EP2096945B1 - Smoking article filter - Google Patents

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EP2096945B1
EP2096945B1 EP07824649A EP07824649A EP2096945B1 EP 2096945 B1 EP2096945 B1 EP 2096945B1 EP 07824649 A EP07824649 A EP 07824649A EP 07824649 A EP07824649 A EP 07824649A EP 2096945 B1 EP2096945 B1 EP 2096945B1
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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
    • A24D3/04—Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure
    • 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
    • A24D3/04—Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure
    • A24D3/048—Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure containing additives
    • 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
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/08—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as carrier or major constituent
    • A24D3/10—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as carrier or major constituent of cellulose or cellulose derivatives
    • 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
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/16—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of inorganic materials
    • A24D3/163—Carbon

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  • the present invention relates to a filter for a smoking article and smoking articles incorporating a filter element.
  • Smoking articles, and filters therefore, can vary significantly from one market to another as a result of many different factors including consumer preference and tradition.
  • a filter having a recess at the mouth end which may be used to lengthen the filter as a whole.
  • the recess is achieved by overwrapping the plug of filtration material with a plugwrap that extends beyond the end of the plug of filtration material at the mouth end of the filter.
  • a plugwrap which is thicker than a conventional cigarette plugwrap is used.
  • Such a plugwrap has up to four times the base weight of a conventional plugwrap and thus is significantly more resistant to deformation and adds a high level of rigidity at the mouth end of the filter.
  • the need for such a thick plugwrap means that conventional (more economical) plugwrap s cannot be used on filters having a recessed end and also add significant problems to the process of ventilating the filter, and in particular to the process of online laser perforation of the filter, thus not allowing high levels of ventilation to be attained.
  • GB 2,203,324 describes a ventilated tobacco smoke filter comprising an upstream core component and a downstream core component which may be a tube.
  • An adsorbent e.g. active carbon, may be located between spaced first and second core components.
  • the present invention provides a filter for a smoking article comprising a first and a second section, the first section being at a mouth end of the filter and comprising a cylindrical element having a hollow portion extending therethrough and being circumscribed by a wrapper, and the second section being longitudinally aligned with and adjacent to the first section and comprising a filtration material.
  • the second section comprises a particulate material in a circumferential region thereof, the particulate material extending to the end of the second section immediately adjacent the first section.
  • particulate materials such as carbon or activated carbon
  • tobacco smoke filter elements to reduce vapour phase constituents of smoke
  • a known way of including carbon or other additives in filters is to adhere particles of the additive to a wrapper surrounding the filter element.
  • GB 2,260,477 and GB 2,261,152 describe various configurations of additive adhesion.
  • particulate carbon when provided in a mouth end filter section, may be liable to fall out of the end of the filter. This is highly undesirable as it is possible that particulate carbon may become loose and enter the mouth of the consumer.
  • the provision of a first filter section at the mouth end of the filter having a hollow portion extending therethrough helps to prevent the fall out of the particulate material whilst maintaining the appearance of a recessed filter.
  • the particulate material may extend over the full longitudinal length of the second section.
  • the particulate material may also extend over the full width of the wrapper. In this instance the particulate material may cover the entire surface of the wrapper, although a seam may be left uncovered to allow adhesive to be applied and the wrapper to be sealed about the filtration material.
  • the particulate material may extend over only a portion of the longitudinal length of the wrapper.
  • the particulate material may extend over only a portion of the width of the wrapper.
  • the particulate material may extend over two or more portions of the second section.
  • the two or more portions are preferably spaced circumferentially from one another.
  • the two or more portions may comprise three, four, five, six, seven or eight portions.
  • the filtration material of the second section may further comprise a particulate material interspersed in the filtration material.
  • the particulate material of the filtration material may be the same as the particulate material provided at the circumferential region of the second section of the plugwrap. Alternatively, the particulate material of the filtration material may be different from the particulate material provided at the circumferential region of the second section of the plugwrap.
  • the wrapper may further comprise ventilation means.
  • the ventilation means may comprise one or more ventilation holes provided in gaps between the two or more portions.
  • the cylindrical element will generally have a thickness (in the radial direction) sufficient to occlude at least part of the particulate material.
  • the cylindrical element acts as a physical barrier located at the mouth end of the particulate material to prevent the particular material from escaping from the second section of the filter.
  • the thickness of the cylindrical element may be from 1-4mm, and is preferably in the range 1-3mm.
  • the cylindrical element is circumscribed by a wrapper, which is preferably a plugwrap.
  • This plugwrap may have a base weight of less than 50g/m 2 , less than 45 g/m 2 , less than 40g/m 2 , less than 35 g/m 2 , less than 30 g/m 2 .
  • This plugwrap may have a base weight equivalent to a conventional plugwrap (wrapper), namely approximately 23 to approximately 27g/m 2 .
  • a second aspect of the present invention provides a smoking article comprising a filter according to the invention.
  • the particulate material includes sorbents (e.g. selected from activated carbon, charcoal, silica gel, sepiolite, alumina, ion exchange material etc.), pH modifiers (e.g. alkaline materials such as Na 2 CO 3 , acidic materials), flavourants, other solid additives and mixtures thereof.
  • sorbents e.g. selected from activated carbon, charcoal, silica gel, sepiolite, alumina, ion exchange material etc.
  • pH modifiers e.g. alkaline materials such as Na 2 CO 3 , acidic materials
  • flavourants e.g. selected from activated carbon, charcoal, silica gel, sepiolite, alumina, ion exchange material etc.
  • pH modifiers e.g. alkaline materials such as Na 2 CO 3 , acidic materials
  • flavourants e.g. selected from activated carbon, charcoal, silica gel, sepiolite, alumina, ion exchange material etc.
  • the particulate material is selected from a group of relatively high surface area materials capable of adsorbing smoke constituents without a high degree of specificity.
  • Suitable general adsorbents can be selected from the group consisting of carbon, activated carbon, activated charcoal, activated coconut carbon, activated coal-based carbon or charcoal, zeolite, silica gel, meerschaum, aluminium oxide (activated or not), carbonaceous resin or combinations thereof.
  • a suitable coal-based charcoal is one made from semi-anthracite coal with a density about 50% greater than coconut-based charcoal (available from Calgon Carbon, Pittsburgh, PA, WA).
  • a suitable carbonaceous resin is one derived from the pyrolysis of sulphonated styrene-divinyl benzene, such as Ambersorb 572 or Ambersorb 563 (available from Rohm and Haas).
  • Ambersorb 572 or Ambersorb 563 available from Rohm and Haas.
  • metal oxides or other metal based complexes may optionally be included in or impregnated on the general adsorbent section.
  • the particulate material used herein is carbon, for instance activated carbon, or charcoal or other absorbent material.
  • the activated carbon is activated coconut carbon.
  • Any particulate material used may be a single substance or a mixture, and/or may be in admixture with other material.
  • the particulate material is disposed in two separate regions spaced circumferentially from one another.
  • the particulate material may be disposed in 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 separate regions each spaced circumferentially from one another. Further, a greater number of regions may be used if required.
  • Each separate region or portion of particulate material may be comprised of particulate material which is the same as or different from the other separate regions.
  • the particulate material in the separate regions is the same.
  • the particulate material may be applied to two or more portions of the longitudinal inner face of the wrapper.
  • the particulate material is disposed around the inner circumference of the wrapper such that the wrapper has an overlapping longitudinal edge which is free of said particulate material and which provides a lapped and stuck seam holding the wrapper around the core.
  • the particulate material may extend continuously over the full longitudinal length of said wrapper.
  • continuously it is meant that the particulate material is applied such that the loading at any one point on the longitudinal length of the wrapper is the same (or substantially the same) as the loading at any other point on the same longitudinal length of the wrapper.
  • continuously it is meant that at no point along the longitudinal length of the wrapper is there a portion of the wrapper without particulate material if the particulate material is present at another point along the same longitudinal length of the wrapper.
  • the particulate material is applied longitudinally to the wrapper (e.g. plugwrap) in a continuous manner.
  • the particulate material is present as a continuous stream (i.e. without breaks or spaces). In other words, the particulate material extends in a continuous manner along the longitudinal axis of the wrapper.
  • the particulate material may extend continuously over the full width of said wrapper.
  • the particulate material may be present as patches.
  • the wrapper of the filter element is preferably a paper wrapper.
  • the wrapper is a conventional plugwrap.
  • the wrapper may be a conventional plugwrap which covers 360° of the core, in which case the plugwrap has a lapped and stuck seam holding the wrapper around the core.
  • the filter element according to the present invention has a filtration material comprising particulate material interspersed with the filtration material and has a plugwrap which covers 360° of the filtration material.
  • the wrapper in particular plugwrap
  • the wrapper preferably does not extend 360° around the filtration material.
  • the wrapper is a split wrapper.
  • a split wrapper is one which extends circumferentially about the filtration material, but extends less than 360° around the circumference of the filtration material.
  • the split wrapper may be held in place by other known means, such as by bonding the wrapper directly to the filtration material for instance.
  • the wrapper for use in the filter element may be porous or non-porous.
  • the wrapper for use in the filter element may be ventilated or unventilated.
  • the filtration material of the second section may comprise (or consist of) conventional fibrous cellulose acetate, polypropylene or polyethylene material or gathered paper material.
  • the filtration material comprises cellulose acetate.
  • the filtration material of the second section is a Dalmatian-type filter material.
  • the particulate material may be interspersed throughout the filtration material.
  • the particulate material may be interspersed in some parts (but not all) of the filtration material.
  • the parts may be evenly or unevenly distributed.
  • the particulate material adhered to the wrapper may be homogenous - in the sense that it is made up of substantially the same component (for some embodiments, preferably all of the same).
  • the particulate material adhered to the wrapper may be heterogeneous - in the sense that it is made up of two or more different components.
  • the particulate material adhered to the wrapper may be in contact with the filtration material.
  • some or all of the particulate material adhered to the wrapper is in contact with the filtration material.
  • preferably substantially all of the particulate material adhered to the wrapper is in contact with the filtration material.
  • the filter is preferably interattached with a smokable filler (e.g. tobacco) rod by way of a tipping wrapper.
  • a smokable filler e.g. tobacco
  • the tipping wrapper is a paper.
  • the filter may comprise additional filter section(s).
  • the additional filter section(s) will be at the tobacco rod end of the filter.
  • one, two, three or more additional filter sections may be provided in the filter.
  • the additional filter section(s) may be any type of filter section known to those skilled in the art.
  • the filter sections are arranged longitudinally of one another with the end of each filter element abutting the next.
  • the wrapper surrounding the second section of the filter is preferably pre-coated with the particulate material.
  • the particulate material may be adhered to the wrapper by hot melt adhesive (e.g. various polyester adhesives), high m.p. polyethylene glycol, or emulsion-type adhesive such as PVA.
  • hot melt adhesive e.g. various polyester adhesives
  • high m.p. polyethylene glycol e.g., polyethylene glycol
  • emulsion-type adhesive such as PVA.
  • the particulate material may be directly or indirectly adhered to the wrapper.
  • An example of direct adherance is wherein the particulate material is affixed to the wrapper (such as the inner surface thereof) by means of a suitable adhesive.
  • An example of indirect adherance is wherein the particulate material is affixed to an intermediate layer (which may be made of paper or other suitable support matrix - such as a textile material - or combinations thereof) by means of a suitable adhesive and wherein the intermediate layer is affixed to the wrapper (such as the inner surface thereof) by means of a suitable adhesive.
  • the additional filter section(s) of the filter may be comprised of conventional fibrous cellulose acetate, polypropylene or polyethylene material or gathered paper material.
  • the additional filter section(s) may optionally comprise one or more additives, for instance disposed upon or within the material of the filter element may be further flavouring materials, as described above, which are released or eluted from the filter element during use.
  • the cylindrical element of the first section at the mouth end may be made from a variety of materials, for example, cellulose acetate tow, cellulose, paper, cotton, polypropylene web, polypropylene tow, polyester web, polyester tow or combinations thereof. It is preferred that the element comprises cellulose acetate.
  • the pressure drop and/or mechanical filtration efficiency of the filter sections can be selected to achieve the desired smoking mechanics and filtration characteristics as may be required with the specific product design desired.
  • a part of the filter may comprise a catalyst.
  • the catalyst facilitates the conversion of carbon monoxide (CO) to carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the vapour phase of the smoke. It is much by preference that the catalyst is highly selective for carbon monoxide.
  • the catalyst may be one of the group consisting of transition metal oxides, silica, alumina, zeolites, impregnated carbon, for example, carbon impregnated with metals.
  • the filter and/or smoking article according to the present invention may comprise ventilation means.
  • the ventilation means may comprise one or more holes in the wrapper engaged around the filtration material of the second section.
  • the holes may advantageously be positioned in regions of the wrapper to which the particulate material is not adhered. Ventilation holes are often formed in filter wrappers by laser piercing. Carbon granules in the region where ventilation is required can cause the laser to produce sparks when the holes are being made. Positioning the ventilation holes in gaps between the portions of particulate material addresses this problem.
  • the ventilation means may comprise perforation holes in the tipping wrapper used to interattach the filter and the rod of wrapped smokable filler (e.g. tobacco) material.
  • the ventilation means may be provided by the use of a porous tipping wrapper used in conjunction with a perforated plugwrap.
  • the porous tipping wrapper may be porous over its full extent or over only a localised extent, which extent is in registration with the underlying perforated plugwrap.
  • the ventilation means may further be provided at or close to the end of the rod of wrapped smokable filler (e.g. tobacco) material.
  • the ventilation means may be provided in the tipping wrapper or in the cigarette paper wrapper enwrapping the smokable filler (e.g. tobacco) material.
  • the filter may be attached to a wrapped smokable filler material rod (i.e. a wrapped tobacco rod for instance) by conventional tipping overwrap to form a smoking article.
  • the tipping overwrap may be ventilating or non-ventilating overwrap.
  • the length of the smoking material rod is advantageously at least 60 mm and the rod should preferably yield not less than six puffs, and more preferably not less than seven puffs when smoked under standard machine smoking conditions.
  • the rod is preferably of uniform cross-sectional shape and dimensions throughout the length of the rod.
  • the wrapper enwrapping the smoking article may comprise a burn additive, such as sodium and/or potassium citrate, for example.
  • a burn additive such as sodium and/or potassium citrate
  • Other suitable burn additives such as sodium or potassium salts, such as acetate and tartrate; mono-ammonium phosphate, and di-sodium hydrogen phosphate, for example, will be known to the skilled man.
  • the burn additive may be present in the range of 0.5-2.5% by weight of the wrapper.
  • the wrapper may also have a base weight in the range of 20-40g/m 2 .
  • the wrapper of the smoking article may alternatively or in addition be a non-paper wrapper, such as the wrappers described in International Patent Applications, Publications Nos. WO 96/07336 and WO 01/41590 .
  • Such wrappers assist in the reduction of sidestream smoke components, but still provide a smoking article which has burning and ashing characteristics similar to conventional products, i.e. the wrappers allow the smoking article to burn down and ash in a similar way to conventional products.
  • the smokable filler material may be tobacco-containing material or a tobacco substitute material.
  • the smokable material is a tobacco material.
  • the tobacco material comprises one or more of stem, lamina, tobacco dust and reconstituted tobacco. It is preferred that the tobacco material comprises one or more of the following types: Virginia or fluecured tobacco, Burley tobacco, Oriental tobacco, reconstituted tobacco. It is much by preference that the smokable material comprises a blend of tobacco material.
  • the smokable material comprises 10-80% Virginia tobacco, 10-60% Burley tobacco, 0-20% Oriental tobacco, 0-120% reconstituted tobacco and 0-30% expanded tobacco.
  • carbonaceous includes material which has been pyrolysed, which material preferably contains carbon, although some incomplete combustion products may still be present.
  • Ready pyrolysed coconut fibre may, for example, be the carbonaceous material from which carbon is derived.
  • the term 'smoking material' or 'smokable filler material' means any material which can be used in a smoking article. It does not necessarily mean that the material itself will necessarily sustain combustion.
  • the term 'smoking article' means any product that is used in the tobacco industry and includes smokable products or similar products for delivering an aerosol to the consumer.
  • Smoking articles include cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos and similar articles.
  • FIG 1 shows a known filter 1 attached to a tobacco rod 2 (only a portion of which is shown) to form a cigarette.
  • Filter 1 consists of a plug of cellulose acetate 3 (filtation material) circumscribed by a plugwrap 4.
  • the plugwrap 4 is longer than the plug of cellulose acetate 3 and overhangs the plug of cellulose acetate at the mouth end of the filter 1 to create a recess having a depth typically of approximately 5mm.
  • the length of overhang of the plugwrap 4 is designated in Figure 1 by the reference character x.
  • the filter 1 is attached to the tobacco rod by a tipping wrapper 5 in the conventional manner.
  • the plugwrap 4 is typically a wrapper having a high base weight, for example 100g/m 2 to provide rigidity to the filter 1.
  • FIG. 2 shows a filter 1 in accordance with the present disclosure in which a first section at the mouth end of the filter 1 comprises a tubular plug of cellulose acetate 6 having a hollow central core, designated by reference numeral 7 in Figure 2 .
  • the filter 1 also consists of a second section at the tobacco rod end of the filter 1 and adjacent the first section.
  • the second section comprises a plug of cellulose acetate filtration material 3 circumscribed by a plugwrap 4, which plugwrap 4 may also circumscribe the cellulose acetate plug 6 of the first section.
  • the plugs 3, 6 may each be circumscribed by a respective individual plugwrap.
  • the filter 1 is attached to a tobacco rod 2 to form a cigarette by a standard tipping wrapper 5.
  • the plugwrap 4 and/or the tipping wrapper 5 may be ventilated (not shown) at any point over their surface and to a varying amount dependent on the particular product.
  • the plug of cellulose acetate 6 of the first filter section may for instance be 7mm in length and provides rigidity to the mouth end of the filter 1 and allows a conventional plugwrap 4 to be used without reducing strength.
  • Figure 3 shows the filter of Figure 2 in end view from the mouth end thereof.
  • the cylindrical plug of cellulose acetate 6 defines a hollow core 7 longitudinally along the centre of the plug 6.
  • the plug of cellulose acetate filtration material 3 of the second section can be seen at the far end of the hollow core 7.
  • the thickness of the cylindrical plug of cellulose acetate 6 is defined by the outer surface of the plug 9 and by the inner surface of the plug 8. This thickness, designated by reference character z in Figure 3 , may vary depending on the desired size of the recess at the mouth end of the filter 1.
  • the cylindrical plug of cellulose acetate 6 is circumscribed by a plugwrap (not shown) and is surrounded by a tipping wrapper (not shown) to join the filter 1 to a tobacco rod in a formed cigarette.
  • the inner-surface of the plug of the first filter section may be of any desired shape and thus serve to create a recognizable shape for the hollow core 7.
  • the filter 1 of Figure 4 comprises all of the features of Figure 2 , and same reference numerals are used to denote equivalent features, with the addition of a particulate activated carbon 10 adhered to the inner surface of the plugwrap 4 circumscribing the plug of cellulose acetate 3 of the second filter section.
  • the carbon 10 extends the entire longitudinal length of the second section, being for instance 20mm in length.
  • the thickness of the wall of the plug of cellulose acetate of the first filter section is sufficient to cover the carbon at the position of abutment between the first and second filter sections and prevent any carbon 10 becoming loose and escaping into the first filter section or beyond the mouth end of the filter 1.
  • Figure 5 shows a filter 1 which comprises all of the features of Figure 4 , with the alteration in the length of the layer of carbon 10.
  • Particulate activated carbon 10 extends over only a portion of the plugwrap 4 which circumscribes the plug of cellulose acetate 3 of the second filter section.
  • the carbon 10 extends from the end of the plug of cellulose acetate 3 nearest the mouth end of the filter 1 to a position part way along the plug 3 towards the tobacco rod 2.

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