EP3952676A1

EP3952676A1 - Rod-shaped smoking article comprising segments and an intermediate layer, and method and device for applying an intermediate layer to a segment

Info

Publication number: EP3952676A1
Application number: EP20712509.7A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Daniel Diedrich; Michael Nürnberg; Karsten Meinke; Marcus Wagner; Nils Klaper; Julia SCHWANEBECK; Manfred Folger; Tobias Schulenburg; Hans-Heinrich MüLLER; Thomas Meins; Nils Hofmann
Original assignee: Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH
Current assignee: Koerber Technologies GmbH
Priority date: 2019-04-12
Filing date: 2020-03-16
Publication date: 2022-02-16
Also published as: DE102019115791A1; WO2020207713A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rod-shaped smoking article (1) of the tobacco-processing industry, said smoking article comprising at least two, preferably three, longitudinally axially arranged segments (2, 3, 4, 5) which are connected to one another by a wrapping structure (40) and one segment (2) of which contains a tobacco substrate, wherein an intermediate layer (7) effectively prevents escape of tobacco-containing components from the segment (2) comprising the tobacco substrate and entry of said components into a downstream segment (3). The invention also relates to a method and a device for applying the intermediate layer (7) to a segment (2, 3) of the smoking article (1).

Description

Rod-shaped smoking article with segments and an intermediate layer as well as method and device for attaching an intermediate layer to a segment

description

The present invention relates to a smoking article, in particular a heat-not-burn article (HnB article), a manufacturing and processing method and a device for manufacturing and processing a segment.

Common HnB products have a tobacco-containing substrate, in particular a segment of crimped tobacco foil or cut into strips, which is to be introduced into a heating device for the smoking process. The tobacco-containing segment is pushed onto a heating mandrel, which heats the tobacco-containing substrate and generates an aerosol. When the heating mandrel is pushed in, the tobacco-containing substrate can be axially displaced; in particular, parts of the tobacco-containing substrate can slip into the adjacent segment, which is preferably designed as a hollow filter. This problem of the axial

Moving the tobacco-containing substrate into the adjacent stabför shaped segment when inserting the smoking product into the heating device, in particular when attaching it to a heating mandrel, relates in particular to the patent specifications WO 2015082649, EP 2760303, EP 2814342, EP 2713778 and EP 3033950 disclosed smoking articles.

The support elements provided in known HnB articles can, under certain circumstances, prevent the entire tobacco substrate from being displaced. The support elements must ensure a sufficiently large passage for the aerosol-containing smoke gases, which is why such a support element is tubular, preferably as a thin or thick-walled hollow tube.

The tubular structure of such a support element cannot prevent the entry of pushed through components of the tobacco substrate due to the construction.

It is known in the tobacco processing industry to provide the burn end of a smokable article with a removable cap. This is described, for example, in WO 2008059201 and WO 2009007258. Here, a web-like material is provided, glued, cut into segments, attached to the end of the fire with a protrusion, rolled and folded around the end of the fire.

With such a procedure, one end face and one end face of a rod-shaped segment would have to be closed and an escape of components of a tobacco-containing segment beyond the end face of the tobacco-containing segment, for example into an adjacent segment, would be prevented. Here, however, folds and thickenings are formed on the outer surface of the rod-shaped segment, which hinder further processing. This manufacturing method of a closure cap necessarily leads to an arrangement of the cap at a distal end of the rod-shaped smoking product. Since thickenings of the folded material form on the end face and the end face, the arrangement of a further rod-shaped segment on the closed end face and end face is hardly possible, since a correct contact of the further segment cannot be guaranteed. If one also wanted to implement a support function with the free passage of a support element, it would be conceivable to provide a previously designated cap on the support element or the tobacco-containing segment. However, a cap would make the further processing of such a modified support element difficult, if not impossible, since the

Wrinkling would negatively affect both the appearance of the peripheral area and the combination of the individual segments to form an HnB article. A solution to this problem is not known in the prior art.

In the case of HnB articles with tobacco foils crimped, cut into strips or shredded into short fibers, individual components can detach from the bandage when a heating agent is inserted, get into the passage area of the support element and lead to significant taste impairments. As a result of the pushing through of individual components, the pressing effect of the inserted heating means on the tobacco components of the tobacco substrate is reduced, with the consequence of poor or inadequate heat transfer and aerosol generation.

The object of the present invention is to provide a stick-shaped product which avoids the disadvantages described above and ensures a high level of enjoyment and to provide a method and a device for this purpose with which the disadvantages are reliably avoided and the production of high quality HnB articles is ensured to let.

The object is achieved by a rod-shaped smoking article of the tobacco processing industry with at least two, preferably three, axially arranged segments that are connected to one another with a wrapping structure, the smoking article having the following:

One mouth-side end and one opposite the mouth-side end of the distal end, a first segment that contains a tobacco-containing substrate. has, preferably directly at the distal end of the smoking product, a second segment, in particular arranged adjacent to the first segment, with an outer jacket surface, in particular essentially designed as a jacket surface of a cylinder, a preferably central cavity arranged in the longitudinal axial direction and an inner jacket surface, in particular designed essentially as a jacket surface of a cylinder, and an intermediate layer, preferably completely or partially consisting of paper, aluminum, plastic, metal and / or tobacco-containing film, which has a thickness and an area, preferably with a Thickness between 1 mm and 0.002 mm, preferably between 0.004 mm and 0.030 mm, particularly preferably between 0.006 mm and 0.020 mm, and preferably with an area between 12 mm ² and 80 mm ² , preferably between 20 mm ² and 50 mm ² , particularly preferably between 35 mm ² and 45 mm ² , in particular with a rectangular, square, round, bevel round, oval, polygonal, preferably hexagonal, octagonal, particularly preferably with a regularly formed surface, the intermediate layer being arranged between the end faces of two adjacent segments, in particular between the first segment and the second segment.

The intermediate layer advantageously has a weight per unit area or a grammage between 20 g / m ² and 350 g / m ² , preferably between 30 g / m ² and 250 g / m ² .

An intermediate layer arranged in this way within a smoking article advantageously prevents the longitudinal axial displacement of the tobacco-containing substrate or components thereof, in particular when it is pushed onto a heating mandrel. Here, the intermediate layer can be designed in such a way that any section of the end face of a segment is covered by the intermediate layer.

If in the HnB article an intermediate layer is inserted between two end faces of adjacent rod-shaped segments and provided with corresponding openings, a high level of smoking pleasure can be guaranteed and a Displacement of tobacco substrate components into the passage area can be avoided, which will be described in more detail below.

