EP0178605B1 - Méthode pour l'autofabrication de cigarettes par le consommateur - Google Patents

Méthode pour l'autofabrication de cigarettes par le consommateur Download PDF

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EP0178605B1
EP0178605B1 EP85112923A EP85112923A EP0178605B1 EP 0178605 B1 EP0178605 B1 EP 0178605B1 EP 85112923 A EP85112923 A EP 85112923A EP 85112923 A EP85112923 A EP 85112923A EP 0178605 B1 EP0178605 B1 EP 0178605B1
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    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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  • the invention relates generally to the self-manufacture of cigarettes by the consumer.
  • the system is assigned a piston which is adapted to the inside diameter of the strand casing;
  • the prefabricated cigarette tobacco cartridge is inserted in the axial direction into the sleeve section of the filter cigarette sleeve until it abuts against the filter section, and then the associated, adjusted piston is inserted at the outer protruding end of the tobacco cartridge and with it the tobacco filling by axial ejection from the prefabricated casing transferred into the sleeve portion of the filter cigarette tube.
  • the wrapped tobacco rod (“cigarette tobacco cartridge”) manufactured as an industrial prefabricated product is not designed to be smokable as such;
  • the strand casing can be made of a non-(or only with difficulty) flammable material (for example a thin metal foil) and / or be provided with a perforation;
  • the strand casing can be made of a material which is combustible per se, for example a plastic film, or also of a (possibly metal-clad) paper of sufficient strength and rigidity.
  • the formation of the prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod with a rod casing made of a sufficiently strong and inherently rigid (and possibly perforated) material as such a non-smokable prefabricated product has, in addition to the function-related aspects (easy insertion of the cartridge into the cigarette paper tube and sufficient resistance to the stresses during ejection) the tobacco rod filling in the cigarette tube) the further advantage that the sol The non-smokable prefabricated product is subject to a lower tax burden in most countries than a manufactured cigarette.
  • the prefabricated product in the form of the prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod (cigarette tobacco cartridge) is inexpensive to manufacture industrially by largely adapting to the sophisticated cigarette manufacturing technology.
  • This transfer by an ejection process also has certain restrictive conditions associated with the strand casing of the prefabricated product; On the one hand, this must be easy to slide so that it can be inserted into the cigarette paper tube as tightly as possible; it should have a certain, not too low inherent stiffness and must have sufficient tensile strength to withstand the stresses in the axial transfer of the tobacco filling into the cigarette paper tube. For this reason, a stiffer and sufficiently tensile material, for example in the form of a metal-laminated paper composite material, is provided for the strand casing in the practical embodiment of the known system, which requires certain interventions in the manufacture, which is largely taken over by the highly developed industrial cigarette manufacture.
  • this is whole prefabricated product consisting of flammable and smokable material (cigarette tobacco cartridge) is inserted directly into a cigarette paper tube or wrapped and glued with a rolling paper, so that the self-production of the cigarette by the consumer should be completed.
  • a usable, conventionally smokable cigarette cannot be obtained in this way, since the full encapsulation of the tobacco rod by the cigarette paper sleeve, which is required for normal cigarette wearability, cannot be achieved in this way, but instead troublesome secondary air ducts occur.
  • this applies for the same reason as set out above for NL-A 6 703 935.
  • the outer wrapper is formed by a conventional prefabricated cigarette paper sleeve, into which the prefabricated cigarette tobacco cartridge is inserted, this secondary air problem is rather more serious.
  • the tobacco cartridge In order to be able to easily insert and insert the tobacco cartridge into the cigarette paper tube made of conventional thin cigarette paper easily, the tobacco cartridge must have a slightly, but clearly smaller outside diameter than the inside diameter of the cigarette paper tube.
  • EP-A 155514 provides for the practical version to produce the tobacco cartridge with a slightly larger outside diameter than the inside diameter of the cigarette paper tube and to insert the tobacco cartridge into the cigarette paper tube by applying radial pressure with local compression, using a special device in the form of an insertion funnel, which is provided with slitting knives for tearing open the strand casing during insertion, in order to receive the tobacco filling after it has passed through the To ensure constriction and exit from the funnel approach to achieve a full system against the inner wall of the cigarette paper tube.
  • the invention thus relates generally to a system for the self-production of cigarettes, starting from the prior art represented by DE-U 8309186 (Liebich), NL-A 6 703 935 (Velasquez Nederland) and EP-A 155514 (EFKA) by the consumer using a non-smokable prefabricated product ("cigarette tobacco cartridge") in the form of a prefabricated and encased or encased tobacco rod made from a strand sleeve with the diameter of the cigarette paper tube of the finished cigarette and a rod-like tobacco filling corresponding to a respective cigarette portion.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a system of this type, which - while maintaining the described basic advantages of this self-manufacture of cigarettes using a prefabricated, wrapped tobacco rod as an industrial prefabricated product - is even easier and more reliable in use for the consumer and in which in particular, the problems in connection with the transfer of the tobacco filling into the cigarette paper tube of the finished cigarette are avoided or largely reduced and a snug fit of the tobacco cartridge or tobacco filling against the outer wrapping of the finished cigarette is avoided in a simple manner while avoiding disturbing secondary air ducts.
  • a first basic embodiment of the invention is based on a system of the type mentioned above in training in accordance with EP-A 155 514, in which the strand casing consists of a combustible and smokable material, in particular a thin cigarette paper, the non-smokability of the prefabricated product is ensured by perforation of the extrudate, the prefabricated product is designed with a slightly smaller diameter than the cigarette paper tube of the finished cigarette and the extruded product remains in the cigarette paper tube after the introduction of the prefabricated product and forms the wrapper of the finished cigarette with it;
  • the prefabricated product by forming the perforation of the strand casing as a linear arrangement of closely adjacent perforation openings with a slight subsequent variability of its diameter by the loading user is trained;
  • the perforation of the strand casing is designed as a screw or spiral line extending over the axial length of
  • the handling of this system according to the invention is very simple for the consumer, since there is no physical axial transfer of the tobacco filling from the strand casing into the cigarette paper casing.
  • the prefabricated product only needs to be inserted by the user into the sleeve section of the associated filter cigarette tube, the slight variability in diameter of the prefabricated product making the insertion process easier on the one hand and, on the other hand, in the pushed-in state, a snug fit of the strand casing of the tobacco cartridge against the inside of the outer cigarette paper sleeve can be reached, such that the perforation openings of the strand casing are sealed and the previously non-smokable prefabricated product is converted into the smokable end product.
  • the configuration of the perforation as a linear arrangement extending over the axial length of the tobacco cartridge, preferably as a screw or helix line, enables - in conjunction with the thinness of the strand casing material - the diameter variability in a simple manner; in the preferred embodiment of the perforation line as a screw or helix line, the change in diameter in both directions (reduction and enlargement) can be achieved in a simple manner by correspondingly twisting the wrapped tobacco rod in or against the direction of rotation of the perforation helix line.
  • the strand casing consists of a combustible and physiologically tolerable smokable material, in particular of a cigarette paper
  • the strand casing can remain in the finished cigarette as a usable component and a transfer of the tobacco filling into the cigarette paper casing of the finished cigarette is unnecessary.
  • the casing which is not subject to increased stress due to an (axial) transfer of the tobacco rod, can consist of a relatively thin cigarette paper;
  • the double-walled encapsulation of the finished cigarette consisting of the outer cigarette paper tube and the strand envelope of the prefabricated product, can essentially be the cigarette paper tube in terms of total paper weight and physiological and flavorful calorific values the usual ready-made cigarette.
  • the execution of the strand envelope from a (thin) cigarette paper has the advantage of a further adaptation to the conditions of the usual industrial finished cigarette production, in such a way that its highly developed manufacturing technology can largely be taken over for the production of the preliminary product.
  • a "tapering" of the prefabricated product can be provided by a slight conical inward flanging of the strand tube at the end face of the introduction, this "tapering" in a simple manner by the consumer through an appropriate one integrated with the packaging container Screwing in or in a correspondingly marked corner of the hinged lid of the packaging can be made.
  • the system is also suitable for use in connection with self-rolling cigarette paper as the outer cigarette paper tube of the finished cigarette, the prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod simply being wrapped with a cigarette paper of a known type, preferably in a thinner design, and the cigarette paper is glued in the usual way.
  • the system according to the invention allows a basic design in the simplest possible way, starting from an industrially prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod as a prefabricated product, for the self-manufacture of a cigarette which, in terms of shape retention, strength, uniformity of the filling level, smokability and general appearance, is the usual industrially manufactured one Ready made cigarettes is fully equivalent.
  • the cigarette manufactured by the user Since the industrially prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod is maintained unchanged in this basic version in the final cigarette manufactured by the user, in particular no transfer of the tobacco filling in the axial direction out of the casing into the cigarette tube is necessary, the cigarette manufactured by the user has the same tobacco filling high quality like the prefabricated product, which can be optimally adjusted under the precisely controllable conditions of the mature industrial production.
  • no additional equipment or Aid is required in such a way that the cigarette can be made from the two components - prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod and filter sleeve - at any time and at any point.
  • the strand casing of the prefabricated, covered or coated tobacco rod is designed with a tab or tab section projecting outward from the closed circumference, that the filter cigarette sleeve is at least over its sleeve section is unglued with an axial longitudinal slot, from which one edge protrudes outwards as an adhesive edge, and that, as a tool for self-manufacturing the cigarette from the wrapped tobacco rod and the filter cigarette tube, a tube with a longitudinal slot made of a resiliently flexible material is assigned to it axial length substantially corresponds to the length of the wrapped tobacco rod and the sleeve section of the filter cigarette sleeve.
  • the process for self-manufacturing the cigarette using this basic embodiment of the invention comprises the following process steps: the prefabricated wrapped or coated tobacco rod is inserted in the sleeve section of the filter cigarette sleeve in the axial direction in such a way that the flap or tab section of the prefabricated product passes through the longitudinal slot of the Is the sleeve section of the cigarette filter sleeve to the outside, the cigarette filter sleeve with the prefabricated product inserted into it is inserted into the slotted tube in the axial direction in such a way that the tab or tab section protruding from the circumference of the strand casing of the prefabricated product through the slot in the sleeve section of the cigarette filter sleeve and the circumference of the cigarette filter sleeve sticking outward sticking out of the sleeve portion of the cigarette filter sleeve protrude outward through the longitudinal slot of the slotted tube, the insertion in the axial direction taking place so far that the pre
  • a high-quality cigarette which is equivalent in all respects to the industrially manufactured ready-made cigarettes, can be produced in a very simple manner, starting from the industrially prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod, in accordance with the basic concept of the invention without an axial one Transfer of the tobacco filling from the strand casing in such a way that the tobacco strand remains unchanged in its plumpness and consistency compared to the state during the industrial manufacture of the prefabricated product.
  • the slotted tube required for self-production by the user in this basic version represents a very simple tool, which is also largely adapted in shape and size to the prefabricated product or the cigarette tube that is matched to it, and is therefore well suited for packing in an appropriate packaging container.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic view of the essential components of such an embodiment of the system according to the invention, which comprises a wrapped tobacco rod industrially manufactured as a prefabricated product (denoted as a whole by 1 in Fig. 1) in association with a filter sleeve denoted as a whole by 2 in a conventional manner includes.
  • the prefabricated product 1 consists of a strand casing 3 with a strand-like tobacco filling 4 (introduced by the manufacturer).
  • the prefabricated product 1 has an axial length L s , which is preferably somewhat greater than the axial length L H of the hollow part 5 of the filter sleeve 2, ie without the usual filter part 6 of the filter sleeve 2.
  • the strand casing 3 consists of a combustible material which can also be smoked from a health and taste point of view, preferably a high-quality cigarette paper of the usual type with the lowest possible thickness.
  • the cigarette paper used for the extrudate 3 or other material which is equivalent in terms of its physical, physiological and flavorful flammability and smokability properties is preferably chosen to be as thin as possible, i.e. H. that - taking into account its strength values - it is just enough to enclose the tobacco rod in a durable manner.
  • An increased tensile strength as is required in the known systems with axial transfer of the tobacco rod from the rod casing into the cigarette tube, is not required here.
  • the filter sleeve 2 can in principle be filter sleeves of conventional, conventional type.
  • the paper thickness for the sleeve part 5 of the filter sleeve of the system according to the invention is preferably chosen to be less than that of conventional sleeves; it also applies here that in the system according to the invention the sleeve is not subject to increased tensile stresses due to the axial transfer of the tobacco rod into the sleeve; the only requirement is sufficient stability of the sleeve during the initial introduction of the wrapped tobacco rod.
  • the filter sleeve and the strand sleeve of the system according to the invention together approximately correspond to the thickness (paper weight) of the cigarette paper of a conventional industrially produced cigarette or a conventional filter sleeve customary for self-tampering.
  • the strand casing 3 of the wrapped tobacco rod 1 industrially prefabricated is provided with a perforation 7.
  • the perforation in the system according to the invention serves at the same time, in conjunction with the particularly thin material thickness of the material mentioned above the casing 3, to achieve a certain variability in the diameter of the wrapped tobacco rod 1 by the user (cigarette maker).
  • the perforation 7 is designed in a special way, namely in the form of a helical or screw line extending over the axial length of the strand casing.
  • the perforation 7 is formed as a right-handed screw or spiral line, as seen in the direction of arrow S when the wrapped tobacco rod 1 is later introduced into the associated filter sleeve 2.
  • the perforation could of course also be designed as a left-handed screw line.
  • the “pitch” of the screw line ie the number of turns that make up the entire axial length L s of the strand casing, is not subject to any narrow limits; in principle, the design in the form of a perforation line with only one turn over the axial length of the strand casing, in conjunction with a correspondingly thin material thickness of the strand casing, can ensure sufficient variability in diameter.
  • the perforation line is preferably formed with a plurality of turns over the aixal length L s of the strand casing.
  • a plurality of helical perforation lines can optionally also be provided, these preferably all being designed in the same direction (ie either clockwise or counterclockwise) are. Possibly.
  • the individual screw lines can also be formed in the opposite direction of rotation, but preferably a predominant number of the screw lines are formed in a uniform direction of rotation (clockwise or counterclockwise).
  • the preferred attachment of the perforations in the form of one (or more) screw or spiral lines in the manner of the screw line 7 in FIG. 1 brings about the advantage of a certain diameter variability by the user in FIG. 1, which is explained in more detail below in connection with the description of the manufacture of the cigarette itself both directions, ie in the direction of a reduction (slimming) and enlargement (thickening) of the strand diameter.
  • the invention is not limited to the preferred attachment of the perforations in the form of a helix.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates - in the form of a schematic detail external view - the perforation when performing the perforation in the form of a (screw) line.
  • the individual perforation holes are relatively close to one another through the strand cover, a lower limit for the hole spacing being set by ensuring sufficient durability of the strand cover.
  • any tearing of the strand casing during or after insertion into the filter sleeve does not impair the function of the system according to the invention, since in the finished product the strand casing is still affected by the outside Filter sleeve is surrounded.
  • FIG. 3a shows again in a schematic side view the wrapped tobacco rod, which is present as an industrially manufactured prefabricated product, as the one essential component of the system according to the invention.
  • This wrapped tobacco rod is produced on the production side with a diameter d 1 that is slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the filter sleeve 5.
  • 3b illustrates the state at the beginning of the self-manufacture of the cigarette, the wrapped tobacco rod 1 being inserted a little into the open end face 8 of the filter sleeve 5.
  • the diameter of the tobacco rod can be slightly reduced to a value d 2 before or during the insertion, in that the tobacco rod is twisted slightly in the direction of rotation corresponding to the direction of rotation of the screw line, that is to say in the representation in FIG clockwise with respect to the direction of insertion (arrow S), according to the rotation arrow D.
  • the end of the wrapped tobacco rod inserted (or to be inserted) into the casing 5 can be held and at the opposite (upper) end in the direction of rotation mentioned, a slight one according to the arrow D.
  • 3c illustrates the state in which the wrapped tobacco rod 1 has already been largely pushed into the filter sleeve 5 and only protrudes with a small piece at the upper end of the filter sleeve.
  • the diameter of the wrapped tobacco rod can be increased slightly (cf. d 3 in FIG. 3c) in such a way that the tobacco rod, which expands slightly radially in accordance with the diameter thickening, presses the outside of the strand casing 3 against the inner wall of the filter sleeve 5 with its abutment.
  • the prefabricated, tobacco rod denoted as a whole by 41
  • a strand casing 43 of a thin, smokable and combustible dimension material such as a special cigarette paper
  • a filter cigarette tube designated as a whole by 42, which is not glued at least in its tube section 45
  • the one protruding longitudinal edge 48 is provided with a rubber coating 49 for subsequent gluing of the cigarette tube (in FIG.
  • the wrapped tobacco rod 41 is inserted in the direction of arrow S into the case section 45, this introduction being due to the initially unglued open design the sleeve 45 has a particularly simple design; in the fully inserted state of the prefabricated product 41 in the sleeve section 45, the latter is then tightly wound in a manner known per se from the self-rotating manner around the strand casing 43 of the prefabricated product 41 by the protruding adhesive edge 48, 49 in the direction the arrow is folded over onto the opposite longitudinal edge 50 and glued to it; in the glued state, the cigarette tube 45 tightly encloses the strand tube 43 of the prefabricated product 41, so that no false air can be drawn when smoking; a diameter variability of the prefabricated product 41 is not required in this embodiment, and accordingly the perforation 47 of the prefabricated product can be designed in the manner shown as a perforation line along a surface line or in any other manner.
  • the tobacco rod 1 In order to facilitate the initial introduction of the wrapped tobacco rod 1 into the open end face 8 of the sleeve section 5 of the filter sleeve 2, provision can be made for the tobacco rod 1 to be “pointed” at its introducer 10 (see FIG. 4), ie. H. the strand casing 3 at the introducer 10 is slightly conical inward, as indicated at 11 in Fig. 4.
  • This sharpening can possibly already be carried out by the manufacturer, but according to a preferred embodiment of the system according to the invention can also be carried out in a simple manner by the user, namely with the aid of an embodiment integrated with the packaging of the manufactured manufactured tobacco strands 1, as illustrated in FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 1 shows a possible embodiment of this in perspective.
  • the manufactured manufactured tobacco strands 1 are, as said, preferably - similar to ready-made cigarettes of the usual type - supplied in packaging in a packaging container 12 which, for example, corresponds to a conventional cigarette packet and which, in the exemplary embodiment shown, comprises the lower part 13 which receives the wrapped tobacco strands 1 over the main part of its length and a foldable cover part 14.
  • a cup-shaped depression 16 is formed with a side surface 17 which is basically conical; this “pointed” recess 16 is illustrated in FIGS. 6a and 6b in a partial sectional and partial plan view.
  • the same effect can be achieved in an even simpler manner by correspondingly “screwing in” a wrapped tobacco rod 1 into one of the corners of the container lid 14 that are exposed when the hinged lid 14 is in the folded state.
  • one of the corners of the hinged lid 14, for example the corner visible at the top right in FIG. 5, can be marked accordingly by the manufacturer, for example with a color dot 18 and corresponding lettering.
  • the system according to the invention in accordance with the one basic embodiment described above therefore allows, in the simplest possible way, starting from an industrially prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod as a prefabricated product, the self-manufacture of a cigarette which, in terms of shape retention, strength, uniformity of filling level, smokability and general appearance, is the usual industrial manufactured cigarettes is fully equivalent.
  • the industrially prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod 1 is maintained unchanged in this basic embodiment of the system according to the invention in the final cigarette manufactured by the user himself, in particular no transfer of the tobacco filling of the wrapped tobacco rod in the axial direction out of the wrapper into a cigarette tube is required, this indicates by the user himself manufactured the cigarette with the same high quality as the prefabricated product, which can be optimally adjusted under the precisely controllable conditions of the mature industrial production.
  • the user does not need any device-related aids, so that the self-manufacture of the cigarette from the two components - prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod 1 and filter sleeve 2 - is generally possible at any time and at any place.
  • the wrapped tobacco strands 1 and the associated, specially matched filter tubes are preferably available in coordinated packages in the form of conventional cigarette packs and filter tube packs that can be easily carried by the user.
  • the user producing the stock, such that, for example, several or all of the wrapped tobacco strands of a package are processed with the corresponding assigned filter sleeves and by the user in self-disclosure Completed cigarettes can be carried in one of the two packs (strand pack or cigarette tube pack) as in conventional cigarette packs.
  • a wrapped tobacco rod 1 of the same type as in Fig. 1 is illustrated, i.e. from a strand-like tobacco filling 4 in a thin casing 3 made of fine thin cigarette paper wrapped tightly with a cigarette paper 19 in a conventional manner and the cigarette paper 19 glued in the usual way.
  • the wrapped tobacco rod 1 is in turn provided with perforation 7 such that it is non-smoking as such. Since the variability of the strand casing diameter does not play an important role in this type of use for self-turning, the perforation could in principle be designed here in any manner. Appropriately, however, it is also in the screw or spiral line shape described for the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 6, in order to be able to operate the same wrapped tobacco rod prefabricated product "stopper" and "lathe operator".
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 Another basic embodiment of a system according to the invention for self-manufacturing cigarettes using a prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod is illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9.
  • this embodiment too in accordance with the basic concept of the present invention - no axial transfer of the tobacco filling from the prefabricated product (wrapped tobacco rod) into the cigarette tube (or the self-rolling cigarette paper) is required.
  • the wrapped tobacco rod 20 in turn consists of a strand casing 21 and a tobacco rod 22 enclosed by it.
  • the strand casing settles in the embodiment according to FIGS. 8 and 9 21 a little further via the adhesive or weld seam 23 running in the axial direction, as a result of which a tab or tab 24 protruding somewhat from the circumference of the wrapped tobacco rod is formed.
  • the wrapped tobacco rod 20 as a whole is in turn non-smokable and need not be flammable; the non-smokability of the wrapped tobacco rod as such can be ensured either by choosing an appropriate incombustible or hardly combustible material for the strand wrapper 21 and / or by perforation.
  • the strand casing 21 could, for example, consist of a plastic film material, a metal foil or a paper laminated with metal, possibly also of a combustible material, possibly even of a cigarette paper, but the strand casing material has sufficient strength for subsequent removal from it Tobacco rod in the manner further described with reference to FIG. 9.
  • the cigarette filter sleeve 25 which is a further component of the system in accordance with this basic design and is of a different type, has a filter section 26 of a conventional type and a sleeve section 27 which is provided with a slot 28 over its axial length by the one longitudinal edge 29 of the filter paper is provided with rubber coating, but is not glued to the opposite edge 30 of the paper. 8b, the slot 28 extends only over the axial length corresponding to the sleeve section 27 of the filter sleeve 25; however, the paper wrapping of the filter piece 26 could also be unglued in a continuation of the slot 28 and be formed with a raised rubber portion corresponding to the raised rubber edge 29 of the sleeve.
  • this other embodiment of the system according to the invention has a tube, illustrated as a whole with 31 in FIG. 8c, made of a flexible, preferably a flexible, resilient material such as cardboard, plastic or metal, the diameter of which is somewhat larger than the filter sleeve, and its axial length is somewhat larger than the sleeve section 27 of the cigarette filter sleeve 25, but is preferably somewhat smaller than the overall axial length of the cigarette filter sleeve 25, such that in the inserted state of the cigarette filter sleeve (with the wrapped tobacco rod previously inserted into it, see below) over the entire length of the tube 31, but the filter section 26 of the filter sleeve protrudes at one end of the tube 31.
  • a tube illustrated as a whole with 31 in FIG. 8c, made of a flexible, preferably a flexible, resilient material such as cardboard, plastic or metal, the diameter of which is somewhat larger than the filter sleeve, and its axial length is somewhat larger than the sleeve section 27
  • the tube 31 is provided with a slot 32 over its entire axial length; the opposing longitudinal edges 33, 34 forming the slot 32 are slightly bent outwards and rounded (see also the illustration on an enlarged scale in FIG. 9) in order to ensure a smooth functional sequence in the self-production of the cigarette described below.
  • This slotted tube 31 represents a very simple tool for the user when making the final cigarette himself; this simple tool is essential with the More complex equipment of the type of the previously known self-sacrificial or self-turning devices cannot be compared and has the advantage over the sliding piston used in the known system according to utility model G 8 309 186 that it has a shorter length, corresponding approximately to the length of the wrapped tobacco rods, so that this Slotted tube could be enclosed in a simple manner with a respective pack of wrapped tobacco strands and / or with an associated pack of filter cigarette tubes.
