EP0615699B2 - Cigarette paper tube - Google Patents

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EP0615699B2
EP0615699B2 EP93104222A EP93104222A EP0615699B2 EP 0615699 B2 EP0615699 B2 EP 0615699B2 EP 93104222 A EP93104222 A EP 93104222A EP 93104222 A EP93104222 A EP 93104222A EP 0615699 B2 EP0615699 B2 EP 0615699B2
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Joachim Calliess
Peter Walter Kossmehl
Andreas Dr. Hörnig
Henning Dr. Seidel
Edgar Mentzel
Wolfgang Wildenau
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24CMACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A24CMACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
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    • A24C5/465Making paper tubes for cigarettes the paper tubes partially containing a filter element

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  • the invention relates to a cigarette paper tube with a filter mouthpiece, according to the preamble of claim 1, of the closest State of the art in EP-A-487976.
  • Paper sleeves with such attached filter mouthpiece Homemade cigarettes are well known to order a portion of tobacco either by means of a device in the Insert cigarette paper tube as a preformed strand or to plug dimensionally stable tobacco cartridges into the cigarette paper tube.
  • dimensionally stable tobacco cartridges can either from a compressed and optionally by binder held together tobacco rod or can also as e.g. tobacco cartridges known from NL-A 6 703 935 be made of a completely smokable porous coating Material are surrounded.
  • the tobacco cartridge is shorter than the cigarette tube and at which also belongs to the system between the filter plug the cigarette paper tube and the tobacco cartridge a spacer or a molded body can be introduced or is arranged to once the flavor of filter cigarettes and also to save tobacco for the benefit of the consumer.
  • a spacer or a molded body can be introduced or is arranged to once the flavor of filter cigarettes and also to save tobacco for the benefit of the consumer.
  • one will be in diameter smaller, spacer than third component introduced, which flavorings, Source substances or absorbents such as activated carbon contains.
  • This spacer can be used with both Tobacco cartridge as well as with the cigarette paper tube it can also be connected as a unit as the third component by the consumer himself be inserted into the cigarette paper tube.
  • the spacers proposed here can be cylindrical rods or plugs whose Diameter 20 to 50% smaller than that Tobacco cartridge is.
  • there are no filter plugs suggested whose diameter that of the paper tube is adapted so that the at least one additional filter plug sealingly rests on the inner surface of the paper sleeve, but by light pressure when filling the Paper tube with a portion of tobacco in it is axially displaceable.
  • the invention has for its object cigarette paper tubes of the kind identified at the beginning to propose which both in terms of lightness or ventilation of the self-made cigarette are customizable and also one Protection of the paper sleeve against deformation, especially on the Allow open end facing away from filter mouthpiece.
  • the filter cigarette paper tube according to the invention consists of a conventional filter mouthpiece, for example an acetate filter plug, which is glued to the paper tube and preferably with a mouthpiece wrapping sheet in the area of the Filter plug is encased and usually also by a few millimeters covers the empty paper tube.
  • This filter mouthpiece can be used better ventilation in a manner known per se, for example be perforated by laser beams to carry the mainstream smoke Dilute secondary air.
  • the displaceable filter plug is arranged on the end of the paper sleeve opposite the filter mouthpiece.
  • the paper tube is stabilized at its originally free or open end, which is suitable for insertion or tamping with the tobacco portion, and cannot be damaged in the box.
  • this dimensionally stable tobacco cartridge is used to sliding filter plug in the direction of the filter mouthpiece to postpone. Even when using devices for Stopper of cigarette paper tubes made from an elongated Bale chamber and a movable press beam, can strand-like tobacco supply through the piston-like tobacco ejection slide together with the sliding filter plug with the front part of the fitting and / or when transferring the Tobacco stocks in the sleeve towards the filter mouthpiece be pushed.
  • the further displaceable filter plug s at a distance of, for example 2 to 15 mm from the first filter plug in the sleeve and forms a hollow chamber filter.
  • the open end of the paper tube will not prevent crumpling protected; however, it becomes the paper tube in the lower area sufficiently reinforced so that they are better grasped and can be held more securely when the tobacco portion is introduced, without twisting the paper tube when inserting the tobacco portion or wrinkled.
  • the cigarette paper tube according to the invention can at least on the inside in one Distance of, for example, 2 to 15 mm from the first filter plug an annular constriction or arranged in a ring Notches have the inner diameter of the paper tube decrease by a few tenths of a millimeter or less and thus the sliding filter plug when inserting the Resist tobacco serving so that this cannot be pushed through to the filter mouthpiece and that Chamber filter mentioned above forms.
  • the constriction or notch is preferably in the area of the more stable wrapping sheet, can also cut with this or in the unoccupied Sleeve area.
  • the perforation in the mouthpiece area for better ventilation can also in the area of this chamber filter lie, resulting in better vortexing of the main stream smoke with the secondary air.
  • the indentation or constriction does not have to be continuously circular be trained, for example, one or two are sufficient or more narrowing the inner diameter of the paper tube separate areas that are punctiform or arcuate preferably at the same distance from the first filter plug are arranged and depending on the embodiment one more or resistance to insertion less difficult to overcome the tobacco cartridge.
  • the constriction or the indentation arranged in a ring like this trained that the slidable filter plug when reinforced Pressure despite the annular constriction or the annular arranged notches pushed up to the filter mouthpiece can be.
  • This embodiment enables a considerable Customizability when making cigarettes to order For example, once cigarettes of usual smoke quality and others to get such lighter smoke quality. So can for example, shorter dimensionally stable tobacco cartridges, which are also made a lighter tobacco can be made into the cigarette paper tube be introduced, the movable or sliding Only move the filter plug up to the notch can. The consumer thus receives a self-made one light cigarette, sufficient because of the remaining hollow chamber Receives ventilation air.
  • the cigarette paper or Mouthpiece wrapping sheet either only in the area of the filter mouthpiece or only in the hollow chamber area or in the distance area between filter mouthpiece and constriction or in both areas be perforated.
  • the paper sleeves according to the invention are produced on modern strand machines, in which an infinite strand is formed with only one filter rod twice the length of the the first filter plug that later forms the filter mouthpiece is glued to the sleeve paper, while another filter rod, which later forms the further filter plug, coated without glue becomes. After appropriate separation across the axis of the Strands are then obtained with a sliding filter plug equipped cigarette paper tube with filter mouthpiece. By inserting the non-glued filter plugs accordingly cigarette paper tubes can also be made as required with hollow chamber filter.
  • the formation of the first filter plug and the further one Filter plug can be the same or different; instead of Conventional cellulose acetate filter plugs can also have different designs Filter plug of any construction for the first and / or additional filter plugs can be provided.
  • filter plugs for example one near the Filter mouthpiece, which forms the hollow chamber and another, which is arranged on the open mouthpiece of the paper tube.
  • the cigarette paper tube shown in Figure 1 consists of a usual paper tube 2, which in a known manner with the first Filter plug 4 to a filter mouthpiece through a layer of glue 6 is connected and from a mouthpiece wrapping sheet 8 is surrounded.
  • the sliding cigarette case is the other one Filter plug 10 made of the same or different filter material than the filter 4 can be made in the filter mouthpiece.
  • the paper sleeve 2 is provided with a notch 16 shown exaggerated here.
  • This can be designed as a continuous ring or in the form of small outer notches protruding inside the sleeve and enables the displaceable further filter plug 10 not to be fully displaceable up to the first filter plug 4 of the filter mouthpiece, so that a shorter dimensionally stable cartridge P 1 from the Sleeve can be included; this results in a cigarette of the light type due to increased ventilation in the hollow chamber 12.
  • the displaceable filter plug 10 becomes either completely at the filter plug 4 of the filter mouthpiece, depending on the dimensioning, with expansion of the notch 16 pushed or leaves a hollow chamber 12, which may be smaller or larger, depending on the dimensions of the individual parts.
  • the constriction 16 is not absolutely necessary to be different to introduce long dimensionally stable tobacco cartridges; also the embodiment shown in Figure 2 can be short or fill long cartridges, the tobacco cartridge also longer than the receiving space can be the sleeve and the remainder an excessively long tobacco cartridge cut off by the consumer can be or entirely in a correspondingly long Filter sleeve can be introduced.
  • FIG. 4 In the schematic drawing shown in Figure 4 is the manufacture a cigarette paper sleeve shown in Figure 1.
  • the Sleeve strand will be filter rods twice the length of the later Filter plug glued in and with the mostly protruding mouthpiece wrapping sheet, which is also twice as long as that of finished cigarette tube is glued. At a certain distance this is another filter rod in double the length of the subsequent further filter plug 10 is encased without gluing, whereupon at the perpendicular to the axis of the sleeve strand at A both the area forming the later mouthpiece and that intersect the resulting area of the slidable filter plug being single finished cigarette tubes receives.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Cigarettenpapierhülse mit Filtermundstück, nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1, der von dem nächstkommenden Stand der Technik in EP-A-487976 ausgeht.The invention relates to a cigarette paper tube with a filter mouthpiece, according to the preamble of claim 1, of the closest State of the art in EP-A-487976.

