JPS62143676A - Cigarette with filter and method and apparatus for producingthe same - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" The present invention relates to a cigarette with a filter, and in particular,
The present invention relates to a cigarette with a filter that can vary the dilution ratio of air to smoke, and also relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing this cigarette.

"Conventional Technical Background and Problems Therein" In recent years, individual preferences regarding cigarettes have diversified, and various brands of filter-equipped cigarettes with variable smoking tastes have been developed. For example, a representative example of such a filter-equipped cigarette is one in which small holes are formed on the outer peripheral surface of a filter chip at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.

In this cigarette with small holes, when smoking, air can be introduced into the filter chip through the small holes, so this introduced air dilutes the smoke flow flowing inside the filter chip, which allows the smoker to moderately smoke. You can inhale diluted and light cigarette smoke.

By the way, as mentioned above, it goes without saying that there are differences between individuals in terms of their preference for a lighter taste when it comes to smoking, but each individual also wants to enjoy the taste of a cigarette by changing the taste depending on the time and situation. Sometimes.

However, since the cigarettes that each individual purchases are usually of a fixed brand, the level of flavor that this brand of cigarette has is always the same, and each individual may change the flavor depending on the time and situation. It is virtually impossible to change the taste of tobacco.

For this reason, there is a desire for filter-equipped cigarettes that can vary the taste of each brand of tobacco, and various proposals have been made to obtain such filter-equipped cigarettes. However, both of them were expensive to manufacture and unsuitable for mass production, and were therefore not put to practical use.

``Object of the Invention'' The present invention was made based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a filter-equipped cigarette that is easy to manufacture and that can vary the taste sensation at low cost. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing this filter-equipped cigarette and an apparatus for manufacturing the same.

"Summary of the Invention" According to the present invention, by spanning one end of the filter chip wrapped with plug paper and the end of the cigarette body, and wrapping the paper and gluing, the filter chip and the cigarette body are bonded. a connecting ring that connects the filter chip, a tip ring formed by wrapping paper around the other end of the filter chip and gluing it, and a tip ring that is provided at a portion of the filter chip that is exposed between the tip ring and the connecting ring. , an air introduction means capable of introducing air into the interior, and an air introduction means wrapped around the outer circumferential surface of the filter chip between the tip ring and the connection ring so as to be slidable in the axial direction; A filter-equipped cigarette is provided that includes an adjustment ring made of paper that varies the amount of air introduced.

According to the present invention, in order to obtain the above-mentioned filter-equipped cigarette, a second paper piece that will become an adjustment ring is formed in advance on one of the pair of paper pieces that will become the connecting ring and the tip ring. Connect via
As a result, the second paper piece is wrapped around the outer circumferential surface of the filter chip together with the first paper piece to simultaneously form a connecting ring, a tip ring, and a planned adjustment ring portion, and then the planned adjustment ring portion is cut along the above-mentioned planned cutting line. Provided is a method for manufacturing a filter-tipped cigarette in which the filter-tipped cigarette is separated from either the connecting ring or the tip ring along the .

Furthermore, according to the present invention, in order to carry out the above-mentioned manufacturing method, in the tip paper wrapping section, the tip paper is wrapped over both the two double filter chips and the two cigarette bodies. Wrapping and gluing, thereby interconnecting the dual filter tip and the two cigarette bodies to form two dual filter cigarettes; A manufacturing device for obtaining filtered cigarettes having individual filter tips by cutting a series of filter tips from the center thereof, the tip paper supply unit supplying a tip paper having a pair of planned cutting lines up to the tip paper wrapping area; The tip paper is placed in the middle of feeding the paper to the cutting section, and the tip paper is cut on the outside or inside of the pair of scheduled cutting lines to form each of the first paper pieces from the tip paper. A pair of first belt parts located on the outside of the belt and a second belt part located between these first belt parts.
dividing the paper into strips, and at the time of dividing, a strip to be cut is provided on one side of the strip to form the second paper piece connected via the cut line; The first and second band parts are separated and guided so that a predetermined gap exists between the roller and the first and second band parts separated by the dividing roller;
a separation guide that positions the band portions to straddle the ends of the cigarette body and the dual filter tips, respectively, and positions the second band portion at the center of the dual filter chips; The second band portion and the band portion to be cut are cut, and the above-mentioned first band portion is cut from the second band portion and the band portion to be cut.
and a band cutting part for obtaining a second vapor piece and gluing each of the first paper pieces except for the second paper piece, thereby forming a connecting ring and a tip ring at the tip paper wrapping part. For the first gluing, glue was applied only to the part and a predetermined area of the second vapor piece, and for wrapping the tip paper, the adjustment ring was planned to be 1q in the part (D*2mN1.
fm&,h6-7□□,,ah,ai-ko' A cigarette cutting section for cutting the two formed cigarettes with filters from the center of the double filter tips to obtain semi-finished cigarettes each having a filter tip. and a filter that receives a semi-finished cigarette from the cigarette cutting section and separates the intended adjustment ring part from the connecting ring or tip ring to which the intended adjustment ring part is connected via the planned cutting line. An apparatus for manufacturing a cigarette with a cigarette is provided.

"Embodiment of the Invention" A filter-equipped cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

1 in FIG. 1 is a filter chip. This filter chip 1 is made of cellulose acetate, polypropylene, etc.
It is formed by wrapping a plug paper ring 3 around a rod-shaped filter material 2 made of I material.

