EP2667736A1 - Selbstverfertigung benutzerspezifisch ausgestalteter rauchartikel, insbesondere zigaretten - Google Patents
Selbstverfertigung benutzerspezifisch ausgestalteter rauchartikel, insbesondere zigarettenInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the self-production of user-specific designed smoking articles, in particular cigarettes. More specifically, it relates to a smoking article self-fabricating apparatus and a method of self-manufacturing smoking articles, which smoking articles are preferably cigarettes. Disclosed specifically and separately, the individual components of the self-production device as an independent and self-contained units and the precursors and intermediates that serve the smoking article manufacturing.
- a cigarette making machine that provides the user with multiple types of tobaccos for selection and manual filling is known from US 5,666,975. The user must first know in advance what type of flavor will be when choosing a specific type of tobacco.
- a smoking article self-production device is to be shown, which allows the user to produce cigarettes of high quality even in a consistent manner and according to his wishes.
- the user has the option of producing different cigarettes.
- the Users can choose with the device according to the invention, as his cigarettes be procured or taste, where he has the choice of several options. This can be done with the aid of the present invention, without having to change the tobacco supply on a device during the manufacturing process, and without having to change operating parameters such as the stuffing density, which can have a negative effect on cigarette quality and either too strong cigarettes or too loosely packed Produces tobacco strands.
- Such anyway problematic measures are to change the property of the manufactured smoking article according to the invention therefore no longer necessary, but can be high-quality cigarettes in a consistent manner, weü operating parameters such as stuffing density for changing the taste, the strength or draw resistance is no longer adversely affected Need to become. Namely, the user can now make the right taste via the appropriate selection for the tobacco and / or the filter sleeve and thus reproducibly combine different constituents of the cigarettes in order to obtain a product according to his personal taste or his present preference.
- the invention thus makes it possible to "personalize" the Rauchartikei or cigarettes.
- the cigarette is defined by the properties of the final product, that is, based on the desired result and / or smoking experience.
- the cigarette may advantageously be pre-defined in terms of its smoke properties (eg flavor, strength, etc.).
- the user can thus pre-select in particular such smoke properties, ie properties of the cigarette when smoking (by the user) through his inputs to the selection system, and the device according to the invention will then produce a corresponding cigarette, hereinafter embodiments of the present invention in list form demonstrated.
- the non-exhaustive list reproduces in its permutations possible embodiments of the invention, which in each case require no further features in addition to the expressly listed features.
- Example 1 the device according to the invention is defined as follows:
- Example 1 Rauchara ' kel self-production device, in particular cigarettes self-production device with:
- a smoking article manufacturing unit for producing smoking articles with tobacco from the tobacco intake and with sleeves from the smoking article housing, and with
- a transport unit or a transport system for transporting tobacco and / or smoking article sleeves from the tobacco intake or the smoking article tube receptacle to the smoking article production unit
- the tobacco receptacle and / or the smoking article sleeve receptacle receiving elements for at least two different types of tobacco or sleeve types, and by
- control unit for controlling the operation or the components of the cigarette self-production device according to the user inputs.
- Example 2 smoking article self-production device according to Example 1, wherein the tobacco receptacle has receiving elements for at least one type of tobacco and the sleeve receptacle receiving elements for at least two different types of sleeves.
- smoking article self-production device according to one of Examples 1 to 4, wherein a plurality of receiving elements are provided for receiving different tobacco or casings.
- smoking article self-production device according to one of Examples 1 to 5, wherein the receiving elements are formed as cartridges and can be docked to docking stations of the device.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to any one of Examples 6 to 8, wherein the same number of docking stations is disposed on opposite sides of the device in a mirror-inverted arrangement.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to one of Examples 1 to 9, which has a safety arrangement that allows only when inserting or docking specially designed receptacles or cartridges the function of the device.
- a smoking article finishing machine wherein the receiving elements or cartridges comprise at least a part of the security arrangement. sen, which allows only the insertion or docking specially designed recording elements or cartridges on the device.
- smoking article self-production device according to Example 10 or 11, wherein the receiving elements or cartridges have at least a portion of a safety arrangement that allows only the function or commissioning of the device.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to one of Examples 10 to 12, wherein on one of its components, in particular the component which interacts with the receiving elements or comes into engagement, another, in particular the second, complementary part of the security arrangement is arranged.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to any one of Examples 10 to 13, wherein the security arrangement comprises two mutually engaging elements, in particular designed in the manner of key and lock elements.
- Smoking article self-production device according to one of the examples 10 to 14, wherein the receiving elements or cartridges are cylindrical and have at their inner end faces their part of the safety arrangement.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to any one of Examples 10 to 5, wherein the security arrangement comprises two electronically, electrically, magnetically or radio-technically Koppeibare elements, in particular antenna and transmitter of a RFiD arrangement.
- a smoking article self-production device according to one of Examples 1 to 16, wherein the receiving elements or cartridges have an opening for dispensing tobacco or pods, wherein the opening can be opened and again airtight sealable, in particular by an operating unit of the device.
- a smoking article self-production device according to one of Examples 1 to 17, wherein the receiving elements or cartridges are cylindrically shaped and in particular have particular two nested and about the longitudinal axis to each other rotatable cylinder elements with opening to overlap longitudinal slot openings.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to any one of Examples 1 to 18, wherein an actuator unit for manipulating the tobacco receptacle and / or the Rough Chumblehülsenage is provided to release tobacco or at least one sleeve for transport to the Rauchumblehersteliungsappel.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to Example 19, wherein the actuating unit has an engagement element for engagement with the receiving elements and / or cartridges, in particular a rotary or sliding operation for opening the receiving elements or cartridges.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to Example 19 or 20, wherein the actuating unit comprises a part of the securing arrangement, which is in particular the engagement element or has.
- a smoking article self-production device according to one of Examples 1 to 21, wherein a movement unit for moving the transport unit during tobacco transport and / or tube transport and / or for moving the actuator unit is provided at its place of use on the device.
- Smoking article self-production device according to Example 22, wherein the movement unit comprises a driven rail guide and in particular between two provided on opposite sides of equipment groups of docking stations is arranged so that they can access the therein receiving elements or cartridges.
- a smoking article self-production device according to one of Examples 1 to 23, wherein the transport unit comprises a movable between the receiving elements and the production unit transport frame with, in particular two-sided, arranged thereon containers, in particular collecting containers.
- the transport unit is disposed together with the operating unit on a carriage of the moving unit.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to one of Examples 1 to 25, wherein the transport unit comprises a slide arranged at the receiving elements on which the tobacco and / or the sleeve can be applied out of the receiving elements out, in particular fall down, and on which they can slip to the manufacturing unit.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to one of Examples 1 to 26, wherein the manufacturing unit comprises a tobacco holder and a sleeve arranged on the same longitudinal axis sleeve holder, wherein the tobacco is inserted as an open tobacco rod or wrapped with a sheath tobacco rod into the sleeve.
- a smoking article self-fabricating device according to any one of Examples 1 to 27, wherein at the manufacturing unit retaining elements and / or end-holding elements are provided for the sleeve to facilitate the insertion of the tobacco, in particular brackets, spreading aids or funnels.
- a smoking article self-fabricating apparatus according to any one of Examples 1 to 29, wherein at the manufacturing unit retaining elements for the shell of a wrapped tobacco rod are provided to
- a smoking article finishing device according to one of Examples 1 to 30, wherein the selection system has an input / output unit, in particular a with screen unit, the input means are assigned, especially a touch screen.
- a smoking article self-production device according to one of Examples 1 to 31, wherein the selection system and / or the control unit work computer-aided or processor-supported.
- a smoking article self-fabricating apparatus according to any one of Examples 1 to 32, which has cutting or molding means for the produced cigarette.
- Smoking article self-production device which has a laser unit which is arranged so that with its laser beam, the cigarette tube, in particular the filter part, can be perforated for the production of ventilation holes and / or markings are applied to the cigarette can.
- a needle unit can be provided, with the help of one or more needles, especially fast down - And herbewegbarer needles, the cigarette tube, in particular the filter part perforated for the production of ventilation holes and / or applies markings on the cigarette.
- Example 35 Process for the self-production of smoking articles, especially cigarettes, in the Rauchartike! by means of a smoking article manufacturing unit with tobacco from a tobacco intake and with sleeves from a smoking article sleeve receptacle and in which the tobacco and / or the smoking article sleeves are transported from the tobacco receptacle or the smoking article receptacle to the smoking article manufacturing unit, characterized in that
- the tobacco and / or Rauchartikeihülsen be brought from a tobacco intake and / or a Rauchumblehüisenage with receiving elements for at least two different types of tobacco or pods, and that
- the operation or the components of the cigarette self-production device are controlled by means of a control unit according to user inputs, wherein the user inputs by means of a control unit associated selection system carried out with which desired properties of the cigarette to be manufactured are specified.
- Example 36 The method of Example 35, wherein a smoking article self-production device according to any of Examples 1 to 34 is used.
- Example 37 The method according to Example 35 or 36, wherein in the specification of the desired properties directly the tobacco and / or sleeve type is entered.
- Starch properties such as higher or lower nicotine and condensate levels; Degrees of ventilation;
- an RFID transmitter-receiver combination is used on the device or on the receiving element, and upon the determination that the receiving element is not intended for the device, it is rejected;
- Information about the receiving elements and / or their contents in particular by wired or wireless transmission, e.g. RFID, transmitted to the device for further processing in the control unit, wherein in particular the combinations of different manufacturable cigarettes are taken into account, in particular displayed on the Auswah!
- Information about the recording elements and / or their content and / or device specifications are stored in the device, in particular in the selection system or in the control unit or an associated memory, and updated after use;
- Combination options with materials from empty recording elements are no longer offered or deleted; a record already produced with the device cigarettes and their material combinations or production parameters is stored, in particular with a, for example, at the selection system, entered rating by the user.
- control unit the control unit
- Example 44 Tobacco transfer device for transferring a tobacco rod from a strand casing into a cigarette tube, with a punch for pushing and pushing the tobacco rod out of the strand wrap around, wherein a wrapping divider moving with this is arranged in the area of the stamp.
- Umhüliter tobacco rod as Tabakvor for introduction into a Raucharti- kelhüise, in particular a cigarette tube, with a string-shaped tobacco element and surrounding the tobacco element stabilization shell, wherein at least one end portion of the shell at least partially an end support is attached.
- Umhüliter tobacco rod according to Example 50 wherein the end support is attached to the outside of the shell and / or front.
- Example 56 A method of trimming a cigarette end for end formation or lengthening in cigarettes self-production in which a cigarette tube filled with tobacco is transported perpendicular to its longitudinal axis in a cigarette self-production device and the cigarette end to be trimmed is guided over a stationary cutting edge.
- Example 56 The method of Example 56, which is carried out with a self-processing device described herein, in particular with at least one of its units, or with a self-processing method described herein.
- Example 56 The method of Example 56 or 57, wherein the trimming is carried out during transport of the filled cigarette tube from one processing station to another, in particular during transport from the tobacco transfer device and / or the ventilation / marking device to a discharge station.
- Example 60 Cigarette end cutter for trimming a cigarette end for end formation or for lengthening, in particular by a method according to Examples 56 to 59, with a cutting edge which runs obliquely upwards over a cutting path which is on a transport path of the filled cigarette tube from a processing station another lies in a cigarette self-production device.
- Example 61 A process for self-production of smoking articles, in particular cigarettes, in which in a Tabaktransport- process step, a tobacco rod, in particular a umhueüter tobacco rod is transferred into a cigarette tube, and in which in an end-cutting step, the end of the cigarette for the end design or for lengthening is curtailed, wherein between the completion of the tobacco transport and the end cut a grace period is met, which lasts at least as long as the tobacco needed to substantially complete its extension, especially in the direction of the cigarette longitudinal axis.
