WO2013124475A1 - Filtre à fumée de tabac - Google Patents

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WO2013124475A1
WO2013124475A1 PCT/EP2013/053654 EP2013053654W WO2013124475A1 WO 2013124475 A1 WO2013124475 A1 WO 2013124475A1 EP 2013053654 W EP2013053654 W EP 2013053654W WO 2013124475 A1 WO2013124475 A1 WO 2013124475A1
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nonwoven fabric
tobacco smoke
staple fibres
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Anthony Denis Mccormack
Matthew James TIPPER
Stephen John Russell
Vera CHETTY
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Filtrona Filter Products Development Co. Pte. Ltd
Filtrona Filter Products Uk Limited
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Priority claimed from GB201218113A external-priority patent/GB201218113D0/en
Application filed by Filtrona Filter Products Development Co. Pte. Ltd, Filtrona Filter Products Uk Limited filed Critical Filtrona Filter Products Development Co. Pte. Ltd
Priority to EP13706961.3A priority Critical patent/EP2816911B1/fr
Priority to CA2863465A priority patent/CA2863465C/fr
Priority to IN6667DEN2014 priority patent/IN2014DN06667A/en
Priority to CN201380010608.6A priority patent/CN104244747A/zh
Priority to US14/380,434 priority patent/US20150059789A1/en
Priority to RU2014134214A priority patent/RU2631628C2/ru
Priority to JP2014558138A priority patent/JP6258872B2/ja
Publication of WO2013124475A1 publication Critical patent/WO2013124475A1/fr
Priority to US18/097,848 priority patent/US20230248053A1/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/04—Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure
    • A24D3/048—Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure containing additives
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/04—Tobacco smoke filters characterised by their shape or structure
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/067—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters characterised by functional properties
    • A24D3/068—Biodegradable or disintegrable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/08—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as carrier or major constituent
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/14—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as additive
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters

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  • the present invention relates to filters and filter elements for smoking articles such as cigarettes.
  • a cigarette filter that is made from readily biodegradable materials and which disperses rapidly when immersed in water.
  • the filter material must satisfy numerous other criteria, in particular being in a form suitable for high speed conversion into cigarette filters; provide suitable characteristics (e.g. filtration efficiency, hardness, lack of variability, etc) to the finished filter; be economically viable; and enable acceptable subjective characteristics (notably taste and appearance) in the final cigarette.
  • a tobacco smoke filter or filter element including a nonwoven fabric, wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises: a sheet of staple fibres; and a water soluble binder; wherein the water soluble binder is uniformly coated on at least one face of the sheet of staple fibres.
  • a tobacco smoke filter or filter element including a nonwoven fabric, wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises: staple fibres (e.g. a sheet of staple fibres); and a water soluble binder; wherein the water soluble binder is applied to the staple fibres in aqueous form.
  • staple fibres e.g. a sheet of staple fibres
  • water soluble binder e.g. a water soluble binder
  • Nonwoven fabrics may be defined as sheet or web structures bonded together by entangling fibres or filaments (and by perforating films) mechanically, thermally or chemically. They may be made directly from separate fibres (or from molten plastic or plastic film).
  • nonwoven fabric expressly does not include paper or base paper.
  • the non woven fabric is a wet laid non woven fabric.
  • the nonwoven fabric may have basis weight of 25 to 42 gsm, for example 27 to 40 gsm.
  • the staple fibres are preferably of a biodegradable material.
  • the staple fibres may be regenerated cellulosic fibres, e.g. Viscose or Tencel, both of which are available from Lenzing AG.
  • Other biodegradable fibres such as Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVOH), Polylactic Acid (PLA), Polyglycolic acid (PGA) or cotton may also be used.
  • PVOH Polyvinyl Alcohol
  • PLA Polylactic Acid
  • PGA Polyglycolic acid
  • the staple fibres are not cellulose acetate fibres or cellulose ester fibres.
