EP4069004B1 - Filtre d'article de génération d'aérosol doté d'un nouveau matériau de filtration - Google Patents

Filtre d'article de génération d'aérosol doté d'un nouveau matériau de filtration Download PDF

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EP4069004B1
EP4069004B1 EP20812068.3A EP20812068A EP4069004B1 EP 4069004 B1 EP4069004 B1 EP 4069004B1 EP 20812068 A EP20812068 A EP 20812068A EP 4069004 B1 EP4069004 B1 EP 4069004B1
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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
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/08—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as carrier or major constituent
    • 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
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/062—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters characterised by structural features
    • A24D3/063—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters characterised by structural features of the fibers
    • 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
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/067—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters characterised by functional properties
    • A24D3/068—Biodegradable or disintegrable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/02—Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/04—Cigars; Cigarettes with mouthpieces or filter-tips
    • A24D1/045—Cigars; Cigarettes with mouthpieces or filter-tips with smoke filter means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/20—Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
    • 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
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/062—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters characterised by structural features
    • A24D3/063—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters characterised by structural features of the fibers
    • A24D3/064—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters characterised by structural features of the fibers having non-circular cross-section

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  • Conventional aerosol-generating articles such as filter cigarettes, typically comprise a cylindrical rod of tobacco cut filler surrounded by a paper wrapper and a cylindrical filter axially aligned, most often in an abutting end-to-end relationship, with the wrapped tobacco rod.
  • the cylindrical filter typically comprises one or more plugs of a fibrous filtration material, such as cellulose acetate tow, circumscribed by a paper plug wrap.
  • the wrapped tobacco rod and the filter are joined by a band of tipping wrapper, normally formed of an opaque paper material that circumscribes the entire length of the filter and an adjacent portion of the wrapped tobacco rod.
  • RTD resistance to draw
  • the present invention provides a filter for an aerosol-generating article, the filter comprising at least one filter segment comprising a filtration material formed with a plurality of fibres comprising a PHA compound having a value of denier per filament within the range of about 5.0 to 12.0.
  • the PHA containing fibres are referred to below as the "PHA fibres”.
  • the filter segment comprising the plurality of PHA containing fibres is referred to below as the "PHA filter segment”.
  • a PHA filter segment having PHA fibres with a relatively high dpf of between 5.0 and 12.0 has additionally been found to provide a relatively low resistance to draw (RTD), which may be desirable for the design of certain filters, for example where a low filtration efficiency is preferred.
  • the PHA filter segment preferably provides a filtration efficiency of less than 50 percent or more preferably less than 30 percent.
  • the provision of a relatively low RTD may be particularly desirable for heated aerosol-generating articles in which the aerosol-generating substrate is heated rather than combusted to produce an aerosol. In such articles, the use of the PHA filter segment as defined above can advantageously optimise the sensorial experience for the consumer, due to the low filtration efficiency.
  • the denier per filament may be between about 5.5 and about 11.0, or between about 6.0 and about 10.0, or between about 6.5 and about 9.0, or between about 7.0 and about 8.0.
  • the PHA fibres may have a Y-shaped cross-section.
  • the total external surface are of the PHA fibres within the filter segment is preferably between about 0.15 square metres per gram and about 0.21 square metres per gram.
  • the PHA filter segment comprises at least about 20 percent by weight of the PHA fibres, more preferably at least about 30 percent by weight of the PHA fibres, more preferably at least about 40 percent by weight of the PHA fibres, more preferably at least about 50 percent by weight of the PHA fibres, more preferably at least about 60 percent by weight of the PHA fibres, more preferably at least about 70 percent by weight of the PHA fibres, more preferably at least about 80 percent by weight of the PHA fibres, more preferably at least about 90 percent by weight of the PHA fibres, more preferably at least about 95 percent by weight of the PHA fibres.
  • the PHA fibres of the filter according to the invention may be produced using any suitable method. Suitable techniques for the manufacture of PHA fibres would be known to the skilled person and include but are not limited to melt spinning, gel spinning and electrospinning. Preferably, the PHA fibres are produced by melt spinning. Melt spinning is often regarded as the most economical process of spinning, since no solvent needs to be recovered or evaporated, as is by contrast the case with solution spinning. Further, the spinning rate with melt spinning is generally fairly high, which is advantageous in terms of overall productivity and manufacturing efficiency.
  • the PHA filter segment has a length of less than or equal to about 30 millimetres, a length of less than or equal to about 27 millimetres, more preferably, a length of less than or equal to about 25 millimetres, most preferably a length of less than or equal to about 20 millimetres.
  • the length of the PHA filter segment is preferably from about 5 millimetres to about 30 millimetres, more preferably from about 10 millimetres to about 30 millimetres, even more preferably from about 15 millimetres to about 30 millimetres, most preferably from about 20 millimetres to about 30 millimetres.
  • a length of the PHA filter segment may be from about 4 millimetres to about 27 millimetres, and preferably is from about 5 millimetres to about 27 millimetres, more preferably from about 10 millimetres to about 27 millimetres, even more preferably from about 15 millimetres to about 27 millimetres, most preferably from about 20 millimetres to about 27 millimetres.
  • the PHA filter segment preferably has an external diameter that is about equal to the external diameter of the aerosol-generating article.
  • the filter segment has an external diameter of at least 5 millimetres.
  • the PHA filter segment may have an external diameter of between about 5 millimetres and about 12 millimetres, for example of between about 5 millimetres and about 10 millimetres or of between about 6 millimetres and about 8 millimetres.
  • the PHA filter segment has an external diameter of 7.2 millimetres, to within 10 percent.
  • the filter of the present invention comprising the PHA segment finds particular application in heated aerosol-generating articles in which a tobacco material is heated to form an aerosol, rather than combusted. This is at least partly due to the possibility of providing a relatively low level of RTD for the PHA segment with the defined range of dpf, as described above.
  • a tobacco material is heated by one or more electrical heating elements to produce an aerosol.
  • an aerosol is produced by the transfer of heat from a combustible or chemical heat source to a physically separate tobacco material, which may be located within, around or downstream of the heat source.
  • the present invention further encompasses aerosol generating articles in which a nicotine-containing aerosol is generated from a tobacco material, tobacco extract, or other nicotine source, without combustion, and in some cases without heating, for example through a chemical reaction.
  • a non-combustible, substantially air impermeable first barrier 128 is arranged between the proximal end of the combustible heat source 112 and a distal end of the aerosol-generating substrate 114.
  • the first barrier 128 comprises a disc of aluminium foil.
  • the first barrier 128 also forms a heat-conducting member between the combustible heat source 112 and the aerosol-generating substrate 114, for conducting heat from the proximal face of the combustible heat source 112 to the distal face of the aerosol-generating substrate 114.