- Example 62 The method according to Example 61, in which the waiting period for at least 90% length extension is sufficient.
- Example 63 Method according to Example 61 or 62, in which the waiting time lasts at least 4 seconds and in particular between 4 and 30 seconds, especially between 4 and 10 seconds.
- Example 64 Cartridge for holding strand-shaped cigarette precursors, in particular tobacco portions or cigarette tubes, for processing in a smoking article self-fabricating device, wherein the interior of the cartridge has room structure.
- turing elements which control and / or control the position and / or the movement of the precursors in the cartridge.
- the spatial structuring elements are arranged displaceably or rotatably in the cartridge or are part of a displaceable or rotatable cartridge inner structure, in particular with an outlet slot.
- Figure 1 is an oblique view of the inner components of a smoking article self-production device according to the invention with schematic representations for a selection system and a control unit;
- FIGS. 2 to 4 the inclusion of tobacco or filter cartridge sleeves in docking stations of the device
- FIGS. 5 to 7 show the construction of a tobacco or cartridge cartridge
- Figure 8 shows a tobacco or filter cartridge prior to engagement with a
- Figures 9 to 12 a movable actuator unit attached to the moving unit of the device, in various views and levels of detail;
- Figure 13 is a combined actuator / transport unit of the apparatus on the rail of the moving unit;
- Figure 14 shows an alternative embodiment with a chute as a transport unit
- FIG. 5 shows a forming unit for the front, open front end of a
- Figures 16 and 17 show two embodiments for holding or holding open elements for
- FIGS. 18 to 22 show various stages in the introduction of a tobacco rod into a cigarette tube with a first embodiment for cigarette sleeve holding elements or holding elements for tobacco cartridge cases;
- Figures 23 to 29 various possible embodiments for holding or holding open mechanisms for filter sleeves and tobacco portfolios covers that allow the insertion of tobacco into the filter sleeve or facilitate;
- Figure 30 shows a cigarette cutter in a schematic representation
- FIG. 31 shows a cigarette molding device in a schematic representation
- Figures 32 and 33 show a tobacco transfer unit with transfer unit for a tobacco rod in an oblique view and a sectional view;
- Figure 34 shows a tobacco precursor, designed as a wrapped tobacco rod with
- Fig. 35 is a cigarette end trimming unit of a self-fabricating apparatus
- FIGS. 36 to 38 show embodiments of the configuration of the cartridge interior with room structuring elements which determine the position and / or control and / or control the movement of the cigarette precursors in the cartridge.
- FIG. 1 shows an oblique view of an embodiment of a smoking article self-production device according to the invention with its inner components, ie without the outer housing.
- the embodiment represents a cigarette self-fabricating apparatus, which has been designated overall by the reference numeral 1.
- tobacco intake 2 and on the right side also consisting of several elements sleeve receptacle 3, the tobacco receptacle 2 and the sleeve receptacle 3 each sit in docking units, in Figure 1 on the right side be indicated with 12.
- the device 1 also has a cigarette production unit 4 in the foot area, as well as a transport unit 5 for the transport of tobacco and pods to the production unit 4.
- control unit 6 Only in conceptual representation or schematic representation (black box), a control unit 6 and a selection system 7 are shown, wherein the arrow from the control unit to the other device components out means that this control unit controls their activity or workflow.
- the arrow between selection system 7 and control unit 6 in turn means that its activity can be determined by the selection system 7 (and vice versa), by inputs to input elements 8.
- the selection system also comprises an output unit, which can display an image output 9.
- the selection system 7 is designed as a touch screen on which both inputs and outputs can be made.
- the insertion or docking of receiving elements 14 for tobacco and cigarette tubes in the device 1 and on the device 1 will be explained in more detail below with reference to Figures 2 to 4 for the present embodiment.
- the Conseiemente 14 for tobacco or sleeves are cylindrical cartridges, which are even more accurate later be explained. They dock on the device 1 by being inserted into docking blocks 18, which in their cross-sectional shape form slightly more than a semicircle in order to be able to hold the cartridges 14. They are formed in the docking unit 12, as two mirror-inverted arrangements to the central axis of the apparatus (as left part 121 and right part 12r).
- the docking stations 18 are delimited by intervening projections 20, which divide the docking unit parts 12r and 121 into four docking stations 18.
- the apparatus comprises three to six docking stations for filter cartridge cartridges and three to six docking stations for tobacco cartridges, in the illustrated embodiment the preferred variant with four docking stations for tobacco cartridges (tobacco receptacle 2, left) and four docking stations for filter cartridges - Cartridges (smoking article sleeve recording 3, right) is present.
- the docking stations for the tobacco cartridges and those for the filter cartridge cartridges are assigned defined locations, e.g. However, it is also possible to dispose of predefined locations and to leave it to the user to choose the ratio of feiter sleeve cartridges and tobacco cartridges according to their preferences and their preferred combination options.
- the cartridges are cylindrical in shape and have an outer cylinder member 14a and an inner cylinder member 14b which are rotatably arranged with each other and have longitudinal slot-shaped openings 14e and 14f (see Figs. 6 and 7).
- the outer cylinder member has an inner projection 14c
- the inner Zyünderelement has an outer projection 14d, whose function will be explained later.
- the reference numerals 26 and 28 are arranged on the inner end side of the cartridges 14 arranged contact or Eingriffseiemente, wherein, for example, by rotating the engaging member 28, the inner cylinder member 14b relative to the outer cylinder member 14a can rotate.
- the engagement elements 28 still serve as part of a security arrangement because they fit exactly into a counterpart 38 (38r, 38I, seen in Figures 8 and 9).
- the cartridge 14 can carry part of a radio device, for example the transmitter 48 of an RFID pair.
- the radio device can be a safety device, on the other hand it can also transmit information (for example about the contents of the cartridge 14).
- the cartridges for the Fiiterhüisen and the tobacco may be different in construction, but they are preferably of largely identical construction - possibly only mirror-inverted designed to be used in different sides of the device can. It is also vorstebar to make the construction of the cartridges for a two-sided, mirror-reversed device identical, in which case the transport mechanism or the movement or actuating mechanism would have to be changed accordingly to compensate for the reversed arrangement.
- the docking station may also be adapted accordingly to ensure the usability of identical cartridges at each location of the device, e.g. by a symmetrical arrangement of the webs 16 and grooves 22nd
- a security arrangement can operate, for example, according to the key / lock principle. 12 051391
- the cartridges may include information carriers (e.g., RFID elements 48) that provide information about the contents of the cartridges, which in turn may be retrieved from defined elements at the remote sites of the device 1.
- this information includes the amount of content and detail about the content, which in filter sleeves may include filter type, ventilation, flavoring, visual appearance, and many other properties.
- the tobacco it may be information about the type of tobacco, the mixture composition, the flavoring and many other things.
- This information can also be used to guarantee the legality of the manufactured Ztgaretten product, as well as how it conveys data on the properties of the final product and the degree of filling.
- the storage of the information can be realized in all possible ways, for example optical, electro-optical or electro-magnetic types.
- the information is stored on an RFID transmitter 48, shown in FIG. 8, and can be read out by an antenna 46 mounted on the device 1, on the mating counterpart 36r in FIG.
- the said information carriers and carriers may also constitute the fuse arrangement or a part thereof.
- the cartridges may have many and different outer shapes and dimensions. Preferably, however, they are of the same shape and size for tobacco and filter sleeves and contain at least approximately (or precisely) the amount of tobacco and filter sleeves necessary to produce a given number of cigarettes. One can go out in one embodiment of the number of existing sleeves and adjust the amount of tobacco to it.
- the cartridges have identical sizes, it is necessary to calculate the additional volume of the filters compared to the tobacco box. occupy lumen. Therefore, to ensure the safe storage of the tobacco and to limit its degradation, it is a preferred option to reduce the internal volume of the tobacco cartridge, for example by a wall or stopper that leaves a volume empty, which filters the filters equivalent.
- the cartridges 14 are substantially airtight sealed before being used. They can then be opened by turning the engagement element 28 by bringing the longitudinal slots 14e and 14f over one another, as shown in FIG. In the state of FIG. 7, tobacco portions or filter sleeves may leave the cartridge 14 (fall out), and thereafter it is possible to again reach the state of FIG. 6 by turning the inner cylinder member 14b to close the cartridge 14.
- the cylinder elements 14a and 14b are provided with sealing elements which in the present embodiment as an inner projection 14c on the outer cylinder member 14a and as an outer projection 14d on the inner cylinder member 14b are designed. It can be seen from FIG. 6 that in the closed state the projections 14c and 14d cooperate in such a way that a slight radial tension is created and therefore the components of the cylinder elements are pressed against each other in the region of the projections, whereby a tight seal is produced as an airtight seal.
- Other seals, such as rubber seals or lips are basically usable.
- closure elements may be provided which are removed by the consumer before insertion and use in the device 1 and substantially airtight seal the longitudinal slot 14e, for example an adhesive strip.
- the cartridges may be present different amounts of tobacco or filter sleeves, preferably suitable for the production of 5 to 40 cigarettes, in particular embodiment 10 to 30 cigarettes.
- cartridges may include a variety of tobaccos, tobacco blends and compositions. It may be loose tobacco, which is cut in a suitable width, so cut tobacco. The portioning of the tobacco would then have to be done by appropriate elements on the device, which is possible in principle. Portioning devices are known from many prior art documents, for example from the aforementioned DE 198 12 644 A1.
- pre-portioned tobaccos are used, for example pre-portioned for the amount of a cigarette.
- the pre-portioned tobacco preferably has the shape of a cylindrical tobacco rod, which approximately corresponds to the diameter of the tar volume of a filter sleeve.
- the length of the pre-portioned tobacco rod in preferred embodiments is 5-15% longer than this empty volume, taking into account that when transferring the tobacco, the density of the rod is increased and its length is reduced.
- the cylindrical strand shape of the tobacco portion can be achieved by different methods, for example:
- the pre-portioned tobacco may have variations in density introduced during production of the strand to reduce end failure.
- it may be formed on the sheaths a ring of additional material, which preferably has the shape of a short cylinder having an inner diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the sheath.
- a shell is shown as a shell 102 in Figure 27, to which reference will be made later.
- the ring or cylinder 126 is secured to the tobacco casing by a suitable method, such as by gluing, and allows for easy and secure gripping of the casing during tobacco transfer.
- the filter sleeves may be conventional filter sleeves or at least be constructed on such.
- Such filter sleeves include a wrapped in a wrapping paper filter, a cigarette paper for receiving the tobacco and a tipping paper that attaches the filter to the cigarette paper.
- Filter sleeves which can be used with the invention may have all known and conceivable dimensions for desired cigarettes, such as kingsize, slim, superslim, etc. All known filter technologies may be used, for example tow filters, activated carbon filters, silicate filters, etc. , and the filter may have flavor in a variety of forms, such as geflavourte Tows or threads, capsules, granules, etc.
- the filter may be ventilated.
- the cigarette paper is preferably technologically implemented so that its inflammability is kept low according to legal requirements.
- the filter sleeves may comprise at their open end on the cigarette paper a ring of additional material, which preferably has the shape of a short cylinder, with an inner diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the cigarette paper.
- a ring is shown for example as a ring 122 in Figure 27 at the front end of the sleeve 112, which will be discussed in more detail later on these embodiments. It is suitably fastened, for example glued, to the cigarette-boarding part of the sleeve, and it makes possible an easy and safer grip of the filter sleeve during tobacco transfer.
- the ring is preferably removed by cutting off the cigarette end with the ring so as to produce the finished shape of the cigarette in a high quality appearance.
- a corresponding cutting device is shown in principle in the figure 30, and it comprises a lower, round receptacle 136 for the cigarette 105 to which an articulated half-round top 132 is attached, which leads a knife 134, the finished cigarette 105 at suitable location, so for example, just behind the ring 122 ( Figure 27) after the transfer of the tobacco and the production of the finished cigarette.
- FIGS. 8 to 14 shows the actuating unit 31, which can open the cartridge 14, in an enlarged view, as well as the figure 12.
- the on a carriage 32 on the rail guide (bar rail 40 and drive linkage 34) movable Betiturgung 31 has a motor 42 which has a Pinion drive 41 extend two rods 37r and 37I left and right out of its guide cylinder 44 and can enter into it. In this case, a rotation of the rods 37, which is generated by a slotted guide 33, 35.
- each the previously mentioned counterpart 38 here two counterparts 38r and 38I, mounted behind a flange 36 (36r, 36I).
- a flange 36 On the flange 36 is also the receiver or the antenna 46 of the RFID pair 48, 46 (see Figure 8 and explanation above).
- the counterparts 38 r and 38 l have engagement elements which exactly match the engagement elements 28 of the cartridges 14. This ensures, on the one hand, that the rotation of the rods 37 can be transmitted to the engagement element 28 and thus the cartridge 14 can be opened or closed, on the other hand, the engagement element 28 (key) and the counterpart 36 (lock) form part of a through the RFID Pair 46, 48 supplemented securing arrangement, which ensures that only provided for this purpose cartridges 14 are used with the device.
- the movement device 30 has the two rails or rods 34 and 40, and in Figure 9 can still be seen that they are involved between a foot part 43 and a head part 45, on the upper surface of the motor 47 is seated, with the help of the Movement device 30, the actuator 31 on the rail guide 34, 40 on the carriage 32 can move up and down.
- FIGS. 8 to 12 show the actuating device 31 isolated.
- it is additionally connected to the transport unit 5, which in this composite can also be moved up and down by the movement device 30 and can be seen from the rear side in FIG.
- the transport device 5 is mounted on the carriage 32 of the actuator, via a left and right extending Transportgesteli 52, to the left and right Auffangbereheatiter 50r and 501 hang on suspensions 54r and 541 respectively.
- the collecting container 50r and 501 serve to catch tobacco portions or filter sleeves which fall out of the cartridges 14 and have to be brought to the production unit 4.
- FIG. 5 Another embodiment of the transport unit, which is not implemented here in device 1, but which is quite conceivable, is shown in FIG. It has a chute 51, over which, for example, tobacco portions 100 can slide downwards after they have dropped out of the cartridges 14 via an opening mechanism 53. Down to the chute 51 would then join the Hersteliungstechnik, so here the part that receives the tobacco portion 100.
- the transport unit 5 With the transport unit 5, the tobacco portions and the filter sleeves are collected from the cartridges 14 opened for this purpose by the actuating unit 31 and are transported to the unit 4 without damage for production, where the tobacco transfer takes place.
- the transport unit 5 together with the movement and the actuating unit 30, 31 is arranged centrally between the cartridge docking stations 12 and the cartridges 14 for the tobacco or the Filterhüisen.
- the moving unit may function with the motor driven drive linkage 34 as shown, but also, for example, by a jackscrew, and RFID pairs may be mounted on either side of the actuator 31 or, more generally, the transport, motion or actuator unit.
- the actuator unit 31 opens the cartridge 14, whereupon a filter sleeve falls into a collection container 50r of the transport unit, after which the cartridge 14 is closed again.
- the transport unit 5 can now remain at this level for picking up a tobacco portion, or approach a different height, whereupon the corresponding opposite counterpart (eg 38I) opens a tobacco cartridge 14, whereby a tobacco portion falls into the collecting container 50I and the corresponding cartridge 14 again is closed.
- the transport unit 5 moves down to the smoking article manufacturing unit 4, where the tobacco is transferred into the sleeve, as will be explained in more detail later.
- a sleeve end forming unit 60 is seen, with a mounting 64 and a conical member 62, which for insertion into the 1
- Filterhüise 110 namely in the sleeve 112 made of cigarette paper, which is attached to the filter 114.
- FIG. 6 shows an insertion tool 70, which has a body 68 which forms a funnel shape on the left side and has a spreader 66 having finger extensions on the right side. From the left, e.g. a tobacco portion 100 is introduced into the funnel-shaped opening of the body 68 and pushed through the finger-shaped spreader 66 therethrough. In this case, the sleeve 112 is pushed from the right to the spreader 66, which could also be referred to as "Offenha! Ter", until it rests on the left in the outer gap. Through the fingers of the spreader 66 through, then the tobacco 100 is inserted into the sleeve 112.
- FIG. 17 Another embodiment, but having substantially the same functions, is shown as an example in Figure 17, namely as an insertion aid 71 with the funnel 73 and the spreader 75.
- FIGS. 18 to 20 each show a tobacco portaon 00 in different positions as a tobacco rod 104 surrounding it with a sleeve 102, and a guide punch 80 with a front circumferential groove or catch groove 82.
- the tobacco transfer into the filter sleeve is made after picking up these two elements by the transport unit 5 in the manufacturing unit 4.
- the tobacco portions 100 and the Filterhüise 110 are deposited at substantially axially aligned locations.
- the tobacco portion comprises loose tobacco, it is made into a strand shape with a press chamber as in conventional MYO devices.
- the tobacco is a pre-portioned amount of tobacco present as tobacco rod 104 and surrounded by a non-smokable casing 102.
- the transfer process begins as follows:
- the filter sleeve and the tobacco portion are held in the vertical direction by semi-tubular components, and the filter sleeve is additionally supported axially by a stopper at a filter end.
- the forming unit 60 shown in Figure 5 is used, the conical portion 62 is inserted into the end opening of the sleeve 112 in order to open them and to ensure a circular opening.
- the filter sleeve 112 is now pushed to the left on the holder 72, wherein the conically arranged fingers or facets 76 penetrate the front of the sleeve 112.
- the sleeve 112 is then supported in the mounted state and from the outside by the holder 72 - her slipping to the right is thus prevented.
- retaining mechanisms for the sleeve can be used or used, such as clamps or rings.
- a ring may be used, which corresponds to the eccentric shape and movement of a Wankelmotors to pinch the cigarette paper. Options for this will be explained in more detail later with reference to FIGS. 23 to 29.
- FIGS. 20 and 21 show how the wrapped tobacco portion 100 is inserted from the left through the funnel component 74 and, as can be seen in FIGS. 20 and 21, pushed by the ram 80 into the filter housing 112, whereby the tobacco portion is still surrounded by its shell 102. Thereafter, as soon as the annular groove 82 is at the same height as the clamp 78, the clamp 78 is closed ( Figure 21) and thus pinches the non-smokable casing 102 of the tobacco rod 104.
- a second punch 84 may extend out of the punch 80 at the front ( Figure 22) and push the filter sleeve 112 together with the tobacco rod 104 therein to the right, leaving the tobacco rod sleeve 102 in place and thus out of the filter sleeve 112 is pulled out.
- the tobacco rod 104 remains in the sleeve 112, and the sheath 102, which has previously surrounded the tobacco rod 104, can be disposed of.
- the method described above could be referred to as an indirect transfer method, since the tobacco is introduced with the envelope in the filter sleeve and the latter is then removed. But there are also direct transfer methods for the present invention into consideration. In this case, the tobacco is transferred directly into the filter sleeve or stuffed, without the sheath (completely) was introduced into the filter sleeve. These are described below.
- FIGS. 23 to 29 describe different possible embodiments for transferring tobacco into a filter sleeve, as they can basically all be used in the present invention.
- the filter sleeve 110 has the filter 114 and the sleeve 112 made of cigarette paper.
- the tobacco portion 00 has the tobacco rod 104 as well as the tobacco rod wrapper 102.
- FIG. 23 it is shown that the filter sleeve 110 is held to the left of a stop 86, and this figure also shows a simple embodiment in which the tobacco portion 104, of which Sheath 102 is wrapped, initially inserted without tools in the front end of the sleeve 112 (upper illustration).
- the front part of the shell 102 is held with clamps 88 against a hopper 90, then flows through a sliding medium, which pushes the tobacco rod 104 to the left in the sleeve 112, while the sheath 102 at its Space remains. Then the finished cigarette can be removed to the left be, as the arrow in the lower illustration shows the stop 86, which is taken in this movement.
- FIG. 24 Another embodiment is shown in FIG.
- a funnel 92 is shown in FIG. 24 as an insertion aid for introducing the tobacco rod 104 into the sleeve 112, the front one attached to the end of the sleeve 112 and held by a clamp 88.
- the enlargement between the two illustrations shows details of the funnel 92.
- a relatively rigid sheath 106 is provided, into which a punch 94 can penetrate from the right, to pass the tobacco rod 104 through the funnel 92 into the sleeve 112 to push, with the clamp 88 prevents slipping of the sleeve 112 from the straight funnel part.
- a non-rigid shell 02 is also held at its right end again from the outside by a clamp 96, but the back pressure is generated from the inside of a support sleeve 98, which together with the punch 94 over a short distance in the front end of the shell 102 penetrates.
- the plunger 94 can push the tobacco rod 104 out without the sheath 102 deforming.
- Shown in Figure 26 is an embodiment in which the enclosure 102, which may be a soft or non-rigid enclosure herein (e.g., a paper wrapper), is supported at its front end to maintain its shape and allow the tobacco rod to rest 104 easily from her out in the sleeve 112 to push.
- the holding mechanism 97 used here uses terminals 88 which act from the outside and U-shaped, compressible clamping members 99 which engage around the open end side of the sleeve 112 from the inside and outside.
- FIG. 27 The possibility shown in FIG. 27 of providing a retaining mechanism for the sleeve 112 or the sleeve 102 has already been briefly mentioned above.
- a ring 122 made of a suitable material! attached to the front end side of the sleeve 112, for example glued.
- a ring 126 is glued to the front end of the hump 102.
- retaining elements 120 and 124 are now provided for these two rings, which on the one hand prevent them from deforming the casing 102 when the tobacco rod 104 is pushed out and, on the other hand, because the sleeve 112 deforms when the tobacco rod 104 is pushed in.
- the glued rings together with the underlying cigarette portion may e.g. are cut with a cutting unit 130 shown in principle in Figure 30, so that a clean cigarette end is formed.
- the length of the cigarette can be adjusted according to the wishes of the user.
- the cutting edge or knife 134 would be displaceable, possibly together with the entire unit 130.
- FIG. 28 there is a similar case as in FIG. 27, except that the front retaining element 130 on the tobacco rod is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the cigarette tube.
- the ring 132 can first be accommodated in the retaining element 130 (top illustration), and then, as shown in the middle illustration, to insert the tobacco rod 104 together with the sleeve 102 through the punch 94 into the sleeve 112, whereby the holder 130, 132 is moved with.
- the sheath 102 can be withdrawn by means of the remindhaiteeiements 130 back to the right, the ring 132 serves as a retaining element for the sheath 102. If the sheath 102 is peeled off, it can be discarded.
- This embodiment corresponds in essential parts to that which has been explained with reference to FIGS. 18 to 22.
- the embodiment shown in Figure 29 makes it clear that the various possibilities shown can also be easily combined.
- the embodiment according to FIG. 29 shows, for example, the insertion aid 92 with clamping mechanism 28 on the sleeve front end of FIG. 24 and a retaining device on the front end of the shell 102 of the tobacco rod 104, as has been described with reference to FIG. Accordingly, the embodiment of FIG. 29 also functions in this combined manner.
- FIG. 31 Another element that can be optionally used in conjunction with the apparatus of the present invention is a final forming unit capable of giving the finished cigarette a final shape.
- the Endform shown in Figure 31 has been given the reference numeral 140 and consists of a lower part 144 with a curved mold surface 145 and a top 142 with a likewise curved molding surface 143. Both mold surfaces 145 and 143 are concave, and when the upper part 142 on the Lower part 144 is pressed, they give the finished cigarette 105 a slightly oval shape.
- Alternative shapes are possible, for example deformation to an approximately triangular or square shape.
- Another, optionally usable or preferably usable unit would be a laser unit. Such a laser unit would allow manipulation of the finished cigarette in at least two different ways.
- the first type a technological manipulation, is the introduction of additional ventilation holes in the filter. This might be necessary for some combinations of filter sleeves and tobaccos, for example to improve the properties and / or to keep the final product within the legal limits for the delivered substance quantities (nicotine, condensate and CO).
- a second manipulation is to personalize the product by, for example, applying artifacts, characters, text or other symbols to the filter sleeve. This can be achieved by coloring the filter sleeve local, high energy densities of the laser and the resulting slight carbonization of the paper happen, or by a color conversion of applied substances. Alternatively, it would be possible to erode the surface of the filter sleeve somewhat or to perform an ablation in order to achieve a visible effect.
- the laser unit receives cut parts to the control unit and manipulation elements which move the cigarette and / or the laser unit along and around the cigarette axis.
- the cigarette is in a rotary motion while the laser unit moves axially.
- a needle unit can be provided by means of one or more Needles, especially fast reciprocating needles, the cigarette tube perforated, in particular the filter part, for the production of ventilation holes and / or applies markings on the cigarette.
- the device is controlled by the control unit 6 so that all necessary activities of the individual elements are executed, preferably software or processor controlled.
- the software or processor control can be provided in or with the selection system 7, which also receives the inputs of the user and provides visual feedback.
- all of these elements can be provided individually, but it would be useful to arrange them in the device or on a side of the housing and summarize, for example, with a touch screen selection system facing the user and a rear-mounted processor or software-controlled control unit.
- the explanatory steps presented below do not necessarily have to be carried out in the sequence shown, but they essentially outline a possible cigarette production according to the invention:
- the actuator unit 31 moves by means of the movement unit 30 to an inserted cartridge 14 and reads the information about the cartridge via the RFiD pair 46, 48.
- the cartridge 14 will be rejected or not used, in case of a positive identification it will be used.
- a software-assisted matrix of approved tobacco and filter cartridge combinations is set up, from the various types and types with which the device 1 has been fitted.
- allowable ventilation levels may be included which may be made by an optional laser unit (described above).
- the matrix of all allowed combinations may be part of the deposited information and the software selects a sub-matrix for the docked cartridges.
- the approved combinations are offered, for example via the display device 9 of the selection system 7 to the user for selection.
- the allowable combinations are not offered as actual combinations of cartridges 14, filter sleeves 112 or tobacco (optionally with a ventilation level in%) but as an abstract product description such as "light Virginia cigarettes for the coffee break".
- control unit 6 sets the movement unit 30, the actuation unit 31 and the transport unit 5 in motion in order to obtain the required filter sleeve and the required tobacco porosity. tion to the production unit 4 to spend, where the tobacco transfer takes place in the sleeve so as to produce the cigarette.
- the length of the cigarette can be adjusted by cutting a part by means of the cutter 130.
- the ventilation level (within the limits of the allowable level) for the selected combination can be adjusted by the laser unit.
- the user may also personalize the product by entering or selecting an artistic representation, character or other symbols (with the selection system 7), e.g. can be applied by the laser unit to the filter sleeve.
- the user may select a final shape for the cigarette which is then applied by the endformer 140, for example an oval, substantially triangular or substantially quadrangular cross-sectional shape.
- the final manufactured and finished cigarette is handed over to the user.
- the information about the remaining elements or raw materials in the cartridges is updated, namely in a data memory of the device, which may be assigned to the control unit or the selection system.
- the usage history for one or more different users is stored.
- a personal "rating" for the last selected combinations or cigarettes is saved, and a "leaderboard" can be displayed.
- a tobacco transfer device with transfer unit for a tobacco rod is seen in an oblique view and in a sectional view in Figures 32 and 33.
- the tobacco transfer device 150 is shown in the present case as part of a cigarette manufacturing device, and it has a carriage 151 which can be motor driven on rail bars 152.
- a plunger 154 is attached, which - if it is moved with the carriage 151 after iinks - is able to push out a tobacco rod, not shown here, from its strand envelope.
- the tobacco rod is, surrounded by a strand casing, in the tobacco portion intake 153.
- a tobacco serving is usually referred to here as such a wrapped with a strand casing tobacco rod, which is a cigarette precursor.
- the Strangumhüliung serves only to keep the tobacco rod stable for transport and processing until it has been transferred to a cigarette tube.
- plunger 154 pushes the tobacco rod out of its casing, into a cigarette tube that sits in a separate holder that is no longer fully visible in FIGS.
- FIGS. 32 and 33 An important element of the tobacco transfer device shown in FIGS. 32 and 33 is the wrapping divider, which is here designed as a double-edged knife 155 with the cutting edges 156 and 157 and is located behind it in the direction of movement of the punch 154.
- the cutting edges 156 and 157 still protrude somewhat beyond the circumference of the punch 154.
- the punch shifts out of the strand wrapper as the tobacco rod is pushed out, it carries along the knife 155, which cuts the strand wrap immediately behind the punch 154.
- the strand wrapper is no longer needed after pushing out the tobacco rod. That is why it is very important Part, if it is already divided during the Ausschiebevorgangs, because on the one hand in a divided state, the progress of the punch or the carriage 151 does not hinder, and because it is on the other hand no longer needed after the expulsion of the tobacco rod.
- the tobacco transfer device can be designed overall very space-saving, especially because the stamp is not pushed from the very back by an intact or intact strand wrapping, as is the case for example in embodiments according to FIGS 24 to 29.
- the solution of FIGS. 32 and 33 with the cladding divider knife achieves a space saving which corresponds approximately to the length of a strand wrap (or the length of a tobacco rod), because the punches are not designed in this length and accommodated in the device got to.
- FIG. 16 A wrapped tobacco rod which can be used as a tobacco precursor for introduction into a cigarette tube is shown in FIG.
- a wrapped tobacco rod may also be referred to as a tobacco portion, and it comprises a cylindrical strand of tobacco, which has substantially the length of the tobacco-filled portion of a cigarette.
- the tobacco rod 161 is surrounded by a stabilizing sheath, which bears the reference numeral 162.
- This stabilizing sleeve 162 may be a sheath made of very thin paper, as is already used, for example, in the embodiments of FIGS. 24 to 29.
- the paper is designed in such a way that the tobacco rod can be pushed out lengthwise without sticking too much to its inside.
- an end support 164 is provided, which around the end portion at the outlet end of the tobacco portion 160 is attached and, for example may consist of a closed (or even interrupted) paper ring or lining paper ring.
- this end support 164 thus supports the material of the stabilizing sleeve 162 against deformation by longitudinal forces, so that the exit region remains dimensionally stable and the tobacco rod can be easily pushed out of the stabilization cover 162 up to its end. This is due to a simple measure, such as the sticking of such a paper ring a functional safety when transferring the tobacco from the tobacco portion given out without complicated holding or support mechanisms and components must be provided in a self-production device.
- the device shown in FIG. 35 is also part of a cigarette self-production device, but it can certainly be regarded as an independent unit.
- the end trimming unit 170 has a carriage 171, which can be motor-driven on guide rods 172, wherein the drive via a spindle 173 takes place.
- the carriage comprises the cigarette support 174, which is shown in a sectional view in FIG. 35 and supports the body of the cigarette, the filter or mouth end being located on the left side in FIG.
- the right end of the cigarette not shown here is also referred to as ignition end, and it is this ignition end, which must be cut off again before the release of the cigarette to the user to create a good visual impression and also to produce a smooth end surface from which the tobacco does not fall out.
- ignition end which must be cut off again before the release of the cigarette to the user to create a good visual impression and also to produce a smooth end surface from which the tobacco does not fall out.
- ignition end the right end of the cigarette not shown here
- the length of the cigarette to a desired level.
- the firing end must be held firmly, and in the present embodiment, this advantageously takes place on both sides of the blade, which is designed as a triangular blade and has been given the reference numeral 175 in FIG.
- the end holder 176 has two for this purpose by a knife-through slot separate holder elements 177 and 178, and he is not fully shown in the view of Figure 35, since two corresponding holder mirror-inverted from the other side at the ignition end and then embrace this substantially full circumference.
- a great advantage of this embodiment is also that it reduces the movement of a cigarette, e.g. from the tobacco transfer station to the delivery station anyway, exploits to take an important step, namely the end pruning. This eliminates, for example, moving blades and their steep motors.
- the tobacco rod after being transferred into the cigarette tube, undergoes a phase of spatial expansion which compensates for the compression during tobacco transport into the sleeve. This spatial expansion takes place in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the cigarette, so that a piece of the tobacco rod emerges from the open cigarette end or the ignition end.
- the embodiment described here advantageously also takes into account the fact that the tobacco spread extends over a period of time, which may be dependent on several factors, such as: As the tobacco used, the applied pressure when tobacco rod transport into the sleeve, etc .. If, however, as suggested here, in a controlled and adjusted manner a certain waiting period elapse before after the tobacco transfer of the end cut takes place, so can it is still possible to prevent tobacco from spreading after the end cut from the open end of the cigarette. Thus, the condition is maintained immediately after the end cut and the cigarette still has a clean ignition after the issue.
- a further method step can be carried out, for example the labeling step or the manufacture of the ventilation.
- cartridges are used for the cigarette self-preparation device according to the invention, which on the one hand can accommodate tobacco portions (coated tobacco strands) and on the other hand cigarette tubes, and are available to the user depending on their selection and ready for processing.
- Figures 36 to 38 embodiments are shown, which can serve as an example of an advantageous design of the cartridge interior, wherein in general space structuring elements are used, which the position and / or the movement of the tobacco or cigarette tubes (cigarette precursors) in the Check and / or control the cartridge.
- FIGS. 36 to 38 each show two views, namely an end view and an oblique view of the cartridges.
- the cartridge 180 shown in FIG. 36 has an outer cylinder element or an outer shell 181a in which a room divider 181b is accommodated as an inner cylinder element, which in each case alternately comprises longitudinal bays 185 for two superimposed cigarette precursors 183 and longitudinal bays 186 for a cigarette Preproduct has.
- the space divider 181b is rotatably inserted into the thoughthüile 181a, so that the open ends of the bays 185 and 186 can come to lie successively above the dispensing slot 184 so as to release, for example, by gravity, the cigarette precursor 183, ie the precursor 183 can through the Slot 184 fall out to be further processed.
- the inward bulges or bumps 196 ensure that farther or farther pre-products 193 are kept somewhat spaced from those directly on the dispensing lance 194, so that the latter can fall out of the slot 194 without interference when the inner cylinder member is rotated so that its slot opening coincides with the slot 194 of the outer cylinder member 191a.
- FIG. 38 A further possible embodiment in this thematic complex is shown in FIG. 38, wherein the cartridge 200 in turn comprises the outer cylinder element 201a with the dispensing slot 204, and an inner cylinder element 201b which has a spiral interior in which the precursors 203 are arranged one behind the other. Also, the spiral-shaped inner cylinder member 201b is rotatably supported in the element part 201a, and when the two outer openings of the elements are superimposed as shown in Figure 38, the first cigarette precursor may fall out of the cartridge 200 and be further processed. Again, the design of the spirally divided interior ensures that neither tilting of the cigarette precursors may occur, nor a mutual obstruction arises when spending.
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