EP0036025B1 - Method for providing an article of manufacture comprised of elongate filamentary material and apparatus for carrying out this method - Google Patents
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- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
- A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
- A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
- A24D3/0204—Preliminary operations before the filter rod forming process, e.g. crimping, blooming
- A24D3/0212—Applying additives to filter materials
- A24D3/0225—Applying additives to filter materials with solid additives, e.g. incorporation of a granular product
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- the invention relates to a method for providing an article of manufacture comprised of elongate filamentary material wherein the material is continuously advanced from an issue location to a take-up location and selected mutually spaced first portions of said material are stretched by imparting an angular bend to said material while second portions are retained to prevent stretching thereof.
- the invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out this method comprising first and second means rotating in opposite senses for advancing said material with the second means defining a succession of surfaces in the direction of rotation thereof.
- a method is known in accordance with the prior art portion of claim 1 (FR-A-681 317) in which the filamentary material is stretched between two rolls of which the first roll is circular and of which the second roll is non-circular, i.e. triangular with rounded edges and outwardly bent sides.
- the filamentary material is stretched intermittently due to the non-circular second roll but the first and the second portions of the elongate filamentary material are not sharply distinguished.
- the above-discussed technique has advantage in various respects over other known practices in which individual filter plugs are separated from one another by spaces for receipt of additive material, such practice being generally referred to as plug-space-plug filter making.
- the first-discussed practice avoids the need for pre-forming individual filter plugs and maintaining precise spacing therebetween in the course of conveyance to additive material dispensing units.
- a disadvantage exists, however, in the first-discussed practice based on its characteristic tow compression. By reason thereof, the filament density per unit volume of the tow longitudinally of the finished filter element changes from nominal density in filter element portions not containing additive material, i.e., uncompressed regions, to undesirably increased density in those filter element portions corresponding to tow compression regions. Possible results are an undesirable increase of draw resistance in the vicinity of the additive material and undesired increase in plug firmness or in rod diameter in such filter portions.
- the invention as claimed solves the problem of how to treat elongate filamentary material so that first and second portions are sharply defined with material being stretched solely in the first portions.
- the second portions of the elongate filamentary material are retained in accordance with claim 6 by the first means also defining a common succession of surfaces in the direction of rotation thereof, said surfaces of said first and second means being flat and said flat surfaces of said first means being of less extent than those of said second means.
- the advantages offered by the invention are mainly that the respective extents of the stretched and unstretched filamentary material extents are pre-selectable, whereby any desired longitudinal extent of lessened filamentary material volume may be provided in such continuously advancing tow while filament density per unit cross-section is maintained substantially constant.
- This is useful especially in cigarette filter manufacture where the low filament volume portions of the tow can be selected in longitudinal extent corresponding to the extent of filter elements in which additive material is to be included. Accordingly, resistance to draw is generally uniform throughout the finished filter element and the additive material does not give rise to increased rod firmness or diameter.
- tow T is formed into elongated continuous rod configuration by forming horn 10 of well-known commercial usage and is led in such configuration into stretching apparatus 12, comprised in the Fig. 1 embodiment of opposed cams 14 and 16, each of triangular shape and rotated in mutually opposite senses as indicated by the arrows.
- tensioning rod or roller 18 shall be considered to be a tow issue location and tensioning rod or roller 20 shall be considered to be a tow take-up location.
- collector wheel 32 is keyed to drive shaft 34 for rotation as indicated within unit 24.
- Negatively-pressurized conduit 36 is fixedly disposed with respect to wheel 32 as is positively- pressurized conduit 38, suitable structure for this purpose being set forth in U.S. Patent No. 4,005,668, commonly assigned herewith.
- collector wheel 32 includes slots 40 extending radially outwardly from a radial location in registry with ducts 36 and 38 to the collector wheel periphery, air permeable discs 42 being fixedly disposed in the slots.
- Cam 14 is rotated about its center c 1 and has turning radius r 1 and its three sides are of equal length I 1 .
- the cam tips are identified as 14a, 14b and 14c.
- the cam side extending between cam tips 14b and 14c forms an angle a with the horizontal.
- Cam 16 has center c 2 , turning radius r 2 and cam tips 16a, 16b and 16c. Each side of cam 16 is of length 1 2 , which exceeds length 1 1 of cam 14 to effect the stretching of tow.
- cams 14 and 16 are rotated in respective opposite senses at the same rotational speed with centers c 1 and c 2 on a common vertical axis and mutually spaced by distance sr 2 .