A cigarette main body 5 is arranged in series at the end opposite to the mouth end of the filter chip 1, and the filter chip 1 and the cigarette main body 5 are interconnected by a connecting ring 6. The connecting ring 6 spans the cigarette body 5 from the other end of the filter chip 1, and is formed by wrapping tip paper and gluing. A tip ring 7 made of tip paper is also wrapped around and glued to the suction end of the filter chip 1 with a predetermined gap between it and the connecting ring 6.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an air introducing means 8 is provided at a portion of the filter chip 1 that is exposed to the outside between the tip ring 7 and the connecting ring 6. In the case of this embodiment, the air introducing means 8 is constructed by forming a large number of small holes 9 in a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the filter depth 1 close to the connecting ring 6, that is, in the plug paper 3. The annular region in which the filter chip 1 is formed has a predetermined width in the axial direction of the filter chip 1.

Further, an adjustment ring 10 made of dip paper is fitted from the outside to a portion of the filter chip 1 exposed between the tip ring 7 and the connection ring 6. The adjustment ring 1o has a width in the axial direction that can sufficiently cover the annular region in which the small hole 9 is formed, and can slide on the outer peripheral surface of the filter chip 1 in the axial direction. ing.

According to the filtered cigarette described above, when the cigarette is smoked in the state shown in FIG. 1, that is, with the annular area of the small hole 9 completely covered by the adjustment ring 10, the smoke flow is As shown by the solid arrow in FIG. 2, smoke flows from the cigarette body 5 through the filter material 2 of the filter chip 1 to its mouth end, from which only smoke flows into the smoker's mouth. . Therefore, in this case, the smoker can enjoy a relatively rich smoking taste.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, the adjustment ring 10 is slid and positioned toward the tip ring 7, and thereby the entire annular region of the small hole 9 is exposed to the outside when smoking. As shown, the smoke flows from the cigarette body 5 through the filter material 2 to the mouth end, and from this mouth end it flows into the smoker's mouth, but in this case, as shown by the broken line in FIG. As shown in FIG. The flow is diluted with air, allowing the smoker to enjoy a light and flavorful smoking experience.

Furthermore, as is already clear from the above description, by adjusting the axial position of the adjustment ring 10 and varying the exposed area of the region of the small hole 9 exposed to the outside, smoke entering the smoker's mouth can be adjusted. Since the amount of flow and the amount of air can be arbitrarily varied, the smoker can enjoy a graded smoking sensation from a light and heavy smoking sensation.

Incidentally, the adjustment ring 10 is connected to the connecting ring 6 and the depression ring 7.
These rings are positioned between 6.7
has the advantage of functioning as a stopper for the adjustment ring 10 and preventing the adjustment ring 10 from falling off the cigarette.

The filter-equipped cigarette of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and modified examples will be explained in FIGS. 4 to 6, respectively. The filter-equipped cigarettes shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 differ from those shown in FIG. 2 only in the structure of the filter tip 1, so members having the same functions as those shown in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals. Therefore, the explanation thereof will be omitted, and only the structure of the filter chip 1 will be explained.

The filter chip 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a so-called brane filter chip, but the filter chip 1 shown in FIG. 4 is a dual type filter chip. In other words, this dual type filter chip 1 has a first tip part 11 and a second tip part 12 from the suction end side.
The chip 11 is formed by wrapping the filter material 2 with a non-porous inner plug paper 3a, while the second chip part 12 is formed by wrapping an additive material 13 such as activated carbon filled in the filter material 2a with a non-porous inner plug paper 3a. It is formed by wrapping a certain inner plug paper 3b. The first and second chips 11 and 12 are connected to each other by being wrapped with an air-permeable outer plug paper 3C, thereby forming a dual type filter chip 1. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the air introduction means 8 connects an outer plug paper 3C exposed to the outside when the adjustment ring 10 is positioned on the tip ring 7 side, and a portion of this outer plug paper 3C. It is composed of a corresponding inner plug paper 3b, and the outside air flows through these plug papers 3c and 3b.
It will be introduced into the filter chip 1 via.

The filter chip 1 shown in FIG. 5 is a so-called triple type filter chip. That is, in the case of FIG. 5, the additive material 13 is interposed between the chip parts 118 similar to the first chip 11 of FIG. 4, and the plug paper 3 of FIG. 1 is wrapped around them by f1. It is configured.

The filter chip 1 in FIG. 6 is similar to the case in FIG.
The first tip portion 11. from the suction end side. The second tip portions 12 are arranged in series, and a plurality of grooves 14 are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the first tip portion 11 on the suction end side at equal intervals in the circumferential direction and open at the suction end by thermoforming. After that, plug paper 3 is wrapped around these chips 11 and 12.

Therefore, a plurality of air passages 15 are defined by the grooves 14 and the plug paper 3 in the first tip portion 11 located on the suction end side. Furthermore, in the case of the filter chip 1 shown in FIG.
It is formed so as to communicate with 5.

As mentioned above, the structure of the filter chip 1 can be modified in various ways, and as shown in FIG.
It is also possible to change the structure of Furthermore, it is preferable that the plug paper 3 shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 6 has non-air permeability, but even if it has some air permeability, it is not practical in practical use. This should not cause any problems. Furthermore, in addition to the air introduction means 8, small holes may be formed in the connecting ring 6 or the tip ring 7 at intervals in the circumferential direction to allow air to be introduced into the filter chip 1 from the outside. .