A preferred development of the rod-shaped smoking article is characterized in that the intermediate layer has a top and a bottom and the top and / or the bottom by a composite material, in particular a liquid, an adhesive, a glue or a pasty material, with an end face of a is connected to the intermediate layer adjacent segment, in particular the top with an end face of the second segment and / or the underside with an end face of the first segment. This further development enables the intermediate layer to be precisely fixed in position on the end face of a rod-shaped segment. The intermediate layer has two opposite flat sides, the distance between which defines the thickness of the intermediate layer. The area of the intermediate layer corresponds either to the area of the first flat side, the second flat side or the averaged area of the two flat sides. Optionally, one flat side is defined as the upper side and the other flat side as the lower side. The lateral boundaries of the flat sides or the top and bottom form the edge of the intermediate layer, which can be divided into any edge sections.

A preferred development of the above-described embodiments of the rod-shaped smoking article is characterized in that the intermediate layer is provided at least in sections with openings, in particular a perforation, in particular the entire area of the openings between 5 mm ² and 25 mm ² , preferably between 10 mm ² and 15 mm ² . If the intermediate layer is designed in such a way that the top or bottom of the intermediate layer is adapted to the end face in order to cover a sufficient area and, if necessary, to enter into a flat fixation on the end face, the intermediate layer is advantageously to be provided with a perforation or openings so that the tobacco-containing substrate or components thereof not axially move is or are, but the aerosol can be consumed by the consumer through the smoking article and the adjacent segments and filter elements. A preferred development of the above-described embodiments of the rod-shaped smoking article is characterized in that the intermediate layer is arranged between the end faces of two adjacent segments in such a way that the longitudinal axial projection of the intermediate layer covers only one area of the end faces and in particular each edge section of the flat material one having a radial distance from the cladding structure, in particular greater than 0.2 mm. Parts of the end faces and end faces of a segment, such as the support segment and / or the tobacco substrate segment, can be kept free and a sufficient support effect can nevertheless be achieved. This development prevents the intermediate layer from protruding radially to the side, so that the intermediate layer does not interfere with the outer covering of the smoking article ice. If the intermediate layer has a smaller area than the end face and is arranged on the end face of the segment in such a way that the intermediate layer does not protrude laterally, i.e. the projection of the intermediate layer only covers a (partial) area of the end face, the wrapping when putting together a HnB article not adversely affected by the intermediate layer.

A preferred further development of the previously described embodiments of the rod-shaped smoking article is characterized in that a mouthpiece, in particular a filter segment, is arranged at the mouth-side end of the smoking article. Analogous to conventional smoking articles, heat-not-burn products also have a filter element at the end of the mouth to filter the aerosol generated. In the case of heat-not-burn products in particular, a segmented mouthpiece is provided which, in addition to filter effects, also implements cooling effects.

A preferred development of the above-described embodiments of the rod-shaped smoking article is characterized in that the first segment has at least partially crimped tobacco-containing film, tobacco-containing film cut into strips or snippets of tobacco-containing film, preferably more than 50% of the total tobacco-containing substrate, and / or the second segment as a hollow body, in particular as a NWA hollow filter or as with a or two covering layers provided

Hollow acetate filter, is formed. In particular, if a tobacco-containing substrate is made of crimped foil or foil cut into strips, a longitudinal axial displacement of parts of the tobacco-containing substrate is to be expected due to the insertion process of a heating mandrel, since the tobacco-containing substrate only forms a weak cross-axial bond.

The object is also achieved by a method for applying an intermediate layer to the end face - or, in other words, to the end face - of a segment of a rod-shaped article in the tobacco processing industry, which has the following steps:

Providing a segment, in particular a tobacco-containing segment and / or a hollow body segment, providing an intermediate layer, in particular providing a sheet-like wrapping material, in particular wrapping material containing paper or aluminum, characterized by arranging and / or in particular fixing the intermediate layer, in particular single-layer, on one end face of the segment provided and in particular wrapping with the sheet-like wrapping material provided. The fixing can be provided mechanically and / or chemically, in particular by means of an auxiliary material in the form of a composite material.

The advantages of the stick-shaped smoke product already mentioned apply to the process. In this way, a large number of HnB articles can be reliably produced in high quality and in a short time.

A preferred development of the method is characterized in that the intermediate layer is provided with openings, at least in sections, in particular a perforation, is or is provided, in particular the total area of the openings being between 5 mm ² and 25 mm ² , preferably between 10 mm ² and 15 mm ² .

The intermediate layer can be obtained from a web material, which is prefabricated with corresponding openings and is provided in the form of bobbins. It can also be obtained from web material in which the openings are made by means of a perforation stage or device after the web material has been pulled off a reel and before individual intermediate layers are separated.

A preferred development of the method is characterized in that an end face of the segment provided and / or the intermediate layer, in particular the lower and / or upper side of the intermediate layer, with a composite, in particular a liquid, an adhesive, a glue or a pasty material , is applied.

A preferred development of the method is characterized in that the intermediate layer is provided as a section of a web material and in particular in a further process step the section is separated from the web material, in particular cut, lasered, torn or punched, and spaced from the web material.

A preferred development of the method is characterized in that instead of producing the intermediate layer from a web material, a prefabricated intermediate layer is provided on a web-like carrier material and in particular in a further process step the intermediate layer is separated from the carrier material, in particular peeled off or detached, and spaced from the carrier material becomes.

The intermediate layer provided on the carrier material can optionally be further processed, for example by a cutting process or a perforation process. A preferred development of the method is characterized in that the intermediate layer is arranged on an end face of the segment provided, in particular connected to the end face.

A preferred development of the method is characterized in that the intermediate layer is held and / or conveyed by negative pressure during and / or after the separating process.

