WO1996031135A1 - Produit de tabac permettant de confectionner soi-meme une cigarette, notamment une cigarette filtre - Google Patents

Produit de tabac permettant de confectionner soi-meme une cigarette, notamment une cigarette filtre Download PDF

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WO1996031135A1
WO1996031135A1 PCT/EP1996/001495 EP9601495W WO9631135A1 WO 1996031135 A1 WO1996031135 A1 WO 1996031135A1 EP 9601495 W EP9601495 W EP 9601495W WO 9631135 A1 WO9631135 A1 WO 9631135A1
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tobacco
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Heinrich Wilhelm Ruppert
Gunter Schütze
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Efka-Werke Fritz Kiehn Gmbh
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Priority to DK96910027T priority patent/DK0818961T3/da
Priority to AT96910027T priority patent/ATE241919T1/de
Priority to DE59610505T priority patent/DE59610505D1/de
Priority to CA002217605A priority patent/CA2217605C/fr
Priority to EP96910027A priority patent/EP0818961B1/fr
Publication of WO1996031135A1 publication Critical patent/WO1996031135A1/fr

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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
    • A24C5/40—Hand-driven apparatus for making cigarettes

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  • the invention relates to a tobacco product for the self-manufacture of a cigarette, in particular a filter cigarette, consisting of one of the tobacco fillings of a finished cigarette, on the one hand, and with regard to cross section and length, on the other hand, adapted to the tobacco receiving space of a cigarette paper tube and held together by a strand casing.
  • Such a tobacco product is e.g. known from DE-C 34 07 461 or EP-B-155 514.
  • a very similar proposal was also made in EP-A-123 150.
  • the known tobacco product of the aforementioned type is characterized in that the wrapping or strand casing of the tobacco portion consists of smokable material. Further, the strand shell is such luft fashionläs ⁇ sig, d ate the Ta b akerzeugnis outside a tightly fitting cigarette paper wrapper is not smokable.
  • From DE-U 8 3 09 186 and US-A 3822710 further comprises a Ta b aker Wegnis known for making home-made cigarettes by the consumer, which is characterized egg by a not as such smokable V ⁇ rfabrikat in the form of a fabrikatorisch prefabricated tobacco cartridge, consisting of ⁇ open at the end, with its diameter adapted to the cigarette paper tube of a finished cigarette.
  • casual wrapping made of non-smokable material and a strand-like stock of tobacco, each corresponding to a portion of cigarette, which can be transferred from the wrapping into a prefabricated cigarette paper tube by an associated piston which is adapted to the inside diameter of the wrapping.
  • This tobacco product is suitable for use in conjunction with conventional self-filling cigarette paper tubes as well as in connection with conventional self-rolling cigarette papers. This system has also found its way into practice under the COOPER brand.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a further alternative for pre-portioned tobacco for self-manufacturing of cigarettes by the consumer, which is also easy to use and use of modified cigarette manufacturing machines and relatively easy to manufacture and which in particular the tax advantage for fine cuts Can claim in countries where fine cut is taxed less than a factory-made cigarette.
  • the tobacco product according to the invention is thus characterized in that the strand casing is either loosely wound around the tobacco portion or is only lightly, in particular glued, along its two overlapping longitudinal edges, and that one is attached to the outer longitudinal edge of the casing Handle tab to remove them.
  • a tobacco product according to claim 8 is proposed as a solution to the stated problem, which is characterized in that a grip tab is firmly glued to the strand casing at any point such that the string casing near the grip tab is pulled onto the grip tab. breaks so that it can be removed by means of this before wrapping the tobacco with cigarette paper.
  • This alternative is, above all, very simple from a manufacturing point of view, since there is no need to consider where the handle tab is attached to the strand casing.
  • the strand casing is preferably extremely thin and correspondingly easy to break open. Furthermore, it must of course be ensured that the connection between the grip tab and the strand cover is extremely firm, so that when pulling on the grip tab, in any case the
  • Strand cover breaks open and the grip tab does not come loose from the strand cover.
  • the embodiment according to claim 7 does not require the strand casing to be glued.
  • the tobacco portion is held together simply by gluing the handle tab to the strand casing, a slight gluing, in particular pressure-sensitive gluing, corresponding to that of the well-known sticky notes being sufficient.
  • the second embodiment with a grip tab made of relatively stiff material has the advantage that it can be gripped securely. In addition, there is no danger that the grip tab will tear off unintentionally.
  • This advantage is particularly effective when the tobacco portion according to the invention is inserted into the press chamber of a conventional cigarette stuffing device for the purpose of removing the strand casing and for transferring the tobacco into a prefabricated cigarette paper tube.
  • the movable pressing bar is moved against the tobacco product by means of the grip tab until it bears against it under slight pressure.
  • the pull tab protruding from the press chamber is then pulled.
  • the strand casing is broken open and pulled out of the press chamber with retention of the tobacco in the press chamber.
  • the tobacco is then transferred from the press chamber to a prefabricated cigarette pack.
  • the tobacco product according to the invention is therefore particularly suitable in connection with conventional cigarette stuffing devices, the compression chamber of which allows the extruded casing to be pulled out in the manner described by means of the grip tab connected to it.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a tobacco product according to the invention in a perspective view
  • Fig. 2 shows a second embodiment of a tobacco product designed according to the invention in perspective
  • Fig. 3 shows a third embodiment of an invention
  • FIG. 4 shows a preliminary stage for the manufacture of tobacco products according to FIG. 3 in a schematic side view
  • Fig. 5a and 5b the use of the tobacco product according to FIG. 3 in
  • Fig. 6 shows a further embodiment of a tobacco product designed according to the invention in a perspective view
  • Fig. 7 is an aid for removing the strand casing from the tobacco portion in a perspective view.
  • the tobacco product shown in Fig. 1 is used for the self-manufacture of a cigarette, in particular a filter cigarette with the help of a conventional tamping device, as it is e.g. is known from DE-C 28 33 681.
  • This tobacco product consists of a tobacco portion 11 adapted to the tobacco filling of a finished cigarette on the one hand and to the tobacco receiving space of a preferably prefabricated cigarette paper sleeve on the one hand with regard to cross section and length and held together by a strand casing 10.
  • the strand casing 10 is around the tobacco portion in the embodiment shown 11 wrapped around and glued along their two overlapping longitudinal edges 12, 13 only lightly, namely glue points 14 at points.
