CN101938918B - Tobacco smoke filter - Google Patents

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CN101938918B
CN101938918B CN200980102882XA CN200980102882A CN101938918B CN 101938918 B CN101938918 B CN 101938918B CN 200980102882X A CN200980102882X A CN 200980102882XA CN 200980102882 A CN200980102882 A CN 200980102882A CN 101938918 B CN101938918 B CN 101938918B
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/06Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/062Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters characterised by structural features
    • A24D3/063Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters characterised by structural features of the fibers
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0204Preliminary operations before the filter rod forming process, e.g. crimping, blooming
    • A24D3/0208Cutting filter materials
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/04Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24DCIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/06Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/08Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as carrier or major constituent
    • A24D3/10Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as carrier or major constituent of cellulose or cellulose derivatives

Abstract

A tobacco smoke filter or filter element comprising a cylindrical plug of a substantially homogeneous filtering material of circumference between 14.0 and 23.2 mm, wherein the substantially homogeneous filtering material comprises a plurality of randomly oriented staple fibres.

Description

The tobacco product smoke filter
The present invention relates to for tobacco product, such as cigarette, filter tip and the filter components used of thin cigarette particularly.
The circumference of conventional cigarette is that about 24.5-" carefully " cigarettes (about circumference 21-23.2mm) and " ultra-fine " cigarette (about circumference 16-18mm) also are known.The tobacco of manufacturing even narrower circumference is also cooked and obtains, and for example scope is 14-16mm, though this can not buy usually from the market.In this article, term " carefully " should be understood to include all have 14.0 and 23.2mm between cigarette and/or the cigarette filter of circumference.
When the output of the selected compounds in the smoke from cigarette compared that most compounds is reduced largely pari passu in the smog, selective filter (for example tar) had just taken place.Phenolic compound-for example phenol, cresols, catechol and resorcinol-be the known component of smoke from cigarette.They are that toxic compounds-especially, phenol and catechol are included in what is called " Hoffmann " inventory of the toxic compounds of finding in the smoke from cigarette.Potential selective reduction sends the amount of these compounds of smoker to and makes us desireing.
The general filtering material that is used in the cigarette filter is that it is collected at bar-shaped form and forms filter tip or filter components together with the continuous tow of the monofilament shape cellulose acetate of glyceryl triacetate plasticising.In such continuous tow (in the filter tip that is formed by it and filter components), the monofilament in the cellulose acetate tow is mainly according to vertical arrangement.What know is that cellulose acetate has the selective filter effect to phenolic compound.Than standard filter, the filter tip that is used for " carefully " cigarette has comprised the cellulose acetate filtration material of reduced volume naturally; Owing to the material that the smog that acts on analog quantity can be used is less, any selective filter effect all can reduce.Therefore make us desirably, thin filter tip is provided, it can selectively reduce the amount of the phenolic compound that sends the cigarettes fines smoker to potentially.
The specification of filter filament with filament number (denier per filament, dpf), total fiber number and fiber cross section shape represent.Filament number is defined as the weight grams of 9000 meters one filament; Total fiber number is defined as the quantity that dpf multiply by monofilament in the tow thus simply.Therefore, for example, 5Y30,000 tow has been described a kind of material, and the dpf of its monofilament is per 9000 meters of 5g, is shaped as Y, includes 6,000 monofilament, and total fiber number is the per 9000 meters length of 30,000 grams.In order to make standard cellulose acetate (" the monoacetate ") cigarette filter (that is, thin monoacetate filter) with low circumference, must use the cellulose acetate tow of low total fiber number, the quantity of material of slender type product is conditional because can pack into.What know is that industrial, low total fiber number tow hangs down the total fiber number tow simultaneously and more is difficult to obtain on market than higher total fiber number tow more expensive (per unit weight).Therefore make us desirably, a kind of thin filter tip is provided, than the thin or ultra-fine monoacetate filter of routine, it can be made by wider total fiber number cellulose acetate tow.
According to the present invention, tobacco product smoke filter or filter components are provided, its circumference that comprises homogeneous basically 14.0 and 23.2mm between (for example, 16 and 23.2mm between) the cylindrical plug (plug) of filtering material, wherein the filtering material of homogeneous comprises the cut staple (staple fibre) of many arbitrary orientations basically.
At this, term " filtering material of homogeneous basically " refers to and is running through the filtering material that any cross section has consistent basically physical characteristic.
