EP2999362B1 - Appareil pour fabriquer des articles de fumeurs - Google Patents

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EP2999362B1
EP2999362B1 EP14731056.9A EP14731056A EP2999362B1 EP 2999362 B1 EP2999362 B1 EP 2999362B1 EP 14731056 A EP14731056 A EP 14731056A EP 2999362 B1 EP2999362 B1 EP 2999362B1
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Marco Esposti
Ivan Eusepi
Massimo Sartoni
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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
    • A24C5/472—Applying adhesives to the 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
    • A24C5/47—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

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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 cylindrical pieces of smokers' products 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 filter cigarettes comprising one or more pieces which contain filter material and which are 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.
  • 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.
  • an apparatus for making cigarettes comprising an adhesive applicator of the multi-orifice nozzle type which produces transverse patterns of coatings on a web in order to join the filter with the tobacco portion of the cigarette.
  • 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 and comprising a filter tip attachment machine 2 of known type, capable of applying filters to cigarettes.
  • the filter tip attachment machine 2 receives cigarette pieces 3 in sequence from a cigarette making machine schematically represented as a block 4 in Figure 1 , axially interposes a double length filter piece 5 between each pair of cigarette pieces 3, causes a succession of groups of pieces 3 and 5 to be fed transversely by conveyor means C comprising a plurality of rotary conveyor rollers, and joins the pieces 3 and 5 to each other in known manner by rolling round them a patch 6 coated with adhesive on one surface of it to make a double cigarette 7 having a piece of filter in the middle of it, which is then divided in two to make two finished filter cigarettes 8.
  • One of the filter cigarettes 8 thus obtained from each double cigarette 7 is then turned head to tail so that all the filter cigarettes 8 in the succession fed out of the filter tip attachment machine 2 are oriented in the same direction. While the patches 6 are wrapped round the groups comprising one piece 5 and two pieces 3 aligned axially, these cylindrical pieces 5 and 3 of smokers' product are fed transversely to their axes along a first predetermined path P1 in a feed direction.
  • the patches 6 are separated in sequence from a web 10 of paper (or other sheet material) by means of transversal cuts made by a cutting device of known type schematically represented as a block 9 in Figure 2 .
  • the web 10 is unwound continuously from a roll 11 by feed means of known type denoted in their entirety by 11', and the patches 6 cut from the web 10 are fed in sequence to a rolling section of the filter tip attachment machine 2, denoted in its entirety by the numeral 12, to be wrapped in known manner round the pieces 3 and 5 according to what is described above. More specifically, the feed means 11' for the web 10 of sheet material direct the web 10 longitudinally along a second path P2.
  • applicator devices 21, 22, 27 for applying juxtaposed longitudinal strips 23, 24 of web to the web 10 itself and which unwind these strips 23, 24 from respective rolls 23', 24' and apply a spot of glue on a surface thereof by means of respective gluing devices 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 longitudinally to the second path P2.
  • the patches 6 which are separated from the selfsame web 10 are provided with two pieces 23", 24" of web, parallel to each other, obtained from the strips 23 and 24 and glued to a surface of them.
  • the pieces 23", 24" of web are positioned on the patches 6 in such a way as to make on each of the smokers' articles constituted by the cigarettes 8, after the patches 6 themselves have been wrapped round the pieces 5 and 3 by the rolling section 12, an annular insert 23"', 24"' which respectively surrounds a portion of each of the two cigarettes 8 obtained by cutting in half a corresponding double cigarette 7 with a filter in the middle of it.
  • 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 dashed lines) in such a way as to act on the opposite surface.
  • the number of applicator devices 21, 22, 27 which may be used in the apparatus 1 can be selected as needed to apply to the patches 6 any desired number of pieces of web like the pieces 23" and 24".
  • the strips 23, 24 can be applied, according to requirements, to a surface of the web 10 which, on the patches 6 separated from the web 10 itself and rolled round respective groups of pieces 3, 5, is opposite the surface in contact with the groups of pieces 3, 5, or to a surface of the web 10 which, on the patches rolled round respective groups of pieces 3, 5 is in contact with the groups of pieces 3, 5, or to both of these surfaces.
  • the strips 23, 24 may be made of any suitable material, for example paper or plastic material, or they may comprise metallic material and hold any substance, such as a flavouring, for example, capable of affecting the properties of the web 10 and hence of the cigarettes 8 incorporating the patches 6.

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  • Cigarettes, Filters, And Manufacturing Of Filters (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Compounds Of Alkaline-Earth Elements, Aluminum Or Rare-Earth Metals (AREA)

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  1. Appareil pour fabriquer des articles pour fumeurs comprenant des moyens de convoyage (C) pour alimenter transversalement le long d'un premier parcours (P1) une succession de groupes de bouts (3, 5) de produits pour fumeurs disposés transversalement à la direction d'alimentation et prévus pour faire partie d'articles pour fumeurs (8) ; des moyens d'alimentation (11') par lesquels une bande (10) de matériau en feuille est dirigée longitudinalement le long d'un second parcours (P2) ; un dispositif de coupe (9) servant à séparer des rubans (6) en succession à partir de la bande (10) de matériau en feuille ; et une unité de roulage (12) pour rouler un ruban (6) autour de chaque groupe de bouts cylindriques (3, 5) de produits pour fumeurs ; caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au moins un dispositif applicateur (21, 22, 27) pour appliquer des lanières (23, 24) de bande ; le dispositif applicateur (21, 22, 27) étant situé le long du second parcours (P2) pour appliquer les lanières (23, 24) sur au moins une surface de la bande (10) de matériau en feuille de telle sorte qu'elles soient orientées longitudinalement par rapport au second parcours (P2).
  2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel chaque dispositif applicateur (21, 22, 27) comprend un dispositif d'encollage pour appliquer de la colle sur les lanières longitudinales (23, 24) de la bande.
  3. Appareil selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les lanières longitudinales (23, 24) de la bande sont appliquées sur une surface de la bande (10) de matériau en feuille qui, dans les rubans (6) séparés de la même bande (10) et roulés autour de groupes respectifs de bouts (3, 5), est opposée à la surface étant en contact avec les groupes de bouts (3, 5).
  4. Appareil selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les lanières longitudinales (23, 24) de la bande sont appliquées sur une surface de la bande (10) de matériau en feuille qui, dans les rubans (6) séparés de la même bande (10) et roulés autour de groupes respectifs de bouts (3, 5), est en contact avec les groupes de bouts (3, 5).
  5. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel les lanières longitudinales (23, 24) de la bande sont en papier ou comprennent un matériau en papier.
  6. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel les lanières longitudinales (23, 24) de la bande sont en métal ou comprennent un matériau métallique.
  7. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel les lanières longitudinales (23, 24) de la bande sont en plastique ou comprennent une matière en plastique.
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