JP6272280B2 - Method for producing aerosol generating product comprising reconstituted tobacco material, aerosol generating product comprising reconstituted tobacco material, and use of aerosol generating product comprising reconstituted tobacco material - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a method for producing an aerosol generating product comprising reconstituted tobacco material, an aerosol generating product comprising reconstituted tobacco material, and the use of an aerosol generating product comprising reconstituted tobacco material.

  The tobacco industry and related industries, as well as tobacco cultivation, tobacco machine manufacturing and packaging and other material suppliers, are important economic factors in many countries. However, since smoking has health risks, improvements in the safety of tobacco products are required.

  Conventional tobacco includes a rod made of tobacco material (tobacco rod) wrapped with cigarette paper. A cylindrical filter (plug) wrapped with filter paper (plug wrap) and made of cellulose acetate is placed at one end of the tobacco rod. The filter and end region of the tobacco rod is wrapped by a wrapping material made of chip paper. Tobacco materials are made from natural leaf tobacco, and in particular, the stems are removed, dried, mixed, seasoned (packed), and flavored (sprayed with top flavor) to add flavor and cut. . Often, reconstituted tobacco, or other tobacco substitutes, are incorporated into tobacco material so produced up to 25%. Reconstituted tobacco is a flexible, uniform, paper-like sheet. It is then made in a known manner from unprocessed tobacco paper production that has been finely ground and rebundled, or from clean production waste that is treated in this way as well.

  One disadvantage of conventional tobacco is that hazardous materials are released at temperatures between 800 ° C. and 1100 ° C. as a result of the burning of tobacco material.

  R. J. et al. The Reynolds smoking device “Eclipse” includes an internal heating source in the form of charcoal fragments with an air path, and also includes a capsule having an oxidizing means and an aerosol generating material. When cigarettes are smoked, the air inhaled by the red-hot charcoal portion is heated to about 300 ° C. to vaporize the heated air aerosol from the capsule. Such smoking devices are heated rather than burning tobacco. J. et al. Reynolds Tobacco's academic book (1988) “Chemical and Biological Studies on New Cigarette Prototypes that Heat Instead of Burn Tobacco” and “Inhalation Toxicology” (2000), pages 1 to 58. Details regarding the smoking device “Eclipse” are detailed in the following document.

  EP 1993388 describes tobacco products and smoking articles (eg tobacco), but is not published for incompletely burned and pyrolyzed products. The smoking device has an end to ignite, downstream of which is the mouth end and an aerosol generation system. The aerosol generation system includes a heat generation segment and an aerosol generation segment disposed downstream of the heat generation segment. The heat generating segment is preferably composed of a short heat source and includes combustibles including carbon fuel elements. The aerosol generation region is provided with an aerosol generating material such as glycerin and flavor. A mouthpiece that can be smoked by a smoker is located at the mouth end. The mouthpiece is preferably a filter. A heat source is made in intimate contact between the cerium oxide particles and the metal halide to convert carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. As the smoker inhales the mouth end, air is drawn into the heat generating segment and heated. Carbon monoxide produced by combustion is converted to carbon dioxide. The heated air causes the aerosol to evaporate from the aerosol segment, and the aerosol is drawn into the smoker through the filter. Vaporizing the aerosol via heated air avoids incomplete combustion products and pyrolysis products.

  EP 2443947 describes another smoking device, comprising a carbon-containing fuel element at the end to be ignited, an aerosol generation system disposed downstream thereof, and a filter disposed downstream thereof. Have. Smoking devices with built-in chemical heat sources have the disadvantage of making their production complex. In addition, they produce carbon monoxide and other toxic combustion products that are consumed by smokers. There is also the risk that tobacco will burn and the flavor of the aerosol will be negatively affected.

  The electronic system “IQOS” by Philip Morris comprises a “marlboro heat stick” containing a pen-like heater and powdered tobacco. The thermal stick is inserted into the holder. The tobacco is heated in a holder to a temperature of 350 ° C. The released nicotine-containing gas can thereby contain less toxic substances and is inhaled by the consumer. Conventional tobacco health risks are reduced here. Details regarding the system are detailed in the following documents.

  WO 2013/178766 describes an aerosol product comprising an aerosol generating material supported via a support member on a spacer portion connected to a filter. The whole is wrapped with cigarette paper. The aerosol generating material includes a rod that is formed from a first sheet of tobacco material that has been pressure-bonded and a second sheet of other tobacco material that is wrapped in a packaging material. For the manufacture of rods, a continuous strip of tobacco material is pulled, crimped, placed on each from a bobbin, formed into continuous strands, and the strands are divided into rods. When using an aerosol generating product, a heating element such as a heater blade enters the aerosol generating material and heats it to a temperature of about 375 ° C., for example. As a result, the aerosol is released, condensed in the spacer portion, and exits from the filter into the user's mouth.

  Another part of the aerosol generating product in which the second sheet of flavor is not made of tobacco is described in WO 2013/178767, and another part of the aerosol generating product having a second sheet of aluminum foil is disclosed in WO 2013/178767. / 178768. WO 2013/190036 describes another separate body, in which a heating element having a diameter between 40% and 70% of the diameter of the aerosol generating substrate enters the product without significant deformation. An aerosol generating substrate is made so that WO 2013/098405 describes a separate body, and the support portion and the condensing portion behind the support portion are arranged in the direction of flowing behind the aerosol generating substrate. WO 2013/098409 and WO 2013/099841 describe separate bodies and have a front plug in front of the aerosol generating substrate.

  WO 2011/076407 and WO 2013/098395 describe a heater for smoking a product, the heater having an electrically heated pin, the pin of the smoking tool It is inserted into the aerosol generating material.

  U.S. Pat. No. 8,430,106 and WO 2014/048745 describe a heater for a smoking device, the heater having a thermally conductive pin, the pin being in the aerosol generating material of the smoking device. Pushed in. The pin is also heated outside the smoking device, for example inductively.

  A heater having a heated pin has the disadvantage that the heater only conducts heat locally to the aerosol generating material, and as a result, the aerosol generating material is heated unevenly. In addition, there is a risk of aerosol generating material adhering to the pins.

  WO 2014/048745 describes a heater for a smoking tool, the heater having electrically conductive particles in the cup, into which the end of the smoking tool is inserted. The cup is heated inductively. The disadvantage is the local and therefore uneven heating of the aerosol generating material. In addition, cigarette paper results in weaker heat transfer and increased temperature output. This is specifically stated for smoking devices from several segments and is held together by several layers of cigarette paper.

  WO 2014/048745 describes a separate body, where the induction heater heats the electrically conductive particles, which are embedded in the aerosol generating material of the smoking device. The disadvantage of this is that the production effort is increased by embedding electrically conductive particles in the aerosol generating material.

  EP 0 844 424 describes an apparatus that uses a rod suction conveyor to form a continuous tobacco rod for tobacco production, the conveyor comprising a rotating, continuous porous tape that draws suction from the top. In practice, tobacco fibers are carried along the tobacco path underneath. When processing sticky tobacco fibers, for example in the manufacture of tobacco for the Indonesian market, due to the high proportion of molasses, conventional suction conveyors often fail and the processing speed is relatively low. End up. In many cases, the suction rod conveyor needs to be cleaned and the tape changed.

