EP0659352A1 - Procédé et dispositif pour remplir ou bourrer des tubes de papier à cigarette avec du tabac - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour remplir ou bourrer des tubes de papier à cigarette avec du tabac Download PDF

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EP0659352A1
EP0659352A1 EP94120439A EP94120439A EP0659352A1 EP 0659352 A1 EP0659352 A1 EP 0659352A1 EP 94120439 A EP94120439 A EP 94120439A EP 94120439 A EP94120439 A EP 94120439A EP 0659352 A1 EP0659352 A1 EP 0659352A1
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Heinrich W. Ruppert
Günter Schütze
Klaus G. Gätschmann
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Efka Werke Fritz Kiehn GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/40—Hand-driven apparatus for making cigarettes
    • A24C5/42—Pocket cigarette-fillers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/40—Hand-driven apparatus for making cigarettes

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for filling or stuffing cigarette paper tubes with tobacco according to the preamble of claim 1 and of claim 2. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a unit of use of tobacco-filled extruders according to claim 28.
  • a relief for the rolling of cigarettes was obviously hoped for by the provision of a tobacco product according to NL-H-6703935, namely consisting of a tobacco portion adapted by tobacco filling of a finished cigarette, the outer surface of which is formed from a wrapping of material that can be consumed completely by smoking, the wrapping being so permeable to air that the tobacco portion as such cannot be smoked like a cigarette.
  • a conventional cigarette paper roll should be wrapped around this tobacco portion to produce a smokable cigarette and glued in a manner known per se.
  • Self-stuffing of cigarettes is known as a fundamentally different way of making cigarettes.
  • a plug-in nozzle is provided for attaching and plugging in an empty cigarette tube.
  • the bale chamber is delimited by a piston-like tobacco discharge valve, by means of which the tobacco supply can be transferred from the press chamber into the cigarette tube (cf. for example DE 2 833 681).
  • a piston-like tobacco discharge valve by means of which the tobacco supply can be transferred from the press chamber into the cigarette tube.
  • These known tamping devices have more or less proven themselves in practice. However, they have the disadvantage that a certain degree of contamination of the hands of the user and the environment with tobacco residues or crumbs cannot be avoided when the bale chamber is filled, which is perceived as annoying in part and often prevents the user from using such a device Device.
  • manual filling means that the degree of filling of the press chamber and thus of the cigarette tube is not always constant.
  • the cigarettes that are self-stuffed in this way are therefore distinguished by different smoking behaviors, namely different traits, tastes and differently long smoking times. In this respect, the self-filled cigarette behaves similarly to the self-rolled cigarette.
  • a tobacco product for the self-production of cigarettes is carried out both in DE-U-83 26 921 and in DE-U-83 09 186 or also in DE-C-33 43 407 proposed to the consumer, which is characterized by a non-smokable prefabricated product in the form of a factory-made tobacco cartridge, consisting of an open-ended strand casing with the diameter of the cigarette paper sleeve of the finished cigarettes and a strand-like tobacco filling, each corresponding to a cigarette portion, which is provided by a assigned piston, adapted to the inner diameter of the strand casing, can be transferred from the strand casing into an empty cigarette paper sleeve.
  • This tobacco product is suitable both for use in connection with conventional self-filling cigarette tubes and in connection with conventional self-rolling cigarette 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 latter proposal is a very considerable improvement over the prior art mentioned, it cannot be overlooked that the handling of the associated device requires a relatively high level of skill. Above all, it is necessary to insert the push-on spout into the strand casing filled with tobacco at one end.
  • the plug-in spout by inserting the plug-in spout, the tobacco is additionally compressed at least in this area, as a result of which the transfer of the tobacco into the tobacco receiving space of the empty cigarette paper tube can be hindered.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method and a device which represent an improvement of the last-mentioned system both in terms of handling and in terms of quality of the tobacco transferred into the cigarette paper tube. Furthermore, a tobacco use unit which is particularly suitable in connection with the desired device and the method according to the invention is to be provided.
  • the method according to the invention coincides with the conventional stuffing of cigarettes using the conventional stuffing devices.
  • each cigarette manufactured by the method according to the invention or using the device according to the invention is equally designed with regard to tobacco filling, smoking behavior, taste and pollutant content.