To solve the problem mentioned above, a Vorrich device for attaching an intermediate layer to an end face of a segment of a rod-shaped article of the tobacco processing industry is proposed, with a track (A, B), which is provided with a segment conveyor for receiving segments and Conveying the segments along a conveyor path F3, with a web material feed device, which has a conveyor element for conveying web material and a separating device for separating an intermediate layer from the web material, with a composite station for dispensing composite material and with an application device for applying an intermediate layer on the End face of the segment, in which the application device has a rotary conveyor that can be driven circumferentially around an axis of rotation, in particular arranged transversely to the conveying path (F3), with one or more holding elements for holding one or more intermediate layers and the Ro The rotary conveyor has an at least partially circular orbit and in which the segment conveyor, the conveyor path (F3), the rotary conveyor and the circular conveyor are designed, set up and aligned with one another in such a way that the distance between the end face of a device received by the segment conveyor and along the conveyor path (F3) conveyed segment and an intermediate layer held by a holding element and conveyed on the orbit decreases until the end face of the segment comes into contact with the intermediate layer and the segment and the intermediate layer are guided so that they can be pressed against one another. With a device designed in this way, segments that can be reliably protected from being pushed through or pushed in can be produced. A further development of the device is characterized by a two-track design with a track A and a track B, in which track A is on one side A of the conveying path ( F3) and track B is arranged on the opposite side B from side A, track A is formed adjacent to the segment conveyor for picking up segments and conveying the segments along the conveyor path (F3), and track A is provided with a web material feed device A. , wel che a conveyor A for conveying web material A and a separating device A for separating an intermediate layer from the web material A, with a composite station A for dispensing composite A and with an application device A for applying an intermediate layer on the end face of the segment , in which the A Application device A has a rotary conveyor A which can be driven circumferentially around an axis of rotation A, in particular transverse to the conveying path (F3), with one or more holding elements A for holding one or more intermediate layers, and the rotary conveyor A has an at least partially circular orbit A and in which Segment conveyor, the conveyor path (F3), the Rotationsför those A and the orbit A are designed, set up and aligned with one another in such a way that the distance between the end face of one of the segment conveyor and along the

Conveying path (F3) conveyed segment and an intermediate layer held by a holding element A and conveyed on the orbit A up to a contact of the end face of the segment with the intermediate layer decreases and the segment and the intermediate layer are guided so that they can be pressed against each other and track B is adjacent to the Segment conveyor for picking up segments and conveying the segments along the conveyor path (F3) is formed, and track B is provided with a web material feed device B, which has a conveyor B for conveying web material B and a separating device B for cutting an intermediate layer of the web material B, with a composite station B for dispensing composite B

and with an application device B for applying an intermediate layer on the end face of the segment, in which the application device B has a rotary conveyor B which can be driven circumferentially around an axis of rotation B, in particular transverse to the conveying path (F3), with one or more holding elements for holding a or several intermediate layers and the rotary conveyor B has an at least partially circular orbit B and in which the segment conveyor, the conveyor path (F3), the rotary conveyor B and the orbit B are designed, set up and aligned with one another in such a way that the distance between the end face a segment received by the segment conveyor and conveyed along the conveying path (F3) and an intermediate layer held by a holding element B and conveyed on the orbit B up to a contact of the end face of the segment with the intermediate layer decreases and the segment and the Intermediate layer are guided so that they can be pressed against one another, with track A and track B preferably at least partially constructed axially symmetrically to one another and functionally identical components of track A and track B preferably at least partially opposite one another in lanes or offset with one another.

A further development of the device is characterized in that the segment conveyor has a drum that can be driven in rotation via the

Circumferentially distributed equidistantly, has receiving troughs that can be acted upon with vacuum via passage openings and a section of the drum is assigned to one or each track A, B, or a circumferentially drivable conveyor belt with an equidistantly distributed arrangement over the carrying side, which can be acted upon with vacuum via passage openings

Has receiving troughs and one or each track A, B is assigned a section of the conveyor belt

A further development of the device is characterized in that the Conveyor A and / or the conveyor B as a pair of conveyor rollers with each other and away from each other movable rollers and one or each track A, B is assigned a pair of conveyor rollers.

A further development of the device is characterized in that the separating device A and / or the separating device B is designed as a rotary-driven knife roller with knives distributed over the circumference and one or each track A, B is assigned a knife roller.

A further development of the device is characterized in that the composite material station A and / or the composite material station B has a roller application device for dispensing and applying composite material A, B by means of a circumferentially driven roller surface and one or each track A, B is assigned a roller application device or a Having nozzle applicator for dispensing and applying composite material and one or each track A, B is assigned a nozzle applicator. A further development of the device is characterized in that the

Rotary conveyor A and / or the rotary conveyor B has a rotary-drivable, vacuum-pressable suction roller with over the circumference ver divides arranged, designed as suction sections holding elements and one or each track A, B is assigned such a suction roller or a circumferentially drivable conveyor belt with over the supporting side is arranged equidistantly distributed, has receiving troughs which can be acted upon by vacuum via passage openings and one or each track A, B is assigned such a conveyor belt. A further development of the device is characterized in that the

Segment conveyor is designed and set up for receiving a double-long segment, preferably in a row of successive and preferably spaced-apart double-long segments. A further development of the device is characterized in that the rotary conveyor A and the rotary conveyor B are arranged adjacent to one another and the minimum distance between the orbit A and the orbit B in a range between 10 mm and 80 mm, preferably between 12 mm and 60 mm preferably corresponds to the length of a double-length segment minus 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm, preferably minus 0.07 mm to 0.8 mm. A further development of the device is characterized in that the

Web material feed device A, B or the web material feed device A and / or the web material feed device B is each provided with a web storage device and a perforation device, the respective perforation device being designed and set up to introduce passage openings into the respective web material, preferably at predeterminable distances from one another, preferably in the transverse direction and / or in the longitudinal direction of the transport direction of the respective web material. An advantageous embodiment of a single-track device for applying an intermediate layer to the end face of a spacer segment has a segment conveyor, which is in the form of a special trough drum or conical drum, in which the troughs are tilted and / or set up depending on the conveying position via a cam gear on the outer surface can be, or a cone drums is formed. The spacer segment is transported in the conveying direction F3 and set up vertically. The segment conveyor can optionally convey a segment, in particular a spacer segment, or several segments arranged next to one another. For example, a segment arrangement consists of a filter segment designed as a mouthpiece, a cooling element and a spacer segment. This intermediate product is provided with an intermediate layer during transport on the segment conveyor. A web material is preferably provided and fed to a separating device via a conveying element, which is preferably designed as a pair of pulling rollers. This separating device can be designed as a covering device which cuts the intermediate layer out of the web-like material and transfers it to the application device, which applies the intermediate layer to the end face of the rod-shaped product, in particular a spacer segment.

The device is advantageously designed in a two-lane configuration.

A web material for producing an intermediate layer is advantageously fed to the device and is cut into a specific configuration of an intermediate layer by a separating device which is designed as a laser cutting device. For this purpose, the web material is on a

Rotary conveyor, held in particular by negative pressure, and fed to the separating device. The intermediate layer separated from the web material in this way is preferably held on the rotary conveyor by negative pressure and the remainder of the material web is conveyed away.

In a preferred embodiment, the intermediate layer is cut out of the web material in such a way that the web-like structure of the web material is retained and is in particular to be transported away by a winding device.

In an advantageous embodiment, the rotary conveyor transfers the intermediate layer alternately to the rotary conveyor and to an application device. The rotary conveyor transfers the intermediate layer to an application device. In this embodiment, the application devices have a rotary conveyor with axes of rotation arranged in parallel, the application devices preferably each being operatively connected to a composite station, so that the outward-facing side of the intermediate layer is provided with a composite, in particular a glue. In an advantageous embodiment, at least two Rotationsför those for conveying the intermediate layer on parallel axes of rotation.

In an advantageous embodiment, the intermediate layer is provided by a web material. The web material is characterized by a carrier material on which the intermediate layer is provided, preferably in a form that is prefabricated for application.

The segment conveyor device can be designed as a troughed drum and have two swash plates, by means of which the intermediate layer is applied, in particular pressed, onto the end face of the double-length segment / segment arrangement located on the segment conveyor device. After it has reached the swash plates, the web material can be deflected by a deflection device, preferably a deflection roller or a deflection mandrel, preferably by an angle between 70 ° and 180 °, particularly preferably between 90 ° and 180 °, so that the intermediate layer of the carrier material is detached and / or removed by the deflection. It is preferably an intermediate layer formed with an adhesive surface on one side, which is detached from the carrier material by deflecting the carrier material and conveyed to the end face of the segment through a receptacle that holds the intermediate layer on the swash plate, preferably by suction.

Alternatively, the intermediate layer can not be applied to a single or double-length segment / segment arrangement via the swash plates but, for example, be applied directly from the carrier material to the end face of the segment / segment arrangement.

Another embodiment, independent of the others, of a method for applying an intermediate layer to the end face of a segment of a rod-shaped article in the tobacco processing industry has the following steps: providing a segment, in particular a tobacco-containing segment and / or a hollow filter segment, providing an intermediate layer, in particular providing a bahnför-shaped wrapping material, in particular a wrapping material containing paper and / or aluminum, characterized by arranging the intermediate layer, in particular in one layer, on an end face of the segment provided and

in particular wrapping with the provided web-like wrapping material, the provided segment being conveyed, in particular transversely axially, in the conveying direction F3 and being rotated by at least 30 °, 45 °, 60 ° or 90 ° around an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation in particular being parallel to Direction of conveyance F3 of the segments is aligned.

The invention is described below without restricting the general concept of the invention using exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawings, with express reference being made to the drawings with regard to all details of the invention not explained in more detail in the text. Further developments of the invention can be found in the patent claims. Show it:

Fig. 1 HnB smoking article with an intermediate layer in a schematic

presentation

Fig. 2 shows a first embodiment of an intermediate layer arranged on the end face of a hollow filter in a schematic Dar position

Fig. 3 shows a second embodiment of an intermediate layer angeord net on the end face of a hollow filter in a schematic representation

Fig. 4 device for applying an intermediate layer to a

Segment for a rod-shaped smoking article in a schematic representation Figure 5 shows a further embodiment of the device for applying an intermediate layer to a segment for a rod-shaped smoking article in a schematic representation

Figure 6-1 1 further embodiments of the device for applying an intermediate layer on a segment of a rod-shaped smoking article

"Preferably" are to be understood as optional features. In the drawings, the same or similar elements and / or parts are provided with the same reference numerals, so that they are not presented again.

Figure 1 shows a rod-shaped smoking article 1 of the tobacco processing industry, in particular an HnB article, which has a tobacco-containing segment 2, a spacer segment 3 provided with a cavity 6, which can be surrounded by a wrapping material 10, a cooling element 4, which is surrounded by a wrapping material 11 is encased, and a filter segment 5 has. The filter segment 5 is located at the mouth end 8 of the smoking article and the segment 2, which contains tobacco-containing substrate, is located at the opposite distal end 9. The rod-shaped article 1 is surrounded by a wrapping material 40, in particular a wrapping paper. Instead of the one going through here

Wrapping paper can also be a combination of two or more wrapping papers or materials, which can be arranged overlapping or spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal axial direction. The intermediate layer 7 is located between the one end face 12 of the tobacco-containing segment 2 and the one end face 13 of the spacer segment 3. The intermediate layer 7 can be designed as a film section, the film being paper, plastics, aluminum, other metals and / or tobacco-containing substrate may have. The intermediate Läge 7 is provided with a perforation 15. The intermediate layer 7 prevents axial displacement of the tobacco-containing substrate and enables the aerosol to be passed on to the mouth-side end 8 of the smoking article 1.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show the end face 13 of the spacer segment 3 with the cavity 6 which is covered by an intermediate layer 7. The intermediate layer 7 is preferably hen in the region of the cavity 6 with openings 14 verses, in particular perforated. The intermediate layer 7 can be independent of the design of the adjacent segment, here as a spacer segment

(optionally designed as a hollow filter), have different shapes, thicknesses and openings 14. The intermediate layer 7 can be designed to be rectangular, square, round, oval, round in sections, as a hexagon, as an octagon and / or as a polygon. With a rectangular shape, web material can advantageously be used without incurring any significant waste of web material. The thicknesses of the intermediate layer 7, the areas of the intermediate layer 7 and the area of the openings 14 can be found in the claims. The geometry of the openings 14 is also formed independently of the other features of the intermediate layer 7 and can be rectangular, oval, round, slotted or otherwise formed.

An intermediate layer 7 advantageously has a weight per unit area or a grammage between 20 g / m ² and 350 g / m ² , preferably between 30 g / m ² and 250 g / m ² .

FIG. 4 shows a device for applying an intermediate layer 7 to an end face 12, 13 of a rod-shaped segment 2, 3 of the tobacco processing industry. The device 16 from FIG. 4 has two web stores, not shown, designed as reel supply means

Parts of a web material feed device 18 and a web material feed device 29, which provide the web material 20, 31, for respective tracks A, B. This is carried out via one or in each case via a conveying element A, B in the conveying direction F1 , F2 to a separator A 21 and a separator B 32 ge promotes. The separating devices A and B each include knife rollers 21, 32, as they are known, for example, from their type in connection with a so-called lining apparatus, for example according to the German patent application DE 10 2016 112 724 A1, in particular according to

FIG. 4 or, for example, analogously to a cutting device according to application DE 10 2007 059 625 A1. The axes of rotation of the cutter rollers 21, 32 are preferably arranged transversely to the conveying path F3 of the segment conveying device 17.

The device 16 shown schematically in FIGS. 4 and 5 has a two-lane design with a lane A and a lane B, in which the lane A is arranged on a side A of the conveying path F3 and the track B is arranged on the side B opposite the side A. . Track A is adjacent to the segment conveyor 17 for picking up segments

2, 3 and conveying the segments 2, 3 along the conveying path F3 out forms. Track A is provided with a web material feed device A 18. The web material feed device A 18 has a conveyor element A 19 for conveying web material A 20 and a separating device A 21 for separating an intermediate layer 7 from the web material A 20.

