CN206197007U - A kind of cigarette filter that can reduce nicotine tolerance - Google Patents

A kind of cigarette filter that can reduce nicotine tolerance Download PDF

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CN206197007U
CN206197007U CN201621074271.2U CN201621074271U CN206197007U CN 206197007 U CN206197007 U CN 206197007U CN 201621074271 U CN201621074271 U CN 201621074271U CN 206197007 U CN206197007 U CN 206197007U
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The utility model discloses a kind of cigarette filter that can reduce nicotine tolerance, including filter tip body, filter tip body includes filter tip and wrapping paper from the inside to the outside, the middle and lower part of filter tip is provided with the filter of filtering nicotine gas, the side corrugation of filter tip forms groove, the top of groove and wrapping paper fixed bonding, and wrapping paper is provided with some air admission holes, filter includes plastic chamber and filter liquid, and the filter liquid is water and ethanol.By filtering out the tar in flue gas and other harmful substances and reducing nicotine tolerance, smoker is obtained enough nicotines and suck pleasant sensation, healthhazard can be reduced again, serve the effect of relatively healthy smoking, by reducing by a nicotine aspiration appetite, increased cigarette sucks the time, reduce again demand of the smoker to cigarette, further control the craving for tobacco of smoker, simultaneously, by to the spices that different taste is added in filter, meeting requirement of the smoker to different taste.

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A kind of cigarette filter that can reduce nicotine tolerance
Technical field
The utility model is related to a kind of cigarette filter, more particularly to a kind of nicotine tolerance and can flavor adjustment of reducing Cigarette filter.
Background technology
Cigarette belongs to national management and control product, every year all for country creates substantial amounts of income, although Smoking is harmful to your health, but The distinctive tobacco and wine culture of substantial amounts of smoker, particularly China is still present in China, the increase of smoking population has more been encouraged.
Research shows that smoker is mainly to the nicotine addiction in nicotine gas, in other words, numerous cigarettes of existing appearance In grass product, brag about healthy smoking and the product of smoking cessation due to being nearly all that nicotine is reduced, and reality is caused to human body The tar that border is injured in larger often nicotine gas(Such as there is cigarette lung), and then cause the smoker can not to experience after sucking To pleasant sensation, and then go to and suck other products and meet, this does not solve the problem for reducing health of smokers infringement not only, also May cause to deteriorate, smoker's habituation psychology is further aggravated, therefore, its mesh that can not reach healthy smoking and smoking cessation 's.
Meanwhile, smoker can produce numb psychology, it is impossible to meet smoking after long-term smoking to the cigarette sucked before The demand of person's various tastes, and, after sucking, often mouthfeel tongue is dry for smoker, and cigarette stain occurs in ability to speak, it is impossible to meet smoker Requirement to cigarette taste.
Utility model content
Goal of the invention of the present utility model is:For above-mentioned problem, there is provided one kind can reduce nicotine tolerance simultaneously The cigarette filter of energy flavor adjustment, by filtering out the tar in flue gas and other harmful substances and reducing nicotine tolerance, makes Smoker can obtain enough nicotines and suck pleasant sensation, and healthhazard can be reduced again, meet smoker to different taste Requirement.
The technical solution adopted in the utility model is as follows:A kind of cigarette filter that can reduce nicotine tolerance, including filter tip Body, filter tip body includes filter tip and wrapping paper from the inside to the outside, and the middle and lower part of filter tip is provided with the filter of filtering nicotine gas, The side corrugation of filter tip forms groove, the top of groove and wrapping paper fixed bonding, and wrapping paper is provided with some air admission holes, groove It is mutually communicated with air admission hole, filter includes plastic chamber and filter liquid, the filter liquid is the mixture of water and ethanol.
