CN104540403A - Smoking article with menthol filter - Google Patents

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CN104540403A
CN104540403A CN201380041080.9A CN201380041080A CN104540403A CN 104540403 A CN104540403 A CN 104540403A CN 201380041080 A CN201380041080 A CN 201380041080A CN 104540403 A CN104540403 A CN 104540403A
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D·菲拉兹恩
A·贝格希恩
D·萨纳
M·A·弗朗赛斯
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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
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    • A24D1/02Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers
    • 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
    • A24D3/061Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters containing additives entrapped within capsules, sponge-like material or the like, for further release upon smoking
    • 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
    • A24D1/00Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/002Cigars; Cigarettes with additives, e.g. for flavouring
    • 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
    • A24D3/0212Applying additives to filter materials
    • A24D3/0216Applying additives to filter materials the additive being in the form of capsules, beads or the like
    • 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
    • A24D3/048Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure containing additives

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a smoking article, comprising a filter, the filter comprising: a plug of filter material having a longitudinally extending surface (22); a wrapper (20) wrapped around the longitudinally extending surface of the plug; and a menthol patch (50) realized on an inner surface (24) of said wrapper facing said longitudinally extending surface of said plug, wherein the menthol patch is applied to the wrapper and the the plug is attached to the wrapper by means of the menthol patch before the wrapper is closed around the filter material.

Description

With the smoking product of mentholated filter
The present invention relates to filter tip smoking product and produce the method for filter tip like this.
Filter tip cigarette generally includes the tobacco cut filler rod and cylindrical filter that are surrounded by coated papers, and filter tip, to be that end-to-end relation is alignd with tobacco rod, is attached in tobacco rod with tipping paper by this cylindrical filter.In traditional cigarette, filter tip can be made up of the acetate tow be wrapped in porous filter stick formation paper.In order to be bonded in filter tip by filtering material, filtering material is glued to porous filter stick formation paper.Everybody also knows the filter tip cigarette with multi-part filter tip, and it comprises two sections or more than two sections, for removing particulate component in main smoke airflow and gas componant.
In order to increase the fragrance of main smoke airflow, people know, in filter tip, add spices to smoking product.People know a kind of passive fragrance relieving mechanism, and wherein, without the need to the action that smoker is any, fragrance just can discharge.Such as, international patent application file WO-A-2009/080604 describes a kind of filter tip for the such smoking product of such as cigarette.These goods comprise filtering material plug and are fixed to the wrappage placed outside filtering material by adhesive tape.Binding agent contains spices, and spices can be natural coloring, to provide a kind of pattern around the end face periphery of filter tip.
UK Patent Application file GB-A-2229078 discloses and manufactures the technical process of cigarette filter, and one or more that this process is included in the lapping of contact filtration material apply fragrance.
Everybody also knows initiatively fragrance relieving mechanism, and wherein, smoker activates the release of fragrance.Such as, people know and are incorporated in filter tip by the bladder being filled with spices.When smoker needs to add fragrance, smoker just can this bladder broken.
Likely wish device smoking product being provided to fragrance in release filter tip, in use, this device provides the fragrance of improvement to strengthen, and especially, provides the mint flavored of improvement to send to smoker.May wish especially to use standard filters manufacturing installation and technology to provide this filter tip.
According to the present invention, provide the smoking product comprising filter tip, wherein, filter tip comprises: the filtering material plug with lengthwise extending surface; Wrappage around the lengthwise extending surface being wrapped in plug; And Herba Menthae slice.This Herba Menthae slice realizes on the inner surface of the lengthwise extending surface towards plug of wrappage.According to the present invention, before wrappage is enclosed in around filtering material, Herba Menthae slice is applied on wrappage, fills in and is attached on wrappage by means of Herba Menthae slice.
Smoking product can be the traditional smoking product comprising tobacco rod, and such as, tobacco rod is connected to filter tip by tipping paper, smoking product or can be unconventional smoking product, such as in conjunction with the smoking product that electrical smoking system uses together.
In whole descriptions, term " filter tip " for indicate smoking product as lower section, smoke components that is that this section is configured to remove at least in part gaseous state from the main smoke airflow aspirated by filter tip or particulate form, or these two kinds of smoke components all remove.Filter tip of the present invention can comprise a fillter section or multiple fillter section.Each fillter section can have different longitudinal lengths.Each fillter section adjoins along the longitudinal direction.If arrange two or more fillter sections, so each fillter section can be identical structure and material each other, but is preferably, and indivedual section has different structures or contains different filtering materials or additive.If filter memory is having two or more fillter sections, then wherein at least one section be suitable for removing at least in part gaseous state from the main smoke airflow aspirated by filter tip or the smoke components of particulate form, or these two kinds of smoke components all remove.According to the present invention, also can not contribute removing smoke components, but different functions can be had for one or more sections in the residue section of filter tip, such as, affect the fragrance of main smoke airflow or change the gas permeability of smoking product.