  • the filter/filter element and/or nonwoven fabric and/or staple fibres have the 'Ready Biodegradability' level of biodegradability as measured according to OECD
  • the staple fibres may be staple fibres of cut length 4 mm to 10 mm, for example 4 to 6 mm.
  • the staple fibres may be of diameter 1.7 dtex to 3 3 dtex.
  • the staple fibres may be of any cross-section (e.g. round, trilobal, etc). It will be appreciated that staple fibres of any cut length and diameter suitable for use in a wet laid nonwoven fabric may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention and that a blend of different fibres, fibre lengths or fibre diameters may be used in the fabric.
  • the amount of water soluble binder may be 0.1 % to 5%, for example 0.5 to 3 %, for example 1 %, expressed as percentage of the solids level content in the finished nonwoven fabric.
  • the water soluble binder may be carboxym ethyl cellulose (CMC), polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), hydroxycellulose, polyethylene oxide, natural starch, a modified starch, a cationic starch, guar gum, or a derivative of the above.
  • the binder can be applied by any known method suitable for the application of liquid binders such as curtain coating, size press, mangle padding, spray, etc.
  • the nonwoven fabric does not include an alkaline compound.
  • the filters and element of the invention include a nonwoven fabric which comprises (e.g. short cut biodegradable) staple fibres (e.g. regenerated cellulosic fibres) and a water- soluble binder.
  • a nonwoven fabric which comprises (e.g. short cut biodegradable) staple fibres (e.g. regenerated cellulosic fibres) and a water- soluble binder.
  • the water soluble binder is applied (to the fibres) in an aqueous form.
  • the water soluble binder is applied (to the fibres) in an aqueous form and subsequently dried.
  • the specific nonwoven fabric material is preferably manufactured by a wet laid process.
  • Nonwovens can be prepared by a variety of different well known manufacturing routes (e.g. dry laid or 'carded', spunbound, wet laid, air laid, etc).
  • the present applicants have found that wet laid fabrics are best suited to meeting the demanding tip-to-tip pressure drop reproducibility criteria required for cigarette filters, which is a vital prerequisite for a viable tobacco smoke filtering material (regardless of its dispersability characteristics).
  • the pressure drop is related to the weight of fabric used per tip.
  • the basis weight of papers and nonwovens is measured using a standard method that quantifies the weight of an area at least 20 x 25 cm.
  • a wet laid fabric made from 100% staple fibre is extremely weak and does not have sufficient mechanical integrity to withstand processing on filter-making machinery. Thus, a binder is needed to provide sufficient strength to the fabric.
  • Prior art wet laid fabrics often incorporate a thermoplastic binder fibre as part of the fibre furnish; these binder fibres are then activated during the drying stage of fabric manufacture.
  • fabrics that incorporate binder fibres are unsuitable for this application because they do not readily disperse in cold water (see Comparative Example 3 below).
  • the applicants have found that the use of a (e.g. liquid) water soluble binder with the staple fibres results may enable rapid dispersion in cold water.
  • the non woven fabric may be a fabric having a dispersibility wherein 95% or more, for example 96% or more, of the nonwoven fabric passes through 6.3mm aperture screens after being subjected to EDANA Standard FG511.1 Tier 1 Dispersability Shake Flask Test (using screens of 1.6, 3.15, 6.3 and 12.5 mm aperture). This test is well known in the art, and this dispersibility indicates ready and effective dispersion in cold water (high dispersibility).
  • the nonwoven fabrics used in filters according to this invention may be processed (e.g. embossed) using standard equipment which is used for making paper-based cigarette filters.
  • Paper filters give greater tar retention than cellulose acetate filters of the same pressure drop. This means that it is not possible for the cigarette producer to simply replace a cellulose acetate filter with a paper filter, because either the length of the filter would need to change (to maintain the same pressure drop or tar delivery) or the cigarette tar delivery would decrease and pressure drop increase (for a constant filter length).
  • the present applicants have found that the tar retention of filters and filter elements according to the invention are much closer to those of cellulose acetate rather than paper.