Due to the setting of said structure, filter can filter out tar and other harmful substances in nicotine gas, i.e., When sucking, nicotine gas is filtered smoker by filter through the water in filter and ethanol, and the organic matter such as tar is dissolved in In ethanol, other particle suspensions and pernicious gas are absorbed by water, and harmful substance is largely reduced in the nicotine gas after filtering, and The material that nicotine and carbon monoxide etc. can give people to manufacture pleasant sensation is not reduced(Nicotine and carbon monoxide do not dissolve in second alcohol and water In), while reducing to smoker's health hazard, smoker can still enjoy the pleasant sensation sucked, therefore, serve phase Effect to more healthy smoking;Meanwhile, smoke is entered to nicotine gas in order to meet smoker, by set on the wrapper into Groove is set between stomata and wrapping paper and air admission hole, and smoker can suck a certain amount of air when sucking by air admission hole, After nicotine gas and air are mutually mixed, during nicotine tolerance is reduced, smoker is met to entering the requirement of smoke, one Determine in degree, increased sucking the time for cigarette, and then reduce again demand of the smoker to cigarette, further control The craving for tobacco of smoker is made.
Further, in order to prevent the filter liquid in filter from outflowing, it is equipped with the top and bottom of plastic chamber unidirectional Via, is provided with valve in one-way conduction hole, the end of valve is towards the top of plastic chamber.Due to the setting of said structure, only Have when smoker sucks, filter is only conducting state, and then prevents filter liquid to be outflowed by one-way conduction hole.
Further, in order to reduce choked flow effect of the filter to nicotine tolerance, and the work(in one-way conduction hole is ensured simultaneously Can, valve is soft elastane, and soft elastane is made up of the material of following weight portion:TPU resins 98- 101 parts, HMMM 6-8 parts, aerosil 11-14 parts, cotton fiber 5-7 parts, coupling agent 1-2 parts, Antioxidant 0.5-1 parts and dispersant 0.5-1 parts, the white cotton linter that cotton fiber is obtained by white cotton after roller gin preliminary working It is obtained after fiber dispersion, the preparation method of soft elastane is comprised the following steps:
Step 1, manufacture TPU resins, dimethicone that mass ratio is 26%, the linseed oil of 38.5% TPR and 6% are put It is uniformly mixed in turbine stirrer, and mixed liquor is heated to 100 DEG C, by the organic siliconresin heating that mass ratio is 7% To 160 DEG C to after melting, it is added in mixed liquor, the temperature of mixed liquor is kept at 100 DEG C, with the mixing speed of 600rad/min Stirring 3h, obtains mixed liquor;
Step 2, by mass ratio be 10.8% talcum powder, 3.2% zinc stearate, 1.5% triethylamine nertralizer, 0.5% Organotin catalysts and 4.3% erucyl amide be uniformly mixed in agitator after add step 1 mixed liquor in stir Well mixed, the mixed liquor after being then well mixed delivers to banburying 8h in banbury, is eventually adding the boron that mass ratio is 2.2% Acid allows its coagulation forming, then by obtaining TPU resins after Twin screw extruder extruding pelletization, stores standby;
Step 3, white cotton fiber and TPU resins are placed under 50 DEG C of hot blasts are fully dried, make white cotton fiber and TPU trees The water content of fat is standby in below 0.06wt%;
Step 4, each component is weighed, by TPU resins, HMMM, aerosil, vinyl three Ethoxysilane coupling agent and antioxidant are placed in agitator, in 90 DEG C of stirring mixing under the mixing speed of 600rad/min Uniformly, it is subsequently adding white cotton fiber and dispersant is uniformly dispersed with dispersion machine, reduce the temperature of batch mixing to 70 DEG C, is incubated 3min, Batch mixing is thrown into banbury in banburying 5h at 105 DEG C again;
After step 5, the batch mixing extruding pelletization that will be obtained after step 4 banburying, soft elastane is obtained.
The soft elastane obtained by above-mentioned formula and preparation method not only has soft elastic performance well, Also there is structural stability and persistence well, after making cigarette in long-time storage and by external compression, can still protect Original structure and state are held, and then ensure that effect and the feature of filter.
