EP1226765B1 - Méthode et appareil pour fabriquer des filtres à plusieurs compartiments - Google Patents

Méthode et appareil pour fabriquer des filtres à plusieurs compartiments Download PDF

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EP1226765B1
EP1226765B1 EP01130104A EP01130104A EP1226765B1 EP 1226765 B1 EP1226765 B1 EP 1226765B1 EP 01130104 A EP01130104 A EP 01130104A EP 01130104 A EP01130104 A EP 01130104A EP 1226765 B1 EP1226765 B1 EP 1226765B1
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Uwe Heitmann
Sönke Horn
Nikolaos Georgitsis
Heinz-Christen Lorenzen
Steffen Rocktäschel
Stephan Wolff
Wolfgang Steininger
Gerd Strohecker
Andreas Rinke
Hans-Herbert Schmidt
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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
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/475—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces adapted for composite filters
    • 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
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0204—Preliminary operations before the filter rod forming process, e.g. crimping, blooming
    • A24D3/0212—Applying additives to filter materials
    • A24D3/0225—Applying additives to filter materials with solid additives, e.g. incorporation of a granular product
    • 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
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0275—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features
    • A24D3/0287—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features for composite filters

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  • the invention relates to a method for producing multiple filters and a device for producing multiple filters for products of the tobacco processing industry, wherein the device is a FilterhülsenzuGermanelement, at least one transport element, can be introduced into the filter sleeves and by means of which the filter sleeves are fed to at least one processing station comprises ,
  • the invention further relates to the use of prefabricated filter sleeves for the manufacture of multiple filters for products of the tobacco processing industry, a corresponding filter sleeve for the manufacture of multiple filters for products of the tobacco processing industry and a multiple filter manufacturing system for tobacco processing industry products comprising a filter sleeve feeder for Supplying filter sleeves and a transport system for transporting the filter sleeves on a predetermined path of movement comprises.
  • a method and a device for producing multiple filters are known, for example, from DE-AS 17 82 364 of the applicant, which describes an apparatus for producing filter granulate-containing filters with the name "Bernhard” of the applicant, which is known in the art.
  • DE-AS 17 82 364 corresponds to GB 1,243,977 and US 3,603,058 multiple filters, also called multi-segment filters, consist of at least two filter elements and typically up to eight filter elements, which may have any order.
  • various filter elements or segments are arranged in a tube formed into a tube. These may be soft filter elements, such as cellulose acetate, paper, fleece or relatively hard filter elements such as granules, sintered elements, hollow cylinders or capsules and the like.
  • the corresponding filter materials need not be 100% of one material. These may, for example, also be mixed materials such as, for example, a granulate in a cellulose acetate. In this case, particular thought of granular materials such as activated carbon. Depending on the materials used and the filter segment order, the most diverse properties of corresponding multiple filters, which are preferably attachable end to rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry arise.
  • a granule filling machine which produces granules containing filter and in particular triple filter.
  • triple filter is meant a filter constituting a filter consisting of three filter segments, the "Bernhard” filling machine producing a double-length triple filter which is then placed for cigarette production between two elongate tobacco-wrapped articles of cigarette paper to form the Middle to be cut, so that two cigarettes with filters are produced.
  • a continuously rotating conveyor with receptacles for filter sleeves is disclosed, which promotes the filter sleeves transversely.
  • filter plugs which are cut off by a longer filter rod and granules are introduced into the sleeve.
  • the filter plugs are introduced into the sleeve with transfer means, namely plungers. The granules fall under gravity into the sleeve.
  • filter sleeves as just shown, are filled with filter elements and then stored on a conveyor, such that an endless filter strand can be produced.
  • GB 741 416 A discloses an apparatus for the manufacture of multi-segment filters, wherein at the same time nicotine-absorbing crystals and a type of cotton wool or other filter plug are glued together to subsequently form an endless filter strand.
  • the term “multiple filter” also includes the term “multi-segment filter”, wherein at least two segments are included in the filter.