Next, with reference to FIGS. 7 to 27, a filter-equipped cigarette manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and a manufacturing method thereof using this manufacturing apparatus will be described.

First, before explaining the manufacturing apparatus, the manufacturing of a filter plug for obtaining the filter chip 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10.

FIG. 7 shows a punching device 22 for forming small holes 9 in the plug paper 3 for forming the air introduction means 8. As shown in FIG. This punching device 22 is disposed, for example, between a supply roll (not shown) on which plug paper E is wound in a layered manner and a collection roll (not shown) that collects plug paper E fed out from the supply roll. There is. That is, the drilling device 2
2 is equipped with a drum 26 that is brought into rolling contact with the plug paper E. This drum 26 has an outer circumferential wall made of a conductive material, and has an interval P3 in the circumferential direction corresponding to the width of the air introduction means 8, that is, the width of the annular region of the small hole 9, and Pl Electric insulators 28 having a circumferential width of P2 and P2 are alternately buried. Here, P1'
, P2, and P3 are L=P1 +P2+2'P
There is a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction of the drum 26 near the outer peripheral surface of the drum 26, where 3 corresponds to the length of two filter chips 1.
A plurality of needle-like electrodes 3 are arranged to face the plug paper E above.
0 is placed. These needle electrodes 30 are each connected to a high voltage pulse generator 32, respectively.

On the other hand, an auxiliary electrode 34 is provided on the outer peripheral wall of the drum 26, and this auxiliary electrode 34 is also connected to the high voltage pulse generator 3.
Connected to 2. Therefore, such a drilling device 22
According to , as the plug paper E runs, the needle electrode 30
By supplying current between the auxiliary electrode 34, that is, the outer circumferential wall of the drum 26, the small holes 9, which serve as the air introduction means 8, are electrically connected to the plug paper E at the above-mentioned intervals, as shown in FIG. can be established in Further, after this, the plug paper E in which such small holes 9 are formed is wound up on the collection roll.

Then, the plug paper E collected by the collection roll is supplied to a filter winding device (not shown), and the plug paper E is wound around a long filter material in this filter winding device, as shown in FIG. A long rod-shaped filter chip can be obtained. Thereafter, the filter tip rod is cut into sections 1 shown in FIG. 9, thereby obtaining a filter plug 40 consisting of four filter tips.

Here, F is F=2 (Pl +P2 +2P3)
It is.

In addition, in the above-mentioned drilling device 22, the plug paper E
Although the small hole 9 was formed over the entire width direction,
However, as shown in FIG. 10, the small holes 9 may be formed at predetermined intervals in the width direction.

The above-mentioned filter plug 40 corresponds to the filter chip 1 shown in FIG. 1, and a large number of these filter plugs 40 are stored in a hopper 50 of the manufacturing apparatus shown in FIG. 11. From this hopper 50, a filter plug 40
are taken out one by one, and supplied to a filter chip wrapping section 54, which will be described later, via a filter plug supply mechanism 52. Here, the filter plug supply mechanism 52 includes a hopper 50
A cutting drum 56 receives filter plugs 40 one by one from the filter plugs 40 and cuts the filter plugs 40 into half lengths to obtain double filter chips 42, as shown in FIGS. 12 to 13. , a phase drum 58 for shifting the phase of two double filter chips 42 from this cutting drum 56 as shown in FIG. An alignment drum 6o for aligning 42 in front and back as shown in FIG. 15, and an alignment drum 60.
It consists of a pair of delivery drums 62 which receive the double filter chips 42 and deliver the double filter chips 42 one by one to a chip paper wrapping section 54.

On the other hand, 64 in FIG. 11 is a cigarette main body supply section.

The cigarette body supply unit 64 includes a receiving drum 66 for receiving cigarette bodies 5 sent in a staggered arrangement from a tobacco cigarette machine (not shown), and cigarettes received by the receiving drum 66. As shown in FIG. 17, the main bodies 5 are comprised of a spacing drum 68 for separating and rearranging the cigarette main bodies 5 so that one double filter chip 42 is inserted between the cigarette main bodies 5.

The filter chip winding section 54 is attached to the separation drum 6.
a hopper drum 70 which receives two cigarette bodies 5 from the cigarette bodies 8 and which positions and receives the double filter chips 42 from the alignment delivery drum 62 between these cigarette bodies 5; A transfer drum 72 receives the 5 and double filter chips 42 as well as predetermined pieces of paper supplied from a chip paper supply section 90 (described later) and is pasted with a predetermined glue, and via this transfer drum 72. Cigarette body 5 to be transferred
, the double-filter chip 42 and a predetermined piece of paper are wound and glued around the cigarette body 5 and the double-filter depth 42 at predetermined positions, respectively, to form a cigarette with a double filter. The winding to be obtained is drum 74
It consists of

An inspection drum 76 is connected to the winding drum 74 for receiving two sets of filtered cigarettes and for inspecting the condition of the cigarettes with glue and detecting defective products. In addition, the double-filtered cigarettes are transferred from the inspection drum 76 to a cutting drum 78, where the double-filter chips 42 are cut from the center by a round knife 8o, resulting in a finished product. You can get two regular filtered cigarettes. Furthermore, these cigarettes with filters are further transferred via a reversing/aligning drum 82, and during this transfer process, all of the cigarettes with filters are aligned in the same direction and sent to the next step by a transfer conveyor 84. be transported.

Incidentally, since all of the above-mentioned mechanisms are well known, each part of the drum is only schematically illustrated in FIG. 13.

Next, the configuration of the above-mentioned chip paper supply section 9o will be explained.

The chip paper supply section 90 is equipped with a roll 94 formed by stacking and winding chip papers 92, and on the other hand, the above-mentioned chip paper winding is carried out by a rotatably driven suction roller that contacts the transfer drum 72 of the section 54. It is equipped with 96. The chip paper 92 is fed out from the roll 94 by the cooperation of the feed roller 99a and the pinch roller 99b, and this chip paper 92 is guided to the suction row 596 via a plurality of guide rollers 98 that define its travel path. ing. The circumferential speed of the suction roller 96 is the same as that of the feed roller 99.
Therefore, the suction roller 96 rotates while sliding against the tip paper 92 on its circumferential surface and pulls the tip paper 92. Also,
In this embodiment, a pair of planned cutting lines 92a consisting of perforations etc. are formed in advance on the tip paper 92 at a predetermined interval from each other along the running direction.
The present invention is not limited to this, and a pair of cut lines 4992a may be formed on the chip paper 92 fed out from the roll 94 using a cut line forming knife (not shown).

A dividing roller 100 is disposed in the middle of the travel path of the chip paper 92 and located on the roll 94 side. The dividing roller 100 is best seen in detail in FIG. The dividing roller 100 consists of a blade roller 102 and a cutting blade roller 104 that rolls into contact with the blade roller 102 via a tip paper 92.

The blade roller 102 includes a support shaft 106, and a sleeve 110 is connected to the support shaft 106 via a pair of bearings 108.
is rotatably mounted.

Three roller bodies 112 are arranged in the axial direction of this sleeve 110, and a spacer 114 is provided so that a predetermined gap S exists between the central roller body 112 and the adjacent outer roller body 112. Both are mediated. These three roller bodies 112 are each fixed to the sleeve 110 by screws 116. In addition, 118 is the sleeve 110
This is a stopper that holds the support shaft 106 at a predetermined position on the support shaft 106.

On the other hand, also in the cutting blade roller 104, the receiver is the blade roller 1.
Similarly to 02, it is provided with a support shaft 120, and a pair of sleeves 124 are rotatably attached to the support shaft 120 with a predetermined gap in the axial direction via bearings 122, respectively. Seven flange portions 124a having the same diameter are integrally formed at mutually opposing ends of these sleeves 124, and seven flange portions 124a and opposing seven flange portions 124a are formed at one end of the sleeve 124 on the opposite side. 7 lunge part 12
Ring members 126 each having a ring member 6a are fixed via screws 128, respectively.

And flange parts 124a and 126a facing each other
A circular cutting blade 132 is held in a pair of spaces defined by spacers 130 so as to be sandwiched between spacers 130, respectively. Here, the spacer 130 projects outward in the radial direction from the flange portions 124a and 126b, so that the receiver is in rolling contact with the blade roller 102 via the tip paper 92. Further, the cutting blades 132 protrude further radially outward than the spacers 130, and the receivers enter into the gaps S of the blade rollers 102, respectively.

A pressing member 134 is attached to the support shaft 120 located outside the pair of sleeves 124, and each of these pressing sleeves 134 receives the urging force of a spring 136 and presses both sleeves 124 in a direction toward each other. are doing. As a result, the outer peripheral edge of the cutting blade 132 effectively rubs against the outer peripheral edge of the central roll body 112 in the blade roller 102, that is, the blade portion. Furthermore,
One end of the support shaft 106, 120 mentioned above is connected to the tension spring 1.
38, and by this tension spring 138, the blade roller 102 and the cutting blade roller 104 are pressed against each other with a predetermined pressing force.

The support shafts 106 and 120 of the blade roller 102 and the cutting blade roller 104 are supported by a support stand (not shown).

Therefore, when the chip paper 92 passes between the blade roller 102 and the cutting blade roller 104, the blade roller 102 and the cutting blade roller 104 rotate as the chip paper 92 passes, respectively.
As a result, the tip paper 92 is divided into a central band portion 192a and a pair of outer band portions 192b located outside the central band portion 192a, as shown in FIG. 19. Here, as is clear from FIG. 19, the central band portion 192a and the outer band portion 192b are separated such that the pair of planned cutting lines 92a are included in the central band portion 192a, and j: In the central band portion 192a, the width W from the planned cutting line 92a to the adjacent side edge thereof is set to the same dimension.

A divided central band portion 192a and a pair of outer band portions 192b are provided between a pair of guide rollers 98a in the travel path of the dip paper 92 located downstream of the dividing roller 100 in the running direction of the tip paper 92. Separate guides 150 are arranged for independently guiding each vehicle.

The separation guide 150 is best seen in detail in FIG. 20, and includes a support shaft 154 supported at one end by the support plate 1-152. This support shaft 154 is positioned below the guide roller 98a, and a rotating roller 156 is rotatably attached to the support shaft 154. The central band portion 192a is routed under the rotating roller 156, and its travel is guided by the rotating roller 156.

