US20070017536A1 - Method for producing a smokable article - Google Patents

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US20070017536A1
US20070017536A1 US11/536,032 US53603206A US2007017536A1 US 20070017536 A1 US20070017536 A1 US 20070017536A1 US 53603206 A US53603206 A US 53603206A US 2007017536 A1 US2007017536 A1 US 2007017536A1
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Joerg Tobias
Franz-Peter Koch
Joachim Kreidelmeyer
Andreas Mieszala
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/18—Forming the rod
    • A24C5/1892—Forming the rod with additives, e.g. binding agent, flavorants
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/18—Forming the rod
    • A24C5/1821—Forming the rod containing different tobacco mixtures, e.g. composite rods

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  • the invention relates to a method for producing a smokable article, in which tobacco is deposited and an extrudate is formed, the extrudate being applied onto the deposited tobacco.
  • the invention also relates to a device for producing a tobacco rod containing an extrudate, having a suction rod conveyor for suctioning tobacco, an extrusion device for forming the extrudate and for applying the extrudate onto the deposited tobacco.
  • a method for producing a cigarette is known from DE 33 11 886 C2, in which a mixture of expanded tobacco paste is placed onto a tobacco layer. Furthermore, it is disclosed that the expanded tobacco paste can also be provided with a Savoring agent, for example, menthol.
  • a method for producing a cigarette is known from GB 2 070 409 A in which a filament, which can also comprise a tobacco sheet and which is loaded with flavoring agents, is drawn off from a bobbin and inserted into the tobacco rod before the garniture intake.
  • flavoring agents are released during smoking. Since the burn-off temperature is higher when the cigarette is being lit than during smoking, it is desirable to not yet release the flavoring agents while the cigarette is being lit.
  • the present invention is directed to a method for operating a rod maker (rod-making machine) which makes it possible to place an additive in a cigarette in a location-dependent manner. Further, the invention is directed to a device for producing a tobacco rod, with which an additive can be placed in a smokable article in a location-dependent manner.
  • the method for operating a rod maker of the tobacco-processing industry includes depositing tobacco; forming an extrudate, applying the extrudate to the deposited tobacco, whereby the extrudate contains a basic component, and feeding an additive to the basic component in a discontinuous manner.
  • the invention also provides for a device for producing a tobacco rod containing an extrudate.
  • the device includes a suction rod conveyor for suctioning tobacco, and an extrusion device for forming the extrudate and applying the extrudate onto deposited tobacco.
  • the extrusion device also includes a device for the discontinuous feeding of an additive to a basic component that can be inserted into the extrusion device.
  • a location-dependent positioning of an additive in a tobacco rod and also in the cigarette subsequently formed from the tobacco rod is possible using embodiments of the invention.
  • the disadvantage of the prior art that, if an additive is mixed into an extrudate continuously, the additive is released as soon as the cigarette is lit, can thus be avoided. Since the speed at which the tobacco rod or tobacco is conveyed, as well as the speed at which the extrudate is applied onto the deposited tobacco are known in terms of process engineering, a precise positioning of the additive in the extrudate and thus later in the cigarette can be achieved by a discontinuous feeding of the additive to the basic substance. A location-dependent placing or positioning of the additive in the finished cigarette is thus achieved.
  • tobacco can be used solely or contain other smokable material.
  • the additive is fed to the basic component via a switchable device.
  • the ability to influence the discontinuous feed of the additive is thus made possible.
  • Reconstituted tobacco in a pasty consistency for example, is suitable as a basic component.
  • Reconstituted tobacco usually comprises water, tobacco dust and a binder.
  • the consistency of the mass is influenced via the water content.
  • Methylcellulose, dextrin adhesive, starch, polyvinyl acetate adhesive, polyvinyl alcohol or modified starch are suitable as a binder.
  • One of these can contain, e.g., calcium carbonate, and the other can contain citric acid.
  • the additive is added to the basic compound in a mixing device.
  • a steady addition of the additive to the basic component to form the extrudate mixture is thus rendered possible through the embodiment of the mixing device.
  • the extrudate of the basic component and additive is added to the deposited tobacco via a nozzle device.
  • the nozzle device is preferably downstream of the mixing device or integrated therein so that the finished extrudate can exit the nozzle device. In this way, the extrudate is applied onto the deposited tobacco.
  • the additive is intermittently sprayed onto the extrudate.
  • the deposited tobacco preferably contains short tobacco particles.
  • Short tobacco particles which are a term of art, would be understood as tobacco particles which are shorter than the normally used tobacco particles or fresh used tobacco particles to produce a tobacco rod.
  • the tobacco particles have preferably a length being shorter than 5 mm.
  • the additive that is added to the basic component can be, in particular, a flavoring agent, e.g., sugar, menthol, licorice, amino acid, cocoa or another substance influencing the taste or the burn-off behavior.
  • a flavoring agent e.g., sugar, menthol, licorice, amino acid, cocoa or another substance influencing the taste or the burn-off behavior.
  • the extrudate is fed to the tobacco at a speed that corresponds approximately to the speed at which the tobacco is conveyed on the suction rod conveyor.
  • the control of the position of the additive in the extrudate and later in the tobacco rod is carried out via suitable devices that are arranged downstream of the suction rod conveyor, e.g., via the cutting device of a rod maker.
  • the extrusion device preferably comprises a mixing device, whereby the additive can be inserted into the mixing device.
  • the device for producing the tobacco rod with the extrudate includes a switchable valve with which the additive can be fed discontinuously to the basic component.
  • This valve is embodied in particular as a rapid-action valve in order to carry out the positioning of the additive in the extrudate with precision.
  • a piezoelectric element is suitable therefore. Such an element can be toggled by a control such that the feeding of the additive is carried out precisely for the section of the extrudate that is to contain the additive in the later cigarette.
  • the extrudate has been applied to the deposited tobacco, more tobacco can be deposited.
  • the tobacco web thus formed is subsequently trimmed and wrapped with a wrapping material. It is then formed into a shaped tobacco rod in a rod-forming device.
  • FIG. 1 shows a diagrammatic representation of a device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a diagrammatic representation of a part of another embodiment of a device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 a process flow chart.
  • the diagrammatic representation shown in FIG. 1 of the device for producing a tobacco rod in which an extrudate is inserted includes a suction rod conveyor 22 that continuously suctions tobacco 10 and thus forms a growing deposit of tobacco 11 over its length.
  • the tobacco 10 is fed to the suction rod conveyor 22 via a feed device 27 .
  • An extrusion device 13 is allocated and/or arranged adjacent to the suction rod conveyor 22 and is responsible for forming or producing the extrudate 12 .
  • the extrudate 12 is applied to the deposited tobacco 11 via or from the extrusion device 13 .
  • the extrusion device 13 includes a mixing device 14 to which a basic component 16 is fed.
  • the basic component 16 is conveyed, e.g., via a pump 23 , from a storage container 25 to the mixing device 14 .
  • the extrusion device 13 also includes a storage container 24 in which the additive 17 , e.g., a flavoring agent, is stored.
  • the additive 17 is fed via a pump 23 to a switchable device or valve 20 .
  • the device 20 is regulated by a control 21 so that the additive 17 can be fed to the mixing device 14 in a discontinuous manner.
  • the switchable device 20 is embodied preferably as a piezoelectric element. This allows an exact feed amount of the additive 17 to be properly regulated and/or controlled.
  • the arrangement of the invention allows another basic component 26 to be fed to the mixing device 14 .
  • the basic component 26 is stored in another storage container 25 , and is likewise fed via a pump 23 to the mixing device 14 .
  • the basic component 16 (and also component 26 ) and the additive 17 are combined or mixed in the mixing device 14 .
  • the extrudate can be already formed in its basic consistency and the additive sprayed onto the extrudate in the mixing device 14 .
  • the mixing device 14 is coupled to a nozzle device 15 .
  • the nozzle device 15 ejects the finished extrudate 12 at a predetermined extrudate speed v 2 .
  • the extrudate 12 is fed to the developing tobacco web 11 on the suction rod conveyor 22 .
  • the additive is applied onto the extrudate 12 in the nozzle device 15 , or the additive 17 can be sprayed into the extrudate 12 after it has exited from the nozzle device 15 . After the extrudate 12 has been applied to the deposited tobacco 11 , additional tobacco 11 ′ is deposited onto the tobacco 11 and the extrudate 12 .
  • FIG. 2 shows a section of an embodiment of a device according to the invention in which, in particular, the application of the extrudate 12 onto the deposited tobacco 11 is shown.
  • the tobacco 11 which can also be embodied as a fiber cake or web, runs along a suction rod conveyor 22 at a tobacco conveyor speed of v 1 .
  • the exiting extrudate 12 is applied onto the deposited tobacco 11 at a suitable point at which the tobacco 11 has attained an adequate height.
  • the position of the extrudate 12 on the tobacco 11 can, as a result, be influenced by the alignment of the nozzle device 15 .
  • the diameter or the shape of the exiting extrudate 12 can be adjusted likewise through the corresponding characteristics of the nozzle device 15 .
  • FIG. 2 also shows how the additive 17 is fed to the nozzle device.
  • FIG. 3 shows a process flow chart for operating a rod maker of the tobacco-processing industry.
  • finished tobacco is suctioned and tobacco 11 is deposited by the suction rod conveyor 22 , so that a web is formed.
  • the tobacco 11 is transported on the suction rod conveyor at a tobacco conveyor speed v 1 .
  • the basic component 16 or several basic components 16 , 26 are fed to the mixing device 14 .
  • the rapid-action valve 20 is actuated by a control 21 , through which the additive 17 is added discontinuously to the basic component 16 (S 13 ).
  • the finished extrudate 12 is discharged from the nozzle device 15 .
  • step S 15 the extrudate 12 exiting the nozzle device 15 is applied onto the tobacco 11 .
  • step S 16 further processing steps are carried out with the tobacco rod including the tobacco 11 and 11 ′ and the extrudate 12 , which are downstream of the suction rod conveyor 22 .
  • step S 17 the tobacco rod 11 is cut according to the position of the additive 17 in the extrudate 12 , so that cut tobacco rods wrapped with wrapping material are formed (S 18 ) in which the additive, in particular, a flavoring agent 17 is positioned in a location-dependent manner and thus not yet released, e.g., when a finished cigarette is fit, but only when the cigarette is smoked.

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