EP0934703B1 - Smoking article enabling a consumer to make his own cigarillo - Google Patents

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EP0934703B1
EP0934703B1 EP98403154A EP98403154A EP0934703B1 EP 0934703 B1 EP0934703 B1 EP 0934703B1 EP 98403154 A EP98403154 A EP 98403154A EP 98403154 A EP98403154 A EP 98403154A EP 0934703 B1 EP0934703 B1 EP 0934703B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F17/00—Receptacles for cigarette papers
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    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
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  • the present invention relates to the field of articles for smokers.
  • EP-A-0567891 describes an article for smokers allowing a consumer to prepare himself a cigarillo based tobacco leaves.
  • Document FR-A-1015584 describes a packaging device sheets of cigarette papers.
  • the present invention now aims to propose a new article for smokers.
  • the object of the present invention is in particular to propose an article which allows a consumer to prepare a cigarillo himself and so rediscover a new pleasure.
  • the device according to this invention includes a set 100 of leaf 110 tangled with tobacco reconstituted and a dispenser container 200.
  • the reconstituted tobacco leaves 110 are preferably very thin, advantageously a grammage less than 60 g / m 2 , and very advantageously less than 45 g / m 2 .
  • the format of the sheets 110 is adapted to the format of the cigarillos sought. he preferably rectangular sheets with a width between 35 and 80 mm and length between 70 and 140 mm. However these dimensions should not be considered as limiting.
  • the sheets 110 may or may not be coated with a thread of food glue along a longitudinal border, to allow the user to better glue, using saliva, the envelope of his cigarillo or the cylinder formed by the sheet rolled on itself.
  • the glue used can be either a cold glue deposited at room temperature and convection dried, i.e. hot glue, e.g. gum natural arabic or synthetic glue, hot applied with drying by radiation (infrared type) located to the right of the adhesive stream, or in a convective oven.
  • hot glue e.g. gum natural arabic or synthetic glue
  • radiation infrared type located to the right of the adhesive stream
  • convective oven located to the right of the adhesive stream
  • the operation coating is preferably followed by a conditioning period for a minimum time typically of the order of 2 days in a room conditioned to at least 65% relative humidity, so that the sheet resume a sufficient humidity level and thus overcome the disadvantage of drying of the entire sheet during the drying period by convection which could reduce the mechanical characteristics of the leaf.
  • the dispenser container 200 can be subject to numerous modes of production.
  • each container-dispenser 200 comprises a box 210 whose upper wall 212 is provided with a rectilinear window 214 adapted to allow free passage of a sheet 110.
  • the slot 214 is adapted to the length of the sheets 110.
  • the window 214 can be adapted to the width of the sheets 110.
  • the container-dispenser 200 mentioned above can be completed by a pivoting cover flap 220 suitable for cover the portion of sheet 110 which emerges from the housing 210, outside of the periods of use, to protect this portion of leaf.
  • Tobacco leaves 110 can be packaged in various ways in the container-dispenser 200.
  • the leaves 110 are tangled in a zig-zag. More precisely the sheets 110 folded into a U in the form of two flaps 112, 114 are mounted head to tail, each sheet 110 receiving between its two flaps 112, 114, the lower flap 112 of the superimposed sheet 110 and the flap top 114 of the underlying sheet 110.
  • the top sheet 110 emerges from the disperser container 200, via the window 214.
  • this sheet when traction is exerted on this sheet, on the one hand this is removed from the disperser container 200, on the other hand this sheet itself exerts a traction on the underlying sheet, suitable for engaging the upper flap 114 thereof, in turn in the window 214 to make this new accessible sheet 110.
  • each container-dispenser 200 typically includes 20 to 50 110 sheets.
  • the 110 sheets of reconstituted tobacco obtained from 200 container dispenser can be used as an envelope for a cigarillo whose load consists of conventional cut tobacco, for example for cigarettes.
  • a sheet 110 can be rolled on itself or even on other similar sheets 110 removed from the container-dispenser 200.

