JP2997250B1 - Low sidestream smoke filter cigarette making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A manufacturing machine that ensures stable manufacture of a low sidestream smoke type filter cigarette is provided. SOLUTION: A machine for producing a low sidestream smoke type filter cigarette includes a drum row 2, a predetermined transport drum in the drum row 2,
For example, guide members 44a, 44b, and 44c are provided on the inspection drum 36, the exclusion drum 38, the outlet drum 40, and the like, and guide rod members such as the filter cigarette FS. The guide surfaces of the guide members 44 are durable. It is formed from a high-quality polymer material.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a filter cigarette manufacturing machine, and more particularly to a machine suitable for manufacturing a low sidestream filter cigarette.

[0002]

2. Related Background Art This type of manufacturing machine is called a so-called filter attachment, and the filter attachment has a drum row composed of a number of transport drums. Drum rows are cigarette members and filter plug members,
Then, these are cut and used to transport a rod member obtained by joining the cut pieces. Such a rod member is sequentially delivered between adjacent transport drums in the drum row, and is moved on the transport drum, that is, subjected to separation and alignment processing, and is formed as a filter cigarette of a final product.

In order to transfer the rod member and align the rod member on the transport drum, the filter attachment is provided with a guide member on a predetermined transport drum, and the guide member is provided on the outer periphery of the transport drum. And guides the rod member.

[0004]

In recent years, various filter cigarettes for reducing sidestream smoke have been developed.
In this type of filter cigarette, a cigarette in which the generation of low sidestream smoke is suppressed is used in the cigarette portion. The cigarette member using such wrapping paper, that is, the rod member, slides on the above-mentioned guide member during the transportation process in the drum row, and the wrapping paper additive component adheres to the guide member as dirt. Such dirt causes the rod members to be caught when the rod members are transferred between the transfer drums or when the rod members are separated and aligned on the transfer drum, so that the transfer and alignment cannot be performed, thereby stabilizing the filter cigarette. Production cannot be secured.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a low sidestream smoke type filter cigarette capable of stably and reliably producing a low sidestream smoke type filter cigarette. To provide a manufacturing machine.

[0006]

Low sidestream smoke of the invention According to an aspect of filter cigarette manufacturing machine (claim 1), the inner surface of the above-described guide member, that is, against the cigarette paper for a low sidestream smoke of the rod member
The guide surface to be formed is obtained from a polymer material having releasability from the low sidestream smoke wrapping paper . The guide surface of the guide member is excellent in releasability with respect to the low sidestream smoke cigarette paper of the rod member, to prevent plaque adhesion of.

[0007]

FIG. 1 schematically shows a production machine for a low sidestream smoke filter cigarette, a so-called filter attachment, and FIG. 2 shows a cigarette member and a filter plug member in the filter attachment, and , These being cut, and the transport of rod members such as those obtained by combining the cuts.

[0008] The filter attachment includes a drum array 2, and the drum array 2 is configured by continuously connecting a large number of transport drums. Each transport drum is a grooved drum having a groove on its outer circumference capable of receiving suction, wherein adjacent transport drums are rotated in opposite directions while their outer circumferential grooves are sequentially aligned. It has become.

In describing the individual transport drums of the drum row 2 below, first, in FIG. 1, the transport drum located at the right end of the drum row 2 is formed as an entrance drum 4, and the entrance drum 4 is a hoist ( (Not shown), i.e., a double cigarette D,
Each book is received and transported with rotation. Double cigarettes D is obtained by molding wrapped ticks tobacco by cigarette paper for a low sidestream smoke, the length of which has twice the length of the cigarette portion in the filter cigarette. Here, the wrapping paper for low sidestream smoke may contain tobacco powder.

A cutting drum 6 is adjacent to the entrance drum 4, and the cutting drum 6 receives the double cigarette D from the entrance drum 4 into the groove and conveys the double cigarette D with the rotation thereof. The rotary knife 8
And cut into equal parts. Therefore, two cigarette portions S are obtained from each double cigarette D on the cutting drum 6, and these cigarette portions S are conveyed as the cutting drum 6 rotates.

A separating drum 10 is adjacent to the cutting drum 6, and as the separating drum 10 rotates, the separating drum 10 receives and transports two cigarette portions S coaxially positioned in the grooves from the cutting drum 6. In this transporting process, as is clear from FIG. 2, the suction of the two cigarette portions is released, and the two cigarette portions are separated from each other in the groove direction in the groove, so that a predetermined interval is secured between the cigarette portions.

