WO2009150955A1 - Système de distribution de produit de tabac et son procédé de distribution - Google Patents

Système de distribution de produit de tabac et son procédé de distribution Download PDF

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WO2009150955A1
WO2009150955A1 PCT/JP2009/060023 JP2009060023W WO2009150955A1 WO 2009150955 A1 WO2009150955 A1 WO 2009150955A1 JP 2009060023 W JP2009060023 W JP 2009060023W WO 2009150955 A1 WO2009150955 A1 WO 2009150955A1
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長谷川毅
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B3/00—Preparing tobacco in the factory
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/10—Casings or parts thereof, e.g. with means for heating or cooling
    • G07F9/105—Heating or cooling means, for temperature and humidity control, for the conditioning of articles and their storage

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  • the present invention relates to a tobacco product distribution system and a distribution method thereof that perform temperature management of tobacco products in the entire process from manufacture of tobacco products to retail sales.
  • Cigarette products such as cigarettes or filter cigarettes manufactured at tobacco plants are first packaged as cigarette packs every 20 pieces. Thereafter, the cigarette pack is packed as a predetermined number of cartons, and the predetermined number of cartons are packed into a cardboard box. Therefore, tobacco products are transported from tobacco factories to distribution bases in the form of packaging housed in cardboard boxes. Thereafter, the tobacco product is delivered directly from the distribution base to the retail sales store in the above-described packing form, or is delivered from the distribution base to the retail sales store through the intermediate base. Specifically, at the intermediate base, the carton is taken out from the cardboard box, and the tobacco product is delivered from the intermediate base to the retail store in a carton packing form. For example, see FIG. The carton is obtained by wrapping a predetermined number of tobacco products, that is, cigarette packs, with a packaging material.
  • Patent Document 1 described above discloses a demand planning system for tobacco products, and this demand planning system appropriately manages the inventory of tobacco products at each stage of a distribution base, an intermediate base, and a retail store. According to such a demand planning system, a consumer can purchase a tobacco product within the expiration date reliably and stably through a retail store.
  • the expiration date of tobacco products is uniquely determined on the date after a predetermined period from the date of manufacture, but in determining the expiration date, the quality deterioration of tobacco products in the distribution process of tobacco products, Specifically, quality degradation of tobacco products due to fluctuations in outside air temperature is not taken into consideration.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a tobacco product distribution system and method for reducing or preventing quality deterioration of tobacco products due to an increase in outside air temperature and for reliably selling tobacco products with guaranteed quality to consumers. It is to provide.
  • the tobacco product distribution system in the entire distribution process from the manufacture of the tobacco product to the retail sale of the tobacco product, the tobacco product according to the packaging form of the tobacco product.
  • the isolating means for isolating the tobacco product from the tobacco, the isolating means maintaining the tobacco product at a low temperature that is lower than a temperature that causes degradation of the quality of the tobacco product.
  • the quality deterioration of the tobacco product is volatilization of the aromatic component of the tobacco product.
  • tobacco products are kept at a low temperature by the isolation means until they are sold in the whole distribution process of tobacco products. Therefore, the quality of the tobacco product, i.e. the aroma component of the tobacco product, is maintained until sold to the consumer.
  • the isolation means maintains the tobacco product at a low temperature of 20 ° C. or lower. If the tobacco product is maintained at the above-described low temperature state, even if the tobacco product contains a volatile fragrance such as menthol, volatilization of the fragrance, that is, the fragrance component thereof is prevented or suppressed.
  • a volatile fragrance such as menthol
  • the tobacco product is a stick-shaped smoking article.
  • the box includes any of the boxes packed with cartons, and the isolation means includes a cigarette pack, a carton, and a cold room that houses the tobacco product depending on the packaging form of the box.
  • the cold storage room includes a tobacco factory building including a warehouse, a low-temperature transport truck, a cold storage container, or a cold storage type vending machine.
  • the present invention also provides a method for distributing tobacco products, which in the entire distribution process from manufacture of tobacco products to retail sales, isolates tobacco products from the ambient temperature according to their packaging form, Keep isolated tobacco products at a low temperature below the temperature that causes their quality to deteriorate.
  • the tobacco product distribution system and distribution method of the present invention maintain the tobacco product at a low temperature until the tobacco product is sold to consumers. Therefore, even if the outside temperature suddenly decreases during the distribution process of tobacco products, such an increase in outside temperature will not cause deterioration in the quality of tobacco products, and tobacco products will remain stable. , Sold to consumers.
  • the tobacco product distribution system of one embodiment includes a delivery route for delivering tobacco products from the tobacco factory 2 to the retail store 4, and the tobacco factory 2 has a warehouse.
  • a distribution base 6 is installed in the middle of the delivery route, and an intermediate base 8 is installed between the distribution base 6 and the retail store 4 on the delivery route as necessary.
  • the broken line A in FIG. 1 indicates that the tobacco product is isolated from the outside temperature throughout the distribution system, and the isolation of the tobacco product will be described in detail below.
  • the tobacco factory 2 first manufactures stick-shaped smoking articles.
  • the smoking article is a cigarette in which chopped tobacco is wrapped with a wrapping paper, or a filter cigarette FC in which a filter is attached to the cigarette.
  • the cigarette or filter cigarette FC smoking article is packaged together, for example, every 20 pieces, and a cigarette pack CP in soft or hard form is manufactured.
  • these smoking articles or cigarette packs can contain volatile fragrances, specifically menthol.
  • the cigarette pack CP is wrapped with a paper wrapping material, for example, in units of 10 to obtain a carton C. Thereafter, the carton C is packed into the cardboard box B in units of 50, for example.
  • a cardboard box B is shipped directly from the tobacco factory 2, or temporarily stored in the warehouse of the tobacco factory 2, and then shipped from the warehouse.
  • the cardboard box B shipped from the tobacco factory 2 or warehouse is one packaging form of tobacco products distributed in the distribution system, but in the distribution process from the tobacco factory 2 or warehouse to the retail store 4,
  • the packing form includes the carton C described above and individual cigarette packs CP. Isolation of tobacco products in tobacco factories
  • the tobacco factory 2 and the warehouse are provided with, for example, a common building 2a, and the building 2a is defined as a cold room as shown by a broken line in FIG.
  • This cold room isolates the cigarette pack CP, the carton C and the cardboard box B from the outside air.
  • the building 2a is provided with an air conditioner (not shown), and this air conditioner has the temperature in the building 2a, that is, the temperature in the cold insulation chamber, causing the quality deterioration of the tobacco product, specifically, as described above. It is maintained at a temperature lower than the temperature that causes volatilization of a fragrance such as menthol.
  • the temperature of the cold room is maintained at a low temperature of 20 ° C. or lower. Isolation of tobacco products during delivery from tobacco factory to distribution base
  • a low-temperature transport truck 10 as shown in FIG. 3 is used, or a normal transport truck.
  • a cold storage container 12 shown in FIG. 4 are used.
  • the low temperature transport truck 10 includes a container 14 with a refrigerator.
  • the inside of the container 14 is defined as a cold storage chamber that accommodates a large number of cardboard boxes B, and the internal temperature can be maintained at a low temperature of 20 ° C. or lower.
  • the inside of the cold storage container 12 is also defined as a cold storage chamber in which both the cardboard box B and the cold storage agent 16 can be accommodated. It can be maintained.
  • the cold storage container 12 is loaded into a normal transport truck with the cardboard box B and the cold storage agent 16 contained therein, and the transport truck moves from the tobacco factory to the distribution base. Delivered. Isolation of tobacco products in distribution bases and intermediate bases
  • the distribution base 6 and the intermediate base 8 each have a building, and the cardboard box B can be carried into these buildings.
  • the interiors of the bases 6 and 8 are defined as cold storage rooms, as in the building 2a of the tobacco factory 2, and these cold storage rooms are also maintained at a low temperature of 20 ° C. or lower. Isolation of tobacco products during distribution from distribution bases to retail outlets or intermediate bases
  • a low temperature transport truck or a cold container similar to the low temperature transport truck 10 or the cold container 12 described above is used. Isolation of tobacco products during delivery from intermediate bases to retail outlets
  • the delivery of the tobacco products here is carried out in a packing form of a cardboard box B, a carton C or a cigarette pack CP. Therefore, for the delivery of the cardboard box B, a low temperature transport truck or a cold container similar to the low temperature transport truck 10 or the cold container 12 described above is used.