European Patent No. 1993388 European Patent Application Publication No. 2443947 International Publication No. 2013/178766 International Publication No. 2013/178767 International Publication No. 2013/178768 International Publication No. 2013/190036 International Publication No. 2013/098405 International Publication No. 2013/098409 International Publication No. 2013/098410 International Publication No. 2011-076407 International Publication No. 2013/098395 U.S. Patent No. 8430106 International Publication No. 2014/048745 European Patent No. 084424

R. J. et al. Reynolds Tobacco "Chemical and Biological Studies on New Cigarette Prototypes that Heat Instead of Burn Tobacco", 1988 "Inhalation Toxicology", 2000, p.1-58

  An object of the present invention is to establish a method for producing an aerosol generation product that mainly uses conventional production techniques, reduces material costs, and suppresses the release of toxic substances. Another object of the present invention is to produce an aerosol-generating product that suppresses the release of toxic substances and an aerosol-generating product that enables the effects described above. Finally, the present invention is directed to an article produced by the use of an aerosol generating product or a method of producing an aerosol generating product.

  The object is solved by a method having the features of claim 1.

The method according to the invention for producing an aerosol product comprises the following steps.
(A) creating a sheet of reconstituted tobacco material;
(B) cutting the sheet into pieces;
(C) adding a flavor to the tobacco material or piece during manufacture of the reconstituted tobacco material sheet; and (d) during manufacture of the reconstituted tobacco material sheet, the tobacco material or Adding a sticky flavor to the pieces ;
(E) producing a continuous tobacco rod having pieces, and surrounding the tobacco rod with wrapping paper to form a continuously wrapped (enclosed) rod; Cutting the broken rod into individual rod parts.
Note that the flavor is clove oil and / or a clove product, and the sticky flavor is molasses and / or saccharin and / or other artificial sweeteners.

  The method according to the invention uses a reconstituted sheet of tobacco material for the production of aerosol-generating products. Sheets are made from tobacco stems, crushed tobacco leaves, tobacco powder or other litter. Manufacture is performed by a method that can be borrowed from a papermaking method, such as a slurry method or a rolling method. These methods are highly developed and safe. An important effect of the use of reconstituted tobacco is that it can reduce the proportion of tar and other toxic substances in tobacco. Tests have shown that the tar rate of reconstituted tobacco material is 60% less than the tar rate of conventional tobacco material. Furthermore, the use of the reconstituted tobacco material stabilizes the quality of the aerosol product since the different properties of the used material are balanced during the production of the reconstituted tobacco material. Reuse of tobacco production waste for the production of aerosol-generating products is both economically and environmentally beneficial. Another effect is that the reconstituted tobacco has low density, high porosity and good flammability, and its filling content is higher than the direct addition of tobacco by-products to the aerosol-generated tobacco material. Can also be high. Thereby, production cost can be reduced and competitiveness can be improved. The sticky flavor improves the flavor. The sticky flavor is preferably molasses or other product of sugar production. Molasses are added to tobacco as a wetting agent and flavor for tobacco for the Indonesian market. Continuous sheets of reconstituted tobacco with added molasses become unprocessable or very difficult to process due to the stickiness of the additive. Thus, the present invention provides a method for treating reconstituted tobacco material fragments to which molasses or other sticky flavor has been added. Suction tape conveyors and conventional dispensing units with trimming discs, rod making machines, and tobacco manufacturing filter assembly machines can be used for the production of aerosol products. The benefits of reconstituted tobacco materials for technically easy and controllable production of a significant amount of aerosol generation products with sticky flavor typical of Indonesian tobacco are thus first Be available. Furthermore, the reconstituted tobacco material fragments are advantageous for flavor loading and aerosol vaporization of the tobacco material due to their large surface. Due to the low density and high porosity of the fragments, the flavor can be vaporized particularly well at relatively low temperatures. No harmful combustion products are generated due to the low temperature. This avoids inhalation of toxic substances in a particularly effective manner. Furthermore, the sticky flavor can contribute to fixing or stabilizing the rod portion, and can also prevent the fragments from falling off from the end of the rod portion. For this purpose, the rod part has a head reinforcement due to the increased tobacco density at the end.

  Conventional equipment can be used for the production of reconstituted tobacco material, which is respectively used for the production of reconstituted tobacco material or in the paper industry. A conventional tobacco cutter can be used to cut the sheet into pieces. A conventional tobacco machine consisting of a dispensing unit, a rod making machine, and a filter assembling machine can be used for the production of aerosol generation products.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the step of creating a sheet of reconstituted tobacco material comprises pulverizing the tobacco material to a fine particle size and producing a sheet from the pulverized tobacco material using a known papermaking method. Comprising steps. Known papermaking methods include a first step in which tobacco by-products such as stems, crushed tobacco leaves, and tobacco dust are classified; a second step in which the classified material is immersed in water and extraction means; A third step in which components are extracted from the mixture of the classified material and water, a step in which the extraction means loaded with the extracted substance is reused and supplied to the second step, and the remaining material is solid and A fourth step, divided into liquids, a fifth step in which solids are processed into pulp during the addition of fiber and filler, a sixth step in which paper is made from pulp, and the liquid separated after extraction is purified. A seventh step in which the liquid is concentrated at a low temperature, a ninth step in which each additive or component is added to the purified and concentrated liquid at a low temperature, and the produced paper is Comprising a tenth step to be coated is soaked in a liquid obtained by concentrating the eleventh step the paper which is being impregnated coating is dried, the.

  In a further embodiment, the tobacco material processed into reconstituted tobacco material comprises at least one or more of stems, crushed leaves, tobacco powder or other tobacco by-products.

  As a further embodiment of the production method, flavor and / or wetting agent and / or other ingredients are added to the tobacco material, and a reconstituted tobacco material sheet is made from the tobacco material having said ingredients.

  In a preferred embodiment, molasses and / or sucrose and / or other products of sugar production and / or saccharin or artificial sweeteners and / or cloves and / or clove oil and / or other clove products And / or glycerin and / or other wetting agents are added as flavors. Molasses and / or sucrose and / or saccharin are preferably added as a sticky flavor.

  In a further embodiment, a tobacco cutter that cuts tobacco is used to cut the reconstituted tobacco sheet into pieces. Tobacco cutters suitable for cutting tobacco, tobacco leaf stems and cloves are preferably used.

  In a further embodiment, the size of the pieces is the same as or larger than the size of tobacco fibers normally used to produce tobacco.

  In another embodiment, the fragment length is 10 to 20 mm and the fragment width is 0.5 to 2.0 mm.

  In a further embodiment, the pieces cut from the sheet are dried.

  In a further embodiment, a tobacco dryer is used to dry the pieces made from the sheet. A conventional tobacco dryer can be used for this purpose.

  As a further embodiment, flavors and / or wetting agents and / or other ingredients are added to the pieces. Sticky flavors and / or other clove products are preferably added to the pieces. Molasses and / or sucrose and / or other products of sugar production and / or saccharin and / or other artificial sweeteners and / or clove oil are preferably added to the pieces. Thereby, the flavor of tobacco improves. The sticky pieces are easily processed by conventional tobacco machines. The flavor is preferably added after the pieces are dried. Alternatively or additionally, flavor may be added during the manufacture of the reconstituted tobacco sheet.

  In a preferred embodiment, the continuous tobacco rod consists only of pieces cut from a sheet of reconstituted tobacco material. In another embodiment, a continuous tobacco rod consists of tobacco material fibers in addition to pieces cut from a reconstituted tobacco material sheet. In a further embodiment, the continuous tobacco rod comprises tobacco leaf fibers. This embodiment can improve the flavor of the aerosol-generating product.

  In a further embodiment, the continuous tobacco rod is made from at least 50% of the pieces. The tobacco rod is preferably made from at least 95% pieces, most preferably from 100% pieces. In a further embodiment, the other part of the continuous tobacco rod comprises at least partially fibers of tobacco material.

