EP3355725B1 - Procédé de production de différents types d'article à fumer - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing different types of smoking article using a smoking article manufacturing machine.
- the method relates to the concurrent manufacture of two different types of smoking article.
- the tobacco industry products are smoking articles or more specifically, filter cigarettes, in which the filter rod of each cigarette may contain an object, such as a capsule, which has been inserted into the filter rod using a filter rod manufacturing machine, although the invention is also applicable to filter rods that do not contain an object.
- the invention also relates to a smoking article obtainable by the method of the invention, to an intermediate product made whilst carrying out the method and, to a pack of tobacco industry products.
- Filter rods for use in the manufacture of filter cigarettes are manufactured by filter rod making machinery such as the KDF-2 filter maker from Hauni Maschinenbau AG.
- filter rod making machinery such as the KDF-2 filter maker from Hauni Maschinenbau AG.
- cellulose acetate filter plug material referred to as to tow
- to tow cellulose acetate filter plug material
- the wrapped rod is subsequently cut to form individual rods made up of a number of filter rod segments each of which will eventually form the filter of an individual cigarette.
- a filter rod making machine that also combines the cellulose acetate filter plug material with a filter tube, so that both the filter plug material and the tube are paper wrapped with plug wrap to form an elongate wrapped rod of filter plug material incorporating a tube is also known.
- the KDF- 5 made by Hauni Maschinenbau AG is capable of combining filter rods and tubes.
- a machine, such as the KDF- 5 may be configured to position the tube in any location along the length of the wrapped rod.
- the tube may be located at the mouth end of the filter plug material adjacent to the filter plug material or, it can be sandwiched between two sections of filter plug material to form a three segment filter.
- the tube may remain hollow to provide a cavity between filter plug sections or, a space at the mouth end of the smoking article.
- a filter cigarette can have an object within the filter, such as a breakable flavourantcontaining capsule.
- Smoke from the cigarette may be selectively flavoured by squeezing the filter, thereby breaking the capsule and releasing the flavourant.
- the breakable capsules are conventionally incorporated into smoking article filter rods by dispensing individual capsules one by one from a delivery wheel into a flow of tow as it passes through a filter rod making machine.
- Typical feed mechanisms for feeding objects, such as capsules, and for inserting them into filter rods are known from, for example, WO 2012/072676 A1 and WO2011/024105 A1 .
- a typical cigarette manufacturing machine includes a rod attachment unit for attaching a filter rod and a tobacco rod together to form a filter cigarette.
- a "dual length” filter rod also called a “2-up” rod
- a wrapper known as "tipping paper”
- the centrally positioned 2-up filter rod is then cut in half to form two filter cigarettes.
- the filter rods which are initially supplied to the cigarette manufacturing machine may also be a "4-up” filter rod, which refers to a filter rod that is formed from four filter rod segments.
- the 4-up filter rod is cut into a pair of dual length filter rods prior to attachment of a tobacco rod to both ends of each dual length filter rod.
- Suitable filter rod attachment units are machines such as the "Max S" unit from Hauni Maschinenbau, a "Max 90" unit, also from Hauni Maschinenbau, or a GD AF12 unit.
- Other suitable rod attachment units include the M 5 or M8 filter tip attachment units from Hauni Maschinenbau or the GD121 filter attachment unit.
- US4957122A discloses a method of forming filter cigarettes in which each filter segment of a dual length filter rod is provided with perforations for the purpose of controlling ventilation.
- the perforations may differ in each segment so that the ventilation characteristics of each segment are different.
- a method for concurrently manufacturing two different types of smoking article using a smoking article manufacturing machine that comprises a filter rod feeder, a rod attachment unit for attaching rods of smokable material to each longitudinal end of a dual length filter rod received from the filter rod feeder, and a cutter to cut the dual length filter rod into two filter rod segments so that each segment, together with the rod of smokable material attached to each segment, forms a smoking article
- the method comprising supplying the filter rod feeder with filter rods that comprise filter tow and which are configured so that the two filter rod segments cut from a dual length filter rod by the Xcutter will each have a different characteristic.
- the method comprises supplying filter rods in which the tow of one filter rod segment of a dual length filter rod has a different characteristic to the tow of the other filter rod segment of the same dual length filter rod.
- the method comprises supplying filter rods in which the different characteristics of the filter rod segments of a dual length filter rod are visually discernible.
- the method may comprise supplying filter rods in which the tow contains longitudinally spaced objects of different respective types so that when a dual length filter rod is cut by the cutter into two filter rod segments, each segment contains a different object type or different combination of object types.
- the filter rod feeder can comprise an initial cutter for cutting filter rods into dual length filter rods prior to attachment of rods of smokable material to each longitudinal end of each dual length filter rod.
- the method may then comprise the step of supplying the filter rod feeder with filter rods each of which contain four longitudinally spaced objects of alternating type so that, when cut by the initial cutter into two dual length filter rods, each dual length filter rod contains an object of each type.
- the filter rod feeder can comprise an initial cutter for cutting filter rods into dual length filter rods prior to attachment of rods of smokable material to each longitudinal end of each dual length filter rod.
- the method may then comprise the step of supplying the filter rod feeder with filter rods each of which contain six longitudinally spaced objects of alternating type so that, when the filter rods are cut by the initial cutter into three dual length filter rods, each dual length filter rod contains an object of each type.
- the step of supplying the filter rod feeder with filter rods may comprise supplying filter rods with capsules inserted therein, wherein some of the capsules contain a flavourant of a first type and some of the capsules contain a flavourant of a second type which is different to the first type. If the filter segments also have tow with different characteristics, then the tow characteristic may be related to the flavourant contained in the capsule inserted into the tow having that characteristic.
- the filter rods can comprise plug wrap having an indicator to denote a predetermined rod orientation based on object type.
- the method may then include placing the filter rods in the filter rod feeder so that all the filter rods are in a predetermined orientation relative to the filter rod feeder.
- the smoking article manufacturing machine may comprise a tipping unit to receive a web of tipping paper so that the smoking article manufacturing machine cuts the web into individual patches and wraps each patch about a respective dual length filter rod to attach rods of smokable material to the ends of each dual length filter rod.
- a first lateral portion of the tipping paper web may comprise a first longitudinal series of first indicators
- a second lateral portion of the tipping paper web may comprise a second longitudinal series of second indicators
- the first and second indicators may be different to each other so that a first indicator is indicative of a first type of smoking article and a second indicator is indicative of a second type of smoking article which is different to the first type of smoking article.
- the method may include loading the tipping paper web onto a smoking article manufacturing machine in a predetermined orientation, and placing filter rods in the filter rod feeder in an orientation corresponding to the orientation of the supply of tipping paper, so that the machine wraps a first part of a patch of tipping paper which is formed from the first lateral portion of the tipping paper web around a first portion of the dual length filter rod in the formation of a smoking article of the first type and so that a first indicator on the first part of the patch denotes that said first portion of the dual length filter rod is part of a smoking article of the first type and, so that the machine wraps a second part of the patch which is formed from the second lateral portion of the tipping paper web around a second portion of the dual length filter rod in the formation of a smoking article of the second type and so that a second indicator on the second part of the patch denotes that said second portion of the dual length filter rod is part of a smoking article of the second type, prior to cutting the dual length filter rod and the patch into a first filter rod segment
- the filter rods may include tube filters and so the method of the invention may comprise supplying the filter rod feeder with filter rods that include tube filters so that when a dual length filter rod is cut into two filter rod segments, each segment contains a tube filter portion in addition to a filter tow section, each of the filter tow sections of a dual length filter rod having a different characteristic.
- an intermediate product made during the concurrent manufacture two different types of smoking article according to the method of the invention, comprising a dual length filter rod having rods of smokable material attached to each longitudinal end prior to the dual length filter rod being cut into two filter rod segments, the dual length filter rod comprising filter tow and being configured so that when the dual length filter rod is cut to form two filter rod segments, each filter rod segment will have a different characteristic.
- the tow that forms one filter rod segment of a dual length filter rod may have a different characteristic to the tow that forms the other filter rod segment of the same dual length filter rod.
- the tow that forms one filter rod segment of a dual length filter rod may contain an object of a first type and the tow that forms the other filter rod segment of the same dual length filter rod may contain an object of a second type, the first and second object types being different.
- a filter rod feeder 22 of the cigarette manufacturing machine 17 is supplied with pre-oriented rod articles, namely 4-up filter rods 1 (see Figure 1 ), each of which contains four equally spaced capsules 2 comprising two capsules of a first type "A" and two capsules of a second type "B".
- the capsules 2 are inserted into the filter rods 1 by a conventional capsule inserter filter rod making machine 5 (see Figure 5 ) and so that they are spaced relatively far apart, i.e. so that the separation "S" between centres of adjacent capsules is approximately 27mm.
- the capsules 2 are provided along the length of the filter rod 1 in an alternating manner so that capsules 2 of identical type are not adjacent to each other, i.e. they may be in the order A-B-A-B.
