EP2022351B1 - An apparatus for processing at least one strip of filters material in the tobacco industry - Google Patents

An apparatus for processing at least one strip of filters material in the tobacco industry Download PDF

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EP2022351B1
EP2022351B1 EP20080161235 EP08161235A EP2022351B1 EP 2022351 B1 EP2022351 B1 EP 2022351B1 EP 20080161235 EP20080161235 EP 20080161235 EP 08161235 A EP08161235 A EP 08161235A EP 2022351 B1 EP2022351 B1 EP 2022351B1
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Ivan Eusepi
Leonardo Balletti
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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
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for processing at least one strip of filter material in the tobacco industry.
  • Filter manufacturing machines for smoking products, in particular cigarettes, are fitted with an apparatus for processing a strip of filtering material, for example cellulose acetate, unwound from a bale and fed by drive rollers along a determinate path.
  • a strip of filtering material for example cellulose acetate
  • the strip is fed to a section of a manufacturing machine for the formation of the single cigarette filters.
  • the above-mentioned processing comprises, in order, from the upstream end to the downstream end of the above-mentioned path, an operation for the traction or stretching of the strip and an operation for the treatment of the strip by means of additives comprising, for example, a plasticizing material.
  • the above-mentioned operation for stretching (prevalently longitudinal but also transversal) of the strip is realised by stretching means comprising two pairs of rollers substantially tangential to each other along the above-mentioned path.
  • the tangential speed of the rollers defining the downstream pair is greater than the tangential speed of the rollers defining the upstream pair, in order to subject the strip in the section between the two pairs of rollers to a determinate tension.
  • the aim of this operation is to render the strip of filtering material more homogeneous longitudinally and transversally and, finally, to enable a production of filters with determinate characteristics which are constant over time.
  • the stretching means according to the prior art have not been able to provide a uniform tensioning action on the strip, or in other words to subject the single fibres to a tension which tends to straighten them along the longitudinal axis of the strip itself.
  • Non-uniform stretching results in the production of a strip with a variable thickness and consequently a production of filters having a filtering capacity and a filling capacity which is non-uniform and variable during the same production cycle.
  • a non-efficient stretching results in a non-optimum use of the strip unwound from the bale and, consequently, a waste of material.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for processing at least one strip of filter material which eliminates the above-mentioned shortcomings, and, in particular, stretching means able to produce a more homogeneous and voluminous strip in order to reduce the waste of material.
  • an apparatus for the processing of at least one strip of filter material in the tobacco industry, comprising the characteristics according to one or more of the attached claims.
  • the numeral 1 denotes in its entirety a filter manufacturing machine for smoking products, in particular for cigarettes.
  • the machine 1 comprises an apparatus 2 for processing a strip 3 of filter material, generally cellulose acetate, advanced along a determinate processing path P in the direction indicated by the arrow F.
  • a strip 3 of filter material generally cellulose acetate
  • the apparatus 2 is placed between a feeder unit 4, comprising a pair of unwinding rollers 5, 6, cooperating together, which engage the strip 3 coming from a bale 7, and a section or unit, schematically shown as block 8, for the formation of single filters for cigarettes from the strip 3.
  • the rollers 5 and 6 may be idle or motorized.
  • the apparatus 2 includes, along path P, means for stretching the strip 3, and a unit, schematically shown as block 9, for the treatment of the strip 3 by means of additives comprising, for example, plasticizing material.
  • the above-mentioned stretching means comprise a first unit 11 and a second unit 12 for longitudinal traction of the strip 3, between which a unit 13 is fitted for loosening or relaxing the strip 3.
  • the above-mentioned first traction unit 11 comprises a first pair of rollers 14 and 15 cooperating together, motorized by actuator means, not illustrated, with a tangential speed V1 substantially equal to that of the unwinding rollers 5 and 6 and, downstream of them, after a section t1, a second pair of rollers 16 and 17 cooperating together, motorized by actuator means, not illustrated, with a tangential speed V2 greater than the speed V1 of the first pair of rollers 14 and 15.
  • the relaxation unit 13 of the strip 3 comprises the second pair of rollers 16 and 17 in combination with a pair of rollers 18 and 19 cooperating together and distanced from above-mentioned second pair of rollers 16 and 17 by a section t2 and motorized by respective actuator means, not illustrated, at a tangential speed V3 less than the speed V2 of the rollers 16 and 17.
  • the second unit 12 for the longitudinal traction of strip 3 comprises a first pair of rollers, consisting of the above-mentioned rollers 18 and 19 and, downstream of them, after a section t3, a second pair of rollers 20 and 21 cooperating together, motorized by actuator means, not illustrated, with a tangential speed V4 greater than the speed V3 of the above-mentioned rollers 18 and 19 of the first pair of the second traction unit.
  • the strip 3 is subject in the section t1 to a longitudinal traction, in the section t2 to a relaxation and in the section t3 to a further longitudinal traction.
  • this double stretching step interrupted by a relaxation step, enables a uniform tensioning of the fibres making up the strip 3 and, consequently, a uniform blooming of this strip.
  • the apparatus 2 illustrated differs from that of Figure 1 in that the pairs of rollers 14, 15 and 18, 19 are replaced by respective pairs of idle rollers 22, 23 and 24, 25.
  • the idle rollers 22, 23 and 24, 25 forming the above-mentioned pairs are maintained in reciprocal contact along the path P by pressing means, not illustrated, for example of the elastic or pneumatic type, in order to exercise a deforming action on the strip 3, as illustrated in Figure 2a , and to constitute means of braking the advance of the strip 3 itself drawn by the downstream rollers.
  • the apparatus 2 illustrated in Figure 3 differs from that of Figure 1 in that along the path P upstream of the first pair of rollers 14 and 15 there is a pair of idle rollers 22, 23 perfectly similar to the rollers 22, 23 of Figure 2 , and the rollers 18 and 19 of Figure 1 are replaced by two rollers 26 and 27 equal to the rollers 24 and 25 of Figure 2 .
  • the strip 3 is subject to two successive stretching actions by the rollers 14 and 15 rotating at a tangential speed V1 and the rollers 16 and 17 rotating at a tangential speed V2 and defining an additional traction unit denoted with numeral 11'.
  • the apparatus 2 illustrated in Figure 4 is deduced from that illustrated in Figure 2 , from which it differs solely by the fact that the strip 3 at the outlet from the pair of rollers 20, 21 is subject to a further stretching action by an additional traction unit denoted with numeral 12' and comprising two rollers 28, 29 cooperating together and motorised by actuator means, not illustrated, with a tangential speed V5 greater than the speed V4.
  • the apparatus 2 illustrated in Figure 5 can be deduced from that illustrated in Figure 3 , from which it differs in that the idle rollers 26 and 27 are replaced by respective rollers 30 and 31 motorised by respective actuator means, not illustrated, at a tangential speed V6 with an intermediate value between the tangential speed V2 of the rollers 16, 17 and the speed V4 of the rollers 20, 21.
  • the present invention includes all the variants according to which at least one intermediate step of stretching or relaxation of the strip 3 is inserted between two initial and final stretching steps of the strip 3.

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ITBO20070569 ITBO20070569A1 (it) 2007-08-07 2007-08-07 Apparecchiatura per la lavorazione di almeno una striscia di materiale da filtro nell'industria del tabacco.

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