  • the segments can be made of different materials, such as cellulose acetate, paper, nonwoven, granules, sintered elements, hollow cylinders or hollow chambers, capsules, etc.
  • at least two segments are formed substantially simultaneously in the filter sleeve. This involves the formation of several segments by transferring multiple portions of filter material.
  • the filter sleeve is fully filled in an insertion or always in two portions or Dreierportionen, in which preferably at least one soft element, such as cellulose acetate, paper and the like. And above a granulate or even further above another soft element is arranged.
  • a final process step can also be carried out be introduced in which only a single filter material in one portion in the filter sleeve.
  • a filter sleeve is provided and / or produced in a first method step.
  • the filling speed can be further increased.
  • one half is preferably filled with one filling step or in several filling steps in which packages through which a plurality of segments are formed are transferred.
  • the filter sleeve is turned to fill from two sides.
  • the supplied filter sleeve is preferably designed such that in the middle of a filter element is arranged. It is thus preferably used a prefabricated filter sleeve with a filter element in the middle.
  • the filter sleeve is preferably guided for filling on a predeterminable movement path at least partially transversely, whereby a fast process control and simple structural elements of a corresponding device can be realized. Further preferably, the introduction of the filter material is done with a vertical component of movement.
  • the filter sleeve is formed in a preceding method step.
  • the filter sleeve is preferably casing material sections or tubular casings which are formed into tubes.
  • the filter material segments or filter material segments are formed, which alternately granular material and, in particular gas-permeable, boundary pieces, such as soft elements of cellulose acetate, paper or nonwoven or the like. exhibit.
  • an n-fold multiple filter is formed, where n is a natural even number greater than one.
  • an n-fold multiple filter is meant a filter of n-length use length. This is therefore an n-fold multiple filter, where the "multiple" stands for several segments.
  • a multiple filter is produced according to one of the above-described methods.
  • the invention is further achieved by a device for producing multiple filters for products of the tobacco processing industry, which are a FilterhülsenzuGermanelement and at least one transport element into which filter sleeves are introduced and by means of the filter sleeves at least one processing station can be fed, which is further developed in that At least one processing station, at least two portions of the filter materials in a processing step in at least one filter sleeve are insertable, wherein a rotating device is provided for rotating the filter sleeve as a processing station.
  • two portions each can be inserted if the portions are insertable into more than one filter sleeve in a processing station. Due to the inventive design of the device For the production of multiple filters a very fast process control is possible.
  • the at least one transport element is at least one continuously circulating conveyor, which conveys the filter sleeves transaxially.
  • the at least one processing station is arranged on a single conveyor, a very compact device can be realized.
  • a modular design is possible if the conveyors at least one processing station is assigned. If the conveyor is assigned a maximum of one processing station, a particularly modular structure of the device is given.
  • a plurality of conveyors are provided, of which at least one is associated with at least one processing station, and of which at least one is associated with only one processing station.
  • a filter material supply station which comprises two rotatable and acentrically arranged discs, each having bores, the bores of one disc and the bores of the other disc in a location anordbar.And be arranged.
  • this filter material feeding a very accurate dosage of eg. Filter granules is possible.
  • At least one filter material supply station is provided, wherein these at least one sliding element, with holes is provided, and / or at least one lever element which is provided with bores comprises.
  • this filter material feeding station a simple and quick handling of filter material is possible.
  • the aforesaid two filter material supply stations are assembled to a filter material supply station, in which then different feeding methods can be used.
  • a filter material introduction station which comprises at least one first transfer means, in particular at least one plunger, which introduces at least two portions of the filter materials into the filter sleeve in one method step.
  • the filter material introduction station may in this case preferably overlap with a filter material supply station.
  • At least one second transfer means is provided, which acts from the opposite side of the filter sleeve as an abutment to the at least one first transfer means.
  • the transfer means can also introduce filter material into the filter sleeve, but this does not necessarily have.
  • At least one filter sleeve with at least two holes axially aligned can be arranged.
