AU2012220112B2

AU2012220112B2 - Fire-retardant, fire-retardant banded cigarette paper, and manufacturing method for same

Info

Publication number: AU2012220112B2
Application number: AU2012220112A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Yuxiang Chen; Jinsong Li; Qicheng WANG; Maochen ZHAO
Original assignee: MUDANJIANG HENGFENG PAPER CO Ltd
Current assignee: MUDANJIANG HENGFENG PAPER CO Ltd
Priority date: 2011-12-02
Filing date: 2012-04-20
Publication date: 2016-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-20
Also published as: HK1171796A1; PL2679722T3; EP2679722B1; EP2679722A2; CN102493285B; AU2012220112A1; EP2679722A4; JP2014510850A; JP5814462B2; KR20140010142A; RU2589677C2; WO2012113357A2; CN102493285A; PT2679722T; RU2013147032A; TW201322932A; ZA201307504B; ES2650912T3; WO2012113357A3; WO2012113357A4

Abstract

The present invention applies to a fire-retardant, a fire-retardant banded cigarette paper, and a manufacturing method for same, wherein the retardant contains 10 to 30% of film-forming material by weight, 10 to 30% of filler material by weight, and 40 to 80% of solvent by weight. At least one band of fire-retardant is applied on the front or back side of the cigarette paper by means of printing to form a fire-retardant band having a width of 2 to 8 mm. The present invention relates to the technical field of manufacturing fire-retardant banded cigarettes, and reduces the air permeability of the strip coating section whereon the fire-retardant band is applied, said section being printed onto the base paper of the cigarette paper and having a fixed spacing. When the cigarette naturally burns to the fire-retardant section, the fire-retardant band absorbs heat and reduces the amount of oxygen which can enter, thereby causing the cigarette to extinguish. If the cigarette is smoked after having reached the fire-retardant band, the cigarette is supplied with oxygen and continues to burn.

Description

Fire retardant, cigarette paper with fire retardant strip and method for manufacturing cigarette paper 5 Field of the Invention The present application relates to fire retardant, cigarette paper and the method for manufacturing the cigarette paper, more particularly, to a fire retardant, a cigarette paper with a fire retardant strip and a method for manufacturing the 10 cigarette paper. Description of Related Art China is the world's biggest country for cigarette production and cigarette consumption. According to incomplete statistics, China currently has nearly four 15 hundred million smokers, which accounts for 30% of Chinese population. A cigarette butt may by accident cause a fire destroying thousands of hectares of forest, and there are a lot of fire disasters caused by smoking. The temperature at the center of cigarette butt reaches to 700 0 C-800 0 C, the temperature at the combustion cone surface also reaches to 300 0 C-500 0 C, and the temperature is much higher than 20 ignition point of general solid combustibles, i.e. paper and cloth. Therefore, it is required to develop a new technology for improving the security of the cigarette i.e. to provide cigarette with a low ignition. In the meanwhile it is desirable that security of the cigarette is enhanced without losing the traditional characters of cigarette, i.e. taste, shape of cigarette ash and hygienic requirements 25 and so on. A manufacture process of cigarette paper should be adjusted only so as to meet the requirement of the modern cigarette production equipment better. Thus, it is desirable to develop a technology to manufacture cigarette paper with a fire retardant strip meeting the requirement of producing cigarette while consuming relatively less resource and energy. 1 Any discussion of documents, acts, materials, devices, articles or the like which has been included in the present specification is not to be taken as an admission that any or all of these matters form part of the prior art base or were common general knowledge in the field relevant to the present disclosure as it existed before the 5 priority date of each claim of this application. Throughout this specification the word "comprise", or variations such as "comprises" or "comprising", will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated element, integer or step, or group of elements, integers or steps, but not the exclusion of any other element, integer or step, or group of elements, integers or steps. 10 SUMMARY The present disclosure provides a fire retardant for a cigarette paper, the fire retardant comprising: 10%-30% film-forming material by weight, 10%-30% filling material by weight, 40%-80% solvent by weight, and 5%-15% additional agent by weight of the 15 total weight of the film-forming material, filling material and the solvent, wherein the film-forming material is selected from the group consisting of the following materials: cationic starch, anionic starch, oxidized starch, arabic gum, methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, vinyl alcohol, alginate, or mixtures thereof, wherein the filling material is selected from the group consisting of the following materials: calcium 20 carbonate, magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, talcum powder, or mixtures thereof, and wherein the additional agent is selected from the group consisting of the following materials: viscosity breaking agent, de-foaming agent, dispersing agent, softening agent, or mixtures thereof. Preferably, the solvent is selected from the group consisting of the following 25 materials: water, ethanol, ethyl acetate or ammonia, or mixtures thereof. The present disclosure also provides a cigarette paper with a fire retardant strip, at least one fire retardant strip is provided on a front side and/or back side of the cigarette paper by printing a fire retardant disclosed herein, and the width of the fire retardant strip is 2-8mm. 2 Preferably, at least two fire retardant strips are provided on the cigarette paper, and the distance between the two adjacent fire retardant strips is 10-30mm. Preferably, the fire retardant strip may have a shape from the following: bar shape, wave shape, zigzag shape, mesh shape or a combined shape by composing any of the 5 above shape. The present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing a cigarette paper with a fire retardant strip, the method comprising: forming a film-forming material solution by dissolving a film-forming material into solvent under high speed dispersion, the film-forming material is selected from the group consisting of the following materials: 10 cationic starch, anionic starch, oxidized starch, arabic gum, methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, vinyl alcohol, alginate, or mixtures thereof, and stirring the film-forming material solution; forming a fire retardant by adding a filling material into the film-forming material solution under high speed dispersion, the filling material is selected from the group consisting of the following materials: calcium carbonate, magnesium 15 oxide, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, and talcum powder, or mixtures thereof, and replenishing the solvent; forming a fire retardant strip by printing the fire retardant on a front side and/or back side of cigarette base paper using a printer, wherein the method further comprises adding additional agent into the film-forming material solution, the additional agent is selected from the group consisting of the following 20 materials: viscosity breaking agent, de-foaming agent, dispersing agent, softening agent, or mixtures thereof; and wherein the fire retardant is completed by one-time printing, double chromaticity printing, or three-time chromaticity printing. The present disclosure relates to a technology of manufacturing cigarette paper with fire retardant strip where strip coatings with a predetermined distance therebetween are 25 printed on the cigarette base paper so that gas permeability is reduced in the area of the strip coatings. When the cigarette naturally burns to the area of the fire retardant strip, the cigarette is self-extinguished as the fire retardant strip absorbs the heat and reduces the entry of the oxygen; when the cigarette burns to the area of the fire retardant strip, if the cigarette is smoked, the oxygen will enter into the cigarette due to the smoking, and the 3 cigarette would continue to burn. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings described here will be made to provide a further 5 understanding for the present invention and constitute a part of the present application; the following exemplary embodiments and the description thereof are made to explain the present invention, but the invention is not limited thereto, wherein: Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a cigarette paper with a fire retardant strip 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a schematic view of producing the cigarette using the cigarette paper according to an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 15 Hereafter, the technical solution of the present invention is further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and following embodiments. Embodiment 1: Referring to figure 1 and figure 2, wherein a prefer embodiment of the cigarette paper with a fire retardant strip according to an embodiment of the present invention 20 is shown. In the embodiment, at least one fire retardant strip 2 is provided on a front side and/or back side of the cigarette paper 1 by printing a fire retardant, and strip coatings with a predetermined distance therebetween are printed on the cigarette base paper so that gas permeability is reduced in the area of the strip coatings, and the width of the fire retardant strip 2 an embodiment of the present invention is 2-8mm. 25 Preferably, at least two fire retardant strips 2 are provided on the cigarette paper 1, and the distance between the two adjacent fire retardant strips 2 is 10-30mm. When the cigarette naturally burns to the area of the fire retardant strip 2, the cigarette is self-extinguished as the fire retardant strip 2 absorbs the heat and reduces the entry of the oxygen. In one example, two or more fire retardant strips 2 are provided so as to 4 enhance the retardant frequency, thus improving security of the cigarette. When the cigarette burns to the area of the fire retardant strip, if the cigarette is smoked, the oxygen would enter the cigarette due to the smoking, and the cigarette would continue to burn. The width of the fire retardant strip is neither too narrow nor too wide, if the width is too 5 narrow, the effect of fire retarding would not be achieved; if the width is too wide, the taste of the smoker becomes bad. In the present embodiment, as shown in figure 1, two fire retardant strips 2 are provided on the cigarette paper 1, and the fire retardant strip 2 has a bar shape. However, the shape of the fire retardant strip also may be arranged as wave shape, 10 zigzag shape, mesh shape or a composite shape by composing any of the above shapes. In an example, the width of the fire retardant strip 2 is 2-8mm, and the distance between the two adjacent fire retardant strips 2 is 19mm. Embodiment 2: 15 Arabic gum of 20% by weight is selected as the film-forming material. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In an example, cationic starch, anionic starch, methylcellulose, vinyl alcohol, alginate, or a mixture of any above materials also may be selected as the film-forming material, and the weight proportion thereof can be the same; optionally calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide are selected as the filling 20 material, and the weight proportion of calcium carbonate is 10%, the weight proportion of magnesium hydroxide is 10%, however, magnesium oxide, talcum powder, or a mixture of any above materials may be selected as the filling material. Ethanol is selected as one part of the solvent, and the weight proportion of the ethanol is 24%, and the remaining part of the solvent is water. Preferably, 8% propylene glycol and/or glycerin by the total 25 weight of the above compound as additional agent is added. Additionally, water, ethanol, ethyl acetate or ammonia, or a mixture of the above materials may also be selected as the solvent of the present invention. When manufacturing the fire retardant, an arabic gum water solution is formed under high speed dispersion, and the film-forming material solution is stirred so as to achieve 5 uniformity; then magnesium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, ethanol, propylene glycol and/or glycerin are added into the solution under high speed dispersion. In practice, it is appreciated for those skilled in the art to adjust the above material and proportion according to different climate, different temperature in different regions, or different 5 humidity, the wrinkling state of the paper, the air permeability, the requirement of the fire retardant strip and the dryness, so as to produce the ideal product. Finally, a fire retardant strip 2 is formed on a front side and/or back side of cigarette base paper 1 by printing the fire retardant using a printer, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. 10 Embodiment 3: During manufacturing the fire retardant, carboxymethylcellulose is selected as the film-forming material, and the weight proportion thereof is 25%; magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide are selected as the filling material, and the weight proportion of magnesium hydroxide is 10%, the weight proportion of aluminum hydroxide is 10%, and 15 ethanol is selected as one part of the solvent, and the weight proportion of the ethanol is 30%, and the remaining part of the solvent is water; preferably, 10% propylene glycol and/or glycerin by the total weight of the above compound as additional agent is added, however, viscosity breaking agent, de-foaming agent, dispersing agent, softening agent, or a mixture of any above materials in the prior art may also be selected as additional 20 agent. When manufacturing the fire retardant, a carboxymethylcellulose water solution is formed under high speed dispersion, and the film-forming material solution is stirred so as to achieve uniformity; then magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide, ethanol, propylene glycol and/or glycerin are added into the solution under high speed dispersion. 25 In practice, it is appreciated for those skilled in the art to adjust the above material and proportion according to different climate, different temperature in different regions, or different humidity, the wrinkling state of the paper, the air permeability, the requirement of the fire retardant strip and the dryness, so as to produce the ideal product. Finally, a fire retardant strip 2 is formed on a front side and/or back side of cigarette 6 base paper 1 by printing the fire retardant using a printer, as shown in figure 1. Embodiment 4: When manufacturing the fire retardant, oxidized starch is selected as the 5 film-forming material, and the weight proportion thereof is 10%; magnesium hydroxide and calcium carbonate are selected as the filling material, and the weight proportion of magnesium hydroxide is 5%, the weight proportion of calcium carbonate is 10%, and the remaining part of the solution is water as the solvent. Preferably, 15% propylene glycol and/or glycerin by the total weight of the above compound as additional agent is added. 10 During manufacturing of the fire retardant, oxidized starch is gelatinized firstly, after the temperature descends below 60'C, the magnesium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, propylene glycol and/or glycerin are added into the solution, and the solution is stirred so as to achieve uniformity. In practice, the cigarette paper with the fire retardant strip manufactured by 15 embodiments of the material proportion and method of the present invention meet the requirement of cigarette paper printing industry, such as the requirement for concentration, viscosity and bubbling property of the ink. Thus the paper has good printing effect and is cost effective. Finally, a fire retardant strip 2 is formed on a front side and/or back side of cigarette 20 base paper 1 by printing the fire retardant using a printer, as shown in figure 1. The position of the fire retardant strip on the front side corresponds to the position of the fire retardant strip on the back side, or the above positions are staggered with each other. Preferably, the fire retardant is completed by one-time printing, double chromaticity printing, or three-time chromaticity printing. 25 Specifically, the object of embodiments of the present invention to print the fire retardant coating on the cigarette paper is to reduce gas permeability in the area of the strip coatings, and the major constituent material of embodiments of the present invention is the film-forming material. Additionally, the filling material is used to reduce the adhesion of the film-forming material so as to prevent the film-forming material from 7 bonding with paper page or the surface of the other elements, and the filling material may also partly help to achieve self-extinguishing function. For example, the magnesium hydroxide may absorb heat and release water. The organic solvent, such as ethanol, added into the solvent functions to speed up drying. The other additional agents of the 5 present disclosure function to adjust the property of the fire retardant. For example, it helps the fire retardant to meet the requirements for printing ink. More specifically, viscosity or bubbling property of the fire retardant may be adjusted so as to meet the requirements of the quality of the fire retardant for printing. Apparently, various fire retardant products may be completed by using the fire 10 retardant, the cigarette paper with the fire retardant strip and the method for manufacturing the cigarette paper according to embodiments of the present invention. It should be noted that above embodiments only are made to explain the technical solutions of the present invention and they are not construed to limit the invention. Although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the preferred 15 embodiments, those skills in the art may understand that the embodiments of the present invention can be modified or the partial technical features are replaceable with equivalents without departing from the spirits of the technical solution of the present invention, which should be considered as within the scope of the present invention. 8

Claims

1. A fire retardant for a cigarette paper, the fire retardant comprising: 10%-30% film-forming material by weight; 5 10%-30% filling material by weight; 40%-80% solvent by weight; and 5%-15% by weight additional agent of the total weight of the film-forming material, filling material and the solvent, wherein the film-forming material is selected from the group consisting of the 10 following materials: cationic starch, anionic starch, oxidized starch, arabic gum, methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, vinyl alcohol, alginate, or mixtures thereof, wherein the filling material is selected from the group consisting of the following materials: calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, talcum powder, or mixtures thereof, and 15 wherein the additional agent is selected from the group consisting of the following materials: viscosity breaking agent, de-foaming agent, dispersing agent, softening agent, or mixtures thereof.

2. The fire retardant for a cigarette paper according to claim 1, wherein the solvent is 20 selected from the group consisting of: water, ethanol, ethyl acetate or ammonia, or mixtures thereof.

3. A cigarette paper with a fire retardant strip, wherein at least one fire retardant strip is provided on a front side and/or back side of the cigarette paper by printing a fire 25 retardant according to claim 1 or 2, and the width of the fire retardant strip is 2-8mm.

4. The cigarette paper with a fire retardant strip according to claim 3, wherein at least two fire retardant strips are provided on the cigarette paper, and the distance between the two adjacent fire retardant strips is 10-30mm. 9

5. The cigarette paper with a fire retardant strip according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the fire retardant strip has a shape of bar shape, wave shape, zigzag shape, mesh shape or a composite shape by composing any of the above shapes. 5

6. A method for manufacturing a cigarette paper with a fire retardant strip, the method comprising: forming a film-forming material solution by dissolving a film-forming material into solvent under high speed dispersion, the film-forming material is selected from the group 10 consisting of the following materials: cationic starch, anionic starch, oxidized starch, arabic gum, methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, vinyl alcohol, alginate, or mixtures thereof, and stirring the film-forming material solution; forming a fire retardant by adding a filling material into the film-forming material solution under high speed dispersion, the filling material is selected from the group 15 consisting of the following materials: calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, and talcum powder, or mixtures thereof, and replenishing the solvent; forming a fire retardant strip by printing the fire retardant on a front side and/or back side of cigarette base paper using a printer, 20 wherein the method further comprises adding additional agent into the film-forming material solutions, the additional agent is selected from the group consisting of the following materials: viscosity breaking agent, de-foaming agent, dispersing agent, softening agent, or mixtures thereof, and wherein the fire retardant is completed by one-time printing, double chromaticity 25 printing, or three-time chromaticity printing. 10