At this, term " cut staple " refers to independent, the discrete fiber with specific length.Cut staple can be arbitrary orientation relative to each other.Basically the filtering material of homogeneous comprises the cut staple of many arbitrary orientations, and wherein the cut staple of a part of arbitrary orientation generally laterally extends by the longitudinal axis of cylindrical plug.Basically the filtering material of homogeneous can comprise the cut staple of many arbitrary orientations, the described cut staple of at least 10% (for example, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90%) weight laterally extends by the longitudinal axis of cylindrical plug basically.
It is arbitrary orientation at (in filter or filter element) on the three-dimensional that the cut staple of term arbitrary orientation refers to cut staple.Herein, the cut staple of term arbitrary orientation is not prepared for (and not being) and refers to continuous cellulose acetate tow, and its single thread (strand) mainly is vertical arrangement (being formed by this tow as described below though wish cut staple).Herein, the cut staple of term arbitrary orientation, do not plan (and not being) and refer to net or the sheet of filtering material, its formation (by for example slurry and/or fiber) and go up as a whole then or basically on the whole net or sheet be shaped to bar-shaped (for example, by twine (wrapping)).The cut staple of term arbitrary orientation does not refer to and is rolled into bar-shaped two-dimentional paper shape goods.Herein, the cut staple of term arbitrary orientation is not planned net or sheet that (and not being) refers to filtering material, its formation (by for example slurry and/or fiber) and shred then and then moulding become bar-shaped.Sheet or net can have the arbitrary orientation of two dimension, and still (even when be shredded) through handling (such as embossing), when drawing-off from the filter maker by the time they still keep some integrity degrees.Therefore, will mainly be arranged along the longitudinal axis of filter tip or filter components by filter tip or the fiber in the filter components that sheet or net (even sheet or net of chopping) are made, and not be the cut staple of arbitrary orientation (on the three-dimensional) therefore.
The cut staple of many arbitrary orientations can form porous matrix, and it provides, and passage mazy-as cigarette filter the time, this will be as the passage of smog.The applicant finds, filter tip of the present invention or filter components performance can be equivalent to existing product (" monoacetate " product for example, its continuous tow by the machine-direction oriented monofilament of the cellulose acetate of glyceryl triacetate plasticising is collected at and forms bar-shaped together and make), but the applicant finds, when using with the form of the cut staple of arbitrary orientation, need to reduce the use of the filtering material (for example cellulose acetate) of 20-30%.Except reducing the use of each filter-tip filtering material, than conventional superfine product, it also has other beneficial effect, namely can use the cellulose acetate tow of high many total fiber numbers.Therefore, the weight that obtains except the invention by the applicant reduces the cost benefit of bringing (because of the filtering material that needs still less), the unit price of its employed tow itself also can be more cheap, (expensive and be difficult to obtain) low total fiber number tow because no longer need to use.
The applicant is surprised to find that, than monoacetate filter or the filter element (it does not comprise the cut staple of arbitrary orientation) of for example standard, tobacco product smoke filter of the present invention or filter components can provide enhancing from tobacco product smog (in cigarettes fines) remove the ability filter tip filter tip of phenols.When considering more the filtering material of low weight (cellulose acetate), the accident that reaches phenolic compound by filter tip of the present invention and filter components reduces even is even more important.The applicant also is surprised to find that, than monoacetate filter or the filter element of for example standard, tobacco product smoke filter of the present invention or filter components can easier and degradeds more promptly under environmental condition for example.
Cut staple can be made by filamentary material.As known in the art, cut staple can curl.Cut staple can be, for example, and cellulose acetate or polypropylene fibre.Cut staple can be by fibre bundle, and for example cellulose acetate tow, polypropylene tows are made (or formation).Cut staple can be, for example, and natural and/or synthetic fibers, the fiber that is formed by natural plant material etc.Cut staple can be cellulose paste fiber (for example by hammer-mill Fibrotic those).Cut staple can be to cut off herbaceous plant (for example cutting off the tobacco leaf), is perhaps obtained by the tobacco sheet (reconstituted tobacco sheet) of recombinating.Cut staple can be introduced fragrance and/or filtering property to final products.Cut staple can have substantially the same length (Yi Zhi length basically).Cut staple can have various length.Cut staple can have, for example between 4mm and the 20mm, and for example between 5mm and the 19mm, for example between 6mm and the 18mm, the length between 7mm and the 16mm for example.Cut staple can be by fibre bundle, and for example cellulose acetate tow is made or formed, and the total fiber number of described tow is 14,000g to 55,000g is per 9,000m length, for example from 20,000g to 50,000g per 9,000m length, for example from 23,000g to 45,000g is per 9, and 000m length is for example from 25,000g to 40,000g is per 9,000m length.
Basically the filtering material of homogeneous optionally comprises other materials, for example liquid additive (such as flavouring agent, for example menthol solutions).The filtering material of homogeneous basically that contains the cut staple of many arbitrary orientations can be formed by many undercuts protruding end, optionally comprises other materials, for example plasticizer, adhesive material or other additives.Cut staple can be bonded to each other at a plurality of contact points the effect of plasticizer (for example, because).
Basically the filtering material of homogeneous optionally comprises adhesive material.Basically the filtering material of homogeneous optionally comprises the water-soluble binder material.The example of water-soluble material comprises water soluble polymer material, such as polyvinyl alcohol, PVP, polyvinylether, starch, polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol; The blend of water-soluble binder and plasticizer such as glyceryl triacetate; Water-soluble binder with the hot melt of grain shape.The adding of water-soluble binder material also improves the ability of filter tip or filter components easier and rapider degraded under environmental condition for example further.
Filter tip or filter components can comprise one or more particulate additives-for example in the main body of filter tip or filter components.Particulate additives (perhaps each particulate additives) can be pulverous (for example particle of 50 to 150 μ m diameters) or granular (for example 0.15 particle to the 1.0mm diameter).The example of suitable particulate additives comprises flavouring agent or adsorbent-for example fluoropolymer resin and the diatomite of activated carbon, zeolite, ion exchange resin (for example weak-base anion-exchange resin), sepiolite, silica gel, aluminium oxide, molecular sieve, carbon containing.
Filter tip or filter components can comprise the cut staple above a type.For example, the cut staple that is formed by the monofilament tow except (for example mix with), the cut staple by the Fibrotic fiber of hammer-mill (for example cellulose pulp) also can be included in the filter tip.
Cut staple (for example fibre bundle, for example cellulose acetate tow) can be plasticized.In other words, the filtering material of homogeneous optionally comprises plasticizer basically.Know the formation of plasticising tow in this area.Plasticizer (be used for plasticising cut staple) can be, for example, and glyceryl triacetate, triethylene-glycol diacetate (TEGDA) or polyethylene glycol (PEG).Cut staple can be the fiber of the cellulose acetate tow of plasticising.Cut staple can be cellulose acetate tow, and it is by for example glyceryl triacetate plasticising.
The circumference of cylindrical plug can be between for example 14.0mm and 23.2mm, for example 16 and 23.2mm between, for example between 16.0mm and the 20mm, for example between 16.2mm and the 20mm, for example between 16.2mm and the 17mm.
The cut staple of many arbitrary orientations can form porous matrix, and it provides passage mazy in filtering material.As cigarette filter the time, passage mazy can be used as the passage of smog.
Tobacco product smoke filter or filter components run through its any cross section can have basically consistent physical property, rather than the more inhomogeneous structure that is formed by a filter material tablet.
In the filter tip and filter components of each side of the present invention, the tobacco product smoke filtration material can wrap up by packaging material or filter tip packaging material 12 (plugwrap), for example paper wrapper, for example gas permeability papery packaging material.Particulate additives is above-mentioned such as those, can be applied on the packaging material or filter tip packaging material around filtering material, for example as described in the GB2261152.
According to further aspect of the present invention, it provides many rods, and it comprises many aforesaid filter tips or filter components, and/or the end is bonded together on the whole with the mirror end at this.
Filter components according to the present invention can be used as the thin filter tip of multi-segmental, for example two filter tips, three filter tips, the filter-tip sections of other more pieces.Know such filter tip in the art.If as one section in the more piece filter tip or use therein, it can use at filter-tip mouth or oral cavity end section with filter components, perhaps as filter-tip other sections arbitrarily.According to filter components of the present invention, can use separately, for example as the thin filter tip of single-unit section (for example mode) identical with the monoacetate filter tip.Well known described filter tip.
In cigarette with filter tip of the present invention, the filter tip of the present invention filter tip of filter components of the present invention (or comprise) is connected to the end of filter of packing towards the tobacco rod of tobacco.Filter tip can, for example, connect with the tobacco rod of packing, this connection can be hinged with (ringtipping) by ring-type, and [it only engages at the adjacent end portion of (parcel) filter tip and rod, allow most of filter tip packing expose], perhaps by the external packing (full tipping overwrap) (it engages along the filter tip total length end adjacent with tobacco rod) of tipping fully.Can be air slack (unventilated) according to any filter tip of the present invention or cigarette with filter tip, perhaps can be by method well known in the art, for example ventilate by the laser beam perforation of the external packing using pre-punching or ventilative filter tip packaging material and/or filter tip packing and be connected.
According to further aspect of the present invention, it provides the tobacco smoke filter or the filter components that comprise the cylindrical plug of homogeneous filtration material basically to be used for the selective purposes that reduces one or more phenolic compounds of tobacco smoke, and described filtering material comprises the cut staple of many arbitrary orientations.According to further aspect of the present invention, it provides the purposes of the cylindrical plug of the homogeneous filtration material basically that comprises the cut staple that contains many arbitrary orientations, it can be used as filter tip or filter components, perhaps in the manufacturing of filter tip or filter components, use, be used for selective one or more phenolic compounds that reduce tobacco product smog.
According to further aspect of the present invention, basically the purposes of the cylindrical plug of the filtering material of homogeneous is provided, described filtering material comprises the cut staple of many arbitrary orientations, and its conduct has degradability filter tip or the filter components of raising, or uses in it is made.
The present invention will describe according to the following example and accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 wherein, and not to scale (NTS) ground is the single filter-tip plane in the one embodiment of this invention; Fig. 2 has shown the filter-tip cross section among Fig. 1.
Filter tip 1 among Fig. 1 comprises the elongated cylindrical plug 2 of porous, and its circumference is 16.9mm, and length is 27mm, the filament fiber 3 that it contains the independent of many arbitrary orientations or cuts off, and it is by the 5Y30 of glyceryl triacetate plasticising, and 000 cellulose acetate tow is made.As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, cut staple 3 is usually laterally extending with the longitudinal axis of these parts, and a plurality of contact points that cut staple 3 is bonded to each other get up to form in system slightly.The fiber of being tied up by system provides the filtering material of the formation stopper 2 of homogeneous basically.The filtering material of formed homogeneous basically can be described as porous matrix, and it provides smoke path mazy as cigarette filter the time.Filter components 1 has consistent basically physical property in entire cross section.
Filter tip can be made by known method, US3 for example, described in 552,400.Therefore, the raw silk bundle of cellulose acetate is separated single monofilament wherein by conventional belting (banding device), and another conventional belting, it is used for launching the layer of filaments that tow becomes relative thin.Then layer of filaments is passed through traditional plasticizing assembly, wherein suitable manufacturing methods (being glyceryl triacetate in the present embodiment) is sprayed to a side of layer of filaments or the tow that both sides form plasticising by suitable shower nozzle.Conventional feed arrangement be such as the tow that uses pair of rolls to transmit plasticising in process equipment, make cut staple, and form it into continuous rod.At US3, completely in 552,400 described a kind of suitable device, and in its Fig. 1, had shown.By funnel the plasticising tow is fed in the cutting machine, this cutting machine cuts into many discrete cut staples with continuous tow, and the length of cut staple depends on that the speed of cutting machine and continuous tow are fed to the relation between the speed in the cutting machine.The cut staple of making by cutting machine is by turbulent air flow sucking-off from cutting machine, cut staple (and provide or increase its arbitrary orientation) has been provided turbulent air flow, and guiding them to pass through porous conical butt sieve (frusto-conicalscreen), its less or port of export is fed on the mobile porous belts.Particulate or other additive (not shown) can, if necessary, be transported in the turbulent air flow, and disperse to spread all in filtering material in this in stage.The porous closed means is to be tapered and to reduce the speed that cut staple passes through, and tends to simultaneously arrange that cut staple makes the length of part fiber become horizontal placement basically with the longitudinal axis of product filter stick basically.Cut staple is fed on the porous belts, and it vertically moves fiber in the steam treated chamber.In band and the fiber guiding on it during vertically by the hole, the longitudinal edge of the porous belts around the hole of the entrance of steam treated chamber has formed cut staple.Around the fiber around the guiding of band finished thus cut staple form by porous belts around the manufacturing of rod.Air-flow is applied to the porous surface of band, and continuously with directly by handling the cut staple of wherein placing.The adhesive component of cut staple (for example glyceryl triacetate) is then by steam activation, simultaneously fiber with by band around the shaped form of cylindrical bar transport.Be noted that this treatment process is known in the art, and in above-mentioned US patent, describe to some extent.Then, cooling bench well known in the art is passed through in the cut staple guiding of band and conveying on it, carry out drying and the cooling (with the curing of adhesive component) of parts thus at cooling bench.So the cylindrical bar that forms can be come package with filter tip packaging material (not shown), and with the means of knowing in the state of the art, uses overlap joint adhesive (lap adhesive) to seal.The continous cylindrical rod that the cut staple by arbitrary orientation of the drying that obtains and cooling forms peels from being with when leaving cooling bench, [band is that other the other cut staples from sieve are gathered in position that the sieve zone is got back in smooth and continued circling basically, and guides them to enter steam chamber].The continous cylindrical rod that the initial cut staple by arbitrary orientation forms when it comes out from machine exit continuously, is cut into the restriction length for follow-up use.It can cut by cutter sweep, for example forms single filter tip (such as the filter tip 1 among Fig. 1), each filter tip is engaged on the good tobacco rod of single package forms cigarette with filter tip then, perhaps forms single filter components.Yet more frequently, continuously the rod of output at first is cut into the rod of the filter tip 1 of the twice of filter tip 1 (perhaps filter components) or more times of (common four times or six times) length, is used for follow-up use.The filter-tip formation of multilength (with they follow-up cigarettes with filter tip that is merged into) is known in the art.
The reduction of embodiment 2 phenols
Monoacetate filter tip in the prior art that has compared sample A and same size in 1 of tabulating down, wherein sample A is according to US3, the filter tip that 552,400 method is made, it comprises the filtering material that the cut staple by the arbitrary orientation of many plasticising cellulose acetates forms.The hardness number of measuring samples (is defined as the compression diameter of filter stick with respect to the percentage of the diameter of initial rod, the compression of rod causes by applying known weight by club foot (circular foot) at the appointed time) and pressure drop (PD) (using the mm water level, (mm Water Gauge) expression).Measure the productive rate of the phenolic compound of all samples of under the ISO condition, being fuming; Cresols is the gross production rate of orthoresol, paracresol and metacresol, and dihydroxy phenols (Di Hydroxy Phenols) is the gross production rate of hydroquinones, resorcinol and catechol simultaneously.In order to evaluate the rate of change of phenols and tar, also measure the tar yield of cigarette.The value of sample A is represented (that is, as 100, the value representation of sample A is the percentage of its value with the filter-tip value of monoacetate) with the % value of the filter-tip value of prior art monoacetate.
Table 1
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* based on result's (being quality/cigarette) of " definitely " numeric representation
* the result who represents based on the every mg tar of μ g/
As mentioned above, the content that reduces the phenolic compound in the smoke from cigarette makes us desireing, known cellulose acetate has shown the selective filter effect to phenols, so people expect that the filter tip of cut staple of the arbitrary orientation that contains cellulose acetate of the present invention is than the equal monoacetate filter tip with similar pressure drop and hardness, efficient is relatively poor removing aspect the phenols, because the cellulose acetate that the former contains has for example reduced 20 to 30%.In fact, surprisingly, the result shows that than equal monoacetate product, sample A has provided the phenolic compound productive rate of the reduction of representing with absolute value basis and every mg tar.When considering than the monoacetate product, the cellulose acetate of low weight (sample A comprises the 77.5wt% of monoacetate filter filament) more among the sample A (comprising the filtering material that the cut staple by many arbitrary orientations of plasticising cellulose acetate forms), the reduction of the phenolic compound in sample A even even more important.
The result points out that filter tip of the present invention and filter components provide amazing and significant phenolic compound selectively to reduce.
Embodiment 3 degradabilities
Dissimilar cigarette filters is placed in the locational wire cylinder mould in roof (rooftop), in 12 months time, periodically monitors their weight.After 12 months, find that the filter-tip weight of standard monoacetate has reduced 23-30%, the comparable filter tip weight of size that contains the filtering material that the cut staple of many arbitrary orientations of plasticising cellulose acetate forms has simultaneously reduced by 46%.This is astonishing, because the similar loss in weight can take place in its expection.
Embodiment 3-tow type
The following character (contain the filter tip of the present invention of four 27mm length separately, its structure is similar to the embodiment of Fig. 1 and 2) that has provided two kinds of ultra-fine more piece filter stick A and B, and the character of comparable standard monoacetate superfine product " contrast ":
A B " contrast "
Tow model 5Y30,000 4.2Y33,000 6Y17,000
Long (mm) 108 108 108 of rod
Circumference (mm) 16.9 16.9 16.8
Rod weight (g) 0.291 0.281 0.416
Rod hardness (%) 88 89 91
27mm tip pressure drop 102 100 115
(Tip?Pressure?Drop)(mm)
27mm tip tar keeps (%) 29.4 30.5 33.6
27mm tip nicotine keeps (%) 27.1 29.7 29.3
The tow that sample A and B use with those in any standard (about 24.5mm) circumference product, use identical; But above-mentioned monoacetate contrasts the more expensive low total fiber number tow of ultra-fine sample requirement.This embodiment understands that for example filter tip use of the present invention will high many total fiber number cellulose tow provide acceptable characteristic than traditional superfine product.

