CN103844348A

CN103844348A - Cigarette rolling and forming devices

Info

Publication number: CN103844348A
Application number: CN201310633589.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: D·普雷沃斯特
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2012-12-03
Filing date: 2013-12-02
Publication date: 2014-06-11
Anticipated expiration: 2033-12-02
Also published as: CA2834523A1; AU2013263721B2; EP2737813A1; AU2013263721A1; CN103844348B

Abstract

The invention relates to cigarette rolling and forming devices. The cigarette rolling and forming devices include parallel rollers extending between a pair of support plates, and a looped belt hung up around the rollers. One of the rollers is moveable relative to the other via a pair of curvilinear slots, and the device is configured for alternately receiving and compressing loose tobacco into a tobacco rod with the belt. In some devices, a nozzle is provided to allow longitudinal displacement of the formed tobacco rod into a pre-formed cigarette tube, and some devices include a pushing device to perform the longitudinal displacement. Some devices include a support trough disposed to prevent sections of the belt from contacting each other, and some devices include a clamping device configured to clamp a pre-formed cigarette tube on the nozzle so as to prevent dislodging during use.

Description

Cigarette rolls and forming device

Technical field

Present invention relates in general to a kind of equipment for the preparation of rolling cigarette, and relate more specifically to a kind of for once preparing a manual equipment that rolls cigarette.

Background technology

Roll in advance and in advance compared with packaged cigarette, some smokers prefer themselves process of preparing cigarette with buying.For example, the indivedual component parts in cigarette (such as tobacco and cigarette paper) every cigarette in the time being made a big purchase is conventionally cheap than previously prepared good cigarette.In addition, some smokers enjoy themselves process of preparing cigarette, even cigarette may be used as to a kind of being proved and need the challenging trial of the tool of skill.

A kind of separately and the artificially mode of preparing cigarette be that a certain amount of loose tobacco is placed in cigarette paper and with pointing it is rolled.But being limited in of this method, manufactures a little difficulty of cigarette with uniform shapes and filler, and external action (for example, the bad weather in outdoor environment, or in congested area and other people's collision) can increase difficulty.Can utilize and allow user to prepare the relatively little of cigarette and simple equipment; But little this equipment that is enough to cosily be fitted in staff or on desk may not as one man roll high-quality cigarette.The miscellaneous equipment that can improve function may be too large, so that can not be easily carried in pocket or handbag (in any case if these equipment can be carried).

Traditionally, the equipment of rolling comprises framework, in this framework, the roller of two almost parallels closely arranges, and endless belt is configured to surround roller, and described endless belt enough loosens between roller, to form groove or recess, in groove or recess, loose tobacco can be formed cylinder form.Conventionally, at least one in roller can move between the two positions: " opening " structure, and under this structure, roller farthest separates, and makes to form large and shallow recess in the endless belt between roller, and loose tobacco can be placed in this recess; And " closure " structure, under this structure, roller minimally separates, and makes endless belt form narrower and darker recess, can the movement on roller loose tobacco be compressed in this recess or be shaped by endless belt.In this equipment, a cigarette paper can be fed between roller and the compressed tobacco of reeling subsequently, to form finished cigarette.

Roller can relative to each other be moved with different structures.In some equipment, the end of mobile rollers can be connected in a slit by axle journal, and owing to sliding along this slit in described end, therefore this slit defines the moving range of (with respect to another roller) of roller.In some equipment, mobile rollers is arranged on a pair of articulated jib, and this can deviate from mobile rollers articulated jib or swing towards another roller.Some equipment can have two pairs of arms in center hinge, make these rollers to be deviated from or to be moved towards each other by open and close hinge.But, this equipment is often had some difficulties in use, such as, handle endless belt with form the tobacco column, the rolling roller that are surrounded by cigarette paper or otherwise make endless belt on roller reposefully mobile with compression tobacco, slit or opening by tobacco accumulation of debris in the end of maintaining roller in, in the time that endless belt retrains endless belt etc. during through equipment.Each in these difficulties may cause substandardly manually rolling cigarette, making user baffle, cause mechanical breakdown etc.

In addition, this equipment does not provide (for example) conventionally if user can more be ready to use preformed smoke pipe to replace cigarette paper leaf, and compressed tobacco column is inserted to mechanism used in preformed smoke pipe.Preformed pipe can buy, and some of them pipe comprises filter tip, and it may be difficult in equipment that filter tip is attached to cigarette rolls.Alternatively, can use dissimilar injection machine, these machines are then compressed tobacco to be squeezed in preformed pipe and operated by compress loose tobacco in cavity.This machine conventionally too large and/or mechanically actuated is complicated, so that there is no portability.

Summary of the invention

Herein disclosed is a kind of cigarette forming apparatus, described cigarette forming apparatus comprises substantially: two (or more) cylinders; And the endless belt of hanging up on described cylinder, and described cigarette forming apparatus is configured to a certain amount of loose tobacco to be optionally compressed into the tobacco column of shaping.In various embodiments, described cigarette forming apparatus can comprise: pedestal, and the first gripper shoe and the second gripper shoe are extended from this pedestal, can translation cylinder and resting barrel, described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel between these gripper shoes, extend and be rotatably installed on these gripper shoes, described can translation cylinder can movement between primary importance and the second place in mode that can translation, in described primary importance, described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel spaced apart, in the described second place, described can translation cylinder substantially adjacent with described resting barrel, endless belt, described band around described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel hang up, wherein, when described can translation cylinder during in described primary importance described in described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel between part form the opening recess that is suitable for receiving a certain amount of loose tobacco, and wherein when described can translation cylinder during in the described second place described in described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel between part form columniform recess substantially, when described band around described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel while moving tobacco can in described columniform recess, be shaped as tobacco rods, and thrust unit, described thrust unit with slidably and rotatable mode be connected to described resting barrel and be configured to and move around described resting barrel and along described resting barrel, wherein, described thrust unit comprises pushing member, described pushing member is suitable for engaging one end of the forming tobacco bar in described columniform recess and one end of this forming tobacco bar is slidably promoted towards described the first gripper shoe, and wherein said thrust unit makes described pushing member can move to described primary importance from the described second place by translation cylinder by described around the rotation of described resting barrel.

Brief description of the drawings

By the detailed description below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, will readily appreciate that embodiment.Embodiment illustrates and is not subject to the restriction of the figure in accompanying drawing with way of example.