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  1. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) comprenant :
    un substrat de génération d'aérosol (12, 114, 312) ;
    un filtre (18, 122, 314) en alignement axial avec le substrat de génération d'aérosol (12, 114, 312), le filtre (18, 122, 314) comprenant au moins un segment de filtre (126, 318) d'une matière de filtration formée d'une pluralité de fibres comprenant un composé polyhydroxyalcanoate, dans lequel les fibres ont un denier par filament (dpf) d'entre 5,0 et 12,0 ; dans lequel l'au moins un segment de filtre (126, 318) comprend au moins 20 pour cent en poids de composé polyhydroxyalcanoate et dans lequel la résistance au tirage (RTD) de l'au moins un segment de filtre (126, 318) est entre 10 millimètres H2O et 25 millimètres H2O.
  2. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la pluralité de fibres de composé polyhydroxyalcanoate ont une forme en coupe transversale ronde et fournissent une aire de surface externe totale au sein du segment de filtre (126, 318) d'entre 0,08 mètre carré par gramme et 0,12 mètre carré par gramme.
  3. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la pluralité de fibres de composé polyhydroxyalcanoate ont une forme en coupe transversale en forme de Y et fournissent une aire de surface externe totale au sein du segment de filtre (126, 318) d'entre 0,15 mètre carré par gramme et 0,21 mètre carré par gramme.
  4. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le denier total des fibres comprenant le composé polyhydroxyalcanoate est entre 15 000 et 30 000.
  5. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la matière de filtration comprend en outre une pluralité de fibres d'au moins un polymère biodégradable supplémentaire.
  6. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le segment de filtre comprenant la pluralité de fibres comprenant le composé polyhydroxyalcanoate comprend en outre au moins 5 pour cent en poids de polyéthylène glycol.
  7. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le segment de filtre (126, 318) comprenant la pluralité de fibres comprenant le composé polyhydroxyalcanoate a une dureté radiale moyenne d'au moins 80 pour cent.
  8. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le segment de filtre (126, 318) comprenant la pluralité de fibres comprenant le composé polyhydroxyalcanoate est entouré par une enveloppe (20) ayant un grammage d'au moins 100 grammes par mètre carré (g/m2).
  9. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le segment de filtre (126, 318) comprenant la pluralité de fibres comprenant le composé polyhydroxyalcanoate est sous la forme d'un élément tubulaire creux (14).
  10. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le substrat de génération d'aérosol a une longueur d'entre 5 millimètres et 15 millimètres.
  11. Article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le segment de filtre comprend en outre une capsule au sein de la pluralité de fibres comprenant le composé polyhydroxyalcanoate.
  12. Filtre pour un article de génération d'aérosol (10, 100, 310), le filtre comprenant au moins un segment de filtre d'une matière de filtration comprenant une pluralité de fibres comprenant un composé polyhydroxyalcanoate, dans lequel les fibres ont un denier par filament (dpf) d'entre 5,0 deniers et 12,0 deniers, dans lequel l'au moins un segment de filtre comprend au moins 20 pour cent en poids de composé polyhydroxyalcanoate et dans lequel la résistance au tirage (RTD) de l'au moins un segment de filtre est entre 10 millimètres H2O et 25 millimètres H2O.
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