US20150000592A1 - Device for applying flavorings to a medium - Google Patents

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US20150000592A1
US20150000592A1 US14/357,721 US201214357721A US2015000592A1 US 20150000592 A1 US20150000592 A1 US 20150000592A1 US 201214357721 A US201214357721 A US 201214357721A US 2015000592 A1 US2015000592 A1 US 2015000592A1
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Jan Schnakenberg
Stefan Harms
Reinhard Hoppe
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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
    • A24C5/005—Treatment of cigarette paper
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C11/00—Component parts, details or accessories not specifically provided for in groups B05C1/00 - B05C9/00
    • B05C11/10—Storage, supply or control of liquid or other fluent material; Recovery of excess liquid or other fluent material
    • B05C11/1002—Means for controlling supply, i.e. flow or pressure, of liquid or other fluent material to the applying apparatus, e.g. valves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C11/00—Component parts, details or accessories not specifically provided for in groups B05C1/00 - B05C9/00
    • B05C11/02—Apparatus for spreading or distributing liquids or other fluent materials already applied to a surface ; Controlling means therefor; Control of the thickness of a coating by spreading or distributing liquids or other fluent materials already applied to the coated surface
    • B05C11/04—Apparatus for spreading or distributing liquids or other fluent materials already applied to a surface ; Controlling means therefor; Control of the thickness of a coating by spreading or distributing liquids or other fluent materials already applied to the coated surface with blades
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C5/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work
    • B05C5/02—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work
    • B05C5/0208—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work for applying liquid or other fluent material to separate articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C5/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work
    • B05C5/02—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work
    • B05C5/0245—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work for applying liquid or other fluent material to a moving work of indefinite length, e.g. to a moving web
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C5/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work
    • B05C5/02—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work
    • B05C5/0254—Coating heads with slot-shaped outlet
    • B05C5/0258—Coating heads with slot-shaped outlet flow controlled, e.g. by a valve
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C5/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work
    • B05C5/02—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work
    • B05C5/027—Coating heads with several outlets, e.g. aligned transversally to the moving direction of a web to be coated
    • B05C5/0275—Coating heads with several outlets, e.g. aligned transversally to the moving direction of a web to be coated flow controlled, e.g. by a valve

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  • the invention relates to a device for applying preferably liquid flavorings, in particular menthol, to a medium, in particular to a blank for an inner liner of a cigarette pack, wherein flavoring is supplyable from a (storage or processing) container to an applicator unit via at least one conduit.
  • menthol as a flavoring
  • menthol may by supplied in liquid form during the formation of a tobacco strand, for example.
  • menthol is sprayed toward the tobacco strand by means of a nozzle.
  • the medium in this case is the tobacco strand.
  • the application of menthol to filters (filter ends) of cigarettes or to cigarette paper for wrapping the tobacco strand is also known in practice.
  • the invention is based on the object of refining devices of the type mentioned at the outset.
  • a device for achieving this object is a device for applying preferably liquid flavorings, in particular menthol, to a medium, in particular to a blank for an inner liner of a cigarette pack, wherein flavoring is supplyable from a (storage or processing) container to an applicator unit via at least one conduit, characterized in that the applicator unit has a controllable valve for the application of flavoring to the medium, wherein flavoring is supplyable to the applicator unit in a pressure-controlled manner. It is accordingly provided that the applicator unit has a controllable valve for the application of flavoring to the medium, wherein flavoring is supplyable to the applicator unit in a pressure-controlled manner.
  • elements of the device for handling flavoring are, at least in part, heatable, wherein a heating-regulating unit for controlling and/or regulating the heating of at least some elements is provided, wherein the elements preferably comprise containers, conduits, valves and the applicator unit.
  • the container or each of the containers, is assigned a weighing unit, in particular a weighing cell, for determining the amount of flavoring in the container, wherein preferably a filling-level indication means for the amount of flavoring in the container is provided.
  • the elements of the device are connected to a machine controller via conduits.