Fig. 1 is the top perspective view that cigarette rolls the embodiment of equipment;

Fig. 2 is the front view that the cigarette of Fig. 1 rolls the nearside gripper shoe of equipment;

Fig. 3 is the front view of the protective plate of the equipment of Fig. 1 of illustrating relatively with the gripper shoe of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is the side view of the near-end of the equipment of Fig. 1, and wherein equipment is in opening structure;

Fig. 5 is the side view of the near-end of the equipment of Fig. 1, and wherein equipment is in closed structure;

Fig. 6 is the side view of the far-end of the equipment of Fig. 1, and wherein equipment is in closed structure;

Fig. 7 is the top view of the equipment of Fig. 1 in the close position;

Fig. 8 is the upward view of the equipment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is the stereogram of pedestal and tank;

Figure 10 A to Figure 10 C has for the distally gripper shoe (Figure 10 A) of the recess of clamping device, makes the distally gripper shoe (Figure 10 B) of clamping device Figure 10 A in an open position and make three stereograms of the distally gripper shoe (Figure 10 C) of clamping device Figure 10 A in the close position;

Figure 11 A and Figure 11 B be illustrate wherein Fig. 1 of the close shot side view of thrust unit can translation cylinder in the close position equipment partial sectional view (Figure 11 A) and the partial sectional view (Figure 11 B) of the equipment of Fig. 1 of the close shot side view of thrust unit can translation cylinder in an open position is shown wherein; All these figure are according to various embodiments.

Detailed description of the invention

In the following detailed description, with reference to forming its a part of accompanying drawing, and the embodiment that can put into practice is shown in the accompanying drawings by way of example.Be appreciated that and can utilize other embodiment and can in the situation that not departing from scope, carry out structure or variation in logic.Therefore, detailed description below will not carried out with limitation, and the scope of embodiment is limited by appended claims and equivalent thereof.

Various operations can contribute to the mode of understanding embodiment to be described to multiple discrete operations sequentially by meeting; But the order of description should not be understood to mean that these operations depend on order.

Description can be used the description based on visual angle, such as up/down, rear/Qian Heding/end.This description is just discussed for contributing to, and is not intended to limit the application of disclosed embodiment.

Can use term " connection " and " connection " and their derivative.Should be appreciated that, these terms are not intended for synonym each other.But in specific implementations, can use " connection " to represent two or more elements direct physical or electrically contact each other." connection " may mean two or more element direct physical contacts or electrically contact.But " connection " also may mean that two or more elements are not in direct contact with one another, but is still fitted to each other or interacts.

For purposes of illustration, the phrase of form " A/B " or form " A and/or B " means (A), (B) or (A and B).For purposes of illustration, the phrase of form " at least one party in A, B and C " means (A), (B), (C), (A and B), (A and C), (B and C) or (A, B and C).For purposes of illustration, the phrase of form " (A) B " means and that is to say (B) or (AB), and A is selectable unit.

Description can be used one or more term " embodiment " that may all refer in identical or different embodiment.In addition the term using with respect to embodiment, " comprises ", " comprising ", " having " etc. are synonyms.

Herein disclosed is cigarette rolls and several embodiments of forming device, described cigarette rolls with forming device and substantially comprise two (or more) cylinders and the endless belt of hanging up on cylinder, and is configured to a certain amount of loose tobacco to be optionally compressed into the tobacco cylinder of shaping.Some embodiments that roll equipment according to tobacco of the present disclosure comprise that the machinery that makes to cause due to loose tobacco stops up minimum or prevents one or more features that this machinery stops up.For example, in some embodiments, a pair of relative gripper shoe is extended from pedestal, and wherein two cylinders extend and are rotatably installed on these gripper shoes between this pair of gripper shoe.These gripper shoes comprise the slit of a pair of correspondence, and the shaft portion of one of them cylinder is connected in described slit by axle journal, and to move slidably, this cylinder can move through the range of movement being limited by slit in mode that can translation with respect to gripper shoe.In various embodiments, pedestal can have bending, the wavy or shape of " hourglass " substantially, like this can be at open and close equipment, form tobacco rods and/or tobacco rods is inserted to preformed smoke pipe in time provide gap for user's finger.In some embodiments, the wavy or hourglass shape of pedestal can also reduce size and/or the weight of equipment, and/or can be conducive to the one-handed performance of equipment.

Some embodiments can also comprise protective plate, and described protective plate is arranged on the end of removable cylinder and wherein connects between the slit of described shaft portion for axle journal, and described protective plate is configured to prevent that the loose tobacco from recess from entering slit.Roll in this embodiment of equipment tobacco, protective plate can comprise the mobile slit extending through for shaft portion, and described mobile slit is configured to adapt to the mobile route of the shaft portion of removable cylinder in the time that the first cylinder moves in the range of movement being limited by curve slit.Alternatively, described protective plate is partly or entirely in the corresponding recess in recessed gripper shoe, or is otherwise arranged between cylinder and curve slit.

Some embodiments that roll equipment according to tobacco of the present disclosure can be included in the tank extending between these gripper shoes, described tank has top surface and basal surface, wherein said band is hanged up around cylinder and tank, thereby prevents the other parts of the part contact zones of the formation recess (loose tobacco can be compressed at this recess) of band.In some embodiments, tank can be configured to snap in the one or more corresponding recess on pedestal, and/or tank can be configured to gripper shoe to interconnect.

Also comprise thrust unit according to some embodiments of tobacco forming device of the present disclosure, described thrust unit is installed to be for moving along the axis that is parallel to cylinder, described thrust unit comprises pushing member, described pushing member is suitable for engaging one end of the forming tobacco bar in cylindrical recess and one end of this forming tobacco bar is promoted towards one of them gripper shoe, for example, so that tobacco rods is pushed in preformed smoke pipe.In this embodiment, gripper shoe can also comprise the opening and the ozzle that are arranged in this gripper shoe, and also comprises alternatively for the protection of ozzle unexpected impaired and/or be conducive to user and see the ozzle protector of ozzle.In various embodiments, one end that described ozzle can extend and can be configured to receive one end of preformed smoke pipe and keep this preformed smoke pipe against gripper shoe along the direction away from cylinder.Therefore thrust unit can be suitable for the tobacco rods from recess optionally to push in the preformed smoke pipe remaining on ozzle.In some embodiments, thrust unit is pressed into tobacco rods in smoke pipe after can also being formed at tobacco rods being pushed to smoke pipe.