  • the porosity of the nonwoven fabric may be engineered by controlling the constituent fibre properties such as polymer type, fibre cross-section, fibre crimp and fibre dimensions, to provide filters and filter elements of desirable tar retention and pressure drop.
  • the filters/elements of the invention find further advantage because they may be used as a simple replacement for cellulose acetate filters.
  • the nonwoven fabric may further comprise wood pulp.
  • wood pulp includes a pulp comprising a naturally occurring cellulose fibre (e.g. obtained from a soft wood or hard wood by conventional method such as Sulfite method or Kraft method) which may have been beaten (as is well known in the art) e.g. with the use of a conventional beating machine or refining machine.
  • Wood pulp may enhance the tensile strength of the nonwoven fabric. If wood pulp is included it is preferred that it is present in an amount of 0.1 to 20%, for example 5 to 10%, by weight of the non-woven fabric. In a preferred example, wood pulp is included in an amount of up to 9.5%, for example 1 to 9%, for example 5 to 9%, by weight of the non-woven fabric.
  • the non-woven fabric including this rather small amount of wood pulp is sufficiently strong to be formed into filters/filter elements.
  • wood pulp is included in an amount of up to 20%, for example 1 to 20%, by weight of the non-woven fabric; and the water soluble binder is present in an amount of 0.1 % to 5%, expressed as percentage of the solids level content in the finished non-woven fabric.
  • a tobacco smoke filter or filter element including a nonwoven fabric, wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises: a sheet of staple fibres; woodpulp; and a water soluble binder; wherein the water soluble binder is uniformly coated on at least one face of the sheet of staple fibres; and wherein up to 9.5% by weight of the non-woven fabric is wood pulp.
  • a tobacco smoke filter or filter element including a nonwoven fabric, wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises: a sheet of staple fibres; woodpulp; and a water soluble binder; wherein the water soluble binder is uniformly coated on at least one face of the sheet of staple fibres; wherein the non-woven fabric comprises wood pulp in an amount of up to 20% by weight of the non-woven fabric, and the amount of binder is 0.1 to 5% expressed as percentage of the solids level content in the finished non-woven fabric.
  • the staple fibres are not cellulose acetate fibres or cellulose ester fibres.
  • the tobacco smoke filter or filter element may further comprise a flavour enhancing additive.
  • the flavour enhancing additive may be an additive as disclosed in WO
  • the flavour enhancing additive may be an alicyclic lactone, an aromatic lactone, an aromatic ketone, or secondary alcohol or ester thereof, a phthalide, ⁇ -Valerolactone, ⁇ -Hexalactone, ⁇ -Hexalactone, ⁇ -Heptalactone, ⁇ -Octalactone, ⁇ -Octa lactone, 4-Hydroxy-3-pentenoic acid lactone, 5-Hydroxy-2-decenoic acid ⁇ -lactone, 4,4-Dibutyl-x-butyrolactone, Mintlactone, Dehydromenthofurolactone, 3- Butylidenephthalide, 3-n-Butylphthalide, Whiskey lactone or sedanenolide.
  • the tobacco smoke filter or filter element may comprise a longitudinally extending core of tobacco smoke filtering material.
  • the tobacco smoke filtering material may include, or be, the nonwoven fabric.
  • the longitudinally extending core of tobacco smoke filtering material may be substantially cylindrical.
  • a tobacco smoke filter or filter element according to the invention may be of circumference 14 to 28 mm, for example 16 to 26 mm, for example 16 to 17 mm or 24 to 25 mm.
  • a tobacco smoke filter of the invention may be of length 10 to 40 mm, e.g. 15 to 35 mm, e.g. 20 to 30 mm.
  • a tobacco smoke filter element of the invention may be of length 5 to 30mm, e.g. 6 to 20mm, e.g. 8 to 15 mm, e.g. 10 to 12 mm.
  • the tobacco smoke filter or filter element of the invention may further comprise a wrapper of e.g. plugwrap.
  • the wrapper is preferably engaged around the tobacco smoke filter or filter element (e.g. around the longitudinally extending core of tobacco smoke filtering material).