The device 16 has a composite material station A 22 for dispensing composite material 23 and with an application device A 24 for applying an intermediate layer 7 on the end face 12, 13 of the segment 2, 3. The application device A 24 has a rotary conveyor A 26 that can be driven in a circumferential manner around an axis of rotation A 25, in particular arranged transversely to the conveyor path F3, with one or more holding elements A 27 for holding one or more intermediate layers 7. The rotary conveyor A 26 has an at least partially circular orbit A 28. The segment conveyor 17, the conveyor path F3, the rotary conveyor A 26 and the circulating track A 28 are designed, set up and aligned with one another in such a way that the discharge stood between the end face 12, 13 of a segment 2, 3 received by the segment conveyor device 17 and conveyed along the conveying path F3 and an intermediate layer 7 held by a holding element A 27 and conveyed on the orbit A 28 up to a contact of the end face 12 , 13 of the segment 2, 3 decreases with the intermediate layer 7 and the segment 2, 3 and the intermediate layer 7 are guided against one another so that they can be pressed.

The track B is formed adjacent to the segment conveyor 17 for taking on segments 2, 3 and conveying the segments 2, 3 along the conveyor path F3. The track B is provided with a web material feed device B 29. The web material feed device B 29 has a conveyor element B 30 for conveying web material B 31 and a separating device B 32 for separating an intermediate layer 7 from the web material B 31. A composite station B 33 is provided for dispensing composite 34.

The device 16 has an application device B 35 for applying an intermediate layer 7 on the end face 12, 13 of the segment 2, 3.

The application device B 35 has a rotary conveyor B 37 which can be driven in a circumferential manner around a rotational axis B 36, in particular arranged transversely to the conveying path F3, with one or more holding elements 38 for holding one or more intermediate layers 7.

The rotary conveyor B 37 has an at least partially circular circulating path B 39. The segment conveyor 17, the conveyor path F3, the rotary conveyor B 37 and the circulating track B 39 are designed, set up and aligned with one another in such a way that the distance between the end face 12, 13 of a segment 2 that is picked up by the segment conveyor 17 and conveyed along the conveyor path F3 , 3 and one held by a holding element B 38 and on the orbit B 39 promoted intermediate layer 7 up to a con tact of the end face 12, 13 of the segment 2, 3 with the intermediate layer 7 decreases and the segment 2, 3 and the intermediate layer 7 are guided against each other printable. Track A and track B are preferably at least partially constructed axially symmetrically to one another. Functionally identical Be constituents of track A and track B are preferably at least partially arranged opposite one another in lanes or offset from one another in lanes.

The segment conveyor 17 has a rotatably drivable drum with receiving troughs that are distributed equidistantly over the circumference and can be acted upon by vacuum via openings. A section of the drum is assigned to one or each of the tracks A, B. In a modification, the segment conveyor device 17 has a circumferentially drivable conveyor belt with receiving troughs which are arranged equidistantly over the carrying side and can be acted upon by vacuum via passage openings. A section of the conveyor belt is assigned to one or each track A, B.

The conveyor member A 19 and / or the conveyor member B 30 are designed as a För derwalzenpaar with each other and away from each other movable conveyor rollers and one or each track A, B is assigned a pair of conveyor rollers.

The separating device A 21 and / or the separating device B 32 are designed as a rotary driven knife roller with knives distributed over the circumference. One or each track A, B is assigned a knife roller.

The composite station A 22 and / or the composite station B 33 have a roller application device for dispensing and applying composite material by means of a circumferentially driven roller surface. A roller application device is assigned to one or each track A, B. In modifications of this, nozzle application devices be provided for dispensing and applying composite material. A nozzle application device is assigned to one or each track A, B.

The rotary conveyor 26 and / or the rotary conveyor B 37 has a rotary-drivable suction roller that can be acted upon by vacuum and has holding elements that are distributed over the circumference and are designed as suction sections. One or each track A, B is assigned such a suction roll. In a modification, the rotary conveyor A 26 and / or the rotary conveyor B 37 has a circumferentially drivable conveyor belt with receiving troughs which are distributed equidistantly over the carrying side and can be acted upon by vacuum via passage openings. Such a conveyor belt can be assigned to one or each of the tracks A, B.

The segment conveyor 17 is designed and set up to receive a double-length segment, preferably to receive a row of double-length segments that follow one another at a distance.

The rotary conveyor A 26 and the rotary conveyor B 37 are arranged adjacent to one another. The minimum distance between the orbit A 28 and the orbit B 39 is in a range between 10 mm and 80 mm, preferably between 12 mm and 60 mm. This distance preferably corresponds to the length of a double-length segment 2, 3 minus 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm, preferably minus 0.07 mm to 0.8 mm.

The web material feed device 18 and / or the web material feed device B 29 are each provided with a web storage device and a perforation device, the respective perforation device being designed and set up to introduce passage openings into the respective web material A, B, 20, 31, preferably at predeterminable distances from one another, preferably in the transverse direction and / or in the longitudinal direction of the transport direction of the respective web material.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment with a track similar to FIG. 4 A and a track B. In the embodiment according to FIG. 5, the composite stations 22 (A) and 33 (B) are provided with nozzle spraying units which can be fed from a common supply or, as a modification, are supplied from separately held supplies can. In this embodiment, the respective composite

23, 34 applied to the respective intermediate layers 7, which were previously separated from at the separating stations 21 and 32. If necessary, it can also be provided that the end faces 12, 13 of the segments 2, 3 and the intermediate layers 7 are each provided with composite material 23, 34 in order to achieve a better connection. For this purpose, the embodiments according to FIGS. 4 and 5 can be combined and modified accordingly.

In a modification of the embodiments described above, an embodiment is formed with a single track. This can be a structure with track A or track B, for example.

This embodiment comprises a device 16 for attaching an intermediate layer 7 to an end face 12, 13 of a segment 2, 3 of a rod-shaped article 1 of the tobacco processing industry, with a track

A or B, which is provided with a segment conveyor device 17 for picking up segments 2, 3 and conveying the segments 2, 3 along a conveyor path F3. It has a web material feed device 18 or 29 which has a conveying element 19 or 30 for conveying web material 20 or 31 and a separating device 21 or 32 for separating an intermediate layer 7 from the web material 20 or 31. It has a composite station 22 or 33 for dispensing composite 23 or 34. It has an application device 24 or 35 for applying an intermediate layer 7 on the end face 12, 13 of the segment 2, 3, in which the application device 24 or 35 is in particular has a rotation axis 25, 36, which is arranged transversely to the conveying path F3 and can be driven in a circumferential manner, with one or more holding elements 27 or 38 for holding one or more intermediate layers 7. The rotary conveyor 26 or 37 can have at least one have circular orbit 28 or 39 in sections. In this embodiment, the segment conveyor 17, the conveyor path F3, the rotary conveyor 26 or 37 and the circulating track 28 or 39 can be designed, set up and aligned with one another in such a way that the distance between the end face 12, 13 of a direction 7 received by the segment conveyor and segment 2, 3 conveyed along the conveying path F3 and an intermediate layer 7 held by a holding element 27 or 38 and conveyed on the orbit 28 or 39 up to a contact of the end face 12, 13 of the segment 2, 3 with the intermediate layer 7 decreases and the segment 2, 3 and the intermediate layer 7 ge are guided against each other can be pressed.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of a single-track device 16 for applying an intermediate layer 7 to the end face of a spacer segment 3. On a segment conveyor 17, which is designed in the form of a special trough drum, in which the troughs can be tilted and / or set up depending on the conveying position via a cam gear on the outer surface, or a conical drum, the spacer segment 3 is transported in the conveying direction F3 and vertically set up. The segment conveyor 17 can optionally convey a segment, in particular a spacer segment 3, or several segments arranged next to one another. For example, a segment arrangement consists of a filter segment 5 designed as a mouthpiece, a cooling element 4 and a spacer segment 3. This intermediate product is provided with an intermediate layer 7 during transport on the segment conveyor 17. A web material 31 is provided and fed to a separating device 32 via the conveyor element 30, which is preferably designed as a pair of pulling rollers. This separating device can be designed as a covering apparatus which cuts the intermediate layer 7 out of the web-like material 31 and transfers it to the application device 35, which applies the intermediate layer 7 to the end face of the rod-shaped product, in particular a spacer segment 3. A composite material station 33, not shown in FIG. 6, is optionally provided, which optionally contains the web material 31, the intermediate layer 7 and / or the end face of the rod-shaped product, in particular the end face of the spacer segment 3, is provided with a composite material 34. FIG. 7 shows a two-lane configuration of that shown in FIG

Device 16 shown. The segment conveyor 17 is preferably designed as a troughed drum and preferably transports a double-long spacer segment 3 or a double intermediate product consisting of several segments, the outer end faces of the conveyed product being provided with an intermediate layer 7. In analogy to the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 and / or FIG. 5, two web materials 20, 31 (not shown in FIG. 7) are fed to two trend devices 21, 32 and two application devices 24, 35. Due to the application of an intermediate layer 7 on both sides of the transported rod-shaped product, erecting or tilting the product is not necessarily advantageous, but is preferred in certain configurations due to the design.

An embodiment of the device 16 for applying an intermediate layer 7 to a tobacco product, in particular a spacer segment 3, is shown in FIG. The device 16 is supplied with a web material 20 for producing an intermediate layer 7 and cut into a specific embodiment of an intermediate layer 7, for example according to the intermediate layer 7 shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, by a separating device 21, which is designed as a laser cutting device. For this purpose, the web material 20 is held on a rotary conveyor 26, in particular held by negative pressure, and fed to the separating device 21. The intermediate layer 7 separated from the web material 20 in this way is preferably held on the rotary conveyor 26 by negative pressure and the remainder of the material web 20 is conveyed away. In a preferred embodiment, the intermediate layer 7 is cut out of the web material 20 in such a way that the web-like structure of the web material 20 is retained and can be transported away by a winding device, for example. The rotary conveyor 26 transfers the intermediate layer 7 alternately to the rotary conveyor 37 and to an application device 24. The rotary conveyor 37 transfers the intermediate layer 7 to an application device 35. In this embodiment, the application devices 24, 35 preferably each have a rotary conveyor with axes of rotation arranged in parallel, the application devices 24, 35, preferably each, are operatively connected to a composite station 22, 33, so that the outwardly facing side of the intermediate layer 7 is provided with a composite 23, 34, in particular a glue. The segment conveying device 17, designed as a trough drum, conveys the tobacco product, in particular a double-length spacer segment 3, in order to apply the glued intermediate layers 7 to the end faces of the double-length spacer segment 3. After the intermediate layers 7 have been applied, the double-length spacer segment 3 is transported along the conveying direction F3 by the segment conveying device 17 and transferred to the following conveyor elements for further processing.

The device shown in FIG. 9 is a modification of the embodiment shown in FIG. For the sake of clarity, the components of the device 16 described in FIG. 8 are not repeated. The web material 20 is fed to a rotary conveyor 37 and, in contrast to the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the intermediate layer 7 is not cut out with a laser cutting device, but with a mechanical cutting device, in particular with a knife roller or a punching device. Further carriage on the

Rotary conveyor 37, the transfer to the rotary conveyor 26 and the transfer to the application devices 24, 35 take place analogously to the embodiment shown in FIG. Each application device 24, 35 is assigned a composite material station 22, 33, which can optionally each have a plurality of application organs 61, 62, 63, 64. The number of application organs of each composite station 22, 33 is variably adaptable to the conditions of the device 16.

Figure 10 and Figure 11 show further embodiments of the device 16 for applying an intermediate layer 7 to a tobacco product, in particular a special spacer segment 3. In this embodiment, the intermediate layer 7 is provided by a web material 20, 31. The web material 20, 31 is characterized by a carrier material 60 on which the intermediate layer 7 is provided, preferably in a form that is prefabricated for application. By means of the deflection rollers 53, 54, 55, 56, the web material 20, 31 for applying the intermediate layer 7 is aligned with the segment conveyor device 17. The segment conveyor

17 is designed as a trough drum, has two swash plates 70, 71, through which the intermediate layer 7 is on the face of the

The double-length spacer segment 3 located in the segment conveyor 17 is applied, in particular pressed on. The web material 20, 31, after it has reached the swash plates 70, 71, is guided by a deflection device 57, 58, preferably a deflection roller or a deflection mandrel, preferably at an angle between 70 ° and 180 °, particularly preferably between 90 ° and 180 ° deflected, so that the intermediate layer 7 is detached from the carrier material 60 by the deflection and / or removed. The deflection shown in FIG. 10 corresponds to an angle of essentially 180 °. It is preferably an intermediate layer 7 formed with a one-sided adhesive surface, which is detached from the carrier material 60 by the deflection of the carrier material 60 and through a receptacle 72 that holds the intermediate layer 7 on the swash plate, preferably by suction, to the end face of the spacer segment 3 conveyed. As soon as the double-length spacer segment 3 is fed to the segment conveyor device 17, the spacing between the two is reduced

Swash plates 70, 71 and the intermediate layer 7 are applied to the end faces of the double-length spacer segment 3. The double-length spacer segment 3, which is provided with an intermediate layer on both sides, is then transferred to further conveying devices or processing devices.

As an alternative to the device shown in FIG. 10, the intermediate layer 7 can be applied to a single or double-length spacer segment 3 not exclusively via the swash plates 70, 71, but alternatively can be applied directly from the carrier material 60 to the end face of the spacer segment 3. For this purpose, a deflection roller, a deflection device or a deflection mandrel 57, 58 is arranged in such a way that the spacer segment 3 is applied to the end face of the spacer segment 3 directly during or after the separation of the intermediate layer 7 from the carrier material 60. The deflection device is preferably arranged and designed to press the intermediate layer 7 onto the end face of the spacer segment 3.

Another independent embodiment of a method for applying an intermediate layer 7 to the end face 12, 13 of a segment 2, 3 of a rod-shaped article 1 of the tobacco processing industry has the following steps: Providing a segment 2, 3, in particular one tobacco-containing segment and / or a hollow filter segment, providing an intermediate layer 7, in particular providing a sheet-like wrapping material, in particular a wrapping material 40 containing paper and / or aluminum, characterized by arranging the intermediate layer 7, in particular in one layer, on an end face 12 , 13 of the provided segment 2, 3 and in particular wrapping with the provided web-shaped wrapping material 40, the provided segment 2, 3, in particular transversely axially, being conveyed in the conveying direction F3 and by at least 30 ° 45 °, 60 ° or 90 ° an axis of rotation is rotated, in particular the axis of rotation parallel to The conveying direction F3 of the segments 2, 3 is aligned.

In the present application, the face and face are used synonymously. In case of doubt, the term frontal area should not only be understood to mean a physically existing area filled with material, but also to include any “empty areas”.

Claims

1. Rod-shaped smoking article (1) of the tobacco processing industry with at least two segments (2,

3), which are connected to one another with a covering structure (40), the smoking article (1) having the following: a. A mouth-side end (8) and a distal end (9) opposite the mouth-side end,

b. a first segment (2), which has a tobacco-containing substrate, preferably arranged directly at the distal end (9) of the smoking article (1),

c. a second segment (3), in particular to the first segment (2) arranged adjacent, with an outer jacket surface, a cavity (6) arranged in the longitudinal axial direction and an inner jacket surface and

d. an intermediate layer (7), preferably completely or partially consisting of paper, aluminum, plastic, metal and / or the tobacco-containing film, which has a thickness and an area,

e. wherein the intermediate layer (7) is arranged between the end faces (12, 13) of two adjacent segments (2, 3), in particular between the first segment (2) and the second segment (3).

2. Rod-shaped smoking article (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the intermediate layer (7) has a top and a bottom and the top and / or bottom by a composite (23, 34), in particular a liquid, an adhesive Glue or a pasty material is connected to an end face (12, 13) of a segment (2, 3) adjoining the intermediate layer (7), in particular the upper side with an end face (13) of the second segment (3) and / or the Underside with an end face (12) of the first segment (2).

3. Rod-shaped smoking article (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the intermediate layer (7) is at least partially provided with openings (14), in particular a special perforation (15), in particular the entire area of the openings (14 ) is between 5 mm ² and 25 mm ² , preferably between 10 mm ² and 15 mm ² .

4. Rod-shaped smoking article (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the intermediate layer (7) is arranged between the end faces (12, 13) of two neighboring segments (2, 3) that the longitudinal axis of the projection Intermediate layer (7) exclusively covers a loading area of the end faces (12, 13) and in particular each edge section of the intermediate layer (7) has a radial distance from the cladding structure (40), in particular greater than 0.2 mm.

5. Rod-shaped smoking article (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a mouthpiece (5), in particular a filter segment, is arranged at the mouth-side end (8) of the smoking article (1).

6. Rod-shaped smoking article (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first segment (2) has at least partially crimped tobacco-containing film, tobacco-containing film cut into strips or snippets of tobacco-containing film and / or the second segment (3) is designed as a hollow body, in particular as an NWA hollow filter or as a hollow acetate filter provided with one or two covering layers (10).

7. A method for applying an intermediate layer (7) to the end face (12, 13) of a segment (2, 3) of a rod-shaped article (1) of the tobacco processing industry, comprising the following steps:

a. Providing a segment (2, 3), in particular a segment containing ta bak and / or a hollow filter segment, b. Providing an intermediate layer (7),

c. in particular providing a sheet-like wrapping material, in particular wrapping material (40) containing paper and / or aluminum,

marked by

d. Arranging the intermediate layer (7), in particular a single layer, on an end face (12, 13) of the provided segment (2,

3) and

e. in particular wrapping with the provided web-like wrapping material (40).

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that the intermediate layer (7) at least in sections with openings (14), in particular a perforation (15), is or is, in particular the entire area of the openings (14) between 5 mm ² and 25 mm ² , preferably between 10 mm ² and 15 mm ² .

9. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 8, characterized in that an end face (12, 13) of the provided segment (2, 3) and / or the intermediate layer (7), in particular the bottom and / or top of the Intermediate layer (7), with a composite material (23, 34), in particular a liquid, egg nem adhesive, a glue or a pasty material, is impacted.

10. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the intermediate layer (7) as a portion of a Web material (20, 31) is provided and in particular in a further method step the section is separated from the provided web material, in particular cut, lasered, torn or punched, and spaced from the web material (20, 31).

1 1. Method according to one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the intermediate layer (7) is provided on a web-like carrier material (60) and in particular in a further method step the intermediate layer (7) is provided by the

Carrier material (60) separated, in particular peeled off or detached, and spaced from the carrier material (60).

12. The method according to claim 10 or 1 1, characterized in that the intermediate layer (7) is arranged on an end face (12, 13) of the segment (2, 3) provided, in particular connected to the end face (12, 13).

13. The method according to claim 10, 1 1 or 12, characterized in that the intermediate layer (7) is held and / or conveyed by negative pressure during and / or after the separation process.

14. Device (16) for attaching an intermediate layer (7) to an end face (12, 13) of a segment (2, 3) of a rod-shaped article (1) of the tobacco processing industry, with a track (A, B) which is provided with a segment conveyor (17) for receiving Segmen th (2, 3) and conveying the segments (2, 3) along a conveyor path (F3), with a web material feed device (18, 29) which has a conveyor organ (19, 30) for conveying web material (20, 31) and a separating device (21, 32) for separating an intermediate layer (7) from the

Has web material (20, 31), with a composite station (22, 33) for dispensing composite (23, 34) and with an application device (24, 35) for applying an intermediate layer (7) on the end face (12, 13) of the Segments (2, 3) in which the application device (24, 35) has a rotary conveyor (26, 37) which can be driven in a revolving manner around a rotational axis (25, 36) arranged in particular transverse to the conveying path (F3) and has one or more holding elements (27, 38) for holding one or more intermediate layers (7), and the rotary conveyor (26, 37) has an at least partially circular orbit (28, 39) and in which the segment conveyor (17), the conveyor path (F3), the rotary conveyor (26, 37) and the orbit (28, 39) are designed in such a way are set up and aligned with one another that the distance between the end face (12, 13) of a segment (2, 3) picked up by the segment conveyor device (17) and conveyed along the conveyor path (F3) and one of a holding element (27, 38) held and on the orbit (28, 39) promoted intermediate layer (7) up to a contact of the end face (12, 13) of the segment (2, 3) with the intermediate layer (7) and the segment (2, 3) and the intermediate layer (7) against one another which are pushed out.

15. The device according to claim 14, characterized by a two-lane design with a track A and a track B, in which the track A is arranged on one side A of the conveying path (F3) and the track B is arranged on the side B opposite the side A, Lane A adjacent to the

Segment conveyor device (17) is designed for picking up segments (2, 3) and conveying the segments (2, 3) along the conveyor path (F3), and track A is provided with a web material feed device A (18) which has a conveyor element A (19 ) for conveying web material A (20) and a separating device A (21) for separating an intermediate layer (7) from the web material A (20), with a composite station A (22) for dispensing composite A (23) and with a Application device A (24) for applying an intermediate layer (7) to the end face (12, 13) of the segment (2, 3), in which the application device A (24) is arranged around a, in particular transverse to the conveying path (F3), Axis of rotation A (25) revolving drivable rotary conveyor A (26) with one or more holding elements A (27) for holding one or more intermediate layers (7) and the rotary conveyor A (26) has an at least partially circular orbit A (28) and in which the segment conveyor (17), the conveyor path (F3), the rotary conveyor A (26) and the orbit A (28) are formed, set up and aligned with one another are that the distance between the end face (12, 13) of a segment () picked up by the segment conveyor device (17) and conveyed along the conveyor path (F3) and one held by a holding element A (27) and on the orbit A (28) promoted intermediate layer (7) up to a contact of the end face (12, 13) of the segment (2, 3) with the intermediate layer (7) decreases and the segment (2, 3) and the intermediate layer (7) ge against each other pushed and track B is formed adjacent to the segment conveyor (17) for picking up segments (2, 3) and conveying the segments (2,3) along the conveyor path (F3), and track B is provided with a web material feed device B (29 ), which is a fjord organ B (30) for conveying web material B (31) and a separating device B (32) for separating an intermediate layer (7) from the web material B (31), with a composite station B (33) for dispensing composite B (34) )

and with an application device B (35) for applying an intermediate layer (7) on the end face (12, 13) of the segment (2, 3), in which the application device B (35) is one by one, in particular across the conveying path ( F3) arranged, rotating axis B (36) revolving drivable rotary conveyor B (37) with one or more holding elements (38) for holding one or more intermediate layers (7) and the rotary conveyor B (37) has an at least partially circular orbit B (39) and in which the segment conveyor device (17), the conveyor path (F3), the rotary conveyor B (37) and the orbit B (39) are designed, set up and aligned with one another in such a way that the distance between the end face ( 12, 13) of a segment (2, 3) received by the segment conveyor (17) and conveyed along the conveying path (F3) and an intermediate layer held by a holding element B (38) and conveyed on the orbit B (39) e (7) up to a contact of the end face (12, 13) of the segment (2, 3) with the intermediate layer (7) decreases and the segment (2, 3) and the intermediate layer (7) are guided in a printable manner against each other, with track A and track B preferably at least partially constructed axially symmetrically to one another and functionally identical components of track A and track B preferably at least partially opposite one another in tracks or offset from one another in tracks.

16. The device according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the segment conveyor (17) has a rotary drivable drum with an equidistantly spaced arrangement over the circumference, can be acted upon with vacuum via openings and one or each track A, B is assigned a section of the drum or has a circumferentially drivable conveyor belt with receiving troughs which are arranged equidistantly over the carrying side and can be acted upon by vacuum via passage openings and a section of the conveyor belt is assigned to one or each track A, B.

17. Device according to one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that the conveying element A (19) and / or the conveying element B (30) is designed as a pair of conveying rollers with conveying rollers movable towards and away from each other and one or each track A, B is assigned a pair of conveyor rollers.

18. Device according to one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that the separating device A (21) and / or the separating device B (32) is designed as a rotary knife roller with knives distributed over the circumference and one or each track A, B is assigned a knife roller.

19. Device according to one of claims 14 to 18, characterized in that the composite material station A (22) and / or the composite material station B (33) has a roller application device for dispensing and applying composite material A, B (23, 34) by means of a having revolvingly driven roller circumferential surface and one or each track A, B one Roller application device is assigned or a nozzle application device for dispensing and applying composite material A, B (23, 34) and one or each track A, B is assigned a nozzle application device.

20. Device according to one of claims 14 to 19, characterized in that the rotary conveyor A (26) and / or the Rotationsförde rer B (37) is a rotary-drivable, vacuum-pressurized suction roll with distributed over the circumference, designed as suction sections. has dete holding elements (27, 38) and one or each track A, B is assigned a suction roller of this type or has a circumferentially drivable conveyor belt with receiving troughs which are arranged equidistantly over the carrying side and can be subjected to vacuum via passage openings and one or each track A, B such a conveyor belt is assigned.

21. Device according to one of claims 14 to 20, characterized in that the segment conveyor device (17) is designed and set up to receive a double-long segment, preferably a row of double-long segments following one another at a distance.

22. Device according to one of claims 15 to 21, characterized in that the rotary conveyor A (26) and the rotary conveyor B (37) are arranged adjacent to one another and the minimum distance between the orbit A (28) and the orbit B (39) lies in a range between 10 mm and 80 mm, preferably between 12 mm and 60 mm, preferably the length of a double-length segment (2, 3) minus 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm, preferably minus 0.07 mm to 0 .8 mm.

23. Device according to one of claims 14 to 22, characterized in that the web material feed device (A, B, 18, 29) or the web material feed device A (18) and / or the web material feed feed device B (29) is each provided with a web memory and with a perforation device, the respective perforation device being designed and set up to introduce passage openings in the respective web material (A, B, 20, 31), preferably at predeterminable distances from one another, preferably in Transverse direction and / or in the longitudinal direction of the transport direction of the respective web material.