GB2022987A - Method and apparatus for perforating articles by laser - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for perforating articles by laser

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GB2022987A
GB2022987A GB7916620A GB7916620A GB2022987A GB 2022987 A GB2022987 A GB 2022987A GB 7916620 A GB7916620 A GB 7916620A GB 7916620 A GB7916620 A GB 7916620A GB 2022987 A GB2022987 A GB 2022987A
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laser
perforating
articles
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Philip Morris USA Inc
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Philip Morris USA Inc
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Priority claimed from US05/908,520 external-priority patent/US4224497A/en
Priority claimed from US05/908,522 external-priority patent/US4224498A/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/08—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
    • B23K26/0823—Devices involving rotation of the workpiece
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/60—Final treatment of cigarettes, e.g. marking, printing, branding, decorating
    • A24C5/606—Perforating cigarettes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/064—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by means of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors or prisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/064—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by means of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors or prisms
    • B23K26/0643—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by means of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors or prisms comprising mirrors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/0665—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by beam condensation on the workpiece, e.g. for focusing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/067—Dividing the beam into multiple beams, e.g. multifocusing
    • B23K26/0676—Dividing the beam into multiple beams, e.g. multifocusing into dependently operating sub-beams, e.g. an array of spots with fixed spatial relationship or for performing simultaneously identical operations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/08—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Laser Beam Processing (AREA)

Abstract

Perforations are made at locations spaced about the periphery of a cigarette (C) by conducting separate parts (56) of a laser beam (54) through respective separate light paths which intersect such spaced peripheral locations. <IMAGE>
GB7916620A 1978-05-22 1979-05-14 Method and apparatus for perforating articles by laser Expired GB2022987B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US90852378A 1978-05-22 1978-05-22
US05/908,520 US4224497A (en) 1978-05-22 1978-05-22 Method for making filter cigarettes using light energy to make perforations in the filter tipping wrap
US05/908,522 US4224498A (en) 1978-05-22 1978-05-22 Apparatus for perforating articles by laser

Publications (2)

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GB2022987A true GB2022987A (en) 1979-12-28
GB2022987B GB2022987B (en) 1982-11-24

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AU (1) AU526552B2 (en)
CA (1) CA1119912A (en)
CH (1) CH640114A5 (en)
DE (1) DE2920264C2 (en)
GB (1) GB2022987B (en)

Cited By (15)

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EP0087403A1 (en) * 1982-02-18 1983-08-31 Optik Innovation Ab Oiab Apparatus for treatment of an exterior circumferential area of an article by means of a radiation energy beam
GB2119222A (en) * 1982-04-13 1983-11-16 Gd Spa A method and apparatus for forming perforations in bar-shape articles
EP0119034A1 (en) * 1983-03-14 1984-09-19 Imperial Chemical Industries Plc Energy beam focusing apparatus and method
GB2146228A (en) * 1983-09-12 1985-04-17 Gd Spa Piercing device for piercing ventilating holes in cigarettes or similar smoking commodities
GB2146227A (en) * 1983-09-12 1985-04-17 Gd Spa Piercing device for piercing ventilating holes in cigarettes or similar smoking commodities
GB2149644A (en) * 1983-11-11 1985-06-19 Molins Plc Perforating cigarettes by laser
US4824691A (en) * 1986-03-27 1989-04-25 The Wiggins Teape Group Limited Imaged microcapsule-coated paper
US4874919A (en) * 1987-01-14 1989-10-17 The Wiggins Teape Group Limited Laser apparatus for repetitively marking a moving sheet
US4961080A (en) * 1988-02-16 1990-10-02 The Wiggins Teape Group Limited Laser marker with mask scanning
GB2230688A (en) * 1989-04-27 1990-10-31 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
GB2260254A (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-04-14 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
GB2260256B (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-07-21 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
GB2260255B (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-07-21 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
US5352495A (en) * 1989-02-16 1994-10-04 The Wiggins Teape Group Limited Treatment of a surface by laser energy
US12089627B2 (en) 2013-06-18 2024-09-17 Körber Technologies Gmbh Machine for the tobacco processing industry, in particular, a filter tipping machine

Families Citing this family (2)

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AU532065B2 (en) * 1979-06-08 1983-09-15 Philip Morris Products Inc. Optical perforating apparatus
US4649943A (en) * 1985-02-11 1987-03-17 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Cigarette filter and method of making the same

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US3524046A (en) * 1968-04-26 1970-08-11 Aluminum Co Of America Apparatus and method for piercing holes in elastomeric articles
CH522464A (en) * 1969-04-01 1972-06-30 Omega Brandt & Freres Sa Louis Laser machining device
US3943324A (en) * 1970-12-14 1976-03-09 Arthur D. Little, Inc. Apparatus for forming refractory tubing
GB1549005A (en) * 1976-07-10 1979-08-01 Imp Group Ltd Perforating device
US4090826A (en) * 1976-10-26 1978-05-23 Hauni-Werke Korber & Co. Kg Method and apparatus for perforating the wrappers of rod-shaped smokers products
DE2754104C2 (en) * 1977-12-05 1987-01-15 Hauni-Werke Körber & Co KG, 2050 Hamburg Device for producing a zone of desired air permeability in a wrapping material strip for rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry

Cited By (18)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0087403A1 (en) * 1982-02-18 1983-08-31 Optik Innovation Ab Oiab Apparatus for treatment of an exterior circumferential area of an article by means of a radiation energy beam
GB2119222A (en) * 1982-04-13 1983-11-16 Gd Spa A method and apparatus for forming perforations in bar-shape articles
EP0119034A1 (en) * 1983-03-14 1984-09-19 Imperial Chemical Industries Plc Energy beam focusing apparatus and method
US4553017A (en) * 1983-03-14 1985-11-12 Imperial Chemical Industries Limited Energy beam focusing apparatus and method
GB2146228A (en) * 1983-09-12 1985-04-17 Gd Spa Piercing device for piercing ventilating holes in cigarettes or similar smoking commodities
GB2146227A (en) * 1983-09-12 1985-04-17 Gd Spa Piercing device for piercing ventilating holes in cigarettes or similar smoking commodities
GB2149644A (en) * 1983-11-11 1985-06-19 Molins Plc Perforating cigarettes by laser
US4824691A (en) * 1986-03-27 1989-04-25 The Wiggins Teape Group Limited Imaged microcapsule-coated paper
US4874919A (en) * 1987-01-14 1989-10-17 The Wiggins Teape Group Limited Laser apparatus for repetitively marking a moving sheet
US4961080A (en) * 1988-02-16 1990-10-02 The Wiggins Teape Group Limited Laser marker with mask scanning
US5352495A (en) * 1989-02-16 1994-10-04 The Wiggins Teape Group Limited Treatment of a surface by laser energy
GB2230688A (en) * 1989-04-27 1990-10-31 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
GB2260254A (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-04-14 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
GB2260256B (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-07-21 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
GB2260255B (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-07-21 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
GB2230688B (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-07-21 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
GB2260254B (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-07-21 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
US12089627B2 (en) 2013-06-18 2024-09-17 Körber Technologies Gmbh Machine for the tobacco processing industry, in particular, a filter tipping machine

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CH640114A5 (en) 1983-12-30
AU526552B2 (en) 1983-01-20
GB2022987B (en) 1982-11-24
DE2920264A1 (en) 1979-11-29
CA1119912A (en) 1982-03-16
DE2920264C2 (en) 1985-04-25
AU4710779A (en) 1979-11-29

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732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19950514