The collecting drum 12 is adjacent to the separating drum 10, and the collecting drum 12 receives the separated cigarette portion S from the separating drum 10 in its groove and conveys it as the collecting drum 12 rotates. As shown in FIG.
Another drum row 14 extends upward from 2.
The drum row 14 also consists of a number of grooved transport drums,
The collecting drum 12 is connected to a plug hopper 16. A number of rod-shaped filter plug members are stored in the plug hopper 16, and these filter plug members are taken out one by one by the drum row 14 and supplied to the collecting drum 12. In this supply process, the filter plug members are cut, graded and aligned to become filter plugs of a predetermined length, and these filter plugs are supplied to the collecting drum 12 one by one. That is,
The filter plug is supplied between two cigarette portions conveyed on the collecting drum 12. As a result, an aggregate in which two cigarette portions and one filter plug are positioned coaxially on the collecting drum 12 is sequentially formed, and these aggregates are transported as the collecting drum 12 rotates.
In FIG. 2, the filter plug is indicated by reference numeral F.

An aligning drum 18 is adjacent to the collecting drum 12, and the aligning drum 18 receives the aggregate from the collecting drum 12 and conveys it with the rotation thereof. In this transport process, the assembly on the alignment drum 18, that is, the two cigarette portions S are released from the suction, move in the groove, and come into close contact with the end face of the filter plug F. Thereafter, the assembly on the alignment drum 18 is supplied with the chip paper pieces _PT . That is, the receiving drum 20 is adjacent to the lower side of the aligning drum 18, and the receiving drum 20 is formed of a suction drum. The receiving drum 20 is fed out of the tip paper roll while adsorbing the tip paper P with the rotation thereof, and the tip paper P is cooperated with the cutting drum 22 on the outer periphery thereof in cooperation with the cutting drum 22 to form individual tip paper pieces _{PT of} a predetermined length.
After cutting into pieces, the chip paper pieces _PT are supplied to individual aggregates.

Here, a glue applicator (not shown) is arranged upstream of the receiving drum 20, and the glue applicator applies the glue to one surface of the chip paper P. Therefore, the tip paper piece _PT is adhered to the assembly so as to cover the ends of the cigarette portions S on both sides from the filter plug F. A rolling drum 24 is adjacent to the upper side of the alignment drum 18, and the rolling drum 24 receives and transports the aggregate to which the chip paper pieces PT are attached from the alignment drum 18 as the rolling drum 24 rotates. During this transport process,
The assembly rotates or rolls around an axis in the groove while being sandwiched between the groove and a rolling plate 26 disposed outside the rolling drum 24. Therefore,
Tip paper piece P _T is completely wound around the outer periphery of the aggregate, thereby, double filter cigarettes DFS connected to each other the two cigarettes portions and the filter plug F by tip paper piece T _P is obtained. The rolling of the aggregate is performed in a state where the suction is released.

The rolling drum 24 has a cutting drum 28
Are adjacent to each other, and the cutting drum 28 is rotated from the rolling drum 24 to the double filter cigarette DF.
S is received in the groove and transported. During this transport process,
Rotary knife 30 provided on the outer periphery of cutting drum 28
Cuts the double filter cigarette DFS equally from its center to obtain two filter cigarettes FS. These two filter cigarettes FS are arranged in the axial direction of the cutting drum 28, and their directions are different from each other.

The rolling drum 24 has a built-in double filter cigarette DFS inspection device (not shown), and the cutting drum 28 has a rotary knife 3.
A rejection device (not shown) is built in upstream of 0.
The rejection device receives the inspection result of the inspection device and eliminates the defective double filter cigarette DFS from the cutting drum 28.

A reversing drum 32 is adjacent to the cutting drum 28. The reversing drum 32 sequentially receives and transports coaxial filter cigarettes FS from the cutting drum 28 as the reversing drum 32 rotates. During this transport process, the filter cigarette FS on one side is inverted, and the direction is aligned with the filter cigarette FS on the other side. Here, the transport phase of the filter cigarette FS on one side is delayed due to its reversal, and the filter cigarettes FS on both sides are alternately arranged in the transport direction on the reversing drum 3.

An alignment drum 34 is adjacent to the reversing drum 32, and receives the filter cigarette FS from the reversing drum 32 into its groove and conveys the same along with its rotation. In this transport process, the filter cigarette F
S is moved in the groove and aligned on the same transport line. An inspection drum 36 is adjacent to the alignment drum 34, and the inspection drum 34 receives the filter cigarette FS in its groove and conveys the filter cigarette FS with its rotation. In this transporting process, each filter cigarette FS is inspected on the inspection drum 36.

A rejection drum 38 is adjacent to the inspection drum 36. The rejection drum 38 receives the filter cigarette FS from the inspection drum 34 and conveys the filter cigarette FS as the rejection drum 38 rotates. In this transport process, the rejecting drum 38 is replaced with the filter cigarette FS determined to be defective by the preceding inspection drum 36.
To eliminate. An exit drum 40 is adjacent to the exclusion drum 38, and the exit drum 40 receives and conveys the filter cigarette FS from the exclusion drum 38 with its rotation. The outlet drum 40 also serves as a roller for the endless conveyor belt 42, so that the filter cigarettes FS on the outlet drum 40 are transported over the conveyor belt 42. In addition, the conveyor belt 42 supplies the filter cigarette FS to a packaging machine (not shown).

In the above-mentioned transport drums in the drum row 2, delivery of rod members such as the double cigarette D, the filter portion S, the double filter cigarette DFS and the filter cigarette FS between the transport drums, and the transfer of the filter portions S and Some filter cigarettes FS are provided with a guide member for separating and aligning the filter cigarettes FS.
Is shown in FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the end portion of the drum row 2, that is, from the rejection drum 36 to the outlet drum 40.
4a, 44b and 44c are respectively fixedly arranged. The guide member 44 has an inner surface extending in an arc shape along the outer periphery of the drum, and one end or both ends of the guide member 44 enter the adjacent drum. That is, the end of the guide member 44 is formed in a fork shape, and penetrates into a peripheral groove formed on the peripheral surface of the adjacent drum.

Each of the guide members 44 guides the delivery of the filter cigarette FS between the adjacent transport drums, and the filter cigarette FS can slide on its inner surface, that is, the guide surface. The guide member 44, including its guide surface, is made of a highly durable polymer material such as polyetheretherketone (peak material).

When the guide surface of the guide member 44 is made of a polymer material, the filter cigarette FS
Even when the sheet is in sliding contact with the guide member, the filter cigarette FS has a poor affinity for the wrapping paper, that is, has excellent releasability, so that no dirt adheres to the guide surface. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the filter cigarette FS from dropping or jumping out of the groove of the transport drum due to the adhesion of the scale, and to transport the filter cigarette FS, that is, to stably manufacture the filter cigarette FS. be able to.

Also, since the polymer material used for the guide member has excellent durability, the filter cigarette FS
Can be maintained for a long time.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described guide members 44a to 44c, but a guide member for guiding the delivery of the filter cigarette FS, the cigarette portion S or the double filter cigarette DFS between the other transport drums, and the cigarette portion S and the filter cigarette FS Of course, the present invention can also be applied to a guide member for guiding the separation and alignment of.

Further, although the above-mentioned guide member 44 is an integrally molded product of a polymer material, a polymer made of the same material as the guide member 44 is formed on the inner surface of the guide member 46 as shown in FIG. The material layer 48 may be formed or attached with a set screw or the like.

[0025]

According to the low-sidestream smoke filter cigarette manufacturing machine of the present invention as described in the foregoing, a low sidestream guide surface of the guide member provided in the conveying drum in the drum train
Since it is formed from a polymeric material having a releasing property against smoke cigarette paper, and the rod member is guided Te on the guide surface
Also, the components of the low sidestream smoke wrapper adhere to the guide surface as dirt
The can be effectively prevented, thereby enabling stable production of filter cigarettes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a filter attachment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a manufacturing procedure of a filter cigarette in a filter attachment.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a part of the filter attachment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a view showing a guide member of a modified example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Drum row 6 Cutting drum 36 Inspection drum (transport drum) 38 Reject drum (transport drum) 40 Outlet drum (transport drum) 44 Guide member 46 Guide member 48 Polymer material layer

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A transfer drum is formed by continuously connecting a plurality of transfer drums.
Cigarettes member wrapped by cigarette paper for a low sidestream smoke, and drum train which forms a transport rod member comprising a molded product obtained from the filter plug member and their members, and fixed along the outer peripheral surface of a given transport drum Placed,
A guide member that guides the transfer of the rod member between adjacent transfer drums or the movement of the rod member in the axial direction on the transfer drum, the low sidestream smoke while sequentially transferring the rod member between the transfer drums of the drum row In a manufacturing machine for manufacturing a mold filter cigarette, the guide member is configured as the low sidestream smoke winding of the rod member .
The guide surface in contact with the paper is releasable from the low sidestream smoke paper
A filter cigarette manufacturing machine characterized by being formed from a polymer material having: