EP2995208B2 - Verfahren zum herstellen eines stabförmigen artikels der tabak verarbeitenden industrie - Google Patents

Verfahren zum herstellen eines stabförmigen artikels der tabak verarbeitenden industrie

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EP2995208B2
EP2995208B2 EP15183089.0A EP15183089A EP2995208B2 EP 2995208 B2 EP2995208 B2 EP 2995208B2 EP 15183089 A EP15183089 A EP 15183089A EP 2995208 B2 EP2995208 B2 EP 2995208B2
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Marc Kessler
Hans-Heinrich MüLLER
Stefan Marx
Jörg Wittek
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Koerber Technologies GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/471—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces by means of a connecting band
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/01—Making cigarettes for simulated smoking devices

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  • a proven filter attachment machine of the applicant is, for example, from the DE 40 08 475 A1 and is sold under the name "MAX.”
  • Conventional filter-fitting machines are designed for processing double-length tobacco products. In a wrapping area, a double-length filter rod is positioned symmetrically in the center of the machine. A tobacco rod is positioned on each side outside of the double-length filter rod. The tipping paper is fed centrally into the wrapping area and wrapped around the filter rod and tobacco rods by a roller, bonding them to the filter rod. The resulting double cigarette is cut in half to produce two individual filter cigarettes.
  • the transfer of rod-shaped articles from an upstream machine to the attachment machine takes place entirely transversely.
  • This type of transfer is also referred to as a "direct link.”
  • this is achieved by arranging an adapter module that conveys rod-shaped articles transversely between the attachment machine and the upstream machine.
  • the upstream machine can advantageously comprise at least one feed module with a storage container for feeding a rod-shaped component.
  • the upstream machine can comprise a group-forming device for assembling groups of filter segments to produce multi-segment filter rods.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic of a rod-shaped tobacco article 10 with a structure that differs significantly from a conventional filter cigarette.
  • the tobacco article 10 has a relatively short tobacco rod 11 of length LT and a relatively long filter rod 12 of length LF, which here consists of two segments 13, 14, but can also consist of more than two segments, in particular, for example, of three segments (see below).
  • the length LF of the filter rod 12 is in particular greater than the length LT of the tobacco rod 11.
  • the filter rod 12 is attached to the tobacco rod 11 by means of a relatively wide tipping paper sheet 15 of width BU > LT.
  • the width of the tipping paper strip 29 does not permit the conventional processing of a double-length rod-shaped article with a centrally arranged, double-width tipping paper 15 in a conventional filter fitting machine.
  • the Fig. 2a and Fig. 2b show a machine arrangement 20 according to the invention for producing rod-shaped tobacco articles 10 with a predominantly conventional filter attachment machine 21, ie advantageously without the need for a completely new development of a filter attachment machine.
  • the tobacco sticks 11 are Fig. 2a only indicated magazine 22, which is designed to store a large quantity of tobacco sticks 11, for example in multiple, here triple, usable lengths 11a, fed transversely from above into the filter attachment machine 21, and cut into single-length tobacco sticks 11 by means of driven drums 23 (see Fig. 2b ) and conveyed transversely into a wrapping area 24.
  • the predominantly vertical drum run 23 corresponds to the usual filter run in the case of conventionally produced filter cigarettes, but in this embodiment of the invention is used in reverse to feed the tobacco rods 11.
  • the magazine 22 can be dispensed with if the tobacco rods 11 are fed directly and in an orderly or synchronized manner into the drum run 23.
  • Fig. 2b shows a schematic plan view of the course of the tobacco rods 11 and filter rods 12 in the machine arrangement 20 according to Fig. 2a from above.
  • the axial positions correspond to the Fig. 2a and Fig. 2b (compare Fig. 4a, Fig. 4b ).
  • the tobacco rods 11 in the wrapping area 24 are not arranged symmetrically to the machine center MM, but are advantageously offset from the machine center MM in such a way that the free end of the tobacco rods 11 touches the machine center MM on one side.
  • the filter rods 12 are fed off-center into the wrapping area 24 and attached to the tobacco rods 11 on the side facing away from the machine center MM.
  • the tipping paper 29, 15 is arranged in the wrapping area 24 such that the center MU of the tipping paper path 29, 15 is offset from the machine center MM by a positive amount ⁇ x.
  • the functions of the attachment machine 21 following the wrapping are essentially identical to the functions of a conventional filter attachment machine.
  • the amount ⁇ x is advantageously greater than the length LT of the tobacco rods 11, greater than half the width (0.5 BU) of the tipping paper strip 29 or the tipping paper leaflet 15 and/or greater than half the length (0.5 LF) of the filter rod 12.
  • the wrapping strip center line MU is advantageously directed forwards relative to the machine center line MM, ie towards the operating side of the piecing machine 21 (downwards in Fig. 2b ) are arranged offset so that the processing in the attachment machine 21 is better visible to the operator.
  • Fig. 2b It is also evident that in the piecing machine 21 processing is only possible on one path (starting from the machine center on the lower side in Fig.
  • the production plant 40 optionally comprises a machine 42, for example a KDF with a tube forming unit of the applicant for producing a multi-length rod 13a for segments 13 of the filter rods 12.
  • the multi-length rods 14a are transferred to an optional feed module 43b, for example a MERLIN soft module of the applicant, and from there to the filter manufacturing machine 26.
  • the feed modules 43a, 43b each comprise a storage container (see Fig. 3 ) for the rods 13a and 14a, respectively.
  • the feed modules 43a, 43b thus form a group forming device 43 for assembling groups of filter segments 13, 14 for producing multi-segment filter rods 12 in the filter rod manufacturing machine 26.
  • the production plant 40 further comprises a machine 44 for producing multi-length tobacco rods 11a with a distributor 45, a rod unit 46 and a transfer unit 47 for transferring the multi-length tobacco rods 11a to the piecing machine 21.
  • FIG. 4a A preferred embodiment of an attachment machine 21 and production plant 40 according to the invention is shown in the Fig. 4a, Fig. 4b
  • the attachment machine 21 differs from the embodiment according to Fig. 2a in that here the tobacco rods 11, together with filter rods 12, are fed via the same drum run 25 from the same upstream machine 26 into the wrapping area 24.
  • the storage container 22 and the drum run 23 leading from the storage container 22 into the wrapping area can be dispensed with in this preferred embodiment.

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  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Cigarettes, Filters, And Manufacturing Of Filters (AREA)
EP15183089.0A 2014-09-11 2015-08-31 Verfahren zum herstellen eines stabförmigen artikels der tabak verarbeitenden industrie Active EP2995208B2 (de)

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PL2995208T5 (pl) 2025-11-12
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