In other embodiment, thrust unit can also be configured to around resting barrel rotation, therefore can for example, for this equipment of open and close (sliding in the slit, can translation cylinder connecting at axle journal).In these embodiments, for example, when the axis rotation of the resting barrel that rotates (, away from can translation cylinder), thrust unit can comprise pushing member, this pushing member is to applying power by translation cylinder, thereby makes move to open position in the described slit can translation cylinder connecting at its axle journal.

In various embodiments, described ozzle can also be associated with clamping device, and this clamping device can be configured to against and/or around described ozzle, preformed smoke pipe is held in place.In some embodiments, described clamping device can be for remaining on preformed smoke pipe on ozzle, for example, utilize thrust unit that tobacco rods is slipped in preformed smoke pipe simultaneously.In some embodiments, described clamping device can be configured to be started by user, rolls grasping on equipment and do not need to change user cigarette.

In some embodiments, cigarette rolls equipment can also be configured to define the tobacco rods for example, with slightly asymmetric (, slightly conical) shape, and wherein, the diameter of the first end of tobacco rods is slightly less than the diameter of the second end of tobacco rods.In some embodiments, can realize this asymmetric shape by the length that changes the first end of equipment and the slit at the second end place, thereby calibration can make it slightly not parallel resting barrel by translation cylinder.In some embodiments, this slightly conical tobacco rods shape can facilitate tobacco rods displacement through ozzle and enter in preformed smoke pipe.

Cigarette rolls and/or these and other exemplary embodiment of forming device can be incorporated to any combination of feature discussed in this article, parts and design.Below, roll the nonexcludability example of equipment according to cigarette of the present disclosure in conjunction with Fig. 1 to Figure 11 discussion.As being described in more detail with respect to each embodiment, exemplary embodiment mainly differs from one another at different mechanical realizations and characteristic aspect.Can also there is alternate configuration and/or the distortion of some embodiments, such as the layout of the distortion so that structure member to be shown and this parts.In following paragraph, disclosed various embodiments, structure and method are as example and should be regarded as limitation, and are the exemplary purpose for one or more aspects of theme described herein.Numerous distortion are possible and are regarded as in the scope of the present disclosure.

Cigarette in Fig. 1 to Figure 11 rolls equipment and is shown as and comprises wavy or hourglass-shaped pedestal with the form of simplifying a little, and relative gripper shoe is extended from this pedestal, and wherein at least two cylinders extend between these gripper shoes.As discussed, these equipment can be alternatively in conjunction with different supporting constructions, such as different herein describe, illustrate and/or combination meet in other words other supporting construction of the present disclosure.Similarly, any in the schematic example of the equipment that rolls below can be used with together with any or all in described feature or parts, can there is any suitable relative size and shape, and can be incorporated in handheld device or larger mechanical system.In the scope of the present disclosure, parts, subassembly and the distortion thereof of the Fig. 1 to Figure 11 describing subsequently used together with can rolling equipment (such as describing in addition and/or those cigarettes of combination roll equipment) herein with other cigarette in the scope of the present disclosure.

Roll an exemplary and nonexcludability embodiment of equipment 100 cigarette shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 5.This embodiment that cigarette rolls equipment 100 comprises that a pair of gripper shoe 101(extending from wavy or hourglass-shaped pedestal 102 represents with 101a, 101b individually), pedestal 102 can be connected to each gripper shoe 101a, 101b.In various embodiments, pedestal 102 and gripper shoe 101 can together with the outward flange of forming device.For simplicity, gripper shoe is called as " nearside " and " distally " in this article sometimes, wherein, " nearside " used herein expression " relatively close user's body in the time normally being kept during use " (for example, relatively near non-nipple end), and represent with P in Fig. 1, and " distally " expression " in the time normally being kept during use relatively away from user's body " is (for example, relatively near nipple end), and represent with D in Fig. 1.Arrange to describe the relativeness between the element of all illustrated embodiments that cigarette rolls equipment with these in this article.

Fig. 4 is the side view of the near-end of the equipment of Fig. 1, and wherein equipment is in opening structure, and Fig. 5 is the side view of the near-end of the equipment of Fig. 1, and wherein equipment is in closed structure.Gripper shoe 101 is shown as by pedestal 102 and is firmly attached to one another.In addition, as shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, pedestal can be by being connected to gripper shoe 101 such as screw, rivet or other mechanical links or by any suitable fastener at anchor point 105, to form rock-steady structure.As can be best seen in Fig. 1 and Fig. 8, pedestal 102 can have bending, wavy or common " hourglass " shape and have radiant type part 102a, this radiant type part 102a can be at open and close equipment, form tobacco rods and/or tobacco rods is inserted to preformed smoke pipe in time point the position that gap is provided or conveniently parks for user.In some embodiments, wavy, the radiant type of pedestal 102, hourglass shape can also reduce size and/or the weight of equipment, and/or can be conducive to one-handed performance equipment.

As best illustrating in Fig. 1, can translation cylinder 103 and resting barrel 104 be shown as and be installed to gripper shoe and extend between gripper shoe.In illustrated embodiment 100, each cylinder is shown as and comprises that the shaft portion 106 of giving prominence to along the longitudinal direction from the end of cylinder, these shaft portions are installed to gripper shoe or are otherwise rotatably connected to gripper shoe.Particularly, as shown in Figure 2, each gripper shoe is shown as and comprises that slit 107 and installation position 108(are depicted as hole), shaft portion that can translation cylinder 103 is connected in slit 107 by axle journal, and the shaft portion of resting barrel 104 is connected in installation position 108 by axle journal.Slit 107 and installation position 108 can allow

cylinder

103 and 104 to rotate with respect to gripper shoe respectively.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, in equipment 100, installation position 108 can allow resting barrel 104 to rotate around the single fixed axis limiting with respect to the placement of gripper shoe because of shaft portion.Like this, installation position can comprise any rotatable connector; For example, replace the hole (as shown) through gripper shoe, can use the recess in the proximal face of gripper shoe, or use from gripper shoe surface proximad outstanding to rest on pillar or other installed part in the correspondence depression oblique crank Z part resting barrel 104.This distortion is considered to be in the scope of the present disclosure.

Slide along slit 107a by shaft portion that can translation cylinder 103, slit 107a allows selectively can to move through to translation with respect to gripper shoe (and with respect to resting barrel 104) range of movement being limited by the size and dimension of slit by translation cylinder 103.Therefore, can be configured to rotate around on-fixed axle by translation cylinder 103.

