CN1579267A - Method and apparatus for producing a filter rod - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for producing a filter rod Download PDF

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CN1579267A
CN1579267A CN 200410056077 CN200410056077A CN1579267A CN 1579267 A CN1579267 A CN 1579267A CN 200410056077 CN200410056077 CN 200410056077 CN 200410056077 A CN200410056077 A CN 200410056077A CN 1579267 A CN1579267 A CN 1579267A
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A·布尔
S·霍恩
I·毛雷尔
J·佩斯克尔
T·舍尔巴斯
S·沃尔夫
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In the method for producing a filter rod 16 in tobacco processing industry, at least one filter materials 19 of a shape of layer 13 is conveyed to filter rod forming apparatus 14, 14', 20, 20' separating a slender part 22 of the layer 13 wherein the longitudinal axis of the slender part 22 directs to the crosswise direction of the conveying direction of the layer 13, and the filter rod 16 is formed from the layer 13. The apparatus for producing filter rod 16 is provided with a conveyer 11 for conveying the layer composed of the filter material 19 and the filter rod forming apparatus 14, 14', wherein the filter rod forming apparatus 14, 14', 20, 20' have grooves 15.

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Make the method and apparatus of filter stick
Technical field
The present invention relates to be used to make a kind of method and a kind of device of the tobacco industry one filter stick, wherein such device comprises a conveying device and a filter stick shaped device that is used to carry one deck filter-tip material.
Background technology
A kind of corresponding device thereof and a kind of corresponding method are for example open in DE3130807A1.A packing material that is used for cigarette filter is so made in this document, promptly, continuous ribbon or fibre stream by packing material are guided on the carding roller, it is driven with revolution so, so that this fiber is fractured into broken section of random length and provide random orientation by this roller by this combing.Then by on shower to a conveyer belt and be transferred on the continuous carrier strap, it is made of identical or different filter-tip materials these fibers that are broken.This carrier strap and this packing material will be formed a filter rod then.Be transported to a sett frame in order to constitute this filter rod this (carrier strap-have title strip of wrapping material and packing material), therein, this carrier strap is extruded to together and forms a continuous strip on side direction.Wherein, this filter rod is made into when its Y is carried.Then, after making this filter rod, this filter rod by fixed length be cut into filter stick.
Summary of the invention
Relative prior art, task of the present invention are that for effective filter stick of making provides a kind of method and a kind of device, it can make the reliable filter tip with uniform properties with the least possible space.
This task solves by a kind of method of making the tobacco industry one filter stick, and this method has following method step:
--at least a filter-tip material with layer form is transported to a filter stick shaped device,
--take off a microscler part of this layer, wherein the longitudinal axis of this microscler part be transverse to this layer the throughput direction orientation and
--the microscler part by this layer or this layer forms this filter stick.
When a uniform layer particularly was set, just simply technology and mode were made uniform filter stick by the inventive method.The formation of this filter stick realizes by this layer or by the microscler part that this layer is removed then.As preferably, this microscler part has one than the bigger volume of filter stick that will make.Within the scope of the present invention, this moulding can be the operation of rolling or punching press.This method just can be implemented by little space, because this filter stick is not manufactured on throughput direction with longitudinal axis as general device, but is transverse to throughput direction.Therefore can save many spaces.
As preferably, this layer is a fleece, and wherein at least a fiber is a filter-tip material.Just can make one by the inventive method and have the very filter stick of uniform properties, and its characteristic can be done a lot of adjustings that change.
In particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention, a kind of fiber is a kind of compounding ingredients fiber, particularly bicomponent fibre.About these fibers european patent application Nr.03004594.2 of REFERENCE TO RELATED people fully.The content of this european patent application should be included in the disclosure of present patent application fully.
When a component of this filter-tip material is a kind of additive, just can realize good especially filter tip characteristic.Can be understood as a kind of particle about additive within the scope of the present invention, powder, extrudate, gel mould, liquids or taste line (Geschmacksf  den).Yet a simple especially organization plan of this method can so be realized, promptly, the microscler part of taking off this layer is to take place by two grooves being directed into together and make this groove move on the throughput direction of this layer at least in part, and wherein this groove just constitutes a cavity with filter stick shape when being guided in a time-out.Regulation for this reason, at least one component motion of this groove is arranged on the throughput direction and this is the short time at least.This groove closely motion mutually in addition is particularly in the form of two circuit orbits.
Then, this layer operation enters in the zone of action of this groove, and herein, a microscler part of this layer is removed, as preferably being cut down or being cut off by folder or by tear fracture down or be stamped down or be punched down.Therefore, arrived described groove or constitute by this groove among the material of cavity just correspondingly be shaped to a filter stick.To this conduct preferably, the volume of the microscler part of this layer is greater than the volume of cavity among being made of two grooves.
As preferably, this filter stick is heated when moulding.Just can realize according to this, make a filter tip of very all practising, higher modification advantageously and is easily made and therefore provided to cost simultaneously.Be preferably more than the fusion temperature of skin outside this compounding ingredients fiber or shell to the temperature of filter-tip material heating.This temperature for example is being above 127 ℃ under the poly crust situation.If when using bicomponent fibre, as core that is formed by polyester preferably, its fusion temperature is 256 ℃, so this ribbon is heated to a temperature that is lower than 256 ℃.As preferably, this ribbon is heated in the temperature range between one 127 ℃ and 150 ℃.
As preferably, the length of this compounding ingredients fiber is between 0.5 millimeter and 30 millimeters.In addition, the length of this compounding ingredients fiber is more preferably between 2 millimeters and 8 millimeters and particularly preferably between 3 millimeters and 6 millimeters.This length should be shorter than the filter tip that will be made by filter stick, perhaps is shorter than this filter stick itself.The compounding ingredients fiber that has a core of different materials and a crust by application just can be made very reliably in filter stick, and fiber connects.Filter tip or make filter-tip fibre blend by it and place a temperature for this reason a little more than the fusion temperature of this skin material.Just can realize the bonding of filter tip component by this technology.
A kind of common bicomponent fibre can be bought from Fa.Trevira company (65926 Frankfort, Germany).A preferred bicomponent fibre indicates model 255, Titer is 3,0dtex, shearing length is between 3 millimeters and 6 millimeters, the core that a PES (by the staple fibre of polyester) makes, with the shell or the crust of a copolymerization of ethylene, wherein this shell or crust are modified to improve cementability that is are provided with additive, and it causes a less surface tension.
Other filter tip component such as particle under a plurality of filter tip component situations of application, powder or extrudate or other fiber are just mutually bonding with the compounding ingredients fiber on contact point.Also should be understood that notion " crosspoint " and " adhesion locations " about notion " contact point ".Under this compounding ingredients fiber situation of heating, this crust is just correspondingly softening, therefore can produce the adhesion with other component of filter tip at the contact point place and be connected or bonding connection.After this corresponding filter tip component cooling, just therefore produce a filter stick or a filter tip that shape is highly stable.
Yet, when this filter-tip material layer is just to realize a layer and a therefore filter stick especially uniformly especially uniformly when the filter-tip material shower is produced on a conveying device, wherein as preferred, before shower was on this conveying device, this filter-tip material was earlier by loose.About loose, should be fully on filter-tip material and shower to a conveying device referring to the applicant's european patent application Nr.03007672.3 and 03007675.6.The disclosure of these patent applications should be included in the disclosure of present patent application fully.To this, can use one and mix and/or aeration apparatus, it has title " aeration apparatus " and Reference numeral 115 in alleged patent application.Also can use one and mix and/or aeration apparatus, it is described among the applicant's the european patent application Nr.03015325.8 and is provided with Reference numeral 201 and/or 209.And the content of this european patent application should fully be included in the application's the disclosure.
In addition, described task solves by a device of making the tobacco industry one filter rod, this device has: a conveying device and a filter stick shaped device of carrying one deck filter-tip material, wherein this filter stick shaped device comprise its separately longitudinal axis be transverse to the groove that this conveying device throughput direction is provided with.Just can realize a filter stick manufacturing installation of saving very much the space by apparatus of the present invention.
As preferably, per two groove actings in conjunction are so that constitute a cavity with a filter stick shape.In a particularly preferred enforcement organization plan of apparatus of the present invention, this groove is set to semicircle.Under this situation, just produce the filter stick of cross section circle.When recess edge when being sharp keen, then can realize the accurate measurement of the filter-tip material that this groove of a subtend is carried.
Preferred mode be the filter stick shaped device comprise at least one, preferred two groove cylinders and/or at least one, preferred two groove bands.And can stipulate that a groove cylinder and a groove band are set, and their synergies are so that constitute the cavity that is used for filter stick accordingly.
When the filter stick shaped device can be heated at least in part, just can use particularly preferred filter tip component such as compounding ingredients fiber or bicomponent fibre, this described in front.As preferred, the filter stick shaped device can partly be cooled, so that the curing of filter-tip material in the accelerated filtration mouth rod in addition.Yet simple especially organization plan is that conveying device is a conveyer belt.As preferably, this conveyer belt or conveying device have perforate, so that negative pressure or suction air are applied on the stratiform filter-tip material that is transferred on this conveying device.
As preferred, be provided with one and mix and/or aeration apparatus in addition, by it, filter-tip material can be by shower on this conveying device.This mixing and/or aeration apparatus can be the applicant's european patent application Nr.03007675.6, mixing and/or the aeration apparatus described in 03007672.3 and 03015325.8.This has also been done to implement in front the description of organization plan.Therefore can fully implement organization plan with reference to these.
Preferred mode is the end of filter stick to be cut, so that produce straight ended or polishing end.For this reason, as preferably being set, circular cutter or one has corresponding minute surface and or the laser aid of ray separator.According to the present invention a plurality of circular cutters can also be set.To this also possible be, groove is set to seal on its end, therefore, the filter tip end is cut with regard to unnecessary as selecting.
Describe the present invention in detail by embodiment below but and unrestricted total inventive concept.Can be about all details of in literal, not describing in detail clearly referring to accompanying drawing.
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Fig. 1 be apparatus of the present invention schematic three dimensional views and
Fig. 2 is the essential part schematic diagram of another embodiment of apparatus of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic three dimensional views of the device of the present invention filter stick of being used to make the tobacco industry.Filter-tip material is correspondingly preparation in a mixing and/or aeration apparatus 10.Made detailed description in the alleged in front european patent application of this mixing and/or aeration apparatus 10.It is used for filter-tip material loose for the form of fiber and mix mutually or mix mutually with particle as the activated carbon particle.Also can use various components such as compounding ingredients fiber, particularly bicomponent fibre, they are mentioned in front; also have additional fibers, for example by cellulose, cotton; the fiber that hemp or analog constitute also has activated carbon particle or activated carbon powder or other additive.The European Patent Application No. 03007675.6,03007672.3,03004594.2 and 03015325.8 that also can address referring to the front about applicable component.The disclosure of these four european patent applications should all be included in the disclosure of present patent application.Preferred filter-tip material mixture comprises the activated carbon particle of 80 to 95 percentage by weights of Fa.Trevira company and the bicomponent fibre of 5 to 20 percentage by weights, and the said firm was carried in front.
Corresponding by loose and mixed filter-tip material 19 by on shower to a conveyer belt 11 to form a filter-tip material layer 13 or a fleece or a fiber cake 13.Effect negative pressure 12 on this filter-tip material layer 13 is so that this filter-tip material has compacting slightly or this filter-tip material is transferred on this conveyer belt 11 when carrying reliably.This filter-tip material layer 13 is that the groove cylinder of two groove cylinders 14 and 14 ' form is carried direction along throughput direction 23 towards one.These groove cylinders be settle up and down and rightabout ground so rotate so that this filter-tip material layer 13 that arrives between groove cylinder is continued to carry on identical direction at first in short-term.
This filter-tip material layer 13 arrives in the zone of action of this groove cylinder 14 and 14 ', simultaneously, arris 17 by this groove cylinder or 17, one the filter-tip material strips in edge (Filtermaterialstreifen) 22 are by from filter-tip material layer 13 separately and be transported to the cavity that self constitutes of groove 15 of this groove cylinder 14 and 14 '.Two opposite opposed grooves 15 at this corresponding grooves cylinder 14,14 ' are in the instantaneous cavity of accurately aiming at up and down that just constitutes a sealing, and it has the cross section of a circle.In this cavity, just constitute this filter stick 16.
This groove cylinder 14 and 14 ' is heated in wanting the zone of moulding at least, so that make skin fusing outside the filter-tip material in the groove.Optimal way is, groove cylinder 14 and also fluted cylinder 14 ' be breathe freely and hot-air by this groove cylinder 14 and 14 ' and the filter-tip material between the groove cylinder 19 import.According to this, this bicomponent fibre is heated, thereby this fiber just can mutual and mutually bonding with particle and formation connection.
Turned to the moment of 16 of Manufactured filter sticks when also leaning against in the groove of a cylinder at groove cylinder 14 and 14 ', just can for example use these filter sticks of chilled air cools, so the sclerosis of filter stick 16 has been accelerated.Then, these filter sticks of making 16 are transported to a conveyer belt 18 and go and seen off on this conveyer belt, go so that for example be transported to other procedure of processing.This filter stick 16 can be placed between two cigarette sticks, so that make two cigarettes with filter tip subsequently thus.As optimal way, cutter is set, therefore the end with cutting filter stick 16, can form smooth surface.This cutter is not described in the accompanying drawings.
This conveyer belt 11 and 18 rolls 21 and is diverted by turning to.This groove cylinder 14 and 14 ' groove 15 are transverse to throughput direction 23 orientations of filter-tip material layer 13 with its longitudinal axis 24.By this orientation, then can realize a device of saving very much the position.The groove cylinder 14 and 14 ' of these two mutual paired runnings also can be referred to as compression roller or Rolling roller.As long as this filter-tip material layer 13 are thick relatively and thick (promptly greatly) in that by this groove cylinder 14 and 14 ' in two diameters that abut the cavity that the groove 15 put produced mutually, this filter-tip material 19 just is extruded in this groove 15 or in the cavity by its generation.Yet corresponding extruding when being higher than the speed of gyration of this groove cylinder 14 and 14 ' slightly, the transporting velocity of filter-tip material layer 13 also takes place.These semicircular grooves or groove 15 have pre-determined the shape of the filter stick that is made into.And oval shape also may be wished.This groove is correspondingly constructed then.By the inventive method, just pushed or manufactured the filter stick of circle or other shapes continuously by fiber cake or filter-tip material layer 13.
In another embodiment of the present invention of describing in Fig. 2, filter-tip material layer 13 moves between two groove bands 20 and 20 ' along throughput direction 23, and they itself have groove 15 and edge 17 again, and they are own corresponding to this groove cylinder 14 and 14 '.By using conveyer belt, this can be lengthened out or enlarge by the material area surrounded of groove 15 or groove band 20 and 20 ' fully at this filter-tip material, therefore can utilize the heat effect of a longer time.
In Fig. 2, only described a local figure, so the groove band 20 and 20 ' of this circulation only is that the part mode is described.And this groove band 20 and 20 ' correspondingly is diverted around slewing rollers 21.Those appropriate sections of roughly describing of its function in addition corresponding to Fig. 1.Wherein certainly as already mentioned, implementing area heated or time period has been strengthened.In Fig. 2, also schematically described the hot-air indicated with Reference numeral 25.In order to allow hot-air correspondingly run through, preferably, this groove band 20 and 20 ' is configured to breathe freely by this filter-tip material.Also be applicable to accordingly the groove cylinder 14 and 14 ' that these are described in addition in Fig. 1.And hot-air has been described with Reference numeral 25 signals in Fig. 1.
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10-mixes and/or aeration apparatus, 11-conveyer belt, 12-negative pressure, 13-filter tip Material layer, 14,14 '-groove cylinder, the 15-groove, the 16-filter stick, the 17-edge, The 18-conveyer belt, 19-filter-tip material, 20,20 '-groove band, 21-slewing rollers, 22-The filter-tip material bar, 23-throughput direction, 24-Y, the air stream of 25-heat.

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1. be used to make the method for a filter stick (16) of a tobacco industry, have following method step:
--at least a filter-tip material (19) with layer (13) form is transported to a filter stick shaped device (14,14 ', 20,20 '),
--take off a microscler part (22) of this layer (13), wherein the longitudinal axis of this microscler part (22) be the throughput direction (23) that is transverse to this layer (13) directed and
--form filter stick (16) by this layer (13).
2. by the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that: this layer (13) is a fleece, and wherein at least a fiber is filter-tip material (19).
3. by the method for claim 2, it is characterized in that: a kind of fiber is a kind of compounding ingredients fiber, particularly bicomponent fibre.
4. by one or more method of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that: a component of this filter-tip material (19) is a kind of additive.
5. by one or more method of claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: it is by two grooves (15) being directed into together and make this groove (15) to small part mode ground to go up the motion generation at the throughput direction (23) of this layer (13) that microscler part (22) that will this layer (13) is taken off, wherein this groove (15) constitutes a cavity when being guided a time-out, and it has the shape of this filter stick (16).
6. by one or more method of claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that: this filter stick (16) is heated when moulding.
7. by one or more method of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: the layer (13) of this filter-tip material (19) is by going up generation with filter-tip material (19) shower at a conveyer belt (11).
8. by the method for claim 7, it is characterized in that: this filter-tip material (19) before shower is gone up to conveyer belt (11) by loose.
9. be used to make the device of a filter stick of the tobacco industry (16), have: a conveying device (11) and a filter stick shaped device (14,14 ', 20,20 ') that is used to carry one deck filter-tip material (19) is characterized in that:
This filter stick shaped device (14,14 ', 20,20 ') comprises groove (15), and its longitudinal axis (24) separately is transverse to the throughput direction (23) of this conveying device (11).
10. by the device of claim 9, it is characterized in that: per two grooves (15) acting in conjunction, so that constitute a cavity, this cavity has the shape of a filter stick (16).
11. by the device of claim 10, it is characterized in that: this groove (15) is semicircular.
12. by one or more device of claim 9 to 11, it is characterized in that: the edge (17) of this groove (15) is sharp keen.
13. by one or more device of claim 9 to 12, it is characterized in that: this filter stick shaped device (14,14 ', 20,20 ') comprises at least one groove cylinder (14,14 ') and/or at least one groove band (20,20 ').
14. by one or more device of claim 9 to 13, it is characterized in that: this filter stick shaped device (14,14 ', 20,20 ') is can be heated at least in part.
15. by one or more device of claim 9 to 14, it is characterized in that: this conveying device (11) is a conveyer belt.
16. one or more the device by claim 9 to 15 is characterized in that: be provided with one and mix and/or aeration apparatus (10), can be on conveying device (11) by its this filter-tip material (19) by shower.
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