EP0101271A1 - Appareil pour ouvrir et conditionner du tabac - Google Patents

Appareil pour ouvrir et conditionner du tabac Download PDF

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EP0101271A1
EP0101271A1 EP19830304545 EP83304545A EP0101271A1 EP 0101271 A1 EP0101271 A1 EP 0101271A1 EP 19830304545 EP19830304545 EP 19830304545 EP 83304545 A EP83304545 A EP 83304545A EP 0101271 A1 EP0101271 A1 EP 0101271A1
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Roger Bolt Spry
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B3/00—Preparing tobacco in the factory
    • A24B3/04—Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B3/00—Preparing tobacco in the factory
    • A24B3/06—Loosening tobacco leaves or cut tobacco

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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for splitting and preconditioning tobacco.
  • This initial conditioning is generally a batch process followed by line conditioning process, often a rotating cylinder.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a conditioning cylinder type, wherein the need for dry slicing the tobacco in a separate process is obviated.
  • an apparatus for opening and conditioning a bale or hogshead of laminations of tobacco comprising a cylinder rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis or an axis slightly inclined to the horizontal, a plenum chamber situated at the inlet end of said cylinder, means within said plenum chamber for splitting the tobacco placed within the plenum chamber, means for providing high humidity on said plenum chamber, and means for driving the tobacco through the plenum chamber and into the cylinder.
  • the means for splitting the tobacco may be in the form of a plurality of projections extending upwardly from the base of said plenum chamber disposed along axes which diverge in the direction of travel of the tobacco from the plenum chamber to the cylinder, said projections causing said tobacco to divide between laminations as the tobacco passes through the plenum chamber towards the cylinder.
  • the means for driving the tobacco through the plenum chamber may be in the form of a ram, conveyor belts or the projections which may comprise driven wheels of wedge-shaped radial section (throwing discus shaped wheels).
  • the compressed lamina case will be orientated such that the laminations are vertical and the case being fed into the process along its length.
  • the whole case will then be fed into the plenum chamber which is large enough to take the whole case.
  • a rotary conditioning'cylinder 10 is located in a housing 10A which is mounted on a support 10B.
  • the cylinder 10 is mounted on rollers 11 carried on a support frame 12.
  • the axis of the cylinder is inclined to the horizontal whereby the tobacco travels along the cylinder as it tumbles.
  • the cylinder is provided with known drive means (not shown), a fan 13 ( Figure 3) for recirculating the temperature controlled conditioning air and water sprays 14 controlled to feed water to the cylinder in an amount dependant upon the moisture content of the processed tobacco.
  • a platform 16 for supporting the case of tobacco inside the plenum chamber has a series of wedge form wheels 17 in the base of the support platform disposed along diverting axes 18 ( Figure 4). The number and size of the wheels are arranged so that when the whole case is fed into the plenum chamber, the wedge shaped wheels, which protrude through the support platform, cause the case to split and separate vertically along appropriate lines of lamination. Thus the case is split, but fully contained in the plenum chamber in the moist warm conditioned air environment.
  • the compressed case C of laminae vertically disposed is fed into the plenum chamber at which time the case is split. Feed from the plenum chamber is effected by a conveyor belt 22 and a ram 23 into the cylinder whereupon the case cascades through the diverging concentric rings 19 with internal pins 20. It is during this period that the case substantially reduces to the constituent parts of laminae.
  • the discharge rate of the case through the cylinder is controlled by the annular weir. The water sprays dose the product at this time to ensure the desired exit product moisture content.
  • the apparatus may have provision for feeding parts of the case that have been split in the plenum chamber. This feature is used on low flow rate applications.
  • Figure 1 shows a conveyor 22A for feeding a case forwards followed by a ram 23A for feeding it laterally, a conveyor 23B for feeding it again forwards, the conveyor 23B being vertically movable to bring the case level with the conveyor 22.
  • the splicing wheels have been replaced by a pronged separator 30 (shown in plan view in Figure 7a) arranged to reciprocate in horizontal planes and descend as the slices of tobacco are removed.
  • a front stop 31 for the tobacco bale also descends in timed relationship with the separator 30. Processing air enters through opening 32.
  • the arrangement in Figure 8 shows a platform 35 raised by a lifting mechanism indexed upwardly (not shown), and a tined stripping band 36 within the plenum chamber for continuously removing the layers of tobacco and driving them into the cylinder 10.
  • the tobacco may be loaded in a stationary platform and the stripping band indexed downwardly.
  • Figure 9 shows another form of reciprocating splitting ram 40 in the form of a bladed ram used in conjunction with a lifting platform 41 which is indexed upwardly.
  • the tobacco is loaded on a stationary platform and the splitting ram indexed downwardly.
  • the Figure 10 construction incorporates the use of splitting wheels 45 mounted on a frame (not shown) in such a manner that the wheels can be retraced downwardly.
  • the tobacco is fed into the plenum chamber 15 with the laminations transverse to the direction of movement of the tobacco into the cylinder.
  • a ram 46 drives the split tobacco incrementally.
  • the tobacco bales are driven towards the plenum chamber 15 in a continuous series by conveyors 51, 52 and mechanical slicing and feeding by blades 50 take place at the leading end of the bale.
  • the blades are driven by linkage (not shown) each travelling along a triangular path, although a rectangular path is possible.