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  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
  • Manufacture Of Tobacco Products (AREA)
  • Cigarettes, Filters, And Manufacturing Of Filters (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)

Abstract

The holder comprises a container (200) with a slot (214) in its upper surface (210) and a hinged lid (220) to cover it. It is designed to receive between 20 and 50 folded and interleaved reconstituted tobacco leaves (110) measuring between 35 and 80 mm wide and 70 - 140 mm long and weighing under 45 g/sq m. Each leaf has a strip of natural or synthetic gum along one edge and emerges through the slot as the preceding one is pulled out.

Description

La présente invention concerne le domaine des articles pour fumeurs.The present invention relates to the field of articles for smokers.

Toutes tendances confondues (cigarettes, cigarillos, cigares, pipe), les articles pour fumeurs n'ont pas connu d'innovations marquantes ces dernières années. Cela peut expliquer en partie un certain désintérêt des consommateurs.All trends combined (cigarettes, cigarillos, cigars, pipes), articles for smokers have not known any significant innovations these last years. This may partly explain a certain disinterest in consumers.

Le document EP-A-0567891 décrit un article pour fumeur permettant à un consommateur de préparer lui même un cigarillo à base de feuilles de tabac.EP-A-0567891 describes an article for smokers allowing a consumer to prepare himself a cigarillo based tobacco leaves.

Le document FR-A-1015584 décrit un dispositif d'empaquetage de feuilles de papiers à cigarettes.Document FR-A-1015584 describes a packaging device sheets of cigarette papers.

La présente invention a maintenant pour but de proposer un nouvel article pour fumeur.The present invention now aims to propose a new article for smokers.

La présente invention a notamment pour but de proposer un article qui permette à un consommateur de préparer lui même un cigarillo et ainsi de redécouvrir un plaisir nouveau.The object of the present invention is in particular to propose an article which allows a consumer to prepare a cigarillo himself and so rediscover a new pleasure.

Ce but est atteint dans le cadre de la présente invention grâce à un article pour fumeur du type défini en revendication 1 annexée.This object is achieved in the context of the present invention thanks to an article for smokers of the type defined in claim 1 attached.

D'autres caractéristiques, buts et avantages de la présente invention apparaítront à la lecture de la description détaillée qui va suivre et en regard du dessin annexé qui représente une vue en perspective, partiellement en coupe d'un article conforme à la présente invention.Other features, objects and advantages of the present invention will appear on reading the detailed description which follows and opposite of the attached drawing which represents a perspective view, partially in section of an article according to the present invention.

Comme on l'a indiqué précédemment, le dispositif conforme à la présente invention comprend un ensemble 100 de feuille 110 enchevêtrées de tabac reconstitué et un conteneur distributeur 200.As indicated above, the device according to this invention includes a set 100 of leaf 110 tangled with tobacco reconstituted and a dispenser container 200.

Dans le cadre de la présente invention, les feuilles de tabac reconstitué 110 sont de préférence très fines, avantageusement d'un grammage inférieur à 60g/m2, et très avantageusement inférieur à 45g/m2.In the context of the present invention, the reconstituted tobacco leaves 110 are preferably very thin, advantageously a grammage less than 60 g / m 2 , and very advantageously less than 45 g / m 2 .

Le format des feuilles 110 est adapté au format des cigarillos recherchés. Il s'agit de préférence de feuilles rectangulaires d'une largeur comprise entre 35 et 80 mm et de longueur comprise entre 70 et 140 mm. Cependant ces dimensions ne doivent pas être considérées comme limitatives.The format of the sheets 110 is adapted to the format of the cigarillos sought. he preferably rectangular sheets with a width between 35 and 80 mm and length between 70 and 140 mm. However these dimensions should not be considered as limiting.

Les feuilles 110 peuvent être ou non enduites d'un filet de colle alimentaire le long d'une bordure longitudinale, pour permettre à l'utilisateur de mieux coller, à l'aide de sa salive, l'enveloppe de son cigarillo ou le cylindre formé par la feuille roulée sur elle même.The sheets 110 may or may not be coated with a thread of food glue along a longitudinal border, to allow the user to better glue, using saliva, the envelope of his cigarillo or the cylinder formed by the sheet rolled on itself.

Dans le cas de feuilles enduites d'un filet de colle alimentaire, la colle utilisée peut être soit une colle à froid déposée à température ambiante et séchée par convection, soit une colle à chaud, par exemple une gomme arabique naturelle ou une colle synthétique, déposée à chaud avec séchage par radiation (type infra-rouge) localisé au droit du filet de colle, ou dans un four convectif. Dans le cas d'un séchage par convection, l'opération d'enduction est de préférence suivie d'une période de conditionnement pendant un temps minimum typiquement de l'ordre de 2 jours dans une salle conditionnée à au moins 65 % d'humidité relative, afin que la feuille reprenne un taux d'humidité suffisant et pallier ainsi l'inconvénient du séchage de la totalité de la feuille au cours de la période de séchage par convection qui risquerait de diminuer les caractéristiques mécaniques de la feuille.In the case of leaves coated with a thread of food glue, the glue used can be either a cold glue deposited at room temperature and convection dried, i.e. hot glue, e.g. gum natural arabic or synthetic glue, hot applied with drying by radiation (infrared type) located to the right of the adhesive stream, or in a convective oven. In the case of convection drying, the operation coating is preferably followed by a conditioning period for a minimum time typically of the order of 2 days in a room conditioned to at least 65% relative humidity, so that the sheet resume a sufficient humidity level and thus overcome the disadvantage of drying of the entire sheet during the drying period by convection which could reduce the mechanical characteristics of the leaf.

Le conteneur distributeur 200 peut faire l'objet de nombreux modes de réalisation.The dispenser container 200 can be subject to numerous modes of production.

De préférence chaque conteneur-distributeur 200 comporte un boitier 210 dont la paroi supérieure 212 est munie d'une fenêtre rectiligne 214 adaptée pour permettre un libre passage d'une feuille 110. De préférence la fente 214 est adaptée à la longueur des feuilles 110. Cependant en variante, la fenêtre 214 peut être adaptée à la largeur des feuilles 110.Preferably each container-dispenser 200 comprises a box 210 whose upper wall 212 is provided with a rectilinear window 214 adapted to allow free passage of a sheet 110. Preferably the slot 214 is adapted to the length of the sheets 110. However, as a variant, the window 214 can be adapted to the width of the sheets 110.

Comme on le voit sur la figure annexée, le conteneur-distributeur 200 précité peut être complété par un volet de couvercle pivotant 220 apte à recouvrir la portion de feuille 110 qui émerge du boitier 210, en dehors des périodes d'utilisation, pour protéger cette portion de feuille.As can be seen in the appended figure, the container-dispenser 200 mentioned above can be completed by a pivoting cover flap 220 suitable for cover the portion of sheet 110 which emerges from the housing 210, outside of the periods of use, to protect this portion of leaf.

Les feuilles de tabac 110 peuvent être conditionnées de diverses façons dans le conteneur-distributeur 200. De préférence, comme on le voit sur la figure annexée, les feuilles 110 sont enchevêtrées en zig-zag. Plus précisément les feuilles 110 pliées en U sous forme de deux volets 112, 114, sont montées tête bêche, chaque feuille 110 recevant entre ses deux volets 112, 114, le volet inférieur 112 de la feuille superposée 110 et le volet supérieur 114 de la feuille 110 sous jacente. Tobacco leaves 110 can be packaged in various ways in the container-dispenser 200. Preferably, as seen on the attached figure, the leaves 110 are tangled in a zig-zag. More precisely the sheets 110 folded into a U in the form of two flaps 112, 114 are mounted head to tail, each sheet 110 receiving between its two flaps 112, 114, the lower flap 112 of the superimposed sheet 110 and the flap top 114 of the underlying sheet 110.