  • the strand casing 10 preferably consists of a non-smokable, in particular also non-combustible material, such as e.g. made of paper or plastic film laminated with aluminum. If it should consist of flammable material, it must be ensured that the
  • Tobacco product outside of a tightly fitting cigarette paper wrapper as such is not smokable.
  • the strand casing is so permeable to air over the entire length that the tobacco product cannot be smoked due to the lack of traction.
  • the casing can also be provided with additives which, when smoked, cause or leave such a bad taste that smoking ceases immediately. The smoking should therefore be prompted or even forced to remove the strand casing before enjoying the tobacco portion, namely by means of the grip tab 15.
  • the tobacco portic 11 is then removed either with the aid of a conventional cigarette paper sheet. chens turned a cigarette; or the tobacco portion 11 is pushed into a prefabricated cigarette paper tube, in particular filter cigarette paper tube, by means of a conventional cigarette stuffing device.
  • the embodiment according to FIG. 2 differs from that according to FIG. 1 in that the strand casing 10 is only loosely wrapped around the tobacco portion 11, i.e. is not glued along the overlapping longitudinal edges 12 and 13. These tobacco portions are held together by the grip tab 15, which is wrapped around the casing 10, by more than 360 °. At one end it is connected to the inner longitudinal edge 12 of the strand casing 10, in particular glued to it. Near the other end is inside, i.e. On the side facing the strand casing 10, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 16 is provided, with which this end can be glued to the first-mentioned end of the grip tab 15. As a result, the tobacco portion 11 is held together securely without the longitudinal casing 10 having to be glued to the longitudinal edge.
  • the grip tab 15 is connected in one piece to the strand cover 10.
  • the grip tab 15 extends practically over the entire length of the strand casing 10 or tobacco portion 11.
  • the overlapping longitudinal edges 12 and 13 of the strand casing 10 are glued together over the entire length of the tobacco portion.
  • the corresponding adhesive connection is identified by reference number 17. It is a light bond, i.e. a glue that attaches itself to the
  • Handle tab 15 can be easily loosened while holding the tobacco product. It is preferably a type of pressure sensitive adhesive, as is known for self-adhesive note papers.
  • the grip tab 15 has an approximately triangular shape. A trapezoidal or rectangular design is also conceivable.
  • the embodiment according to FIG. 3 is characterized in that the grip tab 15 consists of a relatively rigid material, in particular cardboard or plastic sheets. This ensures that the tobacco product, consciously or unconsciously, cannot be inserted into a prefabricated cigarette paper tube or wrapped with cigarette paper papers without the strand casing 10 including the grip tab 15 having been removed beforehand. 3, the handling of the described tobacco products with the aid of a conventional cigarette stuffing device is described in more detail in FIGS. 5a and 5b.
  • Such a cigarette stuffing device comprises an elongated tobacco press chamber which is delimited on the one hand by an approximately semicircular fixed wall part 13 and on the other hand by an oppositely semicircular surface 19 of a movable press beam 20, by means of which the press chamber, after being filled with tobacco, produces a strand-like tobacco supply is lockable.
  • a push-on sleeve for attaching and pushing on an empty cigarette paper sleeve is provided at one end of the press chamber.
  • the press chamber is delimited by a piston-like Taba ejection slide, by means of which the tobacco supply can be transferred from the press chamber into the cigarette paper tube.
  • a half-shell-shaped spoon can be attached to the effective end of the ejection slide, which supports the transfer of the tobacco supply from the press chamber into the cigarette paper tube while maintaining the stability of the same.
  • a tobacco product of the type described is inserted into such a press chamber, which can be filled from above in the embodiment shown, in such a way that the handle tab 15 projects through the upper feed opening.
  • the press beam 20 is moved in the direction of the arrow 21, ie in the direction of the press chamber closed position, until the tobacco product is slightly jammed between the fixed wall part 18 and the press beam 20. Subsequently, according to FIG.
  • the strand casing 10 is pulled out of the pressing chamber in the direction of arrow 22 by means of the grip tab 15, leaving the tobacco port tion 11 in the bale chamber.
  • the tobacco portion 11 can then be transferred into a prefabricated cigarette paper tube in the manner described, if appropriate after further pressing by means of the press beam 21. It goes without saying that all of the exemplary embodiments described here can be handled in the manner described with reference to FIGS. 5a, 5b using a cigarette filling device.
  • FIG. 4 shows part of a larger unit of smoking tobacco for the self-manufacture of a cigarette, which consists of several tobacco products of the type described, in particular of the type described in FIG. 3.
  • the individual tobacco products consisting of tobacco portion 11 and strand casing 10, are connected to one another via the handle straps 15 in the manner of a cartridge belt, the handle straps 15 being separable from one another along a predetermined breaking line, in particular perforation line 23, in such a way that each can be separated Handle tab 15 is associated with a single tobacco portion including strand casing 10 in the manner shown in FIG. 3.
  • the grip tab 15 is glued to the outer longitudinal edge 13 of the strand casing 10 as in the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1.
  • the overlapping strand casing longitudinal edges 12, 13 are glued to one another over their length (glue points 14), so that this gluing can be easily removed if necessary.
  • the grip tab 15 is connected to the strand cover 10 at any point, in particular is glued in such a way that the pull cover breaks open in the region of the adhesive in the manner described when the grip tab is pulled.
  • the strand casing consists of a correspondingly thin material, namely a material which is just sufficient to hold the tobacco portion 11 together.
  • This embodiment is particularly advantageous in terms of production technology, since it is not necessary to pay attention to the point at which the grip tab 15 is attached to the strand casing 10.
  • FIG. 7 also shows an aid for removing the casing 10 from the tobacco portion 11 by means of the grip tab 15.
  • It is a metal or plastic sleeve 24, the length of which corresponds approximately to the length of the tobacco product and which has a cross section corresponding to the number "6", the "6" not being completely closed.
  • a gap is defined for inserting the grip tab 15 and for pulling off the strand casing 10.
  • This gap is identified in FIG. 7 with the reference number 25.
  • the tobacco 11, which remains in the mentioned sleeve 24, can then be pushed out of the sleeve 24 into a tobacco pressing chamber of a cigarette stuffing device or onto a rolling paper by means of a stick, pencil or the like. This enables exact pre-portioning with all the advantages of a defined taste, predetermined pollutant content, etc.