  • FIG. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of a device 10 for filling or plugging a cigarette paper tube, not shown, with tobacco.
  • This device comprises a housing with a lower and an upper housing part 14 and 12, respectively.
  • the two housing parts 12, 14 are connected to one another in a hinge-like or articulated manner.
  • the hinge joint is identified by the reference number 64. Accordingly, the two housing parts 12, 14 can be folded apart (FIG. 1) and together (FIG. 2). In the folded state, the two housing parts 12 and 14 lie exactly on top of one another and form a cuboid block (FIGS. 2a and 2b).
  • an elastically prestressed latching tab 18 Arranged on the side of the upper housing part 12 opposite the hinge joint 64 is an elastically prestressed latching tab 18 which, in the folded state, cooperates with a latching recess 20 formed on the lower housing part 14, so that in the collapsed state of the housing 11 both housing parts 12, 14 in this state being held.
  • the two housing parts 12, 14 each have longitudinal grooves 22 on their mutually facing sides, which are separated from one another by longitudinal webs.
  • the longitudinal grooves 22 each run parallel to the hinge axis 64 and each have a semicircular cross section.
  • Each longitudinal groove 22 on the inside of the lower housing part 14 is assigned a longitudinal groove 22 on the inside of the upper housing part 12. The same applies to the longitudinal webs arranged between the longitudinal grooves 22. If the two housing parts 12 and 14 are folded together, two longitudinal grooves 22 facing each other form a receiving space 23 with an approximately circular shape Cross-section.
  • the inner diameter of each receiving space 23 is approximately the same, slightly larger or slightly smaller than the outer diameter of a rod casing 150 filled with tobacco.
  • the rod casing 150 contains a quantity of tobacco corresponding to the quantity of tobacco of a conventional cigarette.
  • the inner diameter of the strand casing 150 corresponds approximately to the inner diameter of the tobacco receiving space of a prefabricated cigarette paper casing. Accordingly, the tobacco or tobacco rod can be transferred from the strand casing 150 into the tobacco receiving space of an associated cigarette paper tube substantially without changing the diameter.
  • the length of the strand casing 150 or of the tobacco rod held together by it can be the same or preferably somewhat longer than the length of the tobacco receiving space of the associated cigarette paper sleeve.
  • the strand casing 150 can consist of either smokable or non-smokable material. In any case, the strand casing must be permeable to air, for example perforated, in such a way that the tobacco strand cannot be smoked outside a cigarette paper casing.
  • strand casings 150 filled with tobacco can be inserted into the longitudinal grooves 22 of the lower housing part 14. After all or part of the longitudinal grooves 22 of the lower housing part are filled with a tobacco casing 150 filled with tobacco, the housing 11 is folded up. In this state, the strand sleeves 150 are supported on the inner walls of the longitudinal grooves 22 assigned to one another or the receiving spaces 23 formed by two longitudinal grooves assigned to each other. For a better hold of the strand sleeves 150 the surfaces of the longitudinal grooves 22 can be roughened within the receiving spaces 23 formed by the longitudinal grooves 22. On the face side, the receiving spaces 23 formed by the longitudinal grooves 22 as well as the strand shells 150 are open.
  • two rows of mutually spaced-apart trough-like depressions 26 are formed which run parallel to one another.
  • the two rows of trough-like depressions 26 each extend approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the longitudinal grooves 22 or the receiving spaces 23 defined by the longitudinal grooves 22.
  • the mutual spacing of the trough-like depressions 26 corresponds to the distance between the longitudinal central axes of the receiving spaces 23 defined by the longitudinal grooves 22.
  • the upper housing part 12 has two guide rails 24, which are each parallel to the two rows of trough-like depressions 26, i.e. also extend perpendicular to the longitudinal central axes of the receiving spaces 23.
  • These guide rails 24 serve to hold and to longitudinally guide a tobacco transfer element 40 which can be placed on the upper housing part 12 in accordance with FIGS. 3 and 4 or 5.
  • the tobacco transfer element 40 is an approximately U-shaped component with a connecting web 42 and two legs 44, on the sides of which face one another Inside grooves 46 are formed, which cooperate with the guide rails 24 mentioned on the upper housing part 12 of the housing 11. Accordingly, the tobacco transfer element 40 can be displaced along the housing-side guide rails 24 on the upper housing part 12.