- a cutting drum 23a and knife drum 29a of the filter attachment cigarette manufacturing machine 17 cooperate with each other to initially cut the 4-up filter rod in half to form an identical pair of 2-up or dual length filter rods 1', as shown in Figure 2 , prior to the attachment of a rod of smokable material, such as a tobacco rod 4 to both ends of each dual length filter rod 1', as shown in Figure 3 (only part of each of the tobacco rods 4 being shown in Figure 3 ) to form adjoined cigarettes, one of which is referred to as an "internal" cigarette and the other an “external” cigarette.
- each dual length filter rod 1' will contain one capsule 2 of type A and one of type B in the sequence A-B as shown in Figure 2 .
- the dual length filter rods 1' and tobacco rods 4 are fed through a filter attachment unit of the cigarette manufacturing machine 17 in which the tobacco rods 4 are attached to the ends of each dual length filter rod 1' using tipping paper.
- each of the dual length filter rods 1' are cut in half to form two filter rod segments 1", each segment being attached to its associated tobacco rod 4 to form an individual cigarette.
- the cigarettes formed from the same dual length filter rod 1' have a different type of capsule 2 within their respective filter rod segments 1"
- two different types of cigarette are produced, one with a filter containing a capsule 2 of type "A” and one with a filter containing a capsule 2 of type "B".
- each cigarette produced from the original 4-up filter rod 1 will include two cigarettes of one type, as their filter segments 1" contain capsules of type A, and two cigarettes of another type, as their filter segments 1" contain capsules of type B.
- all of the cigarettes will have the same type of tobacco rod 4 and the same type of filter, apart from the different type of capsule 2 contained within their filter rod segments 1".
- each cigarette may additionally comprise a different type of filter or a filter that has a characteristic which is associated with, or related to, the type of capsule contained within it.
- the rod article supplied to the filter attachment cigarette manufacturing machine 17 is preferably a 4-up filter rod 1 as shown in Figure 1 , which is initially cut to form a pair of 2-up or dual length filter rods 1' by the cutter drum 23a
- the rod article supplied to the filter attachment cigarette manufacturing machine 17 may alternatively be a 2-up or dual filter rod 1', i.e. a 4-up filter rod which has already been cut into a dual filter rod 1' pair.
- each dual filter rod 1' will contain one capsule 2 of each type, ie, 'A'-'B', and the initial cutting by the cigarette manufacturing machine 17 prior to attachment of a tobacco rod 4 to the ends of each dual filter rod 1' is not necessary.
- the rod article supplied to the filter attachment cigarette manufacturing machine 17 may alternatively be a 6-up filter rod.
- the 6-up filter rod is initially cut into three 2-up dual length filter rods 1' by the cutter drum 23a, each dual length filter rod 1' containing one capsule 2 of each type 'A' and 'B', prior to attachment to the ends of each of the three dual length filter rods 1'.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a filter rod making machine and capsule inserter unit 5, known from WO2011/024105 .
- filter plug material in the form of cellulose acetate filter tow is drawn from a source, stretched in a set of stretching rollers (not shown) and compressed through a stuffer jet 6 and drawn through the tongue 7 of garniture 8.
- the capsule inserter unit 5 has a rotatable capsule inserter wheel 9 arranged to insert capsules 2 from circumferential recesses 9a directly into the tongue 7 so that the capsules 2 come into contact with filter tow passing therethrough.
- the capsule inserter unit 5 can be adjusted to control the distance between the centres of adjacent capsules 2.
- the tow is wrapped in plug wrap 10 (see Figure 7 ) in the garniture 8 to form an elongate rod which is subsequently cut to a desired length (such as the length of the filter rod 1, equivalent to four filter rod segments 1", as shown in Figure 1 ), for placement of the manufactured filter rods 1 into the filter rod feeder 22 of the filter attachment cigarette manufacturing machine 17.
- a desired length such as the length of the filter rod 1, equivalent to four filter rod segments 1", as shown in Figure 1
- WO2011/024105 does not describe an arrangement in which different types of capsules 2 are inserted into the same elongate filter rod 1. Whilst it is possible to place capsules 2 of different types together in the capsule hopper 11 of the apparatus known from WO2011/024105 , this would result in capsules 2 being delivered into the tow in an entirely random sequence.
- FIGS 6A and 6B shows a capsule feed mechanism 12 from WO2012/072676 .
- the feed mechanism 12 has a rotatable disk assembly 13 for feeding capsules 2 into pockets 9a of a rotatable capsule inserter wheel 9, similar to the rotatable capsule inserter wheel 9 referred to above in relation to WO2011/024105 .