  As a further embodiment, the rod part is coupled with the hollow tube and the filter plug in a tobacco machine or in a filter coupler. For this purpose, a conventional tobacco machine or a filter combiner can be used. The rod part, hollow tube, and filter / plug connection are split rods and, at the same time, aerosol generating products.

  Furthermore, this object is solved by an aerosol generating product having the features of claim 14.

  The aerosol generating product in the present invention includes a wrapping paper surrounding a filler (filler) containing fragments cut from a reconstituted tobacco material sheet, and a sticky flavor is added to the tobacco material.

  Aerosol generators have valuable properties, which are described above in connection with the description of the method according to the invention. The sticky flavor improves the flavor of the product.

  In a further embodiment, the tobacco material comprises clove and / or clove oil and / or saccharin and / or other flavors and / or glycerin and / or wetting agent.

  In a further embodiment, the filler comprises only pieces cut from a sheet of reconstituted tobacco material. In another embodiment, the filler comprises tobacco material fibers in addition to pieces cut from the reconstituted tobacco material sheet. In a further embodiment, the filler comprises tobacco leaf fibers.

  In a further embodiment, the aerosol generation product comprises a hollow tube and a filter. The filler is placed at one end of the hollow tube, the filter is placed at the other end of the hollow tube, the filler is surrounded by wrapping paper, the hollow tube and filter plug are surrounded by additional wrapping paper, and the additional wrapping paper is placed on the wrapping paper. Enclose part.

  Finally, the present invention provides an aerosol-generating product produced by the production method according to any one of claims 1 to 13 or an aerosol-generating product according to any one of claims 14 to 16 having a heater. About how to use. The heater is designed to heat a piece in tobacco to generate an aerosol.

  In a further embodiment, the heater is designed to heat the pieces to a temperature in the range of 200 ° C. to 400 ° C., preferably to a temperature of about 375 ° C.

  As a further embodiment of use, the heater is an electric heater.

  A further object of the invention is to make a split rod containing tobacco material for use with a heater for rods containing tobacco material, which can be manufactured with little effort. Furthermore, a method for producing split rods is established.

  The object is solved by a split rod having the following characteristics:

  A split rod for generating an aerosol comprises a segment containing at least one tobacco material, a tube segment, and a solid segment.

  When the tobacco material is heated and the smoker inhales the mouth end, the segment containing at least one tobacco material generates an aerosol. The tube segment preferably cools the heated air to which the aerosol has been added to provide a manageably sized rod that generates the aerosol. The solid segment preferably functions as a filter and further cools the air to which the aerosol has been added.

  The fact that the rod consists of only three segments reduces the manufacturing effort and promotes a particularly effective production with a high production capacity.

  Any combination of the split rod and the following embodiments with the invention as defined in any one of claims 1 to 20 is also the subject of this application.

  In one embodiment, the solid segment comprises at least one plug, preferably at least one plug made of acetate tow, or two or three plugs. Thereby, a particularly good filter effect can be obtained.

  In another embodiment, the solid segment is made so that the suction resistance is set in the range of 80 to 130 mmWG, preferably 80 to 105 mmWG.

  This relates to the suction resistance in the system when the rod is inserted into the heater. This achieves here that the suction resistance of the heater and rod system approaches that of a conventional cigarette.

  In a further embodiment, the solid segment comprises at least one plug, the plug having an element containing one or more odorous substances, such as a capsule or cylinder, or a fiber body shaped into a cone or egg. It is molded into. Elements containing odorous substances improve the flavor of the rod.

  In a further embodiment, the solid segment limits the temperature of the hot gas to 30 ° C to 40 ° C. As a result, the temperature of the gas exiting from the mouth end is the same as the temperature of the gas exiting from the mouth end of a conventional cigarette.

  In a further embodiment, the solid segment performs aeration of air containing the aerosol. Ventilation is performed with 8 to 30 holes, the holes preferably having a diameter of 0.05 to 0.2 mm, more preferably 0.1 mm, and the holes are electron radiation or mechanically laser beams. To make a solid segment. Through the hole, secondary air to which air containing aerosol is added is inhaled during smoking.

  As a further embodiment, the solid segment regulates the temperature of the air containing the aerosol by providing additional air to the aerosol. The added air is made up of 8 to 30 holes, the holes preferably having a diameter around the periphery of the heater of 0.1 to 0.5 mm, more preferably 0.25 mm. Due to the secondary air, the temperature of the air containing the aerosol is reduced particularly effectively, preferably in the range of 30 ° C. to 40 ° C.

  As a further embodiment, the tube segment has a wall thickness of 1.3 to 2.5 mm and / or has an outer diameter of 5.2 to 8.5 mm. A particularly effective cooling of the air containing the aerosol in the tube segment is thereby achieved.

In a further embodiment, the segment comprising tobacco material comprises tobacco fiber or reconstituted tobacco having a density of 0.1 to 0.4 mg / mm ³ .

  As a further embodiment, the segment comprising tobacco material has an inner hollow tube for inserting a capillary tube. This facilitates the insertion of capillaries without damaging the split rod.

  Furthermore, the object is solved by a method having the following characteristics.

The method for producing a split rod containing tobacco material according to the present invention comprises the following steps.
(A) the tube is divided into long tubes;
(B) the filter is divided into long filters;
(C) coupling the long tube and long filter to a continuous rod such that the long tube and long filter follow each other alternately;
(D) a step in which the rod is continuously surrounded by paper;
(E) a rod surrounded by paper is cut into a long combination with a long tube;
(F) dividing the long combination into a combination having one long filter at the center and a short tube at the end, respectively, at the center of the long tube;
(G) a continuous rod made of continuous tobacco rods and a continuous cigarette paper surrounding it are cut into individual, long rods;
(H) each long rod being divided into two rods;
(I) a step in which the two rods are pushed separately;
(J) a combination is inserted between the two rods;
(K) a continuous chip paper web is cut into long chip paper;
(L) a long chip paper is placed around the ends of the bonded body and rod and glued thereby;
(M) The bound and adjacent rods surrounded by it are split with a long filter into split rods containing tobacco material.

  The method according to the invention is particularly effective and allows very high production numbers. It can be implemented to produce tobacco using conventional machines.

  Any combination of the split rod production method and the following embodiments with the present invention as defined in any one of claims 1 to 20 is also the subject of this application.

  In one embodiment, the tube described in step (a) as a raw material is made from unpackaged acetate.

  As a further embodiment, the filter described in step (b) as raw material is made from acetate.

  As a further embodiment, after inserting the conjugate between the two rods, the two rods advance toward the end of the conjugate.

  As a further embodiment, the chip paper web comprises a cold adhesive and a long chip paper with a cold adhesive is placed around the end of the rod part adjacent to the bonded body.

  A further object of the invention is to make a heater for a rod containing tobacco material, at the same time heating the tobacco material, avoiding heat loss and preventing the rod from getting stuck in the heater, No additional heater is required. Furthermore, a system comprising a heater for generating aerosol in a rod containing tobacco material and a rod containing tobacco material must be made available.

  The object is solved by a heater having the following characteristics.

  A heater according to the present invention for generating an aerosol of a rod containing tobacco material includes a housing part into which at least a part of the rod can be inserted, a heating element for heating air, and at least a part of the rod in the housing part. A conduit for guiding the air inserted and heated by the heating element into the rod.

  The heater according to the present invention heats air outside the rod, and introduces the heated air into the rod inserted into the accommodating portion. Heat loss is prevented. Air spreads within the rod of tobacco material and heats it uniformly, so that the aerosol is released uniformly from the entire tobacco material. The release of toxic substances is prevented by uniform heating. Heat transfer to the tobacco material does not occur directly from the heating element, but is caused to pass through heated air, so that the heating element is prevented from sticking. Furthermore, the rod does not necessarily need to be provided with a heater component such as a carbon-containing fuel element or electrically conductive particles. Thus, it is avoided that the smoker inhales the combustion gas of the oxidizing means accumulated in the smoking device. It is avoided that the smoker breathes in the combustion gas of the oxidizing means incorporated in the smoking article.

