CN204796730U - Cigarette distillation plant - Google Patents

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CN204796730U
CN204796730U CN201520484401.9U CN201520484401U CN204796730U CN 204796730 U CN204796730 U CN 204796730U CN 201520484401 U CN201520484401 U CN 201520484401U CN 204796730 U CN204796730 U CN 204796730U
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陈时凯
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The utility model discloses a cigarette distillation plant contains the support, inlet port and venthole, and the inlet port is in with the venthole setting on the support, the support is inside to be equipped with a heating system and the 2nd heating system, is provided with cigarette holding district in the 2nd heating system, a heating system and the 2nd heating system sealing connection, the incoming air gets into the 2nd heating system through heating system heating formation heat air current in the inlet port, and hot gas flow and the 2nd heating system add the thermosetting flue gas in the cigarette in cigarette holding district and follow the venthole and go out setting up simultaneously. The utility model discloses can distill the pipe tobacco in the cigarette down in low or middle tender feeling condition, maximum production of giving off fragrant smell with the reduction harmful substance of pipe tobacco provides the smoking mode of a more healthy environmental protection for the people who likes smoking.

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A kind of cigarette distilling apparatus
Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of cigarette distilling apparatus.
Background technology
Cigarette, for making the tobacco product of strip by tobacco cartridge with cigarette paper.Also known as cigarette, cigarette, cigarette.
Current domestic cigarette market mainly contains 84 millimeters, 100 millimeters, 90 millimeters, 70 millimeters several length, diameter---the cigarette major part that domestic cigarette enterprise is produced is 7.7 millimeters, import cigarette is the Cigarettesize of 7.8 millimeters of international popular is 84 millimeters, diameter is the cigarette of 7.8 millimeters, this is world's cigarette industry, the cigarette optimum specifications through the centuries by calculating the scientific experiment of smoker.
The flue gas produced when cigarette burns and sucks all can be divided into grain phase and gas phase two parts, can by glass fiber filter or electrostatic precipitation device the title TPM that traps, what can not trap is called gas gas-phase objects.The weight of often propping up cigarette mainstream flue gas is about 500mg, and gas phase portion accounts for 92% of weight, and its composition is about the steam 5% of nitrogen 58%, oxygen 12%, carbon dioxide 13%, carbon monoxide 3.5%, hydrogen and argon 0.5%, water and low molecule organic matter; Grain mutually part accounts for 8%.
Cigarette is burning and sucking in process, and a large amount of chemical changes occurs in the environment of anoxic, Fu Qing.When burning and sucking, temperature distribution range generally can divide 3 regions:
1. high-temperature region (600 ~ 900 DEG C), organic compound combustion causes anoxic air-flow, and carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and volatile hydrocarbon mainly generate in this district.
2. pyrolysis distillation zone (100 ~ 600 DEG C), the thermal current from high-temperature region enters this district as the energy, and make the reactions such as various organic matter distills, pyrolysis, synthesis, most compound is all formed in this region.These react the mainly endothermic reaction, cause flue-gas temperature sharply to decline.
3. low-temperature space (less than 100 DEG C), gas permeation cigarette paper light in flue gas is diffused in air, and air then infiltrates cigarette inside dilution flue gas stream, and flue-gas temperature continues to drop to a little more than room temperature.
Can know, harmful position major part that cigarette burning produces produces when high-temp combustion, and other parts attracting smoking population to suck can be distributed when temperature is lower.
Summary of the invention
The utility model provides a kind of cigarette distilling apparatus, pipe tobacco in cigarette can be distilled under middle low temperature condition, farthest distributing the fragrance of pipe tobacco and reduce the generation of harmful substance, is the smoking regime liking the people of smoking to provide a kind of more health environment-friendly.
The utility model is realized by following technological means:
A kind of cigarette distilling apparatus, comprise support, air admission hole and venthole, described air admission hole and venthole are arranged on the bracket, described internal stent is provided with the first heating system and the second heating system, the first described heating system and the second heating system are tightly connected, and are provided with cigarette accommodating area in the second described heating system; The air entered in described air admission hole forms thermal current through the first heating system heats and enters the second heating system, and described thermal current and the second heating system add thermosetting flue gas to the cigarette being arranged at cigarette accommodating area simultaneously and go out from venthole.
Further, the first described heating system is arranged on the below of the second heating system, and described air admission hole is arranged on the position on support between the first heating system and the second heating system, and is tightly connected with the first heating system; Described venthole is arranged at the top of the second heating system, and is connected with the second heating system.
Further, between described venthole and the second heating system, be provided with the first screen pack, between described first heating system and the second heating system, be provided with the second screen pack.
Further, the first described heating system and the second heating system outside are provided with heat-proof device.
Further, described heat-proof device is the heat-proof silica gel being arranged on the first heating system or the second heating system outside.
