EP2999360B1 - Apparatus for making smokers' articles - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
- A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
- A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
- A24D3/0275—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features
- A24D3/0287—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features for composite filters
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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
- A24C5/005—Treatment of cigarette paper
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- This invention relates to an apparatus for making smokers' articles.
- the invention has for an object an apparatus for making cylindrical smokers' articles each of which is composed of a group comprising at least two cylindrical pieces which are joined to each other by gummed sheet material wrapped at least partly around the group itself and in which the surface of the sheet material has connected to it, in the context of each group, at least one strip of web material placed circumferentially round the group itself.
- cylindrical smokers' articles composed of two or more pieces of filter material juxtaposed end to end or separated by a gap or having, between at least some of them, spaces filled with loose material of any kind.
- These cylindrical smokers' articles are then considered as part of further smokers' articles consisting of filter cigarettes comprising one or more pieces which contain filter material and which have to be connected to a piece of cigarette.
- the smokers' articles this invention refers to comprise a succession of cylindrical pieces of smokers' products of any kind used to make up cylindrical smokers' articles.
- a web which is to be wrapped around cylindrical pieces and glued thereto in order to join the pieces to each other has to be provided, on one or both sides of its peripheral surface, with one or more strips of suitable material to be glued to the web itself in such a way as to define one or more annular inserts on the surface of the cylindrical smokers' articles obtained by wrapping the web itself round the above mentioned pieces.
- these annular inserts may have aesthetic functions, in which case, they may be made of foil paper or of plastic material, or they may have a functional purpose, in which case, the strips in question may be used for flavouring purposes.
- the aim of this invention is to provide an apparatus for making smokers' articles which is free of the disadvantages described above with reference to the prior art.
- the invention accordingly provides an apparatus for making smokers' articles as set out in the appended claims.
- Figure 1 shows an apparatus 1 for making smokers' articles, comprising an end or outfeed portion of an apparatus 2 for making filters, which may be of the composite type, that is to say, composed of two or more pieces of filter material of different kinds juxtaposed with each other in axial direction.
- Forming part of the apparatus 2 is a unit 4 comprising conveyor means 5 for feeding pieces of smokers' products consisting of filter elements 6 (see also Figure 2 ) along a first path P1 extending along a feed direction D1.
- the apparatus 1 comprises a garniture tongue 7 for forming a (at least one) continuous filter rod 8 which, in the embodiment illustrated, comprises filter elements 6 alternated with gaps 9.
- a continuous sequence of filter elements 6 moving along the direction D1 are progressively wrapped in a web 10 of paper (or other sheet material) which is unwound continuously from a roll 11 by feed means of essentially known type denoted in their entirety by the reference 11' and which is fed towards wrapping means schematically represented as a block 12, in such a way as to form the continuous rod 8 which a rotary cutoff device 13 at the outfeed end of the garniture tongue 7 divides into smokers' articles consisting of composite filter pieces 14, each composed (for example) of a central filter element 6 whose two axial ends are separated by gaps 9 and respective halves of further filter elements 6. More specifically, the feed means 11' for the web 10 of sheet material direct the web 10 longitudinally along a second path P2.
- the apparatus 2 also comprises, downstream of the cutoff device 13 in the direction of feed of the continuous filter rod 8, a conveyor device 15 of essentially known type, for sequentially feeding the filter pieces 14 towards the infeed of a filter tip attachment machine 16 of known type for applying filters to cigarettes.
- the filter tip attachment machine 16 is also able to receive cigarette pieces 17 sequentially from a cigarette maker schematically represented as a block 16', divide the filter pieces 14 into two pieces 18 of half the length, axially interpose the pieces 18 between two cigarette pieces 17 and connect the pieces 17 and 18 to each other in known manner to make a double cigarette 19 which is then divided into two half way along the piece 18 to make two finished filter-tipped cigarettes 20.
- applicator devices 21, 22, 27 for applying strips 23, 24 of web to the web 10 itself and which, at predetermined regular intervals, cut the strips 23, 24 from respective webs 23', 24' unwound from respective rolls 23", 24" and apply a spot of glue on a surface thereof by means of a gluing device of known type, not illustrated.
- the applicator device 21, 22, 27 is located along the second path P2 to apply the strips 23, 24 on at least one surface of the web 10 of sheet material in such a way that they are oriented transversely to the second path P2.
- the applicator devices 21, 22 are capable of applying on one surface of the web 10 respective transversal strips 23, 24 in such a way that, for example, a strip 23 and a strip 24, spaced from each other by a gap of predetermined length are placed on the web 10 in transit along the garniture tongue 7 which forms the continuous filter rod 8 and are positioned centrally between each pair of filter elements 6, with the strip 24 leading the strip 23.
- the strips 23, 24 of web connected to the web 10 form on each of the finished filter-tipped cigarettes 20 an annular insert 23"', 24"' which surrounds, respectively, a portion of the filter of each of the two cigarettes 20 obtained by cutting in half the double cigarette 19 with the filter in the middle of it.
- the strips 23, 24 may be made of any suitable material, for example paper or plastic material, or they may comprise metallic material or hold any substance, such as a flavouring, for example, capable of affecting the properties of the filter pieces 14.
- detector devices 25 and 26 Located along the first path P1 which the web 10 follows after the strips 23 ad 24 have been applied to it, there are preferably two detector devices 25 and 26 ( Figure 2 ) for checking in known manner that the strips 23, 24 are correctly positioned and, if a positioning error is detected, for providing the applicator devices 21, 22 associated with the detector devices 25 and 26, with feedback for independently delaying or advancing the application of the strips 23 and/or 24 to the web 10 in such a way as to cancel the error.
- one or more strips similar to the strips 23, 24 are applied to the surface of the web 10 opposite the surface the strips 23 and 24 are applied to.
- one or more applicator devices 27 similar to the applicator devices 21 and 22 may be provided ( Figure 1 shows one, drawn with a dashed lines) in such a way as to act on the opposite surface.
- the applicator device 27 is preferably also associated with a detector device (not illustrated) similar to the detector devices 25 and 26.
- the detector devices are preferably associated with at least part of the applicator devices 21, 22, 27.
- the strips 23, 24 can be applied, according to requirements, to a surface of the web 10 which will eventually be on the outside of the continuous rod 8 enclosing the filter elements 6, or to a surface of the web 10 on the inside of the rod 8 or to both of the surfaces.
- the number of applicator devices 21, 22, 27 which may be used in the apparatus 1 can be selected as needed.
Description
- This invention relates to an apparatus for making smokers' articles.
- More specifically, the invention has for an object an apparatus for making cylindrical smokers' articles each of which is composed of a group comprising at least two cylindrical pieces which are joined to each other by gummed sheet material wrapped at least partly around the group itself and in which the surface of the sheet material has connected to it, in the context of each group, at least one strip of web material placed circumferentially round the group itself.
- For convenience of description and without limiting the scope of the invention, reference is made herein to the production of cylindrical smokers' articles composed of two or more pieces of filter material juxtaposed end to end or separated by a gap or having, between at least some of them, spaces filled with loose material of any kind. These cylindrical smokers' articles, again by way of example, are then considered as part of further smokers' articles consisting of filter cigarettes comprising one or more pieces which contain filter material and which have to be connected to a piece of cigarette.
- More in general, therefore, the smokers' articles this invention refers to comprise a succession of cylindrical pieces of smokers' products of any kind used to make up cylindrical smokers' articles.
- In some cases, in the production of smokers' articles, a web which is to be wrapped around cylindrical pieces and glued thereto in order to join the pieces to each other, has to be provided, on one or both sides of its peripheral surface, with one or more strips of suitable material to be glued to the web itself in such a way as to define one or more annular inserts on the surface of the cylindrical smokers' articles obtained by wrapping the web itself round the above mentioned pieces. Depending on circumstances, these annular inserts may have aesthetic functions, in which case, they may be made of foil paper or of plastic material, or they may have a functional purpose, in which case, the strips in question may be used for flavouring purposes.
- In manufacturing machines which make smokers' articles of the above mentioned type, it is standard practice to use webs on which the strips have already been provided during the production of the webs themselves. This practice, however, involves relatively high costs because the special rolls of web of this kind are not only very expensive but also create technical problems which call for complex and uneconomical solutions because it means the manufacturing machines have to be provided with somewhat complicated synchronizing systems designed to position the annular inserts properly relative to the cylindrical which are wrapped in the webs themselves.
- Moreover a further example of an apparatus for making smokers' articles is disclosed by document
WO2013/024263 . - The aim of this invention is to provide an apparatus for making smokers' articles which is free of the disadvantages described above with reference to the prior art.
- The invention accordingly provides an apparatus for making smokers' articles as set out in the appended claims.
- The invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a non-limiting embodiment of it, and in which:
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Figure 1 is a schematic front view of an apparatus for making smokers' articles according to this invention; and -
Figure 2 is a schematic plan view of smokers' articles in various stages of their production in the apparatus ofFigure 1 . -
Figure 1 shows an apparatus 1 for making smokers' articles, comprising an end or outfeed portion of anapparatus 2 for making filters, which may be of the composite type, that is to say, composed of two or more pieces of filter material of different kinds juxtaposed with each other in axial direction. - Forming part of the
apparatus 2 is aunit 4 comprising conveyor means 5 for feeding pieces of smokers' products consisting of filter elements 6 (see alsoFigure 2 ) along a first path P1 extending along a feed direction D1. The apparatus 1 comprises a garniture tongue 7 for forming a (at least one)continuous filter rod 8 which, in the embodiment illustrated, comprisesfilter elements 6 alternated withgaps 9. - More precisely, along the garniture tongue 7, a continuous sequence of
filter elements 6 moving along the direction D1 are progressively wrapped in aweb 10 of paper (or other sheet material) which is unwound continuously from aroll 11 by feed means of essentially known type denoted in their entirety by the reference 11' and which is fed towards wrapping means schematically represented as ablock 12, in such a way as to form thecontinuous rod 8 which arotary cutoff device 13 at the outfeed end of the garniture tongue 7 divides into smokers' articles consisting ofcomposite filter pieces 14, each composed (for example) of acentral filter element 6 whose two axial ends are separated bygaps 9 and respective halves offurther filter elements 6. More specifically, the feed means 11' for theweb 10 of sheet material direct theweb 10 longitudinally along a second path P2. - The
apparatus 2 also comprises, downstream of thecutoff device 13 in the direction of feed of thecontinuous filter rod 8, aconveyor device 15 of essentially known type, for sequentially feeding thefilter pieces 14 towards the infeed of a filtertip attachment machine 16 of known type for applying filters to cigarettes. The filtertip attachment machine 16 is also able to receivecigarette pieces 17 sequentially from a cigarette maker schematically represented as a block 16', divide thefilter pieces 14 into twopieces 18 of half the length, axially interpose thepieces 18 between twocigarette pieces 17 and connect thepieces double cigarette 19 which is then divided into two half way along thepiece 18 to make two finished filter-tippedcigarettes 20. - Located along the second path P2 followed by the
web 10 upstream of theunit 4, in the order defined by the direction of feed of theweb 10 itself, there areapplicator devices strips web 10 itself and which, at predetermined regular intervals, cut thestrips respective rolls 23", 24" and apply a spot of glue on a surface thereof by means of a gluing device of known type, not illustrated. In other words, theapplicator device strips web 10 of sheet material in such a way that they are oriented transversely to the second path P2. - The
applicator devices web 10 respectivetransversal strips strip 23 and astrip 24, spaced from each other by a gap of predetermined length are placed on theweb 10 in transit along the garniture tongue 7 which forms thecontinuous filter rod 8 and are positioned centrally between each pair offilter elements 6, with thestrip 24 leading thestrip 23. According to the above, thestrips web 10 form on each of the finished filter-tippedcigarettes 20 anannular insert 23"', 24"' which surrounds, respectively, a portion of the filter of each of the twocigarettes 20 obtained by cutting in half thedouble cigarette 19 with the filter in the middle of it. - The
strips filter pieces 14. - Located along the first path P1 which the
web 10 follows after thestrips 23ad 24 have been applied to it, there are preferably twodetector devices 25 and 26 (Figure 2 ) for checking in known manner that thestrips applicator devices detector devices strips 23 and/or 24 to theweb 10 in such a way as to cancel the error. - As shown in
Figure 1 , one or more strips similar to thestrips web 10 opposite the surface thestrips more applicator devices 27 similar to theapplicator devices Figure 1 shows one, drawn with a dashed lines) in such a way as to act on the opposite surface. Theapplicator device 27 is preferably also associated with a detector device (not illustrated) similar to thedetector devices applicator devices - It should be noted that in accordance with the above, the
strips web 10 which will eventually be on the outside of thecontinuous rod 8 enclosing thefilter elements 6, or to a surface of theweb 10 on the inside of therod 8 or to both of the surfaces. - Obviously, the number of
applicator devices - Lastly, it should be noted that using
separate applicator devices strips pieces 18 of a different size.
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- An apparatus for making smokers' articles comprising a unit (4) comprising conveyor means for feeding along a first path (P1), extending along a feed direction (D1), a continuous succession of filter elements (6) of smokers' products intended to form part of the smokers' articles (14); feed means (11') by which a web (10) of sheet material is unwound continuously from a roll (11) and directed longitudinally along a second path (P2); a garniture tongue (7) whereby the continuous sequence of filter elements (6) moving along the feed direction (D1) are progressively wrapped in the web (10) of sheet material which is fed towards wrapping means (12) so as to form at least one continuous rod (8) enclosing the filter elements (6) in the web (10) of sheet material; and a cutoff device (13) placed at the outfeed end of the garniture tongue (7) and configured for subdividing the continuous rod (8) into smokers' articles (14) consisting of composite filter pieces (14); the apparatus being characterized in that it comprises separate applicator devices (21, 22) for applying strips (23, 24) of web; the applicator devices (21, 22) being located along the second path (P2) to apply the strips (23, 24) on one surface of the web (10) of sheet material in such a way that they are oriented transversely to the second path (P2), wherein the applicator devices (21, 22), at predetermined regular intervals, cut the strips (23, 24) from respective webs (23', 24') unwound from respective rolls (23", 24") and apply a spot of glue on a surface of the strips (23, 24) by means of a gluing device, and wherein the applicator devices (21, 22) are adjustable independently of each other to vary the position of the strips (23, 24); said apparatus further comprising detector means (25, 26) associated with at least part of the applicator devices (21, 22) for checking the position of the strips (23, 24) and providing the applicator devices (21, 22, 27) with feedback for adjusting the application of the strips (23, 24) to the web (10).
- The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the strips (23, 24) are applied to a surface of the web (10) of sheet material on the outside of the continuous rod (8) enclosing the pieces (6).
- The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the transversal strips (23, 24) of web are applied to a surface of the web (10) of sheet material on the inside of the continuous rod (8) enclosing the pieces (6).
- The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the strips (23, 24) are made of paper or comprise paper material.
- The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the strips (23, 24) are made of metal or comprise metallic material.
- The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the strips (23, 24) are made of plastic or comprise plastic material.
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