  • the wrapper e.g. plugwrap
  • the wrapper is preferably held in place with a water soluble adhesive (e.g. by means of a lapped and stuck seam as is known in the art).
  • the water soluble adhesive advantageously facilitates the opening of the filter on contact with water to expose the filter material (nonwoven fabric) contained therein, thereby facilitating break down of the filter (nonwoven fabric) after use.
  • Filters or filter elements of the invention may be used as single filter tips, as filter rods, as one or more segments within a multi-segment filter etc.
  • a filter element according to the invention may be used as a segment of a dual, triple, or other multi component (multiple segment), filter. Dual and other multiple component filters are known in the art.
  • Filters according to the invention may be used in machine made cigarettes (e.g. those mass produced and packaged). Filters according to the invention may also be used as a filter tip for use with an individually rolled cigarette (e.g. a hand rolled cigarette) or a Roll Your Own or Make-Your-Own product.
  • a filter cigarette which includes a tobacco smoke filter or filter element according to the invention.
  • a filter of the invention (or a filter which includes a filter element of the invention) is joined to a wrapped tobacco rod with one end toward the tobacco.
  • the filter may, for example, be joined to the wrapped tobacco rod by ring tipping (which engages around just the adjacent ends of a [wrapped] filter and rod to leave much of the filter wrapper exposed) or by a full tipping overwrap (which engages around the full filter length and adjacent end of the tobacco rod).
  • the plug wrap/overwrap and/or tipping paper includes a water soluble lap adhesive.
  • the water soluble adhesive advantageously facilitates the opening of the filter on contact with water to expose the filter material (nonwoven fabric) contained therein, thereby facilitating break down of the filter (nonwoven fabric) after use.
  • Any filter or filter cigarette according to the invention may be unventilated, or may be ventilated by methods well known in the art, e.g. by use of a pre-perforated or air- permeable plugwrap, and/or laser perforation of plugwrap and tipping overwrap.
  • the filters or filter elements according to the invention may be made (by methods known in the art) as continuous rods.
  • the continuous rod as it issues continuously from the production machine outlet is cut into finite lengths for subsequent use. This cutting may be into individual filters or filter elements as defined and described above, each of which is then attached to an individual wrapped tobacco rod to form a filter cigarette.
  • the continuously issuing rod of filters is first cut into double or higher multiple (usually quadruple or sextuple) lengths for subsequent use; when the initial cut is into quadruple or higher lengths, then the latter are subsequently cut into double lengths for the filter cigarette assembly - in which the double length filter rod is assembled and joined (by ring tipping or full tipping overwrap) between a pair of wrapped tobacco rods with the combination then being severed centrally to give two individual filter cigarettes.
  • Similar techniques are used with e.g. double length filter elements which are combined to make dual or multiple filters, as is known in the art.
  • the invention includes double and higher multiple length filter rods (and/ or filter element rods).
  • a nonwoven fabric wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises: a sheet of staple fibres; and a water soluble binder; wherein the water soluble binder is uniformly coated on at least one face of the sheet of staple fibres.
  • a nonwoven fabric wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises: staple fibres (e.g. a sheet of staple fibres); and a water soluble binder; wherein the water soluble binder is applied to the staple fibres in aqueous form.
  • the non woven fabric is a wet laid non woven fabric.
  • the nonwoven fabric of the invention comprises (e.g. short cut biodegradable) staple fibres and a water-soluble binder.
  • the water soluble binder is applied (to the fibres) in an aqueous form.
  • the staple fibres may be staple fibres of cut length 4 mm to 10 mm, for example 4 to 6 mm.
  • the staple fibres may be of diameter 1.7 dtex to 3.3 dtex.
  • the staple fibres may be of any cross-section (e.g. round, triloba!, etc). It will be appreciated that staple fibres of any cut length and diameter suitable for use in a wet laid nonwoven fabric may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention and that a blend of different fibres, fibre lengths or fibre diameters may be used in the fabric.