  • the coated tobacco rod 20 from FIG. 8a is first inserted into the tube section 27 of the filter cigarette tube 25 (from FIG. 8b) in such a way that the unglued tab 24 protruding from the circumference of the tube 20 protrudes through the slot 28 of the cigarette tube. Then the assembly consisting of cigarette filter sleeve 25 and the sheathed strand 22 inserted into it is inserted in the axial direction into the slotted tube 31 (FIG.
  • FIG. 9 This state of the filter sleeve inserted into the slotted tube, with the wrapped tobacco rod located thereon, is illustrated in greater detail in FIG. 9 in an enlarged cross-sectional view.
  • the following parts are present radially from the outside inwards: the whole is enclosed on the outside by the slotted tube 31, the slit edges 33, 34 of which, in the manner mentioned, slightly bent outwards and rounded form and limit the longitudinal slit 32.
  • the strand casing 21 of the prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod 20 with the inner tobacco filling 22 follows next.
  • the protruding tab 24 of the strand casing 21 stands out through the slot 28 of the sleeve section 27 and the slot 32 of the slotted tube 31 aligned therewith and covers with it its larger extent, the protruding adhesive edge 29, 35 of the sleeve 27.
  • the final completion of the cigarette from the state shown in FIG. 9 is carried out in the simplest manner by pulling on the protruding tab 24 of the strand casing in the direction of arrow Z; the adhesive or weld seam 23 of the industrially prefabricated tobacco rod 20 is set such that it comes loose under the action of the pull Z;
  • a predetermined tear point 37 can optionally be provided in the region of the adhesive or weld seam 23 in the lower layer of the strand casing. The strand casing thus separated can be completely pulled out of the slotted tube 31 through the slot 32 by further pulling on the tab 24.
  • the outwardly projecting adhesive rim 29 of the filter sleeve 27 is preferably pressed against the slot edge 33 of the tube 31 in order to hold the filter sleeve 27 in its circumferential position.
  • This locking of the filter sleeve 27 can also be brought about or additionally reinforced by pulling off the protruding flap 24 of the strand casing after loosening the adhesive or weld seam 23 in a more tangential direction, such that the protruding adhesive edge 29 of the casing 27 is peeled off by the one above Strand sleeve 21 pressed against the slot edge 33 of the slot tube and the sleeve 27 is thus fixed in its position in the tube 31.
  • the tobacco rod 22 After complete removal of the casing 21 through the pipe slot 32, the tobacco rod 22 now fills the sleeve portion 27 of the cigarette tube 25, this - in accordance with the basic idea of the present invention - without an axial transfer of the tobacco rod 22 from the casing 21 over the latter total axial length is reached.
  • the outwardly exposed adhesive application 35 of the protruding adhesive tape 29 of the filter sleeve 27 is now moistened and then the cigarette filter sleeve 25 on the filter section 26 protruding outward from the slotted tube 31 in the tube 31 in the direction of arrow U (ie clockwise in FIG. 9 ) twisted; the protruding adhesive edge 29 of the sleeve 27 is automatically drawn into the tube and folded over the opposite longitudinal edge 30 of the sleeve 27 and glued to it.
  • the filter sleeve 25 and its sleeve section 27 after the Pulling off the casing 24, 21 through the bulging tobacco filling 22 receives sufficient rigidity for the aforementioned relative rotation relative to the tube 31 for the final gluing process.
  • the filter sleeve 25 can also be held on the filter section 26 and the slotted tube 31 can be rotated in the opposite direction according to the arrow G, ie counterclockwise in FIG. 9, which also causes the protruding adhesive edge 35, 29 of the filter sleeve 27 onto the edge 30 the filter sleeve is folded down and glued to it.
  • the self-manufacture of a high-quality cigarette which is equivalent in all respects to the industrially manufactured ready-made cigarettes is possible in a very simple manner, starting from the industrially prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod, in accordance with the basic idea of the invention without an axial transfer the tobacco filling from the strand casing, such that the tobacco strand remains unchanged in its plumpness and consistency with respect to the state during the industrial manufacture of the prefabricated product.
  • the slotted tube required for in-house production by the user represents a very simple tool, which is also largely adapted in shape and dimension to the prefabricated product or the cigarette tube matched to it and is therefore well suited for packing.
  • this prefabricated product 20 could be used in a similar manner as this was explained in FIG. 7 for the prefabricated product 1 of the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 7, can also be used by self-movers in connection with a conventional cigarette paper for the manufacture of the cigarette.
  • the protruding tab 24 could be rolled into the outer cigarette paper.
  • the strand casing 52 of the prefabricated product designated as a whole by 51, to be made from a smokable cigarette paper of sufficient strength and tightness that it can serve as the sole, final cigarette tube;
  • the non-smokability of the prefabricated product 51 is ensured by a linear perforation 53 which is arranged in the axial direction in a region of the strand casing which is covered by the projecting tab 54 of the strand casing 52 when it is placed on the strand and is thus closed;
  • the flap 54 can simply be folded onto the strand (in the direction of the arrow T) and glued to the outside of the strand casing 52 by closing the perforation 53 by moistening the adhesive rubber 55, which is preferably provided on the edge of the flap 54, thereby making it extremely simple
  • the user can produce a high-quality cigarette from a pre-manufactured product that is not usable as such by "finish rolling".
  • FIG. 11 a shows the prefabrication 51 in an embodiment for producing a filterless cigarette.
  • the prefabricated product 56 illustrated in FIG. 11 b differs from that in FIG. 11 a only by the additionally provided filter section 57, such that after the flap 54 is folded over and glued under the perforation 53, a high-quality filter cigarette is again obtained in the simplest manner becomes.
  • the design of a prefabricated product 58 illustrated in FIG. 11 also serves to manufacture a filter cigarette and differs from the prefabricated product 56 shown in FIG. 11 b in that a firm, rigid, completely inseparable material strip 59 is provided on the edge * of the protruding flap 54 of the strand casing. which is connected to the tab 54 via a target tear point 80.
  • the inseparable grip strip 59 After covering the perforation by folding the flap 54 according to the arrow T and gluing, the inseparable grip strip 59, which facilitates handling, can then be torn off along the predetermined tear point
  • FIG. 12a again shows a schematic view of the industrially prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod, which is designated as a whole by 61.
  • the strand casing 62 is not overlapped and glued in the circumferential direction in this embodiment, rather the two ends of the strand casing protrude radially outwards from the circumferential point at which they meet and are glued together in the radially projecting part to form a sufficiently wide grip strip 63 .
  • a predetermined tear point 64 running in the axial longitudinal direction is provided, which is preferably designed at the same time as a perforation that supports the non-smoking of the prefabricated product 61.
  • the material of the strand casing 62 is selected such that the non-smoking property of the prefabricated product as such is guaranteed, possibly in conjunction with the perforation 64.
  • the prefabricated product 61 is assigned a filter cigarette tube, generally designated 65 as a whole, of a conventional type with filter portion 66 and tube portion 67 (made of cigarette paper).
  • Another associated component of this system is a thin-walled, somewhat flexible and flexible tube, which is designated as a whole by 68.
  • the tube has an axial longitudinal slot 69 on the main part of its longitudinal extent, in which a sliding piston 70 with an inner piston part 71 and an outer handle part 72 is longitudinally displaceable.
  • the tube is flanged at 73 to the outside or is otherwise designed to be non-slip.
  • the axial length of the prefabricated product 61 is slightly longer than the sleeve part 67 of the filter cigarette tube 65, the diameter of the prefabricated product 61 (without the grip tab 63) is matched to the diameter of the sleeve portion 67 and accordingly the diameter of the slotted tube 68 so that the prefabricated product with its
  • the strand body can be easily inserted into the tube, the tab 63 protruding outwards through the slot 69 for guidance;
  • the diameter of the tube 68 is in turn matched to the sleeve section 67 of the filter cigarette sleeve 65 so that the sleeve can be easily pushed onto the outside of the slotted tube, the insertion of the slotted tube into the open end of the sleeve portion 67 being facilitated, if necessary, by slightly squeezing the slotted tube becomes.
  • the prefabricated product 61 is inserted in the manner indicated in FIG. 12b in the direction of arrow I into the slotted tube 68 up to the stop against the sliding piston 70; in this state, the prefabrication 61 lies with its entire axial length in the slotted tube 68.
  • This state in cross-sectional view is illustrated in FIG. 12c.
  • the tab 63 protruding outwards through the slot 69 is then pulled outwards in the direction of the arrow II, expediently beginning at one axial end, such that the opposite desired rice point 64 of the strand casing tears open and the strand casing can be removed radially from the slot 69 ; the tobacco filling 74 of the prefabricated product now lies in the slotted tube 68 without a covering.
  • the sleeve 65 with its sleeve section 67 is pushed onto the slotted tube 68 in the direction of arrow II, the slotted tube being expediently compressed slightly at its slotted end to facilitate insertion.
  • the tube is now gripped and held at the handle end 73 and the tobacco filling located in the interior of the slotted tube 68 and freed from the strand casing by moving the sliding piston 70 in the direction of arrow IV into the cigarette paper sleeve 65, 67, which is successively moved from it Slit tube 68 is pushed and finally falls off as a bulging cigarette.
  • This last sub-process is similar to the self-filling of cigarette tubes known per se; in contrast to this, however, the user is able in a very simple manner to use the prefabricated wrapped tobacco rod 61 which can be inserted into the slotted tube and to pull off the tube casing 62, in a very simple manner to uniformly fill the sliding tube with a tobacco portion which corresponds exactly to one cigarette filling.
  • no axial ejection of the tobacco filling 74 from the strand casing 62 with the disadvantages mentioned (stress on the strand casing material and the resulting requirements for the formation of the strand casing) is necessary, rather the separation of the casing and tobacco filling takes place - similarly as in the embodiment according to FIGS.

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1. Système pour l'autofabrication de cigarettes par le consommateur avec utilisation d'une ébauche (1, fig.1 à 7; 41, fig. 10) non fumable comme telle en forme de rouleau de tabac entouré voire enveloppé préfabriqué industriellement, composé d'une enveloppe de rouleau (3, fig. 1 à 7; 43, fig.10) adaptée, quant à son diamètre, à la douille de papier à cigarettes (5, fig.1 à 3; 19, fig. 7; 42, fig. 10) de la cigarette terminée, réalisée en une matière combustible et fumable, en particulier un papier à cigarettes mince, avec une charge de tabac (4) en forme de rouleau, correspondant à une portion respective de cigarette, la non fumabilité de l'ébauche étant assurée par une perforation (7; 47) de l'enveloppe de rouleau, l'ébauche (1) étant conformée avec un diamètre (d1, fig. 3a) légèrement plus petit que la douille de papier à cigarettes (5) de la cigarette terminée et l'enveloppe de rouleau restant dans la douille de papier à cigarettes après introduction de l'ébauche dans celle-ci et constituant avec elle l'enveloppe de la cigarette confectionnée, caractérisé en ce que l'ébauche (1) est conformée de manière à permettre une légère variabilité ultérieure de son diamètre (d2 et d3, fig. 3b et 3c) par l'utilisateur par configuration de la perforation (7) de l'enveloppe de rouleau (3) en agencement linéaire d'orifices de perforation étroitement voisins.
2. Système selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la perforation de l'enveloppe de rouleau (3) est conformée à la manière d'une ligne spirale ou hélicoïdale (7) qui s'étend sur la longueur axiale de l'ébauche (1 ).
3. Système selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la perforation présente plusieurs lignes spirales ou hélicoïdales (7) de même sens.
4. Système selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes pour l'utilisation en combinaison avec du papier à cigarettes pour l'autorou- lage (19, fig. 7) en tant que douille de papier à cigarettes extérieure de la cigarette terminée.
5. Système selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la douille de papier à cigarettes (5, fig. 1 et 3; 19, fig.7) extérieure se compose de papier à cigarettes de moindre épaisseur que le papier à cigarettes de douilles à cigarettes courantes pour l'autobourrage ou que les papiers à cigarettes habituels pour l'autoroulage, de sorte que la somme des épaisseurs de papier de l'enveloppe de rouleau (3) et de la douille de papier à cigarettes (5 et 19) extérieure correspond pour l'essentiel à l'épaisseur de papier d'une douille traditionnelle de cigarettes ou d'un papier traditionnel à cigarettes.
6. Système selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'enveloppe de rouleau (3) est légèrement rabattue coniquement vers l'avant à une extrémité frontale (10, fig.4) du rouleau de tabac (1) préfabriqué entouré voire enveloppé servant à l'introduction.
7. Système selon la revendication 6 en association avec un paquet d'emballage (12, fig. 5) accueillant un nombre correspondant de rouleaux de tabac préfabriqués entourés voire enveloppés adéquatement conditionnés, caractérisé en ce que le paquet d'emballage (12) présente un moyen auxiliaire (16 ou 18, fig. 5) pour permettre à l'utilisateur de pratiquer le léger repli conique vers l'avant (11) de l'enveloppe de rouleau (3) à l'extrémité d'introduction (10) de l'ébauche.
8. Système selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce qu'un creux (16) en forme de pot avec paroi latérale (17) conique adapté au diamètre de l'ébauche (1) est moulé dans le paquet d'emballage (12).
9. Système selon la revendication 7 ou 8 en combinaison avec un paquet d'emballage (12) pourvu d'un couvercle rabattable (14, fig.5), caractérisé en ce qu'un des coins intérieurs (18) du couvercle rabattable (14) est marqué comme «zone de formage» pour le léger repli vers l'avant conique (11) de l'enveloppe de rouleau (3) à l'extrémité d'introduction (10) de l'ébauche par l'utilisateur.
10. Système selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes 1 à 9 en association avec une douille de cigarettes à filtre (42, fig. 10), dont la section de douille (45) forme la douille de papier à cigarettes de la cigarette terminée, caractérisé en ce que
- la douille de cigarettes bout filtre (42) présente, à l'état non collé, un bord (48) dépassant extérieurement en tant que bord collant (49) sur au moins sa section de douille (45), lequel est rabattu sur le bord (50) opposé de la douille de filtre et collé à celui-ci lors de l'introduction voire de l'engagement du rouleau de tabac (41) entouré préfabriqué, avec application serrée de la douille de papier à cigarettes (45) collée contre l'enveloppe de rouleau (43) de l'ébauche (41) gainée.
11. Système pour l'autofabrication de cigarettes par le consommateur avec utilisation d'une ébauche non fumable comme telle en forme de rouleau de tabac préfabriqué entouré voire enveloppé se composant d'une enveloppe de rouleau adaptée, quant à son diamètre, à la douille de papier à cigarettes de la cigarette terminée, avec une charge de tabac en forme de rouleau correspondant à une portion respective de cigarette, en association avec une douille de cigarette à filtre, dont la section de douille constitue la douille de papier à cigarettes, caractérisé en ce que
- l'enveloppe de rouleau (21, fig. 8, 9) du rouleau de tabac (21) préfabriqué entouré voire enveloppé présente une section en forme de languette ou de patte repliée (24) qui déborde extérieurement par rapport au pourtour fermé,
- la douille de cigarette à bout filtre (25) présente, à l'état non collé, une fente longitudinale (28) axiale au moins sur sa section de douille (27), dont dépasse vers l'extérieur un bord en tant que bord collant (29),
- et en ce qu'un tube (31) pourvu d'une fente longitudinale (32) en matière faisant ressort voire flexible, dont la longueur axiale correspond pour l'essentiel à la longueur du rouleau de tabac (20) entouré et de la section de douille (27) de la douille de cigarette à bout filtre (25) est associé en tant que moyen auxiliaire pour l'autofabrication de la cigarette à partir du rouleau de tabac (20) entouré et de la douille de cigarette à bout filtre (25).
12. Système selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que la section en forme de languette ou de patte repliée (24) qui dépasse du pourtour de l'enveloppe de rouleau (21) de l'ébauche (20) est réalisée d'une seule pièce avec l'enveloppe de rouleau (21) et s'étend en direction de l'extérieur à partir du joint collé ou soudé (23) de l'enveloppe de rouleau (21 ).
13. Système selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que l'enveloppe de rouleau (21) de l'ébauche (20) présente une zone de déchirure préférentielle (37) à proximité du joint collé ou soudé (23) dans la couche inférieure des deux couches de matière d'enveloppe de rouleau qui se chevauchent dans la région du joint collé ou soudé.
14. Système selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes 11 à 13, caractérisé en ce que l'enveloppe de rouleau (21) de l'ébauche (20) se compose d'une matière non combustible et/ ou non fumable.
15. Système selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes 11 à 14, caractérisé en ce que l'enveloppe de rouleau (21) de l'ébauche est munie d'une perforation (36) en vue d'assurer (complémentairement) la non fumabilité de l'ébauche.
16. Système selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 11 à 15, caractérisé en ce que le tube fendu (31 ) est légèrement plié vers l'extérieur et arrondi au niveau des arêtes longitudinales (33, 34) opposées de la fente.
17. Procédé pour l'autofabrication de cigarettes par le consommateur conformément au système selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 11 à 16, caractérisé par les démarches suivantes:
- le rouleau de tabac (20, fig. 8a) préfabriqué entouré voire enveloppé est introduit dans la section de douille (27) de la douille de cigarette à bout filtre (25, fig. 8b) dans le sens de l'axe de telle sorte que la section en forme de languette ou de patte repliée (24) de l'ébauche (20) dépasse vers l'extérieur par la fente longitudinale (28) de la section de douille (27) de la douille de filtre à cigarette (25),
- la douille de filtre à cigarette (25) est introduite, avec l'ébauche (20) qu'elle contient, dans le tube fendu (31) dans le sens axial, de telle manière que la section en forme de languette ou de patte repliée (24) qui dépasse du pourtour de l'enveloppe de rouleau (21) de l'ébauche (20) par la fente (28) de la section de douille (27) de la douille de filtre à cigarettes (25) de même que le bord collant (29) de la section de douille (27) de la douille de filtre à cigarettes (25) écartée vers l'extérieur par rapport au pourtour de la douille à cigarettes (27) dépassent vers l'extérieur par la fente longitudinale (32) du tube fendu (31), l'introduction se faisant si profondément dans le sens axial que l'ébauche (20), avec la douille de papier à cigarettes (27) qui l'entoure, sont emprisonnées dans le tube fendu (31), tandis que la section de filtre (26 ) de la douille de filtre à cigarettes (25) dépasse à l'une des extrémités du tube fendu (31),
- en tirant vers l'extérieur sur la section en forme de languette ou de patte repliée (24) de l'enveloppe de rouleau de l'ébauche (20) dépassant extérieurement, le joint collé ou soudé (23) et/ou la zone de déchirure préférentielle (37) de l'enveloppe de rouleau (21) est détaché,
- en continuant de tirer sur la section en forme de languette ou de patte repliée (24), l'enveloppe de rouleau (21) est complètement extraite vers l'extérieur par les fentes longitudinales (32,28) du tube fendu (31) et de la douille de papier à cigarettes (27),
- par rotation relative du tube fendu (31) sur la douille de filtre à cigarettes (25), le bord collant (29) de la douille de papier à cigarettes (27) qui dépasse vers l'extérieur est rabattu vers l'avant pour chevaucher l'autre bord fendu (30) de la douille de papier à cigarettes (27) et collé à celui-ci au moyen de la couche de colle (35) (éventuellement activée auparavant).
18. Système pour l'autofabrication de cigarettes par le consommateur avec utilisation d'une ébauche non fumable comme telle en forme de rouleau de tabac préfabriqué entouré voire enveloppé, avec une-charge de tabac en forme de rouleau correspondant à une portion respective de cigarette, la non fumabilité de l'ébauche étant assurée par une perforation de l'enveloppe de rouleau, caractérisé en ce que
- l'envelope de rouleau (52, fig. 11), qui se compose d'une matière combustible et fumable, en particulier d'un papier à cigarettes d'épaisseur courante, présente une section en forme de languette ou de patte repliée (54) qui dépasse vers l'extérieur par rapport au pourtour fermé, laquelle peut être rabattue sur la face extérieure de la zone avoisinante de l'enveloppe de rouleau et co!- lée à celle-ci,
- et en ce que la perforation (53) est prévue dans la région périphérique voisine de l'enveloppe de rouleau (2) chevauchée lors du rabattement de recouvrement de la section en forme de languette ou de patte repliée (54) initialement écartée,
- de sorte que la perforation (53) est obturée et qu'une cigarette terminée fumable est obtenue par simple rabattement et collage de la section en forme de languette ou de patte repliée (54) initialement écartée à la face extérieure de l'enveloppe de rouleau (fig. 11).
19. Système selon la revendication 18, caractérisé en ce que le rouleau de tabac (56, fig. 11 b; 58, fig.llc) entouré préfabriqué présente une section de filtre (57) à son extrémité frontale.
20. Système selon la revendication 18 ou la revendication 19, caractérisé en ce que la section en forme de languette ou de patte repliée (54) initialement écartée de l'enveloppe de rouleau (52) est munie, via une zone de déchirure préférentielle (60, fig. 11c), d'une bande de matière (59) renforcée pouvant être détachée à la suite du rabattement et du collage, se composant d'une matière non combustible et non fumable (fig. 11 c).
21. Système pour l'autofabrication de cigarettes par le consommateur avec utilisation d'une ébauche, non fumable en tant que telle, en forme de rouleau de tabac entouré voire enveloppé, préfabriqué industriellement, se composant d'une enveloppe de rouleau adaptée, quant à son diamètre, à la douille de papier à cigarettes de la cigarette terminée, avec une charge de tabac du type rouleau correspondant à une portion respective de cigarette, en combinaison avec une douille de cigarette à filtre, dont la section de filtre constitue la douille de papier à cigarettes de la cigarette terminée, caractérisé en ce que
- l'enveloppe de rouleau (62, fig. 12) du rouleau de tabac (1) préfabriqué, entouré voire enveloppé, est pourvue d'une bande de manipulation (63) de largeur suffisante, écartée radialement du pourtourfermé,
- en ce que l'enveloppe de rouleau (62) est formée avec une zone de déchirure préférentielle (64) axiale dans la zone périphérique opposée à la bande de manipulation,
- et en ce qu'un tube (68) en matière flexible faisant ressort muni d'une fente (69) sur une partie de sa longueur, dans la fente duquel un piston poussoir (70) peut coulisser dans le sens de la longueur, est associé en tant que matériel auxiliaire pour l'autofabrication de la cigarette à partir du rouleau de tabac (61) et de la douille de cigarette à bout filtre (65, fig. 12b), la longueur axiale libre disponible de la zone fendue, non occupée par le piston poussoir (70) en position finale/de départ, correspondant pour l'essentiel à la longueur du rouleau de tabac (61) entouré et de la section de douille (67) de la douille de cigarette à bout filtre (65).
22. Système selon la revendication 21, caractérisé en ce que le tube fendu (68) est pourvu d'un bord (73, fig. 12b) autorisant la manipulation à son extrémité frontale non fendue. 23. Procédé pour l'autofabrication de cigarettes par le consommateur par application du système selon la revendication 21 ou 22, caractérisé par les démarches suivantes:
- introduction (flèche I, fig. 12b) du rouleau de tabac (61) préfabriqué entouré voire enveloppé dans la partie fendu du tube fendu (68), la patte repliée de manipulation (63) de l'ébauche (61) dépassant vers l'extérieur par la fente (69);
- déchirure de la zone de déchirure préférentielle (64) de l'enveloppe de rouleau (62) en tirant vers l'extérieur (flèche Il, fig. 12b) sur la patte repliée de manipulation (63) de l'enveloppe de rouleau dépassant par la fente et extraction vers l'extérieur de l'enveloppe de rouleau détachée par la fente (69);
- enfilage (flèche III à la fig. 12b) de la section de douille (67) de la douille de cigarette à bout filtre (65) sur la zone fendue du tube fendu (68);
- éjection de la charge de tabac (74) libérée de l'enveloppe de rouleau en vue de son transfert dans la douille de papier à cigarettes (67) par coulissement du piston poussoir (70) en direction de la face frontale fendue du tube fendu (flèche IV, fig. 12b).
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