As described in more detail below, inversion " J " shape of the slit shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, such as by can translation cylinder 103 remaining on all desired locations as shown in Figure 5 in slit (or otherwise prevent or reduce and can translation cylinder 103 inadvertently move from this desired locations), can provide stability in the time that a certain amount of loose tobacco is shaped in the band of hanging up around cylinder.Like this, slit can have the structure of any expectation.For simplicity, the slit in illustrated embodiment is all shown as all has general curve structure, and for convenience of and clear for the purpose of, can be called as in this article " curve slit ", to distinguish with the slit of other type described herein.But in the alternate configuration of various embodiments and various embodiments, slit can be bending, straight or form other shape, so term " curve slit " is not meant to be restrictive.In addition, some structures can comprise the narrow slotted recess of the proximal face that is arranged in gripper shoe, substitute through the slit (as shown) of gripper shoe or comprise the slit etc. of the part that always extends through gripper shoe and recess, this distortion is regarded as in the scope of the present disclosure.

As the far-end of the equipment of Fig. 1 (for example forward to now, nipple end) side view Fig. 6 and as Fig. 7 of the top view of the equipment in the close position of Fig. 1, in some embodiments, slit 107b can be slightly longer than corresponding slit 107a, or can be oriented to the slightly more close resting barrel 104 of respective slots 107a than as shown in Figures 4 and 5.Slot length and/or position this asymmetric causes can being configured to slightly not parallel with respect to resting barrel 104 by translation cylinder 103 when equipment (for example, referring to Fig. 7) in the close position.This asymmetric tobacco rods that causes has atomic little taper or coniform shape, and this can be conducive to take out from equipment the tobacco rods forming.In various embodiments, can translation cylinder and the uneven degree of resting barrel 104 can be at about 1 degree between 15 degree, for example, about 5 degree are not parallel to 10 degree.In some embodiments, in the time that equipment is in the close position, user can regulate this angle about the position of slit 107b by translation cylinder 103 by changing.

Again go to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, roll equipment 100 and in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, be also shown as and comprise the endless belt 109 of hanging up around cylinder.This endless belt is shown as slightly loose, and wherein the part between cylinder of endless belt forms with 114 indicated recesses.In various embodiments, in the time that cylinder 104 and cylinder 103 are spaced apart (for example, in the time that equipment is in an open position, for example, referring to Fig. 4), this recess can be relatively wide and shallow, and in the time that these cylinders are substantially adjacent one another are (for example,, in the time that equipment is in the close position, for example, referring to Fig. 5), this recess is cylindrical substantially.

As seen in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, and see in more detail in Fig. 9, this equipment can also comprise the tank 130 that the corresponding recess 131 from pedestal 102 extends.This tank is shown as has U-shaped or semicircular cross section, has first surface or inner surface 132 and second surface or outer surface 134(for example referring to Fig. 9).As seen in Fig. 4 to Fig. 6, one deck band 109 is shown as around the outer surface of tank and hangs up, this tank be therefore arranged on band formation recess part and around between the part of the part of this recess.

Tank can be conducive to (for example) and be pulled and effectively used this equipment by minimizing.For example, if there is no described tank,, in the time a certain amount of loose tobacco being shaped in recess by the rolling of band, the part of the formation recess of band may be pushed to or even be pushed against another layer of band moving along the rightabout of the part of formation recess.The inner surface of band can also have the amount for reduce the friction producing in the time that surperficial part is slided or contacted with each other.But, in some cases, in the time that two-layer band moves in opposite direction band against self slide inner surface can become and be worn because reusing finally, and/or due to two surfaces relative to each other move produce disturb roll pull.In addition, moisture or loose tobacco particle can cause two-layer band to be bonded to each other or perhaps adhere to, thereby pull this two layers along equidirectional, can cause like this cylinder combination, thereby make to be with wrinkling or tear, or cause other machinery to disturb or infringement to equipment.

In addition, it is inhomogeneous that the expansion in belt surface or other irregularity can cause cigarette page to be coiled into the rolling of shape tobacco rods then, or can in cigarette page, form fold and folding part, and this is that many users may not wish to find.Tank therefore can be by providing stable slidingsurface to reduce for one deck band or preventing from pulling, or otherwise prevent the formation recess of band part friction belt other parts or slide or the other parts of contact zones otherwise against the other parts of band, the other parts of band are such as the belt for moving in the opposite direction when the band rolling.

As briefly mentioned above, be with by rolling, except promoting tobacco against the power on the residing surface of Tape movement, because of the tension force with itself, and compress a certain amount of loose tobacco and make it to be configured as tobacco rods.Tank can for by provide band hang up institute around another surface and in the whole time or when the cylinder tension force (or reducing to relax) that time increase is with in closed structure.The tension force that increases band then can be stable in position by the cylindrical recess that makes to form during in closed structure when cylinder, and stability is provided and/or increases the uniformity of the cigarette of this device fabrication of use for this equipment.In this structure, the part of only having the outer surface around tank of band to hang up can contact tank.

In some constructions, such as the part contact tank of the formation recess at band (such as, the inner surface of tank) structure in, tank can be by providing a stayed surface to be conducive to form tobacco rods, and the tobacco in the time that band moves (or rolling around roller) on cylinder in recess can be pushed against this stayed surface.Together with the surface tension of the not supported part of roller surface and band itself, provide pressure to the tobacco in cylindrical recess, but reusing of passage may be tending towards tension belt in time, surface tension is weakened, or band is very loose etc., band may be become and be unsuitable for compressing tobacco.Like this, the stayed surface that the support tank under this structure can provide band to be pushed against it, like this can be via the compression stress that is passed to the tobacco in recess by cylinder, reduces or even prevent the expansion of band.

Alternatively, described tank can be for such as the stayed surface of constant diameter being provided and/or by increasing the tension force (any one can help user to determine the correct number of the loose tobacco that will use) of belt surface, being set up the diameter of finished cigarette by as discussed above.By reducing or prevent that the diameter of the tobacco rods being shaped from changing in this equipment, can guarantee that user has relatively consistent result, if the tobacco rods that so then can reduce manufacturing too greatly consequently standard preformed smoke pipe can not around and the waste that causes.Therefore tank can have any structure, shape, thickness, section of the arbitrary result that is suitable for realizing in the above results etc.For example, alternate configuration for example can comprise, than shown more smooth or more bending cross section (, having the semi-circular cross-section of different-diameter) having different-thickness etc., and have compound structure and/or discontinuous structure.In addition, in some embodiments, described tank can help the axis of tobacco rods and the axis of ozzle that in the recess of band, form to aim at.In some embodiments, in the situation that not having tank to provide standby to support and aim at, tobacco rods possibly cannot be aimed at ozzle, therefore, may not be pushed device and be shifted to pass ozzle.

As shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, equipment 100 can also comprise a pair of protective plate 110, each protective plate 110 be arranged on can translation cylinder 103 and curve slit 107 between.As seen in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, in some embodiments, each gripper shoe 101 can comprise circular depressions 113, and each protective plate 110 can be placed in circular depressions 113 at least in part.But in other embodiments, gripper shoe 101 can not comprise this circular depressions, and each protective plate 110 can be adjacent to settle with gripper shoe 101, instead of is recessed in gripper shoe 101.

As shown in Figure 3, protective plate 110 can comprise shaft portion 116, and this shaft portion 116 is connected in the installation position in gripper shoe 101 by axle journal.Protective plate 110 also comprises mobile slit 111, and shaft portion 106 that can translation cylinder 103 extends through this and moves slit 111; Like this, protective plate adapts to movement that can translation cylinder 103, prevents the loose tobacco arrival curve slit 107 from recess 114 simultaneously.Although show two protective plates, other embodiment that cigarette rolls equipment can only include a protective plate, or even comprises multiple protective plates.

As seen in Fig. 4, at least a portion of at least " opening " under structure and in the moving range of cylinder 103, the only about half of overlapping recess 114 of curve slit 107.Loose tobacco generally includes the moisture of q.s, makes spuious tobacco may be tending towards adhering to, block or otherwise disturbing cigarette to roll the mobile component of equipment, so then can disturb the operation of intention and need cleaned at regular intervals.But, as constructed, the protective plate 110 that cigarette rolls equipment 100 is arranged between the end and curve slit of cylinder, thereby prevents from entering slit 107 from the loose tobacco of recess 114, allows can translation cylinder 103 to move opening between structure and closed structure simultaneously.Therefore protective plate 110 can be configured to prevent from carrying (or more specifically according to expecting, carry out the recess that the part between cylinder of free strip forms) loose tobacco arrival curve slit, in the time that cylinder moves around, adapt to the movement of shaft portion simultaneously.Conventionally, combine one or more pairs of curve slits and be connected by axle journal so that slidably the embodiment of the structure of the mobile slit in shape and/or the protective plate of mobile one or more cylinders, protective plate can be relevant to the relative size of shape such as slit and/or length, removable cylinder (one or more) etc. in described curve slit.

As mentioned above, although equipment 100 can roll cigarette for the cigarette paper with the packing material that is conventionally smooth page, but preformed smoke pipe also can be commercially available, for example, if preferring with hand scroll tobacco curing swath, user do not want cigarette page coiling tobacco rods.Some smoke pipes that are commercially available also comprise the filter tip being positioned in other vacant pipe, and user can put into this pipe by the tobacco rods of shaping.Therefore, the embodiment that cigarette rolls equipment can alternatively comprise such mechanism, by this mechanism, and can be by rolling cigarette the tobacco rods being shaped in equipment and push or be injected in preformed smoke pipe as described above in detail.

As shown in Figure 7, and as being shown in further detail in Figure 11 A and Figure 11 B, equipment 100 can also comprise thrust unit 150, this thrust unit 150 is installed to be for the axis along being parallel to cylinder and moves with respect to cylinder 103,104, and is installed to be alternatively for the axis around being parallel to resting barrel 104 and moves with respect to this resting barrel.Thrust unit 150 comprises outer surface 152 and inner surface 154, inner surface also comprises snap ring part 156, this snap ring part 156 is shaped as and is held on removably resting barrel 104, so that thrust unit is remained on this cylinder, but also allows carriage to move slidably along it.Outer surface is shown as and comprises protuberance 153 in Figure 11 A and Figure 11 B, this protuberance 153 be provided as be convenient to (for example) by user's thumb or forefinger slidably with rotatable movement, but outer surface can have any suitable structure.

In various embodiments, arm 158 is shown on certain orientation and extends from snap ring part 156, make in the time that thrust unit is installed on resting barrel 104, this arm drops to conventionally by the recess 114 forming with 109 the part of hanging up around cylinder 103,104.Extension 159 is for example outstanding from arm with right angle in some embodiments, and ends at substantially circular pushing member 160.By such structure, described pushing member is suitable for for example passing through along cylinder slip thrust unit, and the end that engages and promote the forming tobacco bar in cylindrical recess.More specifically, thrust unit is suitable for sliding towards a gripper shoe that is designated as " distally " gripper shoe from the direction of another " nearside " gripper shoe, and returns again.In other words, if thrust unit is initially positioned near nearside gripper shoe, in the time that tobacco rods is formed in cylindrical recess, thrust unit towards the slip of distally gripper shoe by the end that makes pushing member engage the end of tobacco rods and promote tobacco rods towards the first gripper shoe, with longitudinal compression tobacco rods.

As mentioned above, " touch " or the end of compression molding tobacco rods can be squeezed into cylindrical form more firmly by tobacco, thereby make tobacco rods unlikely disconnect and/or reduce or even prevent that loose tobacco from coming off or otherwise unclamping from tobacco rods.Like this, longitudinal compression can allow cigarette continue longer memory time, and tobacco does not drop from the end of cigarette.The one or both ends of compression tobacco rods can also provide flat surfaces, the end of cigarette paper or smoke pipe can be folded against this flat surfaces, when being kept, storing cigarette or aspirate for tobacco being remained on to cigarette paper or smoke pipe and/or just for effect attractive in appearance.

Except slidably mobile, snap ring part 156 and inner surface 154 are formed in clamping has the preset range of rotatable movement of the cylinder of thrust unit 150 and move, such as for guaranteeing the stability of this thrust unit on cylinder 104.For example, in some embodiments, in the time that cylinder 103 moves to " opening " position from " closing position ", the part of hanging up between cylinder of band becomes wider, the relatively shallow recess of restriction from limiting relatively dark cylindrical recess.In the time that this band portion moves to another kind of structure from one structure, it can for example, promote against the part that is arranged in recess of thrust unit (, pushing member 160, extension 159 and/or thrust unit arm 158).But, the snap ring part 156 of thrust unit and inner surface 154 are configured to allow this thrust unit " shake " back and forth on cylinder, for example, for the movement that adapts to be with while moving between " opening " structure and " closure " are constructed when cylinder, and do not become with from disengaging.