Papierhülsen mit derartigem angesetzten Filtermundstück zur Selbstverfertigung von Cigaretten sind allgemein bekannt, um eine Tabakportion entweder mittels einer Vorrichtung in die Cigarettenpapierhülse als vorgeformten Strang einzuschieben oder um formstabile Tabakpatronen in die Cigarettenpapierhülse einzustopfen. Derartig formstabile Tabakpatronen können entweder aus einem zusammengepreßten und gegebenenfalls durch Bindemittel zusammengehaltenen Tabakstrang bestehen oder können auch als z.B. aus der NL-A 6 703 935 bekannte Tabakpatronen eingesetzt werden, die von einer porösen Unhüllung aus vollständig rauchbarem Material umgeben sind. Paper sleeves with such attached filter mouthpiece Homemade cigarettes are well known to order a portion of tobacco either by means of a device in the Insert cigarette paper tube as a preformed strand or to plug dimensionally stable tobacco cartridges into the cigarette paper tube. Such dimensionally stable tobacco cartridges can either from a compressed and optionally by binder held together tobacco rod or can also as e.g. tobacco cartridges known from NL-A 6 703 935 be made of a completely smokable porous coating Material are surrounded.

Die Selbstverfertigung von Cigaretten mit derartigen Papierhülsen ist insofern unvollkommen, als einmal dem Verbraucher wegen des Standardfiltermundstückes die Möglichkeit nicht gegeben ist, ventilierte oder leichte Cigaretten selbst zu fertigen und weil zum anderen die in Schachteln dargebotenen Cigarettenpapierhülsen an ihren offenen Enden oft eingedrückt werden, so daß die Einführüng von Tabakportionen erschwert wird.The self-production of cigarettes with such paper tubes is imperfect in that it is because of the consumer the standard filter mouthpiece is not possible, to produce ventilated or light cigarettes yourself and because on the other hand, the cigarette paper tubes presented in boxes are often pressed in at their open ends, so that the Introducing tobacco portions is difficult.

Ferner wurde in der DE 41 07 025 A1 ein System zur Selbstverfertigung von Filtercigaretten vorgeschlagen, bei dem die Tabakpatrone kürzer als die Cigarettenhülse ausgebildet ist und bei dem ferner dem System zugehörig zwischen dem Filterpfropfen der Cigarettenpapierhülse und der Tabakpatrone ein Abstandsstück oder ein Formkörper einbringbar oder angeordnet ist, um einmal die Geschmacksrichtung von Filtercigaretten besser zu beeinflussen und ferner um Tabak zugunsten des Verbrauchers einzusparen. Nach diesem Vorschlag wird ein im Durchmesser kleineres, Abstandselement als dritte Komponente eingebracht, welches Aromastoffe, Quellsubstanzen oder Absorptionsmittel wie Aktivkohle enthält. Dieses Abstandsstück kann sowohl mit der Tabakpatrone als auch mit der Cigarettenpapierhülse als Einheit verbunden sein es kann aber auch als dritte Komponente vom Verbraucher selber in die Cigarettenpapierhülse eingesetzt werden. Die hier vorgeschlagenen Abstandsstücke können zylindrische Stäbe oder Pfropfen sein, deren Durchmesser 20 bis 50 % kleiner als der der Tabakpatrone ist. Jedoch werden keine Filterpfropfen vorgeschlagen, deren Durchmesser dem der Papierhülse derart angepaßt ist, daß der mindestens eine weitere Filterpfropfen an der Innenfläche der Papierhülse dichtend anliegt, aber durch leichten Druck beim Befüllen der Papierhülse mit einer Tabakportion in dieser axial verschiebbar ist.Furthermore, in DE 41 07 025 A1 a system for the self-production of filter cigarettes suggested the tobacco cartridge is shorter than the cigarette tube and at which also belongs to the system between the filter plug the cigarette paper tube and the tobacco cartridge a spacer or a molded body can be introduced or is arranged to once the flavor of filter cigarettes and also to save tobacco for the benefit of the consumer. According to this proposal, one will be in diameter smaller, spacer than third component introduced, which flavorings, Source substances or absorbents such as activated carbon contains. This spacer can be used with both Tobacco cartridge as well as with the cigarette paper tube it can also be connected as a unit as the third component by the consumer himself be inserted into the cigarette paper tube. The spacers proposed here can be cylindrical rods or plugs whose Diameter 20 to 50% smaller than that Tobacco cartridge is. However, there are no filter plugs suggested whose diameter that of the paper tube is adapted so that the at least one additional filter plug sealingly rests on the inner surface of the paper sleeve, but by light pressure when filling the Paper tube with a portion of tobacco in it is axially displaceable.

Verfahren zur Herstellung üblicher Cigarettenpapierhülsen mit Filtermundstück sind lange bekannt und beruhen auf dem Prinzip, daß ein Strang von Cigarettenhülsenpapier mit nacheinander angeordneten verklebten Filterstäben in doppelter Länge der gewünschten Länge der Filterpfropfen der fertigen Cigarettenpapierhülse hergestellt und anschliessend in der Mitte der verklebten Filterstäbe und in der Mitte zwischen diesen jeweils senkrecht zur Strangachse durchschnitten wird.Process for the production of conventional cigarette paper tubes with filter mouthpiece have long been known and are based on the principle that a strand of cigarette tube paper with glued one after the other Filter rods in double length of the desired length the filter plug of the finished cigarette paper tube manufactured and then glued in the middle of the Filter rods and in the middle between each is cut perpendicular to the strand axis.

Ein derartiges Verfahren nebst geeigneter Vorrichtung ist beispielsweise in der DE OS 2 125 118 beschrieben.Such a method, together with a suitable device, is described for example in DE OS 2 125 118.