Further, another support shaft 158 is supported on the support plate 152 and positioned above the support shaft 154 . Two sets of guide bodies 160 are attached to this support shaft 158, which are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in the axial direction. Each guide body 160 consists of a pair of guide rings 162 fixed to the support shaft 158 by screws, and the outer circumferential band portions 192b pass between these guide rings 162, respectively. Both guide bodies 160 for support shaft 158
The mounting position is set so that the outer circumferential band part 192b is spaced outward from the central band part 192a by a predetermined distance, for example, about 5 mm. More specifically, the central band 192a and the outer band 192b separated from each other by the separation guide 150 are fed to the transfer drum 72 via the suction roller 96 while maintaining this separated state. At this time, with respect to both cigarette bodies 5 and double filter depths 42 on this transfer drum 72, these central band portion 192a and circular outer band portion 192b are
The settings are such that they are positioned in the relationship shown by the imaginary lines in the figure. That is, the circular outer band portions 192b extend from the ends of the dual filter depths 42 to the ends of the cigarette body 5, respectively, and each of the outer band portions 19.2& and the central band portion 192
The air introduction means 8 is positioned between the air intake unit and the air intake unit a.

The running path of the chip paper 92 between the separation guide 150 and the suction roller 96 has a glued portion 170.
is located. In this glued part 170, glue is attached to one side of the central band part 192a and the circular outer band part 192b in the shaded area in FIG. is formed as a surface. That is,
As is clear from FIG. 21, in the circular outer band portion 192b, the entire surface of the outer band portion 192b with the edges slightly removed is glued
It is formed as. On the other hand, in the central band portion 192a, these planned cutting lines 9 between both planned cutting lines 928
The entire surface Y with the side 2a slightly removed is formed as a glued surface, and furthermore, there are a pair of strips to be cut defined between each side edge of the central strip 192a and the corresponding cut lines 92a. In 192C, there is a predetermined interval in the running direction of the tip paper 92, and only a predetermined area is formed as a surface Z for gluing. Note that the area where the surface Z is defined for gluing will be explained in detail later.

The above-mentioned gluing part 170 forms the surfaces X, Y, and Z.
For example, the gluing shown in FIG. 22 is accomplished by a roller 172. The gluing roller 172 is attached to the rotating shaft 174, and the gluing of the outer circumferential band portion 192b is carried out on the surface X.
A pair of outer roller rings (first gluing portion) 176 rolls into contact with the areas corresponding to the area, and is attached to the rotating shaft 174 between these outer roller rings 176, and the gluing of the central band portion 192 is A central roller ring (first gluing portion) 178 is provided which rolls into contact with an area corresponding to plane Y. Further, the rotating shaft 174 is provided with a -7J intermediate roller ring 180 with a predetermined gap on both sides of the central roller ring 178.
are attached, and a plurality of glued protrusions 182 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of these intermediate roller rings 180 at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. These glued parts are protrusions 182
The tip surface of is formed into a circular arc surface, and the rotation axis 1
As the tip paper 74 rotates and the tip paper 92 runs, the gluing of the band portion 192C to be cut can be brought into contact with the region corresponding to the surface Z, respectively. On the other hand, the outer circumferential surface of the roller ring 176, 176, 178 and each adhesive are provided with the protrusion 18.
The tip end surface of No. 2 is also in rolling contact with the outer peripheral surface of the glue supply roller 184.

A part of the outer circumference of the glue supply roller 184 is immersed in the glue liquid in the glue pot 184a, so that the roller rings 176 and 176 are
．． The outer circumferential surface of 178 and each glue attachment are such that the glue can be transferred to the tip end surface of projection 182. Therefore, the above-mentioned gluing is performed while the central band portion 192a is in contact with the roller 172.
Both belt parts 19 included in this central belt part 192a are scheduled to be cut.
20.Furthermore, both side band portions 192b are glued with roller 1.
72, these band parts 192a, 1
92c and 192b are formed with the glued surfaces Y, Z, and X, respectively.

In the vicinity of the suction roller 96, this suction roller 9
A cutting roller 186 is arranged in rolling contact with the roller 6 . The cutting roller 186 is provided with a plurality of cutting blades 186a on its outer peripheral surface at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The cutting roller 186 cuts the tip paper 92 that has been guided to the suction roller 96 on the suction roller 96, that is, the central belt portion 192a', both belt portions 192C included in the central belt portion 192a, and both Side band portion 192b
can be cut at predetermined intervals T in the running direction. As a result, the suction roller 96
a central paper piece (first paper piece) 292a obtained by cutting 92b;
The second paper piece)' 292c and a pair of outer paper pieces (first paper piece) 292b are transferred while being suctioned and held, respectively, and these paper pieces 292a and 292b are transferred.

292C to the transfer drum 72 as shown in FIG.
It is positioned with respect to the above-mentioned double series of filter-equipped cigarettes, and at the same time, the above-mentioned glue is attached to the filter-equipped cigarettes of the □ series through part of the surfaces X and Y. Here, the above-mentioned interval T is such that the tip paper is wound on the drum 74, and each paper piece 292a,
292b.

292C is the cigarette body 5 and the double filter chip 4
The dimensions are set so that when each of the two parts is wrapped around a predetermined part, a portion thereof overlaps.

