EP3369325B1 - A garniture device and a machine and a method for manufacturing multi-segment filter rods - Google Patents

A garniture device and a machine and a method for manufacturing multi-segment filter rods Download PDF

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EP3369325B1
EP3369325B1 EP17158866.8A EP17158866A EP3369325B1 EP 3369325 B1 EP3369325 B1 EP 3369325B1 EP 17158866 A EP17158866 A EP 17158866A EP 3369325 B1 EP3369325 B1 EP 3369325B1
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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
    • A24D3/0204—Preliminary operations before the filter rod forming process, e.g. crimping, blooming
    • 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
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/18—Forming the rod
    • A24C5/1807—Forming the rod with compressing means, e.g. garniture
    • 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
    • A24C5/08—Machines with aprons and tables for wrapping
    • 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
    • A24C5/52—Incorporating filters or mouthpieces into a cigarette rod or a tobacco rod
    • 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
    • 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
    • A24D3/0229—Filter rod forming processes
    • A24D3/0233—Filter rod forming processes by means of a garniture
    • 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
    • A24D3/025—Final operations, i.e. after the filter rod forming process
    • A24D3/0254—Cutting means
    • 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
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/18—Forming the rod
    • 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
    • A24D3/0229—Filter rod forming processes

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  • the present disclosure relates to a garniture device, a machine for manufacturing multi-segment filter rods and a method for manufacturing multi-segment filter rods
  • Tobacco industry products such as cigarettes, may comprise segment filters with various filtering materials, in particular loose materials, such as activated charcoal in a form of a loose granulate located between neighboring segments of a solid form.
  • a segment with activated charcoal can be formed by placing the charcoal between the neighboring solid segments, which typically have a form of rod-like elements having filtering properties (for example segments made of acetate) a or rod-like elements having non-filtering properties (for example paper pipes or other elements made of plastic).
  • Manufacturers of filters comprising charcoal or other granulate materials aim for placement of portions of the loose material such that the space between the solid segments is filled up as much as possible, preferably in 100%.
  • a US patent US411602 discloses a device for compacting filtering segments containing charcoal granulate.
  • One of its disadvantages is that the segments are deformed by a pin, which pushes an inner part of the segment made of filtering fiber into a charcoal segment which is not sufficiently filled, such as to eliminate an empty space.
  • a US patent US6656412 discloses a device for increasing the degree of filling of a space located between segments with granulate.
  • the granulate is introduced on two stations, wherein after each introduction it is pressed into the space between the segments.
  • One disadvantage of such a solution is contamination of the product with the granulate and dust.
  • such solution occupies lots of space in the machine and therefore its application is problematic in modern machines, which are expected to have compact size.
  • a European patent application EP1293136 discloses a production machine for the tobacco industry, to produce continuous covered cylindrical lengths of hard filter materials or tobacco, has a format unit with side guide surfaces linked together by a curved guide surface.
  • the guide surfaces form a contour on a plane at right angles to the direction of material movement through the unit.
  • At least one side guide surface is asymmetrical before it reaches a vertical orientation.
  • a US patent US4185645 discloses that cigarette filter units are made in a long strip with alternate portions of fibrous and pourable filter material.
  • the fibrous portions are first attached at spaced intervals to a sheathing strip which is wrapped practically right around them to form a cylinder with regular empty spaces between the fibrous portions and openings into the spaces.
  • air is extracted from these spaces so that when the spaces enter a chamber containing pourable filter material, they suck the material in to fully fill the spaces. Excess filter material is brushed off the filter unit, and a sealing strip is stuck over the openings.
  • a US patent US3625118 discloses a method of manufacturing filters for cigarettes and similar smokable articles which comprises continuously forming a continuous web of wrapping material into a trough extending along the web, arranging plugs of filtering material at spaced intervals along the trough, deforming the wrapping web together with the plugs arranged therein by compressing opposed sides of the plugs so as to adapt the cross-sectional shape thereof to define in the spaces between the ends of plugs a particulate material receiving space which is greater than in the undeformed state, delivering particulate material into the said receiving spaces between the compressed plugs, and closing the wrapping around the compressed plugs and filtering material by further compressing the plugs and particulate material to produce a continuous filter rod of substantially circular cross section.
