EP2120613B1 - Verfahren zur herstellung eines deckblattes zur verwendung in der zigarrenherstellung - Google Patents

Verfahren zur herstellung eines deckblattes zur verwendung in der zigarrenherstellung Download PDF

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EP2120613B1
EP2120613B1 EP08741609.5A EP08741609A EP2120613B1 EP 2120613 B1 EP2120613 B1 EP 2120613B1 EP 08741609 A EP08741609 A EP 08741609A EP 2120613 B1 EP2120613 B1 EP 2120613B1
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Jan Cornelis Antonie Beijderwellen
Arend Van Der Sluis
Jeroen Aart Jan Slobbe
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C1/00—Elements of cigar manufacture
    • A24C1/04—Devices for cutting cigar binders or wrappers

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  • the invention relates to a method for manufacturing wrappers for manufacturing cigars, use being made of a tobacco leaf which is cut into a number of parallel strips substantially in longitudinal direction of said leaf, so in the direction of the midrib thereof, both ends of said strips being cut-off across similar, acute angles in respect to the longitudinal direction, which angle might coincide with the angle enclosed by the midrib and the sideribs of said leaf.
  • each strip will contain parts of the sideribs of said tobacco leaf. Caused by this the outer surface of the obtained cigar will not be very smooth.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a wrapper which allows the production rate of a cigar winding machine to be increased considerably and which produces relatively much less waste, thereby causing a considerable reduction in the production cost of cigars.
  • the strips cut out-off a tobacco leaf extend themselves substantially between two succeeding sideribs, the ends of several strips obtained in this way being connected to each other for forming an almost continuous wrapper ribbon.
  • the wrapper ribbon obtained in this way will be rather smooth because it will hardly contain portions of the ribs of the tobacco leaf. Further the ends of the formed strips will come to lie onto each other as flat as possible, which allows a proper connection between the strips.
  • the thickness of the sideribs can be measured so that parts of this can be maintained in a strip when the thickness is below a given value.
  • said strips By cutting-off the ends of said strips across acute angles said strips can be connected to each other over a larger area with an equal width of overlap.
  • Connecting the ends of the strips can occur in the known way by means of adhering. It is also possible to apply the strips onto a non-regenerable carrier being comprised of various materials, such as paper, for example. It is also possible to employ a regenerable carrier, such as a foil, a cloth or the like.
  • the ends of two strips can be laid on top of each other and can be fed between rollers, so that said ends will be compressed into and be connected to each other.
  • NL 6501893 describes a method for connecting tobacco leaves, either parts thereof, for forming a band out of which wrappers each for one single cigar can be cut. Only the midrib is removed out of said leaves.
  • a method according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from US-A-3 744 498 .
  • said continuous ribbon obtained according to the invention, is having a certain strength, so that the cigar winding machine can proces it without any risk of pulling it apart.
  • the irregularity can be a hole or a tear in the tobacco leaf or a considerably thickened portion, or the like.
  • Means known per se can be employd for scanning a strip.
  • the thickness of the sideribs, present in this can be measured, such that it can be fixed whether a part of a siderib might be present in a strip cut-off said leaf.
  • the strip can have an optimal length.
  • strips of wrapper can be reinforced with materials that can be processed in the final product, such as so-called “homogenised tobacco leaf” parts, fibres and paper-types which can be smoked.
  • strips of wrapper are combined with binder from homogenised tobacco foil.
  • Said obtained continuous ribbon of wrapper can be spirally fed onto the filler but in particular it is preferred that the ribbon is wound around the filler, fed as a continuous strand, in longitudinal direction, whereupon both longitudinal edges of said ribbon will be connected to each other.
  • the wrapper can possibly be stuck to the filler, depending on the composition of said filler.
  • the wrapper is formed by cutting longitudinal strips from each side of a tobacco leaf, the longitudinal sides of said strips being connected to one another. So each connecting place comprises parts of the sideribs of the leaf and so is not smooth. Further the obtained strip is folded upon itself so that a wrapper composed of two layers will result in order that the perforations in one layer may be covered by the material of the next layer.
  • the ribbon of tobacco leaf according to the invention can be wound upon a reel, which can be supplied to a cigar winding machine. Processing of the tobacco leaves generally will not take place immedately at the cigar winding machine.
  • NL 7502839-A shows a device comprising a number of transporters for connecting rectangular pieces of tobacco leaves to one another and bringing the formed ribbon onto a reel.
  • Fig. 1 shows a tobacco leaf 1, having a midrib 2 and sideribs 3, which approximately enclose an angle ⁇ with the midrib 2.
  • dash lines 4 indicate how the tobacco leaf 1 can be cut into a number of strips 5 extending in parallel.
  • the strips 5 are cut-off in transverse direction as indicated by dash lines 6. These lines 6 can extend across an angle ⁇ which is approximately parallel to the direction of the sideribs 3.
  • midrib 2 will not form part of a strip 5 and the strips 5 lying directly beside said midrib, generally speaking, will extend itself only between two sideribs 3 such that no parts of said sideribs 3 will form part of a strip 5.
  • Figure 2 schematically shows that the ends 9 of the strips 5 are connected to each other for forming a continuous wrapper ribbon 10, which is wound upon a reel 11.
  • said reel 11 can be fed to a cigar winding machine in which the ribbon 10 can be pulled from said reel 11 and can be spirally wound onto the filler fed in the form of a continuous strand.
  • said ribbon 10 is folded around the filler in longitudinal direction, whereupon the longitudinal edges 12 of said ribbon 10 are stucked together.
  • the ribbon 10 can be mounted together with the binder of the filler which allows for making a cigar in one single step. It will be obvious that then the obtained continuous strand is cut into pieces of the desired length for obtaining cigars.
  • the wrapper ribbon 10, wound upon the reel 11, can be combined with other materials and can be used in that way.

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  1. Verfahren zur Herstellung von Deckblättern zur Herstellung von Zigarren, wobei eine Nutzung eines Tabakblatts (1) erfolgt, das in eine Anzahl von in einer Längsrichtung des Blatts (1) im Wesentlichen parallele Streifen (5) zerschnitten wird, wobei sich die Steifen in der Richtung von dessen Mittelrippe (2) erstrecken,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass beide Enden der Streifen über ähnliche, spitze Winkel (α) im Hinblick auf die Längsrichtung abgeschnitten werden, und wobei:
    a. das Verfahren umfasst, die Streifen (5) so aus dem Tabakblatt (1) herauszuschneiden, dass sie sich im Wesentlichen zwischen zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Seitenrippen (3) erstrecken, oder
    b. das Verfahren umfasst, die Dicke der Seitenrippen zu messen, und wenn eine Dicke der Seitenrippen (3) unter einem bestimmten Wert liegt, die Streifen (5), die aus dem Tabakblatt (1) herausgeschnitten werden, Teile einer oder mehrerer Seitenrippe/n (3) enthalten,
    wobei die Enden mehrerer auf diese Weise erhaltener Streifen (5) miteinander verbunden werden, um ein durchgehendes Deckblattband (10) zu bilden.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei der spitze Winkel in etwa mit dem Winkel zusammenfällt, den die Mittelrippe (2) und die Seitenrippen (3) des Blatts (1) einschließen.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei mehrere Streifen aus einer Hälfte eines Tabakblatts ausgeschnitten werden.
  4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Enden (9) zweier Streifen (5) übereinandergelegt und zwischen Walzen zugeführt werden, so dass die Enden (9) ineinandergepresst und miteinander verbunden werden.
  5. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass beim Zerschneiden eines Tabakblatts (1) in Streifen (5) die Streifen optisch abgetastet werden, und im Falle, dass eine Unregelmäßigkeit (7) in einem Streifen erfasst wird, dieser auf beiden Seiten der Unregelmäßigkeit (7) quer durchgeschnitten wird, und der die Unregelmäßigkeit enthaltende Zwischenabschnitt (8) entfernt wird, wobei beide Enden (9) der übrigen Teile des Streifens (5) auf dieselbe Weise wie ein normal erhaltener Streifen (5) behandelt werden.
  6. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Deckblattstreifen (5) mit Materialien, die zum Endprodukt verarbeitet werden können, wie etwa sogenannten "homogenisierten Tabakblatt"-Teilen, Fasern und Papierarten, die geraucht werden können, verstärkt werden.
  7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Deckblattstreifen (5) mit einem Umblatt aus homogenisierter Tabakfolie kombiniert werden.
  8. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das erhaltene Band auf eine Rolle aufgewickelt wird.
  9. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das erhaltene Band spiralförmig auf eine Einlage aufgewickelt wird.
  10. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das erhaltene Band einer Zigarrenwickelmaschine zugeführt wird, indem es von der Rolle abgezogen wird.
  11. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das erhaltene Deckblattband (10) um eine als kontinuierlicher Strang in einer Längsrichtung zugeführte Einlage gewickelt wird, woraufhin beide Längsränder (12) des Bands (10) miteinander verbunden werden.
  12. Rolle, die mit einem darauf aufgewickelten Deckblattband (10) versehen ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Band gemäß dem Verfahren nach Anspruch 8 erhalten ist.
  13. Zigarre, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie unter Verwendung des Verfahrens nach Anspruch 11 erhalten ist, wobei der kontinuierliche Strang in Teile mit der gewünschten Länge zerschnitten ist.
EP08741609.5A 2007-02-06 2008-02-06 Verfahren zur herstellung eines deckblattes zur verwendung in der zigarrenherstellung Not-in-force EP2120613B1 (de)

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NL1033346A NL1033346C2 (nl) 2007-02-06 2007-02-06 Werkwijze voor het vervaardigen van een dekblad te gebruiken bij de vervaardiging van sigaren.
PCT/NL2008/000034 WO2008097081A1 (en) 2007-02-06 2008-02-06 Method for manufacturing a wrapper for use in the manufacturing of cigars.

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