  • a first specialty may consist in that flavoring is stored in the container under preferably low pressure, in particular a pressure of below 0.5 bar, and, by way of the pressure in the container, is directly and/or indirectly supplyable to the applicator unit, wherein the pressure in the container is preferably controllable by means of a valve, in particular a proportional valve.
  • the container is not pressurized and flavoring is supplyable to the applicator unit by means of a pump unit.
  • an alternative variant may provide that the container is not pressurized and flavoring is supplyable to the applicator unit by means of a conveying unit, preferably in such a manner that, by means of the conveying unit, flavoring is supplied from a non-pressurized storage container to a processing container situated at a higher level and, from there, is supplyable via a conduit to the applicator unit situated at a lower level.
  • a conveying path is encapsulated in order to counteract any volatilization of the flavoring.
  • a further specialty may consist in that a plurality of, in particular two, containers having flavorings are provided which are in each case connected via a conduit to a switchover valve for alternatingly controlling the supply of flavoring from one of the two containers to the applicator unit.
  • the advantage of this solution in particular, may consist in that one container in each case may be filled while flavorings are being withdrawn from the other container. On account of this, continuous operation of the device is ensured.
  • the elements of the device are fixedly interconnected via conduits. In this manner, coupling elements or the like, which have proven to be susceptible to malfunctioning, can be dispensed with.
  • the device according to the invention is particularly suited to the cyclical, but also continuous, application of menthol to blanks for cigarette packs, for example inner liners.
  • application may take place to individual blanks, but also to a (continuous) material web for the blanks.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first variant of a device for applying flavorings, in a schematic illustration
  • FIG. 2 shows a second variant of a device for applying flavorings, in a schematic illustration
  • FIG. 3 shows a third variant of a device for applying flavorings, in a schematic illustration
  • FIG. 4 shows a fourth variant of a device for applying flavorings, in a schematic illustration.
  • a first variant of a device for applying flavorings is shown in the schematic illustration according to FIG. 1 .
  • Flavorings here are kept available in two containers 10 .
  • a conduit 11 leads from each of the containers 10 to a valve 12 .
  • a further conduit 13 leads from the valve 12 to an applicator unit 14 .
  • the applicator unit 14 serves for the application of flavoring 15 to a medium 16 .
  • a distributor element 17 is provided adjacent to the applicator unit 14 .
  • a heating-regulating unit 18 which is connected to the mentioned elements via conduits 19 , serves for controlling and/or regulating the heating.
  • Weighing units 20 are assigned to each of the two containers 10 . With said weighing units 20 , the filling level of the containers 10 is measured. In order to indicate the filling levels of the containers 10 , a filling-level indication means 21 is connected to the weighing units 20 via conduits 22 .
  • the containers 10 are pressurized at a low pressure of ⁇ 0.5 bar. Pressure control takes place by way of a switchover valve 23 and a proportional valve 24 .
  • a machine controller 25 which, via conduits 26 , is connected to the applicator unit 14 , the heating-regulating unit 18 , the valve 12 , the valve 23 , the proportional valve 24 and the filling-level indication means 21 , is provided for controlling the device.
  • flavoring 15 is conveyed out of the containers 10 by means of positive pressure, wherein, by means of the valve 12 , it is controlled from which of the two containers 10 flavoring 15 passes to the applicator unit 14 .
  • the applicator unit 14 contains a controllable valve for the application of flavoring 15 to the medium 16 .
  • the medium 16 is a blank for an inner liner of a cigarette pack.
  • the medium 16 is moved past the applicator unit 14 , the valve being located at a short distance from the medium 16 .
  • Applied flavoring 15 is uniformly distributed by way of the distributor element 17 , which may be configured as a smoothing strip, for example.
  • the valve of the applicator unit 14 may also substantially bear on the medium 16 .
  • the pressure in the containers 10 is regulated via the proportional valve 24 and the switchover valve 23 .
  • the proportional valve 24 serves for regulating the pressure.
  • the switchover valve 23 the pressure is directed to that container 10 which is in operation.
