DE1178342B - Cigar with binder and wrapper and reinforced mouth end - Google Patents

Description

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

GERMAN

PATENT OFFICE

EDITORIAL

Boarding school Class: A 24 c

German class: 79 b-25

Number: 1178 342

File number: G 27502III / 79 b

Filing date: July 14, 1959

Opening day: September 17, 1964

The invention relates to cigars with a binder and a wrapper and a reinforced mouth end.

As is known, the cigars produced using modern working methods consist of short or long-cut filler or filler tobacco, which is used to form a "wrap" in an inner "binder" is rolled up, which in turn is wrapped in an outer "wrapper" to make the finished cigar is rolled. While so far both the cover sheet and the cover sheet directly from one sheet Tobacco has recently been used for the binder tobacco in the form of webs that made from finely chopped tobacco and an adhesive or film-forming substance.

A longstanding problem for cigar manufacturers is the elimination of frequent macerating and dissolving the front end of the cigar while smoking, which is its cause in a Damage to the cover and binder through excessive chewing or other effects on the Has cigar end. The sight of such a soggy or damaged cigar end as well however, its taste and feel lead many people to refuse to smoke of cigars, or at least an unfavorable attitude towards cigars, but with which one Reduction in cigar sales is associated.

Various proposals have therefore already been made to prevent or at least reduce the softening of the front end of the cigar when smoking. For example, provision has already been made to use a mouthpiece made of a different material at the front end of the cigar, either exposed or concealed by the cover sheet. However, this solution to the problem has several disadvantages. Indeed, from the smoker's point of view, the alien material of the mouthpiece, which usually extends through most of the cross-section of the cigar, absorbs many of the aromatics in cigar smoke, thereby impairing the quality of the cigar when consumed. In addition, the cigar tends to break between the inner edge of the mouthpiece and the remainder of the cigar portion while smoking, due to the pull exerted on the binder and wrapper when the cigar is moved in the smoker's mouth. From the manufacturer's point of view, the use of a mouthpiece has a disadvantage in that the wrap of the cigar is produced by helically winding a binder around a certain amount of filling tobacco with a binder and a wrapper
and reinforced mouth end

Applicant:

General Cigar Co., Inc., New York, N.Y.

(V. St. A.)

Representative:

Dr. W. Schalk, Dipl.-Ing. P. Wirth,

Dipl.-Ing. G. E. M. Dannenberg

and Dr. V. Schmied-Kowarzik,

Patent attorneys,

Frankfurt / M., Große Eschenheimer Str. 39

Named as inventor:

Theodore Kaufmann, New York, N.Y.

(V. St. A.)

Claimed priority:

V. St. v. America of July 17, 1958 (749 210) -

forms and does not work with the current complicated machines for cigar production can be that a mouthpiece is included in the tobacco wrap. It would be difficult too the current, mass-produced technique of rolling up a cover sheet to modify the wrapper to come with a cigar on the market with the wrapper and mouthpiece separately included in the cover sheet. Another suggestion to avoid the softening or delamination of the front end of the cigar when smoking is the outside the end of the cigar with a protective substance such as cellulose nitrate or acetate, regenerated cellulose, paper, Cork etc. to cover or to coat. Although such an external protection for prevention the softening of the cigar end in the mouth of the smoker may be quite effective, it is The sensation of touch and taste (including the lack of taste) of a material other than tobacco unpleasant for many cigar smokers. In addition, a protective material is attached to the end of the cigar a difficult thing to do that is not that easy in the current mass production technique can be absorbed by cigars. For example, in the usual cigar making machines the cover sheet with the help of a cover sheet

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The conveyor arm is rolled up onto the roll from above, which executes a complicated movement and which the phase of rolling the wide part of the wrapper onto the cigar roll body in one Kind of helix and the flag-like part of the cover sheet at the end of the wrap in a narrower helix, d. H. a helix that has a smaller and decreasing slope. Since the outer protective substance in the current cigarette

leaf so that the cigar has the ordinary appearance and only tobacco with the smoker's mouth in Touch comes. In addition, it is like the construction of a cigar made according to the invention 5 shows the path of the smoke from the lighted end through the cigar to the mouth the smoker's the same as in an ordinary cigar, so that although the front end of the cigar considerably against softening and exfoliation

The cigar according to the invention with binder and wrapper and reinforced mouth end is now through characterized in that the reinforcement consists of a strip of flexible material which is on Mouth end of the wrap is arranged in a spiral shape so that at least one end portion of the reinforcing strip lies between the layers of the binder.

