EP3111785A1 - Article à fumer - Google Patents

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EP3111785A1
EP3111785A1 EP15002023.8A EP15002023A EP3111785A1 EP 3111785 A1 EP3111785 A1 EP 3111785A1 EP 15002023 A EP15002023 A EP 15002023A EP 3111785 A1 EP3111785 A1 EP 3111785A1
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tipping
cut
smoking article
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Thomas Pienemann
Thomas Hühne
Jan Fuhrmann
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Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH
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Priority to PCT/EP2016/063309 priority patent/WO2017005454A1/fr
Priority to UAA201800195A priority patent/UA120968C2/uk
Priority to RU2018103749A priority patent/RU2683335C1/ru
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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
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/02—Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers

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  • the invention relates to a smoking article comprising a rod and a filter and to a process of manufacturing such smoking article.
  • Tipping papers are used to connect a filter to a tobacco rod in the manufacture of filter cigarettes.
  • a tipping paper comprises or even completely consists of paper, but since it may also involve different materials, in the following just the term “tipping" is used.
  • non-filter cigarettes had been equipped with a so-called mouthpiece, i.e. a layer of foil, paper or cork to be applied over the cigarette paper.
  • a so-called mouthpiece i.e. a layer of foil, paper or cork to be applied over the cigarette paper.
  • a method for applying a non-straightly cut mouthpiece to obtain an ornamental edge zone is described in GB 252,838 A .
  • GB 430,240 A discloses the attachment of a filter enclosed in a projecting tube to a cigarette rod. Slits or serrations in the rod-sided end region of the tube facilitate the insertion of the cigarette rod.
  • a double filter having a certain diameter and twice the filter length is placed between two tobacco rods having the substantially same diameter.
  • a strip of tipping having a width which is greater than the length of the double filter is supplied from a bobbin, cut to a length somewhat greater than the circumference of the double filter and the cigarette rods, glue-coated and wrapped around the double filters and the cigarette rods. Finally, the double cigarette made in this way is cut centrally to obtain two single filter cigarettes.
  • GB 2 199 726 A discloses a tipping paper having a decorative, non-straight rod-sided edge line for the use in making filter cigarettes.
  • the rod-sided edge line (i.e. the cut line) of the tipping comprises linear line segments running perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the rod, as in some embodiments, there will be a mismatch of different regions of the decorative pattern at the seam line of the tipping, which causes a negative impact on the intended decorative effect.
  • WO 03/037112 A describes a tipping having punch-outs or openings in its rod-sided area to enhance diffusion of carbon monoxide out of the cigarette paper. An embodiment having punch-outs at the rod-sided edge line of the tipping is included, which causes a similar mismatch as mentioned before.
  • WO 2012/045468 A discloses cut-out patterns, either within the area or at the rod-sided edge line of a tipping.
  • the cut-out patterns periodically repeat with a repetition length which is somewhat greater than the circumference of a filter to allow for some overlap in a seam area after the tipping strip has been cut and an individual tipping has been laid around a cigarette.
  • the cut is to extend through a straight line segment (running perpendicularly to the longitudinal axes of filter and cigarette) of the rod-sided edge line of the tipping.
  • the resulting cigarettes will exhibit the same tipping pattern at the same position, and there will be no mismatch at the seam area because the cut-out pattern does not extend to the seam area.
  • any means for registration of certain positions on the tipping strip to the position of the cutting means for cutting the strip are only available on machines with a special and expensive registration kit.
  • the position of any pattern or mark on the tipping relative to the cutting line is not determined and will vary over production time.
  • the tipping strip is cut at the position of a cut-out element of the pattern.
  • the cutting line moves from the straight line segment regions disclosed in WO 2012/045468 A into a curved cut-out part in the pattern of the tipping. It is obvious that in this case different regions of the pattern will overlap at the seam line of the tipping, causing a negative visual impression.
  • the smoking article according to the invention comprises a rod and a filter, both having generally the same longitudinal axis and generally the same circumference.
  • the rod and the filter are connected by a tipping, which extends about the circumference and has a rod-sided edge line provided with a cut-out pattern along the circumference.
  • the pattern is composed of periodically repeating subunits having a subunit length measured along the circumference.
  • the ratio of the circumference to the subunit length is a natural number, preferably 1 or 2.
  • the invention creates a special look of the tipping giving the impression of an attractive pattern, without a mismatch in the seam area, e.g. a pattern having an inclined edge, a wave or an angle. There is no need for linear line segments of the pattern running perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the cigarette.
  • Two embodiments include either a sinusoidal or a triangular (zigzag) pattern, but the invention is not restricted to those.
  • the tipping is supplied from an endless tipping strip having an endless cut-out pattern along a longitudinal edge.
  • This cut-out pattern is composed of periodically repeating subunits having a subunit length equal to the circumference of the smoking articles divided by a natural number, which preferably is selected as 1 or 2.
  • double filters are placed between two tobacco rods and wrapped with a double tipping supplied from an endless double-width tipping strip, before the double cigarettes thus produced are cut in the middle of the double filters, as explained further above.
