EP0716816A2 - Cigarette à filtre segmentée - Google Patents

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EP0716816A2
EP0716816A2 EP95119328A EP95119328A EP0716816A2 EP 0716816 A2 EP0716816 A2 EP 0716816A2 EP 95119328 A EP95119328 A EP 95119328A EP 95119328 A EP95119328 A EP 95119328A EP 0716816 A2 EP0716816 A2 EP 0716816A2
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Werner Dr. Schneider
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes

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  • the invention relates to a segment filter cigarette according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a common problem with conventional cigarettes relates to the fact that, with standard smoking, they show an increase in the amount of condensate per puff with increasing smoke length or puff count. Since light and ultra-light cigarettes may only have low amounts of condensate per total cigarette according to the value printed on the box, this change in the amount of condensate means that these cigarettes have an insufficient taste when smoked and on the first puffs and only after a few puffs do they have the expected taste to reach.
  • a segmented cigarette has been proposed, as is known from EP 0 174 550 B1.
  • the smoking article described there has a tobacco rod with two axial segments, the segment which is not ignited having an average density which is at least 20% greater than the average density of the segment to be ignited.
  • the segment to be ignited has a nicotine content which is higher than that of the segment not to be ignited, in order to provide a strong taste impression even with the first puffs.
  • a segment filter cigarette which the Overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art described above.
  • a segment filter cigarette should be proposed that has no abrupt taste difference in the segment transition and can use the same or similar tobacco in the segments.
  • the increase in the strength of the first puffs can not only be increased by the tobacco rod construction, but also by the combination with a special filter.
  • Such a coaxial structure allows the inner and outer sections of the segments to be designed differently with regard to the desired taste effect.
  • the design of the tensile resistances in the inner and outer sections can advantageously influence the taste effect in that no abrupt taste difference caused by different tobacco arises during the segment transition, although the inner cores of the segments and the casings of the segments have the same or similar condensate potential, which means that the same or very similar tobacco can be used for the successive segments.
  • the cigarette created according to the invention already has very good taste characteristics during the first puffs when smoked, which are essentially retained over the entire course of the smoking. As a result, the entire amount of condensate generated during smoking is distributed more evenly to the individual puffs.
  • the length of the entire tobacco rod of a cigarette according to the invention can be 40 to 100 mm and will preferably be 45 to 70 mm.
  • the inner cores of the tobacco rod can have a diameter of 3 to 6 mm and preferably 4.5 to 5.5 mm.
  • the length of the first burning segment in preferred embodiments this will correspond to 0.1 to 0.8 times and preferably 0.3 to 0.4 times the total length of the tobacco rod.
  • Both the inner cores and the shells of the different segments preferably have an additional common covering which is made from paper or tobacco foil. This measure ensures economical production for the longitudinal axial strand formation. In certain cases, this common wrapping can also serve as a single wrapping.
  • the segment filter cigarette according to the invention is preferably characterized in that it has a coaxial filter consisting of a filter core, an envelope for the filter core, a filter jacket and an envelope for the filter jacket, the filter core and filter jacket being made from known filter materials, in particular from fibers or fleece are built up.
  • the diameter of the filter core can be 2.5 to 6.5 mm and preferably 3.5 to 5.5 mm.
  • the first embodiment of the segment filter cigarette according to the present invention is characterized in that the ratio of the tensile resistance of the jacket of the first burning segment to the tensile resistance of the inner core of the first burning segment is smaller than the ratio of the tensile resistance of the jacket of the filter-side segment to the tensile resistance of the inner core of the filter-side segment, the tobacco of both coats having a high condensate potential.
  • This configuration ensures that when the cigarette is lit and the first few puffs, the smoke is preferably sucked out of the jacket of the segment that burns first. This provides a high taste effect on these first puffs.
  • the smoke is preferably sucked in from its inner core, that is to say the region with low condensate potential, so that the taste effect of the two segments remains essentially the same.
  • the tensile resistance of the jacket of the first burning segment is 20 to 40 mm WS, preferably 25 to 35 mm WS, while the tensile resistance of the inner core is 300 to 600 mm WS and preferably about 450 to 550 mm WS is.
  • Version A can also be characterized in that the tensile resistance of the jacket of the filter-side segment, based on 63 mm of tobacco rod length, is 100 to 300 mm WS, preferably approximately 130 to 170 mm WS, while the tensile resistance of the inner core of this segment is 50 to 150 mm WS and preferably about 75 to 125 mm WS.
  • a coaxial filter assigned to this version A advantageously has a filter efficiency of the filter core of 10 to 60%, preferably 10 to 30%, while the filter efficiency of the filter jacket is 70 to 100%, preferably 90 to 100% and the filter has a degree of ventilation from 0 to Has 80%.