  • the staple fibres are preferably of a biodegradable material.
  • the staple fibres may be regenerated cellulosic fibres, e.g. Viscose or Tencel, both of which are available from Lenzing AG.
  • Other biodegradable fibres such as Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVOH), Polylactic Acid (PLA), Polyglycolic acid (PGA) or cotton may also be used. It is possible to use less or non biodegradable cellulose acetate fibres but these are not preferred.
  • the nonwoven fabric may further comprises wood pulp.
  • Wood pulp may enhance the tensile strength of the nonwoven fabric. If wood pulp is included it is preferred that it is present in an amount of 0.1 to 20%, for example 5 to 10%, by weight of the non-woven fabric.
  • the amount of water soluble binder may be 0.1 % to 5%, for example 0.5 to 3 %, for example 1 %, expressed as percentage of the solids level content in the finished nonwoven fabric.
  • the water soluble binder may be carboxym ethyl cellulose (CMC), polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), hydroxycellulose, polyethylene oxide or starch.
  • CMC carboxym ethyl cellulose
  • PVH polyvinyl alcohol
  • hydroxycellulose polyethylene oxide or starch.
  • the binder can be applied by any known method suitable for the application of liquid binders such as curtain coating, size press, mangle padding, etc.
  • the nonwoven fabric does not include an alkaline compound.
  • wood pulp is included in an amount of up to 9.5%, for example 1 to 9%, for example 5 to 9%, by weight of the non-woven fabric.
  • wood pulp is included in an amount of up to 20%, for example 1 to 20%, by weight of the non-woven fabric; and the water soluble binder is present in an amount of 0.1 % to 5%, expressed as percentage of the solids level content in the finished non-woven fabric.
  • the staple fibres are not cellulose acetate fibres or cellulose ester fibres.
  • a tobacco smoke filter or filter element comprising a filtering material which includes a nonwoven fabric according to the invention.
  • FIGURE 1 shows a plot of biodegradability with time for "Viscose 2" and Tencel 2", filter rods of the invention, compared to a known cellulose acetate filter rod "CA”.
  • Small scale wet laid fabrics of about 40 gsm were prepared using a Handsheet Former in accordance with TAPPI standard T205.
  • a fibre blend of 90% PVOH fibre (2.8dtex, 4mm length) and 10% woodpulp was used.
  • the tensile strength of these sheets was below 10N, i.e. fairly weak.
  • CMC or PVOH water soluble binders were subsequently applied to these sheets using a padding machine - the addition of 4% CMC increased tensile strength to 65N, whilst addition of 4.5% PVOH increased tensile strength to 108N.
  • the addition of liquid-based binders imparts sufficient strength to enable such fabrics to be processed on high speed cigarette filter making equipment.
  • Example 1 demonstrates that nonwoven fabrics of the invention are suitable for use in tobacco smoke filters and filter elements (according to the invention), and have excellent levels of dispersability in cold water meaning they are highly biodegradable.
  • Two types of wet laid fabric (labelled A and B) according to the invention were prepared using a pilot scale inclined wire hydroformer.
  • Fabric A used 100% viscose fibres of length 6mm and linear density 1.7dtex (supplied by Kelheim Fibres GmbH) and fabric B used 100% tencel fibres of length 6mm and linear density 1 Jdtex (supplied by Lenzing AG).
  • a 1 % solution of water soluble CMC binder (Finnfix 700, manufactured by Noviant) was applied to both fabrics during manufacture via a curtain coating technique.
  • Cigarette filters were then manufactured from both types of fabric using equipment for the manufacture of paper-based cigarette filters, as is well-known in the art (see e.g. Example 4).
  • An essential aspect of this latter process is the longitudinal embossing of the fabric in order to facilitate its condensing into a cylindrical rod form.
  • the bulk, tensile and stretch characteristics of the fabric are highly important in determining whether it is able to withstand the embossing process - e.g. it must not break or block the rollers - and the applicants surprisingly found that both fabrics processed well on the filter-making equipment.