- the disk assembly 13 has two sets of channels 13a, 13b (see Figure 6B ) for guiding capsules 2 respectively received in first and second capsule inputs 14a, 14b.
- the channels 13a, 13b are alternately positioned around the disk assembly 13.
- capsules 2 may be inserted from the rotatable capsule delivery wheel 9 into the tow with varying intervals between successive insertions, so that any desired longitudinal arrangement of capsules 2 can be obtained in the eventual filter rods 1.
- the eventual filter rod 15 contains four capsules 16 of one type (type 'A') and four capsules 16 of another type (type 'B'), arranged in the sequence 'A'-'B'-'B'-'A'-'A'-'B'-'B'-'A' along the length of the filter rod 15.
- the eight capsules 16 may be arranged in four pairs, the separation between capsules 16 in neighbouring pairs being greater than the separation between neighbouring capsules 16 in a pair as, for example, shown in the exemplary filter rod 15 of Figure 7 .
- the separation between neighbouring capsules 16 in each pair is 11mm.
- each filter rod segment 1" contains two capsules 16, each of which is of a different type. It will be appreciated that the cigarettes manufactured in this way are all identical, i.e. each filter rod segment 1" has a capsule of type 'A' closest to the mouth end of the cigarette and a capsule of type 'B' furthest from the mouth end. It will be appreciated that the disk assembly 13 of Figures 6A and 6B can be used to insert individually spaced capsules 2, rather than pairs of capsules 2, into the tow.
- WO2011/024105 and WO2012/072676 both disclose technology for inserting objects into filter rods
- WO2012/072676 further discloses embodiments in which a sequence of two different types 'A' and 'B' of capsules 16 can be inserted into the same filter rod 15, it will be appreciated that the filter rods 1 produced by this machine 5 are cut by a filter attachment cigarette manufacturing machine 17 to form identical filter rod segments 1", each containing the same capsule 2 or same pair of capsules 16. If the capsules 16 are in pairs, the sequence of capsule types 'A' and 'B' within each pair is also the same. Therefore, all the cigarettes manufactured using the filter rod segments 1" are identical.
- each filter containing a different type of capsule can be manufactured separately, i.e. on a different capsule inserter filter rod making machine, so that each machine only needs to insert one type of capsule into the tow.
- Individual filter rod segments from different machines are subsequently positioned end-to-end and wrapped in plug wrap in a filter rod combiner to form 2-up, 4-up or 6-up filter rods which can then be fed into the filter rod feeder of the filter attachment smoking article manufacturing machine.
- each filter rod segment is manufactured on a different capsule inserter filter rod manufacturing machine
- different tows can be supplied to each capsule inserter filter rod making machine.
- the tow may have characteristics that complement the type of capsule that is being inserted into it. Those characteristics may be visually discernable or different types of tow may have different tactile properties.
- the tow supplied to each capsule inserter filter rod manufacturing machine may be of different colours. The colour of the tow supplied to each capsule inserter filter rod manufacturing machine may be one that a consumer would associate with the particular type of capsule that is being inserted by that machine.
- the tow is wrapped in plug wrap, and subsequently tipping paper, the mouth end of the tow will remain visible and so the different tow characteristics can be identified by a consumer. This can act as a visual indicator as to the type of capsule contained by that filter instead of, or in addition to, any markings or indicia on the tipping paper.
- a tube filter may be located in the filter rods by the capsule inserter filter rod making machine within the plug wrap.
- Each tube filter may be dual length and positioned between filter rod segments by the filter rod combiner so that when the 2-up, 4-up or 6-up filter rods are cut to form individual filter rod segments, they each have a tow section and a tube filter section, with the tube filter section at the mouth end of each filter rod segment.
- Figure 1A shows an alternate side elevation of a 4-up capsule-containing filter rod to Figure 1 , which is supplied to the cigarette manufacturing machine according to an embodiment of the method of the invention.
- the 4-up filter rod comprises first and second pairs of filter rod portions 30a, 30b.
- the filter rod portions 30a, 30b in each pair are separated by a tube filter 31.
- the filter rods 30a, 30b in each pair are formed from tow having different characteristics, represented by the different hatched lines on each filter rod.
- the steps carried out in the manufacture of a smoking article are shown only in conjunction with the embodiment of Figure 1 .
- the 4-up filter rod shown in Figure 1A can be supplied to the filter rod feeder in the same way that the 4-up filter rod of Figure 1 is supplied to the filter rod feeder.