In addition, the add ons being hereinafter referred to as " filter tip insertion object " can be included in filter tip or in one section of filter tip.This object can comprise the spices revising cigarette special feeling quality, or object can change some other characteristic of flue gas, such as gas permeability and draw resistance.The object be present in filter tip is such as one or more rupturable bladders, and it contains line stock, exchanger resin bead, absorbent/absorbent granules, the limited part of spices, fragrance ball, savory or British plain spirits, and their combination.Single body is preferably included in single section of filter tip of the present invention, but, in the situation that some is special, such as, when considering multiple bead, then hundred objects can be comprised into.
Wrappage can comprise any other suitable material known in porous plug parcel (wrap), impervious plastics or row.Inner surface and outer surface is defined in wrappage.Inner surface is when smoking product is assembled mainly towards the surface of one or more plug, and the surface that outer surface is normally such, its main outside with filter tip contact or cover by one or more integuments of adding, this is depending on the structure of filter tip.In wrappage, go back identifiable design " seam region ", in this seam region, wrappage self is overlapping, forms longitudinal seam to close around plug.This overlapping region comprises the inner surface of wrappage and a part for outer surface, and this overlapping region is referred to as the seam region that the outer surface of wrappage and inner surface are bonded to one another.Remaining region, that is, be not the inner surface area of part of seam region, be called on " interior rod surface ".This interior rod surface directly contacts with stopper usually, thus circumference is around this plug.
Term " spices " is here used for representing and can triggers the material of people's sensation, the mixture of compound or many kinds of substance, thisly feels the taste relating to people.Preferably, this kind feels the sensation comprising taste and smell.In other words, those skilled in the art think, the fragrance or taste that add spiced article or composition can be given, strengthen or revise to this spices in a desired manner.
Possible spices is preferably the spices for tobacco product, such as, comprises tobacco, peppermint, coffee, peppermint, spearmint or cognac.Spices is preferably liquid, foam or gel state, or can be exchanged into the solid of liquid at a certain temperature.
Spices can comprise one or more additives in addition, such as, and heat stabilizer, emulsion stabilizer, the additive giving enough treatment characteristics, colouring agent or their any combination.
As known in row, such as, wrappage is attached to beyond the Great Wall beyond the Great Wall, to form filter tip by wrappage is glued to.It is preferred that this attachedly will have enough intensity to resist the stress using in smoking product process and act on filter tip, wrappage and plug can be prevented like this to be separated from.
For this reason, on the inner surface of wrappage towards the lengthwise extending surface of plug, filter tip of the present invention comprises Herba Menthae slice.
Sheet herein represents the layer of material in the region covering wrappage inner surface.Preferably, the region on its excellent surface in covering.The shape of sheet is arbitrary, and it can comprise square, band shape, rectangle, wave, triangle, or the combination of these geometric forms or other geometric forms.Sheet can cover the most interior rod surface of wrappage, or is the interior rod surface of the fraction covering wrappage.In addition, sheet can extend along whole longitudinal lengths of wrappage, or just extends along wrappage part longitudinal length.Sheet has enough thickness, firmly connects to allow to have between plug and wrappage.In addition, the thickness of layer can be uniform or heterogeneous.Thickness between about 2 microns and about 50 microns is first-selected.
In whole descriptions, term " peppermint " is used to refer to and is applied on goods in order to induce mint flavored material.Preferably, peppermint commercial as used herein comprises the 2-isopropyl-5-methyl cyclohexanol of at least 90%, and its chemical molecular formula is C 10h 20o.However, it is to be understood that, commercially available peppermint can comprise additional additive, stabilizing agent and intensifier usually, and they are that technical staff is known in the art, can be used in tobacco industry and outside industry.This commercial peppermint is such as wear Lawson Co., Ltd (Fuerst Day Lawson Ltd.) by the Fuerst of London (UK) to sell.
In addition, even if term " peppermint " generally includes the stereoisomer of major part (1R, 2S, 5R), term " 2-isopropyl-5-methyl cyclohexanol " but refers to all 8 stereoisomers of 2-isopropyl-5-methyl cyclohexanol, because it is the most stable stereoisomer of 2-isopropyl-5-methyl cyclohexanol.
Have found that, peppermint has binding agent characteristic, this means that it by elements adhere or can be bonded together, and is exactly such as that wrappage is bonded to plug in the present case.Peppermint itself has the such fact of binding agent characteristic and does not mean that it comprises binding agent, and bonding characteristic is the inherent characteristic of the peppermint for filter tip of the present invention, and is the cause of chemistry due to peppermint and physical arrangement.Therefore, due to the inherent characteristic of peppermint, the Herba Menthae slice in discrete component combines flavor profiles and binding agent characteristic.
Advantageously, because the present invention uses Herba Menthae slice as spices and dual-functionality plug being bonded to rod surface in wrappage, so, compared with the filter tip of the band fragrance according to prior art, filter tip of the present invention require to reduce quantity its manufacture needed for treatment step.Herba Menthae slice is applied on wrappage, and wherein, peppermint not only rises and makes spices, and works the binding agent effect doing to be bonded to by wrappage beyond the Great Wall, and this reduce or eliminates additional adhesive and is deposited on needs on wrappage.By the step that peppermint is added fragrance to filter tip and is applied to by binding agent on wrappage, therefore merged at least in part.
