensing opening 11, 12 Roller 20 Tube magazine 21, 31, 41 Secondary intake 22 Reloading section 23a, 23b Shell body section 23, 33, 43 Second shell body 24 Filling section 25 Shell body 26 Edge 27 Safety bar 28 Transition area 30 Drum magazine 32 Magazine drum 40 Box magazine 51 Inner contour 53 First shell body 60 Holding device 61 Barrier 63 Air spring 64 First bracket 65 First support beam 66 Second bracket 67 Second support beam 68 Joint 70 Sensor 71 Traffic light 72 Lever 100 Packaging station 101 Frame 103 Front 105 Rear 107 Top A Output direction H 1 , H 2 Horizontal direction L 1 , L 2 Longitudinal axis of intake Q Transverse axis R 1 , R 2 Longitudinal axis of rollers T Drum axis V Vertical direction α Inclination angle β Glide angle

Claims

1. An apparatus (1) for manual or automatic production of a tube-like packaging material from a paper strip wound up to a roll (11, 12), the paper strip defining a roll longitudinal axis (R1, R2) and forming an inner hollow space, from which the paper strip is drawable for forming the packaging material, the apparatus comprising: a guiding chute (5) including an opening (7) configured to eject the packaging material from a roll (11, 12) arranged in an ejection position, the guiding chute (5) having an inner contour (51) narrowing in an ejection direction (A) towards the opening (7); and a primary seating (3) configured to at least partly circumferentially grip a first roll (11) and to hold the first roll (11) in the ejection position; wherein the apparatus (1) further comprises at least one secondary seating (21, 31, 41) configured to receive at least one second roll (12) to reload the apparatus, the secondary seating (21, 31, 41) being arranged immovably relative to and adjacent to, in particular aligned with, the primary seating (3).

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the secondary seating comprises a magazine, in particular a tube magazine (20), box magazine (40), rod magazine, or drum magazine (30), configured to contain at least one second roll (12).

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the secondary seating (21, 31, 41) is arranged above the primary seating (3) to reload the primary seating (3) exclusively due to gravity, and preferably behind the primary seating (3) with respect to the ejection direction (A).

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the secondary seating is arranged at least partly sideways, in particular displaced parallel horizontally with respect to the ejection direction, relative to the primary seating, in particular to reload the primary seating.

5. The apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the opening (7) and / or the ejection direction (A) is preferably adjustably tilted downwardly, in particular at a tilt angle (α) of at least 10°, at least 30°, or at least 45°.

6. The apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the apparatus comprises a movable retainer, in particular arranged between the primary seating (3) and the secondary seating (7), such as a bar (61), a bolt (62), a flap, or a hatch, the retainer being configurable to assume a retaining position, in which the retainer inhibits the reloading of the primary seating (3), and to assume a passing position, in which the retainer allows the reloading of the primary seating (3) with a second roll (12).

7. The apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the primary seating (3) and the secondary seating (21, 31, 41) form a tube magazine (20), the secondary seating (21, 31, 41) being arranged behind the primary seating (3) in the ejection direction and aligned therewith.

8. The apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one sensor (70) configured to detect a presence or non-presence of a roll (11, 12) in the primary seating (3) and / or the secondary seating (21, 31, 41).

9. The apparatus according to one of the preceding claims for manual production of a spiral tube-shaped packaging material, wherein the apparatus is: free of a drive configured to feed the packaging material and / or the paper strip, and free of motor-driven feed means, and free of motor-driven cutting means.

10. The apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the opening (7) is configured such that the in particular tube-like packaging material is tearable at the opening (7) to form individual packaging material units.

11. An apparatus (1) for manual or automatic production of a tube-like packaging material from a paper strip wound up to a roll (11, 12), the paper strip defining a roll longitudinal axis (R1, R2) and forming an inner hollow space, from which the paper strip is drawable for forming the packaging material, the apparatus comprising: a primary seating (3) configured to at least partly circumferentially grip a first roll (11) and to hold the first roll (11) in the ejection position; wherein the apparatus (1) further comprises at least one secondary seating (21, 31, 41) configured to receive at least one second roll (12) to reload the apparatus, the secondary seating (21, 31, 41) with the second roll (12) being movable between a passive position, in which the second roll (12) is outside the ejection position, and an active position, in which the second roll (12) is arranged in the ejection position or is shiftable from the secondary seating (21, 31, 41) into the primary seating (11), preferably exclusively due to gravity.

12. A packing station (100) comprising: the apparatus (1) according to one of the preceding claims; and a frame (101) on which the apparatus is mounted, the frame having a front side (103) configured to face an operator, preferably including a shelf, the opening (7) being arranged at the front side (103) of the frame (101) in particular above the shelf, and / or the frame (101) having a rear side (105) configured to face away from the operator, the secondary seating (21, 31, 41) being displaceably arranged in a preferably tilted and / or backwardly displaced filling state to the rear, preferably behind the rear side (105), and / or downwardly, preferably at or under a top side (107) of the frame on which the apparatus (1) is preferably mounted.