Die Erfindung hat sich die Aufgabe gestellt, Cigarettenpapierhülsen der eingangs gekennzeichneten Art vorzuschlagen, welche sowohl im Hinblick auf die Leichtigkeit bzw. Ventilation der selbstverfertigten Cigarette anpaßbar sind und die ferner einen Schutz der Papierhülse gegen Verformung insbesondere an dem dem Filtermundstück abgewandten offenen Ende ermöglichen.The invention has for its object cigarette paper tubes of the kind identified at the beginning to propose which both in terms of lightness or ventilation of the self-made cigarette are customizable and also one Protection of the paper sleeve against deformation, especially on the Allow open end facing away from filter mouthpiece.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgaben wird eine Cigarettenpapierhülse der eingangs gekennzeichneten Art vorgeschlagen, welche gemäß Kennzeichen Hauptanspruch ausgebildet ist, wobei besonders bevorzugte Ausführungsformen in den Unteransprüchen aufgeführt sind. To solve these tasks, a cigarette paper sleeve is used initially proposed type proposed, which according to characteristics Main claim is formed, with particularly preferred Embodiments are listed in the subclaims.

Die erfindungsgemäße Filter-Cigarettenpapierhülse besteht aus einem üblichen Filtermundstück, beispielsweise einem Acetatfilterpfropfen, welcher mit der Papierhülse verleimt ist und vorzugsweise mit einem Mundstücksumhüllungsblatt im Bereich des Filterpfropfens umhüllt ist und meist um einige Millimeter auch die leere Papierhülse umfaßt. Dieses Filtermundstück kann zur besseren Ventilation auf an sich bekannte Weise beispielsweise durch Laserstrahlen perforiert sein, um den Hauptstromrauch mit Nebenluft zu verdünnen. Erfindungswesentlich ist, daß in der Papierhülse zusätzlich zu dem mit bzw. in der Papierhülse verleimten ersten Filterpfropfen ein weiterer Filterpfropfen vorgesehen ist, dessen Durchmesser dem der Papierhülse derart angepaßt ist, daß dieser weitere Filterpfropfen an der Innenfläche der Papierhülse dicht anliegt aber durch leichten Druck in axialer Richtung beim Befüllen der Papierhülse mit einer Tabakportion in dieser in Richtung auf das Filtermundstück verschiebbar ist. Hierzu ist der Außendurchmesser des Filterpfropfens um 0,05 bis 0,2 mm kleiner als der Innendurchmesser der Cigarettenpapierhülse.The filter cigarette paper tube according to the invention consists of a conventional filter mouthpiece, for example an acetate filter plug, which is glued to the paper tube and preferably with a mouthpiece wrapping sheet in the area of the Filter plug is encased and usually also by a few millimeters covers the empty paper tube. This filter mouthpiece can be used better ventilation in a manner known per se, for example be perforated by laser beams to carry the mainstream smoke Dilute secondary air. It is essential to the invention that in the Paper sleeve in addition to that glued to or in the paper sleeve another filter plug provided for the first filter plug is whose diameter is matched to that of the paper tube is that this additional filter plug on the inner surface the paper sleeve fits tightly by slight pressure in the axial Direction when filling the paper tube with a portion of tobacco slidable in the direction of the filter mouthpiece is. For this purpose, the outer diameter of the filter plug is around 0.05 up to 0.2 mm smaller than the inside diameter of the cigarette paper tube.

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Bei der Ausführungsform der Erfindung ist der verschiebbare Filterpfropfen an dem dem Filtermundstück entgegengesetzten Ende der Papierhülse angeordnet. Hierdurch wird die Papierhülse an ihrem ursprünglich freien oder offenen und zum Einführen oder Bestopfen mit der Tabakportion geeigneten Ende stabilisiert und kann in der Schachtel nicht beschädigt werden. Ferner ist es Aufgabe der Erfindung, ein wirtschaftliches Verfahren zur Herstellung derartiger Cigarettenpapierhülsen vorzuschlagen, wobei zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe gemäß Anspruch 7 vorgegangen wird.
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In the embodiment of the invention, the displaceable filter plug is arranged on the end of the paper sleeve opposite the filter mouthpiece. As a result, the paper tube is stabilized at its originally free or open end, which is suitable for insertion or tamping with the tobacco portion, and cannot be damaged in the box. Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to propose an economical method for producing such cigarette paper tubes, the solution to this problem being taken according to claim 7.