Preferably, Herba Menthae slice comprises the 2-isopropyl-5-methyl cyclohexanol of at least 99%.In other words, Herba Menthae slice consists essentially of pure peppermint.As depicted, be singly that the existence of peppermint is just enough to allow between wrappage and plug and has good bonding.
In order to strengthen fragrance further, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, filter tip can comprise filter tip additional as defined above and insert object, and this object comprises spices.The spices be included in this object can be identical with peppermint used in Herba Menthae slice or not identical, thus allow the combination of various fragrance.More preferably, this fragrance insertion object comprises at least one bladder.The use of Herba Menthae slice allows the multiple fragrance source in the single filter segment of filter tip of the present invention to carry out simple and favourable combination.This advantageously strengthens further the possibility that sends fragrance and can by the fragrance amount used.Such as, bladder is used to be positioned at the spices line of same filter segment and bladder is unpractical, because this can occupy space same in fillter section.
In use, filter tip wrappage is such as exposed to heat or steam, discharges fragrance contained in Herba Menthae slice thus.Not only comprise Herba Menthae slice at filter tip but also comprise the such spices of such as bladder and insert in the preferred embodiment of object, smoker can experience two kinds of processes: the fragrance automatically discharged from Herba Menthae slice; And the fragrance discharged from the bladder that breaks to be triggered by smoker.
In addition, other objects, the such as non-flow limiter that cuts off can be present in the single filter segment of filter tip of the present invention.Because the volume occupied by Herba Menthae slice is almost insignificant, so that the relatively large placement sending flavor element of volume, such as, such as fragrance line or the non-object cut off as rupturable bladder.
Filter tip that is that send fragrance and that do not send fragrance inserts object and places by Herba Menthae slice or be fixed in the tram in filter tip, wherein, and the object of insertion and the interior excellent surface contact of wrappage.For reaching this effect, Herba Menthae slice positions suitably according to filter designs and structure.In this preferred embodiment, therefore Herba Menthae slice has additional purposes: the plug of cellulose acetate tow and filter tip are inserted object and is attached to wrappage.
According to preferred embodiment, the inner surface of wrappage also comprises bonding agent tablet.Bonding agent tablet is defined as the thin slice comprising binding agent, and wherein, binding agent is so a kind of material, as technical staff in the art understand, its major function is adhered to or bonding by each object.Binding agent is organized by adhesive method usually.Then binding agent is organized into reactive and non-reacted binding agent, and this refers to whether binding agent chemically reacts and harden.Alternatively, binding agent can be natural or synthesis according to raw material, or according to its initial physical state (such as, liquid or solid) tissue.
Bonding agent tablet comprises the binding agent being preferably hot melt, such as polyester adhesive.The bonding agent tablet comprising hot-melt adhesive is called the first bonding agent tablet.Alternatively or additionally, bonding agent tablet comprises the binding agent of emulsifying, and such as polyvinyl acetate (PVA) and derivative thereof, be commonly referred to as sloppy heat binding agent.The bonding agent tablet comprising sloppy heat binding agent is called the second bonding agent tablet.
According to a preferred embodiment, bonding agent tablet is positioned in the seam region of wrappage inner surface, in other words, near the longitudinal edge that it is positioned at wrappage inner surface, like this, uses binding agent to bond the longitudinal seam of wrappage.Preferably, the bonding agent tablet being positioned at seam region comprises the first bonding agent tablet, this means that it comprises hot-melt adhesive.
Already recognizing, and corresponding to the seam of wrappage, in order to avoid wrappage to throw off unexpectedly with plug after the tobacco product produced, needing a kind ofly to grow lasting adhesion effect.Lift the wrappage of a part corresponding to seam, thus formed so-called " flag effect (flag effect) ", this is undesirable especially.Therefore, the long-acting glue of such as sloppy heat glue is first-selected.But, in high speed manufacturing processes, likely must use the binding agent forming cohesive force between two objects fast.For this purpose, hot-melt adhesive is used can be favourable.Preferably, the first bonding agent tablet comprises the strip hot melt binding agent that the inner surface edge along wrappage is located.Hot-melt adhesive can be degraded by peppermint.Therefore, filter tip of the present invention preferably comprises the protection element for the first bonding agent tablet.More preferably, this protection element comprises the additional bonding agent tablet between the first bonding agent tablet and Herba Menthae slice.Even more preferably, additional bonding agent tablet is positioned at seam region.Preferably, this additional bonding agent tablet comprises the second bonding agent tablet of such as sloppy heat binding agent.
Preferably, Herba Menthae slice is only positioned at excellent surface, and Herba Menthae slice does not extend in the seam region of wrappage.
In interior rod surface, this means, in the region of inner surface of the wrappage outside seam region, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, to fill in and be attached on wrappage by means of only Herba Menthae slice.In other words, Herba Menthae slice is used to make wrappage to be bonded to unique adhesive beyond the Great Wall.In such an embodiment, the one or more bonding agent tablets being located substantially on an inner surface edge of wrappage define seam, with it wrappage is glued to certainly by it, and without the need to touching plug.
According to different embodiments, in filter tip of the present invention, one or more Herba Menthae slice and one or more second bonding agent tablet be combined to form in wrappage in excellent surface, so that plug is anchored on wrappage.
In existing technology, in filter tip manufacture process, usually, some binding agent is placed on it and is equipped with in the continuous print wrappage web of tow stream.Owing to there is relative high radial stress between tow with wrappage, so it is preferred that tow is anchored on wrappage by binding agent used as quickly as possible.For this purpose, preferably hot melt glue is applied.Already point out above, the bonding characteristic of peppermint is similar to the characteristic of hot melt glue, therefore, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, one or more Herba Menthae slice or Herba Menthae slice and hot melt glue sheet only can be used to be anchored on the wrappage outside seam region by plug and to reach this object.
According to a preferred embodiment, Herba Menthae slice comprises the band of the longitudinal direction setting along plug, and it is referred to as peppermint band hereinafter.More it is preferred that peppermint band extends the whole longitudinal length of filter tip.This especially simply designs, and this design allows to apply peppermint with high machine speed by nozzle.
In the embodiment that filter tip comprises one or more Herba Menthae slice and bonding agent tablet, preferably, Herba Menthae slice and bonding agent tablet are arranged substantially in parallel with each other along wrappage.Preferably, Herba Menthae slice and bonding agent tablet comprise peppermint band and adhesive tape respectively.This rear preferred embodiment does not do amendment that is large or complexity for the device of known high-speed production filter tip, just can easily produce filter tip of the present invention.
But in various embodiments, Herba Menthae slice can other different modes many be arranged on interior excellent surface, such as, relative to the longitudinal direction of plug in arranging diagonally.In addition, Herba Menthae slice excellent surface can be formed predetermined selection pattern in wrappage, and such as, Herba Menthae slice can form band, wave, the dotted line of interruption, or any other selected pattern.
Utilize as one or more Herba Menthae slice given to this invention substitutes known standard glue in row at least in part, substantially do not change the adhesion strength of wrappage and plug, because this is true, the various shape supplied is all possible.
According to the present invention, be provided for the filter tip according to above-described smoking product.
The present invention also provides the method manufactured for the filter tip of smoking product, and the method comprises: around the lengthwise extending surface parcel wrappage of filtering material plug; And by means of Herba Menthae slice, described plug is attached to described wrappage.
Preferably, method of the present invention also comprises: the peppermint of fusing is also deposited on wrappage, to form Herba Menthae slice by fusing peppermint crystal.Peppermint is generally solid, and at room temperature in crystal form.Therefore, the commercially available peppermint usually sold with peppermint crystal form preferably first melts the peppermint obtaining liquid.Then the peppermint of liquid is deposited on the inner surface of wrappage, like this, forms the Herba Menthae slice with particular/special requirement shape.Then, before the peppermint sclerosis of liquid, the Herba Menthae slice of liquid is contacted with filtering material, such as, contacts with cellulose acetate tow.Once the peppermint of liquid cools down, it just forms bonding between filtering material and wrappage.
According to another aspect, the invention provides the device manufacturing savory filter tip, this filter tip comprises wrappage, and this device comprises: make the source of supply that continuous print lapping web is advanced; Be used in the source of supply of the strand material advance forming filter tip plug; Displacer, it is configured to discharge peppermint thus form Herba Menthae slice on lapping; And Wrap device, it is used for the web of advance to be wrapped in around tow, thus, before wrappage closes at around filtering material, by means of Herba Menthae slice, web is attached on tow.Preferably, strand material is attached on wrappage at least in part by means of Herba Menthae slice.
Preferably, this device also comprises cutter, and it is used for the tow of the parcel of generation to cut into each section of predetermined length.
Applicant points out, the device for the production of the standard substantially of filter tip also can be used for high-speed production filter tip of the present invention.Or rather, the device of the dulcet filter tip of manufacture of the present invention does not need to do complicated amendment to the device of prior art.In order to produce the dulcet filter tip of the present invention, this just allows rather easily and the effective mode of cost changes known device.
According to a preferred embodiment, in order to reduce occupying of space as far as possible, a kind of being configured to is provided to discharge peppermint to form Herba Menthae slice and to be also configured to discharge binding agent to form the single displacer of bonding agent tablet.More it is preferred that above-mentioned single displacer comprises two nozzles separated, one for discharging binding agent to form bonding agent tablet, and another is for discharging peppermint so that Herba Menthae slice is formed into web.
This displacer can be configured to discharge continuous print Herba Menthae slice, to form continuous print peppermint longitudinal band along web, or is formed discontinuously.Multiple different Herba Menthae slice is produced in this permission in the web of wrapper.Such as, in the situation of multipart filter tip with multiple plug, the spacing between multiple plug is preferably perfume-free.
In another additional embodiment of the present invention, multiple displacer is present in device of the present invention, to form multiple Herba Menthae slice separated in web.Alternatively or in combination, can include the displacer comprising multiple nozzle in, these nozzles are with for the formation of multiple parallel peppermint.This additional peppermint displacer can be positioned at downstream or the upstream of binding agent displacer position.Term " downstream " and " upstream " refer to the direction of advance of continuous print lapping web.