Furthermore, the gluing plane Z of the paper piece 292C to be cut out is such that when this paper piece 292C is wound as shown in FIG. It is set so that @ area la exists. For example, the size of these non-glue-applied areas Za is set to about 0.5 ml1, and the size of the glued surface Z is set to about 2 ml1.

Therefore, the tip paper wrapping is carried out on the drum 74 by wrapping each paper piece 292a, 292b around a predetermined part of the cigarette body 5 and the dual filter chip 42, respectively, and gluing the paper pieces 292a, 292b to the drum 74. The double filter chip 42 is connected to the paper piece 292b on both sides, and the center paper piece 292a is wrapped and glued together with the paper pieces 292C to be cut on both sides at the center of the double filter chip 42. . Here, as is clear from the explanation regarding the above-mentioned gluing process Z, both paper pieces 292C to be cut out are wrapped around the double filter chip 42 in a non-adhered state. There is.

In this way, Raku Paper Gaku 292a, 292b.

The two filter-equipped cigarettes wound together by 292C are cut into two filter-equipped cigarettes as described above, and after their posture is adjusted, they are passed through the conveyor 84 to the 25th filter-equipped cigarette. It is sent to a separation mechanism 200 shown in the figure. This separation mechanism 200 includes a transfer plate 202 for transferring filter-equipped cigarettes, and a paper piece 292C to be cut from the cigarette, that is, a portion of the adjustment ring that is to become the adjustment ring 10, and is arranged at a distance from the transfer plate 202. Cutting plates 1 to 204 that transfer only the transfer plate 10a, a sharp cutting protrusion 204a that projects upward from one side edge of the cutting plate 204 and matches the planned cutting line 92a, and an upper part of the transfer plate 202 and the cutting plate 204. An endless running belt 206 which sandwiches the filter-equipped cigarette between the transfer plate 202 and the cutting plate 204 and rolls the filter-equipped cigarette as it runs; 206 and a suppression plate 208 that presses the adjustment ring portion 10a. Therefore, according to such a separation mechanism &200, by sandwiching a filter-equipped cigarette between the running belt 206 and the plays 1 to 202° 204 and rolling the cigarette, the adjustment ring scheduled portion 10a of the cigarette and The planned cutting line 92a connecting the tip ring 7 is completely cut by the cutting protrusion 204a of the cutting plate 204, thereby making it possible to separate the planned adjustment ring portion 10a, that is, the adjusting ring 10 from the tip ring 7.

As is clear from the above description, according to the manufacturing method of the present invention, the chip paper 92, which is fed out from the roll 94 and has the intended cutting line 92a, is cut into three strips by the dividing roller 100. It is divided into 192a and 192b, and in the separation guide 150, the central band portion 1
By spacing the bilateral side band portions 192b from 92a by a predetermined distance, these band portions 192a, 192b can be guided to a predetermined position relative to the cigarette body 5 and the dual filter tip 42 on the transfer drum 72. And these belt parts 192a.

For 192b, gluing surfaces X, Y, and Z are formed in predetermined areas by the gluing roller 172, and then,
By cutting these band parts 192a and 192b into predetermined dimensions with the cutting roller 186, these band parts 1
Paper pieces 292 to be cut from 92a, 192b
Central paper piece 292a and bisexual side vapor piece 29 with C
2b can be obtained. And these paper pieces 2
928° 292b is wrapped around the cigarette body 5 and the dual filter tip 42 at predetermined positions and glued, thereby connecting the cigarette body 5 and the dual filter tip 42 to obtain two filtered cigarettes. be able to. Further, after this, the filter-equipped cigarette thus obtained is separated from the tip ring 7 by the adjustment ring-prepared portion 10a in the separation mechanism 200, thereby obtaining a filter-equipped cigarette as a finished product. .

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the separation mechanism 200 is newly added to the final process of the manufacturing apparatus, and the tip paper supply section 9
0, the above-mentioned dividing roller 100 and separation guide 150 are added, and by using the above-mentioned gluing roller 172, other mechanisms such as the filter plug supply unit 52 and the paper roll are used. Regarding the tobacco supply section 64, the tip paper wrapping section 54, and the mechanism from this wrapping section 54 to the separation mechanism 200, conventional ones can be used. Further, regarding the adjustment ring scheduled portion 10a that will become the adjustment ring 10, since this adjustment ring 10c is wrapped around the double filter chip 42 together with the central paper piece 292a, this adjustment ring≠
There is no need to add a new winding mechanism to wind the 8100. As a result, the filter-equipped cigarette of the present invention can be easily obtained by only slightly modifying the conventional manufacturing equipment, and an increase in the manufacturing cost of the filter-equipped cigarette can be suppressed to the utmost.

The present invention is not limited to the manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of the above-mentioned embodiment; for example, FIGS. A diagram is shown to explain the operation of the device.

Referring to FIG. 28, similarly to FIG. 21, three belt parts,
That is, the chip paper 92 is shown divided into a central band portion 192a and a circular outer band portion 192b, but what is different from the case shown in FIG.
C is connected not to the central band portion 192a but to the outer circumferential band portions 192b via the planned cutting lines 92a. In this case, the cutting blade 13 in the dividing roller 100
By adjusting the r5 distance between the two and also adjusting the distance between the guide bodies 160 in the separation guide 150, each of the band parts 192a and 192b shown in FIG.