  • a US patent application 2003034590 discloses a system for compacting particles or granules in spaced cavities along an article being moved along a manufacturing line, the system comprising: a support rail having a surface shaped for conforming to at least part of an outer periphery of the article; a pressure applicator positioned in proximity to said support rail, said pressure applicator being moved into contact with at least portions of the article for compacting at least the particles or granules in the spaced cavities, said movement being synchronized with movement of the article along the support rail.
  • the invention relates to a machine used in tobacco industry for manufacturing a continuous rod, to a garniture device therefor, as well as to a method for manufacturing multi-segment filter rods, according to the appended claims.
  • Fig. 1 shows a fragment of an exemplary continuous multi-segment rod CR1 formed from trains of rod-like elements S1 and insufficiently filled segments SC1, formed by a known device, wherein the segments are wrapped in a wrapper 101.
  • the segments S1 have a solid shape, typically cylindrical, whereas the segment SC1 is formed from a loose material 102 which is located between the respective segments S1.
  • Fig. 2 shows a fragment of an exemplary continuous multi-segment rod CR2 formed from trains of rod-like elements: S1, S2 and SC2 (or, alternatively, only S1 and SC2), which is formed by the device presented herein.
  • the segments S1, S2 and SC2 are wrapped in the wrapper 101 to form a continuous rod and are subsequently are cut into multi-segment rods, as presented in Fig. 3 .
  • a machine 1 comprises a feeding unit 2 which is configured to arrange the rod-like elements S1, S2 as a train ST1, wherein the rod-like elements S1, S2 are transported in a substantially preset spaced relationship.
  • the rod-like elements S1, S2 are fed to a garniture belt 5 moving in a duct 9 along a garniture bar 7 (alternatively called a lower garniture part), wherein edges of the wrapper 101 and front surfaces of the elements S1 and S2 form compartments 3, in which the loose material 102 is supplied from a filling unit 103, forming a segment SC filled with the loose material.
  • the train ST2 of the rod-like elements S1, S2 and SC that moves on the garniture belt 5 is wrapped in the wrapper 101 by a garniture device 6.
  • a cleaning unit 104 may be located next to the filling unit 103, for removing contamination from the rod-like elements, i.e.
  • the manufactured continuous rod CR is transported further and, after the wrapper 101 is glued by a gluing nozzle 4 and the garniture device 6, it is subsequently cut by a cutting head 8 into individual multi-segment rods R.
  • Fig. 4 shows a cross-sectional view A-A of the garniture bar 7 with the garniture belt 5, on which the wrapper 101 is located, on which the rod-like elements S1, S2 are located and the loose material 102 is already supplied into spaces between the rod-like elements S1, S2.
  • the wrapper 101 is U-shaped by the garniture belt 5.
  • a diameter D1 of the garniture bar 7 in a location where the loose material 102 is supplied is greater than a sum of a diameter of the rod-like element S2 and a double thickness T of the garniture belt 5.
  • the thickness T of the garniture belt 5 is preferably between 0.2 to 1.5 mm.
  • the decreasing of the compartments volume is realized by decreasing the diameter of the garniture duct 9 in the garniture bar 7 (in which the garniture belt 5 with the segments S1, S2 and the loose material is guided) from the dimension D1 into the dimension D2.
  • the dimension D1 of the diameter of the garniture duct 9 is specified so that it prevents the grains of the loose material 102 to fall between the segments S1, S2 and the wrapper 101.
  • the difference in values of the dimensions D1 and D2 depends on the type of material from which the segments S1, S2 are made of, on the type of the loose material 102 and a degree of filling of the compartment with the loose material 102.
  • the difference in values between dimensions D1 and D2 is not greater than an average size of a grain of the loose material 102.
  • the difference between the diameters D1 and D2 is from 0.2 to 1mm, and more preferably from 0.2 to 0.5mm or from 0.2 to 0.3mm.
  • the second diameter D2 may be smaller than the first diameter D1 from 1 to 5%, preferably from 2.5 to 3%.
  • the decrease of the diameters of the garniture duct 9 is effected on a certain distance L, which may be equal from 30 to 100mm, preferably from 40 to 90mm.
  • the dimension D2 is preferably equal to a sum of the diameter of the rod-like element S2 and a double thickness T of the garniture belt 5.
  • Fig. 5 shows a location, wherein the diameter of the garniture duct 9 is decreased to dimension D2 and the compartment filled with the loose material 102 is covered from the top by a covering element 10 of the cleaning unit 104.
  • the pressing surfaces 10a of the covering elements 10 touch the loose material 102 accumulated in the consecutive compartments between the rod-like elements S1, S2.
  • the pressing surfaces 10a may be made of an air permeable or impermeable material, depending on the type of the loose material.
  • the covering elements 10 are resilient, for example they may be made of rubber or a sponge-like material.
  • the cleaning unit 104 is equipped with a suction element 12, preferably a suction nozzle, supplying negative pressure to the zone in which the covering elements 10 have contact with the loose material or enclose the loose material.
  • the suction element 12 is intended to remove contaminations from the rod-like elements, i.e. particles of the loose material which fall on the surface of the rod-like elements S1, S2 in the preceding step, i.e. when the loose material is supplied from the filling unit 103.