  • a segment filter cigarette according to the present invention, it is possible to adjust the tensile resistances of the filter elements depending on the filter ventilation used so that the ratio of the amount of smoke flowing into the periphery of the coaxial filter to the amount of smoke flowing into the core area of the coaxial filter is essentially the same is the ratio of the amount of smoke flowing out of the tobacco casing to the amount of smoke flowing out of the tobacco core, specifically after the smoking of the tobacco rod segment that burns first.
  • the coaxial filter can bring a further significant amount to increase the strength of the first puffs. This happens because, depending on the difference between the flow conditions in the line, which in turn depend on the changing tension resistance conditions there, and the flow conditions in the filter changing amount of smoke is fed into the highly effective filter jacket.
  • version B A second possibility for designing the segment filter cigarette according to the invention with regard to the tobacco rod and the filter will be described below. This version is referred to as version B.
  • the segment filter cigarette according to version B of the present invention is characterized in that the ratio of the tensile resistance of the jacket of the first burning segment to the tensile resistance of the inner core of the first burning segment is greater than the ratio of the tensile resistance of the jacket of the filter-side segment to the tensile resistance of the inner core of the filter-side segment, the tobacco of the inner core having a high and the tobacco of the jacket having a low condensate potential.
  • the setting of the pulling resistances first preferentially draws in the smoke from the inner core of the first burning segment, whereby a strong taste impression arises when smoking and during the first pulls.
  • the segment that burns first is smoked, it is gradually adapted to the flow conditions in the filter-side segment, in which - again by adjusting the draft resistances - the smoke from the jacket with the lower condensate potential is preferably sucked in.
  • This also creates a cigarette whose taste impression is strong enough on the first few puffs and which has no abrupt change in taste at the segment transition, i.e. here too the available amount of condensate is distributed evenly on each train.
  • the tensile resistance of the jacket of the first burning segment is 100 to 300 mm WS and preferably approximately 125 to 175 mm WS, while the tensile resistance of the inner core is 50 to 100 mm WS and preferably about 60 to 80 mm WS.
  • Version B of the segment filter cigarette according to the invention is characterized in that the tensile resistance of the jacket of the filter-side segment, based on a 63 mm length of tobacco rod, is 25 to 100 mm WS and preferably 30 mm WS, while the tensile resistance of the inner core of this segment is 125 to 300 mm WS and preferably 150 mm WS.
  • Both versions of the segment filter cigarette according to the invention described above also have the advantage in the case of light and ultralight cigarettes that even when they are smoked and the first few puffs, a relatively strong taste impression which changes only slightly when they are smoked is produced.
  • segment filter cigarette according to the invention shown here has a coaxial segment 1 to be ignited and burned first and a coaxial segment 2 on the mouth or filter side, which together form the tobacco rod.
  • a coaxial filter 3 is attached to the tobacco rod, generally according to the prior art by a covering paper, not shown in the figure.
  • the first burning segment 1 has the following components: an inner core 1i made of a tobacco material, a covering 11 for the inner core 1i, a casing 1a surrounding the inner core and a casing 12 for the casing 1a.
  • the second segment 2 adjoining the first segment 1 has the following components: an inner core 2i made of tobacco material, a covering 21 for the inner core 2i, a casing 2a which surrounds the inner core 2i and its casing 21, and a casing 22 for the casing .
  • the outer wrappings 12, 22 of the coats 1a and 2a are also made of cigarette paper or tobacco foil and are preferably highly air-permeable.
  • both the inner cores 1i, 2i and the tobacco shells 1a, 2a of the two segments 1, 2 can additionally have a common outer covering;
  • this common outer covering for the two inner cores 1i, 2i is indicated by reference number 25 and the common outer covering for the two shells 1a, 2a by reference number 35.
  • the tobaccos of the two inner cores 1i, 2i have the same or a very similar condensate potential; the tobaccos of the two jackets 1a, 2a also have the same or a very similar condensate potential, but the condensate potentials of the inner cores 1i, 2i and jackets 1a, 2a are very different, ie one condensate potential is very low and the other relatively high .
  • the segment 2 is followed by a coaxial filter 3 with a filter core 3i, an envelope 31 for the filter core 3i, a filter jacket 3a and an envelope 32 for the filter jacket 3a.
  • the connection between tobacco rod and filter 3 is made with the usual means, for. B. a covering paper.
  • the wrapper 31 is made of paper or a film, e.g. from cellulose acetate or polyolefins, e.g. Polyethylene or polypropylene, and has low air permeability. It is preferably impermeable to air.
  • Both filter core 3i and filter jacket 3a consist of the usual filter materials in the form of fibers or nonwovens, one of the two filter parts, i.e. filter core 3a or filter jacket 3a, being highly effective, while the other one is relatively ineffective.
  • the diameter of the filter core 3i corresponds to that of the tobacco rod core.
  • the sheath 32 for the filter jacket 3a can either be inherently air-permeable or be made of an air-impermeable material which is perforated in the usual manner, for example by laser beams, and is thereby made air-permeable in order to provide the desired filter ventilation.
  • the basic principle of this segment cigarette is that the force of the first puffs is increased by suitably adapting the condensate potentials of the two segments 1, 2.