192C can be obtained. Moreover, these belt parts 1,'
Each of j2a, 192b, and 192c has a second
In the case of gluing similar to the case of Fig. 1, surfaces X, Y, and Z are formed, but in this case, the gluing can be easily done by changing the gluing roller 172 to the gluing roller 172a shown in Fig. 29. Attachment is side 2
．． 'You can get x, z°. That is, as is clear from FIG. 29, in the gluing roller 172a, the intermediate roller ring 180 is positioned on the outer roll ring 176 side corresponding to the band portion 192C to be cut.

In such other manufacturing apparatus, the positional relationship of the central paper piece 292a, the outer paper piece 292b, and the paper piece 292C to be cut with respect to both cigarette bodies 5 and the double filter chips 42 on the transfer drum 72 is as follows. The relationship is as shown in the figure. Accordingly, the separation mechanism 200 also has a separation mechanism 200a shown in FIG. 31.
will be changed to In this separation mechanism 200a, the adjustment ring scheduled portion 10a is cut away from the connecting ring 6 along a planned cutting line 9.
2a, and therefore, in this case, the cutting protrusion 204a of the cutting plate 204 will be provided on the other side edge of the cutting plate 204.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiments of the manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus, the method and apparatus for obtaining the filtered cigarette shown in FIG.
Even in the case of the filtered cigarette shown in the figure, it can be obtained in the same way by applying the filter rod consisting of four filter tips shown in Figs. 4 to 6 to the manufacturing apparatus shown in Fig. 11. Of course, it is possible to do so.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, according to the present invention, the filter chip is provided with an air introduction means, and the adjustment ring that is slidable in the axial direction on the outer circumferential surface of the filter chip is provided. The amount of air introduced into the air introduction means can be arbitrarily varied. Therefore, each smoker can individually adjust the taste of the filter-equipped cigarette and can enjoy smoking according to his or her preference.

Further, according to the manufacturing method of the present invention, since the paper piece to be the adjustment ring is wrapped around the filter chip together with the paper piece to be the connection ring or tip ring, the formation of the adjustment ring is extremely easy. Furthermore, the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention has excellent effects such as being able to easily produce the filter-tipped cigarette of the present invention by only making some changes to the conventional apparatus.

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1 to 3 are perspective views of a filter-equipped cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the filter tip of the cigarette of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an effect of the adjustment ring. FIGS. 4 to 6 are cross-sectional views showing modified examples of the filter tip, and FIGS. 7 to 10 are perspective views of the filter tip used in the cigarette of FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a punching device for forming small holes in plug paper, FIG. 8 is a plan view of plug paper having small holes, and FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the manufacturing of plug paper. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a long filter chip rod-shaped body wound with plug paper; FIG. Figures to Figures 27 are
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the entire manufacturing device, and FIGS. 12 to 15 are diagrams for explaining a manufacturing device and an operation of the manufacturing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Diagrams for explaining the action, Figures 16 and 17
The figure is a diagram for explaining the operation of the cigarette supply section.
Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of the dividing roller, Figure 19 is a plan view of the chip paper divided by the dividing roller, Figure 20 is a plan view of the separation guide, and Figure 21 shows the position of the glued tube of the divided chip paper. FIG. 22 is a perspective view of the roller for gluing, FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the relationship between paper pieces for wrapping around cigarettes and double filter chips, and FIG. 24 is for paper pieces to be cut out from the filter. FIG. 25 is a perspective view showing a part of the separation mechanism; FIG.
27 is an enlarged sectional view of the cutting plate. FIGS. 28 to 31 show embodiments of other manufacturing apparatuses according to the present invention, and FIG. 28 corresponds to FIG. 21. Fig. 29 is a perspective view showing the rollers for gluing the divided tip paper, and Fig. 30 corresponds to Fig. 23, and shows cigarettes and double filter tips. FIG. 31 is a perspective view showing a part of another separating mechanism. 1... Filter chip, 5... Cigarette cigarette body, 6...
...Connection ring, 7...Tip ring, 8...Air introducing means, 10...Adjustment ring, 54...Tip paper winding part, 94...Tip paper roll, 100
... Separation roller, 150 ... Separation guide, 172.
... Gluing roller, 186 ... Cutting roller, 200.
...Separation mechanism. IC 121Z Fig. 13 Fig. 15 Fig. 16 Fig. 26 Fig. 27 JP-A-62-14367G (1B) Fig. 29 Fig. 30