Further, it is contemplated that smoker can clamp the filter portion of cigarette to suck, for prevent filter tip compressive deformation and shadow Nicotine tolerance is rung, plastic chamber is rigidity plastics chamber.
Further, in order to meet demand of the smoker to cigarette various tastes, filter liquid is contained within accounting for filter liquid total Percentage by weight is the spices of 3-15%, and spices includes Mint Essence, vanilla, strawberry essence, watermelon essence, coffee wherein One or more, when smoker needs to obtain the mouthfeel of sweet meaningful fragrance, need to only suck and add vanilla fragrant in filter liquid The cigarette of essence, when smoker needs to obtain cool, thirst-quenching mouthfeel, need to only suck and minty note is added in filter liquid The cigarette of essence, therefore, by the spices that various tastes are added in filter liquid, you can meet various mouthfeel demands, fit Should be able to power it is strong.
Contain in order to further improve the filter effect of filter, in filter liquid and account for filter liquid gross weight percentage Than the activated carbon granule for 1-5%, the aperture of the granularity less than one-way conduction hole of activated carbon granule.
Further, in order to adapt to difference of the smoker to the requirement of nicotine content in nicotine gas, air admission hole periphery is provided with one The cutting paper with cutting line that layer hand tears, there is the cutting paper of cutting line by hand tear band, you can regulation air mixture, changes The mixed proportion of air and nicotine tolerance, and then meet requirement of the smoker to nicotine content in nicotine gas.
Further, in order to preferably make air admission hole ventilate, air admission hole is distributed on the peripheral side face of wrapping paper, air admission hole Aperture is 1-1.5mm, preferably 1.2mm.
Further, in order to give full play of filter tip filtering function, the distance from top filter ends of filter away from From being 8-10mm, preferably 9mm, to block the filter liquid and other impurities that are spilt in filter by filter tip.
Further, in order that filter can realize above-mentioned effect, filter along filter tip body centerline direction Length be 5-10mm, preferably 8mm.
In sum, by adopting the above-described technical solution, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:The utility model is provided It is a kind of can reduce nicotine tolerance and can flavor adjustment cigarette filter, by filtering out tar in flue gas and other are harmful Material and reduction nicotine tolerance, make smoker to obtain enough nicotines and suck pleasant sensation, and healthhazard can be reduced again, The effect of relatively healthy smoking is served, by reducing by a nicotine aspiration appetite, to a certain extent, one is increased Cigarette sucks the time, reduces again demand of the smoker to cigarette, further controls the craving for tobacco of smoker, meanwhile, By to the spices that different taste is added in filter, meeting requirement of the smoker to different taste.
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Fig. 1 is a kind of cigarette filter design schematic diagram of the present utility model;
Fig. 2 is another situation of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the overlooking the structure diagram of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is cigarette filter cross-sectional view of the present utility model;
Fig. 5 is the mplifying structure schematic diagram of part A in Fig. 4.
Marked in figure:1 is filter tip body, and 2 is filter tip, and 3 is wrapping paper, and 301 is air admission hole, and 4 is filter, and 5 is recessed Groove, 6 is plastic chamber, and 601 is one-way conduction hole, and 602 is valve, and 7 is filter liquid, and 8 is cutting paper.
Specific embodiment
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the utility model is described in detail.
In order that the purpose of this utility model, technical scheme and advantage become more apparent, below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and implementation Example, is further elaborated to the utility model.It should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein is only used to explain The utility model, is not used to limit the utility model.
As shown in Figures 1 to 5, a kind of cigarette filter that can reduce nicotine tolerance, including filter tip body 1, filter tip body Include filter tip 2 and wrapping paper 3 from the inside to the outside, the middle and lower part of filter tip 2 is provided with the filter 4 of filtering nicotine gas, the side of filter tip 2 Face fold forms groove 5, the top of groove 5 and the fixed bonding of wrapping paper 3, and wrapping paper 3 is provided with some air admission holes 301, groove 5 It is mutually communicated with air admission hole 301, filter 4 includes plastic chamber 6 and filter liquid 7, the filter liquid 7 is water and ethanol Mixture.