  • Fig. 6 shows the garniture device 6 comprising the garniture bar 7 and an upper garniture part 11, which has forming parts 11a for wrapping the segments S1, S2 and the loose material 102 with the wrapper 101.
  • the loose material 102 is concentrated in the decreased compartment between the segments, which increases the quality of filling of the compartment.
  • the section of the garniture duct 9a is a section having a greater diameter D1 and is located at the inlet side of the garniture duct 9.
  • the section of the garniture duct 9b is a section having smaller diameter D2 and is located at the outlet side of the garniture duct 9. Between the section 9a and 9b of the garniture duct 9 there is a transition section 9c of the garniture duct 9.
  • a longitudinal axis X of the garniture duct 9 may coincide, respectively, with the axes X1, X2, X3 of the sections of the garniture duct having the greater diameter 9a, the transition section 9c and the section of the duct having smaller diameter 9b, as shown in Fig. 7 .
  • Another embodiment is also possible, as shown in Fig. 8 , wherein the longitudinal axis X of the garniture duct 9 does not coincide with all longitudinal axes X1, X2, X3 of the sections of the garniture duct 9a, 9c, 9b.
  • the sections of the garniture duct 9a, 9c, 9b have respectively generating lines Y1, Y3, Y2 which are arranged in parallel with respect to each other on one common plane Z. Moreover, it is advantageous when the generating line Y1 of the section of the garniture duct 9a having the greater diameter, the generating line Y2 of the transition section of the garniture duct 9c and the generating line Y3 of the section of the garniture duct 9b having the smaller diameter, coincide with each other.
  • Fig. 9 shows an example of placement of the covering element 10 of the compartment filled with the loose material 102, in a region of the decreasing volume of the compartments between the segments S1, S2, in a top view.
  • the segments S1, S2 and the compartments with the loose material 102 together with the wrapper 101 placed on the garniture belt 5 are moved downwards towards the cutting head in the garniture duct 9 of the garniture bar 7.
  • the diameter of the garniture duct is equal to D1
  • the loose material 102 becomes concentrated and the filling of the compartment increases, the loose material being slightly lifted towards the top of the compartment.
  • a cleaning unit 104 in which the covering element 10 covers the loose material 102 from the top and simultaneously preses and concentrates it in the direction of the compartment interior and causes initial shaping of the upper surface of the compartment with the loose material 102.
  • the covering element 10 covers the loose material 102, the contaminations of the loose material from the rod-like elements are removed by the suction element 12.
  • the covering element 10 prevents the loose material, which rises due to the narrowing of the garniture duct, from elevating above the upper edge of the segments S1, S2.
  • the cleaning unit 104 may be also located in front of the section L, in which the diameter of the garniture duct 9 is decreased, as shown in the second embodiment in Fig. 10 .
  • the contaminations of the loose material generated in the step of filling of the loose material 102 in the filling unit 103, are removed by the cleaning unit 104.
  • the loose material 102 supplied to the compartments between the segments S1, S2 is initially concentrated and shaped from the top by the pressing surface 10a of the covering element 10.
  • FIG. 11 Another embodiment is shown in Fig. 11 , where the cleaning unit 104 is located behind the section L which decreases the diameter of the garniture duct 9.
  • the advantage of such a solution is that after the decrease of the diameter of the garniture duct 9 to the dimension D2, the loose material 102 inside the compartment is shaped so that its surplus is pushed towards the top, wherein the compartment with the loose material 102 is covered from the top by the pressing surface 10a of the covering element 10, and the loose material 102 located outside the covered region is removed by the suction element 12.
  • Fig. 12 shows a cross-section C-C of the garniture bar 7.
  • the figure shows the garniture device 6 comprising the lower part, in other words the garniture bar 7 and the upper garniture part 11, which is used to wrap the rod-like elements S1, S2 and the loose material 102 with the wrapper 101.
  • This process is performed after the segments S1, S2 of the compartments 3 with the loose material pass through the sections of the duct 9a, 9c and after the cleaning of the upper surface of the rod-like elements from the contaminations in location where the garniture duct 9 has the final diameter D2.
  • defects in the segments CR2 that would result from insufficient filling with the loose material 102) are avoided.

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EP17158866.8A EP3369325B1 (en) 2017-03-02 2017-03-02 A garniture device and a machine and a method for manufacturing multi-segment filter rods
JP2018026725A JP2018143234A (ja) 2017-03-02 2018-02-19 マルチセグメントのフィルタロッドを製造するためのガニチャデバイス及び機械及び方法
KR1020180024396A KR102614970B1 (ko) 2017-03-02 2018-02-28 포장 장치 그리고 복수-세그먼트 필터 봉을 제조하기 위한 기계 및 방법
RU2018107425A RU2745714C2 (ru) 2017-03-02 2018-02-28 Гарнитурное устройство, машина и способ изготовления многосегментных фильтрующих стержней
BR102018004169A BR102018004169A2 (pt) 2017-03-02 2018-03-01 dispositivo acessório, máquina usada na indústria de tabaco e método para fabricação de hastes de filtro de múltiplos segmentos
US15/909,797 US20190008203A1 (en) 2017-03-02 2018-03-01 Garniture device and a machine and a method for manufacturing multi-segment filter rods
CN201810175846.7A CN108523214A (zh) 2017-03-02 2018-03-02 装饰装置和用于制造多段式滤棒的机器和方法

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