The production of this cigar can take place in the

production machines are not reinforced with the cover sheet, but there is no filtering of the flavoring substances can be brought, it would be necessary to take the smoke out.

the protective material in a separate work step.

However, what the cost of the cigar strips together with the binder around the tobacco production would increase. Insert are wound up and the roll is then in the aim of the invention are therefore cigars with the cover sheet is enclosed, is that according to FIG fortified mouth end filled with filler tobacco and invention obviously vigorously strengthened mouth end outside as with the usual cigars with a secure hold. Will the insert strip on Tobacco cover sheet is covered so that no flavorings are placed on the roll cloth under the binder of the smoke are filtered off and the mouth of the expediently a swab of a harmless adhesive smoker applied to the surface of the strip with tobacco and not with a foreign substance, the material comes into contact. facing the side of the binder, as well as on

End of the strip which forms the inner end of the spiral wound strip in the roll. The purpose of this measure is not to strip the insert in the finished cigar or in the roll in place, but it is intended to ensure that the end of the strip that is rolled up first the folder follows during the wrapping process. If also the insert strip under the binder

The cigar-making machine available in the comfort of your home is placed on the roll-up cloth, a small adhesive label will be used take place, with filling tobacco also dabbed in a binder on the upper side as well as on the developed that is placed on the surface of a roll-opposite end of the strip in order to cloth of such a machine together with an outer end of the spirally wound Insert strips of a reinforcement sheet is placed to hold down the strip at an angle. Will the and wherein most of the one surface of the laying strip is on the roll sheet or the wrapping plate When the strip is placed on the binder with one surface of the binder in line, a touch stands. While the binder is on the roll, dab glue on the end of the binder is placed in the usual position so that it will wear, which is the outer end of the wound represents helically around the tobacco insert or the filling binder in the wrap. This is even common tobacco can be rolled to form the roll, 40 if an insert strip is not used at all, is the insert strip, which in most cases is wound around the outer end of the is rectangular, to be held down under or on the binder on the roll-up sheet and thus lying on its own Binder laid in such a way that it is transverse to prevent rewinding the roll before The top of the binder lies and the long edge of this is included in the cover sheet. If of the strip runs parallel to the winding direction. 45 cut out the binder from a tobacco sheet The length of the insert strip is at least that of finely divided tobacco and a water-1.25 cm longer than the circumference of the wrap, so that soluble adhesive is produced, a water can be the ends of the strip drip at least 1.25 cm instead of adhesive paste for this purpose overlap. When the filling or interlining tobacco is used in.

the wrapper is wrapped, at the same time is also 50 Apart from the insert strips given to the finished cigar in a spiral shape (the reinforcement of a cigar end can not be of a screw shape) at the front end of the resulting roll
rolled up. Because the reinforcement strip is longer than
the circumference of the wrap and these strips around the

Tobacco filler is rolled, while most of the 55 borrowed measures of mass production one side of the strip on one side of the cigar should be considered. To manufacture the If the binder is on top of it, at least a smaller roll comes up, the binder is placed horizontally on the roll part the other side of the strip with the other cloth or the winding plate and put through a part-side the binder in contact. With another vacuum held flat on the cloth that through In other words, one end of the insert strip then rests on 60 small openings or holes in the roll-up sheet the rolled binder, and therefore the strip is used in a compartment below it comes in place in the wrap through the binder. The binder is held in a form The insert strip can be wrapped either inside or through the wrapping cloth be outside the wrapper of the roll, depending on which a tubular element can be formed, whether it is before or after the binder on the roll To get the benefits of the invention, it is just cloth is placed. In all cases, however, it is necessary to insert the insert strips towards the roll-up sheet Laying strips of the finished cigar under the cover, either under or on the area

in accordance with the invention can also be carried out much more easily than other methods of reinforcement. This is of particular advantage when the

sheet and further so that it is parallel to the winding direction and close to the The end of the binder lies so that when the filling tobacco is abandoned and the roll is rolled, the insert strip is rolled up together with the binder. This can be done in mass production of cigars easily with the help of a lay-up device through which an insert strip cut the desired size from a roll of the reinforcement sheet and this in the desired Position on the roll sheet in the correct relationship to the binder is placed before the Winding is rolled. This way of working is much easier than making cigars with a separate mouthpiece, which requires a completely different way of working, or than attaching it of reinforcement strips either during or after winding the cover sheet. It would also be difficult to put a reinforcement strip along with the cover sheet, because of the fact that the cover sheet is on the roll from above by means of a complicated movement of the cover sheet feed arm, which causes the wide part of the cover sheet around the wrap in a certain helical shape and the flag-like Part of the topsheet around the end of the coil in a tighter helical shape, i.e. H. with a smaller and even decreasing slope is wound.

The insert strip can be of the most varied of types suitable for the desired purpose Reinforcement sheets such as tobacco sheets, paper, cork, regenerated cellulose, plastic films, etc. get cut. Although the insert strip is only so wide that it is hardly more than about 3.80 cm of the Cigar length covered at the end, smokers sometimes smoke their cigars except for one very short stump, so that it can happen that the burning zone of the cigar the insert strip achieved. For this reason it is preferable to use an insert strip made from a strong tobacco sheet that does not give off a harmful smell and taste of smoke when burned.

The reinforced end according to the invention can be used for any type of cigars that have an insert, binder and cover sheet. However, it is particularly beneficial when the binder is made a tobacco sheet is cut, which is made of finely shredded tobacco and a water-soluble binder like methyl cellulose.

The selection of the reinforcement arch depends on its thickness, flexibility and strength, and both in the dry state and when it has become moist, for example, through chewing. Suitable Reinforcement sheets are usually no thicker than about 0.125 mm, and preferably no thicker than 0.075 mm. The flexibility of such arches should be so great that the insert strip at the end of the Winding can easily be rolled up in a spiral without the end of the winding being excessive Bulge experiences. The insert strip should also be so flexible that a smoker who smokes when smoking chewing on the cigar end, not finding any particular hardness of the reinforced end.

The invention is described in more detail with reference to the drawing by means of two exemplary embodiments, and although shows

Fig. 1 shows the position of the binder and the insert strip on the wrapping or roll cloth, with the insert strip under the binder, and

F i g. 2 the position of the binder and the insert strip when the insert strip is on the binder rests.

Fig. 1 shows the part of the roll sheet 10 a Cigar making machine which, in order to the binder 12 lying thereon, in a smooth state

ίο hold, has a large number of perforations. In this embodiment of the invention, the insert strip 13 lies in front of the binder 12 on the Plate 10. The strip 13 can be cut from a roll of reinforcement sheet and for example

¹ S are placed on the cloth 10 by means of an otherwise proposed allocation device, while the binder 12 is cut from a roll of a tobacco sheet and applied to the

so the cloth 10 can be placed over the strip 13. The winding direction of the cloth 10 for producing the cigar roll is indicated by arrow 14. As can be seen, the longer edge of the strip 13 runs practically parallel to the winding direction.

After a lot of filling tobacco has been rolled into the binder 12 for making the wrap, the coil goes to a molding press, through which the ends of the coil are formed and the overshoot Parts of the binder 12 are cut off at the winding ends. The dotted lines 15 and 16 indicate the lines at which the excess edge portions of the binder 12 pass through the molding press be cut off. As can be seen from the illustration, the strip 13 is generally applied to the Cloth 10 placed so that the edge 17 of the strip by a fraction of a centimeter, for example is about 0.15 to 0.3 cm from the cutting line 15 of the molding press of the binder 12 away. Will the strip 13 with respect to the compression molding cutting line 15 of the binder 12 in the aforementioned manner arranged, so there is no possibility of the spirally wound strip 13 in the cigar

• Wrap damaged when the ends are cut in the molding press. To make sure that the leading end 18 of the strip 13 follows the binder 12 as it is rolled up by the cloth 10, it is It is advisable to apply a dab of glue 19 between the binder 12 and the end of the strip 18. Likewise is it is advisable to apply a line of glue 20 along the rear end 21 of the strip 13 so that the The end 21 is tacked onto the finished roll and the strip 13 is rolled up again before winding of the cover sheet on the winding is prevented.

After the in F i g. The embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG. 2 is the insert strip 13 placed on the binder lying on the roll-up towel 10. According to this embodiment of the invention the binder 22 from a continuous roll of a Cut tobacco sheet and use an already proposed dispensing device on the holes 11 of the cloth or the plate 10 is placed. F i g. 2 also illustrates a measure for holding of the strip 13 at a desired location on the wrapping cloth 10. After this procedure, the leading end 18 of the strip 13 placed over the edge of the binder 22 so that the leading end 18 of the strip 13 covers some holes 23 of the cloth 10 with the result that by sucking,

which comes through the holes 23 from the same suction chamber used in association with the perforations 11 works, the strip 13 is held in a fixed position with respect to the binder 22.