  Any combination of the heater and the following embodiments with the present invention as defined in any one of claims 1 to 20 is also the subject of this application.

  In one embodiment, the heater includes an intrusion element that penetrates deeply into the rod when at least a portion of the rod is inserted into the receptacle. In the receiving part, the intrusion element is provided with an outlet of the conduit, and when the intrusion element penetrates deep into the rod, the outlet is arranged in the rod. This embodiment has the effect that the air heated by the intrusion element is particularly effectively introduced into the interior of the rod. The intrusion element can achieve an even distribution of air through the tobacco material. Furthermore, the intrusion element can hold the substance of the receiving part. The temperature of the intrusion element can be much lower than the temperature of the air, thereby avoiding tobacco material sticking to the intrusion element. Purifying the intrusion element with heated air can prevent tobacco material from sticking to the intrusion element. In another embodiment, the conduit ends at the outside of the rod, eg the end opposite the mouth end, and heated air can enter the rod at the end.

  In a further embodiment, the heater is a physical heating element. In a preferred embodiment, the heating element is an electrical heating element, for example an electrical resistance heater.

  In another embodiment, the heating element is a chemical heating element, in particular an oxidising means or a respective flammable heat source. If necessary, the chemical heating element is separated from the conduit by an electrically conductive wall, and air that does not allow the combustion gas to enter is heated in the conduit.

  In a further embodiment, the heating element generates hot gas. Hot gas can increase heat transfer in the air.

  In a further embodiment, the conduit comprises one or more capillaries. In the capillary, the air can be heated uniformly. Air can pass uniformly from the capillary into the rod. For this purpose, each capillary preferably has an outlet, from which air enters the rod. Furthermore, each capillary can enter the rod particularly easily without deforming the rod.

  In a further embodiment, the capillary tube has a needle tip. The needle tip facilitates entry of the capillary tube into the rod without deforming the rod.

  As a further embodiment, the capillary tube extends into the receiving part parallel to the insertion direction of the rod. Thereby, it is achieved that the capillary enters the rod while the rod is inserted into the accommodating portion. Alternatively, the capillary extends in the accommodating portion in parallel with the insertion direction of the rod. When the rod is inserted into the receiving part, the capillary can be surely positioned in the receiving part and can enter into the rod obliquely. Or after inserting a rod in an accommodating part, only a capillary is inserted in a rod. In this embodiment, the rod is secured particularly securely to the receiving part.

  As a further embodiment, the outlet comprises at least one hole, preferably at least 1 to 4 rows of holes, in particular having a diameter between 0.3 mm and 0.8 mm. With several holes, a particularly uniform introduction of heated air into the tobacco material is achieved.

  In a further embodiment, the holes are aligned at an acute angle with the central axis of the capillary.

  As a further embodiment, there are nozzles or openings instead of holes to regulate the airflow. Thereby, a favorable distribution of the heated air in the rod can be achieved.

  In a further embodiment, the capillary has a suction resistance (RTD) of 60 to 160 mmWG. Thereby, it is achieved that the suction resistance of the smoking tool smoked by the heater is brought close to the suction resistance of the conventional cigarette.

  As a further embodiment, the capillary is made of stainless steel, which is covered with a non-adhesive layer. This prevents the tobacco material from sticking to the capillary tube. As a further embodiment, all of the capillaries or the outer layer of the capillaries are made of thermal insulation. The insulation prevents the capillaries from being heated, thereby preventing the capillaries from sticking to the tobacco material.

  To this end, as a further embodiment, the heater controls and limits the number of puffs (suctions). Here, the number of puffs is preferably 6 to 14 puffs, in particular 11 suctions. For this purpose, as a further embodiment, the heater comprises a vacuum sensor, a control device (controller) and a valve. The control device is connected to a vacuum sensor and a valve. The controller is designed to control the valve to pass a limited amount of air in the case of a pressure loss captured by the vacuum sensor by the puff. Here, the amount of air is preferably limited, and 11 puffs are preferably possible for this, so that 6 to 14 puffs are possible until the aerosol is completely released by the tobacco material.

  As a further embodiment, the heater comprises a temperature sensor, which detects the temperature of the conduit and the controller connected to the temperature sensor and the heating element. The control device controls the temperature of the conduit air within a certain range. This achieves that the heated device in which the aerosol is released from the tobacco material has a uniform temperature. A preferred temperature is in the range of 200 ° C to 400 ° C, more preferably 375 ° C.

  As a further embodiment, the heater comprises a vacuum sensor, which is disposed in the conduit, the controller, and the sound generator that generates the cracking sound. The control device is connected to a vacuum sensor and a sound generator. The controller is designed to control the sound generator so that the sound generator generates a cracking sound when the vacuum sensor confirms the pressure loss by the puff. This embodiment mimics the sound produced by the burning of special materials in Indonesian tobacco when smoking Indonesian tobacco. In particular, it is the sound when small grains in a clove flower burst and clove oil is released by heating.

  Furthermore, the object is solved by a system comprising the following features: The system according to the invention comprises a rod comprising a heater and tobacco material of the type described above. The rod can be inserted into the heater housing. The system mainly avoids inhalation of dangerous substances and allows smoking while utilizing the flavor contained in the tobacco material. Heat loss and sticking of the rod to the heater are avoided. The rod does not require its own heater to heat the tobacco material.

  Any combination of the system and the following embodiments with the present invention as defined in any one of claims 1 to 20 is also the subject of this application.

  As a further embodiment, the rod comprises several segments, at least one segment comprising tobacco material and only heated by air previously heated by a heater. In addition to the segment containing tobacco material, there may be another segment, especially a segment for cooling and a segment for filtering heated air.

  In a further embodiment, the rod comprises a segment comprising at least one tobacco material, a tube segment and a solid segment. The tube segment preferably cools the heated air containing the aerosol, and the solid segment filters the air containing the aerosol for further cooling.

  As a further embodiment, the solid segment comprises at least one plug, preferably made of acetate tow, or two or three plugs. Thereby, a particularly good filter effect can be obtained.

  In another embodiment, the solid segment is made such that the suction resistance is set in the range of 80 to 130 mmWG, preferably 120 to 130 mmWG. This is related to the suction resistance of the system when the rod is inserted into the heater. This achieves that the suction resistance of the heater and rod system approaches that of a conventional cigarette.

  As a further embodiment, the solid segment comprises at least one plug, which has an element comprising one or more odorous substances. The odorous substance is a fibrous body formed like a capsule or a cylinder, or formed into a conical or oval shape. The odorous substance-containing element improves the role of the rod.

  In a further embodiment, the solid segment limits the temperature of the hot gas to 30 ° C to 40 ° C. As a result, the temperature of the gas exiting the mouth end is similar to the temperature of the gas exiting the mouth end of a conventional cigarette.

  As a further embodiment, the solid segment provides for ventilation of air containing aerosol. Ventilation is achieved by 8 to 30 holes, preferably having a diameter of 0.05 to 0.2 mm, more preferably 0.1 mm. Holes are created in the solid segment by laser beam, by electron emission or mechanically. Through the hole, secondary air added to the air containing the aerosol is inhaled during smoking.

  As a further embodiment, the solid segment regulates the temperature of the air containing the aerosol by supplying air added to the aerosol. The added air is created by 8 to 30 holes around the periphery of the heater, preferably having a diameter of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm, more preferably having a diameter of 0.25 mm. Secondary air particularly effectively reduces the temperature of the air containing the aerosol, preferably in the range of 30 ° C to 40 ° C.