Further, described heat-proof device is be arranged at the vacuum layer in the first heating system or the second heating system, described vacuum layer is enclose stainless steel layer in the outer wall outer setting one of the first heating system or the second heating system, is set to vacuum space between the outer wall of described stainless steel layer and the first heating system or the second heating system.
Further, the first described heating system and the second heating system have been provided with temperature sensor, described temperature sensor connects heater circuit, described heater circuit connects intelligent control chip, when the temperature that described temperature sensor detects is higher than the temperature upper limit set, described intelligent control chip controls heater circuit and reduces heating power, when the temperature that described temperature sensor detects is lower than the lowest temperature set, described intelligent control chip controls heater circuit and improves heating power.
Further, the second described heating system is provided with cylindrical heater wall, and the space of described cylindrical heater pars intramuralis is cigarette accommodating area; Connect venthole above described cylindrical heater wall, below is tightly connected the first heating system.
Further, the first described heating system is provided with cylinder shape inner wall and cylindrical outer wall, gas channel is provided with between described cylinder shape inner wall and cylindrical outer wall, also be provided with spiral air-conducting post in described cylinder shape inner wall, described cylindrical outer wall is connected heater circuit with cylinder shape inner wall and spiral air-conducting post and heats the air flowed through wherein.
Further, described cylindrical heater wall, cylinder shape inner wall, cylindrical outer wall are respectively conductivity ceramics or conducting metal.
Further, the heating-up temperature of the second described heating system is between 180-200 degree Celsius.
Further, the heating-up temperature of described first heating system is 260-300 degree Celsius.
Further, the internal diameter of described cylindrical heater wall and the external diameter of cigarette are quite, height is between 20mm-30mm.
Further, described venthole is arranged on a lid, and described lid and the first heating system are tightly connected, and are provided with a spring below described lid, and the other end of described spring enters described cigarette accommodating area.
Further, described intelligent control chip also connects LED display, switch, LED alarm lamp.
The cigarette distilling apparatus more than realized, the distillation of low-temperature airflow during cigarette is passed through, makes the pectin in pipe tobacco, lignin, flax fiber element fully effectively decompose; While distributing pipe tobacco fragrance, in cigarette, 69 kinds of harmful substances decrease more than 80%, and dust total particulate reduces 90%. thus the healthy of smoking population is loved in protection better, also protects environment, have advocated a kind of comparatively healthy cigarette and have sucked mode.In addition, cigarette can not produce ashes after sucking, and avoids cigarette ash when existing cigarette is sucked and is scattered everywhere and affects the clean and tidy problem of environment.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 the utility model cigarette distilling apparatus schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 the utility model cigarette distilling apparatus A-A direction sectional view;
Fig. 3 is the utility model control circuit schematic diagram.
1 Support 2 Air admission hole
31 Cylindrical outer wall 32 Cylinder shape inner wall
33 Spiral air-conducting post 4 Cylindrical heater wall
5 Stainless steel layer 61 First heat-proof silica gel circle
62 Second heat-proof silica gel circle 63 3rd silica gel ring of resistance to people
7 Spring 8 O shape is enclosed
91 First temperature sensor 92 Second temperature sensor
10 Pcb board 11 Venthole
12 Cigarette accommodating area 13 Lid
14 First screen pack 15 Second screen pack
Detailed description of the invention
Below with reference to accompanying drawing, specific implementation process of the present utility model is described in detail.
A kind of cigarette distilling apparatus, as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, comprises support 1, air admission hole 2 and venthole 11, and described air admission hole 2 is arranged on described support 1 with venthole 11.Described support 1 inside is provided with the first heating system and the second heating system, and the first described heating system and the second heating system are tightly connected, and is provided with cigarette accommodating area 12 in the second described heating system; The air entered in described air admission hole forms thermal current through the first heating system heats and enters the second heating system, and described thermal current and the second heating system heat the cigarette being arranged at cigarette accommodating area simultaneously, distill and pipe tobacco is decomposed be atomized to form flue gas and go out from venthole.The trend of air-flow is as shown in the arrow trend in Fig. 2.
Concrete, the first described heating system and the second heating system are setting up and down, the first heating system under, the second heating system is upper, and the first heating system and the second heating system are tightly connected by the second heat-proof silica gel circle 62.
The first described heating system is provided with cylinder shape inner wall 32 and cylindrical outer wall 31, gas channel is provided with between described cylinder shape inner wall 32 and cylindrical outer wall 31, also be provided with spiral air-conducting post 33 in described cylinder shape inner wall 32, described cylindrical outer wall 31 is connected heater circuit with cylinder shape inner wall 32 and spiral air-conducting post 33 and heats the air flowed through wherein.