- a line extending between cam tip 16a and center c 2 of cam 16 is identified as forming angle ⁇ with the horizontal.
- tractable material may be stretched over its length by use of differently-sized, successively disposed transport rollers.
- cam tips 14c and 16c to be points on the periphery of such prior art rollers and to be displaced through distances d 1 and d 2 on roller rotation through a 90° angle.
- Distance d 1 defines the longitudinal measure of tow issued by rod 18 and distance d 2 the longitudinal measure of tow collected by rod 20. Since r 2 exceeds r, d 2 exceeds d 1 and the tow is accordingly stretched.
- Such stretching occurs uniformly over the entire length of material transported between the issue and collecting locations where such prior art rollers are employed.
- the Fig. 2 apparatus enables stretching over selective portions of such transported material, as will be understood from Figs. 3 and 4(a) through 4(m), now jointly discussed.
- cams 14 and 16 are in their Fig. 2 orientation and two inter-cam tip distances are noted, d e1 and d p1 .
- Distance d e1 is defined as the distance between the leading cam tip of cam 14 engaging tow T, namely, cam tip 14a, and the tip of cam 16 closest thereto, namely, cam tip 16a.
- Distance dp 1 is defined as the distance between such leading operative cam tip of cam 14 and the lagging operative cam tip of cam 16, namely, cam tip 16b.
- Commencement of tow stretching will occur as distance dp less distance d r becomes equal to distance I 2 , i.e., the common length of the sides of cam 16.
- each of cams 14 and 16 is rotated stepwise through 10° angular movements.
- cam 14 has been rotated counterclockwise by 10° from its Fig. 4(a) orientation
- cam 16 has been rotated 10° clockwise from its Fig. 4(a) orientation.
- the above-noted inter-cam tip distance condition for stretching is observed not to exist in Fig. 4(b) and is still absent in the course of further cam rotation shown in Fig. 4(c). Stretching commences at a rotational juncture between the showings of Figs. 4(c) and 4(d) at which juncture the stretching condition is met.
- Such retention or capture of tow portions P a and P b is enabled by the relatively sharp angular relation between the cam sides whereby the cam tips effectively restrain from relative longitudinal movement opposed ends of each of portions P a and P b .
- Such capture aspect is operative as the distance stretching condition is met.
- FIG. 3 depicts the zone of tow stretching under the influence of cam tips 14a and 16a.
- stretching zones apply successively for stretching between cam tips 14c and 16c, as will commence on further cam orientation from the Fig. 4(m) showing, and thereafter for stretching between cam tips 14b and 16b. Since all stretching operations are identical, lengths of stretched portions are uniform as are lengths of unstretched portions.
- the leading portion of tow T i.e., closest to cam tip 16a
- the successive portion of tow T leading rearwardly to cam tip 14c is unstretched.
- the respective extents of such stretched and unstretched portions may be varied by variation of the geometric parameters shown in Fig. 2, i.e., ⁇ , ⁇ , r 1 , r 2 and a ratio S, defined as sr 2 being the distance between cam centers c 1 and c 2 .
- Example 2 0 is increased successively with other parameters as in Example 1. These practices give successively increased measures of stretched lengths and corresponding decreased measures of unstretched lengths.
- Example 4 the Example 2 parameter values apply, except that I 1 and f are decreased.
- the Example 4 practice decreases stretched length and increases unstretched length.
- Example 5 all Example 2 parameter values apply except S is decreased, with consequent increase in stretched length and decrease in unstretched length from that of Example 2.
- drive shaft 52 has gear 54 fixed thereto in engagement with idler gear 56 (Figs. 7, 8).
- Shaft 56a of gear 56 has gear support brackets 58 and 60 secured thereto as indicated, with bracket 60 supporting gear 62.
- Shaft 62a of gear 62 drives shaft 64 through coupler 66, shaft 64 having upper triangular cam 68 releasably secured thereto by fitting 70 for purposes discussed below.
- drive shaft 52 At its end opposite gear 54, drive shaft 52 has gear 72 fixed thereto in engagement with gear 74.
- Gear 74 is secured to shaft 76 which supports lower triangular cam 78.
- gear 72 imparts clockwise rotation to gear 74 and hence lower cam 78.
- gears 54, 56 and 62 impart counterclockwise rotation to upper cam 68.
- Gear 82 is in engagement with gear 72 and is keyed to shaft 84 which supports output prismatic shaft 86.