If a certain amount of tobacco is filled by the process of wrapping the cloth or plate 10 in the The cover sheet is rolled up, the insert strip 13 is not visible in the finished roll. Although the Spirally wound strips 13 in the cigar roll completely through the binder 22 is covered, so a part of the spirally wound strip 13 is still through the binder 12 layered or shot through, so that the strip 13 is securely held in the end piece of the roll solution of methyl cellulose to which a melamine resin is added. The resulting mixture is Applied to a stainless steel conveyor belt that runs through a drying room, its temperature is kept at about 80 to 85 ° C. During the drying process, the water evaporates from the on the conveyor belt, and the melamine resin reacts with the methyl cellulose, whereupon the dried film from the conveyor belt as a continuous belt about 0.075 mm thick can be peeled off, which has a high wet strength.

There are different sizes and shapes of page flips and insert strips possible, as will. As is customary in the manufacture of the winding, 15 different arrangements of the cover sheet and a swab of insert strips on the rear end 24 of the cover sheet 22 are possible to one another. Adhesive 25 can also be applied so that the rear end sticks the binder from leaf tobacco or from a continuous 24 of the binder 22 to the finished roll attached to the tobacco web, sticks and rewinds the binder 22 Attaching the cover sheet to the winding 20 strip should be prevented as much as possible at least 1.25 cm. As in the case of FIG. 1 will overlap, but there is practically no need to use a length of strip of cigar rolls produced on the winding plate 10 so that it is fed to a molding press by which the ends of the roll, when spirally rolled into the roll, are formed and the excess order - two or more full layers of the reinforcement sheet are cut off. The lines at which the 25 sheet in the cigar end, the excess part of the binder 22 is cut off in the molding press, are dotted
Lines 15 and 16 are marked on binder 22. Also as in FIG. 1 has the edge 17 of the
Strip 13 on the binder 22 a distance of
about 0.3 cm from the cutting line 15 of the molding press,
in order to avoid that the strip 13 is also cut in the winding form press.

According to a specific example of the invention, a cigar of conventional shape is reinforced with a front end made by, as shown in FIG. 2, an insert strip of approximately 3 inches Length and about 3.2 cm wide placed on a binder about 20 cm long and about 8 cm wide

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will. The binder is cut obliquely from a roll of a tobacco web in such a way that a sheet section obtained in the form of a parallelogram with a pair of opposite acute angles of 65 ° will. The edge of the insert strip that meets the cutting line of the compression molding machine at the front end of the Coil opposite, has a gap of about 0.3 cm from this. The binder and the Insert strips are rolled up together on a certain amount of filling tobacco and thus a roll formed, which after covering with a properly cut cover sheet made of grown in the shade Connecticut leaf tobacco makes a cigar about 1.5 cm in diameter. Unless the binder is made from powder tobacco and methyl cellulose as a binder or film-forming agent on the rear end of the binder placed on the wrapping cloth of the cigar machine Drops of water are applied to stick this end of the binder to the cigar wrapper. the Ends of the roll are cut in the molding press so that the finished cigar has a length of about 13.65 cm.

The insert strip used in this particular example is also made of one Mixture of tobacco powder with an aqueous solution

Claims (7)

Patent claims: 1. Cigar with binder and wrapper and reinforced mouth end, characterized in that that the reinforcement consists of a strip of flexible material at the end of the mouth of the coil is arranged in a spiral shape so that at least one end portion of the reinforcement strip is between the layers of the binder lies. 2. Cigar according to claim 1, characterized in that the greater part of the reinforcing strip with one surface of the binder in Contact is so that at least one end of the reinforcing strip is between the tobacco filler and the binder cherishes. 3. Cigar according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the ends of the wrapped around Reinforcement strips overlap. 4. Cigar according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that the reinforcing strip is the Binder covered outside. 5. Cigar according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the reinforcing strip is completely covered by the binder. 6. Cigar according to claim 1 to 5, characterized in that the reinforcing strip is a has a rectangular shape. 7. Cigar according to claim 1 to 6, characterized in that the binder consists of a known Artificial tobacco film made from tobacco powder and water-soluble adhesive consists. Considered publications: German Patent Specifications No. 61694, 142 444, 226, 742 561; Swiss Patent No. 232 880; French patent specification No. 394 080. 1 sheet of drawings 409 687/40 9.64 © Bundesdruckerei Berlin