As a kind of implementation method with improvement, in order to prevent the filter liquid 7 in filter 4 from outflowing, the top of plastic chamber 6 Portion and bottom are equipped with one-way conduction hole 601, as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, valve 602, valve 602 are provided with one-way conduction hole 601 End towards the top of plastic chamber 6.Due to the setting of said structure, only when smoker sucks, filter 4 is only leads Logical state, and then prevent filter liquid 7 to be outflowed by one-way conduction hole 601.
As a kind of implementation method with improvement, in order to reduce choked flow effect of the filter 4 to nicotine tolerance, and protect simultaneously The function in card one-way conduction hole 601, valve 602 is soft elastane, and soft elastane is by following weight portion Material composition:98-101 parts of TPU resins, HMMM 6-8 parts, aerosil 11-14 parts, cotton is fine 5-7 parts, coupling agent 1-2 parts, antioxidant 0.5-1 parts and dispersant 0.5-1 parts of dimension, cotton fiber is as at the beginning of white cotton through roller gin It is obtained after the white cotton linter fiber dispersion obtained after processing, the preparation method of soft elastane is comprised the following steps:
Step 1, manufacture TPU resins, dimethicone that mass ratio is 26%, the linseed oil of 38.5% TPR and 6% are put It is uniformly mixed in turbine stirrer, and mixed liquor is heated to 100 DEG C, by the organic siliconresin heating that mass ratio is 7% To 160 DEG C to after melting, it is added in mixed liquor, the temperature of mixed liquor is kept at 100 DEG C, with the mixing speed of 600rad/min Stirring 3h, obtains mixed liquor;
Step 2, by mass ratio be 10.8% talcum powder, 3.2% zinc stearate, 1.5% triethylamine nertralizer, 0.5% Organotin catalysts and 4.3% erucyl amide be uniformly mixed in agitator after add step 1 mixed liquor in stir Well mixed, the mixed liquor after being then well mixed delivers to banburying 8h in banbury, is eventually adding the boron that mass ratio is 2.2% Acid allows its coagulation forming, then by obtaining TPU resins after Twin screw extruder extruding pelletization, stores standby;
Step 3, white cotton fiber and TPU resins are placed under 50 DEG C of hot blasts are fully dried, make white cotton fiber and TPU trees The water content of fat is standby in below 0.06wt%;
Step 4, each component is weighed, by TPU resins, HMMM, aerosil, vinyl three Ethoxysilane coupling agent and antioxidant are placed in agitator, in 90 DEG C of stirring mixing under the mixing speed of 600rad/min Uniformly, it is subsequently adding white cotton fiber and dispersant is uniformly dispersed with dispersion machine, reduce the temperature of batch mixing to 70 DEG C, is incubated 3min, Batch mixing is thrown into banbury in banburying 5h at 105 DEG C again;
After step 5, the batch mixing extruding pelletization that will be obtained after step 4 banburying, soft elastane is obtained.
Furthermore, in order to preferably explain and implementing soft elastane of the present utility model, table 1 below It is the specific several implementation formulas of soft elastane of the present utility model, what deserves to be explained is, following implementation is matched somebody with somebody Side is only to explain the utility model, and is not intended to limit the utility model.
Table 1:
Note:Ageing resistance is that the decline percentage that its performance is surveyed after aging for a week in artificial accelerated aging case is obtained, modeling Property deformation test be to be measured after 1000 Quick bendings.