  • the invention is further characterized by a multiple filter manufacturing system for tobacco processing industry products having a filter sleeve feeding device for feeding filter sleeves and a transport system for transporting the filter sleeves onto a filter sleeve predeterminable trajectory and at least one processing station solved, which is further developed in that at least two portions of the filter material in at least one filter sleeve can be introduced in at least one processing station in a processing step, wherein a rotating device for rotating the filter sleeves is provided as a processing station. Due to this design of the filter production system, a particularly fast process control is possible.
  • portions of filter material are introduced or can be introduced into a plurality of filter sleeves, preferably at least two portions of the filter materials are respectively introduced or can be introduced.
  • the transport system has at least one continuously circulating conveyor, which conveys the filter sleeves transaxially, a particularly simple realization of the filter production system is possible.
  • the at least one processing station is assigned to at least one conveyor, a modular construction is possible.
  • a very compact filter production system is given when preferably a single conveyor is provided to which at least one processing station is associated.
  • a particularly highly modular system is given when several conveyors are provided, each of which is assigned at most one processing station.
  • Fig. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a transfer station.
  • a sleeve 11 arranged in a trough of a tube feed drum 10 and having a first filter material 19 in the center is brought into the region of a transfer station.
  • the filter plug 20 has, for example, a length of 8 mm.
  • the filter plug 20 is replaced by a filter plug conveyor 21, e.g. a filter plug drum, in which the corresponding filter plug 20 are received in recordings, a plug receptacle 25 is supplied.
  • the filter sleeve 11 is in engagement with the transfer station and is held by means of vacuum holes 13 which are arranged on a conveyor drum in the specified position. Furthermore, a plunger 18 has already been introduced from below into the filter sleeve 11. Further, the plug 20, which is conveyed by the filter plug conveyor 21, has been transferred to the transfer unit and is held in the indicated position in FIG. 2 by means of another vacuum hole 13. Further, two different granules, namely a first granule 26 and a second granules 27 in it provided holes 14 of a slider 24 filled. The amount of granules is given by the bore size.
  • the slider 24 is designed to be displaceable in the drawing plane from left to right and vice versa.
  • Fig. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the transfer station, wherein the plunger 18 has been further moved vertically upward, so that the sleeve 11 terminates with its upper end substantially in alignment with the upper edge of the conveyor drum 12. Further, the plug 20 has been conveyed by means of the plunger 17 in the axial direction of the plunger, that is vertically downwards, into the tube 15 and into a first bore 14 of the slide 23. A circular blade 28, which is guided in the guide 29, cuts exactly at the upper edge of the slider 23, the plug 20 into two equal-sized plugs, each 4 mm in length. For conveying the plug 20 into the tube 15 and the sleeve 11 into the conveyor drum bore 16, the vacuum or the suction air is turned off in the vacuum bores 13.
  • a next process step which is shown in Fig. 4, the slider 23 is pushed to the left, so that the upper part of the split plug 20 with a further bore 14 of the slider 23 is vertically aligned.
  • the stopper 20 is transferred by means of the plunger 17 in the further bore and another filter plug 30, of another material such as. Fleece, which is enriched with a granule, fed, by means of a Cut circular knife and inserted into the two remaining holes 14 of the slider 23.
  • Fig. 5 exactly the process state is shown, in which the other filter plug 30 were inserted into the remaining holes.
  • the first granules 26 fall already due to gravity in the sleeve 11.
  • the sleeve 11 is set in vibration or vibration.
  • a vibration generator 44 is provided, which sets a spring plate 43 in vibrations which are transmitted by mechanical contact of the spring plate 44 with the sleeve 11 thereto.
  • FIG 5 is also a bore of the slider 23, in which a filter plug 30 is located, and a bore of the slider 24, in which granules is aligned with the conveyor drum bore 16 and the sleeve 11 is aligned so that in a next Process step, which is shown in Fig. 6, the plunger 17, the filter material 30 and 26 can introduce into the filter sleeve 11. It is possible, instead of, as shown in Fig. 6, to introduce the filter material 30 and 26 only to the upper edge of the filter plug 11, so that the movement or the degree of movement of the plunger 17 can still be minimized.
  • Fig. 7 the process state is shown in which, after a corresponding alignment alignment, a bore in which a filter plug 20 is arranged and a bore of the slider 24, in which the granules 27 is arranged, is aligned with the sleeve 11, so that the plunger 17 could introduce the material.
  • Fig. 8 the process stage is shown, in which the sleeve 11, which was half filled with filter material was conveyed by lowering the plunger 18 down, and indeed back into the effective range of the vacuum hole 13, so that the sleeve 11 again These vacuum holes and according to those in the conveyor drum 12 provided recordings is held.
  • the half-filled sleeve is fed to a turning drum to then subject the 180 ° turned sleeve the same process steps, so that a total of a five-fold filter can be made twice the length of use.
  • This fivefold filter then in this embodiment comprises five different filter materials arranged in segments in the filter.
  • filter plugs of down to a thickness of 2 mm so that even more filter materials can be arranged in segments in the filter sleeve 11.
  • a discharge drum 50 is still shown, which carries away the half-filled sleeve 11, to a turning drum, which is not shown in Fig. 8.
  • the sleeve is then turned by 180 ° and then fed by means of a feed drum of the conveyor drum 12 again to fill the rest of the sleeve 11.
  • the segment bonding i. the bonding of the subsequently inserted filter segments is done in such a way that a hot-splicing adhesive tape is applied to the paper within the sleeve before the sleeve is formed.
  • the entire sleeve is heated, either by contact heat or with correspondingly high energy radiation, e.g. Microwave radiation, which causes the hot melt adhesive to melt and the segments are glued.
  • the sleeve consists, for example, of a paper tube 37.
  • a third slide 41 and a fourth slide 42 are provided in order to transfer four different materials.
  • a soft element 30 is introduced in the third slide 41 and in the fourth slide 42 granules 26th
  • FIG. 10 shows in the upper region (FIG. 10b) a side view of a cross-sectional view of a granulate feeding station or a granulate portioning station.
  • a first disc 31 and a second disc 32 shown, wherein the first disc 31 is disposed above the second disc 32.
  • Fig. 10a is a plan view of this device is shown. Both discs 31 and 32 have holes 14. It is filled granules 26 in the holes. For this purpose, granules 26 are fed by means of a granulate filling device 51.
  • the first disc 31 rotates counterclockwise over the disc 32, which also rotates counterclockwise in this embodiment.
  • sleeves 11 are arranged below this disc.
  • a vibration generator 44 and a spring plate 43 is also provided in this embodiment, by means of which the sleeve 11 is added during or after filling with the granules 26 in vibration.
  • the vibrator 44 is preferably an electromagnet having a mass that oscillates at a frequency of 50 Hz.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic plan view is shown on a Filterherstellmaschine. However, FIG. 11 does not show the processing stations which are illustrated, for example, in FIGS. 1 to 9, that is to say those which are provided for the introduction of the filter elements.
  • a sleeve mass flow 101 leads sleeves 114 4 times the working length to the filter manufacturing machine.
  • a transfer drum 103 which is not shown, the filter sleeves 4 times the length of use are cut centrally and moved axially.
  • a transfer drum 104 and a transfer drum 105 which corresponds for example to the tube feed drum 10 of FIG. 1, the supplied sleeves of the main drum 100, for example, the conveyor drum 12 of FIG. 1, supplied.
  • a filter element mass flow 102 leads to filter elements 12 times the processing length of the filter manufacturing machine. These are cut into shorter sections at partially unillustrated place.
  • a transfer drum 104 e.g. 1
  • the filter elements or the already cut filter elements 116 are fed to a transfer drum 105, where they are further divided by means of a circular blade 106.
  • a transfer drum 105 In the filter manufacturing machine three corresponding organs are shown, by means of which filter elements of appropriate length, which may each have different properties, can be supplied.
  • transfer cone drums 107 for transferring the filter elements are shown.
  • a first storage container and a second storage container for a first granulate 110 and a second granulate 111 are provided.
  • the granules are fed via corresponding conveying elements of a granulate transfer station 112, in which, for example, corresponding holes can be filled by sliders full of the desired granules.
  • the main drum 100 moves in a clockwise direction. For example, before completing half of a complete revolution of the main drum 100, one side of a double-use multiple filter has been completely filled. This semi-filled multiple filter is conveyed by means of a transfer drum 109 to a turning drum 108 to be turned there and to be fed again by means of a further transfer drum 109 of the main drum 100.
  • the turning drum 108 is described for example in DE 199 20 760 A1 of the applicant.
  • the applicant's patent application is an apparatus for turning rod-shaped objects with a turning drum described which receives the rod-shaped objects to be used in recordings intended for this purpose.
  • the turning drum has at least one turning section which turns at least two rod-shaped objects to be turned parallel to each other.
  • the further filling elements are not shown in FIG. 11 either.
  • the fully filled or partially filled multiple sleeves or multiple filters double use length by means of a transfer drum 109 and corresponding transfer drums 104 and a transfer drum 103 a double-multiple mass filter 117, ie a multiple filter mass flow, wherein the multiple filters have a double use length, transferred.
  • 118 shows a double multiple filter.
  • the reference numeral 113 a control cabinet is shown, which controls the Filterherstellmaschine.
  • a single main drum 100 is shown, in which all processing steps for filling filter sleeves 11 can be performed.
  • a heating element may be provided which can be brought into engagement with the corresponding sleeves so as to cause the hot-melt adhesive, which was applied to the inside of the paper tube in a previous method step, to stick together the introduced filter materials remain in their positions.
  • the spring plate 43 is shown, which serves to transmit vibrations filled with granules sleeves.
  • Fig. 12 shows a schematic representation of a further embodiment of the invention.
  • Filter sleeves 11 are fed by means of a sleeve feed drum 10 of a conveyor drum 12. This is also shown schematically at the position a) in FIG. 13.
  • the sleeve 11 is moved a little further up and the plunger 17 also.
  • the plunger is moved further up.
  • filter plugs 20 are fed by means of a filter plug conveyor 21, which in this embodiment is a drum. This is shown schematically in Fig. 13 also at f).
  • FIG. 13 adjacent sleeves and plungers are shown from f) to m). Thus, in the schematic illustration, FIGS. 13 f) and g) must be considered together.
  • the plungers 17 are moved downwards, whereby the filter plug 20, which is located at h), is also moved downwards.
  • the filter plug 20 is divided by a circular blade 28 into two parts. The upper part of the plug 20 is located in a receptacle or a bore of a lever 35.
  • the lever 35 is pivoted so that its bore is aligned with the underlying bore of the main drum or conveyor drum 12, in the sleeve 11 is located.
  • a modular construction of a filter manufacturing machine is shown in front view.
  • the modules sleeve feed module 130, granule and soft element filler module 131 (2x) and reverser module 132 are shown.
  • sleeves are fed by means of a sleeve tray 120 and filter elements by means of two filter element trays 121.
  • the sleeve feed module thus comprises a supply of sleeves from a sleeve tray 120, a take-down drum 123 and a transfer drum 124.
  • the transfer drum 124 conveys the sleeves from the take-down drum 123 to a delivery drum 125, which in turn conveys the sleeves to a granule drum 126.
  • granules are filled into the sleeves.
  • a device according to. of Fig. 10 find use.
  • the partially filled with granules sleeves are then passed to a lever drum 127, the example.
  • a refinement gem. of Fig. 12 may be given.
  • this module namely in the granule and soft element filler module 131 121 filter elements via a pick-up drum -123 and a supply and sleeve removal drum 128 of the lever drum 127 are fed from a filter element tray 121.
  • the supply and sleeve removal drum 128 are filled with granules and corresponding filter elements such as soft elements sleeves whose one side is now in this embodiment is fully filled, removed and transferred to a transfer drum 124, which is arranged in the inverter module 132.
  • the transfer drum 124 passes the half-filled sleeves 11 a turning drum 129, in which the sleeves are turned. On the way to the turning drum, the sleeves can be heated to activate a hot glue track that fixes the filter elements.
  • the half-filled sleeves are transferred to another granule and soft element filler module 131, by means of a delivery drum 125, which transfers the sleeves of a granule drum 126, in which the sleeves are filled again with granules.
  • the sleeves are transferred to a lever drum 127 in which the sleeves are filled with another soft element.
  • the soft elements are transferred from a filter element tray 121 via a take-down drum 123 and a supply and sleeve take-down drum 128 to the lever drum 127.
  • the now fully filled sleeves are then passed through the drum 128 to a transfer drum 124, to which a heating station 39 is arranged, by means of which, for example, a hot melt adhesive can be fully activated or in the remaining part of the sleeve.
  • a completely filled double multiple filter 118 is shown in longitudinal section, which is composed of a first filter material 19, a granulate 26 and in each case a filter plug 20.
  • This double-multiple filter is cut in the middle of the first filter material 19 in the following cigarette production.
  • FIG. 15 another exemplary embodiment of a filter-producing machine is shown, by means of which a double-multiple filter 118 can be made, each consisting of four different Filter elements double use length consists.
  • this double-multiple filter 118 two different types of granules 26 and 27 have been introduced.
  • two further granule modules 133 are added to the filter-producing machine of FIG. 14. These lie between the tube feed module 130 and the granule and soft element filler module 131 as well as the bender module 132 and the further granule and soft element filler module 131. Otherwise, the elements used here are correspondingly.
  • filter manufacturing concept is designed to introduce filter plug of different filter materials and / or granules of varying composition in filter sleeves and to To process multi-segment filters or multiple filters.
  • filter materials also includes the term “granules”.
  • the filter sleeve is held in a trough of a carousel or the main drum 100 and forwarded by rotation of the main drum 100 from station to station.
  • the sleeve is preferably held by vacuum or suction air in its position.
  • the sleeve holder can, for example, be provided with vibrations, so that granules can be introduced in the densest possible packing.
  • FIG. 16 schematically shows a further embodiment of a transfer station for transferring filter elements into a sleeve 11, which contains a first filter material 19.
  • the sleeve 11 is held in the process state of FIG. 16 by means of vacuum bores 13 on the conveyor drum 12.
  • To the sleeve 11 in the bore 16 Introduce the tube plate 62, this is moved by means of a lower plunger 18 which is guided by a plunger guide 60, upwards.
  • the lower plunger 18 is in operative connection with a lower control cam 68, which determines how far up or down the lower plunger 18 is extended.
  • the upper tappet 17 which is guided in a tappet guide 61.
  • the upper tappet 17 is operatively connected to an upper cam 67, which specifies how far the upper tappet 17 is extended downwards or upwards.
  • the upper tappet 17 is arranged in the uppermost position.
  • a first granules 26 is already introduced into the second slide 24 in the receptacles provided for this purpose.
  • Fig. 16 the state is shown, in which a second granules 27, which is spent by a granule container 65 via a filling nozzle 66 in further receptacles of the second slider 24.
  • a vibration exciter 44 is provided in operative connection with the filling nozzle 66.
  • the vibration generator 44 oscillates, for example, with a frequency of 50 Hz. This may be an electromagnet with a corresponding moving mass, so that corresponding vibrations are generated.
  • FIG. 17 shows an embodiment in which, for example, a main drum 100 slightly varied from the main drum 100 of FIG. 11 is supplied with filter elements and filter material, and double multi-filters 118 and double multi-segment filters 118 respectively manufactured on the main drum 100 be dissipated.
  • 4-fold sleeves 114 of a receiving drum 78 are supplied with a sleeve mass flow 101.
  • the 4-fold sleeves 114 are removed from the sleeve stock each in corresponding receiving troughs of the receiving drum 78. Then they are divided by means of a circular knife 106 into two 2-fold sleeves 115.
  • the respective 2-fold sleeves 115 are then staggered in a staggering drum 79 to then be transferred to a sliding drum 80 where they are aligned.
  • the sliding drum 80 is disposed behind the transfer drum 80, which is provided for further filter elements, which are supplied from above to the transfer drum 80.
  • FIG. 18 shows diagrammatically how the respective layers of the filter elements according to FIG. 17 are in each case.
  • a filter element mass flow 102 or a corresponding filter element supply filter elements 12-fold use length 70 are transferred to a receiving drum 74 with receiving troughs. These are then cut by two circular blades 106 into three parts, resulting in three filter elements 4 times the use length 71. These are staggered in a staggering drum 75 to then be aligned transversely in a sliding drum 76 and then again by a circular blade 106 to be cut into two filter elements 2 times the use length 72.
  • the filter elements After cutting into two filter elements 2 times the useful length 72, the filter elements are staggered in a staggering drum 77, in order then to be transferred to a transfer drum / sliding drum 80.
  • the filter elements are 2 times use length 72 arranged at the front and the sleeves 2-fold use length 115 arranged behind it, so that only the front filter elements 2-fold use length 72 can be seen.
  • the respective filter elements 72 and sleeves 115 are then transferred to a conical turning drum 81 or 82, whereupon the filter elements and sleeves of the main drum 100 are then fed by transfer to a transfer drum 83 or 84.
  • the main drum 100 is not shown for clarity in this figure; However, it is shown schematically in Fig. 18.
  • the double-multiple filters 118 and multi-segment filters 118 are taken over by a transfer drum 85 and fed to a conical turning drum 86. Finally, a transfer to a delivery drum 87, which deliver the multi-segment filter 118 to a mass flow 88.
  • the multi-segment filters or double-multiple filters 118 are produced, each having filter elements 73 at the end, then each having, for example, a granulate filling leading to the center, which were produced on the main drum 100 and in the middle the known filter plug or have the first filter material 19.
  • Fig. 17 and Fig. 18 three main functions are shown in Fig. 17 and Fig. 18, namely the supply of prefabricated sleeves 11 via a previously formed mass flow, the supply of the filter elements
  • the filter elements For example, soft filter elements using appropriate functional groups, as shown in the embodiment, and the removal of the finished product produced in the main drum 100 via corresponding transport drums to form a new mass flow.

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  1. Procédé pour fabriquer des filtres composés (118) pour des produits de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, comportant les étapes de procédé suivantes :
    - amenée d'une douille de filtre (11) dans une position prédéfinissable, et
    - insertion de matériau filtrant (20, 26, 27, 30, 116) en portions prédéfinissables, deux portions au moins du matériau filtrant (20, 26, 27, 30, 116) étant alors insérées dans la douille de filtre (11) en une étape du procédé, caractérisé en ce que la douille de filtre (11) est remplie des deux côtés, la douille de filtre (11), qu'il faut remplir des deux côtés, étant alors mise en rotation.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la douille de filtre (11), qui est amenée, présente au milieu un élément filtrant (19).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la douille de filtre (11), en vue du remplissage, est guidée sur une trajectoire de déplacement prédéfinissable, au moins partiellement dans une direction transversale à l'axe.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'insertion du matériau filtrant (20, 26, 27, 30, 116) se produit avec une composante de déplacement verticale.
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la douille de filtre (11) est réalisée dans une étape antérieure du procédé.
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les segments de matériau filtrant comprennent en alternance un matériau contenant des granulés (26, 27) et des pièces de délimitation (20, 30), en particulier perméables aux gaz.
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce qu'un filtre composé en n éléments est réalisé, n étant un nombre entier naturel pair, qui est supérieur à 1.
  8. Filtre composé, fabriqué selon l'un des procédés selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7.
  9. Equipement pour la fabrication de filtres composés (118) destinés à des produits de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, comportant un élément d'amenée de douilles de filtre (10, 130) et au moins un élément de transport (12, 100, 123 à 127), dans lequel des douilles de filtre (11) peuvent être introduites et au moyen duquel les douilles de filtre (11) peuvent être amenées à au moins un poste de façonnage, deux portions au moins des matériaux filtrants (20, 26, 27, 30) pouvant, dans au moins un poste de façonnage (17, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 131, 132), être insérées, en une étape de façonnage, dans au moins une douille de filtre (11), caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu, comme poste de façonnage, un dispositif de mise en rotation (108, 129) destiné à mettre en rotation la douille de filtre (11).