Described air admission hole 2 is arranged on the position on support between the first heating system and the second heating system, overall L-shaped tubulose, its one end is inserted the cylindrical outer wall 31 of the first heating system and cylinder shape inner wall 32 through the second heat-proof silica gel circle 62, to be imported in the first heating system by outside air.
Concrete, as shown in Figure 2, in order to increase the temperature that the heat time of air-flow in the first heating system reach desirable to make air-flow, air-flow enters from one end (figure upper end) of cylindrical outer wall 31, enter one end (in figure lower end) of cylinder shape inner wall 32 from the other end (figure lower end) of cylindrical outer wall 31, then in described cylinder shape inner wall 32 again through spiral air-conducting post 33.Described spiral air-conducting post 33 is formed for arranging spirality stator on a cylindrical body outer wall, air-flow flows to the other end (in figure upper end) along described spirality stator from one end (figure lower end) of described cylinder shape inner wall 32, further extend the heat time of air-flow in the first heating system, gas is made to obtain enough heating to reach ideal temperature, and then entering the second heating system by the gas channel between the first heating system and the second heating system, namely described gas channel is arranged on the centre bore of described second heat-proof silica gel circle 62.
As shown in Figure 2, the second described heating system is provided with cylindrical heater wall 4, and the space of described cylindrical heater wall 4 inside is cigarette accommodating area 12; The internal diameter of described cylindrical heater wall 4 and the external diameter of cigarette are quite, height is between 20mm-30mm.Connect venthole 11 above described cylindrical heater wall 4, below is tightly connected the first heating system.
Described venthole 11 is arranged on a lid 13, and described lid 13 and the second heating system are enclosed 8 by O shape and be tightly connected.Do not rock in cigarette accommodating area to make the cigarette being arranged on cigarette accommodating area 12, a spring 7 is provided with below described lid 13, the other end of described spring 7 enters described cigarette accommodating area 12, after in described cigarette accommodating area 12, cigarette is set, under the effect of described spring 7, cigarette maintenance fits tightly with cylindrical heater wall 4.
In order to make described first heating system and the second heating system, there is good heat-conductivity conducting, described cylindrical heater wall 4, cylinder shape inner wall 32, cylindrical outer wall 31 is respectively conductivity ceramics or conducting metal, the cylindrical outer wall 31 of the first described heating system is provided with the first temperature sensor 91, in like manner the outer wall of the cylindrical heater wall 4 of the second heating system is provided with the second temperature sensor 92, described temperature sensor 91 is connected heater circuit with temperature sensor 92, the heater circuit of described first heating system and the second heating system is all arranged on pcb board 10, described pcb board 10 connects intelligent control chip.
In order to make the fragrance of cigarette fully be distilled and produce minimum harmful substance, by the heating and temperature control of the second described heating system between 180-200 degree Celsius, the heating-up temperature of described first heating system is 260-300 degree Celsius.The temperature detected when described first temperature sensor 91 is in limited time upper higher than 300 degrees Celsius of setting, the heater circuit that described intelligent control chip controls the first heating system reduces heating power, when the temperature that described first temperature sensor 91 detects is lower than 260 degrees Celsius that set, the heater circuit that described intelligent control chip controls the first heating system improves heating power.In like manner, the temperature detected when the temperature sensor 92 of described second heating system lower than 180 degrees Celsius of setting lower in limited time, the heater circuit that described intelligent control chip controls the second heating system improves heating power, the temperature detected when the temperature sensor 92 of described second heating system exceed 200 degrees Celsius of setting upper in limited time, the heater circuit that described intelligent control chip controls the second heating system reduces heating power.
Be not inhaled in the mouth to make the pipe tobacco of cigarette, the first screen pack 14 is provided with between described venthole 11 and the second heating system, in order to make pipe tobacco not fall in the first heating system, between described first heating system and the second heating system, be provided with the second screen pack 15.
In order to make end user not by burn, also making support do not scorched by high temperature, being provided with heat-proof device in the first described heating system and the second heating system outside.Described heat-proof device is the heat-proof silica gel being arranged on the first heating system or the second heating system outside.Namely the first heat-proof silica gel circle 61, second heat-proof silica gel circle 62 described in figure, the 3rd heat-proof silica gel circle 63, described heat-proof silica gel circle plays sealing and fixing effect simultaneously.Described heat-proof device also can be arranged at the vacuum layer in the first heating system or the second heating system, described vacuum layer is enclose stainless steel layer in the outer wall outer setting one of the first heating system or the second heating system, is set to vacuum space between the outer wall of described stainless steel layer and the first heating system or the second heating system.Described heat-proof silica gel circle and vacuum layer can be used simultaneously or use one of them, in the present embodiment, the outside of described first heating system and the second heating system all arranges heat-proof silica gel circle, also vacuum layer is provided with outward at the cylindrical outer wall of the first heating system, namely outside the cylindrical outer wall of described first heating system, a circle stainless steel layer 5 is provided with, evacuating air between described stainless steel layer 5 and cylindrical outer wall 31 is formed vacuum layer, to strengthen effect of heat insulation further.
Described intelligent control chip also connects LED display, switch, LED alarm lamp as shown in Figure 3, make the more intelligent and hommization on the whole of described cigarette distilling apparatus, heating-up temperature and the information such as the heat time of cigarette, the electricity of battery of cigarette such as can be shown by LED display, by the setting of LED alarm lamp, can when heating-up temperature obviously exceeds setting range or when battery electric quantity is not enough etc. in situation, send alarm signal to user, make end user better control use and the resting state of cigarette distilling apparatus by switch.
The cigarette distilling apparatus more than realized, the distillation of low-temperature airflow during cigarette is passed through, makes the pectin in pipe tobacco, lignin, flax fiber element fully effectively decompose; While distributing pipe tobacco fragrance, in cigarette, 69 kinds of harmful substances decrease more than 80%, and dust total particulate reduces 90%. thus the healthy of smoking population is loved in protection better, also protects environment, have advocated a kind of comparatively healthy cigarette and have sucked mode.In addition, cigarette can not produce ashes after sucking, and avoids cigarette ash when existing cigarette is sucked and is scattered everywhere and affects the clean and tidy problem of environment.
Above with reference to the accompanying drawings of preferred embodiment of the present utility model, not thereby limit to interest field of the present utility model.Those skilled in the art do not depart from any amendment done in scope of the present utility model and essence, equivalent replacement and improvement, all should within interest field of the present utility model.

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1. a cigarette distilling apparatus, comprise support, air admission hole and venthole, described air admission hole and venthole are arranged on the bracket, it is characterized in that: described internal stent is provided with the first heating system and the second heating system, the first described heating system and the second heating system are tightly connected, and are provided with cigarette accommodating area in the second described heating system; The air entered in described air admission hole forms thermal current through the first heating system heats and enters the second heating system, and described thermal current and the second heating system add thermosetting flue gas to the cigarette being arranged at cigarette accommodating area simultaneously and go out from venthole.
2. cigarette distilling apparatus according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the first described heating system is arranged on the below of the second heating system, described air admission hole is arranged on the position on support between the first heating system and the second heating system, and is tightly connected with the first heating system; Described venthole is arranged on a lid, and described lid and the second heating system are tightly connected, and are provided with a spring below described lid, and the other end of described spring enters described cigarette accommodating area; The heating-up temperature of the second described heating system is between 180-200 degree Celsius; The heating-up temperature of described first heating system is 260-300 degree Celsius.
3. cigarette distilling apparatus according to claim 1, is characterized in that: be provided with the first screen pack between described venthole and the second heating system, is provided with the second screen pack between described first heating system and the second heating system.
4. cigarette distilling apparatus according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the first described heating system and the second heating system outside are provided with heat-proof device.
5. cigarette distilling apparatus according to claim 4, is characterized in that: described heat-proof device is the heat-proof silica gel being arranged on the first heating system or the second heating system outside.
6. cigarette distilling apparatus according to claim 4, it is characterized in that: described heat-proof device is be arranged at the vacuum layer outside the first heating system or the second heating system, described vacuum layer is enclose stainless steel layer in the outer wall outer setting one of the first heating system or the second heating system, is set to vacuum space between the outer wall of described stainless steel layer and the first heating system or the second heating system.
7. cigarette distilling apparatus according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the first described heating system and the second heating system have been provided with temperature sensor, described temperature sensor connects heater circuit, described heater circuit connects intelligent control chip, when the temperature that described temperature sensor detects is higher than the temperature upper limit set, described intelligent control chip controls heater circuit and reduces heating power, when the temperature that described temperature sensor detects is lower than the lowest temperature set, described intelligent control chip controls heater circuit and improves heating power; Described intelligent control chip also connects LED display, switch, LED alarm lamp.
8. cigarette distilling apparatus according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the second described heating system is provided with cylindrical heater wall, and the space of described cylindrical heater pars intramuralis is cigarette accommodating area; Connect venthole above described cylindrical heater wall, below is tightly connected the first heating system; The internal diameter of described cylindrical heater wall and the external diameter of cigarette are quite, height is between 20mm-30mm.
9. cigarette distilling apparatus according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the first described heating system is provided with cylinder shape inner wall and cylindrical outer wall, gas channel is provided with between described cylinder shape inner wall and cylindrical outer wall, also be provided with spiral air-conducting post in described cylinder shape inner wall, described cylindrical outer wall is connected heater circuit with cylinder shape inner wall and spiral air-conducting post and heats the air flowed through wherein.
10. cigarette distilling apparatus according to claim 8 or claim 9, is characterized in that: described cylindrical heater wall, cylinder shape inner wall, cylindrical outer wall are respectively conductivity ceramics or conducting metal.
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