EP4295708A2 - Machine et procédé de fabrication d'articles à fumer en forme de tige - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a machine and method for making rod-shaped articles for smoking (hereinafter “rod-shaped smoking articles”).
- the rod-shaped smoking articles referred to herein are articles made from a web of material for the tobacco industry such as, for example: tobacco-based material (reconstituted, pre-treated, homogenized or cast-leaf tobacco), filter paper material or PLA.
- tobacco-based material reconstituted, pre-treated, homogenized or cast-leaf tobacco
- filter paper material PLA
- These articles can be used in the tobacco industry to make traditional filter cigarettes, that is, cigarettes which can be smoked by burning the end of the cigarette opposite the filter, or electronic cigarettes such as, for example: heat not burn, electronic-cig, mixed electronic-cig and tobacco.
- a web of material for the tobacco industry is cut lengthways into longitudinal strips which are then gathered and wrapped in a web of paper to form a continuous rod containing a plurality of longitudinal strips placed side by side. It is then possible to obtain a plurality of articles from the rod, each comprising a plurality of longitudinal strips placed side by side.
- document US 4,889,143 describes a machine and a method for making rod-shaped smoking articles where two webs of material for the tobacco industry are unwound from rolls and fed to a cutting station configured to cut the webs into strips. The strips thus obtained are then gathered and sent to a garniture conveyor to make a continuous rod of material for the tobacco industry which can be cut to obtain a plurality of rod-shaped articles.
- the technical purpose which forms the basis of this invention is to propose a machine and a method for making rod-shaped smoking articles to overcome one or more of the above mentioned drawbacks of the prior art.
- this invention has for an aim to provide a machine for making rod-shaped smoking articles and which is capable of making longitudinal strips which allow reducing the risk of entanglement and jamming.
- a further aim of this invention is to provide a method for making rod-shaped smoking articles and which allows improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the production process by reducing or eliminating the risk of entanglement, tearing and jamming.
- this invention provides a machine for making rod-shaped smoking articles, comprising:
- each longitudinal strip is connected at least to the longitudinal strip adjacent to it so that it is easier for them to be gathered and conveyed without tearing and without causing machine jams.
- the shape of the longitudinal strips gives the smoking article a compact, cohesive filling; the presence of the joining portions guarantees the integrity of the strips while they are being processed and prevents detachment of each strip from the others.
- the invention also provides a method for making rod-shaped smoking articles, comprising the following steps:
- the step of cutting the web comprises making a plurality of longitudinal, broken cutting lines in such a way that two longitudinal strips which are transversely adjacent each other relative to the longitudinal feed direction remain connected to each other by at least one joining portion.
- making a plurality of longitudinal, broken cutting lines makes it possible to define stretches by which the longitudinal strips are joined to each other in such a way that after they have been cut and while they are being gathered and conveyed, the strips do not get entangled or jammed in the machine and in such a way that the longitudinal strips made in this way are less subject to tearing since each strip is urged along by the one adjacent to it.
- the numeral 1 denotes in its entirety a machine for making rod-shaped smoking articles and hereinafter referred to simply as machine 1.
- the machine 1 comprises unwinding means 2 for unwinding at least one roll 2a of web 100 of material for the tobacco industry such as, for example, tobacco based material, filter paper or PLA.
- the web 100 is adapted to be unwound along a longitudinal feed direction, indicated by the arrow X in Figure 1 .
- the machine 1 Downstream of the unwinding means 2, the machine 1 preferably comprises one or more systems for adjusting the tension of the web 100 (for example, an unwinding feedback sensor) and/or one or more systems, not illustrated, for centring the web 100.
- the machine 1 comprises first cutting means 3 for cutting the web 100, located downstream of the unwinding means 2, and configured to receive and cut the web 100 in such a way as to create a plurality of continuous longitudinal strips 101 along the longitudinal feed direction "X".
- the first cutting means 3 are configured to cut the web 100 into continuous longitudinal strips 101, that is to say, the entire web is formed into parallel, continuous longitudinal strips.
- the first cutting means 3 comprise at least a first roller 4 and a second roller 5 acting in conjunction with each other and configured to create the plurality of longitudinal strips 101 on the web 100 sliding between the rollers 4, 5.
- the first cutting means 3 are configured to make a plurality of longitudinal, broken cutting lines 102, in such a way that two continuous longitudinal strips 101 which are transversely adjacent each other relative to the longitudinal feed direction "X" remain connected to each other by at least one joining portion 103, as illustrated in Figures 4A-4D .
- two continuous longitudinal strips 101 which are transversely adjacent each other relative to the longitudinal feed direction "X" remain connected to each other by a succession of joining portions 103.
- the joining portions 103 of the succession of joining portions 103 are equispaced each other along the longitudinal feed direction "X".
- each joining portion 103 is defined by an ideal surface of web 100 lying in the thickness of the web 100 and connecting two adjacent longitudinal strips 101 and is interposed between consecutive cut portions 102' of a broken cutting line 102 along the longitudinal feed direction.
- Figures 4A-4D show some embodiments of portions of web 100 on which longitudinal strips 101 obtainable with this invention have been made.
- the longitudinal strips 101 between a first edge 100a of the web 100 and a second edge 100b of the web 100 are connected by joining portions 103 disposed along at least one ideal orientation lines "Y" transverse to the longitudinal feed direction "X"; more specifically the ideal orientation lines “Y” in Figure 4A are perpendicular to the longitudinal feed direction "X", while the ideal orientation lines “Y” in Figure 4B are diagonal.
- At least one between the first roller 4 and the second roller 5 comprises a plurality of cutting discs 6, preferably rotary (alternatively, they may be fixed, while the roller 4, 5 rotates) and the first cutting means 3 are configured in such a way as to vary the distance between the cutting profile of each cutting disc 6 and the web 100 during rotation of the cutting discs 6, so as to make in the cut a break which defines the joining portion 103.
- the first cutting means 3 are configured to move the cutting discs 6 between a distal position, where the cutting discs 6 are not in contact with the web 100, and a cutting position, where the cutting discs 6 are in contact to create longitudinal cut segments 102' alternated with the joining portions 103.
- the cutting discs 6 can be moved translationally towards or away from the web 100.
- each cutting disc 6 has a cutting profile which, along its circumferential extension, has at least one angular stretch with an increased diameter such as to cut the web 100 as the cutting disc 6 rotates, thereby making a longitudinal cut segment 102', and at least one angular stretch with a reduced diameter, not illustrated in the accompanying drawings, such as not to cut the web 100 as the cutting disc 6 rotates, so that the web 100 defines the at least one joining portion 103.
- the cutting discs 6 have beaks in their cutting profiles so each disc 6 does not make an uninterrupted cut in the web 100 and instead defines a joining portion 103 in the zone which is not cut.
- the angular, reduced diameter stretches of the cutting disc 6 may be disposed according to different angular combinations in such a way as to cut the web 100 according to cutting patterns like those illustrated in Figures 4A-4D .
- the angular, reduced diameter stretches may be angularly offset from each other in such a way that, as the cutting discs 6 rotate, at least one joining portion 103 of the web 100 is defined in each transverse section of the web 100, as in the example embodiment shown in Figure 4B .
- each transverse cross section of the articles is provided with at least one joining portion 103 capable of effectively holding the longitudinal strips 101 together cohesively.
- each cutting disc 6 is preferably configured to make longitudinal strips 101 whose edges are defined by straight or wavy or zig-zag cut segments 102' alternated with at least one joining portion 103.
- cut segments 102' with wavy or zig-zag edges allow improving the cohesion between the longitudinal strips 101 during subsequent processes so as to prevent material from falling out of the tips of the articles.
- each cutting disc 6 has a straight or wavy or zig-zag cutting profile.
- Figures 5A-5D illustrate some embodiments of longitudinal strips 101 obtainable using the first cutting means 3 just described, whilst Figures 2A-2E and 3A-3E illustrate some embodiments of cutting rollers 4, 5 used to obtain the longitudinal strips 101.
- the first roller 4 is provided with cutting discs 6 whose cutting profiles are straight, whilst the second roller 5 has grooves 5a adapted to receive the cutting profiles of the cutting discs 6 of the first roller 5.
- the longitudinal strips 101 obtainable with this configuration of the rollers 4, 5 are, for example, of the type illustrated in Figure 5A .
- the first roller 4 is provided with cutting discs 6 whose cutting profiles are straight, whilst the second roller 5 is plain.
- the longitudinal strips 101 obtainable with this configuration of the rollers 4, 5 are, for example, of the type illustrated in Figure 5A .
- the first roller 4 is provided with cutting discs 6 whose cutting profiles are wavy or zig-zagged, whilst the second roller 5 is plain.