  10. Equipement selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le au moins un élément de transport consiste en au moins un transporteur (12, 100, 126, 127, 129) circulant en continu, qui transporte les douilles de filtre (11) dans une direction transversale à leur axe.
  11. Equipement selon l'une des revendications 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce que le au moins un poste de façonnage est disposé sur un transporteur unique (12, 100).
  12. Equipement selon l'une des revendications 9 à 11, caractérisé en ce qu'aux transporteurs (12, 100, 126, 127, 129) est associé au moins un poste de façonnage.
  13. Equipement selon l'une des revendications 9 à 12, caractérisé en ce qu'aux transporteurs (12, 100, 126, 127, 129) est associé au maximum un poste de façonnage.
  14. Equipement selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu plusieurs transporteurs, dont au moins un est associé à au moins un poste de façonnage, et dont au moins un n'est associé qu'à un seul poste de façonnage.
  15. Equipement selon l'une des revendications 9 à 14, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un poste d'amenée de matériau filtrant (21, 102, 104, 105, 107, 112, 130, 131, 133) est prévu, celui-ci comprenant deux disques (31, 32) rotatifs et disposés en décentrage l'un par rapport à l'autre, qui présentent chacun des perçages (14), les perçages (14) de l'un (31) des disques et les perçages (14) de l'autre disque (32) pouvant, en un endroit (38), être placés en alignement l'un avec l'autre.
  16. Equipement selon l'une des revendications 9 à 14, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un poste d'amenée de matériau filtrant (21, 102, 104, 105, 107, 112, 130, 131, 133) est prévu, celui-ci comprenant au moins un élément poussoir (23, 24, 31, 32), qui est pourvu de perçages (14), et/ou au moins un élément formant levier (35), qui est pourvu de perçages (14).
  17. Equipement selon l'une des revendications 9 à 16, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu un poste d'introduction de matériau filtrant (a) à (t) ; 15, 16, 38), qui comprend au moins un premier moyen de transfert (17), lequel introduit, en une étape du procédé, au moins deux portions des matériaux filtrants (20, 26, 27, 30) dans la douille de filtre (11).
  18. Equipement selon la revendication 17, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu au moins un deuxième moyen de transfert (18), qui fait fonction de contre-appui au au moins un premier poussoir (17) du côté opposé de la douille de filtre (11).
  19. Equipement selon l'une des revendications 15 à 18, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une douille de filtre (11) peut être disposée en alignement axial avec au moins deux perçages (14).
  20. Système de fabrication de filtres composés pour des produits de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, comportant une structure d'amenée de douilles de filtre (10, 130) pour faire arriver des douilles de filtre et un système de transport (12, 100, 123 à 128) destiné à transporter les douilles de filtre (11) sur une trajectoire de déplacement prédéfinissable, ainsi qu'au moins un poste de façonnage (17, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 131, 132), deux portions au moins des matériaux filtrants (20, 26, 27, 30) pouvant alors être introduites, en une étape de façonnage, dans au moins une douille de filtre (11), dans le au moins un poste de façonnage, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu, comme poste de façonnage, un dispositif de mise en rotation (108, 129) destiné à mettre en rotation les douilles de filtre (11).
  21. Système de fabrication de filtres selon la revendication 20, caractérisé en ce que le système de transport présente au moins un transporteur (12, 100, 123 à 128) circulant en continu, qui transporte les douilles de filtre (11) dans une direction transversale à l'axe.
  22. Système de fabrication de filtres selon la revendication 20 ou 21, caractérisé en ce que le au moins un poste de façonnage est associé à au moins un transporteur.
  23. Système de fabrication de filtres selon la revendication 21 ou 22, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu un transporteur unique (12, 100), auquel est associé au moins un poste de façonnage.
  24. Système de fabrication de filtres selon la revendication 21 ou 22, caractérisé en ce que sont prévus plusieurs transporteurs, à chacun desquels est associé au plus un poste de façonnage.
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