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L'invention concerne un produit à base de tabac permettant de confectionner soi-même une cigarette, notamment une cigarette filtre. Ce produit comprend une portion de tabac (11) qui est mélangée à la charge de tabac d'une cigarette déjà confectionnée, et qui présente une section et une longueur adaptées à l'espace prévu pour loger le tabac dans un manchon en papier à cigarette, l'ensemble étant maintenu par une enveloppe (10). Cette dernière est soit enroulée, sans être serrée, autour de la portion de tabac (11) soit légèrement collée, notamment en différents points, le long de ses deux bords longitudinaux (12, 13) se chevauchant. Une languette (15) est prévue sur l'enveloppe, en particulier sur le bord longitudinal extérieur (13) de l'enveloppe, afin de permettre le retrait de cette dernière.
PCT/EP1996/001495 1995-04-06 1996-04-04 Produit de tabac permettant de confectionner soi-meme une cigarette, notamment une cigarette filtre WO1996031135A1 (fr)

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AU53349/96A AU5334996A (en) 1995-04-06 1996-04-04 Tobacco product for a home-made cigarette, in particular a f ilter cigarette
DK96910027T DK0818961T3 (da) 1995-04-06 1996-04-04 Tobaksprodukt til hjemmelavning af en cigaret, navnlig en filtercigaret
AT96910027T ATE241919T1 (de) 1995-04-06 1996-04-04 Tabakerzeugnis für die selbstverfertigung einer zigarette, insbesondere filter-zigarette
DE59610505T DE59610505D1 (de) 1995-04-06 1996-04-04 Tabakerzeugnis für die selbstverfertigung einer zigarette, insbesondere filter-zigarette
CA002217605A CA2217605C (fr) 1995-04-06 1996-04-04 Produit de tabac permettant de confectionner soi-meme une cigarette, notamment une cigarette filtre
EP96910027A EP0818961B1 (fr) 1995-04-06 1996-04-04 Produit de tabac permettant de confectionner soi-meme une cigarette, notamment une cigarette filtre

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DE19513010A DE19513010B4 (de) 1995-04-06 1995-04-06 Tabakerzeugnis für die Selbstverfertigung einer Zigarette, insbesondere Filter-Zigarette
DE19513010.3 1995-04-06

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ATE241919T1 (de) 2003-06-15
ES2194982T3 (es) 2003-12-01
DE19513010A1 (de) 1996-10-10
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DE19513010B4 (de) 2004-04-29
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