  • a function similar to that of the cold container 12 is exhibited, but a smaller cold container than the cold container 12 is used.
  • FIG. 5 shows a small cold storage container 18 that can store a predetermined number of cigarette packs CP
  • FIG. 6 shows a medium cold storage container 20 that can store a predetermined number of cartons C. . Isolation of tobacco products at retail stores
  • cigarette products are sold to consumers by cigarette pack CP or carton C as a unit, or cigarette pack CP is sold by vending machines installed inside or outside the store. Sold as a unit.
  • the vending machine when a vending machine outside the store is used for sales, the vending machine includes a refrigerator 22 as shown in FIG.
  • the refrigerator 22 maintains the temperature in the vending machine at a low temperature of 20 ° C. or lower. That is, the inside of the vending machine is defined as a cold room.
  • the cool box 24 has a door that can be opened and closed, and can accommodate a large number of cigarette packs CP or cartons C therein.
  • the cool box 24 includes a refrigerator (not shown), and this refrigerator maintains the temperature in the cool box 24 at a low temperature of 20 ° C. or lower.
  • the store clerk takes out the cigarette pack CP or carton C of the brand specified by the consumer from the cool box 24 and sells it to the consumer according to the consumer's request.
  • the retail store 4 can include an air conditioner, which maintains the entire interior of the store at a low temperature of 20 ° C. or lower.
  • the aforementioned cold storage 24 is not required, and a normal vending machine can be installed in the store.
  • the reason why the tobacco product, that is, the stick-shaped smoking article is maintained at a low temperature of 20 ° C. or lower at each stage of the distribution system described above is based on the results of the following storage test.
  • the cigarette sample includes a cigarette, a filter, and chip paper that connects the cigarette and the filter to each other, and the chip paper does not have a vent hole.
  • the cigarette of the cigarette sample is formed by wrapping cigarettes containing l-menthol in a rod shape with a wrapping paper, while the filter is formed by wrapping a filter fiber tow in a rod shape with a wrapping material.
  • a manufacturing machine MMC4000 manufactured by Mitsui Machinery Co., Ltd. was used for molding these cigarettes and filters.
  • the cigarette has a length of 59 mm, and 3 mg of l-menthol is added to the cigarette per cigarette.
  • the filter has a length of 25 mm.
  • the tow filament denier was 4 g / 9000 m, and the total filter denier was 3500 g / 9000 m. Note that 6 Wt% of triacetin as a plasticizer is added to the filter.
  • the sample packs are stored separately in 5 ° C, 22 ° C, and 55 ° C temperature controlled chambers, and a predetermined number of samples are stored from each temperature controlled chamber every time the storage period is 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, or 2 months. It was taken out one by one.
  • the cigarette sample in the sample pack taken out was subjected to a smoking test using a linear type smoking machine SM400 (manufactured by Filtrona) and in accordance with ISO standard smoking conditions.
  • the amount of tar (T) and the amount of 1-menthol (M) contained in the mainstream smoke were measured.
  • FIG. 9 shows the ratio of the amount of 1-menthol (M) to the amount of tar (T), that is, the change with time of M / T.
  • the M / T decrease over time is significant. Specifically, the M / T of the cigarette sample stored at 55 ° C. for 2 months is reduced to about 1/3 compared to the M / T of the cigarette sample stored at 5 ° C. for 2 months.
  • the distribution system of the present invention maintains the tobacco product at a low temperature in all processes from manufacture at the tobacco factory to sales at the retail store. Therefore, even if a volatile fragrance such as menthol is contained in the tobacco product, that is, the filter cigarette itself or the cigarette pack, the quality of the tobacco product can be stably maintained. That is, even if the outside air temperature rises, the volatilization of the volatile fragrance is prevented or reduced. Therefore, the quality of the filter cigarette, that is, the cigarette pack is surely ensured until the cigarette pack reaches the consumer.
  • a volatile fragrance such as menthol
  • the tobacco product may be isolated from the outside air temperature by using means other than the isolation means shown in FIGS.

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Le système de distribution de produit de tabac isole les produits de tabac de la température de l’air extérieur et maintient les produits à une faible température souhaitée sur la base de l’état emballé, dans tout le processus de distribution, depuis la fabrication des produits de tabac dans une usine de tabac (2) jusqu’à la vente du produit de tabac chez un détaillant (4).
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