According to various embodiments of the invention, be configured to discharge peppermint so that the displacer forming Herba Menthae slice comprises the cylinder with multiple groove.Preferably, each groove is formed on the circumferential surface of cylinder in a predetermined pattern.In this embodiment, cylinder is connected on device of the present invention by this way, namely, cylinder is rotated, and contacts again the web of wrapper simultaneously.Each groove is filled with liquid peppermint continuously.Liquid peppermint due to cylinder rotation and be discharged in web.Preferably, the motion of web causes cylinder to rotate.According to the pattern of the groove on cylinder, therefore peppermint is set in web, thus also therefore excellent surface is formed peppermint design in final filter tip in web.Therefore, one or more different Herba Menthae slice can be formed in wrappage web by each groove.
In addition, also can visualize above-mentioned cylinder and have the combination of displacer of nozzle, this nozzle structure is shaped as the Herba Menthae slice of continuous print or interruption or the bonding agent tablet of continuous print or interruption.
The invention still further relates to the method for the applicator nozzle used in filter tipping machines processed, in order at least one fusing Herba Menthae slice is coated in wrapper, before being closed into around filtering material at wrappage, filter components is attached on wrappage.
This filter components can be such as following filtering material: cellulose acetate tow, pressure pleat paper or the inseverable object as constriction.
From following by means of accompanying drawing to the description of the embodiment of the present invention, the present invention's further advantage aspect can become clear, in accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the schematic isometric of the smoking product according to the present invention's realization;
Fig. 2 is the top view of filter tip wrappage of Fig. 1 smoking product realized according to the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the front cross-sectional view of Fig. 1 smoking product;
Fig. 4 is according to another different embodiment of the present invention, the top view being similar to the wrappage of the top view of Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is the stereogram of the multi-part filter tip according to the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the diagrammatic side view of the device of fragrance filter tip constructed in accordance;
Fig. 7 is the diagrammatic side view of certain details of Fig. 6 device according to additional embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the enlarged drawing of a certain details of the device of Fig. 6 or 7;
Fig. 9 uses the top view comprising the wrappage that the device according to the present invention of details realizes in Fig. 8.
First with reference to Fig. 1, represent with Reference numeral 1 on the whole according to the smoking product that the present invention realizes.
Smoking product 1 comprises filter tip cigarette, and this cigarette comprises the tobacco rod 2 of cylindrical elongate, and it is attached to axially aligned elongated cylindrical filter 4 at one end.Tobacco rod and filter tip longitudinally extend along common X-axis line.Wrapped tobacco rod 2 and filter tip 4 are linked by tipping paper (attached not shown) in a conventional manner, the whole length of this tipping paper around filter tip 4 and the adjacent lengths of wrapped tobacco rod 2.
Filter tip 4 comprises the filtering material plug of substantial cylindrical, such as, and acetate silk.Cylindrical filter material plug comprises one or more snippets, and every section can have different material compositions.
With reference to Fig. 1, the example according to filter tip 4 of the present invention is described.Filter tip 4 comprises single filtering material plug 5, and this filter tip material plug 5 has the end face 11,12 of the first and second substantial cylindrical and is substantially perpendicular to the surface 13 extending longitudinally of the first and second end faces 11,12.
Filter tip material plug 5 in filter tip 4 by one deck be wrappage form sheeting or plug wrappage 20 wrap up.As shown in Fig. 1 or 3, this plug wrappage 20 wraps up around the surface 13 extending longitudinally of filter tip material plug 5, to expose the first and second end faces 11,12 of filter tip material plug 5.
In addition, filter tip material plug 5 comprises filter tip and inserts object 80, and in this case, the bladder being located substantially on center is filled with the such spices of such as peppermint, and it shows with circle in cross section in fig .3.Difference location and the type of filter tip insertion object are also possible.
With reference to another different embodiment of filter tip of the present invention shown in Fig. 5, figure.Filter tip 400 comprises multiple filter segment, white plug 5, limiter 4b and the carbon plug 4c of such as X coaxial positioning along the longitudinal direction.
The view amplified in Fig. 2 shows the preferred embodiment of wrappage 20, and this wrappage is dismantled and come from smoking product 1, and it may be used in filter tip 4 and 400.Be appreciated that, unless otherwise described, otherwise all preferred embodiments of wrappage 20 are all applicable to filter tip 4 and 400.Wrappage 20 forms the inner surface 21 contacted with plug 5, and the outer surface 22 (only with reference to Fig. 3, outer surface 22 is visible in the drawings) contacted with the outside of smoking product.In addition, certain portions is given for inner surface and outer surface, interior and outer surface is overlapping and form longitudinal seam 30, to be held in place around plug 5 by wrappage 20.Inner surface 21 by the first and second longitudinal edge 25,26 boundaries substantially parallel to each other, and comprises seam region 23 and interior rod surface 24.The width of the distance determination wrappage 20 between the first and second longitudinal edges 25,26, such as, this width, at about 24mm with about between 30mm, is preferably about 27mm.Seam region 23 is parts of inner surface area, and this part comprises the overlapping region between seam 30 and interior and overwrap surperficial 21,22.Interior rod surface 24 is the regions of the inner surface contacted with the longitudinally surface 13 of plug 5.
According to the present invention, filter tip 4,400 comprises Herba Menthae slice 50, and it is positioned on the inner surface 21 of wrappage 20, is used for wrappage 20 to be attached on plug 5.Herba Menthae slice 50 is applied on wrappage 20.The shape of Herba Menthae slice 50 and thickness are arbitrary, with reference to preferred embodiment drawings illustrate some example.
Before wrappage 20 is closed around filter tip 4, plug 5 is attached to wrappage 20 by means of Herba Menthae slice 50.
In fig. 2, wrappage 20 comprises multiple Herba Menthae slice 50, and all Herba Menthae slices have the shape of rectangle, and all rectangles align along the longitudinal axis X of inner surface 21 substantially.Gained pattern is substantially in being interrupted band.Herba Menthae slice realizes in interior rod surface 24.
In another unshowned embodiment, Herba Menthae slice comprises single continuous print peppermint band 50, and it extends the whole longitudinal length of the inner surface 21 of the wrappage 20 realized on interior rod surface 24 substantially.Preferably, single peppermint band aligns along the longitudinal axis X of inner surface 21 substantially.
Alternatively, according to the embodiment of Fig. 4, wrappage 20 comprises two Herba Menthae slices, and they all represent with Reference numeral 50, and each Herba Menthae slice has the shape of peppermint band, and it extends the whole longitudinal length of the inner surface 21 of wrappage 20 substantially.Two Herba Menthae slices 50 are roughly parallel to each other, and all realize in interior rod surface 24.
According to another still unshowned additional preferred embodiment, Herba Menthae slice comprises multiple substantially parallel band, and they extend the whole longitudinal length of the inner surface 21 of wrappage 20 substantially.Preferably, multiple peppermint band also all aligns along the longitudinal axis X of inner surface 21 substantially.
In the fig. 4 embodiment, the width of peppermint band is preferably at about 0.5mm with about between 8mm.In addition, the distance D between two different peppermint bands is preferably at least 1mm.
Alternatively, the interior rod surface 24 of wrappage 20 comprises single " wide " Herba Menthae slice in wide peppermint band forms.Preferably, the width of peppermint band is at least 5mm.
According to the preferred embodiment substituted, the wrappage 20 in interior rod surface 24 comprises multiple Herba Menthae slice with more somewhat complex design.In fig .9, Herba Menthae slice has the shape of gap zone respectively, they all perpendicular to wrappage longitudinal extension part arrange and substantially parallel to each other.The length of each peppermint band can change.According to another still unshowned different embodiment, wrappage comprises two Herba Menthae slices, and whole longitudinal lengths on each Herba Menthae slice rod surface 24 in wrappage 20 extend, and respectively have sinusoidal shape roughly.Alternatively, wrappage 20 comprises multiple Herba Menthae slice 50, and each Herba Menthae slice has the shape of peppermint band, and Herba Menthae slice is be arranged on the inner surface 21 of wrappage 20 diagonally relative to the longitudinal extension part on rod surface 24 in wrappage 20.In addition, the Herba Menthae slice 50 at diagonal angle is substantially parallel to each other.In the embodiment that another is additional, it is not shown in figures, and the inner surface 21 of wrappage comprises multiple Herba Menthae slice 50, and multiple Herba Menthae slice is formed " unit " with rectangular shape, and two points are located with special style, and repeat regularly several times along axis X." Herba Menthae slice unit " preferably repeats several times for whole length of wrappage 20, and can have many different alternative patterns.
In the wrappage 20 of the filter tip 400 shown in Fig. 5, have the Herba Menthae slice 50 of multiple rectangle, they correspond to some filter segment but not all filter segment and locate.In the 5 embodiment of figure 5, corresponding to the longitudinal axis position of plug 5 and carbon plug 4c, have two Herba Menthae slices, but do not have Herba Menthae slice to be positioned at lengthwise position corresponding to limiter 4b position.
In addition, filter tip 4,400 can comprise bonding agent tablet on wrappage 20 inner surface 21.The shape of bonding agent tablet and thickness are also arbitrary.
Preferably, filter tip 4,400 comprises the first bonding agent tablet 51, and this first bonding agent tablet 51 comprises hot melt glue, and its seam region 23 corresponding to wrappage 20 inner surface 21 is formed.According to a preferred embodiment, the first bonding agent tablet 51 is located along the longitudinal edge of wrappage inner surface, like this, uses hot melt glue to bond the longitudinal seam 30 of wrappage.Preferably, the first bonding agent tablet 51 has the shape of adhesive tape, is even more preferably, and it extends whole length of the longitudinal edge 26 of wrappage 20.
The first bonding agent tablet 51 that longitudinally edge 26 is positioned in the seam region 23 of wrappage 20 such as shows in figures 2 and 4.Become clear as from Fig. 3, this first bonding agent tablet 51 forms seam 30.
In addition, preferably, filter tip 4,400 comprises the second bonding agent tablet 52, and it is realized by sloppy heat glue.Preferably, the second bonding agent tablet 52 realizes between one of the longitudinal edge 25,26 of the inner surface 21 of Herba Menthae slice 50 and wrappage 20.More be preferably, the second bonding agent tablet 52 realizes in the seam region 23 between the first bonding agent tablet 51 and Herba Menthae slice 50, as shown in Figures 2 and 4.In these preferred embodiments, the second bonding agent tablet 52 has the shape of adhesive tape, and it realizes along whole longitudinal lengths of wrappage 20.Be preferably, the first and second bonding agent tablets 51,52 non-intersect.
According to the preferred embodiment of Fig. 4, two the second bonding agent tablets 52 realize in the inner surface 21 of wrappage, and they are both between one of the longitudinal edge and Herba Menthae slice 50 of wrappage.One of two second bonding agent tablets are positioned at seam region 23, and another second bonding agent tablet is positioned at rod surface 24.
The width of the first or second bonding agent tablet 51,52 is preferably at about 0.8mm with about between 1.8mm.In the fig. 4 embodiment, the distance between two the second bonding agent tablets equals about 12mm.
In any one described preferred embodiment, wrappage 20 is wrapped in around the lengthwise extending surface 13 of plug 5, and wrappage 20 is fixed to himself by the first bonding agent tablet 51, thus forms seam 30, at seam crossing, interior and outer surface 21,22 overlapping.If have the second bonding agent tablet 52, then wrappage also can be fixed on self by means of the second bonding agent tablet 52.Plug, 5 is attached in wrappage 20 on rod surface 24 by means of Herba Menthae slice 50, if having the second bonding agent tablet 52, then and can be attached by means of the second bonding agent tablet 52.
In the situation of multi-part filter tip 400, some filter segment or filter tip insert object 80 can be attached to rod surface 24 in wrappage, in the embodiment of Fig. 5 by means of Herba Menthae slice 50.According to the present invention, filter tip 4,400 realizes by means of the device manufacturing savory filter tip, and it integrally represents with Reference numeral 100, and schematically shows in figs. 6 and 7.
Fig. 6 illustrates a part for this device 100, and wherein, represent the elongated continuous web (such as, paper web) of lapping with Reference numeral 20a, it is subdivided into a series of wrappage 20.This web is shown as continuous lines in side view, and continuous lines is advanced along the direction shown in arrow 99, and it moves along this direction by means of other devices known in continuous belt 71 or row.Device 100 also comprises continuous print filter tip material silk to be cut or the source (not shown) of bundle, to form filter tip plug 5.Represent this continuous print filter wire with Reference numeral 5a, it is also pulled along the direction of arrow 98.
Alternatively, such as, by means of the device for making object be incorporated in the Continuous Flow of filtering material, object being inserted in beam material, described in international patent application WO-A-2012/076496, not giving in accompanying drawing and illustrating.
Then continuous print web and bundle stock material contact, and especially, bundle stock 5a lies on web 20a.
Be positioned at upstream end relative to the motion of web or bundle stock, that is, restraint the joining between stock and web, this device 200 also comprises displacer 72, and this displacer is configured to discharge peppermint, to form Herba Menthae slice 50 on the continuous web 20a of lapping.This displacer 72 comprises charity device 73 and a nozzle 74.Nozzle 74 comprises the aperture (invisible in figure) for discharging peppermint and receives the entrance of peppermint (also not shown) from conduit 76, and this conduit 76 is sent from the peppermint in container.
Due to the form of commercially available peppermint usually in peppermint crystal, device 100 preferably also comprises heater (not shown), so that before by conduit 76 peppermint of fusing being sent to displacer 72, the peppermint crystal held in heating container, and fusing fluid peppermint.
Except displacer 72, this device 100 can comprise other additional displacers, they all represent with Reference numeral 82, and in figure 6 with dotted line display, displacer discharges binding agent to form the first or second bonding agent tablet 51,52 or to form the first and second bonding agent tablets 51,52 simultaneously.Additional displacer 82 can be positioned at upstream or the downstream of peppermint displacer 72.
Alternatively, with reference to Fig. 7, different embodiment according to the subject invention, displacer 72 comprises two or more nozzles 74 and 75, is used for as described above discharging peppermint.In addition, the nozzle of discharge first binding agent, the second binding agent or discharge two kinds of binding agents can be provided.Displacer 72 can comprise plural nozzle.But nozzle will be arranged to avoid different additive to mix on material (such as, liquid peppermint, hot-melt object, sloppy heat thing).
In the embodiment that another are different, displacer 72 comprises cylinder 78, and this cylinder has the multiple grooves 77 be formed on circumferential surface, and peppermint is placed in the inner.Cylinder 78 is visible in fig. 8, and cylinder 78 substitutes discharge nozzle 74, and installs on the device 100, to rotate on continuous print web 20a, thus is discharged in web by peppermint in rotation process.
Alternatively, cylinder 78 and the displacer 72 for discharging peppermint can exist simultaneously realize different peppermint patterns.In addition, other displacer, all displacers 82 of discharging the first or second binding agent in this way or discharging both them also can be provided.In this embodiment, according to the pattern of groove 77, therefore Herba Menthae slice 50 is formed on continuous print web 20a.