Bei der Selbstverfertigung von Cigaretten, beispielsweise mit Tabakportionen gemäß NL-A-6 703 935 oder DE-U-8 326 921 oder DE-U-8 309 186 wird diese formstabile Tabakpatrone benützt, um den verschiebbaren Filterpfropfen in Richtung auf das Filtermundstück zu verschieben. Auch bei Verwendung von Vorrichtungen zum Stopfen von Cigarettenpapierhülsen, die aus einer länglichen Preßkammer und einem bewegbaren Preßbalken bestehen, kann der strangartige Tabakvorrat durch den kolbenartigen Tabak-Ausstoßschieber zusammen mit dem verschiebbaren Filterpfropfen mit dem vorderen Teil der Aufstecktülle und/oder bei der Überführung des Tabakvorrates in die Hülse in Richtung auf das Filtermundstück geschoben werden.When making cigarettes yourself, for example with Servings of tobacco according to NL-A-6 703 935 or DE-U-8 326 921 or DE-U-8 309 186 this dimensionally stable tobacco cartridge is used to sliding filter plug in the direction of the filter mouthpiece to postpone. Even when using devices for Stopper of cigarette paper tubes made from an elongated Bale chamber and a movable press beam, can strand-like tobacco supply through the piston-like tobacco ejection slide together with the sliding filter plug with the front part of the fitting and / or when transferring the Tobacco stocks in the sleeve towards the filter mouthpiece be pushed.

Bei einer anderen bevorzugten Ausführungsform befindet sich der weitere verschiebbare Filterpfropfen in einem Abstand von beispielsweise 2 bis 15 mm von dem ersten Filterpfropfen in der Hülse entfernt und bildet einen Hohlkammerfilter. Bei dieser Ausführungsform wird zwar das offene Ende der Papierhülse nicht gegen Zerknittern geschützt; es wird jedoch die Papierhülse im unteren Bereich hinreichend verstärkt, so daß sie besser ergriffen und beim Einführen der Tabakportion sicherer gehalten werden kann, ohne daß die Papierhülse beim Einschieben der Tabakportion verdreht oder verknittert wird.In another preferred embodiment, the further displaceable filter plugs at a distance of, for example 2 to 15 mm from the first filter plug in the sleeve and forms a hollow chamber filter. In this embodiment the open end of the paper tube will not prevent crumpling protected; however, it becomes the paper tube in the lower area sufficiently reinforced so that they are better grasped and can be held more securely when the tobacco portion is introduced, without twisting the paper tube when inserting the tobacco portion or wrinkled.

Bei einer weiteren Ausbildung der erfindungsgemäßen Cigarettenpapierhülse kann diese zumindest an ihrer Innenseite in einem Abstand von beispielsweise 2 bis 15 mm von dem ersten Filterpfropfen eine ringförmige Einschnürung oder ringförmig angeordnete Einkerbungen aufweisen, die den Innendurchmesser der Papierhülse um einige Zehntel Millimeter oder weniger verringern und somit dem verschiebbaren Filterpfropfen beim Einführen der Tabakportion einen Widerstand entgegensetzen, so daß dieser nicht bis zum Filtermundstück durchgeschoben werden kann und das oben erwähnte Kammerfilter bildet. Die Einschnürung oder Einkerbung liegt vorzugsweise im Bereich des stabileren Umhüllungsblattes, kann aber auch mit diesem abschneiden oder im unbelegten Hülsenbereich liegen. Die Perforation im Mundstücksbereich zur besseren Belüftung kann auch im Bereich dieses Kammerfilters liegen, was zu einer besseren Durchwirbelung des Hauptstromrauches mit der Nebenluft führt.In a further embodiment of the cigarette paper tube according to the invention can at least on the inside in one Distance of, for example, 2 to 15 mm from the first filter plug an annular constriction or arranged in a ring Notches have the inner diameter of the paper tube decrease by a few tenths of a millimeter or less and thus the sliding filter plug when inserting the Resist tobacco serving so that this cannot be pushed through to the filter mouthpiece and that Chamber filter mentioned above forms. The constriction or notch is preferably in the area of the more stable wrapping sheet, can also cut with this or in the unoccupied Sleeve area. The perforation in the mouthpiece area for better ventilation can also in the area of this chamber filter lie, resulting in better vortexing of the main stream smoke with the secondary air.

Die Einkerbung oder Einschnürung muß nicht durchgehend ringförmig ausgebildet sein, es genügen beispielsweise auch ein, zwei oder mehrere den Innendurchmesser der Papierhülse verengende voneinander getrennte Bereiche, die punkt- oder bogenförmig vorzugsweise mit gleichem Abstand zum ersten Filterpfropfen angeordnet sind und je nach Ausführungsform einen mehr oder weniger schwer zu überwindenden Widerstand gegen das Einschieben der Tabakpatrone bilden.The indentation or constriction does not have to be continuously circular be trained, for example, one or two are sufficient or more narrowing the inner diameter of the paper tube separate areas that are punctiform or arcuate preferably at the same distance from the first filter plug are arranged and depending on the embodiment one more or resistance to insertion less difficult to overcome the tobacco cartridge.

Bei einer weiteren Ausführungsform gemäß Erfindung ist die Einschnürung oder die ringförmig angeordnete Einkerbung derart ausgebildet, daß der verschiebbare Filterpfropfen bei verstärktem Druck trotz der ringförmigen Einschnürung oder der ringförmig angeordneten Einkerbungen bis ans Filtermundstück herangeschoben werden kann. Diese Ausführungsform ermöglicht eine erhebliche Anpaßbarkeit bei der Selbstfertigung von Cigaretten, um beispielsweise einmal Cigaretten üblicher Rauchqualität und zum anderen solche leichterer Rauchqualität zu erhalten. So können beispielsweise kürzere formstabile Tabakpatronen, die auch aus einem leichteren Tabak hergestellt sein können, in die Cigarettenpapierhülse eingeführt werden, die den beweglichen oder verschiebbaren Filterpfropfen nur bis zur Einkerbung verschieben können. Der Verbraucher erhält somit eine selbstverfertigte leichte Cigarette, die wegen der verbliebenen Hohlkammer hinreichend Ventilationsluft erhält. Verwendet man dagegen eine um die Länge der Hohlkammer verlängerte formstabile Tabakpatrone, kann man bei der Selbstverfertigung von Cigaretten den bewegbaren weiteren Filterpfropfen über die aufweitbare Einkerbung hinaus in die an sich vorgesehene Hohlkammer hineinschieben und erhält eine weniger belüftete Standardcigarette. Je nach Dimensionierung der formstabilen Tabakpatrone, des verschiebbaren weiteren Filterpfropfens und der Hülsenlänge ist es auch möglich, den Filterpfropfen über die Einschnürung hinaus in Richtung auf das Filtermundstück zu bewegen und dennoch eine kleinere Hohlkammer zu belassen.In a further embodiment according to the invention, the constriction or the indentation arranged in a ring like this trained that the slidable filter plug when reinforced Pressure despite the annular constriction or the annular arranged notches pushed up to the filter mouthpiece can be. This embodiment enables a considerable Customizability when making cigarettes to order For example, once cigarettes of usual smoke quality and others to get such lighter smoke quality. So can for example, shorter dimensionally stable tobacco cartridges, which are also made a lighter tobacco can be made into the cigarette paper tube be introduced, the movable or sliding Only move the filter plug up to the notch can. The consumer thus receives a self-made one light cigarette, sufficient because of the remaining hollow chamber Receives ventilation air. However, if you use one around Length of the hollow chamber extended tobacco cartridge, dimensionally stable one moves the movable one when making cigarettes themselves additional filter plugs beyond the expandable notch slide into the hollow chamber provided and receives a less ventilated standard cigarette. Depending on the dimensioning the dimensionally stable tobacco cartridge, the sliding further Filter plug and the sleeve length, it is also possible Filter plug beyond the constriction in the direction of the Filter mouthpiece to move and still a smaller cavity to leave.

Bei allen Ausführungsformen können das Cigarettenpapier bzw. das Mundstückumhüllungsblatt entweder nur im Bereich des Filtermundstückes oder nur im Hohlkammerbereich bzw. im Abstandsbereich zwischen Filtermundstück und Einschnürung oder in beiden Bereichen perforiert sein.In all embodiments, the cigarette paper or Mouthpiece wrapping sheet either only in the area of the filter mouthpiece or only in the hollow chamber area or in the distance area between filter mouthpiece and constriction or in both areas be perforated.

Die Herstellung der erfindungsgemäßen Papierhülsen erfolgt auf modernen Strangmaschinen, bei denen ein unendlicher Strang gebildet wird, bei dem nur ein Filterstab in doppelter Länge des den später das Filtermundstück bildende erste Filterpfropfen mit dem Hülsenpapier verleimt wird, während ein weiterer Filterstab, der später den weiteren Filterpfropfen bildet, unverleimt umhüllt wird. Nach entsprechender Trennung quer zur Achse des Stranges erhält man dann die mit einem verschiebbaren Filterpfropfen ausgestattete Cigarettenpapierhülse mit Filtermundstück. Durch entsprechende Einbringung der nicht verleimten Filterpfropfen lassen sich je nach Wunsch auch Cigarettenpapierhülsen mit Hohlkammerfilter herstellen.The paper sleeves according to the invention are produced on modern strand machines, in which an infinite strand is formed with only one filter rod twice the length of the the first filter plug that later forms the filter mouthpiece is glued to the sleeve paper, while another filter rod, which later forms the further filter plug, coated without glue becomes. After appropriate separation across the axis of the Strands are then obtained with a sliding filter plug equipped cigarette paper tube with filter mouthpiece. By inserting the non-glued filter plugs accordingly cigarette paper tubes can also be made as required with hollow chamber filter.

Die Ausbildung des ersten Filterpfropfens und die des weiteren Filterpfropfens kann gleich oder verschieden sein; anstelle üblicher Celluloseacetatfilterpfropfen können auch anders ausgebildete Filterpfropfen beliebiger Konstruktion für den ersten und/oder weiteren Filterpfropfen vorgesehen werden.The formation of the first filter plug and the further one Filter plug can be the same or different; instead of Conventional cellulose acetate filter plugs can also have different designs Filter plug of any construction for the first and / or additional filter plugs can be provided.

Letztlich ist es auch möglich, mehrere verschiebbare weitere Filterpfropfen vorzusehen, beispielsweise einen in der Nähe des Filtermundstückes, der die Hohlkammer bildet und einen weiteren, der am offenen Mundstück der Papierhülse angeordnet ist.Ultimately, it is also possible to have several more sliding ones Provide filter plugs, for example one near the Filter mouthpiece, which forms the hollow chamber and another, which is arranged on the open mouthpiece of the paper tube.

Im folgenden soll die Erfindung anhand von Zeichnungen näher erläutert werden; es zeigen:

Figur 1
einen Schnitt durch eine Cigarettenpapierhülse mit Filtermundstück mit einem weiteren Filterpfropfen am Einfüllende der Papierhülse;
Figur 2
einen Schnitt durch eine Cigarettenpapierhülse mit Filtermundstück mit einem weiteren Filterpfropfen in geringem Abstand zum Filtermundstück.
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einen Schnitt durch eine Cigarettenpapierhülse analog Figur 2 mit einer Einschnürung im näheren Bereich zum Filtermundstück.
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eine schematische Darstellung der Herstellung von erfindungsgemäßen Cigarettenpapierhülsen.
In the following the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to drawings; show it:
Figure 1
a section through a cigarette paper tube with filter mouthpiece with another filter plug at the filling end of the paper tube;
Figure 2
a section through a cigarette paper tube with filter mouthpiece with another filter plug at a short distance from the filter mouthpiece.
Figure 3
a section through a cigarette paper sleeve analogous to Figure 2 with a constriction in the vicinity of the filter mouthpiece.
Figure 4
is a schematic representation of the manufacture of cigarette paper tubes according to the invention.

Die in Figur 1 gezeigte Cigarettenpapierhülse besteht aus einer üblichen Papierhülse 2, die auf bekannte Weise mit dem ersten Filterpfropfen 4 zu einem Filtermundstück durch eine Leimschicht 6 verbunden ist und von einem Mundstückumhüllungsblatt 8 umgeben ist. An dem dem Filtermundstück entgegengesetzten Ende der Cigarettenhülse befindet sich der verschiebbare weitere Filterpfropfen 10, der aus gleichem oder andersartigem Filtermaterial als das Filter 4 im Filtermundstück gefertigt sein kann.The cigarette paper tube shown in Figure 1 consists of a usual paper tube 2, which in a known manner with the first Filter plug 4 to a filter mouthpiece through a layer of glue 6 is connected and from a mouthpiece wrapping sheet 8 is surrounded. At the end opposite the filter mouthpiece the sliding cigarette case is the other one Filter plug 10 made of the same or different filter material than the filter 4 can be made in the filter mouthpiece.

Bei der in Figur 2 gezeigten Anordnung befindet sich der verschiebbare weitere Filterpfropfen 10 mit einem Abstand von etwa 2 bis 15 mm zum ersten Filterpfropfen 4 des Filtermundstücks und bildet somit eine Hohlkammer 12, die vorzugsweise durch Perforationen 14 Nebenluft zur Ventilation erhält.In the arrangement shown in Figure 2 is the slidable further filter plugs 10 with a distance of about 2 to 15 mm to the first filter plug 4 of the filter mouthpiece and thus forms a hollow chamber 12, preferably through perforations 14 receives secondary air for ventilation.

Bei der in Figur 3 gezeigten Ausführungsform ist die Papierhülse 2 mit einer hier übertrieben gezeigten Einkerbung 16 versehen. Diese kann als durchgehender Ring oder in Form von kleinen innerhalb der Hülse vorstehenden äußeren Einkerbungen ausgebildet sein und ermöglicht, daß der verschiebbare weitere Filterpfropfen 10 nicht ganz bis zu dem ersten Filterpfropfen 4 des Filtermundstückes verschiebbar ist, so daß eine kürzere formstabile Patrone P1 von der Hülse aufgenommen werden kann; hierbei ergibt sich eine Cigarette des leichten Typs durch vermehrte Ventilation in der Hohlkammer 12. Verwendet man dagegen eine längere Patrone P2, wird der verschiebbare Filterpfropfen 10 bei etwas verstärktem Druck unter Aufweitung der Einkerbung 16 je nach Dimensionierung entweder ganz an den Filterpfropfen 4 des Filtermundstückes herangeschoben oder ergibt unter Belassung eines Abstandes eine Hohlkammer 12, die je nach Dimensionierung der einzelnen Teile kleiner oder größer sein kann.In the embodiment shown in Figure 3, the paper sleeve 2 is provided with a notch 16 shown exaggerated here. This can be designed as a continuous ring or in the form of small outer notches protruding inside the sleeve and enables the displaceable further filter plug 10 not to be fully displaceable up to the first filter plug 4 of the filter mouthpiece, so that a shorter dimensionally stable cartridge P 1 from the Sleeve can be included; this results in a cigarette of the light type due to increased ventilation in the hollow chamber 12. If, on the other hand, a longer cartridge P 2 is used, the displaceable filter plug 10 becomes either completely at the filter plug 4 of the filter mouthpiece, depending on the dimensioning, with expansion of the notch 16 pushed or leaves a hollow chamber 12, which may be smaller or larger, depending on the dimensions of the individual parts.

Die Einschnürung 16 ist nicht unbedingt erforderlich, um verschieden lange formstabile Tabakpatronen einzuführen; auch die in Figur 2 gezeigte Ausführungsform läßt sich mit kurzen oder langen Patronen befüllen, wobei die Tabakpatrone auch länger als der Aufnahmeraum der Hülse sein kann und der überstehende Rest einer überlangen Tabakpatrone vom Verbraucher abgeschnitten werden kann oder aber zur Gänze in eine entsprechend überlange Filterhülse eingebracht werden kann. The constriction 16 is not absolutely necessary to be different to introduce long dimensionally stable tobacco cartridges; also the embodiment shown in Figure 2 can be short or fill long cartridges, the tobacco cartridge also longer than the receiving space can be the sleeve and the remainder an excessively long tobacco cartridge cut off by the consumer can be or entirely in a correspondingly long Filter sleeve can be introduced.

Bei der in Figur 4 gezeigten Schemazeichnung ist die Herstellung einer Cigarettenpapierhülse gemäß Figur 1 dargestellt. In den Hülsenstrang werden Filterstäbe in doppelter Länge des späteren Filterpfropfens eingeleimt und mit dem meist überstehenden Mundstücksumhüllungsblatt, das ebenfalls doppelt so lang wie das der fertigen Cigarettenhülse ist, verleimt. In einem gewissen Abstand hierzu wird ein weiterer Filterstab in doppelter Länge des späteren weiteren Filterpfropfens 10 ohne Verleimung umhüllt, worauf dann an den senkrecht zur Achse des Hülsenstranges bei A sowohl der das spätere Mundstück bildende Bereich als auch der des verschiebbaren Filterpfropfens sich ergebende Bereich durchschnitten wird, wobei man einzelne fertige Cigarettenhülsen erhält.In the schematic drawing shown in Figure 4 is the manufacture a cigarette paper sleeve shown in Figure 1. In the Sleeve strand will be filter rods twice the length of the later Filter plug glued in and with the mostly protruding mouthpiece wrapping sheet, which is also twice as long as that of finished cigarette tube is glued. At a certain distance this is another filter rod in double the length of the subsequent further filter plug 10 is encased without gluing, whereupon at the perpendicular to the axis of the sleeve strand at A both the area forming the later mouthpiece and that intersect the resulting area of the slidable filter plug being single finished cigarette tubes receives.

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  1. Cigarette paper tube with filter tip for making your own cigarettes, said paper tube being manufactured on a cigarette paper tube machine, in which the filter tip is formed from a first filter plug (4), which is connected by a glue coating (6) at the mouth-side end to the inner surface of the paper tube (2), whose outer surface is surrounded by a tip wrapper (8) projecting from one tip end optionally to over and beyond the area of the first filter plug (4), a further filter element being provided, characterized in that the further filter element comprises one or more filter plugs (10) located in the paper tube (2) and whose outer diameter is 0.05 to 0.2 mm smaller than the inner diameter of the cigarette paper tube and is thereby adapted to that of the paper tube in such a way that the further filter plug or plugs (10) tightly engage on the inner surface of the paper tube, but by slight pressure on filling the paper tube with a tobacco portion are axially movable into said tube, and that one of the movable filter plugs (10) is located in the end of the paper tube (2) opposite to the filter tip.
  2. Cigarette paper tube according to claim 1, characterized in that one movable further filter plug (10) is located at a distance of 2 to 15 mm from the first filter plug (4) in the tube; (fig. 2).
  3. Cigarette paper tube according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the paper tube (2) has, at a distance of 2 to 15 mm from the filter tip (4), a constriction or indentation (16) arranged in circular manner, which give a slight reduction of the internal diameter of the paper tube and which are optionally widenable by the movable further filter plug (10).
  4. Cigarette paper tube according to claim 3, characterized in that the constriction or indentation (16) is provided on the area of the wrapper (8) projecting over and beyond the first filter plug (4) or in the marginal area thereof.
  5. Cigarette paper tube according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the tip wrapper (8) has in the vicinity of the filter tip (4) and/or in the spacing area between the filter tip and the indentation or constriction (16) perforations (14) for the entry of secondary air.
  6. Cigarette paper tube according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the tip wrapper has perforations in the vicinity of the filter tip and/or in the spacing area between the filter tip and the movable filter plug (10) located therein.
  7. Method for producing a cigarette paper tube according to claim 1, characterized in that a cigarette tube paper strand is produced with successively arranged filter rods glued to the paper tube und unglued filter rods, said filter rods having twice the length of the desired filter plug of the finished cigarette paper tube and is in each case cut through in the centre of the glued filter rods and the movable filter rods which correspond to the movable filter plugs (10) located in the end of the paper tube (2) opposite to the filter tip.
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