Mode is preferably carried out as one kind, it is contemplated that smoker can clamp the filter portion of cigarette to suck, to prevent The compressive deformation of filter tip 2 and influence nicotine tolerance, plastic chamber 6 be rigidity plastics chamber, it is hand-held in plastic chamber 6, filter tip will not be extruded 2。
As a kind of implementation method with improvement, in order to meet demand of the smoker to cigarette various tastes, in filter liquid 7 Containing account for the total weight percent of filter liquid 7 be 3-15% spices, preferably 6%, spices include Mint Essence, vanilla, Strawberry essence, watermelon essence, coffee it is therein one or more, when smoker needs to obtain the mouthfeel of sweet meaningful fragrance, only need The cigarette that vanilla is added in filter liquid is sucked, when smoker needs to obtain cool, thirst-quenching mouthfeel, is only needed The cigarette that Mint Essence is added in filter liquid is sucked, therefore, by the perfume (or spice) that various tastes are added in filter liquid Material, you can meet various mouthfeel demands, it is adaptable.
Mode is preferably carried out as one kind, in order to further improve the filter effect of filter 4, filter liquid 7 In containing account for the total weight percent of filter liquid 7 be 1-5% activated carbon granule, preferably 2%, the granularity of activated carbon granule is less than The aperture in one-way conduction hole 601.
As a kind of implementation method with improvement, in order to adapt to difference of the smoker to the requirement of nicotine content in nicotine gas, The periphery of air admission hole 301 is provided with the cutting paper 8 with cutting line that one layer of hand tears, and as shown in Figures 2 and 3, has sanction by hand tear band The cutting paper 8 of tangent line, you can regulation air mixture, changes the mixed proportion of air and nicotine tolerance, and then meet smoker Requirement to nicotine content in nicotine gas.
Furthermore, in order to preferably make air admission hole 301 ventilate, air admission hole 301 is distributed in the periphery week of wrapping paper On face, as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the aperture of air admission hole 301 is 1-1.5mm, preferably 1.2mm.
Furthermore, in order to give full play of the function that filter tip is filtered, the distance from top filter tip 2 of filter 4 The distance of end is 8-10mm, preferably 9mm, to block the filter liquid 7 and its that are spilt in filter 4 by filter tip 2 His impurity.
Furthermore, in order that filter 4 can realize above-mentioned effect, filter 4 is along filter tip body 1 The length in heart line direction is 5-10mm, preferably 8mm.
Preferred embodiment of the present utility model is the foregoing is only, is not used to limit the utility model, it is all at this Any modification, equivalent and improvement made within the spirit and principle of utility model etc., should be included in the utility model Protection domain within.

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1. a kind of cigarette filter that can reduce nicotine tolerance, including filter tip body, it is characterised in that filter tip body is from the inside to the outside Including filter tip and wrapping paper, the middle and lower part of filter tip is provided with the filter of filtering nicotine gas, and the side corrugation of filter tip forms recessed Groove, the top of groove and wrapping paper fixed bonding, wrapping paper are provided with some air admission holes, and groove and air admission hole are mutually communicated, mistake Filter device includes plastic chamber and filter liquid, and the filter liquid is the mixture of water and ethanol.
2. the cigarette filter of nicotine tolerance can be reduced as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the top and bottom of plastic chamber Portion is equipped with one-way conduction hole, is provided with valve in one-way conduction hole, and the end of valve is towards the top of plastic chamber.
3. the cigarette filter of nicotine tolerance can be reduced as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that plastic chamber is rigidity plastics Chamber.
4. the cigarette filter of nicotine tolerance can be reduced as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that air admission hole periphery is provided with one The cutting paper with cutting line that layer hand tears.
5. the cigarette filter of nicotine tolerance can be reduced as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that air admission hole is distributed in packaging On the peripheral side face of paper, the aperture of air admission hole is 1-1.5mm.
6. the cigarette filter of nicotine tolerance can be reduced as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the top of filter away from It is 8-10mm with a distance from filter ends.
7. the cigarette filter of nicotine tolerance can be reduced as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that filter is along filter tip sheet The length of the centerline direction of body is 5-10mm.
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