  • said container 10 is accordingly swapped for a filled container 10 , or the container 10 is filled in situ.
  • conveying is in each case performed only from one container 10 at a time.
  • flavoring 15 it is also conceivable for flavoring 15 to be conveyed simultaneously from both containers 10 .
  • the flavoring 15 in the present case, is menthol which is preferably processed in liquid form.
  • the use of other flavoring or aromatic substances in other states of matter is, however, also conceivable.
  • FIG. 2 shows a second variant of the device. From a non-pressurized container 10 for receiving flavoring 15 , flavoring 15 is conveyed via a heatable conduit 11 , by means of a pump unit 27 which is arranged in the conduit 11 , to the applicator unit 14 and, as described above, applied to the medium 16 .
  • the pump unit 27 may be a gear pump, for example.
  • a heating-regulating unit 18 is connected to the elements of the device via conduits 19 .
  • a machine controller 25 controls, or regulates, the applicator unit 14 , the heating unit 18 and the pump unit 27 via conduits 26 .
  • Flavoring 15 is filled into the container 10 via a filling funnel 28 , is liquefied owing to the heating of the container 10 , and, by means of the pump unit 27 , is pumped from the container 10 to the applicator unit 14 and applied to the medium 16 .
  • FIG. 3 A further variant of the device is shown in FIG. 3 .
  • flavoring 15 is supplied, via a conveying unit 29 , to a container 10 , which is arranged at a higher level and is heatable. Flavoring 15 is supplied from the container 10 via a conduit 11 to the applicator unit 14 .
  • a heating-regulating unit 18 having corresponding conduits 19 and a machine controller 25 having corresponding conduits 26 are provided.
  • the conveying unit 29 is configured as a bucket conveyor which, proceeding from the lower container 10 , is arranged in an encapsulated or enclosed casing 30 .
  • menthol crystals are transported by means of the elevator conveyor into the container 10 which is at a higher level and heatable.
  • the container 10 may be situated 3 or 4 m above the machine or the applicator unit 14 , in order to build up the corresponding pressure for transporting the menthol that has been molten or liquefied therein.
  • a fourth variant for applying flavorings is shown in the schematic illustration according to FIG. 4 .
  • Flavorings here are kept available in two containers 10 , 31 .
  • a conduit 11 leads, via a valve 23 , to a second container 10 , which serves as a processing container.
  • a conduit 13 leads from the second container 10 to the applicator unit 14 .
  • a heating-regulating unit 18 which is connected to the mentioned elements via conduits 19 , serves for controlling and/or regulating the heating.
  • Weighing units 20 are assigned to each of the two containers 10 . With said weighing units 20 , the filling level of the containers 10 is measured. In order to indicate the filling levels of the containers 10 , a filling-level indication means 21 is connected to the weighing units 20 via conduits 22 .
  • Both containers 10 , 31 are pressurized by positive pressure.
  • the (storage) container 31 which is on the left in FIG. 4 , when required, feeds liquid flavoring 15 , or menthol, to the (processing) container 10 , which is on the right in FIG. 4 .
  • the right-hand container 10 is pressurized at a low pressure of ⁇ 0.5 bar. Pressure control of both containers 10 , 31 takes place in each case by way of a proportional valve 24 .
  • a machine controller 25 which, via conduits 26 , is connected to the applicator unit 14 , the heating-regulating unit 18 , the valve 12 , the valve 23 , the proportional valves 24 and the filling-level indication means 21 , is provided for controlling the device.
  • conduits 11 , 13 which carry menthol, or flavoring 15 , are fixedly connected to the elements of the device.
  • coupling pieces for example between the conduits 11 , 13 and the container 10 , 31 , the valves 23 and the applicator unit.
  • the container 31 in FIG. 4 may be used for filling a plurality of containers 10 , for example in different product lines.
  • the devices described are, of course, suitable upon the application of flavorings 15 other than menthol.
  • the application of flavoring 15 to media other than blanks or material webs of packaging material, for example to tobacco or filter pieces, etc., is also conceivable.

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