La feuille supérieure 110 émerge du conteneur disperseur 200, via la fenêtre 214. Ainsi lorsqu'une traction est exercée sur cette feuille, d'une part celle-ci est retirée du conteneur disperseur 200, d'autre part cette feuille exerce elle même une traction sur la feuille sous jacente, propre à engager le volet supérieur 114 de celle-ci, à son tour dans le fenêtre 214 pour rendre cette nouvelle feuille 110 accessible.The top sheet 110 emerges from the disperser container 200, via the window 214. Thus when traction is exerted on this sheet, on the one hand this is removed from the disperser container 200, on the other hand this sheet itself exerts a traction on the underlying sheet, suitable for engaging the upper flap 114 thereof, in turn in the window 214 to make this new accessible sheet 110.

Dans le cadre de la présente invention, chaque conteneur-distributeur 200 comprend typiquement de 20 à 50 feuilles 110.In the context of the present invention, each container-dispenser 200 typically includes 20 to 50 110 sheets.

L'homme de l'art comprendra aisément que le dispositif conforme à la présente invention permet à tout consommateur de rouler lui-même des cigarillos. Les feuilles 110 de tabac reconstitué obtenues à partir du conteneur distributeur 200 peuvent servir d'enveloppe à un cigarillo dont la charge est constituée de tabac coupé classique, par exemple pour cigarettes. En variante une feuille 110 peut être roulée sur elle même voire sur d'autres feuilles 110 similaires retirées du conteneur-distributeur 200.Those skilled in the art will readily understand that the device according to the present invention allows any consumer to roll himself cigarillos. The 110 sheets of reconstituted tobacco obtained from 200 container dispenser can be used as an envelope for a cigarillo whose load consists of conventional cut tobacco, for example for cigarettes. Alternatively a sheet 110 can be rolled on itself or even on other similar sheets 110 removed from the container-dispenser 200.

Bien entendu la présente invention n'est pas limitée au mode de réalisation particulier précédemment décrit, mais s'étend à toutes variantes conformes aux termes des revendications.Of course the present invention is not limited to the embodiment particular previously described, but extends to all conforming variants according to the claims.

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  1. A smokers' article, enabling consumers to prepare their own cigarillos, the article comprising a set (100) of sheets (110) of reconstituted tobacco, the article being characterized by the facts that the sheets (110) are interleaved to enable the individual sheets (110) to be dispensed automatically by pulling on the sheets in succession, that the article further comprises a dispensing container (200) that is capable of receiving said set (100) of interleaved sheets (110) of reconstituted tobacco and of controlling the dispensing thereof, that the sheets (110) of reconstituted tobacco are of a weight that is less than 45g/m2, and that the sheets (110) of reconstituted tobacco are coated in a strip of edible adhesive along a longitudinal margin.
  2. An article according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the sheets (110) of reconstituted tobacco are of a width lying in the range 35 mm to 80 mm, and of a length lying in the range 70 mm to 140 mm.
  3. An article according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized by the fact that the adhesive is a cold adhesive which is deposited at ambient temperature and which is dried by convection, or a hot adhesive, e.g. a natural acacia gum or a synthetic adhesive, which is deposited hot and dried either by radiation that is localized along the strip of adhesive, or in a convection oven.
  4. An article according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by the fact that the dispensing container (200) includes a housing (210) having a top wall (212) which is provided with a rectilinear window (214) that is designed to enable a sheet (110) to pass freely therethrough.
  5. An article according to claim 4, characterized by the fact that the dispensing container (200) comprises a pivoting lid (220).
  6. An article according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized by the fact that the sheets (110) of tobacco are packaged in an interleaved zigzag.
  7. An article according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized by the fact that the sheets (110) are folded in a U-shape in the form of two flaps (112, 114) and are mounted head-to-tail, each sheet (110) receiving between its two flaps (112, 114), the bottom flap (112) of the superposed sheet (110), and the top flap (114) of the underlying sheet (110).
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