- the plug wrap which holds the filter rods together in the embodiment of Figure 1A , is first cut along line B-B to form a pair of 2-up filter rods.
- a tobacco rod is then attached to the ends of each pair of 2-up filter rods.
- Each 2-up filter rod is then cut along line C-C, i.e. through the double-length tube filter, to form individual smoking articles having a filter rod formed from tow having a particular characteristic and containing a capsule and having a tube filter at the mouth end of the smoking article.
- a tube filter may be combined with filter rods having different tow characteristics, so that the tow is visible through the tube filter at the mouth end of a smoking article
- a tube filter can also be used with conventional tow.
- an embodiment of the invention comprises a method of simultaneously producing two different types of cigarettes in a cigarette manufacturing machine 17. This is achieved by supplying the machine 17 with filter rods 1 containing capsules 2 of different types in which the capsules 2 are longitudinally separated from each other by a distance 'S' (see Figure 1 ), such that when the filter rod 1 is initially cut into a dual length filter rod 1', that dual length filter rod 1' will contain one capsule 2 of each type, i.e. one capsule 2 of type 'A' and one capsule 2 of type 'B' and, when the dual length filter rod 1' is cut to form two filter rod segments 1", each segment 1" will contain one of those capsules 2.
- each segment 1" is associated with a tobacco rod 4 and the segment 1" and tobacco rod 4 together form a cigarette
- each dual filter rod 1' forms two different types of cigarette, i.e. cigarettes in which the filter rod segment 1" of each cigarette contains a capsule 2 of a different type.
- the plug wrap 18 which is wrapped around each filter rod 1 by the filter rod making machine 5 may be provided with markings or other visual or tactile indicia 19 to provide an indication as to the orientation of the filter rods 1, i.e. at which end of the filter rod 1 has a capsule 2 of type 'A', as opposed to a type 'B' capsule 2, situated at the other end of the filter rod 1.
- a visual representation of how a section of plug wrap 18 may look is shown in Figure 8 .
- chevrons 19 are printed onto the plug wrap 18, all of which are in the same orientation to denote a particular end of the filter rod 1 about which it is wrapped by the filter rod making machine 5.
- the chevrons 19 may act as arrow heads to indicate the end of the filter rod 1 that has a capsule 2 of type 'A' inserted into it.
- any type of marking or indica 19 may be applied to the plug wrap 18 and that it may be visual or tactile in nature, so that it signifies one end of the plug wrap relative to the other end.
- markings or indicia on the tipping paper are unnecessary.
- a respective capsule type-denoting indicator on the tipping paper will then be in register or correspond with the type of capsule 2 contained within that part of the dual length filter rod 1' about which it is wrapped, so a consumer will be able to correctly identify a cigarette as being of a particular type, i.e. whether it is a smoking article having a filter containing a capsule of type 'A' or type 'B'.
- the indicator on the tipping paper may be a mark, printed indicia or any other visual type of indicator. It will also be appreciated that the marking could be non-visual, for example, they could be tactile in nature.
- a cigarette manufacturing machine 17 as shown in general in Figure 10 , comprises a tipping unit (not shown) that cuts a continuous web of tipping paper into individual tipping paper patches for wrapping about the dual length filter rods 1' and tobacco rods 4 to attach them together prior to cutting of dual length filter rods 1' into filter rod segments 1" and individual cigarettes.
- a length of tipping paper 20 is shown in Figure 9 and is divided into four tipping paper sections 20a,20b,20c, 20d, in which each section is suitable for wrapping around a dual length filter rod 1' when cut by a tipping unit into individual patches along lines Y-Y.
- the tipping paper 20 comprises a first series of longitudinally extending markings 26 on a first lateral portion 25a, and a second series of longitudinally extending markings 27 on a second lateral portion 25b.
- the markings 26, 27 are longitudinally spaced so that one marking appears on each section 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d.
- First and second markings 26, 27 correspond to or denote first and second capsule types A and B, respectively, of the capsules 2 received in the filter rod segments 1".
- the first and second lateral portions 25a, 25b are divided by an imaginary centre line X-X extending the length of the tipping paper 20.
- the method comprises placing filter rods 1 in the filter rod feeder 22 in an orientation that corresponds to an orientation of the tipping paper supply so that the first lateral portion 25a of the tipping paper, which carries a marking 26 corresponding to capsule type 'A', will be wrapped around a portion of the dual length filter rod 1' containing a capsule 2 of the first type 'A' and, the second lateral portion 25b, which carries a marking 27 corresponding to capsule type 'B', will become wrapped around a portion of the filter rod 1' containing a capsule 2 of the second type B, when the dual length filter rods 1' and tobacco rods 4 are attached to each other.
- the markings on the tipping paper will be recognisable to a consumer as representing a particular capsule type 'A' or 'B' and any combination of, for example, colours, words, symbols, ridges, indents or embossing may be used for this purpose.
- the markings in Figure 9 are represented by 'X' and 'O', where marking 'X' would be one kind of marking known to a consumer as representing a capsule 2 of type 'A' and marking 'O' would be a marking of a different appearance, kind or style and which is known to a consumer as representing a capsule 2 of type 'B'.
- the first lateral portion 25a is wrapped around the part of the dual length filter rod 1' containing a capsule of type 'A', and the second lateral portion 25b is wrapped around the part of the dual length filter rod 1' containing a capsule of type 'B', so that a consumer can identify the type of capsule 2 contained in a filter rod segment 1" from the marking 26, 27 on the tipping paper 20 wrapped around it.
- the width of the tipping paper 20 is greater than the length of each dual length filter rod 1' so that an edge region of each lateral portion of the tipping paper 20 extends beyond corresponding ends of the dual length filter rod 1' and over a part of the tobacco rod 4 in order to attach the tobacco rod 4 to the dual length filter rod 1'.
- a dotted line Z-Z represents the extent of the tipping paper 20 that extends over the dual length filter rod 1' so that the part beyond each dotted line Z-Z is an edge region extending over a corresponding tobacco rod 4.
- a filter attachment cigarette manufacturing machine 17 receives the filter rods 1 from the filter rod feeder 22, in which they have been placed by an automated pneumatic transport from the filter rod production department, and also receives tobacco rods 4 from a tobacco rod maker (not shown), and conveys them through a filter attachment unit by a plurality of cylindrical drums 27.
- Rod articles are passed from drum to drum as they are conveyed through the unit.
- the drums have a plurality of grooves for holding rod articles during transport, the grooves being spaced around the curved periphery of a drum, with each groove extending in the direction of the drum axis.
- Certain drums are configured so that particular operations are carried out as the rod articles are conveyed by the drums 27.
- known filter attachment machines include a swash plate drum for longitudinally compressing two tobacco rods and a 2-up filter rod before tipping paper is applied, and a rolling drum which co-operates with a roll hand to wrap a tipping paper segment around the three rods.
- Other known drums include cutting drums, such as cutting drum 23a and knife drum 29a, to cut rod articles, separating drums for separating rod articles, inspection drums to inspect for the presence of filters or to carry out a leakage test, laser drums to burn small perforations in filter rods, and turning drums to change the orientation of cigarettes.
- a known filter attachment unit also includes a tipping unit for supplying tipping paper and a glue unit for applying glue to the tipping paper.
- Suitable filter rod feeders 22 for feeding filter rods 1 into the cigarette manufacturing machine 17 are "Max S", “Max 90” or GD121 machines. As shown in Figure 10 , the filter rod feeder 22 receives 4-up filter rods 1 and feeds them onto the drums 27.
- the filter rod feeder 22 includes a cutting drum 23a that cooperates with a knife drum 29a to cut each 4-up filter rod 1 placed in the filter rod feeder 22 by an operator into two 2-up rods prior to each 2-up rod being fed onto the feed drums 27.
- Each capsule 2 is preferably spherical, formed from gelatin and has an interior volume filled with flavourant.
- flavourant refers to materials which, where local regulations permit, may be used to create a desired taste or aroma in a product for adult consumers.
- extracts e.g., licorice, hydrangea,Japanese white bark magnolia leaf, chamomile, fenugreek, clove, menthol, Japanese mint, aniseed, cinnamon, herb, wintergreen, cherry, berry, peach, apple, Drambuie, bourbon, scotch, whiskey, spearmint, peppermint, lavender, cardamom, celery, cascarilla, nutmeg, sandalwood, bergamot, geranium, honey essence, rose oil, vanilla, lemon oil, orange oil, cassia, caraway, cognac, jasmine, ylang-ylang, sage, fennel, piment, ginger, anise, coriander, coffee, or a mint oil from any species of the genus Mentha), flavour enhancers, bitterness receptor site blockers, sensorial receptor site activators or stimulators, sugars and/or sugar substitutes (e.g.,sucralose, aces,
- Capsule types 'A' and 'B' are differentiated from each other by their content. In particular, capsule type 'A' will contain one of the flavourants listed above, whereas capsule type 'B' will contain a different one of the flavourants listed above.
