EP1021961A3 - Method and apparatus for forming a tobacco rod - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for forming a tobacco rod Download PDF

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EP1021961A3
EP1021961A3 EP99124373A EP99124373A EP1021961A3 EP 1021961 A3 EP1021961 A3 EP 1021961A3 EP 99124373 A EP99124373 A EP 99124373A EP 99124373 A EP99124373 A EP 99124373A EP 1021961 A3 EP1021961 A3 EP 1021961A3
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Peter Schumacher
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Koerber Technologies GmbH
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Hauni Maschinenbau 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
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/18—Forming the rod
    • A24C5/1892—Forming the rod with additives, e.g. binding agent, flavorants

Abstract

The filler of a cigarette rod has a tubular portion made of shredded tobacco and surrounding at least one row of spherical inserts made of aromatic material or aerosol. The tubular portion is made by feeding tobacco shreds against the underside of the horizontal lower reach of a foraminous conveyor belt advancing beneath a suction chamber to accumulate a first layer of shreds. The inserts are delivered to the underside of the first layer and are attracted thereto by suction. A second layer of shredded tobacco is assembled by showering shreds against the underside of the first layer where the second layer underlies the spherical inserts. The thus obtained filler is draped into a web of wrapping material to form a cigarette rod ready to be subdivided into sections of unit or multiple unit length. The spherical inserts are expelled from a revolving receptacle under the action of centrifugal force to form a row which is conveyed toward the underside of and advances with the first layer.
EP99124373A 1998-12-14 1999-12-07 Method and apparatus for forming a tobacco rod Expired - Lifetime EP1021961B1 (en)

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DE19857296A DE19857296A1 (en) 1998-12-14 1998-12-14 Method and appliance for forming tobacco rope for cigarettes involve adding particles of additive in depositing zone, and conveyor and delivery appliance
DE19857296 1998-12-14

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EP1021961A2 EP1021961A2 (en) 2000-07-26
EP1021961A3 true EP1021961A3 (en) 2003-11-05
EP1021961B1 EP1021961B1 (en) 2007-01-31

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EP99124373A Expired - Lifetime EP1021961B1 (en) 1998-12-14 1999-12-07 Method and apparatus for forming a tobacco rod

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US (2) US6516809B1 (en)
EP (1) EP1021961B1 (en)
JP (1) JP4659940B2 (en)
CN (1) CN1112860C (en)
AT (1) ATE352985T1 (en)
DE (2) DE19857296A1 (en)
PL (1) PL189627B1 (en)

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US4409995A (en) * 1980-06-23 1983-10-18 Philip Morris, Inc. Method for applying particulate matter to tobacco
US4893640A (en) * 1987-12-12 1990-01-16 Korber Ag Multiple-rod cigarette making machine
EP0405929A2 (en) * 1989-06-29 1991-01-02 Philip Morris Products Inc. Cigarette rods with liquid flavor centers
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DE59914178D1 (en) 2007-03-22
JP2000175676A (en) 2000-06-27
EP1021961A2 (en) 2000-07-26
CN1112860C (en) 2003-07-02
US20030106561A1 (en) 2003-06-12
ATE352985T1 (en) 2007-02-15
PL189627B1 (en) 2005-08-31
DE19857296A1 (en) 2000-06-15
PL337078A1 (en) 2000-06-19
JP4659940B2 (en) 2011-03-30
US6732740B2 (en) 2004-05-11
EP1021961B1 (en) 2007-01-31
US6516809B1 (en) 2003-02-11

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