  • both longitudinal edges of the double-width tipping strip can be provided with cut-out patterns composed of periodically repeating subunits fulfilling the above criterion related to the ratio of the circumference to the subunit length. There is no need that the patterns at both longitudinal edges are equal.
  • the tipping overlaps the rod by at most 8 mm.
  • This figure allows the application of a standard smoking analysis even though the distance between the rod-sided edge line of the tipping and the rod-sided end of the filter varies.
  • the procedure to estimate the "butt length" for standard machine-smoking is defined in DIN ISO 4387:2011-01 as being the largest of either 23 mm, filter length + 8 mm, or tipping length + 3 mm.
  • a smoking article according to the invention will have the defined butt length independent of the position where the tipping length is measured if no part of the tipping extends to further than 8 mm upstream from the rod-sided end of the filter.
  • a maximum/minimum amplitude (i.e. its maximum total variation), measured in the direction of the longitudinal axis, may be at most 6.5 mm.
  • a minimum overlap of 1.5 mm is required. This criterion will be fulfilled if the maximum/minimum amplitude of the cut-out pattern is 6.5 mm or less, provided the tipping extends far enough (but not necessarily further than 8 mm) upstream from the rod-sided end of the filter.
  • At least one additional design element having an edge segment is printed onto the tipping, wherein at least part of the edge segment runs in parallel to the cut-out pattern.
  • the tipping is printed with a specific pattern, e.g. lines or areas, and parts of this printed pattern run in parallel the rod-sided edge line of the tipping as defined by the cut-out pattern, which may enhance the optical appearance of the smoking article.
  • the smoking article can be designed as a filter cigarette, in which the rod comprises tobacco-containing material wrapped with a cigarette paper.
  • the tobacco-containing material may be, e.g., a usual tobacco blend or a mixture of tobacco with some flavourant material.
  • the rod comprises a hollow tube adapted to be filled with loose tobacco.
  • Such smoking articles sometimes called “filter tubes”, are used by consumers in order to prepare their own cigarettes from cut tobacco taken from a separate package.
  • FIG. 1 it is schematically illustrated how filters are attached to smoking article rods by means of a current filter-attaching unit.
  • an endless strip (web) 1 of tipping material usually paper
  • a double filter 2 i.e. a piece of filter rod having twice the length of a filter of a finished smoking article, is placed in between two smoking article rods 3, which in the embodiment are tobacco rods comprising a tobacco blend wrapped in cigarette paper.
  • Both the double filter 2 and the rods 3 have a diameter d.
  • a piece of material, designated as double tipping 4 is cut from the tipping strip 1, glue-coated and wrapped around the double filter 2 and the rods 3.
  • the length of the double tipping 4, designated by L in Figure 1 and measured in circumferential direction of the double filter 2 and the rods 3, is somewhat greater than the circumference ⁇ d of the double filter 2 and the rods 3 so that the double tipping 4 completely covers the lateral area of the double filter 2 and allows for an overlap area along a seam line.
  • 2 ⁇ b is greater than the length of the double filter 2 measured in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the double filter 2 and the rods 3, the double filter 2 is safely attached to both rods 3.
  • the double cigarette made in this way is cut centrally, as indicated in Figure 1 by the line c, to obtain two single filter cigarettes.
  • Figure 2 shows a cross section through a filter cigarette manufactured in this way, in a plane running through the filter and perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the filter cigarette.
  • the filter is designated by 10, the tipping by 12 and the overlap area by 14.
  • the tipping strip 1 of Figure 1 which has straight longitudinal edges, is replaced by a tipping strip in which the respective longitudinal edges are provided with an endless cut-out pattern, which is composed of periodically repeating subunits.
  • Figures 3(a), 3(b) and 3(c) illustrate three embodiments, in which the respective double-width tipping strips are designated by 20, 20' and 20", respectively, and the respective endless cut-out patterns by 22, 22' and 22", respectively.
  • the respective subunits have a length measured in the direction indicated by the vertical double arrow in Figure 3(a) .
  • n 2
  • n 1.
  • the patterns 22 and 22' in Figures 3 (a) and 3(b) , respectively, are triangular (zigzag-shaped), and the pattern 22" in Figure 3(c) is sinusoidal.
  • the respective maximum/minimum amplitudes are designated by a, a' and a", respectively.
  • the cutting step for preparing double tippings (4 in Figure 1 ) from an endless double strip (1 in Figure 1 ; 22, 22', 22" in Figure 3 ) does not require any registration with respect to the cut-out pattern.
  • the width e may even vary during the process.
  • Endless tipping strips like 20, 20', 22" having a desired cut-out pattern like 22, 22', 22" can be prepared from endless tipping strips having straight (plain) edges (like 1 in Figure 1 ), e.g., by laser-cutting. They can be delivered in a rolled-up state on bobbins, ready for use in a process described in the context of Figure 1 . It is also conceivable that the patterns at both longitudinal edges of a tipping strip are different. Moreover, the process is not restricted to the use of double filters and double-width tipping strips, but generally it is also possible to assemble single filters by means of single tippings cut from a single-width tipping strip.
  • FIGS 4(a) and 4(b) show embodiments of finished smoking articles, i.e. filter cigarettes 30 and 30'.
  • the filter cigarettes 30 and 30' comprise a wrapped tobacco rod 32 and 32', respectively, connected to a filter 34 and 34', respectively, by a tipping 36 and 36', respectively.
  • the tipping 36 has a rod-sided edge line 37 provided with a zigzag cut-out pattern 38. Moreover, an element 40 having an edge segment 42 is printed onto the tipping 36. The edge segment 42 runs in parallel to the edge line of the tipping 36 as defined by the cut-out pattern 38, see Figure 4(a) .
  • a rod-sided edge line 37' is provided with a sinusoidal cut-out pattern 38'.
  • a printed element 40' consists of two lines, one of them designated by 42', which is an edge segment running in parallel to the cut-out pattern 38'.