- Input prismatic shaft 88 is rotated by gear 72 through intermediate gears 74, 90, 92, gear 94 being keyed to shaft 96 supporting prismatic shaft 88.
- the prismatic shafts have square cross-section and are rotated, by gear ratio selection at a rotational speed of three-quarters the rotational speed of the triangular cams.
- the extent of each flat face of prismatic shaft 86 in its direction of rotation is equal to the length of the flat faces of triangular cam 78 in its direction of rotation.
- each flat face of prismatic shaft 88 in its direction of rotation is equal to the length of the flat faces of triangular cam 68 in its direction of rotation.
- the addition of the prismatic shafts to the stretching apparatus serves to maintain tension in tow T without further appreciably stretching it.
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- The invention relates to a method for providing an article of manufacture comprised of elongate filamentary material wherein the material is continuously advanced from an issue location to a take-up location and selected mutually spaced first portions of said material are stretched by imparting an angular bend to said material while second portions are retained to prevent stretching thereof. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out this method comprising first and second means rotating in opposite senses for advancing said material with the second means defining a succession of surfaces in the direction of rotation thereof.
- A method is known in accordance with the prior art portion of claim 1 (FR-A-681 317) in which the filamentary material is stretched between two rolls of which the first roll is circular and of which the second roll is non-circular, i.e. triangular with rounded edges and outwardly bent sides. The filamentary material is stretched intermittently due to the non-circular second roll but the first and the second portions of the elongate filamentary material are not sharply distinguished.
- Prior art techniques for the manufacture of cigarette filters containing additive material by processing of continuous tow have involved the compression of rod-shaped tow to form a depression therein suited for the receipt of additive material. Typically, the tow is processed by long-known apparatus into rod configuration and tow compressing apparatus operates upon longitudinally spaced portions of the continuously advanced tow rod. Upon application of the additive material to the rod depressions, the rod is suitably closed about the material and further operated upon by wrapping, sealing and cutting units to form finished cigarette filters. Such prior art practices are set forth in U.S. Patents No. 3,837,264, No. 3,844,200, No. 3,884,741, No. 3,910,166 and No. 3,847,064.
- The above-discussed technique has advantage in various respects over other known practices in which individual filter plugs are separated from one another by spaces for receipt of additive material, such practice being generally referred to as plug-space-plug filter making. Thus, the first-discussed practice avoids the need for pre-forming individual filter plugs and maintaining precise spacing therebetween in the course of conveyance to additive material dispensing units. A disadvantage exists, however, in the first-discussed practice based on its characteristic tow compression. By reason thereof, the filament density per unit volume of the tow longitudinally of the finished filter element changes from nominal density in filter element portions not containing additive material, i.e., uncompressed regions, to undesirably increased density in those filter element portions corresponding to tow compression regions. Possible results are an undesirable increase of draw resistance in the vicinity of the additive material and undesired increase in plug firmness or in rod diameter in such filter portions.
- The invention as claimed solves the problem of how to treat elongate filamentary material so that first and second portions are sharply defined with material being stretched solely in the first portions.
- This problem is solved in accordance with claim 1 by said second portions being retained by restraining from relative longitudinal movement opposed ends thereof by imparting a sharp angular bend at each of said ends.
- The second portions of the elongate filamentary material are retained in accordance with claim 6 by the first means also defining a common succession of surfaces in the direction of rotation thereof, said surfaces of said first and second means being flat and said flat surfaces of said first means being of less extent than those of said second means.
- The advantages offered by the invention are mainly that the respective extents of the stretched and unstretched filamentary material extents are pre-selectable, whereby any desired longitudinal extent of lessened filamentary material volume may be provided in such continuously advancing tow while filament density per unit cross-section is maintained substantially constant. This is useful especially in cigarette filter manufacture where the low filament volume portions of the tow can be selected in longitudinal extent corresponding to the extent of filter elements in which additive material is to be included. Accordingly, resistance to draw is generally uniform throughout the finished filter element and the additive material does not give rise to increased rod firmness or diameter.
- One way of carrying out the invention is described in detail below with reference to drawings which illustrate only one specific embodiment, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of tow processing apparatus according with the invention shown in conjunction with cigarette filter-making apparatus.
- Fig. 2 is a showing of the Fig. 1 tow processing apparatus with explanatory geometric references indicated thereon.
- Fig. 3 is a geometric illustration of progressive distance change between
adjacent cam tips - Figs. 4(a)-4(m) illustrate the respective orientations of
cams - Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of a preferred apparatus embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 6 is a plan view of the Fig. 5 apparatus.
- Fig. 7 is a partial rear elevational view of the Fig. 5 apparatus.
- Fig. 8 is a partial side elevational view of the Fig. 5 apparatus, sectioned and broken away to show detail.
- Referring to Fig. 1, tow T is formed into elongated continuous rod configuration by forming horn 10 of well-known commercial usage and is led in such configuration into stretching
apparatus 12, comprised in the Fig. 1 embodiment ofopposed cams roller 18 shall be considered to be a tow issue location and tensioning rod orroller 20 shall be considered to be a tow take-up location. - Tow advancing longitudinally leftwardly of
rod 20 passes beneathportion 22 of dispensingunit 24.Unit 24 includesports Collector wheel 32 is keyed to drive shaft 34 for rotation as indicated withinunit 24. Negatively-pressurized conduit 36 is fixedly disposed with respect towheel 32 as is positively- pressurized conduit 38, suitable structure for this purpose being set forth in U.S. Patent No. 4,005,668, commonly assigned herewith. As shown in more detail in such 4,005,668 patent,collector wheel 32 includes slots 40 extending radially outwardly from a radial location in registry with ducts 36 and 38 to the collector wheel periphery, air permeable discs 42 being fixedly disposed in the slots. As the slots communicate with duct 36, additive material is drawn fromhopper 30 into the slot portion radially outward of discs 42 and the thus-filled slots are transported to dispensingstation 44, in the course of which movement the slots communicate with duct 38 for pressurized dispensing of their contents onto tow T. Dispensed material resident on tow T is indicated at 46. As is to be appreciated, the specific structure ofunit 24 does not form a part of the present invention and alternate material dispensing apparatus may of course be employed. The subject invention concerns itself, rather, with processing of tow T to control tow filament volume and density overtow portions 48, to whichadditive material 46 is applied, andadjacent tow portions 50, to which additive material is not applied. - Turning to Fig. 2, various geometrical aspects of the preferred structure for
unit 12 are indicated. Cam 14 is rotated about its center c1 and has turning radius r1 and its three sides are of equal length I1. The cam tips are identified as 14a, 14b and 14c. For positioning reference purposes, the cam side extending betweencam tips 14b and 14c forms an angle a with the horizontal. - Cam 16 has center c2, turning radius r2 and
cam tips cam 16 is of length 12, which exceeds length 11 ofcam 14 to effect the stretching of tow. By structure shown and discussed hereinafter in connection with Figs. 5 and 6,cams cam tip 16a and center c2 ofcam 16 is identified as forming angle θ with the horizontal. - As is known in the prior art, tractable material may be stretched over its length by use of differently-sized, successively disposed transport rollers. In Fig. 2, consider, for purposes of explanation,
cam tips rod 18 and distance d2 the longitudinal measure of tow collected byrod 20. Since r2 exceeds r,, d2 exceeds d1 and the tow is accordingly stretched. Such stretching occurs uniformly over the entire length of material transported between the issue and collecting locations where such prior art rollers are employed. In contrast, the Fig. 2 apparatus enables stretching over selective portions of such transported material, as will be understood from Figs. 3 and 4(a) through 4(m), now jointly discussed. - In Fig. 4(a),
cams cam 14 engaging tow T, namely,cam tip 14a, and the tip ofcam 16 closest thereto, namely,cam tip 16a. Distance dp1 is defined as the distance between such leading operative cam tip ofcam 14 and the lagging operative cam tip ofcam 16, namely,cam tip 16b. Commencement of tow stretching will occur as distance dp less distance dr becomes equal to distance I2, i.e., the common length of the sides ofcam 16. - In Figs. 4(b) through 4(m), each of
cams cam 14 has been rotated counterclockwise by 10° from its Fig. 4(a) orientation andcam 16 has been rotated 10° clockwise from its Fig. 4(a) orientation. The above-noted inter-cam tip distance condition for stretching is observed not to exist in Fig. 4(b) and is still absent in the course of further cam rotation shown in Fig. 4(c). Stretching commences at a rotational juncture between the showings of Figs. 4(c) and 4(d) at which juncture the stretching condition is met. Stretching of the portion of tow T betweencam tips cam tips cam 14 andcam tips cam 16, diminishes and goes to nil as tow T releases from the side of cam betweencam tips - In Fig. 3, the respective orientations and extends of dc1 through dc13 are shown. Comparison thereof with corresponding dP measurements will indicate further that stretching commences between dc3 and dc4 and is discontinued between dc12 and dc13. Thus, Fig. 3 depicts the zone of tow stretching under the influence of