- the capsules may have a diameter of 3.5mm. It will be appreciated that other objects suitable for insertion into filter rods 1 could alternatively or additionally be fed by the capsule insertion filter rod manufacturing machine 5, such as pellets or pieces of charcoal. In particular, one of the capsule types 'A' or 'B' could be replaced by a pellet or piece of charcoal, so that one of the filter rod segments 1" formed from a dual length filter rod 1' contains a capsule 2 and the other contains a pellet or piece of charcoal.
- each capsule or object in one segment can be of the same or of a different type. It is the fact that the segments formed from the same dual length filter rod are different to each other, in terms of the object type or quantity of objects received within each them, which is of importance.
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- Procédé permettant de fabriquer simultanément deux types différents d'article à fumer au moyen d'une machine de fabrication d'articles à fumer (17) qui comporte un dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22), une unité de fixation de bâtonnets servant à fixer des bâtonnets de substance à fumer sur chaque extrémité longitudinale d'un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') reçu en provenance du dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22), et un dispositif de découpe (23a, 29a) servant à découper le bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') en deux segments de bâtonnet-filtre (1") de telle sorte que chaque segment (1"), avec le bâtonnet de substance à fumer (4) fixé sur chaque segment (1") , forme un article à fumer, le procédé comportant l'étape consistant à fournir au dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22) des bâtonnets-filtres (1) qui comportent une mèche de filtre et qui sont configurés de telle sorte que les deux segments de bâtonnet-filtre (1") découpés à partir d'un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') par le dispositif de découpe (23a, 29a) auront chacun une caractéristique différente.
- Procédé selon la revendication 1, comportant l'étape consistant à fournir des bâtonnets-filtres (1) dans lesquels la mèche d'un segment de bâtonnet-filtre (1") d'un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') a une caractéristique différente par rapport à la mèche de l'autre segment de bâtonnet-filtre (1") du même bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1').
- Procédé selon la revendication 2, comportant l'étape consistant à fournir des bâtonnets-filtres (1) dans lesquels les caractéristiques différentes des segments de bâtonnet-filtre (1") d'un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') sont visuellement perceptibles.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comportant l'étape consistant à fournir des bâtonnets-filtres (1) dans lesquels la mèche contient des objets espacés dans le sens longitudinal (2) de types différents respectifs de telle sorte que, quand un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') est découpé par le dispositif de découpe (23a, 29a) en deux segments de bâtonnet-filtre (1"), chaque segment (1") contient un type d'objet différent ou une combinaison différente de types d'objet.
- Procédé selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22) comporte un dispositif de découpe initial (23a, 29a) servant à découper des bâtonnets-filtres (1) en bâtonnets-filtres de longueur double (1') avant la fixation de bâtonnets de substance à fumer (4) sur chaque extrémité longitudinale de chaque bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1'), le procédé comportant l'étape consistant à fournir au dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22) des bâtonnets-filtres (1) qui contiennent chacun quatre objets espacés dans le sens longitudinal (2) de type alterné de telle sorte que, quand les articles formant bâtonnets sont découpés par le dispositif de découpe initial (23a, 29a) en deux bâtonnets-filtres de longueur double (1'), chaque bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') contient un objet (2) de chaque type.
- Procédé selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22) comporte un dispositif de découpe initial (23a, 29a) servant à découper des bâtonnets-filtres (1) en bâtonnets-filtres de longueur double (1') avant la fixation de bâtonnets de substance à fumer (4) sur chaque extrémité longitudinale de chaque bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1'), le procédé comportant l'étape consistant à fournir au dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22) des bâtonnets-filtres (1) qui contiennent chacun six objets espacés dans le sens longitudinal (2) de type alterné de telle sorte que, quand les bâtonnets-filtres (2) sont découpés par le dispositif de découpe initial (23a, 29a) en trois bâtonnets-filtres de longueur double (1'), chaque bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') contient un objet (2) de chaque type.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 6, dans lequel l'étape consistant à fournir au dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22) des bâtonnets-filtres (1) comporte l'étape consistant à fournir des bâtonnets-filtres (1) avec des capsules (2) insérées dans ceux-ci, dans lequel certaines des capsules (2) contiennent un agent aromatisant d'un premier type et certaines des capsules (2) contiennent un agent aromatisant d'un deuxième type qui est différent du premier type.
- Procédé selon la revendication 7, quand dépendante de la revendication 2 ou de la revendication 3, dans lequel la caractéristique de la mèche est liée à l'agent aromatisant contenu dans la capsule (2) insérée dans la mèche ayant cette caractéristique.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 8, dans lequel les bâtonnets-filtres (1) comportent un papier pour filtre (10) ayant un indicateur servant à indiquer une orientation prédéterminée du bâtonnet (1) en fonction du type d'objet, le procédé comprenant l'étape consistant à placer les bâtonnets-filtres (1) dans le dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22) de telle sorte que tous les bâtonnets-filtres (1) se trouvent dans une orientation prédéterminée par rapport au dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22).
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la machine de fabrication d'articles à fumer (17) comporte une unité de papier de manchette servant à recevoir une bande de papier de manchette de telle sorte que la machine de fabrication d'articles à fumer (17) découpe la bande en pièces individuelles et enveloppe chaque pièce autour d'un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double respectif (1') pour fixer des bâtonnets de substance à fumer (4) sur les extrémités de chaque bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1'), dans lequel une première partie latérale de la bande de papier de manchette comporte une première série longitudinale de premiers indicateurs, et une deuxième partie latérale de la bande de papier de manchette comporte une deuxième série longitudinale de deuxièmes indicateurs, les premiers et deuxièmes indicateurs étant différents les uns des autres de telle sorte qu'un premier indicateur indique un premier type d'article à fumer et un deuxième indicateur indique un deuxième type d'article à fumer qui est différent du premier type d'article à fumer, dans lequel le procédé comprend l'étape consistant à charger la bande de papier de manchette sur une machine de fabrication d'articles à fumer (17) selon une orientation prédéterminée, et l'étape consistant à placer des bâtonnets-filtres (1) dans le dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22) selon une orientation correspondant à l'orientation de la fourniture de papier de manchette, de telle sorte que la machine (17) enveloppe une première partie d'une pièce de papier de manchette qui est formée à partir de la première partie latérale de la bande de papier de manchette autour d'une première partie du bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') au cours de la formation d'un article à fumer du premier type et de telle sorte qu'un premier indicateur sur la première partie de la pièce indique que ladite première partie du bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double fait partie d'un article à fumer du premier type et, de telle sorte que la machine enveloppe une deuxième partie de la pièce qui est formée à partir de la deuxième partie latérale de la bande de papier de manchette autour d'une deuxième partie du bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') au cours de la formation d'un article à fumer du deuxième type et de telle sorte qu'un deuxième indicateur sur la deuxième partie de la pièce indique que ladite deuxième partie du bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double fait partie d'un article à fumer du deuxième type, avant la découpe du bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') et de la pièce dans un premier segment de bâtonnet-filtre (1") qui est enveloppé dans ladite première partie de la pièce et qui forme, avec le bâtonnet de substance à fumer (4) fixé sur celui-ci, un article à fumer du premier type, et dans un deuxième segment de bâtonnet-filtre (1") qui est enveloppé dans ladite deuxième partie de la pièce et qui forme, avec le bâtonnet de substance à fumer (4) fixé sur celui-ci, un article à fumer du deuxième type.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comportant l'étape consistant à fournir au dispositif d'alimentation en bâtonnets-filtres (22) des bâtonnets-filtres (1) qui comprennent des tubes filtrants (31) de telle sorte que, quand un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') est découpé en deux segments de bâtonnet-filtre (1"), chaque segment (1") contient une partie de tube filtrant (30a, 30b) en plus d'une section de mèche de filtre, chacune des sections de mèche de filtre d'un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') ayant une caractéristique différente.
- Produit intermédiaire réalisé lors de la fabrication simultanée de deux types différents d'article à fumer selon le procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, comportant un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') ayant des bâtonnets de substance à fumer (4) fixés sur chaque extrémité longitudinale avant la découpe du bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') en deux segments de bâtonnet-filtre (1"), le bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') comportant une mèche de filtre et étant configuré de telle sorte que, quand le bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') est découpé pour former deux segments de bâtonnet-filtre (1"), chaque segment de bâtonnet-filtre (1") a une caractéristique différente.
- Produit intermédiaire selon la revendication 12, dans lequel la mèche qui forme un segment de bâtonnet-filtre (1") d'un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') a une caractéristique différente par rapport à la mèche qui forme l'autre segment de bâtonnet-filtre (1") du même bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1').
- Produit intermédiaire selon la revendication 12 ou la revendication 13, dans lequel la mèche qui forme un segment de bâtonnet-filtre (1") d'un bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') contient un objet (2) d'un premier type et la mèche qui forme l'autre segment de bâtonnet-filtre (1") du même bâtonnet-filtre de longueur double (1') contient un objet (2) d'un deuxième type, les premier et deuxième types d'objet étant différents.
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