  • the smoke is essentially sucked in from its area with high condensate potential, which changes the correspondingly adjusted tensile resistance ratio between the tensile resistances of the inner core and the casing until the corresponding value of segment 2 is reached. From this point on, the draw resistance ratio of the segment cigarette remains almost constant.
  • segment 2 the smoke is largely drawn in from the area with the low condensate potential.
  • the coaxial filter 3 can make a further significant contribution to increasing the force of the first puffs. This happens because, depending on the difference between the flow conditions in the line, which in turn depend on the changing tension resistance conditions there, and the flow conditions in the filter, an ever-increasing proportion of the smoke is introduced into the respective highly effective filter area until segment 1 is smoked is.
  • the total diameter of the tobacco rod and the filter 3 has the usual value of about 7.9 mm.
  • the tobacco materials of the two inner cores 1i, 2i which can either be the same or different, have a very high condensate potential, while the tobacco materials of the two coats 1a, 2a, which can also be the same or different, have a low condensate potential.
  • the tobacco materials of the two coats 1a, 2a which can also be the same or different, have a low condensate potential.
  • the two tobacco rod segments 1, 2 have a clearly different ratio q of their respective tensile resistances Za / Zi, where Za means the tensile resistance of the tobacco casing 1a, 2a and Zi the tensile resistance of the inner core 1i, 2i.
  • the tensile resistance ratio q for the two areas 1i, 1a of the first segment 1 is designated q1 and that of the two areas of the second segment 2 is designated q2.
  • the tobaccos of the two inner cores 1i and 2i have the same or a very similar condensate potential, which is, however, much lower than the condensate potential of the two casings 1a and 2a.
  • the ratio of the tensile resistance Za of a jacket to the tensile resistance Zi of an inner core is used.
  • the ratio of the tensile resistances q1 in segment 1 must be smaller than the ratio q2 of the tensile resistances Za / Zi in segment 2.
  • the choice of the length L1 of the first segment 1 determines the number of "reinforced" trains, i.e. the size of the effect achieved.
  • the length L1 based on the total length Ls of the tobacco rod with the two segments 1, 2, has a value of 0.35 Ls.
  • the tensile resistance Zi of the inner core 1i of the first segment 1 has a value of about 500 mm WS, based on the total length of the tobacco rod of 63 mm.
  • the length of the second segment 2 results from the above-mentioned adjustment of the length L1 of the first segment, that is, in this example, 0.65 Ls.
  • the tensile resistance Za of the casing 2a of the second segment 2 based on the total length of the tobacco rod with the two segments 1 and 2 of 63 mm, has a value of approximately 150 mm WS.
  • the tensile resistance Zi of the inner core 2i of the second segment 2 is, based on the total length of the tobacco rod of 63 mm, approximately 100 mm WS.
  • the filter efficiency of the inner core 3i of the filter 3 has a value of approximately 20%, while the filter efficiency of the jacket 3a of the filter 3 is approximately 95%.
  • the filter ventilation caused either by the inherent porosity of the filter casing 32 or by perforations, has a value of approximately 40% to 70%.
  • the tensile resistances are to be specified depending on the filter ventilation of filter 3 used, that the ratio sf of the smoke flow flowing into the casing 3a of the coaxial filter 3 to the smoke flow flowing into the filter core 3i of the coaxial filter 3 is approximately equal to the ratio s2 of the smoke flow flowing out of the casing 2a of the second segment 2 after the first segment 1 has been consumed to the smoke stream flowing out of the inner core 2i of the second segment 2 after the first segment 1 has been consumed.
  • the tension resistance ratio q1 of segment 1 must be greater than the tension resistance ratio q2 of segment 2.
  • the length L1 of the first segment 1 has, based on the total length of the tobacco rod, approximately the same value as in version A.
  • the tensile resistance Za of the casing 1a of the segment 1, based on the total length of the tobacco rod of 63 mm, is approximately 150 mm WS.
  • the tensile resistance Zi of the inner core 1i of the first segment 1, based on the total length of the tobacco rod of 63 mm, is approximately 70 mm WS.
  • the tensile resistance Za of the casing 2a of the second segment 2 is about 30 mm WS, based on a total length of the tobacco rod of 63 mm.
  • the tensile resistance Zi of the inner core 2i of the second segment 2 is approximately 150 mm WS, based on the total length of the tobacco rod of 63 mm.
  • the inner core 3i of the coaxial filter 3 has a filter efficiency of approximately 95%, while the filter efficiency of the jacket 3a of the coaxial filter 3 has a filter efficiency of approximately 20%.
  • the filter ventilation is around 40% to 70%.
  • the filter contributes to increasing the force of the first puffs by leading an increasing proportion of the smoke into the highly effective filter segment, depending on the difference between the flow conditions in the line and the flow conditions in the filter, until segment 1 is smoked.

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DE4444157A DE4444157C1 (de) 1994-12-12 1994-12-12 Segment-Filtercigarette

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