  As a further embodiment, the tube segment has a wall thickness of 1.3 to 2.5 mm and / or an outer diameter of 5.2 to 8.5 mm. Thereby, particularly effective cooling of the air containing the aerosol in the tube segment can be achieved.

In a further embodiment, the segment comprising tobacco material comprises tobacco fiber and / or reconstituted tobacco having a density of 0.1 to 0.4 mg / mm ³ .

  As a further embodiment, the segment comprising tobacco material has an inner hollow tube for inserting a capillary tube. This facilitates the insertion of capillaries without damaging the rod.

  A further object of the invention is to provide a reliable device with higher production capacity and longer service life to form a continuous rod made of sticky tobacco material.

  The object is solved by a device having the following characteristics:

  The apparatus according to the invention for forming a continuous rod of sticky pieces and / or fibers of tobacco material for the production of aerosol products comprises a suction rod conveyor. The conveyor has a rotating, continuous, porous tape. The tape is supplied with a vacuum from above, and underneath the tobacco material fragments and / or fibers are transported along the tobacco path, and at least one liquid pressure nozzle is directed toward the underside of the tape to apply pressure. Connected to a liquid source.

  In the case of the device according to the invention, the tape is applied continuously or intermittently to the pressurized liquid from a pressurized liquid nozzle (pressurized liquid nozzle). Liquid is drawn by a negative pressure source. For this purpose, an additional negative pressure source is preferably supplied to the continuous porous tape. Alternatively or additionally, a suction device fed to the continuous porous tape is used for this. This extracts sticky particles and other impurities from the tape and cleans the tape. Thereby, operation stop is avoided and a high throughput is achieved. In addition, the useful life of the tape increases. A negative pressure source is preferably used for the continuous porous tape, which is located on the side opposite to the side supplied with hydraulic fluid. Alternatively or additionally, it is attached on the same side.

  The cleaning of the tape is preferably carried out during the production of continuous rod tobacco material in the tape region, where the continuous rod is not made from tobacco material on the tape. The cleaning of the tape is preferably performed in an area far from the portion of the tape where the continuous rod is formed. Alternatively, the cleaning of the tape is performed while the manufacturing process is stopped when the device is not producing a continuous rod of tobacco material.

  The device is suitable for both the processing of sticky tobacco fibers as well as the processing of sticky pieces of reconstituted tobacco material.

  Any combination of the apparatus for forming a continuous rod of sticky tobacco material and the following embodiments with the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 20 is also the subject of this application.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the exhaust hood is disposed on the upper side of the tape opposite the at least one liquid pressure nozzle and connected to a negative pressure source. Each fluid or dust is particularly effectively extracted by the exhaust hood.

  As one embodiment of the present invention, the liquid pressure nozzle is a water pressure nozzle (pressurized water nozzle) and is connected to a pressurized water source. A particularly effective cleaning is achieved by spraying pressurized water on the tape. The water is drinking water or completely pure water or ultrapure water. In addition, a cleaning agent may be added to the water. Furthermore, the first water having the cleaning agent may be sprayed and then the water not containing the cleaning agent may be sprayed.

  In a preferred embodiment, the device comprises 1 to 4 liquid pressure nozzles. Preferably, the device comprises two liquid pressure nozzles. In another embodiment, the liquid pressure nozzle is a flat spray nozzle. As a further embodiment, the liquid pressure nozzles are each arranged in one or more rows perpendicular to the transport direction or in the direction of tape movement of the suction rod conveyor. In a preferred embodiment, the liquid pressure nozzle moves at a pressure of 2 to 100 bar.

  As a further embodiment, at least one compressed air nozzle (air pressure nozzle) is directed to the underside of the tape and connected to a compressed air source. Compressed air cleans the tape, especially for dust, and removes residual amounts of what was pressurized and sprayed into the fluid from the tape. Thus, the tape is dried so that moisture is not supplied to the tobacco material and the tobacco material is not attached to the tape during the formation of the suction portion.

  Drying the tape with compressed air is particularly beneficial for cleaning the tape during the manufacturing process.

  In a further embodiment, the device comprises 3 to 28 compressed air nozzles. The apparatus preferably comprises 8 compressed air nozzles. As a further embodiment, the compressed air nozzles are each arranged in one or more rows perpendicular to the transport direction or in the direction of tape movement of the suction rod conveyor. In a preferred embodiment, the compressed air nozzle is moved by compressed air in the range of 0.1 to 10 bar. Preferably it is operated at a pressure of 5 to 6 bar.

  As a further embodiment, the outside air supply device is arranged on the opposite side of the exhaust hood and below the tape and connected to the outside air. The tape can be dried again by the ventilation of the outside air from the outside air supply device, and unpleasant flavor can be removed.

  As a further embodiment, the suction hood is connected to the dust removal fan and the negative pressure source via a two-way valve so that the exhaust hood can be optionally connected to the dust removal fan and the negative pressure source. In order to remove dust from the tape, preferably the first compressed air is supplied, the pressurized liquid is not yet supplied, and the exhaust hood is connected to a dust removal blower. Then, in order to remove the sticky component, pressurized liquid and, if applicable, further compressed air are supplied, and the negative pressure source is connected to the exhaust hood.

  As a further embodiment, the two-way valve is connected to a negative pressure source via at least one filter. The filter is used to remove water and / or dirty tobacco and / or dust and / or air from the fluid away from the tape.

  As a further embodiment, the two-way valve is connected to a negative pressure source through a continuous arrangement of a filter for removing water and dirty tobacco and a filter for removing dust and air.

  As a further embodiment, at least one liquid pressure nozzle and / or a compressed air nozzle and an exhaust hood are arranged in the suction chamber, the suction chamber generating a negative pressure on the upper side of the tape, Enclose part of the tape. Alternatively, at least one liquid pressure nozzle and / or a compressed air nozzle and an exhaust hood are arranged outside the suction chamber.

  As a further embodiment, the compressed air nozzle is positioned after the liquid pressure nozzle in the direction of tape flow. This achieves drying of the tape after washing with the pressurized liquid.

  As a further embodiment, the external air supply device is arranged after the at least one hydraulic fluid nozzle in the direction of the tape flow. Thus, the tape is aerated after being washed and dried. Further drying can be achieved by aeration, reducing the accumulation of unpleasant flavors on the tape.

  The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings of exemplary embodiments.

It is longitudinal direction sectional drawing which shows the aerosol generation goods of this invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a rolling method for producing reconfigured tobacco. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a reconstituted tobacco production slurry method. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a reconstituted tobacco production paper method. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the production apparatus of the aerosol generation product which uses the fragment | piece of the reconstructed tobacco material. It is a schematic flowchart which shows the assembly of a tube, a filter, and a tobacco rod. It is a schematic flowchart which shows the assembly of a tube and a filter. It is a longitudinal direction schematic sectional drawing which shows a heater. It is a longitudinal direction schematic sectional drawing which shows the heater inserted in a rod. It is an X-ray image showing a further heater. FIG. 11A is a schematic view showing an apparatus for cleaning the suction tape, and FIG. 11B is a schematic view showing an arrangement of the apparatus for cleaning the suction tape in the suction chamber.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the aerosol generation product 1 includes a rod portion 2. The rod part 2 is filled with reconstituted tobacco material 3. The rod portion 2 is wound around the packaging material 4. This is preferably cigarette paper.

  For example, a tube 5 made of acetate, particularly made of unwound acetate (NWA) or paper is connected to one end of the rod portion 2. A filter 6 is attached to the other end of the hollow tube 5. The filter 6 is preferably made of acetate.

  Both the tube 5 and the filter 6 are wound and held by an inner wrapping paper 7 made of, for example, filter paper. The ends of the tube 5, the filter 6 and the packaging material 4 in the vicinity thereof are wound by the outer wrapping paper 8. Here, this is preferably chip paper. Here, it is preferable that the rod part 2, the tube 5, and the filter 6 are held together.

  The aerosol generating product 1 is a segmented rod.

  The reconstituted tobacco material 3 is made by one of the methods described below.

  Referring to FIG. 2, in the roll process, tobacco waste such as stems and tobacco pieces are fed (reference numeral 8) and ground in a first step 9. In the second step 10, the ground material is mixed with the adhesive 11 and water, spices and fragrances or flavors 12.

  In the third step, the mixture is extended with a roller by the first roll process, and in the fourth step, the mixture is extended with a roller by the second roll process 14. The material that has undergone the roller process is dried in the fifth step 15 and cut into threads in the next sixth step. In a seventh step 17, the cut string (string) is equilibrated and dried in a cylinder.

  Finally, the filaments dried in the final step 18 are packaged. This can be omitted, for example, if the reconstituted tobacco material is made at the same factory where the aerosol generation product is made.

  In the slurry process in FIG. 3, tobacco waste such as stems and tobacco leaf fragments 19 are fed. In the first step 20, the raw material is ground. In a second step 21, the ground raw material is mixed into the pulp together with the adhesive 22 and water, spices, fragrances, or flavors 23.

  In a third step 24, the pulp is dried on a flat underlay so that a flat solid material is formed.

  In the fourth step 25, the flat material is cut into threads and packaged in the fifth step 26 if applicable.

  The paper manufacturing method can be performed by the method shown in FIG. The base products are, in turn, stems, crushed tobacco leaves, and tobacco by-products such as tobacco dust 27.

  Ingredients are classified in the first step 28. In a second step 29, the classified raw material is immersed in the water 30 and the extraction means 31 (reused).

  In a third step 32, the components are extracted from the mixture. The extraction means loaded with the extracted substance is reused (reference numeral 31) and supplied to the second step 29.

  The remaining material is divided into a solid 33 and a liquid 34. The solid is processed into pulp in a further step 35 during the addition of fibers and fillers 36. In the paper generation process, paper is made in another step 37.

  The liquid 34 separated after the extraction is purified in another step 38 and concentrated at a low temperature (reference numeral 39). Then, the additives or ingredients 40, 41, respectively, are added in two steps 42, 43. These include, for example, clove oil and / or other clove products and / or molasses and / or sucrose and / or other sugar products and / or saccharin and / or other It is an artificial sweetener.

  In the second step 44, the produced paper 37 is soaked in the liquid obtained by concentration and coated.

  The soaked and coated paper is then dried in further steps 45 to 48, cut, air dried and packaged if applicable.

The reconstituted tobacco 3 produced by the method described above is cut into small pieces in a tobacco cutting machine. As described in EP 0 882 189, for example, a Hauni KT2 type tobacco cutting machine can be used for this purpose.

  The pieces are preferably dried with a tobacco dryer. For example, Hauni KLD type rotary dryers can be used for this purpose, as described in EP-A-1929888.

  In a further step, top flavor may be added to the dried and cut pieces. The top flavor may be, for example, clove oil and / or other clove products and / or molasses and / or sucrose and / or other sugar products and / or saccharin and / or other artificial sweeteners. Glycerin or other wetting agents may be added. Flavor devices can be used for this purpose, for example flavor drums with Hauni's FLT type spray application.

  Further processing of the tobacco piece adjusted in this way will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the conventional tobacco machine, the tobacco small piece 3 is conveyed obliquely upward from the first storage part 49 by the conveyor 50. From the upper end of the conveyor 50, the covered tobacco piece 3 falls onto the guide shaft 51. From the bottom end of the guide shaft 51, the tobacco small pieces 3 are dispersed by the needle picker roller 52 in the dense covering cloth 53 below the suction tape 54. Negative pressure is supplied to the top side of the suction tape 54. The negative pressure sucks the tobacco pieces 3 on the bottom surface of the suction tape 54, where they are formed into a continuous tobacco rod (or each successive rod of tobacco material) in the path.

  At the end of the suction tape 54, the tobacco rod 55 is cut to a defined height by a trimming device 56 having a pair of trimming discs. The trimming disc has a pocket on the outer surface. They do not synchronize so that the non-pocketed portions of the outer surface of both trimming discs alternately release the tobacco from the tobacco rod 55, and not both trimming disc pockets release the tobacco from the tobacco rod. Here, a head for sealing the end of the tobacco rod is prepared.

  The continuously formed tobacco rod 55 is wrapped in cigarette paper in a tobacco machine. For this purpose, a continuous strip of cigarette paper 58 is fed from a cigarette paper loader 57.

  The strip 58 is carried on the garniture tape 59 in the direction in which the tobacco rod 55 is carried, so that the strip 58 is added to the tobacco rod 55. The strip 58 seals around the tobacco rod 55 after it has been applied by a fixed baffle or wrapping device. At the bonding site, the adhesive cooled by the adhesive spout 59.1 is supplied to the overlapping area of the two ends of the strip 58. The strip 58 is then pressurized in the seam region in the sealing chamber 60 and the cooled adhesive is cured by the downstream rod heater 61. The continuously wrapped tobacco rod 62 exits the rod heater 61.

  Next, the weight of the wrapped tobacco rod 62 is continuously measured in a weight inspection system 63 comprising a microwave sensor of a system for adjusting the weight of the wrapped tobacco rod 62. Next, the diameter of the wrapped tobacco rod 62 is continuously measured in the diameter inspection system 64 of the system for adjusting the diameter of the wrapped tobacco rod 62.

  This is followed by a rod cutting mechanism 65 where the continuously wrapped tobacco rod 62 is cut into individual long rod sections 67 by means of a rotary knife 66 there.

  The long rod 67 is redirected by the transition head 68 perpendicularly to a long parallel rod 67 that is continuous with the direction in which the tobacco strand 55 is carried. These are carried by a pickup drum 69.

  Each of the long rod portions 67 is divided into two rod portions 71 (cigarette rods) by the first cutting drum 70.

  Each pair of the two rod portions 71 is separated by the separation drum 72.

  Above the path along which the rod part 71 is transported, a combined body 73 of long tubes 71, two long filters 75 on both sides and two short tubes 76 on two ends are fed from a central second reservoir 78. Yes. The combined body 73 is packaged and held together by thin paper 76 (for example, filter paper). They are incorporated into the filter assembly device and may be part of a tobacco machine (eg, Hauni “Max” type). The manufacture of the tube 78 and the filter 80 is shown schematically in the upper part of FIG. 6 and in FIG. Tube 79 is preferably manufactured by an unwrapped acetate (NWA) filter manufacturer, and filter 80 is manufactured by an acetate filter manufacturer.

  Referring to FIG. 7, the tube 79 and the filter 80 are divided into a long tube 74 and a long filter 75, respectively, and are coupled to a continuous rod at a coupler. Here, the long tubes 74 and the long filters 75 are alternately arranged. The rod is wrapped in paper 78 and divided into a combination 73 by a long tube 79.

  Referring to FIG. 5, the combined body 73 is continuously output in a parallel arrangement from the second hopper 77 and divided into two halves or combined bodies 82 by the second cutting drum 81. The combined bodies 82 created by the division each have a long filter 75 having two short hollow tubes 76 at both ends in the center.

  These combinations 81 are offset with respect to each other by interleaved drums 83 and are placed in a parallel array after each by a centering drum 84 and carried. Finally, the combined body 82 is inserted between the two rod portions 71 of the separation drum 72 by the pre-assembly drum 85.

  The continuous chip paper web 87 is continuously supplied from the chip paper loader 86. The chip paper web 87 is provided with a colder adhesive than the chip bonding apparatus 88 and is heated in the preheating apparatus 89. Next, the chip paper web 87 is cut into short chip paper 91 by the chip paper cutting drum 90. The chip paper 91 is arranged around the adjacent end of the rod portion 71 by the combined body pressed against the assembly drum 93 and the chip paper drum 92.

  The combined body 94 that is pre-bonded in this way avoids the rotating drum 95 of the rotating heater 96. Next, they are supplied to the final cutting drum 98 by the transfer drum 97 and divided into two aerosol generation products 1 or two split rods by the filter 82.

  The production of the product 1 from the coupling body 73 and the rod part 71 is schematically shown in FIG. In addition to the respective state of the product 1 spare product, the device acting on it is also specified.

  The aerosol-generating products 1 are arranged in a row in parallel by the rotating drum 99 so that the chip paper 8 is on the front side surface in the figure.

  The product is then fed by the transfer drum 100 to the transfer drum of the laser station 101 and a tear line for secondary air is placed in the area of the chip paper 8.

  Next, the product 1 goes to the inspection drum 103 via the transfer drum 102. The quality is then inspected and the wound product 1 is sorted by the downstream reject drum 104 downstream. The defect-free product 1 goes towards the transfer drum 105 and the transfer sampling drum 106 and also towards the packing machine or the exit drum 107 to the sampling box 108.

  The rejected items that have been screened, or each intermediate product that has been dropped during transport, are supplied for further use via the transport conveyor 109.

  The aerosol generating product 1 is consumed using a heater as shown in FIGS.

  Referring to FIG. 8, the heater 110 includes a tubular base body 111 having an insertion opening 112 for the product 1 at one end and an air inlet 113 for the other end. In the base body 111, the capillaries 114 are arranged concentrically. The capillary tube 114 has a needle-like end 115. Each capillary 114 and needle end 115 is provided with a radial hole 116 that interconnects the outside and the inside of the capillary 114 or each needle end 115.

  At the end located on the opposite side of the needle-like end 115, the capillary 114 is connected to a funnel-shaped enlarged part 116. The enlarged portion 116 includes an inlet opening 117 for air on the opposite side of the capillary tube 114. An air conduit 118 extends from the inlet opening 117 through the enlarged portion 116 and the capillary 114 to the needle-like end 115. The heating element 119 (for example, an electric resistance heating wire) is disposed in the enlarged portion 116.

  The capillary tube 114 having the needle-like end portion 115 and the enlarged portion 116 are held on the base body 111 by a holder (not shown), similarly to the heating element 119.

  Furthermore, the base body 111 has at least one radial vent 120 on the side surface.

  In embodiments having a battery or a rechargeable battery, the electrical heating element 119 is powered.

  The accommodating portion 121 that is a part of the product 1 inside the base body can be accessed from the outside through the insertion opening 112.

  Referring to FIG. 9, the product 1 having the rod portion 2 is inserted forward through the insertion opening leading to the accommodating portion 121, and the capillary 114 having the needle-like end portion 115 is formed on the reconstructed tobacco material 3. Go deep forward.

  The heating element 119 is heated by power supply. When the smoker sucks the filter 6, the air from the air inlet 113 is sucked into the base body 111 through the product 1 and the conduit 118. The sucked air is heated to a temperature of, for example, about 375 ° C. by the heating element 119 and travels into the rod portion 2 through the conduit 118 and the hole 116. The heated air then releases aerosol from the reconstituted tobacco material 3.

  The heated air with the aerosol travels through the tube 5 and the filter 6 to the smoker's mouth. The aerosol and air are cooled to a temperature of 30 ° C. to 40 ° C. by the tube 5 and the filter 6 in the middle, and unnecessary substances are removed from the aerosol by the filter. During inhalation, secondary air enters the product through the vent 120 of the base body 111 and the end of the reconstituted tobacco material 3. Further, the secondary air is mixed through the secondary air holes 122 on the filter 6. Secondary air contributes to the cooling of the aerosol and air.

  When the product 1 is used up, ie when the reconstituted tobacco material 3 no longer releases an appreciable amount of aerosol in response to inhalation, the smoker can withdraw the product 1 and the heater becomes a new product. Can accept 1 immediately.

  The heater 110.1 in FIG. 10 differs from that described above particularly in that the vacuum sensor 123 is connected to the conduit 118. The vacuum sensor 123 is connected to the electronic controller 124. Furthermore, the heater 110.1 includes a sound generator 125 that generates cracking sound.

  The power supply source is connected to the controller and the heater. The power supply source can be arbitrarily connected by a plug connection unit 126, for example, a USB port. The power supply can also be obtained from a computer, laptop, etc.

  The heater 110.1 in FIG. 10 may be composed of several modules 127. The module 127 includes a capillary 114 having a needle-like end 115, a sensor 123, a controller 124, a sound generator 125, and a heating element 119 in a portion 111.1 of the cylindrical base body 111.

  The further module 128 comprises a receiving part 121 as part of the product 1 and can be connected to this module 127 via an adhesive connection or a detachable connection (for example a screw connection). The further module 128 comprises a further part 111.2 of the cylindrical base body, provided with secondary air holes if applicable. The inner diameter of the further module matches the diameter of the product 1. The heater 110.1 may be made with modules 128 having different diameters to use products 1 having different outer diameters.

  Further, the heater 110.1 may include a power supply module, and the power supply module is connected to the other end of the module 127 by, for example, fixing or detachable connection (for example, screw connection). The power supply module may have a part of the cylindrical base body 111, in which a battery such as a button battery or a rechargeable battery is arranged. The connection between the electrical components of the module 127 and the power supply module can be implemented via plug connections or fixed wiring.

  As is typical when smoking Indonesian cigarettes by burning a clove product, when a smoker inhales the product 1 inserted into the container 121, the sensor 123 records a negative pressure and the controller 124 To control.

  In addition, the controller may switch on the heating element 119 while smoking cigarettes, or provide increased power to the heating element 119 to heat the air drawn in during inhalation. Also good.

  11 (a) and 11 (b) show an apparatus 129 for cleaning the suction tape, and in particular, it can be used for the suction tape 54 shown in FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 11 (a), the device 129 includes at least one hydraulic nozzle 130 that is directed to the underside of the tape 54. In addition, the device 129 includes an air pressure nozzle 131 that is directed to the underside of the tape 54 after the water pressure nozzle 130 in the direction of the flow of the tape 54. In addition, the device 129 comprises an outside air supply device 132 that is directed to the underside of the tape 54 after the air pressure nozzle in the direction of the flow of the tape 54.

  Preferably, a hydraulic nozzle 130 having a diameter of 0.1 to 1 mm is used, which is operated at a maximum water pressure of 100 bar.

  Preferably 1 to 4 and preferably 2 hydraulic nozzles 130 are used. The hydraulic nozzle 130 is preferably a flat spray nozzle. For example, a flat spray nozzle with the trade name DeLavan CAC is used.

  The air pressure nozzle 131 preferably has a diameter of 0.1 to 1 mm.

  Three to 25, preferably eight, air pressure nozzles 131 are used. The air pressure nozzle 131 may be disposed horizontally, vertically, and obliquely with respect to the horizontal plane. Thereby, the tape passes over the air pressure nozzle 131. Several air pressure nozzles 131 are preferably arranged differently on the belt 54.