In various embodiments, thrust unit 150 can also comprise outrigger part 192, this outrigger part 192 from snap ring part 156 extend and be configured to by with winding with 109 can translation cylinder 103 part contact to limit the rotation of thrust unit 150 around resting barrel 104.This structure allows outrigger part 192 to prevent the excessive rotation of thrust unit 150 around resting barrel 104, this excessively rotation otherwise can allow thrust unit 150(and particularly, pushing member 160, extension 159 and/or thrust unit arm 158) will be against tank 130 compressive zones 109.

In addition, outrigger part 192 can and make this axis aim at the axis of the tobacco rods forming for the axis of orientation pushing member 160.In addition, in various embodiments, outrigger part 192 can provide stability for thrust unit 150, and provides extra sliding bearing surface, this area supported to reduce in the time that thrust unit 150 extends to be shifted tobacco rods this thrust unit 150 against the whole contact with 190.

In some embodiments, such as in the embodiment shown in Figure 11 A and Figure 11 B, snap ring part 156 can be configured to (for example) in the time that user depresses protuberance 153 along the longitudinal axis of resting barrel 104 outwards away from rotating by translation cylinder 103.In some embodiments, the part that is positioned at recess that this rotation of snap ring part can cause thrust unit (for example, pushing member 160, extension 159 and/or thrust unit arm 158) against applying enough pressure by translation cylinder 103, so that can move to open position (referring to for example Figure 11 B) along slit 107 by translation cylinder.This feature can allow user easily this equipment " upset " to be become to open position, for example, for receiving tobacco at recess 114, and can complete with one hand.As shown in Figure 8, thrust unit 150 can move to middle position along the longitudinal axis of resting barrel 104 conventionally before the longitudinal axis rotation around resting barrel 104, made it on near-end that can translation cylinder 103 and far-end, all to apply roughly equal pressure.But, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that in some embodiments, thrust unit can be for opening equipment 100 along resting barrel 104 in any position.

In various embodiments, nearside gripper shoe 101a can be configured to receive and hold at least a portion of thrust unit 150, such as, for allowing thrust unit in the time that a certain amount of loose tobacco is shaped as tobacco rods substantially to shift out recess 114, thereby do not disturb rolling process.Therefore,, in various embodiments, therefore nearside gripper shoe 101a can comprise the recess of the part for receiving thrust unit 150.Like this, thrust unit can selectively move to gripper shoe, and its part is accommodated in the recess in gripper shoe, thereby after forming tobacco rods, thrust unit can be configured to promote described pushing member against the end of tobacco rods.

Like this, in some embodiments, thrust unit as above can be used as compressing member, such as for longitudinal compression tobacco rods.But, as seen in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, some embodiments that cigarette rolls equipment can also comprise and be arranged in the opening 170 of distally gripper shoe 101b and be arranged on the corresponding ozzle 172 in gripper shoe, and this correspondence ozzle 172 is connected to described opening or extends through this opening.In various embodiments, ozzle 172 can have circular cross-section and can fix on the gripper shoe 101b of distally, with when cylinder 103,104 in the time that " closure " constructs with by aiming at the 109 cardinal principle circular depressions 114 that form, make when thrust unit 150 from nearside gripper shoe 101a in the time that distally gripper shoe 101b slides, can promote the contents (such as, forming tobacco bar) of cylindrical recess 114 through opening 170 and ozzle 172.In some embodiments, ozzle can be installed to gripper shoe by the maintenance edge in gripper shoe, but can use any suitable installation method.

The sectional dimension of ozzle makes the end of preformed smoke pipe (not shown) to be assembled on ozzle and against gripper shoe and to be kept closely.Like this, after a certain amount of loose tobacco is shaped as compression tobacco rods in the general cylindrical recess being formed by band, thrust unit passes opening 170 and ozzle 172 towards the slip of the first gripper shoe for making the engaged at end of pushing member and tobacco rods and promoting tobacco rods from the second gripper shoe, enter by the smoke pipe keeping against the first gripper shoe, to form cigarette.In some embodiments, can use ozzle protector 174 in conjunction with ozzle 172, for example during transportation not unexpected impaired for the protection of ozzle, preformed smoke pipe is assembled on ozzle to be conducive to user but also serve as vision guide part.In some embodiments, ozzle protector 174 can have the contrastive colours compared with ozzle 172, for example, more can divide ozzle 172 by visual area for being conducive to.

In addition, in various embodiments, thrust unit 150 is slid into the mobile degree of being allowed by distally gripper shoe 101b can make at least a portion of thrust unit 150 outstanding by the extension 159 on arm 158, and face portion is through opening 170.When the length of cylinder is during corresponding to the length of smoke pipe, once this structure therefore can allow tobacco rods be just injected in smoke pipe further compressed or " touching " in smoke pipe.Alternatively, certainly, thrust unit can also be used for the fritter of the loose tobacco that promotes to carry, for example, with the band of cleaning equipment between using.

Now, forward Figure 10 A to Figure 10 C to, some embodiments of equipment also comprise clamping device 180, and clamping device 180 optionally can be operable to preformed smoke pipe is remained on ozzle 172.Although can use any suitable structure, but clamping device 180 is shown as and comprises the Trident Type clamping element 182 being contained in the gripper shoe 101b of distally in Figure 10 A to Figure 10 C, this clamping element ends at two or more clamping surfaces 184a, 184b, 184c, and these clamping surfaces are shaped as the end that keeps smoke pipe against the outer surface of ozzle 172.Can be by internal bias voltage element (in the illustrated embodiment, for clamping element 182) make clamping element 182 away from from ozzle 172 bias voltages, make the button 190 at the other end place by pressing clamping element 182, promote ternary clamping surface 184a, 184b, 184c against ozzle 172, thereby by position preformed smoke pipe, such as for receiving the tobacco rods from equipment 100.In some embodiments, Trident Type clamping element 182 can be advanced in the recess 188 in the gripper shoe 101b of distally, and the actuating of button 190 can force two clamping surface 184a, 184c outer in three clamping surfaces two sides against recess 188, thereby impel two clamping surface 184a, 184c outer in three clamping surfaces inside, and against the outer surface of ozzle 172.Inner clamping surface 184b can be compressed against the downside of ozzle 172 simultaneously.Therefore, in the illustrated embodiment, clamping device 180 is exerted pressure to three of ozzle 172 sides.Although show in this article Trident Type clamping components, those skilled in the art be also to be understood that can use there is one, this clamping device of two, three or even more clamping surfaces.

Illustrate that cigarette rolls the overall structure structure of equipment 100, totally provides the exemplary illustration that uses this equipment in following paragraph.In the following description, some parts in all parts and the variation to the Structural Tectonics of illustrated embodiment and some parts are further discussed.All this variation are all regarded as in the scope of the present disclosure.

In use, such as in the time rolling cigarette, user can be first such as by following steps, cylinder 103 being moved away to cylinder 104: apply and (be for example enough to make the part that is positioned at recess of thrust unit to the protuberance 153 on thrust unit 150, promote surface 160, extension 159 and/or thrust unit arm 158) against the power that can translation cylinder 103 applies enough pressure, so that axle 106 that can translation cylinder 103 moves to open position along slit 107.It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art, even if there is thrust unit 150, also can open otherwise this equipment, such as, by can translation cylinder 103 and hang up around cylinder be with 109 directly to exert pressure.

As mentioned above, the structure of slit 107 can be suitable for, such as by limiting or allowing the freedom of movement along slit, providing the conveniently moving of the desired amount of cylinder 103; Be suitable near cylinder 103 moves to cylinder 104 or the separating ranges of the expectation of cylinder is provided while leaving cylinder 104; Etc..In addition, as above in greater detail, two

slit

107a, 107b can have different length, or it is upper to be differently positioned at

gripper shoe

101a, 101b, and cylinder 103,104 is not parallel to each other especially.Particularly, in the time that equipment is in the close position, cylinder 103,104 can be together at the far-end of equipment (for example, nipple end) closely spaced apart, to form the tobacco rods of slightly taper, for example, so that the tobacco rods forming is through ozzle 172 recess 114 that is shifted out.Therefore, there is inverted " J " shape even if the slit in illustrated embodiment is totally all shown as, but can use any required form, and slit can have different length or relative to each other differently locate.

Then, user a certain amount of loose tobacco can be placed on 109 in the part between cylinder 103,104, and by moving and become " closed structure " towards resting barrel 104 by translation cylinder 103, and can prepare loose tobacco to be formed as tobacco rods, as shown in Figure 5.In whole disclosure, term " substantially adjacent " is for describing the relative position of cylinder of this structure, this term shows that cylinder is oriented to enough be close together, make the loose tobacco being placed in recess in the time impelling cylinder to become this structure be configured as cylindrical form substantially, but cylinder is still spaced apart so that enough gaps to be provided, those parts that band is hanged up on each cylinder in the time of Tape movement are not contacted.

" substantially cylindrical " represents to have the relatively constant and shape of circular cross-section substantially then, make a certain amount of loose tobacco be formed as cylinder form in this columniform recess substantially in the time rolling, this shape is also referred to as " tobacco rods " in this article.As seen in Fig. 5, slightly tear drop shape shape of the cross section of recess 114 in the time that cylinder is substantially adjacent, wherein the point of tear extends to the interval between cylinder.But any loose tobacco in apex zone is all compressed into cylinder form by the movement of band on cylinder.

Conventionally, a certain amount of loose (not compressed) tobacco that is enough to form cigarette will occupy volume large when compressed, and in the time that roller shifting becomes " closed structure ", will outwards promote band and become the cylinder form substantially shown in Fig. 5.For giving the loose tobacco of determined number, can by the structure such as with respect to cylinder 103,104 with 109 length, the factor such as elasticity, the size of cylinder of band, determine size and the cross section of cylindrical recess 114.Like this, band (and cylinder) can be configured to provide the tobacco rods that has desired size and/or expect compression as required.For example, band can be than shown length or short, and/or be elasticity or stiff, such as to form the tobacco cylindrical recess of compressed different size therein.

A certain amount of loose tobacco is put into be with on 109 and cylinder be moved into " closure " structure after, band can move that loose tobacco is configured as to tobacco rods on cylinder.As seen in Fig. 5, by band formation cylindrical recess part surface tension and band be pushed against any surface (for example, confession the cylindrical recess part slip of band against bottom, the surface of cylinder etc.) be applied to the power on tobacco, in the time that band moves on cylinder, the part of the formation recess 114 of band is by " rolling " loose tobacco.

The cigarette illustrating in this article rolls in equipment, and cylinder (such as, cylinder 103,104) is all shown as and is rotatably installed on gripper shoe, therefore can in either direction, roll with moving belt and compression tobacco.Like this, this cylinder can also be called as " roller " in this article.Swing roller can make band move easily on cylinder.But, for example, in the embodiment that can slide on one or more non-rotatable cylinders at band, one or more can the installation in non-rotatable mode on the contrary in cylinder.For example, alternate configuration can comprise the non-rotatable cylinder that replaces cylinder 104 together with rotatable drum such as can translation cylinder 103 or the combination of any expectation of rotatable drum and non-rotatable cylinder.

The surface of cylinder therefore can be by veining, so that the friction of the expected degree of resisting band to be provided.Band can also have by the outer surface of veining and/or inner surface (or alternatively), such as with when move and/or provide the friction of expected degree in the time that tobacco is moved on cylinder.Combining in the embodiment of rotatable drum (or roller), for example, the surface by promoting against roller surface of band can be manufactured into by veining or otherwise guarantees that band " clampings " is on roller, makes the user can be by band application reinforcing and can rolling roller.Combine non-rotatable cylinder or band slide institute around the embodiment of structure in, the surface against this roller shifting of band can or otherwise be configured to minimizing by veining smoothly and pull.In addition, the surface being pushed against tobacco of band can be manufactured into by veining or otherwise " clamping " loose tobacco, such as compressing in the time that tobacco rolls at band being conducive to as required.

In the structure that combines non-rotatable cylinder, " cylinder " can be configured to have the cylindrical or non-cylindrical shape even geometrically of part, and comprises the one or more surfaces that can slide for band thereon.This surface can have such as the cylindrical or curved shape of part of being convenient to slide or the geometry with any expectation, the geometry of described any expectation for slidingsurface is provided and/or provide in the time that band moves on cylinder, be with can be pushed with a certain amount of loose tobacco is compressed into tobacco rods against surface.This distortion is regarded as in the scope of the present disclosure, and is regarded as like this in the scope of term " cylinder " as used in this article.But for clarity, all illustrated embodiments are shown as and comprise rotatably mounted cylinder.

Mobile with after tobacco is pressed into tobacco rods on cylinder at band, user can be placed on preformed smoke pipe on ozzle 172, and can press the button 190 alternatively, to start clamping device 180 and preformed smoke pipe is held in place.Then, can apply longitudinal pressure to the protuberance of thrust unit 153, so that the snap ring part 156 of thrust unit 150 is slided into source from the near-end of resting barrel 104, this is simultaneously on the described thrust unit arm 158 of the interior promotion of recess 114, extension 169 and circular promotion surface 160 substantially.This mobile tobacco rods that promotes to form passes opening 170 and ozzle 172, and enters preformed smoke pipe.Once tobacco rods has been inserted in preformed smoke pipe, the thrust unit 150 that further slides just may cause tobacco rods to be tamped in smoke pipe, as above in greater detail.