For example, referring to the wrappage 20 in Fig. 9 embodiment, Herba Menthae slice 50 within it on surface 21 pattern that manifests the cylinder 78 of Fig. 8 can be used to realize, wherein, the multiple band shape grooves 77 arranged perpendicular to cylinder 78 rotation direction can be realized.Alternatively, use two corresponding positive string slots 77 to be formed in cylinder 78 on cylinder surface, just can realize the unshowned embodiment of two sinusoidal Herba Menthae slices 50 with wrappage 20.Alternatively, by making cornerwise groove 77 be formed on cylinder 78, the linear Herba Menthae slice 50 in diagonal angle just can be formed on wrappage 20.The pattern of Herba Menthae slice " unit " is such as located by the difference of point and rectangle and is realized, by the corresponding pattern of the groove 77 of the point-like on cylinder 78 or rectangle.Device 100 preferably also comprises additional displacer 79, the downstream part of its engagement point between web and tow, discharges hot melt glue, to form the first bonding agent tablet on web 20a there.
In displacer 79 downstream for hot melt glue, also can include the wrappage unit 83 of parcel web in around tow, form seam 30 to make hot melt glue.Preferably, the device for reducing hot melting temperature after applying wrappage is provided, to promote the sclerosis of hot melt glue.
Preferably, then, the continuous tow of enveloped encirclement is divided into single, two or more filter rod 4,400 by cutter (not shown).

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1. a smoking product, described smoking product comprises filter tip, and described filter tip comprises:
There is the filter tip material plug of lengthwise extending surface;
Wrappage around the lengthwise extending surface being wrapped in filter tip material plug; And
The inner surface of the described lengthwise extending surface towards described filter tip material plug of described wrappage comprises Herba Menthae slice, wherein, before being closed into around filter tip material by wrappage, be applied to by Herba Menthae slice on wrappage, described filter tip material plug is attached to wrappage by means of described Herba Menthae slice.
2. smoking product as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described Herba Menthae slice comprises the 2-isopropyl-5-methyl cyclohexanol of at least 99%.
3. smoking product as claimed in claim 1 or 2, is characterized in that, comprises the bonding agent tablet realized on the inner surface of described wrappage.
4. smoking product as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described bonding agent tablet comprises the hot-melt adhesive of formation first bonding agent tablet, or described bonding agent tablet comprises the polyvinyl acetate of formation second bonding agent tablet.
5. the smoking product as described in claim 3 or 4, it is characterized in that, described bonding agent tablet is positioned at the seam region of described inner surface, and thus, the seam formed with an edge around the overlapping inner surface of the wrappage filled in adhesively is bondd by bonding agent tablet.
6. smoking product as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, described second bonding agent tablet is positioned at the excellent surface of inner surface.
7. the smoking product according to any one of claim 4 to 6, is characterized in that, described first bonding agent tablet or the first and second bonding agent tablets are positioned at the seam region of described inner surface.
8. the smoking product according to any one of the claims, is characterized in that, comprises filter tip and inserts object, and preferably, described filter tip inserts object and comprises spices.
9. smoking product as claimed in claim 8, is characterized in that, described filter tip inserts object and is attached on the inner surface of described wrappage by means of Herba Menthae slice.
10., for a filter tip for smoking product, described filter tip comprises:
There is the filter tip material plug of lengthwise extending surface;
Wrappage around the lengthwise extending surface being wrapped in filter tip material plug; And
Realize the Herba Menthae slice on the inner surface of the described lengthwise extending surface towards described filter tip material plug of described wrappage, wherein, before being closed into around filter tip material by wrappage, be applied to by Herba Menthae slice on wrappage, described filter tip material plug is attached to wrappage by means of Herba Menthae slice.
11. 1 kinds of manufactures are used for the method for the filter tip of smoking product, and described method comprises:
Wrappage is wrapping to the external surface peripheral extending longitudinally of filter tip material plug;
By means of Herba Menthae slice, described filter tip material plug is attached to described wrappage.
12. methods as claimed in claim 11, is characterized in that, attachedly comprise:
Fusing peppermint crystal;
The peppermint of fusing is deposited on the inner surface of described wrappage.
The device of 13. 1 kinds of dulcet filter tips of manufacture, described filter tip comprises wrappage, and described device comprises:
For the source of supply making continuous print lapping web advance;
For the source of supply making the strand material of filter tip plug advance;
Displacer, described displacer is configured to discharge peppermint, thus forms Herba Menthae slice in continuous print lapping web; And
Wrap device, described Wrap device is used for the web of advance to be wrapped in around tow, and thus, before being closed into around filter tip material by wrappage, strand material is attached to wrappage at least in part by means of Herba Menthae slice.
14. devices as claimed in claim 13, is characterized in that, comprising:
Another displacer, another displacer described is configured to discharge binding agent, to be formed into by bonding agent tablet in described continuous print lapping web.
15. 1 kinds of methods using the applicator nozzle in filter tipping machines processed, to be coated to wrapper by Herba Menthae slice thus before being closed into around filter tip material by wrappage, at least one filter components to be attached to wrappage.
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