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1. tobacco product smoke filter, its circumference that comprises the filtering material of homogeneous basically 14.0 and 23.2mm between cylindrical plug, wherein the filtering material of homogeneous comprises the cut staple of many random orientations basically.
2. the described tobacco product smoke filter of claim 1, wherein basically the circumference of the stopper of the filtering material of homogeneous 16.0 and 23.2mm between.
3. the described tobacco product smoke filter of claim 1, wherein cut staple is crooked.
4. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, wherein cut staple is natural and/or synthetic fibers.
5. the described tobacco product smoke filter of claim 4, wherein cut staple is the fiber that forms from natural plant material.
6. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, wherein cut staple is estron or polypropylene fibre.
7. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, it comprises the cut staple of two kinds or more kinds of types.
8. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, it further comprises liquid additive or particulate additives.
9. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, wherein the length of cut staple is between 4mm and 20mm.
10. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, wherein cut staple is per 9 at 14,000g/ by total fiber number, and 000m length and 55,000g/ are per 9, and the tow between the 000m length forms.
11. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, it comprises the cut staple of plasticising.
12. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, it comprises the cellulose acetate cut staple with glyceryl triacetate, triethylene-glycol diacetate (TEGDA) or polyethylene glycol (PEG) plasticising.
13. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, wherein the circumference of cylindrical plug is between 16.2mm and 23.2mm.
14. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, it further contains packaging material.
15. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, it further contains the filter tip packaging material.
16. each described tobacco product smoke filter is included in the particulate additives on the packaging material among the claim 1-3.
17. each described tobacco product smoke filter is included in the particulate additives on the filter tip packaging material among the claim 1-3.
18. each described tobacco product smoke filter among the claim 1-3, it further comprises the water-soluble binder material.
19. cigarette with filter tip, it comprises the described filter tip of aforementioned arbitrary claim, and it is attached to the tobacco rod of package.
20. more piece rod (multiple rod), it comprises each described filter tip of claim 1 to 18 that a plurality of ends on the whole engage ground, end.
21. tobacco product smoke filter parts, its circumference that comprises the filtering material of homogeneous basically 14.0 and 23.2mm between cylindrical plug, wherein the filtering material of homogeneous comprises the cut staple of many random orientations basically.
22. the described tobacco product smoke filter of claim 21 parts, wherein basically the circumference of the stopper of the filtering material of homogeneous 16.0 and 23.2mm between.
23. the described tobacco product smoke filter of claim 21 parts, wherein cut staple is crooked.
24. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, wherein cut staple is natural and/or synthetic fibers.
25. the described tobacco product smoke filter of claim 24 parts, wherein cut staple is the fiber that forms from natural plant material.
26. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, wherein cut staple is estron or polypropylene fibre.
27. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, it comprises the cut staple of two kinds or more of types.
28. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, it further comprises liquid additive or particulate additives.
29. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, wherein the length of cut staple is between 4mm and 20mm.
30. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, wherein cut staple is per 9 at 14,000g/ by total fiber number, and 000m length and 55,000g/ are per 9, and the tow between the 000m length forms.
31. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, it comprises the cut staple of plasticising.
32. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, it comprises the cellulose acetate cut staple with glyceryl triacetate, triethylene-glycol diacetate (TEGDA) or polyethylene glycol (PEG) plasticising.
33. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, wherein the circumference of cylindrical plug is between 16.2mm and 23.2mm.
34. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 1-3, it further contains packaging material.
35. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, it further contains the filter tip packaging material.
36. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts are included in the particulate additives on the packaging material among the claim 21-23.
37. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts are included in the particulate additives on the filter tip packaging material among the claim 21-23.
38. each described tobacco product smoke filter parts among the claim 21-23, it further comprises the water-soluble binder material.
39. cigarette with filter tip, it comprises filter tip, and described filter tip contains each described filter components among the claim 21-38, and it is attached to the tobacco rod of package.
40. more piece rod (multiple rod), it comprises each described filter components of claim 21 to 38 that a plurality of ends on the whole engage ground, end.
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