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EP19830304545 1982-08-18 1983-08-05 Appareil pour ouvrir et conditionner du tabac Withdrawn EP0101271A1 (fr)

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EP0159836A1 (fr) * 1984-04-02 1985-10-30 W.H. Dickinson Engineering Limited Conditionnement de balles de tabac découpée en tranches
WO1990013231A1 (fr) * 1989-05-04 1990-11-15 Gbe International Plc Ameliorations relatives a un appareil de conditionnement du tabac
WO1991000029A1 (fr) * 1989-06-23 1991-01-10 The Cardwell Machine Company (Uk) Limited Coupe en tranches de blocs comprimes
GB2246279A (en) * 1990-07-28 1992-01-29 Koerber Ag Method of and apparatus for breaking up bales of condensed tobacco
EP0513447A1 (fr) * 1991-05-13 1992-11-19 W.H. Dickinson Engineering Limited Conditionnement de balles de tabac découpées en tranches
US6334447B1 (en) 1997-09-30 2002-01-01 Universal Leaf Tobacco Co., Inc. Tobacco bale slicing apparatus and method
CN102894460A (zh) * 2012-10-23 2013-01-30 广东中烟工业有限责任公司梅州卷烟厂 可防漏料的烟叶松散回潮机出料结构
DE102012207531A1 (de) 2012-05-07 2013-11-07 Hauni Maschinenbau Ag Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Lösen, Konditionieren und Soßieren von Tabak
CN104997148A (zh) * 2015-07-17 2015-10-28 智思控股集团有限公司 烟包增压回潮方法及烟包增压回潮设备
WO2023191744A1 (fr) * 2022-03-31 2023-10-05 Adeba Mühendi̇sli̇k Danişmanlik Halkla İli̇şki̇ler İnşaat Sanayi̇ Ve Ti̇caret Anoni̇m Şi̇rketi̇ Système à fonctionnalité robotique pour un processus de division d'un ballot de tabac comprimé et emballé à l'intérieur de son boîtier d'origine en 2 morceaux ou plus

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GB1364839A (en) * 1970-07-29 1974-08-29 Dickinson Eng Ltd W H Treatment od tobacco
US4102349A (en) * 1976-07-15 1978-07-25 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Method and apparatus for moisturizing tobacco stems
GB2007962A (en) * 1977-10-18 1979-05-31 Rothmans Of Pall Mall Moistening and opening tobacco bales
WO1979000800A1 (fr) * 1978-03-20 1979-10-18 Wolverine Corp Traitement a la vapeur
GB2047070A (en) * 1979-03-05 1980-11-26 Rothmans Of Pall Mall Tobacco moistening and opening apparatus
WO1982002324A1 (fr) * 1981-01-15 1982-07-22 Neville Richard Ernest Gartside Appareil d'ouverture et de conditionnement du tabac

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GB1364839A (en) * 1970-07-29 1974-08-29 Dickinson Eng Ltd W H Treatment od tobacco
US4102349A (en) * 1976-07-15 1978-07-25 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Method and apparatus for moisturizing tobacco stems
GB2007962A (en) * 1977-10-18 1979-05-31 Rothmans Of Pall Mall Moistening and opening tobacco bales
WO1979000800A1 (fr) * 1978-03-20 1979-10-18 Wolverine Corp Traitement a la vapeur
GB2047070A (en) * 1979-03-05 1980-11-26 Rothmans Of Pall Mall Tobacco moistening and opening apparatus
WO1982002324A1 (fr) * 1981-01-15 1982-07-22 Neville Richard Ernest Gartside Appareil d'ouverture et de conditionnement du tabac

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0159836A1 (fr) * 1984-04-02 1985-10-30 W.H. Dickinson Engineering Limited Conditionnement de balles de tabac découpée en tranches
US4733676A (en) * 1984-04-02 1988-03-29 W. H. Dickinson Engineering Limited Sliced bale conditioning
WO1990013231A1 (fr) * 1989-05-04 1990-11-15 Gbe International Plc Ameliorations relatives a un appareil de conditionnement du tabac
US5117844A (en) * 1989-05-04 1992-06-02 Gbe International Plc Apparatus for treating tobacco
WO1991000029A1 (fr) * 1989-06-23 1991-01-10 The Cardwell Machine Company (Uk) Limited Coupe en tranches de blocs comprimes
GB2246279A (en) * 1990-07-28 1992-01-29 Koerber Ag Method of and apparatus for breaking up bales of condensed tobacco
GB2246279B (en) * 1990-07-28 1994-12-14 Koerber Ag Method of and apparatus for breaking up bales of condensed tobacco
US5193556A (en) * 1990-07-28 1993-03-16 Korber Ag Method of and apparatus for breaking up bales of condensed tobacco
US5240013A (en) * 1991-05-13 1993-08-31 W. H. Dickinson Engineering Limited Relating to sliced bale conditioning
EP0513447A1 (fr) * 1991-05-13 1992-11-19 W.H. Dickinson Engineering Limited Conditionnement de balles de tabac découpées en tranches
US6334447B1 (en) 1997-09-30 2002-01-01 Universal Leaf Tobacco Co., Inc. Tobacco bale slicing apparatus and method
US6446633B2 (en) 1997-09-30 2002-09-10 Universal Leaf Tobacco Co., Inc. Tobacco bale slicing apparatus and method
DE102012207531A1 (de) 2012-05-07 2013-11-07 Hauni Maschinenbau Ag Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Lösen, Konditionieren und Soßieren von Tabak
WO2013167237A1 (fr) 2012-05-07 2013-11-14 Hauni Maschinenbau Ag Procédé et dispositif pour desserrer, conditionner et saucer du tabac
CN102894460A (zh) * 2012-10-23 2013-01-30 广东中烟工业有限责任公司梅州卷烟厂 可防漏料的烟叶松散回潮机出料结构
CN102894460B (zh) * 2012-10-23 2014-11-26 广东中烟工业有限责任公司梅州卷烟厂 可防漏料的烟叶松散回潮机出料结构
CN104997148A (zh) * 2015-07-17 2015-10-28 智思控股集团有限公司 烟包增压回潮方法及烟包增压回潮设备
WO2023191744A1 (fr) * 2022-03-31 2023-10-05 Adeba Mühendi̇sli̇k Danişmanlik Halkla İli̇şki̇ler İnşaat Sanayi̇ Ve Ti̇caret Anoni̇m Şi̇rketi̇ Système à fonctionnalité robotique pour un processus de division d'un ballot de tabac comprimé et emballé à l'intérieur de son boîtier d'origine en 2 morceaux ou plus

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