EP2967132B1 - Filterzigarette mit variabler lüftung - Google Patents

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EP2967132B1
EP2967132B1 EP14709705.9A EP14709705A EP2967132B1 EP 2967132 B1 EP2967132 B1 EP 2967132B1 EP 14709705 A EP14709705 A EP 14709705A EP 2967132 B1 EP2967132 B1 EP 2967132B1
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    • 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
    • A24D3/041—Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure with adjustable means for modifying the degree of filtration of the filter

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  • the present invention relates to a filter cigarette with variable ventilation.
  • Filter cigarettes are well known and generally comprise a cylindrical rod of tobacco surrounded by a paper wrapper and a cylindrical filter adjacent thereto and axially aligned therewith. It is usual for the tobacco rod and filter to be joined by a band of tipping paper that encases the entire length of the filter and an adjacent portion of the wrapped tobacco rod. It is also well known for the tipping paper to be provided with one or more perforations at a location on the filter in order to introduce air to the smoke produced from the lit tobacco rod. It is also known to provide means for varying the mixing of the air passing though the perforations to enable a user to vary the ratio of air to smoke, and thereby vary the strength of the cigarette, with a larger proportion of smoke to air increasing the strength of the cigarette.
  • FIG. 1 An example of such a cigarette is disclosed in US-A-4570649 .
  • a conventional cylindrical tobacco rod attached to a filter plug.
  • the filter plug is wrapped with a plug wrap and tipping paper, at least one of which is impermeable to air.
  • the plug wrap is divided into three bands, one at the mouth end of the cigarette, a central band, and a further band adjacent to the rod.
  • the mouth and rod end bands are fixed to the filter and the central band is arranged to be rotatable around the longitudinal axis of the cigarette.
  • the tipping paper is positioned over the plug wrap and arranged in two bands.
  • the first of these bands extends from the mouth end to a position overlying the rod end of the plug wrap and is attached to the central band of the plug wrap for rotation therewith.
  • This first band of tipping paper has an opening therein overlying the rod end band of the plug wrap.
  • the rod end band of the plug wrap has at least one aperture formed therein such that rotation of the first band of the tipping paper rotates to enable positioning of the perforation therein with the perforation in the plug wrap to vary the amount of air that may be drawn in during use, thereby varying the mixing of smoke from the burning tobacco rod with external air to control the strength of the cigarette.
  • Such cigarettes have appeal to consumers, but can have problems in that the consumer, whilst being able to vary the strength of the cigarette, does not have a clear indication of how the mixture of air and smoke has been adjusted and therefore what strength has been selected for this cigarette during smoking.
  • Attempts have been made to overcome such problems by providing scale and cursor arrangements to provide an indication of adjustment amount to a user, as disclosed in WO-A-2011/116976 , for example, where a cursor is provided on either the fixed or rotatable part of the cigarette, and a scale is provided on the other of the fixed and rotatable parts, with the respective movement between the cursor and scale providing an indication of the level of ventilation provided to the filter of the cigarette.
  • Such configurations still have disadvantages in that they do not provide a simple and readily understandable indication of selected cigarette strength and still provide a fair degree of uncertainty to the user in terms of the cigarette strength when making an adjustment.
  • a filter cigarette comprising: a rod of smokable material; a mouth piece attached to the rod, the mouth piece comprising an element rotatable with respect to the rest of the filter cigarette about the longitudinal axis thereof such that a user can vary the ventilation of the filter cigarette, and a fixed element that is fixed relative to the rod; and a strength indicator comprising: a first scale extending circumferentially around the periphery of the rotatable element, and a second scale extending circumferentially around the fixed element, wherein each scale comprises a single marker formed by a line having its extremities intersecting a separation line between the rotatable element and the rest of the cigarette.
  • the two scales together form a figure made of at least one closed line when the scales are arranged in a position representing a minimum level of strength.
  • the two scales may be symmetrical about the separation line when the scales are arranged in said position representing a minimum level of strength. This may aid the user in aligning the two scales when they are trying to achieve a minimum level of strength during smoking.
  • the two scales may form a polygon comprising an even number of sides when the scales are arranged in a position representing a minimum level of strength.
  • the two scales may have only one of their extremities joining each other at the separation line when the scales are arranged in a position representing a maximum level of strength. This is useful in indicating to a user that the ventilation of the cigarette is at a minimum and that the rod of the cigarette cannot be rotated further with respect to the fixed element.
  • one or each of the scales of the filter cigarette is symmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the cigarette.
  • one or each scale is formed by a continuous line. In other embodiments, one or each scale is formed by a discontinuous line.
  • the filter component 3 and tipping 9 comprise only one perforation 8 and slot 13 respectively.
  • multiple perforations and slots could likewise be contemplated in the filter component and tipping respectively without affecting the filter function.
  • Figure 4 shows an example of an indicator of the present invention with different positions of the indicator at different selected cigarette strengths.
  • a filter cigarette 1 comprises a tobacco rod 2 and filter component 3.
  • the filter component 3 is configured to allow adjustment of the filter ventilation by a user to adjust the taste strength of the cigarette.
  • the filter component 3 comprises a plug of filter material such as acetate having a plug wrap 4 extending over its outer surface.
  • the filter component 3 is divided into two filter segments 5, 6 by a circumferential transverse cut 7 which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cigarette 1.
  • the cut 7 is only partial throughout the diameter of the filter plug 4 so as to leave a central connecting member of filter material between the two segments 5, 6.
  • This connecting member advantageously acts as an axis of rotation for the two segments 5, 6 relative to each other to allow variation of the filter ventilation level as explained below.
  • At least one perforation 8 is formed into the plug wrap 4 in the segment 6 of the filter component 3 adjoining the tobacco rod 2. This perforation 8 allows air to be drawn in through the plug wrap 4 and into the core of the filter component 3.
  • a tipping paper 9 is provided and wrapped over the plug wrap 4 and filter segment 5, 6.
  • the tipping paper 9 is comprised of two bands 10, 11 separated by a cut line 12.
  • a first band 10 is glued to mouth end filter segment 5 of the cigarette 1 and extends over the cut 7 between the two filter segments 5, 6 and partially over the second filter segment 6 and the perforation 8 without being glued to the second segment 6.
  • This first tipping band 10 comprises a slot 13 which is positioned so that it can be aligned over the perforation 8 in the second filter segment 6.
  • a second band 11 is glued on the remaining part of the second filter segment 6 and the tobacco rod 2 to attach the filter component 3 to the tobacco rod 2.
  • Figure 2 shows Figure 1 when assembled with the slot 13 of first band 10 of tipping paper 9 aligned over perforation 8.
  • Such configuration of the filter component 3 and tipping paper 9 makes the mouth end filter segment 5 capable of rotation around the central longitudinal axis of the cigarette 1 relative to the second filter segment 6 connected to the tobacco rod 2.
  • This varies the respective positions of the perforation 8 in the second filter segment 6 and the slot 13 in the first tipping band 10 as shown in Figure 3 in order to adjust the filter component ventilation, and hence the strength of the cigarette 1.
  • the variable ventilation component allows the user to adjust the cigarette filter ventilation between two minimum ventilation positions, i.e. two highest strength levels, where perforation 8 and slot 13 are substantially completely misaligned, and at least one intermediate maximum ventilation position, i.e. lightest strength level, where perforation 8 and slot 13 are substantially completely superimposed in order to allow a maximum amount of air intake into the filter component.
  • Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the cigarette 1 through the location of the perforation 8 and slot 13. From this it can be seen that relative rotation of mouth end filter segment 5 with respect to second filter segment 6 in either direction can adjust the relative positions of the slot 13 and perforation 8 to control the amount of air that can be drawn through the combination of the slot 13 and perforation 8 and into the filter component 3 when the cigarette 1 is being smoked.
  • the filter component 3 and tipping 9 comprise only one perforation 8 and slot 13 respectively.
  • multiple perforations and slots could likewise be contemplated in the filter component and tipping respectively without affecting the filter function.
  • the present invention provides an indicator means to help the consumer have a direct visual indication of the strength of the cigarette that is being set through variation of the ventilation level of the filter component as described above.
  • the filter cigarette 1 of the present invention has a first scale comprising a indicator component or marker 20 formed on rod connecting band 11 of the tipping paper 9.
  • a second scale comprising a indicator component or marker 21.
  • the two scales are thereby separated by the transverse cut line 12. It will be appreciated that the first indicator component or markers 20 could be formed on the mouth end band 10 with the second indicator or marker 21 formed on the rod connecting band 11 adjacent thereto with similar operation of the invention.
  • Figure 4A shows an example of an indicator of the present invention when the cigarette has a maximum level of strength.
  • the user can identify this condition, for example, by the intersection of only one extremity of each of scales 20 and 21 at the transverse cut line 12.
  • the position of the indicator as shown in Figure 4A may coincide with perforation 8 and slot 13 (as shown in Figures 1 to 3 ) being isolated from each other.
  • perforation 8 and slot 13 may begin to overlap, thus increasing the air to smoke ratio of the filter and therefore decreasing the strength of the cigarette, and this is indicated by the relative positions of scales 20 and 21 as shown in Figure 4B .

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  1. Filterzigarette (1), Folgendes umfassend:
    einen Stab aus rauchbarem Material (2);
    ein an dem Stab angebrachtes Mundstück, wobei das Mundstück Folgendes umfasst: ein mit Bezug auf den Rest der Filterzigarette um die Längsachse davon derart drehbares Element (5), dass ein Benutzer die Belüftung der Filterzigarette variieren kann, und ein fixiertes Element (6), das bezogen auf den Stab fixiert ist; und
    eine Stärkeanzeige, Folgendes umfassend:
    eine erste Skala (20), die sich um den Umfang des drehbaren Elements umlaufend erstreckt, und eine zweite Skala (21), die sich um das fixierte Element umlaufend erstreckt, wobei jede Skala eine einzige durch eine Linie ausgebildete Markierung umfasst, deren Endpunkte eine Trennlinie (12) zwischen dem drehbaren Element und dem Rest der Zigarette schneiden.
  2. Filterzigarette (1) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die zwei Skalen (20, 21) gemeinsam eine Figur aus wenigstens einer durchgehenden Linie ausbilden, wenn die Skalen in einer Position ausgerichtet sind, die eine minimale Stärkestufe darstellt.
  3. Filterzigarette (1) nach Anspruch 2, wobei die zwei Skalen (20, 21) um die Trennlinie (12) herum symmetrisch sind, wenn die Skalen in einer Position ausgerichtet sind, die eine minimale Stärkestufe darstellt.
  4. Filterzigarette (1) nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, wobei die zwei Skalen (20, 21) ein Polygon ausbilden, das eine gerade Zahl von Seiten umfasst, wenn die Skalen in einer Position ausgerichtet sind, die eine minimale Stärkestufe darstellt.
  5. Filterzigarette (1) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei nur ein Endpunkt der zwei Skalen (20, 21) die jeweils andere an der Trennlinie (12) berührt, wenn die Skalen in einer Position ausgerichtet sind, die eine maximale Stärkestufe darstellt.
  6. Filterzigarette (1) nach Anspruch 1 bis 5, wobei eine oder jede der Skalen (20, 21) um die Längsachse der Zigarette herum symmetrisch ist.
  7. Filterzigarette (1) nach Anspruch 1 bis 6, wobei eine oder jede Skala (20, 21) durch eine durchgehende Linie ausgebildet ist.
  8. Filterzigarette (1) nach Anspruch 1 bis 6, wobei eine oder jede Skala (20, 21) durch eine unterbrochene Linie ausgebildet ist.
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