- the longitudinal strips 101 obtainable with this configuration of the rollers 4, 5 are, for example, of the type illustrated in Figures 5B-5D .
- both the first roller 4 and the second roller 5 are provided with cutting discs 6 whose cutting profiles are straight.
- the longitudinal strips 101 obtainable with this configuration of the rollers 4, 5 are, for example, of the type illustrated in Figure 5A .
- Figures 2E and 3E illustrate an alternative embodiment of the first cutting means 3 where, preferably, the first roller 4 is provided with cutting discs 6 having a planar cutting profile, substantially defining a toothed edge, whilst the second roller 5 is provided with grooves 5a shaped to match the toothed edge of the discs 6 of the first roller 4 so that the web 100, during operation, is cut by shearing.
- the longitudinal strips 101 obtainable with this configuration of the rollers 4, 5 are, for example, of the type illustrated in Figure 5A .
- the machine 1 comprises means 7 for making a plurality of longitudinal easy folding zones 104 in such a way that each longitudinal strip 101 has at least one easy folding zone 104.
- the easy folding zones 104 allow improving the step of gathering and conveying the longitudinal strips 101 which can be folded more easily so as to make rod-shaped smoking articles which are more compact and cohesive, with better filling uniformity.
- the easy folding zones 104 allow weakening the structure of the material so it can be folded more easily during the subsequent step of gathering.
- the forming means 7 for making a plurality of easy folding zones 104 can be disposed upstream of the first cutting means 3.
- the forming means 7 for making a plurality of longitudinal easy folding zones 104 are located on at least one between the first roller 4 and the second roller 5 and comprise at least one between:
- reduced diameter is used to mean that the diameter of the reduced diameter scoring discs 9 is smaller than the diameter of the cutting discs 6.
- each longitudinal strip 101 comprises at least one crimp or one longitudinal score line.
- the first roller 4 is provided with cutting discs 6 whose cutting profiles are straight, whilst the second roller 5 is provided with crimping discs 8 which are offset relative to the cutting discs 6 so as to make longitudinal strips 101 of the type shown in Figure 5E , where the easy folding zones 104 made on the underside of the web 100 create longitudinal strips 101 which have a triangular cross section and which are easy to fold.
- the first roller 4 is provided with cutting discs 6 whose cutting profiles are straight, with alternately interposed crimping discs 8, whilst the second roller 5 is of the plain type so as to make longitudinal strips 101 of the type shown for example in Figure 5F , where each longitudinal strip 101 has two easy folding zones 104 made on the top side of the web 100 to facilitate folding of the longitudinal strips 101 themselves.
- the first roller 4 is provided with cutting discs 6 whose cutting profiles are straight, with two alternately interposed reduced diameter scoring discs 9, whilst the second roller 5 is of the plain type so as to make longitudinal strips 101 of the type shown for example in Figure 5G , where each longitudinal strip 101 has one longitudinal easy folding zone 104 made on the top side of the web 100 to facilitate folding of the longitudinal strips 101 themselves.
- the machine 1 also comprises gathering and conveying means 10 configured to gather and convey the longitudinal strips 101 from the first cutting means 3 to create at least one continuous stream 100'.
- gathering and conveying means 10 configured to gather and convey the longitudinal strips 101 from the first cutting means 3 to create at least one continuous stream 100'.
- the joining portions 103 facilitate the step of gathering and conveying the longitudinal strips 101 by significantly reducing the risk of the longitudinal strips 101 falling out as the web 100 moves forward, since each longitudinal strip 101 is connected to the one adjacent to it.
- the gathering and conveying means 10 comprise at least one funnel-shaped member 11 having an infeed cross section 11a suitable for receiving the longitudinal strips 101 and an outfeed cross section 11b suitable for expelling the continuous stream 100' formed as the longitudinal strips 101 are fed through the funnel-shaped member 11.
- the gathering and conveying means 10 comprise at least two funnel-shaped members 11 horizontally juxtaposed or at least partly superposed.
- the gathering and conveying means 10 comprise three funnel-shaped elements 11: two below, juxtaposed horizontally; and one above, partly superposed on the two below.
- the longitudinal strips 101 to be gathered and conveyed can be distributed in a simple and ordered manner in order to avoid entanglement.
- the machine 1 may preferably also comprise suction means, not illustrated, associated with the gathering and conveying means 10 and configured to facilitate gathering of the longitudinal strips 101 by sucking them towards the outfeed section 11b.
- the machine 1 Downstream of the gathering and conveying means 10, the machine 1 comprises a garniture tongue 12 configured to receive the continuous stream 100' and to progressively wrap it in a paper web 13 to make at least one continuous rod 100".
- the continuous rod comprises a plurality of longitudinal strips 101 made using the first cutting means 3 according to this invention.
- the machine Downstream of the garniture tongue 12, the machine then comprises second cutting means 14 for cutting the continuous rod 100" and configured to cut the continuous rod 100" into a plurality of rod-shaped smoking articles, not illustrated in the accompanying drawings
- the machine 1 comprises at least one device (not illustrated) for applying an additive (for example a liquid or metal particles) on the web 100 and/or on the longitudinal strips 101.
- an additive for example a liquid or metal particles
- the additive may be applied in liquid or spray form or dispersed as granules/flakes.
- the additive may have a flavouring effect (for example, vanilla, menthol, etc.) or a filtering effect (for example, activated carbon, sepiolite, silica gel, etc.) or it may contribute to the creation of aerosols and vapours (for example, glycerine, etc.) or improve the flowability of the materials to facilitate gathering and formation of the rod (for example, oils, water, alcohol, glycerine, etc.) or, in the case of metal particles, it may be capable of heating the tobacco by an electromagnetic induction effect.
- a flavouring effect for example, vanilla, menthol, etc.
- a filtering effect for example, activated carbon, sepiolite, silica gel, etc.
- aerosols and vapours for example, glycerine, etc.
- improve the flowability of the materials to facilitate gathering and formation of the rod for example, oils, water, alcohol,
- the machine 1 may comprise a device (not illustrated in the accompanying drawings) for reducing the electrostatic charge of the material for the tobacco industry, more preferably located upstream of the first cutting means 3.
- the machine 1 may comprise at least one detecting sensor (not illustrated in the accompanying drawings) configured to detect jamming and/or breaks in the longitudinal strips 101, more preferably located between the first cutting means 3 and the gathering and conveying means 10.
- at least one detecting sensor (not illustrated in the accompanying drawings) configured to detect jamming and/or breaks in the longitudinal strips 101, more preferably located between the first cutting means 3 and the gathering and conveying means 10.
- the detecting sensor may be an optical sensor (vision system, standard or diffuse photocells), an acoustic sensor (ultrasonic) or a capacitive sensor.
- optical sensor vision system, standard or diffuse photocells
- acoustic sensor ultrasonic
- capacitive sensor a capacitive sensor
- the detecting sensor may be located downstream of the garniture tongue 12 and be configured to detect the density of the continuous rod 100".
- this invention provides a method for making rod-shaped smoking articles, comprising the following steps:
- this method allows making compact, cohesive smoking articles where, besides the joining portions 103, the shape of the longitudinal strips 101 and/or the easy folding zones 104 also contribute to improving the efficiency of the production process and the quality of the end product.
- a rod-shaped smoking article comprising a plurality of longitudinal strips 101 obtained from a web 100 of material for the tobacco industry, where the longitudinal strips 101 extend longitudinally in the rod-shaped smoking article and are wrapped in a paper web 13, and where each longitudinal strip 101 is connected to the transversely adjacent longitudinal strip 101 by at least one joining portion 103.
- the article comprises a filling material wrapped in a paper section, where the filling material is formed by a plurality of longitudinal strips 101 wherein the longitudinal strips 101 extend longitudinally in the rod-shaped smoking article for the entire length of the filling material and are separated each other by longitudinal interrupted cutting lines so that each longitudinal strip 101 is connected by at least one joining portion 103 to the longitudinal strip 101 which is transversely adjacent to it.
- the longitudinal strip 101 are obtained from a web 100 and reach their final length, corresponding to the length of the article, during the step of cutting the continuous rod 100" into articles.
- the joining portions 103 connecting together the longitudinal strips 101 are distributed, in particular evenly, along the entire length of the article. This corresponds to the embodiment shown in Figure 4A where the ideal orientation lines "Y" formed by the joining portions 103 are diagonal with respect to the longitudinal feed direction "X".
- This invention achieves the preset aims, overcoming the disadvantages of the prior art, by providing the user with a machine for making rod-shaped smoking articles by making longitudinal strips 101 capable of improving rod filling uniformity, and with a method which can improve the efficiency of the production process.
- the rod-shaped smoking article according to this invention is thus uniformly filled, well compacted and cohesive and free of problems due to material falling out of the tips and which can advantageously be used to make high-quality products.
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