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A cigarette body, a filter chip arranged in series at one end of the cigarette body and covered with plug paper, and a filter chip that spans both of mutually adjacent ends of the cigarette body and the filter chip. a connecting ring made of paper that is wrapped around the cigarette body and connects the cigarette body and the filter tip; and a tip ring made of paper that is wrapped and fixed to the end of the filter tip on the opposite side from the cigarette body. and, provided in a predetermined length region along the axial direction of the filter chip in a part of the filter chip located between the tip ring and the connection ring and covered with plug paper,
an air introducing means that allows air to be introduced into the filter chip from the outside through the plug paper; 1. A cigarette with a filter, comprising: an adjustment ring that changes the amount of air introduced into the filter chip through the air introduction means by sliding in the axial direction of the cigarette. 2. Prepare a filter chip which is wound with a plug paper ring and is provided with an air introducing means for a predetermined length in the axial direction so that air can be introduced from the outside to the inside through the plug paper ring in a predetermined area. A cigarette main body is arranged in series with the filter chip on one end side of the filter chip, and a connection part and a filter chip that span from the end of the cigarette main body adjacent to the one end of the filter chip to the one end of the filter chip are arranged. A pair of first paper pieces are wound around each other so as to sandwich the area where the air introduction means is provided on both ends of the other end, and are glued to form a connecting ring and a tip ring, and At the same time as these rings are formed, a second piece of paper connected to one of the rings via the planned cutting line is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the filter chip in a non-adhesive state so as to be located between these rings. Wrapping the second paper piece, the two ends of the second paper piece are glued to each other in the winding direction to form a planned adjustment ring portion that can be slid on the outer peripheral surface of the filter chip, and then the above planned cutting line is Adjustment for varying the amount of air introduced into the filter chip through the air introduction means by separating the adjustment ring scheduled portion from one ring connected through the ring and sliding it in the axial direction of the filter chip. A method for manufacturing a filter-tipped cigarette, characterized in that the filter-tipped cigarette is formed into a ring. 3. In the tip paper wrapping part, two cigarette bodies are arranged in series on both ends of two double filter chips wound by a plug paper ring, and two cigarette bodies are arranged in series on both ends of the two double filter chips wound with a plug paper ring, and the double filter chips on one cigarette body are The two cigarette bodies are made by wrapping and gluing tipping paper from the first end of the side over the double filter chip to the second end of the double filter chip of the other cigarette body. and a double filter chip to form a double filter cigarette, and at the cigarette cutting section, cut the double filter cigarettes from the center in the axial direction to obtain individual filter cigarettes. In the manufacturing apparatus, air introduction means capable of introducing air from the outside into the chip paper wrapping portion are provided at a predetermined distance from each end for a predetermined length in the axial direction. a filter chip supply unit that supplies continuous filter chips; a cigarette supply unit that supplies two cigarette bodies to the tip paper wrapping unit so as to be positioned in series on both ends of the double filter chip; It is equipped with a chip paper roll in which chip paper is laminated and wound, and the chip paper fed out from the chip paper roll is guided along the travel path to the chip paper winding section, and the chip paper winding A pair of planned cutting lines extending along the feeding direction are formed on the tip paper supplied to the application section.The tip paper supply section is arranged in a travel path between the tip paper roll and the tip paper winding section. and then run the chip paper along the direction of travel.
By cutting on the outside or inside of the pair of scheduled cutting lines, respectively, three belt parts are formed, a pair of first belt parts located on the outside and a second belt part located between these first belt parts. A chip paper dividing roller formed by dividing the paper into two parts, and forming a band to be cut between the side edge of one of the first and second band parts on the side of the other band and the planned cutting line. and the first and second band portions are disposed in the travel path between the tip paper dividing roller and the tip paper wrapping portion, and the first and second band portions are arranged such that a predetermined gap exists between the first and second band portions. By separating the pair of first band parts from the first end of one cigarette main body to the second filter chip of the other cigarette main body, the first band parts are separated from each other. a separation guide section which is positioned to straddle the two filter chips from the end, and a second band section is positioned at the center in the axial direction of the two filter chips; the separation guide section and the tip paper wrapping section; the first and second band parts, excluding the band part to be cut, are wrapped and glued around the outer peripheral surfaces of the cigarette body and the double filter chip on one side of the first and second band parts. a first gluing section to which glue is attached for the purpose of cutting; and a first gluing section that is disposed on a travel path between the first gluing section and the chipping paper wrapping section, and the first and second band sections and the band to be cut are wrapped with tipping paper. At the section, the first and second filter chips are cut at a predetermined interval in the traveling direction by the length necessary to wrap the cigarette body and the outer circumferential surfaces of the dual filter tips in a partially overlapping state. 2. A band cutting part that forms two cut pieces and a cut piece, and a band cutting part that is arranged on a running path between this band cutting part and the separation guide part, and is provided at a predetermined interval in the running direction on one surface of the band part to be cut. A gluing area is formed by the gluing area, and the band portion to be cut is cut at the band cutting portion by the gluing area, and the cut piece of the band portion to be cut is cut at the tip paper wrapping portion. When wrapped around the outer circumferential surface of the dual filter chip together with one of the first and second cut pieces formed by cutting from the first and second band parts connected via the planned cutting line, they overlap each other. The first cut piece, the second cut piece, and the cut piece are wound around the outer circumferential surface of the cigarette body and the double filter chip at the second gluing part where only the parts are bonded and the tip paper wrapping part, respectively. A semi-finished cigarette with a filter each having a filter tip is obtained by cutting a pair of filter-equipped cigarettes each having a connecting ring, a tip ring, and a predetermined adjustment ring part from the center in the axial direction of the double-filter. a cigarette cutting section to be obtained; and a cigarette semi-finished product is received from the cigarette cutting section, and the adjustment ring section is separated from one of the connecting ring and the tip ring to which the adjustment ring section is connected via the cutting line. a separation mechanism that is slidable on the outer circumferential surface of the filter chip in the axial direction and forms an adjustment ring for varying the amount of air introduced into the filter chip from the outside via the air introduction means; A filter-equipped cigarette manufacturing device characterized by comprising: