EP0212646B1 - Tobacco product comprising a proportion of tobacco prepared in advance, surrounded by a tubular wrapper of cigarette paper, and method for producing such a product - Google Patents

Tobacco product comprising a proportion of tobacco prepared in advance, surrounded by a tubular wrapper of cigarette paper, and method for producing such a product Download PDF

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EP0212646B1
EP0212646B1 EP86111662A EP86111662A EP0212646B1 EP 0212646 B1 EP0212646 B1 EP 0212646B1 EP 86111662 A EP86111662 A EP 86111662A EP 86111662 A EP86111662 A EP 86111662A EP 0212646 B1 EP0212646 B1 EP 0212646B1
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  • the invention relates to a system for the self-production of cigarettes according to the preamble of claim 1, and a method for producing a cigarette using the system.
  • a relief for the self-rolling of cigarettes was apparently hoped for by the provision of a tobacco product according to NL-A-6 703 935, namely consisting of a tobacco portion adapted to the tobacco filling of a finished cigarette, the outer surface of which was formed from a wrapping of material completely consumable by smoking is, the wrapping is so permeable to air that the tobacco portion as such is not smokable like a cigarette.
  • a conventional cigarette paper sheet should be wrapped around this tobacco portion and a gluable cigarette produced and glued in a manner known per se. This type of self-rolling of cigarettes is not practicable, since it is almost impossible - even for experienced self-movers - to wrap the cigarette paper around the tobacco portion and keep it tight.
  • the tobacco rods produced by the described method do not have a smooth outer surface. Rather, the product removed from the molded casing is a rod-shaped "broom", which cannot be inserted into a prefabricated cigarette paper sleeve without damaging it. Tests have confirmed this. Accordingly, the tobacco rod obtained by the process described must have a noticeably smaller diameter than the cigarette paper tube which is to be slipped over the tobacco rod to produce a cigarette. Otherwise, there would also be no point in exerting an external, longitudinally distributed finger pressure on the objects thus combined in order to loosen the tobacco rod and thus fill the tobacco receiving space of the cigarette paper tube with the loosened tobacco.
  • DE-U-8 326 921 has recently proposed a tobacco product for the self-manufacture of cigarettes by the consumer, which is characterized by a non-smokable prefabricated product in the form of a prefabricated tobacco cartridge consisting of an open end with its diameter of the cigarette paper tube the finished cigarette wrapper and a cigarette-like tobacco filling, each corresponding to a cigarette portion, which can be transferred from the cigarette wrapper into an empty cigarette paper sleeve by an associated piston adapted to the inside diameter of the cigarette sleeve.
  • This tobacco product is suitable for use in connection with conventional self-filling cigarette tubes as well as in connection with conventional self-rolling papers.
  • the consumer is provided with a precisely metered amount of tobacco, namely the amount of a conventional industrial consumer cigarette, in the form of a cigarette tobacco cartridge, the tobacco filling of which can be converted into a prefabricated cigarette tube of a commercially available type.
  • the tobacco cartridge has a casing, namely a casing, made of non-smokable material.
  • the strand casing represents a superfluous auxiliary material that can only be used once.
  • further aids are required for transferring the pre-portioned tobacco supply from the strand casing into the cigarette paper sleeve, at least one ejection slide. The handling of the same without further aids for inserting the filled tobacco cartridge into the empty cigarette paper tube and holding the strand casing of the tobacco cartridge when transferring the tobacco supply should pose difficulties even for experienced in-house cigarette manufacturers.
  • the present invention is based on the object of creating a system of the type mentioned at the outset with which the self-manufacture of cigarettes which are readily comparable to those of factory-made cigarettes and which consist of a tobacco portion consisting exclusively of smokable material and a cigarette paper tube without subsequent Manipulation and also without aids, such as ejection slide or the like, is possible.
  • the invention creates a system for in-house manufacture of cigarettes which technically and economically optimally takes advantage of the highly developed, largely automated industrial Makes cigarette manufacturing technology serviceable for the needs of the increasing number of self-rolling or self-tampering by providing them with a preliminary product suitable for the problem-free completion of the cigarette by the consumer.
  • the invention is characterized in particular by the fact that apparatus aids for the in-house production of cigarettes are not absolutely necessary and that in particular the industrially prefabricated preliminary products with the exception of the filter - if such a filter is provided or desired - are completely smokable. H. consist of smokable materials.
  • the described combination of tobacco portion and cigarette paper tube is much easier.
  • the tobacco portion can then easily be inserted into a pre-made cigarette paper tube even with shaky hands.
  • FIG. 1 shows an industrially prefabricated, dimensionally stable tobacco portion 10 in association with a likewise industrially prefabricated cigarette paper tube 11 with filter 12.
  • the tobacco portion 10 should only consist of tobacco fibers which are held together by a conventional type of binder to form a dimensionally stable tobacco rod.
  • the outside diameter of the tobacco rod is chosen to be somewhat larger than the inside diameter of the cigarette paper tube 11, preferably about 5 to 10% larger, so that it can be transferred into the tobacco receiving space 16 of the cigarette paper tube 11 with radial compression.
  • the tobacco rod is placed in a compression chamber 26 of a conventional stopper device for cigarette paper tubes and compressed in this in the radial direction, that is, brought to an outer diameter that is preferably slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the cigarette paper tube 11 attached cigarette paper tube 11 transferred.
  • a conventional stopper device for cigarette paper tubes for cigarette paper tubes and compressed in this in the radial direction, that is, brought to an outer diameter that is preferably slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the cigarette paper tube 11 attached cigarette paper tube 11 transferred.
  • DE-C-2 139 242 or DE-C-2 064 641 or DE-A-2 833 681 only by way of example.
  • the pressing chamber 26 is thus defined in a manner known per se by a first half-shell 27 fixed to the housing and an associated pressing bar 28 which forms a second half-shell and which is mounted in the housing of the tamping device, not shown, in the direction of the arrow "K".
  • the tobacco rod can be composed of two strand halves, three or more strand segments or inserted sleeves. Two, three or more strand parts must then be used in a corresponding manner to fill the cigarette paper tube.
  • the cross section of the tobacco rod corresponds to a multiple of the cross section of the cigarette paper tube, for example twice, in which case the tobacco rod preferably has the cross section of an "8".
  • the tobacco stick is broken apart along a connecting web or the like, so that two individual tobacco sticks are created, each of which is used to fill a cigarette paper tube.
  • the tobacco rod comprises three or more individual tobacco rods which are arranged in a star-like manner or around a central tobacco rod.
  • the system according to the invention is also suitable, for example, for the in-house production of cigars or the like.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein System zur Selbstverfertigung von Zigaretten gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruches 1, sowie ein Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Zigarette unter Verwendung des Systems.The invention relates to a system for the self-production of cigarettes according to the preamble of claim 1, and a method for producing a cigarette using the system.