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EP15002023.8A EP3111785A1 (fr) 2015-07-03 2015-07-03 Article à fumer
PCT/EP2016/063309 WO2017005454A1 (fr) 2015-07-03 2016-06-10 Article à fumer
UAA201800195A UA120968C2 (uk) 2015-07-03 2016-06-10 Курильний виріб
RU2018103749A RU2683335C1 (ru) 2015-07-03 2016-06-10 Курительное изделие

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GB430240A (en) 1933-11-08 1935-06-11 Abraham Wix Improvements in or relating to cigarettes and to the manufacture thereof
GB2199726A (en) 1987-01-14 1988-07-20 British American Tobacco Co Improvements relating to tipping materials
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WO2003037112A1 (fr) 2001-10-29 2003-05-08 Pierre Jaccard Filtre de cigarette
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DE102012207432B3 (de) * 2012-05-04 2013-05-29 British American Tobacco (Germany) Gmbh Filterzigarillo und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung
WO2013164623A1 (fr) * 2012-05-03 2013-11-07 British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited Améliorations apportées à des filtres pour articles à fumer

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GB252838A (en) 1925-04-03 1926-06-10 Paul Arthur Hahle Improvements in or relating to cigarette making machines
GB430240A (en) 1933-11-08 1935-06-11 Abraham Wix Improvements in or relating to cigarettes and to the manufacture thereof
GB2199726A (en) 1987-01-14 1988-07-20 British American Tobacco Co Improvements relating to tipping materials
DE9102629U1 (fr) * 1991-03-01 1992-02-06 H.F. & Ph.F. Reemtsma Gmbh & Co, 2000 Hamburg, De
WO2003037112A1 (fr) 2001-10-29 2003-05-08 Pierre Jaccard Filtre de cigarette
DE102004012081A1 (de) * 2004-03-12 2005-09-29 Werner Grosse Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Mikro Laser Linien Perforation
US20080029111A1 (en) * 2006-08-04 2008-02-07 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Filtered cigarette possessing tipping material
WO2009027831A2 (fr) * 2007-08-29 2009-03-05 Philip Morris Products S.A. Papier à cigarette à anneaux ondulées
WO2012045468A1 (fr) 2010-10-07 2012-04-12 Deutsche Benkert Gmbh & Co. Kg Bande de papier servant à réaliser une pluralité de papiers de revêtement d'embouts
WO2013164623A1 (fr) * 2012-05-03 2013-11-07 British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited Améliorations apportées à des filtres pour articles à fumer
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