  • a rod 48 is axially displaceably mounted, namely parallel to the web 42.
  • the rod 48 has a piston 50 on its inner end, ie the end facing the opposite leg 44 on whose diameter is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the strand casing 150.
  • a handle 52 is arranged at the opposite outer end, with which the rod 48 can be axially displaced.
  • the other leg namely the left leg in FIGS. 3 and 4
  • This bore is on the outside through a push-on spout 60 continued.
  • the plug-in spout lies within a recess accessible from above, so that a cigarette paper tube can be slipped onto the plug-in spout 60 in a conventional manner without hindrance.
  • the plug-on spout 60 is assigned a clamping mechanism for an attached cigarette paper tube.
  • this clamping mechanism comprises clamping plungers 62 arranged diametrically to the plug-in spout 60 with push buttons 58 which are accessible from the outside.
  • two elastically prestressed spherical elements 54 each associated with the two rows of trough-like depressions 26 on the upper side 28 of the upper housing part 11, are arranged, with the trough-like depressions 26 underneath Establish a kind of locking connection.
  • the tobacco transfer element can be precisely assigned by the interaction of the spherical elements 54 on the one hand and trough-like depressions 26 on the other hand to the individual receiving spaces 23 or the strand casings 150 placed thereon, in such a way that both the rod 48 with the piston 50 and the one arranged opposite one another Push-on spout 60 is aligned with the respective tobacco receiving space 23 or the strand casings 150 placed therefor.
  • the tobacco transfer element 40 is successively assigned to the receiving spaces 23 or the casing 150.
  • a cigarette paper sleeve is slipped onto the plug-on spout 60 in a conventional manner and held in place by means of the clamping plunger 62.
  • the rod 48 together with the piston 50 is pushed axially into the housing or into the respective receiving space 23 by means of the handle 52.
  • the tobacco or tobacco rod located in the casing 150 is transferred through the plug-in nozzle 60 into the cigarette paper sleeve or its tobacco receiving space by the piston 50.
  • the rod 48 together with the piston 50 is then withdrawn again by means of the handle 52 until the piston 50 lies outside the collision area with the housing 11.
  • the cigarette filled with tobacco is withdrawn in a conventional manner from the plug-on nozzle 60 after being released by the clamping plunger 62.
  • the tobacco transfer element 40 is moved along the guide rails 24 into a next latching position, in which the rod 48 together with the piston 50 and the plug-in nozzle 60 are again in alignment with the next assigned receiving space 23, in which a strand casing filled with tobacco or Portion of tobacco.
  • the housing 11 is opened again.
  • the empty strand casings 150 are removed. The process described can then be started again until the user has made a sufficient number of cigarettes.
  • FIG. 6 to 9 show an alternative device of the type in question here.
  • This has a housing in the form of a U-shaped frame 112 with a base plate 113 and two upright legs 114. Between these two legs 114, two grooved rollers 118, 119 are rotatably mounted, in accordance with FIG. 6 above and parallel to one another. The distance between the two grooved rollers 118, 119 is selected so that the outer surfaces almost touch.
  • a gear mechanism within one of the two legs 114, the two grooved rollers 118, 119 are coupled to one another in such a way that they rotate in opposite directions when actuated by rotation.
  • Longitudinal grooves 132 are formed in the lateral surface of each grooved roller 118, 119.
  • the longitudinal grooves 132 are separated from one another by longitudinal webs.
  • the longitudinal grooves of both grooved rollers each have the same angular distance from one another.
  • the gear coupling between the two grooved rollers 118, 119 is such that, when the same rotates between two longitudinal grooves facing each other in the area of the plane extending through the axes of rotation of the two rollers, a receiving space for a strand casing 150 filled with tobacco and having an approximately circular cross-section is formed.
  • This receiving space 23 defined in this way is open on both end faces.
  • the one end face is assigned the already described rod 48 with piston and handle 52, while on the other end face the push-on spout 60 with the clamping mechanism 62, 58 already described in connection with the first embodiment is arranged.
  • the rod 48 is axially displaceably mounted in one of the two legs 114 (the right leg 114 in FIGS. 6 and 7).
  • the plug-on spout 60 is formed on the other leg 114, again again within a recess 158 accessible from above.
  • the roller pair 118, 119 is preceded by a plurality of magazine 116 filled with tobacco casing sleeves 150 in the manner of an obliquely inclined slide, so that when the two grooved rollers 118, 119 are turned in each case a strand casing 150 filled with tobacco automatically slips out of the magazine 116 into the receiving space 23 defined by mutually facing longitudinal grooves.
  • Subordinate to the receiving space 23 defined by two mutually facing longitudinal grooves 132 are further strand casing scrapers or strand casing throwing elements 124 and 136 which, when the two grooving rolls are rotated, a strand casing 150 which is released and emptied from the receiving space 23 from the longitudinal grooves 132 of the grooved rolls 118 and / or 119 solve.
  • the ejection elements 124, 136 are arms which engage in circumferential grooves 120 of the upper and lower grooved rollers, the ejection elements 124 assigned to the lower grooved roller 119 being made in one piece with a holding plate 122 fastened to the frame 112.
  • the ejection elements 136, which are assigned to the upper grooved roller 118 are formed in one piece with a connecting plate or a connecting plate 134, which is mounted on the two legs 114 of the frame 112.
  • an actuating member which can be brought into engagement with the lower grooved roller 119 is provided for rotating the same or both grooved rollers 118, 119.
  • the actuating member is a pivoting lever 126 which can be brought into engagement with the lower grooving roller 119, the pivot axis of which coincides with the axis of rotation of the lower grooving roller 119.
  • the pivot lever 126 comprises a bolt 140 which, under the action of a spring 160, engages either with the longitudinal grooves 132 of the lower grooved roller 119 or with the gears of the coupling mechanism mentioned and counter to the action of this spring 160 can be disengaged.
  • the lower grooved roller 119 and thus both grooved rollers can be rotated by pivoting the swivel lever 126 until a new receiving space 23 is formed for receiving a strand casing filled with tobacco.
  • the latch 140 is then brought out of engagement with the lower grooved roller or the coupling gear in order to be able to be pivoted back into the starting position with the aid of the pivot lever 126.
  • the pivoting angle of the pivoting lever 126 and thus also the bolt 140 connected to it is dimensioned such that it rotates the grooved rollers 118, 119 by an angle which results in the formation of a new receiving space 23 for a strand casing 150 filled with tobacco.
  • locking means 142 can also be provided. Only one of these is shown in FIG. 7, namely in the form of a spring-loaded detent ball, which engages at the end in a longitudinal groove 132 of the upper grooved roller 118 here. The engagement takes place in the specific case in each case on the end face of a longitudinal groove of the upper grooved roller 118.
  • the latching mechanism described can also be assigned to the lower grooved roller or to both grooved rollers. In the specific case, however, the assignment to only one grooved roller is sufficient due to the described connection of the two grooved rollers 118, 119.
  • the mode of operation of the last-described embodiment is as follows: First, the magazine 116 is filled with a multiplicity of rod casings 150 filled with tobacco or correspondingly designed rod-like tobacco portions. These tobacco portions can either be loose from each other or together be connected to a kind of tobacco cartridge belt. The lowest tobacco portion lies against the two grooved rollers 118, 119 in such a way that when the two grooved rollers turn in the direction of the arrows 154, a tobacco portion is detected and carried along by the separating webs of the longitudinal grooves of the two grooved rollers, which are arranged upstream of the receiving space 23.
  • the rotation of the two grooved rollers 118, 119 is achieved by the pivot lever 126 and the bolt 140 assigned to it in the manner described above.
  • the pivoting movement of the pivoting lever 126 is indicated in FIG. 7 with the reference number 128.
  • the pivot lever 126 together with the latch 140 must first be pivoted upward into the starting position. Then the bolt 140 is released so that it reaches its locked position. Thereafter, the pivot lever 126 together with the latch 140 is pivoted downward while simultaneously taking the lower grooved roller 119 with it.
  • the upper grooved roller 118 is rotated in a corresponding manner by the gear coupling.
  • the tobacco portion that follows each from the magazine 116 reaches the region of the plane extending through the two axes of rotation of the grooved rollers.
  • a longitudinal groove of the lower grooved roller 119 and a longitudinal groove of the upper grooved roller 118 face each other exactly, forming a receiving space for the tobacco portion with an approximately circular cross section.
  • the tobacco portion or its strand casing is supported radially, namely by the longitudinal grooves of the lower and upper grooved rollers 118, 119 facing one another.
  • the tobacco is pushed out of the strand casing 150 through the plug-on spout 60 by means of the rod 48 the tobacco receptacle of a cigarette paper tube attached to this.
  • the same is fixed by means of the described clamping mechanism 62, 58. After the tobacco transfer, the rod 48 is pulled back into its starting position by means of the handle 52.
  • the cigarette paper tube filled with tobacco is removed from the plug-on spout.
  • the axial displacement of the rod 48 by means of the handle 52 takes place in the direction of the double arrow 130 in FIG. 6.
  • the grooved rollers 118, 119 can be rotated a further step by means of the pivot lever 126, forming a new receiving space 23, in which a new one is then located Portion of tobacco.
  • the tobacco portion is defined by a strand casing 150 and a strand-like tobacco filling 151.
  • the strand casing 150 is so permeable to air that the tobacco portion is not smokable outside of a tightly fitting cigarette paper sleeve.
  • the emptied strand casing - identified by reference number 152 in FIG. 9 - is ejected. This ejection is supported by the ejection elements 124, 136 mentioned above.
  • the magazine 116 is emptied and a corresponding number of cigarettes are produced.
  • FIGS. 10 to 12 A third alternative for a device for filling or stuffing cigarette paper tubes is shown schematically in FIGS. 10 to 12.
  • a multiplicity of parallel strand casings 150 or tobacco portions, each of which is filled with tobacco are provided in a box or outer packaging 210, one next to the other and one above the other, as well as close together.
  • the strand casings 150 are preferably connected to one another by adhesive dots, so that they support one another within the outer packaging 210.
  • the outer strand envelopes 150 are fixed to the inside of the outer packaging 210, preferably also adhesively bonded to it.
  • 10 and 11 is the box or outer packaging 210 open at the front.
  • the box or outer packaging 210 is also closed on the end before use, specifically both moisture and aroma-tight.
  • a device 215 is assigned to the aforementioned group of tobacco portions, which is shown in plan view in FIG. 12.
  • the device has a receiving space 23 ′ formed in a housing 216, the dimensions of which correspond to the dimensions of the box or outer packaging 210. Accordingly, the outer packaging 210 together with tobacco portions 150, 151 can be positioned from above in the receiving space 23 '.
  • a plurality of through-bores and plug-in sleeves 60 assigned to them are formed or arranged on one end face, left end face in FIG. 12, of the receiving space 23 '. Each plug-in nozzle is aligned with the position of a tobacco portion within the box or outer packaging 210.
  • a tobacco transfer device with a plurality of rods 222 is provided on the opposite side.
  • the rods 222 which is modified in the receiving space 23 ', they are connected to one another by a yoke-like connecting element 224 with a handle 226, so that the rods 222 can be moved together, that is to say as a whole, through the rod casings 150 filled with tobacco.
  • 60 cigarette paper tubes are used for the production of a group of cigarettes on all plug-on nozzles attached, held by means of a clamping wedge or the like on the slip-on sleeves.
  • an outer packaging 210 filled with tobacco portions 150, 151, the end faces of which have been opened beforehand, is positioned in the receiving space 23 '.
  • the rod unit is then pushed axially into the receiving space 23 'by means of the handle 226.
  • the tobacco is transferred simultaneously from all the strands 150 into the assigned cigarette paper tubes or their tobacco receiving spaces.
  • the rod unit is then withdrawn again until the outer packaging 210 is free for removal.
  • the cigarettes filled with tobacco are removed from the plug-on spouts 60 after the clamping described above has been released.
  • the mutual support of the strand casings 150 within the outer packaging 210 is sufficient to maintain the stability for the tobacco transfer process.
  • a lever mechanism or the like can be assigned to the rod unit.
  • FIG. 13a shows a modified embodiment of a device corresponding to that according to FIGS. 1 to 5 with the housing closed in a side view.
  • This embodiment differs from that according to FIGS. 1 to 5, on the one hand, in that the inner wall of the receiving space 23 facing the lower housing part 14 is designed to be flat for the strand casings 150 filled with tobacco.
  • the corresponding inner wall the bottom of a flat groove formed on the inside of the upper housing part 12 and extending parallel to the housing hinge axis 64.
  • the device according to FIG. 13a differs from that according to FIGS.
  • FIG. 14a shows a construction modified compared to the device according to FIG. 13a, the modification being that the longitudinal grooves 22 on the inside of the lower housing part 14 lie directly next to one another.
  • the advantage of this constructive modification is that in a corresponding manner the strand casings filled with tobacco can also be placed close to one another within the receiving space 23, with the result of an additional mutual lateral support.
  • the corresponding belt of tobacco casing filled is shown in Figures 14b and 14c.
  • the casing 150 filled with tobacco 151 is arranged on one side of a connecting strip 153, preferably glued on.
  • the connecting strips 123 can be omitted if the strand casings filled with tobacco are directly glued lengthways. It should only be ensured that a usage unit of at least 2 strand casings connected to one another, each filled with tobacco, is available, which - as indicated in FIG. 14 a - then within the device according to FIG. 14a can be placed.
  • the fixed connection between at least two strand casings filled with tobacco has the advantage of easier, in particular faster placement within a device according to FIG. 13a or 14a.
  • a belt of tobacco-filled strand casings can also be used in the device according to FIGS. 1 to 5. Only then would the connecting strip between adjacent strand casings have to extend approximately in the area of their common central plane.
  • the receiving space 15a is limited only by flat walls.
  • the receiving space 23 is formed by flat grooves extending parallel to the housing hinge axis 64 on the mutually facing sides of the upper and lower housing parts 12 and 14. It is also conceivable to provide a somewhat deeper shallow groove only on the inside of the upper or lower housing part, while the associated boundary wall on the inside of the other housing part is made continuously flat.
  • FIGS. 15b and 15c show belts of strand casings 150 filled with tobacco 151 which are particularly advantageously designed for the use of the device according to FIG. 15a, each in a front view.
  • each strand belt comprises eleven strand casings filled with tobacco.
  • the scope of such a usage unit is of course variable.
  • Each strand belt preferably comprises 7, 10 or 12 strand casings or tobacco portions filled with tobacco. These orders of magnitude are relatively easy to handle, ie they can be placed within the receiving space 23 of an associated device, for example the device according to FIG. 15a, without major problems.
  • the string casings filled with tobacco are arranged between an upper and a lower connecting strip 153 made of plastic, paper or thin cardboard and connected, in particular glued, to the connecting strips 153. Additionally or alternatively, a gluing of the strand casings filled with tobacco along their lines of contact is conceivable.
  • the strand casings 150 filled with tobacco 151 are placed within a tubular outer packaging 210.
  • the outer packaging 210 is designed in the manner of a flat cuboid. Before use, the end faces of this outer packaging 210 are of course also closed. The end faces are then removed for the purpose of the tobacco transfer described above. Subsequently, the outer packaging, together with the tobacco casing, is placed in the receiving space 23 of the device according to FIG. 15a. With the help of the tobacco transfer element described above, the tobacco can then be transferred into respectively assigned cigarette paper tubes.
  • the axial immovability of the strand casings 150 is ensured by the tobacco transfer element, in particular its leg 44, when the tobacco is transferred into the tobacco receiving space of a respectively assigned cigarette paper tube.
  • the trough-like latching depressions 26 on the upper side of the upper housing part 12 are assigned to a groove-like longitudinal groove 22 on the inside of the lower housing part 14, as in the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 5.
  • the distance between adjacent trough-like latching depressions 26 of each row thereof is determined by the center distance between the individual strand casings filled with tobacco within the strand belt used in each case.
  • the webs between adjacent longitudinal grooves 132 are designed as separating, in particular cutting webs, so that when one is pulled in, one with The casing casing filled with tobacco is separated into the receiving space 23 described, the connecting strip 153 between this casing casing filled with tobacco and the next casing casing filled with tobacco.
  • both the longitudinal grooves 132 and the separating webs between adjacent longitudinal grooves 132 on the one hand and the connecting strip 153 on the other hand it is in principle also conceivable, without separating the connecting strip, to successively insert the tobacco-filled strand casings into the receiving space 23 and also out of it after the tobacco transfer to move.
  • the connecting strip naturally supports the subsequent conveyance of tobacco-filled strand casings at the correct spacing in accordance with the angular spacing of the longitudinal grooves 132.

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