Alternatively, user can insert between cylinder by one end of (or " one page ") cigarette paper and continue moving belt, to roll and to be received in the cigarette paper between cylinder around tobacco rods.Cigarette paper is available commercially with multiple standard sizes, and the integral width of cylinder can be suitable for receiving the cigarette paper of various sizes in various embodiments.The cigarette paper being commercially available is glued together along an edge conventionally, or comprise some other bond properties, make when gummed edge is in the time that it is oriented as the trailing edge of page in the time that tobacco rods rolls, gummed edge adheres to the surface of a part for the cigarette paper having rolled.Like this, if use this cigarette paper in tourelle, user can stop rolling and wetting described gummed trailing edge before rolling cigarette paper surrounds tobacco rods completely.Once rolling cigarette paper bag encloses tobacco rods, cylinder just can be moved into " opening structure " and can remove the cigarette of formation.

Although illustrated and described some embodiment herein, but will be understood by those skilled in the art that, can, in the situation that not departing from scope, be realized the various alternative and/or equivalent embodiment of identical object or implement to replace the embodiment that illustrates and describe with inferring.Those skilled in the art should easily understand, and can realize embodiment by mode miscellaneous.The application is intended to contain any reorganization form or the form of distortion of the embodiment of discussing herein.Therefore, apparently, embodiment is only intended to the restriction by claim and equivalent thereof.

The cross reference of related application

The application be submit on June 10th, 2008, name is called the U.S. Patent application No.12/136 of " CIGARETTE ROLLING AND FORMING DEVICES(cigarette rolls and forming device) ", 650 partial continuous application and require the priority of this application, the full text content of this application is incorporated to herein by reference.

Claims

1. a cigarette forming apparatus, described cigarette forming apparatus comprises:

Pedestal, the first gripper shoe and the second gripper shoe are extended from this pedestal;

Can translation cylinder and resting barrel, described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel between these gripper shoes, extend and be rotatably installed on these gripper shoes, described can translation cylinder can movement between primary importance and the second place in mode that can translation, in described primary importance, described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel spaced apart, in the described second place, described can translation cylinder substantially adjacent with described resting barrel;

Endless belt, described band around described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel hang up, wherein, when described can translation cylinder during in described primary importance described in described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel between part form the opening recess that is suitable for receiving a certain amount of loose tobacco, and wherein when described can translation cylinder during in the described second place described in described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel between part form columniform recess substantially, when described band around described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel while moving tobacco can in described columniform recess, be shaped as tobacco rods,

Thrust unit, described thrust unit with slidably and rotatable mode be connected to described resting barrel and be configured to and move around described resting barrel and along described resting barrel, wherein, described thrust unit comprises pushing member, described pushing member is suitable for engaging one end of the forming tobacco bar in described columniform recess and this one end of this forming tobacco bar is slidably promoted towards described the first gripper shoe, and wherein said thrust unit makes described pushing member can move to described primary importance from the described second place by translation cylinder by described around the rotation of described resting barrel.

2. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, described the first gripper shoe also comprises opening disposed thereon and ozzle, described ozzle is configured to receive and keep one end of preformed smoke pipe thereon, and the described forming tobacco bar that wherein said thrust unit is suitable for optionally promoting from described recess passes described ozzle, and enters in described preformed smoke pipe.

3. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, described thrust unit also comprises:

(a) snap ring part, described snap ring part is suitable for slidably moving along described resting barrel, described snap ring part comprise from its extension and substantially enter by described band described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel between the described recess that forms of part, and wherein said pushing member is arranged on arm;

(b) extension, described extension is arranged on described arm, and described extension extends towards described ozzle, and wherein said pushing member is arranged on the end of described extension; Or

(c) (a) and (b) the two.

4. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, one in described the first gripper shoe and described the second gripper shoe comprises recess, and wherein said thrust unit is suitable at least a portion in described arm, described extension and/or described pushing member selectively to move in described recess.

5. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, described snap ring part is configured to be held on removably described resting barrel, with on described resting barrel with slidably and rotatable mode move.

6. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, this cigarette forming apparatus also comprises clamping device, described clamping device can optionally be operable to described preformed smoke pipe is remained on described ozzle.

7. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, described the first gripper shoe and described the second gripper shoe comprise corresponding the first slit and the second slit; Wherein saidly can comprise the shaft portion outstanding from each end by translation cylinder, each shaft portion is all connected in a slit in these slits slidably to move in this slit by axle journal.

8. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, described the first slit is shorter than described the second slit.

9. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, described can translation cylinder be oriented to when described can translation cylinder during in the described second place and described resting barrel slightly not parallel.

10. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, this cigarette forming apparatus also comprises and is arranged on described protective plate between can one end and described first slit of translation cylinder, and described protective plate is configured to prevent enter described the first slit from the loose tobacco of described recess.

11. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, this cigarette forming apparatus is also included in extension and the tank by described the first gripper shoe and described the second gripper shoe interconnection between described the first gripper shoe and described the second gripper shoe, and described tank has top surface and basal surface; And

Wherein said band around described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel and described tank hang up;

Wherein said recess be by described band described can translation cylinder and described resting barrel between part form; And

The part that wherein said tank is suitable for the described recess of formation that prevents described band contacts the other parts of described band.

12. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, the profile of described pedestal is hourglass shape.

13. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, this cigarette forming apparatus also comprises:

Light source, described light source is arranged in the first gripper shoe or described the second gripper shoe and is configured to illuminate a part for described cigarette forming apparatus in the time being coupled to power supply;

Start member, described startup member is configured to control the startup of described light source; And

Power supply, described power supply is electrically coupled to described light source and is suitable for power supply to light described light source.

14. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 13, wherein, described the first gripper shoe also comprises opening disposed thereon and ozzle, described ozzle is configured to receive and keep one end of preformed smoke pipe thereon, and wherein said light source be arranged in described the first gripper shoe or described the second gripper shoe and be configured to illuminate at least a portion of at least a portion of described ozzle, described columniform recess or a part for described ozzle and described columniform recess a part these two.

15. cigarette forming apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said light source, described power supply and described startup member are all arranged in described the first gripper shoe.