cam tips cam tips cam tips 14b and 16b. Since all stretching operations are identical, lengths of stretched portions are uniform as are lengths of unstretched portions. - Referring to Fig. 4(g), the leading portion of tow T, i.e., closest to
cam tip 16a, is stretched, whereas the successive portion of tow T leading rearwardly tocam tip 14c is unstretched. The respective extents of such stretched and unstretched portions may be varied by variation of the geometric parameters shown in Fig. 2, i.e., α, θ, r1, r2 and a ratio S, defined as -
- Retension of tow on cam sides with dp―dc equal to I2, i.e., commencement of stretching, is noted to occur at about α=70°. Maximum stretching is noted between α=20° and α=10° and conclusion of stretching (release) is noted at about α=―1 1 °. With the foregoing parameters, the respective lengths of stretch and successive unstretched tow portions are 11.4 mm and 13.6 mm. This data is included in the table below as Example 1. In Examples 2 and 3, 0 is increased successively with other parameters as in Example 1. These practices give successively increased measures of stretched lengths and corresponding decreased measures of unstretched lengths. In Example 4, the Example 2 parameter values apply, except that I1 and f are decreased. As compared with Example 2 results, the Example 4 practice decreases stretched length and increases unstretched length. In Example 5, all Example 2 parameter values apply except S is decreased, with consequent increase in stretched length and decrease in unstretched length from that of Example 2.
- Referring to Figs. 5-8, drive
shaft 52 hasgear 54 fixed thereto in engagement with idler gear 56 (Figs. 7, 8). Shaft 56a ofgear 56 hasgear support brackets bracket 60 supportinggear 62. Shaft 62a ofgear 62drives shaft 64 throughcoupler 66,shaft 64 having uppertriangular cam 68 releasably secured thereto by fitting 70 for purposes discussed below. - At its end opposite
gear 54,drive shaft 52 hasgear 72 fixed thereto in engagement withgear 74.Gear 74 is secured toshaft 76 which supports lower triangular cam 78. Asdrive shaft 52 is driven counterclockwise (Fig. 5),gear 72 imparts clockwise rotation to gear 74 and hence lower cam 78. Conversely, gears 54, 56 and 62 impart counterclockwise rotation toupper cam 68. - For purposes of varying the spacing between
cams 78 and 68, the fittings onidler gear shaft 56a are released andbracket 60 is rotated with respect tobracket 58. This action displacesgear 62 andcam 68,coupler 66 being likewise displaced inhousing tracks 80a and 80b into new position. On desired spacing of the cams, theshaft 56a fittings are again secured. At this juncture, fitting 70 is released andcam 68 rotated onshaft 64 to reassume its desired orientation angle. -
Gear 82 is in engagement withgear 72 and is keyed toshaft 84 which supports outputprismatic shaft 86. Inputprismatic shaft 88 is rotated bygear 72 throughintermediate gears gear 94 being keyed toshaft 96 supportingprismatic shaft 88. In this embodiment, the prismatic shafts have square cross-section and are rotated, by gear ratio selection at a rotational speed of three-quarters the rotational speed of the triangular cams. The extent of each flat face ofprismatic shaft 86 in its direction of rotation is equal to the length of the flat faces of triangular cam 78 in its direction of rotation. The extent of each flat face ofprismatic shaft 88 in its direction of rotation is equal to the length of the flat faces oftriangular cam 68 in its direction of rotation. The addition of the prismatic shafts to the stretching apparatus serves to maintain tension in tow T without further appreciably stretching it. - While the invention has been disclosed by way of particularly described practices and apparatus resulting in the provision of specifically structured articles of manufacture with or without additive material, the invention contemplates variation in such practices, apparatus and manufacture. Thus, modification of the particularly shown triangular cam version of the apparatus and accompanying practice can be undertaken providing stretched and non-stretched portions of filamentary material. Further, while the invention contemplates principally the addition of granular additive material in its cigarette filter aspects, any additive material may be used as desired. In respect of the general article of manufacture without additive material, the same lends itself to such practices as variable dye take-up in the production of novelty yarns and the like. Accordingly, it is to be appreciated that the particularly disclosed practices, apparatus and products are intended in a descriptive and not in a limiting sense. The true spirit and scope of the invention is set forth in the following claims.
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