Die Herstellung von Zigaretten durch den Verbraucher ist in mannigfachen Formen seit langer Zeit bekannt. Dies gilt vor allem für das sogenannte Selbstdrehen von Zigaretten unter Verwendung von mit Klebrandgummierung versehenen Zigarettenpapier-Blättchen. Das Selbstdrehen von Zigaretten erfordert eine gewisse manuelle Geschicklichkeit und Zeitaufwand. Die Zigaretten selbst fallen selbst bei geübten Selbstdrehern hinsichtlich Größe (Durchmesser), Festigkeit (Prallheit) und Füllungsgrad über die Länge der Zigarette hin stark unterschiedlich an und bilden nur einen primitiven Ersatz für industriell hergestellte Zigaretten. Nachteilig ist beim manuellen Selbstdrehen auch das unvermeidliche Verbröseln von Tabak, worunter auch die Tabakausbeute leidet. Diesselben Probleme - wenn auch vermindert - treten auch bei Verwendung von Selbstdreh-Geräten auf.The production of cigarettes by the consumer has long been known in many forms. This applies above all to the so-called self-rolling of cigarettes using cigarette paper papers provided with adhesive rubber. Rolling cigarettes yourself requires a certain amount of manual skill and time. The cigarettes themselves are very different in size (diameter), strength (plumpness) and filling level over the length of the cigarette, even with practiced self-rolling, and are only a primitive replacement for industrially manufactured cigarettes. Another disadvantage of manual self-turning is the inevitable crumbling of tobacco, which also affects the tobacco yield. The same problems - albeit reduced - also occur when using self-turning devices.