  Above the tape 54, the exhaust hood 133 is disposed on the opposite side of the water pressure nozzle 130, the air pressure nozzle 131 and the outside air supply device 132.

  The air pressure nozzle 131 is connected to a water pressure pump 135 via a water pressure regulator 134, and the water pressure pump 135 is supplied with water from a container 136. The water pressure pump 135 can generate a water pressure of 2 to 250 bar. The water pressure regulator 134 can adjust the water pressure in the range of 5 to 250 bar.

  The air pressure nozzle 130 is connected to the compressed air network 138 via an air pressure regulator 137. The air pressure can be adjusted by the air pressure regulator 137 in the range of 0.1 to 10 bar.

  The outside air supply device 132 is, for example, a hood opened toward the lower side of the tape 54, and the hood is connected to the outside air through a conduit.

  The exhaust hood 133 is connected to the two-way valve 140 via a conduit 139. The two-way valve 140 is connected to the vacuum pump 144 or other negative pressure source via filter devices 142 and 143, one of which is connected to the dust blower 141 and the other connected in series.

  The negative pressure source 144 generates a negative pressure of 100 to 500 mbar with respect to the ambient temperature.

  Filter 142 is used to remove water and dirty tobacco. The filter 142 is connected to the water tank 145 through discharge.

  Referring to FIG. 11 (b), the tilting device 129 is disposed in a suction chamber 146 that generates a negative pressure on the upper side of the tape 54.

  The cleaning of the tape 54 is preferably performed intermittently. Purification is preferably performed after the production of 50,000 to 1,000,000 cigarettes or after each time frame corresponding to the production of 50,000 to 100,000 cigarettes.

  During normal manufacturing without using pressurized water, when the two-way valve 140 is appropriately switched, dust and air are removed by the dust blower 141 to the central dust removing unit. When the two-way valve 140 is appropriately switched while washing with pressurized water from the water pressure nozzle 130, water or other suction is performed by the negative pressure source 144.

  The useful life of the tape 54 can be lengthened considerably. The minimum useful life of the tape 54 when using the purification device 129 is 522,000 cigarettes and 2,323,000 cigarettes when the maximum achievement is achieved. On average, 1,474,255 cigarettes could be produced on the tape 54 by periodically purifying with the purifier 129.

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A method for producing aerosol-generating products,
Creating a sheet of reconstituted tobacco material;
Cutting the sheet into pieces;
Adding a flavor to the tobacco material or the fragments during the production of the reconstituted tobacco material sheet ;
Adding a sticky flavor to the tobacco material or the piece during manufacture of the reconstituted tobacco material sheet ;
Adding a sticky flavor to the tobacco material;
Producing a continuous tobacco rod; wrapping the tobacco rod with wrapping paper to form a continuously wrapped rod; and cutting the continuously wrapped rod into individual rod sections ,
The flavor is clove oil and / or a clove product;
The method for producing an aerosol-generating product, wherein the sticky flavor is molasses and / or saccharin and / or other artificial sweeteners . In the method for producing an aerosol-generating product according to claim 1,
The reconstructed tobacco material is composed only of tobacco material grown in Indonesia. In the method for producing an aerosol-generating product according to claim 1 or 2,
The step of creating a sheet of reconstituted tobacco material comprises pulverizing the tobacco material into a fine particle size and producing a reconstituted tobacco material sheet from the pulverized tobacco material using a known papermaking method. With steps ,
The known paper making method is:
A first step in which tobacco by-products such as stems, crushed tobacco leaves, and tobacco dust are classified;
A second step in which the classified material is immersed in water and extraction means;
A third step in which components are extracted from the mixture of the classified material and water;
The extraction means loaded with the extracted substance is reused and supplied to the second step;
A fourth step in which the remaining material is divided into a solid and a liquid;
A fifth step in which the solid is processed into pulp during the addition of fiber and filler;
A sixth step in which paper is made from the pulp;
A seventh step in which the liquid separated after the extraction is purified;
An eighth step in which the liquid is concentrated at a low temperature;
A ninth step in which each additive or ingredient is added to the liquid that has been purified and concentrated at low temperature;
A tenth step in which the produced paper is soaked and coated in the liquid obtained by concentration;
An eleventh step in which the soaked and coated paper is dried.
A method for producing an aerosol-generating product. In the production method of the aerosol generating product according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The tobacco material includes at least one of stems, crushed leaves, powder, or other tobacco by-products. In the production method of the aerosol generating product according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A method for producing an aerosol-generating product, characterized in that a reconstituted tobacco material sheet is prepared from a flavor and / or wetting agent and / or other ingredients mixed with tobacco material. In the method for producing an aerosol-generating product according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A method for producing an aerosol generating product, wherein a tobacco cutting machine for cutting tobacco is used to cut a reconstituted tobacco sheet. In the method for producing an aerosol-generating product according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The size of the piece corresponds to or exceeds the size of tobacco fibers conventionally used to produce tobacco;
The method for producing an aerosol-generating product, wherein the fragment has a length of 10 to 20 mm, and the fragment has a width of 0.5 to 2.0 mm . In the method for producing an aerosol-generating product according to any one of claims 1 to 7 ,
A method for producing an aerosol-generating product, comprising drying the cut pieces. The method for producing an aerosol-generating product according to claim 8 ,
A tobacco dryer for drying tobacco is used to dry the pieces.
A method for producing an aerosol-generating product. In the method for producing an aerosol generating product according to any one of claims 1 to 9 ,
A method for producing an aerosol generating product, characterized in that top flavor and / or wetting agent and / or other ingredients are added to said pieces. In the method for producing an aerosol-generating product according to claim 5 or 10 ,
Before SL wetting agents are glycerin and / or molasses and / or a method of producing the aerosol generating article which is a further product of sugar production. The method for producing an aerosol-generating product according to any one of claims 1 to 11 ,
A method for producing an aerosol generating product, characterized in that a tobacco rod is produced having a portion of at least 50%, preferably 95%, most preferably 100%. In the method for producing an aerosol generating product according to any one of claims 1 to 12 ,
Each rod part is combined with a tobacco manufacturing machine or a filter plug and a hollow tube of a filter coupler. A method for producing an aerosol generating product, wherein: An aerosol generation product,
Comprising a wrapping paper surrounding a filler comprising a piece cut from a sheet of reconstituted tobacco material;
During the manufacture of the reconstituted tobacco material sheet, clove oil and / or clove product is added to the tobacco material or the piece ;
A sticky flavor is added to the tobacco material ,
An aerosol generating product, wherein the sticky flavor is molasses and / or saccharin and / or other artificial sweeteners . In the aerosol generating product according to claim 14 ,
The tobacco material contains other flavor and / or glycerin and / or molasses and / or other wetting agent. The aerosol-generating product according to claim 14 or 15 ,
With hollow tube and filter plug,
The filler is disposed at one end of the hollow tube, and the filter plug is disposed at the other end of the hollow tube;
The filler is surrounded by the wrapping paper,
The hollow tube and the filter plug are surrounded by another wrapping paper;
The another wrapping paper surrounds a part of the wrapping paper. The aerosol-generating product produced by the method for producing an aerosol-generating product according to any one of claims 1 to 13 or the heater for the aerosol-generating product according to any one of claims 14 to 16. In the use of
Use of an aerosol generating product characterized in that the heater is designed to heat fragments in an article that generates aerosol. In the use of the aerosol generating product according to claim 17 ,
Use of an aerosol generating product, wherein the heater is designed to heat the piece to a temperature in the range of 200 to 400 ° C, preferably to a temperature of about 375 ° C. Use of the aerosol generating product according to claim 17 or 18 ,
Use of an aerosol generating product, wherein the heater is an electric heater.

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