Eine Erleichterung für das Selbstdrehen von Zigaretten erhoffte man sich offensichtlich durch die Bereitstellung eines Tabakerzeugnisses gemäß der NL-A-6 703 935, nämlich bestehend aus einer der Tabakfüllung einer fertigen Zigarette angepaßten Tabakportion, deren Mantelfläche aus einer Umhüllung aus vollständig durch Rauchen konsumierbarem Material gebildet ist, wobei die Umhüllung so luftdurchlässig ist, daß die Tabakportion als solche nicht wie eine Zigarette rauchbar ist Um diese Tabakportion sollte unter Herstellung einer rauchbaren Zigarette ein herkömmliches Zigarettenpapierblättchen herumgewickelt und in an sich bekannter Weise verklebt werden. Diese Art des Selbstdrehens von Zigaretten ist nicht praktikabel, da es nahezu unmöglich ist - und zwar auch für geübte Selbstdreher - das Zigarettenpapier in dichter Anlage um die Tabakportion herumzuwickeln und zu halten. Das Zigarettenpapier hat nämlich stets die Neigung, sich wieder flach auszubreiten. Es läßt sich daher nicht vermeiden, daß die beim Herumwickeln des Zigarettenpapierblättchens erhaltene Hülse einen merklich größeren und über die Länge der Tabakportion auch variierenden Durchmesser als die Tabakportion aufweist. Die Folge davon ist, daß unzulässige Nebenluftkanäle entstehen, durch die das Zigarettenpapier unkontrolliert abbrennt und die Zigarette nicht mehr oder nur noch bedingt sowie qualitativ stark unterschiedlich rauchbar ist. Dies ist auch sicherlich der Grund dafür, daß das bekannte System keinen Eingang in die Praxis gefunden hat, obwohl schon seinerzeit und bis heute sowohl aus steuerrechtlicher als auch handhabungstechnischer Sicht ein starkes Bedürfnis für eine erleichterte Selbstherstellung von Zigaretten besteht Im übrigen sind herkömmliche Zigarettenpapierblättchen längsgefaltet. Diese Längsfaltung geht beim Herumwickeln des Zigarettenpapierblättchens um die Tabakportion nicht ganz verloren, so daß sich auch dadurch bedingt ein unzulässiger Nebenluftkanal nicht vermeiden läßt. Das bekannte System nah der NL-A-6 703 935 stellt sich demnach insgesamt als nachteiliger dar als das herkömmliche Selbstdrehen mit losem Tabak.A relief for the self-rolling of cigarettes was apparently hoped for by the provision of a tobacco product according to NL-A-6 703 935, namely consisting of a tobacco portion adapted to the tobacco filling of a finished cigarette, the outer surface of which was formed from a wrapping of material completely consumable by smoking is, the wrapping is so permeable to air that the tobacco portion as such is not smokable like a cigarette. A conventional cigarette paper sheet should be wrapped around this tobacco portion and a gluable cigarette produced and glued in a manner known per se. This type of self-rolling of cigarettes is not practicable, since it is almost impossible - even for experienced self-movers - to wrap the cigarette paper around the tobacco portion and keep it tight. The cigarette paper always tends to spread flat again. It can therefore not be avoided that the sleeve obtained when wrapping the cigarette paper papers has a noticeably larger diameter than the tobacco portion and also varies over the length of the tobacco portion. The consequence of this is that inadmissible secondary air ducts are created, through which the cigarette paper burns out in an uncontrolled manner and the cigarette can no longer be smoked, or can only be smoked to a limited extent and with different qualities. This is certainly the reason why the known system has not found its way into practice, although there was already a strong need for easier self-production of cigarettes at that time, both from a tax law and handling point of view. Otherwise, conventional cigarette papers are longitudinally folded. This longitudinal fold is not completely lost when the cigarette paper papers are wrapped around the tobacco portion, so that an inadmissible secondary air duct cannot be avoided. The known system close to NL-A-6 703 935 is therefore generally more disadvantageous than conventional self-turning with loose tobacco.

Ganz ähnlich verhält es sich bei dem System nach der DE-A-889 578, welche ein Verfahren zum Herstellen von Rauchwaren unter Bereitstellung eines Systems bestehend aus einer fertigen Hülle aus Zigarettenpapier oder dgl. und einer der Tabakmenge einer fertigen Zigarette angepaßten und in die Zigarettenpapierhülle einführbaren Tabakportion in Form eines Tabakstäbchens, welches gut luftdurchlässig ist, beschreibt. Das Tabakstäbchen wird wie folgt hergestellt:

  • - eine ihrem Gewicht nach bestimmte Tabakschnittmenge wird in eine metallische Formhüllung eingeführt;
  • - die Form wird einer Erwärmung zwischen 60° -80°C ausgesetzt, wobei die Erwärmungszeit von der Art der Tabakschnitte abhängt;
  • - schnelle Abkühlung der Form auf 6° - 8°C.
It is quite similar with the system according to DE-A-889 578, which describes a method for producing tobacco products by providing a system consisting of a finished sleeve made of cigarette paper or the like and one which is adapted to the quantity of tobacco in a finished cigarette and is inserted into the cigarette paper sleeve insertable portion of tobacco in the form of a tobacco stick, which is well permeable to air. The tobacco stick is made as follows:
  • - a tobacco cut quantity determined by its weight is introduced into a metallic molded casing;
  • - The mold is subjected to a heating between 60 ° -80 ° C, the heating time depending on the type of tobacco cuts;
  • - rapid cooling of the mold to 6 ° - 8 ° C.

Von gesonderten formstabilisierenden Mitteln, insbesondere Bindemitteln, zum Zusammenhalt des Tabakstäbchens soll ausdrücklich Abstand genommen werden. Dies bedeutet, daß die erhaltenen Tabakstäbchen äußerst fragil sind mit der Gefahr, daß sie beim Entnehmen aus der Form leicht zerbrechen und auch zerbröseln. Des weiteren weisen die nach dem beschriebenen Verfahren hergestellten Tabakstäbchen keine glatte Mantelfläche auf. Vielmehr ist das der Formhüllung entnommene Produkt ein stabförmiger "Besen", der unter dichter Anlage in eine vorgefertigte Zigarettenpapierhülse ohne Beschädigung derselben nicht eingeführt werden kann. Versuche haben dies bestätigt. Dementsprechend muß das nach dem beschriebenen Verfahren erhaltene Tabakstäbchen einen merklich geringeren Durchmesser aufweisen als die Zigarettenpapierhülse, die über das Tabakstäbchen zur Herstellung einer Zigarette gestreift werden soll. Ansonsten gäbe auch die Forderung keinen Sinn, auf die so vereinigten Gegenstände einen äußeren längsverteilten Fingerdruck auszuüben, um eine Auflockerung des Tabakstäbchens und damit eine Ausfüllung des Tabakaufnahmeraums der Zigarettenpapierhülse mit dem aufgelockerten Tabak zu erreichen.Separate form-stabilizing agents, especially binders, to hold the tobacco stick together should be expressly avoided. This means that the tobacco sticks obtained are extremely fragile with the risk that they easily break and also crumble when removed from the mold. Furthermore, the tobacco rods produced by the described method do not have a smooth outer surface. Rather, the product removed from the molded casing is a rod-shaped "broom", which cannot be inserted into a prefabricated cigarette paper sleeve without damaging it. Tests have confirmed this. Accordingly, the tobacco rod obtained by the process described must have a noticeably smaller diameter than the cigarette paper tube which is to be slipped over the tobacco rod to produce a cigarette. Otherwise, there would also be no point in exerting an external, longitudinally distributed finger pressure on the objects thus combined in order to loosen the tobacco rod and thus fill the tobacco receiving space of the cigarette paper tube with the loosened tobacco.

Bei dem bekannten System ist es also erforderlich, auf die vereinigten Gegenstände einen äußeren Fingerdruck auszuüben, um den Tabakstab aufzubrechen. Diese nachträgliche Manipulation beinhaltet zum einen die Gefahr, daß die hergestellte Zigarette regelrecht "zerknautscht" wird. Zum anderen läßt sich bei dem bekannten System nicht sicher vermeiden, daß bei ungeschickter Handhabung das Tabakstäbchen aus der vorgefertigten Papierhülle wieder herausfällt. Schließlich läßt sich ein Verbröseln des Tabaks durch die nachträgliche Manipulation nicht sicher vermeiden. Das beschriebene Verfahren zur Herstellung des Tabakstäbchens, bei dem die Tabakschnitte auf eine Temperatur von bis zu 100°C aufgeheizt werden, gehen im übrigen die Aromastoffe flüchtig, worunter das für den Verbraucher besonders wichtige Merkmal eines "guten Geschmacks" der hergestellten Zigarette verlorengeht. Demnach stellt auch das System nach der DE-A-889 578 keine praktikable Lösung dar.In the known system it is therefore necessary to exert an external finger pressure on the combined objects in order to break open the tobacco rod. On the one hand, this subsequent manipulation involves the risk that the cigarette produced is literally "crumpled". On the other hand, it cannot be reliably avoided in the known system that the tobacco rod falls out of the prefabricated paper wrapper if it is handled inappropriately. Finally, tobacco crumbling cannot be safely avoided by subsequent manipulation. The process described for the production of the tobacco rod, in which the tobacco cuts are heated to a temperature of up to 100 ° C., the flavors are volatile, among which is the feature that is particularly important for the consumer "Good taste" of the manufactured cigarette is lost. Accordingly, the system according to DE-A-889 578 is not a practical solution.

Durch das DE-U-8 326 921 ist jüngst ein Tabakerzeugnis zur Selbstverfertigung von Zigaretten durch den Verbraucher vorgeschlagen worden, das gekennzeichnet ist durch ein als solches nicht rauchbares Vorfabrikat in Form einer fabrikatorisch vorgefertigten Tabakpatrone bestehend aus einer stimseitig offenen, mit ihrem Durchmesser der Zigarettenpapierhülse der fertigen Zigaretten angepaßten Stranghülle und einer strangartigen, jeweils einer Zigarettenportion entsprechenden, Tabakfüllung, welche durch einen zugeordneten, dem Innendurchmesser der Stranghülse angepaßten Kolben aus der Stranghülle in eine leere Zigarettenpapierhülse übertragbar ist. Dieses Tabakerzeugnis eignet sich sowohl zur Verwendung in Verbindung mit herkömmlichen Selbststopf-Zigarettenhülsen als auch in Verbindung mit herkömmlichen Selbstdreher-Zigarettenpapierblättchen. Nach dem Grundgedanken dieses Vorschlages wird dem Verbraucher eine genau dosierte, nämlich der Füllmenge einer herkömmlichen, industriellen Konsumzigarette entsprechende Tabakmenge in Form einer Zigarettentabak-Patrone zur Verfügung gestellt, deren Tabakfüllung in eine vorgefertigte Zigarettenhülse handelsüblicher Art überführbar ist.DE-U-8 326 921 has recently proposed a tobacco product for the self-manufacture of cigarettes by the consumer, which is characterized by a non-smokable prefabricated product in the form of a prefabricated tobacco cartridge consisting of an open end with its diameter of the cigarette paper tube the finished cigarette wrapper and a cigarette-like tobacco filling, each corresponding to a cigarette portion, which can be transferred from the cigarette wrapper into an empty cigarette paper sleeve by an associated piston adapted to the inside diameter of the cigarette sleeve. This tobacco product is suitable for use in connection with conventional self-filling cigarette tubes as well as in connection with conventional self-rolling papers. According to the basic idea of this proposal, the consumer is provided with a precisely metered amount of tobacco, namely the amount of a conventional industrial consumer cigarette, in the form of a cigarette tobacco cartridge, the tobacco filling of which can be converted into a prefabricated cigarette tube of a commercially available type.

Obwohl es sich bei dem letztgenannten Vorschlag um eine ganz erhebliche Verbesserung gegenüber dem genannten Stand der Technik handelt, ist nicht zu übersehen, daß die Tabakpatrone eine Umhüllung, nämlich Stranghülle, aus nicht rauchbarem Material aufweist. Die Stranghülle stellt hinsichtlich des Endproduktes "Zigarette" ein überflüssiges, nur einmal brauchbares Hilfsmaterial dar. Ferner sind bei dem letztgenannten Vorschlag noch weitere Hilfsmittel zur Überführung des vorportionierten Tabakvorrats aus der Stranghülle in die Zigarettenpapierhülse erforderlich, zumindest ein Ausstoßschieber. Die Handhabung desselben ohne weitere Hilfsmittel zum Einführen der gefüllten Tabakpatrone in die leere Zigarettenpapierhülse und Festhalten der Stranghülle der Tabakpatrone beim Überführen des Tabakvorrats dürfte selbst für geübte Zigaretten-Eigenhersteller Schwierigkeiten bereiten.Although the latter proposal is a very considerable improvement over the prior art mentioned, it cannot be overlooked that the tobacco cartridge has a casing, namely a casing, made of non-smokable material. With regard to the end product "cigarette", the strand casing represents a superfluous auxiliary material that can only be used once. Furthermore, in the latter proposal, further aids are required for transferring the pre-portioned tobacco supply from the strand casing into the cigarette paper sleeve, at least one ejection slide. The handling of the same without further aids for inserting the filled tobacco cartridge into the empty cigarette paper tube and holding the strand casing of the tobacco cartridge when transferring the tobacco supply should pose difficulties even for experienced in-house cigarette manufacturers.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt ausgehend von dem vorgenannten Stand der Technik die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein System der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, mit dem die Selbstverfertigung von mit fabrikatorisch hergestellten Zigaretten ohne weiteres vergleichbaren Zigaretten aus einer aus ausschließlich rauchbarem Material bestehenden Tabakportion und einer Zigarettenpapierhülse ohne nachträgliche Manipulation und auch ohne Hilfsmittel, wie Ausstoßschieber oder dergleichen, möglich ist.Starting from the aforementioned prior art, the present invention is based on the object of creating a system of the type mentioned at the outset with which the self-manufacture of cigarettes which are readily comparable to those of factory-made cigarettes and which consist of a tobacco portion consisting exclusively of smokable material and a cigarette paper tube without subsequent Manipulation and also without aids, such as ejection slide or the like, is possible.

Dieses Ziel wird erfindungsgemäß durch das in Anspruch 1 angegebene System gelöst. Hinsichtlich der Verwendung dieses Systems zur Herstellung einer Zigarette wird auf Anspruch 12 verwiesen.This object is achieved according to the invention by the system specified in claim 1. With regard to the use of this system for producing a cigarette, reference is made to claim 12.

Durch die Erfindung wird ähnlich wie durch den Vorschlag nach dem DE-U-83 26 921 oder der NL-A-6 703 935 ein System zur Eigenverfertigung von Zigaretten geschaffen, das technisch und wirtschaftlich in optimaler Weise die Vorteile der hochentwickelten, weitgehend automatisierten industriellen Zigarettenfertigungstechnik für die Bedürfnisse der zunehmenden Zahl von Selbstdrehern bzw. Selbststopfern dienstbar macht, indem diesen ein für die problemlose Fertigstellung der Zigarette durch den Verbraucher geeignetes Vorprodukt geliefert wird. Gegenüber den bekannten Systemen zeichnet sich die Erfindung insbesondere dadurch aus, daß apparative Hilfsmittel zur Eigenverfertigung von Zigaretten nicht unbedingt erforderlich sind und daß insbesondere die industriell vorgefertigten Vorprodukte mit Ausnahme des Filters - sofern ein solcher vorgesehen bzw. gewünscht ist - vollständig rauchbar sind, d. h. aus rauchbaren Materialien bestehen. Ferner kann auf nachträgliche Manipulationen der miteinander vereinigten Gegenstände, nämlich Zigarettenhülse und Tabakportion, verzichtet werden. Nach Vereinigung dieser beiden Gegenstände ist die Zigarette fertig. Auch entfällt eine Umhüllung für das Tabakerzeugnis als wegzuwerfendes überflüssiges Hilfsmittel. Schließlich ist es nicht mehr erforderlich, den .Tabakvorrat aus einer Umhüllung in die Zigarettenpapierhülse zu überführen, was durchaus eine gewisse Geschicklichkeit erfordert, vor allem wenn nicht geeignete Hilfsmittel bzw. Geräte dafür zu Verfügung stehen. Ferner spielen bei dem erfindungsgemäßen System Feuchtigkeitseinflüsse auf den Tabakvorrat beim Überführen in eine Zigarettenpapierhülse keine Rolle mehr. Das Tabakerzeugnis nach der Erfindung behält seine ursprüngliche bzw. industriell vorgegebene Form und Dimension stets bei.Similar to the proposal according to DE-U-83 26 921 or NL-A-6 703 935, the invention creates a system for in-house manufacture of cigarettes which technically and economically optimally takes advantage of the highly developed, largely automated industrial Makes cigarette manufacturing technology serviceable for the needs of the increasing number of self-rolling or self-tampering by providing them with a preliminary product suitable for the problem-free completion of the cigarette by the consumer. Compared to the known systems, the invention is characterized in particular by the fact that apparatus aids for the in-house production of cigarettes are not absolutely necessary and that in particular the industrially prefabricated preliminary products with the exception of the filter - if such a filter is provided or desired - are completely smokable. H. consist of smokable materials. Subsequent manipulations of the objects combined, namely the cigarette tube and tobacco portion, can also be dispensed with. After combining these two items, the cigarette is ready. There is also no need for a wrapper for the tobacco product as a disposable auxiliary. Finally, it is no longer necessary to transfer the tobacco supply from a wrapper into the cigarette paper tube, which definitely requires a certain skill, especially if suitable aids or devices are not available. Furthermore, in the system according to the invention, the effects of moisture on the tobacco supply no longer play a role when it is transferred into a cigarette paper tube. The tobacco product according to the invention always maintains its original or industrially predetermined shape and dimension.

Ist die Tabakportion entsprechend Anspruch 4 zumindest an einem seiner stirnseitigen Endabschnitte etwa konisch verjüngt ausgebildet bzw. "angespitzt", ist die beschriebene Vereinigung von Tabakportion und Zigarettenpapierhülse wesentlich leichter. Die Tabakportion kann dann selbst bei zittrigen Händen sehr leicht in eine vorgefertigte Zigarettenpapierhülse eingeführt werden.If the tobacco portion is approximately tapered or "tapered" at least on one of its end sections, the described combination of tobacco portion and cigarette paper tube is much easier. The tobacco portion can then easily be inserted into a pre-made cigarette paper tube even with shaky hands.

Weitere vorteilhafte Details bzw. Weiterentwicklungen des erfindungsgemäßen Systems sowie des Verfahrens unter Verwendung dieses Systems sind in den übrigen Ansprüchen beschrieben.Further advantageous details or further developments of the system according to the invention and of the method using this system are described in the remaining claims.

Nachstehend wird die Selbstverfertigung einer Filterzigarette unter Verwendung des erfindungsgemäßen Systems anhand der Zeichnung näher beschrieben. Diese zeigt eine industriell vorgefertigte formstabile Tabakportion 10 in Zuordnung zu einer ebenfalls industriell vorgefertigten Zigarettenpapierhülse 11 mit Filter 12. Die Tabakportion 10 soll nur aus Tabakfasem bestehen, die durch ein Bindemittel herkömmlicher Art zu einem formstabilen Tabakstock zusammengehalten sind. Der Außendurchmesser des Tabakstocks ist etwas größer gewählt als der Innendurchmesser der Zigarettenpapierhülse 11, vorzugsweise etwa 5 bis 10 % größer, so daß er unter radialer Komprimierung in den Tabakaufnahmeraum 16 der Zigarettenpapierhülse 11 überführbar ist. Zu diesem Zweck wird der Tabakstock in eine Preßkammer 26 einer herkömmlichen Stopfvorrichtung für Zigarettenpapierhülsen gelegt und in dieser in radialer Richtung komprimiert, d. h. auf einen Außendurchmesser gebracht, der vorzugsweise etwas kleiner ist als der Innendurchmesser der Zigarettenpapierhülse 11. Anschließend wird der so komprimierte Tabakstock mittels eines kolbenartigen Ausstoßschiebers 29 in die an die offene Stirnseite der Preßkammer 26 angesetzte Zigarettenpapierhülse 11 überführt. In der anliegenden Zeichnung ist nur ein Teil des Stopfgerätes sehr schematisch dargestellt, da es sich hierbei um eine an sich bekannte Vorrichtung handelt. Es wird dazu nur beispielhaft auf die DE-C-2 139 242 oder DE-C-2 064 641 oder DE-A-2 833 681 verwiesen. Die Preßkammer 26 ist somit in an sich bekannter Weise definiert durch eine erste gehäusefeste Halbschale 27 und einem dieser zugeordneten, eine zweite Halbschale bildenden Preßbalken 28 der in Richtung des Pfeiles "K" hin- und herbewegbar im nicht dargestellten Gehäuse der Stopfvorrichtung gelagert ist.The self-production of a filter cigarette using the system according to the invention is described in more detail with reference to the drawing. This shows an industrially prefabricated, dimensionally stable tobacco portion 10 in association with a likewise industrially prefabricated cigarette paper tube 11 with filter 12. The tobacco portion 10 should only consist of tobacco fibers which are held together by a conventional type of binder to form a dimensionally stable tobacco rod. The outside diameter of the tobacco rod is chosen to be somewhat larger than the inside diameter of the cigarette paper tube 11, preferably about 5 to 10% larger, so that it can be transferred into the tobacco receiving space 16 of the cigarette paper tube 11 with radial compression. For this purpose, the tobacco rod is placed in a compression chamber 26 of a conventional stopper device for cigarette paper tubes and compressed in this in the radial direction, that is, brought to an outer diameter that is preferably slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the cigarette paper tube 11 attached cigarette paper tube 11 transferred. In the accompanying drawing, only a part of the tamping device is shown very schematically, since this is a device known per se. For this purpose, reference is made to DE-C-2 139 242 or DE-C-2 064 641 or DE-A-2 833 681 only by way of example. The pressing chamber 26 is thus defined in a manner known per se by a first half-shell 27 fixed to the housing and an associated pressing bar 28 which forms a second half-shell and which is mounted in the housing of the tamping device, not shown, in the direction of the arrow "K".

Im Rahmen der Erfindung sind auch Lösungen denkbar, bei denen der Tabakstock längsgeteilt ausgebildet ist, wobei der Querschnitt eines jeden Teiles einem vorzugsweise geraden Teil des Querschnitts der Zigarettenpapierhülse entspricht.In the context of the invention, solutions are also conceivable in which the tobacco rod is longitudinally divided, the cross section of each part corresponding to a preferably straight part of the cross section of the cigarette paper tube.

Der Tabakstock kann dabei aus zwei Stranghälften, drei oder mehr Strangsegmenten oder ineinander geschobenen Stranghülsen zusammengesetzt sein. Zur Befüllung der Zigarettenpapierhülse müssen dann in entsprechender Weise zwei, drei oder mehr Strangteile verwendet werden.The tobacco rod can be composed of two strand halves, three or more strand segments or inserted sleeves. Two, three or more strand parts must then be used in a corresponding manner to fill the cigarette paper tube.

Genauso gut ist es denkbar, daß der Querschnitt des Tabakstocks einem Vielfachen des Querschnitts der Zigarettenpapierhülse entspricht, zum Beispiel dem Zweifachen, wobei in diesem Fall der Tabakstock vorzugsweise den Querschnitt einer "8" besitzt. Vor dem Gebrauch wird der Tabakstock längs eines Verbindungssteges oder dergleichen auseinandergebrochen, so daß zwei Einzel-Tabakstöcke entstehen, die jeweils zur Befüllung einer Zigarettenpapierhülse dienen. Genauso gut ist es denkbar, daß der Tabakstock drei oder mehr Einzel-Tabakstränge umfaßt, die sternartig oder um einen zentralen Tabakstrang herum angeordnet sind.It is equally conceivable that the cross section of the tobacco rod corresponds to a multiple of the cross section of the cigarette paper tube, for example twice, in which case the tobacco rod preferably has the cross section of an "8". Before use, the tobacco stick is broken apart along a connecting web or the like, so that two individual tobacco sticks are created, each of which is used to fill a cigarette paper tube. It is equally conceivable that the tobacco rod comprises three or more individual tobacco rods which are arranged in a star-like manner or around a central tobacco rod.

Das erfindungsgemäße System ist auch zum Beispiel für die Eigenfertigung von Zigarren oder dergleichen geeignet.The system according to the invention is also suitable, for example, for the in-house production of cigars or the like.

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1. A system for making one's own cigarettes, more particularly filter cigarettes, comprising:
(a) a prefabricated cigarette paper tube (11), and
(b) a portion of tobacco sufficient for the filling of a finished cigarette and insertable into the cigarette paper tube (11), the surface of the tobacco portion being so permeable to air that it cannot be smoked by itself characterised in that
(c) the tobacco portion is held together by a binder which joins the tobacco fibres together and is itself smokable, to form a dimensionally stable tobacco rod (10) which in cross-section and length matches the tobacco-holding compartment (16) in the cigarette paper tube (11), so that
(d) the tobacco rod retains its preset shape and tightly fits against the inner suface of the cigarette paper tube (11) when inserted into it to make the finished cigarette.
2. A system according to claim 1, characterised in that the tobacco rod (10) has a round cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of the cigarette paper tube, the diameter of the tobacco rod (10) being only slightly (about 1/20 to 3/10 mm) less than the inside diameter of the cigarette paper tube, so that the tobacco rod (10) is closely surrounded by the cigarette paper tube.
3. A system according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that a conventional filter piece (12) is attached to one end of the tobacco rod (10).
4. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that at least one end portion of the tobacco rod (10) is given an approximately conical taper.
5. A system according to claim 1, 3 and/or 4, characterised in that the tobacco rod (10) has an outside diameter which is somewhat greater than the inside diameter of the cigarette paper tube (11), so that it is radially compressed when inserted into the tube (11).
6. A system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the tobacco rod (10) is longitudinally divided, and the cross-section of each part corresponds to a preferably straight part of the cross-section of the cigarette paper tube (11).
7. A system according to claim 6, characterised in that the tobacco rod (10) is put together from strand halves or segments or husks pushed inside one another.
8. A system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the cross-section of the tobacco rod (10) is a multiple of the cross-section of the cigarette paper tube (11), and preferably is in the shape of an "8" or the like.
9. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the tobacco-holding compartment of the cigarette paper tube (11) has a length greater than the tobacco rod (10), preferably a length equal to an integral multiple of the length of the tobacco rod (10).
10. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the tobacco rod (10) has a greater length than, preferably twice the length, of the tobacco-holding compartment of the cigarette-paper tube (11), so that at least two cigarette paper tubes (11) can be slid over the tobacco rod (10) and the tobacco rod can be cut at the join between the two cigarette paper tubes (11).
11. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterised in that when the tobacco rod (10) is inserted into the cigarette paper tube (11), it can be locally compressed immediately before entering the tube, preferably by an insertion tube (18) which can be attached to the cigarette paper tube (11) when the tobacco rod is inserted into it and which has an inside diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the tobacco rod (10).
12. A method of making one's own cigarettes by using a system according to any of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the tobacco rod (10) is directly inserted into a prefabricated cigarette-paper tube (11).
13. A method according to claim 12, characterised in that the tobacco rod or the strand halves, segments or the like are inserted by radial pressure into a prefabricated cigarette-paper tube, so that the rod or the like expands slightly radially inside the tube and closely abuts the inner suface thereof.
14. A method according to claim 13, characterised in that the tobacco rod is inserted into the cigarette paper tube by using a conventional tamping device with a pressure chamber or by using an insertion funnel or the like which can be attached to the opening at the end of the cigarette-paper tube.
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