  • the table below gives test results for the fabrics and for cigarette filters made from these fabrics.
  • Example 2 demonstrates that nonwoven fabrics of the invention are suitable for use in tobacco smoke filters and filter elements (according to the invention), and have excellent levels of dispersability in cold water meaning they are highly biodegradable.
  • Fabric C a third material
  • Fabric C had a weight of 36gsm, a weight variation of 1.05%, a machine direction tensile strength of 47N and a cross direction tensile of 33N, which were all close to the values of Fabrics A and B.
  • the dispersion characteristics of Fabric C were markedly inferior to those of Fabrics A and B. There was no sign of rapid dispersion after the tip was placed in water and less than 10% passed through a screen of 6.3mm apertures after being subjected to the same Shake Flask Test as in Examples 1 and 2.
  • Comparative Example 3 demonstrates that for rapid dispersion the water soluble binder should be applied to the nonwoven fabric as a uniform layer (e.g. by application in aqueous form), rather than as binder fibres within the nonwoven fabric.
  • Two types of wet laid fabric (again labelled A and B) according to the invention were prepared using a pilot scale inclined wire hydroformer, as with Example 2.
  • Fabric A used 100% viscose fibres of length 6mm and linear density 1 Jdtex (supplied by Kelheim Fibres GmbH) and fabric B used 100% tencel fibres of length 6mm and linear density 1.7dtex (supplied by Lenzing AG).
  • a 1 % solution of CMC binder (Finnfix 700, manufactured by Noviant) was applied to both fabrics during manufacture via a curtain coating technique.
  • Cigarette filters were then manufactured from both types of fabric using equipment for the manufacture of paper-based cigarette filters, as is well-known in the art.
  • Sample filters were made from a cylindrical rod (of length 15 mm and circumference 24.50 mm) formed from wet laid fabric A or B according to the method set out in
  • the wet laid nonwoven fabric is formed on an inclined wire machine as set out above.
  • the longitudinally advancing finished web of nonwoven fabric is then longitudinally advanced between co-operating rolls having circumferentially-extending corrugations (to longitudinally emboss the fabric), and thereafter continuously gathered (while longitudinally advancing as a nonwoven fabric web) laterally into rod form.
  • the resulting continuously produced rod is continuously cut transversely into finite lengths to give the product filters or filter rods, by methods which are also known in the art.
  • the filters/filter rods/filter segments may be included in filter cigarettes my methods well known in the art.
  • Sample filters according to the invention were made according to the method set out in Example 4 above.
  • the "Viscose 2" filter was made from a fabric which used 100% viscose fibres of length 6mm and linear density 1 Jdtex (supplied by Kelheim Fibres GmbH).
  • the "Tencel 2" filter was made from a fabric which used 100% tencel fibres of length 6mm and linear density 1 Jdtex (supplied by Lenzing AG).
  • a 1 % solution of CMC binder (Finnfix 700, manufactured by Noviant) was applied to both fabrics during manufacture via a curtain coating technique.
  • the filters were then manufactured from both types of fabric using equipment for the manufacture of paper-based cigarette filters, as is well-known in the art.
  • the biodegradability was measured according to OECD 301 B 'Ready
  • Biodegradability' method (modified Sturm test) by an independent laboratory. The test provides a measure of the biodegradability of a material (expressed as a percentage) over a 28 day period.
  • Figure 1 shows the results for the Viscose 2 and Tencel 2 filters according to the invention compared to 'CA' - standard cellulose acetate filter rods - when tested according to this method.
  • Viscose 2 and Tencel 2 filters (and materials) according to the invention degrade faster and more extensively than cellulose acetate.
  • materials can be assigned three levels of biodegradability as measured by their biodegradation over a 10 day period.
  • the pass level of biodegradability is 'Ready Biodegradability' (gives greater than 60% biodegradability over the defined 10 day period), but there other lesser levels of biodegradability depending on the materials performance in the test, for example 'Ultimate Biodegradability' and 'None'.
  • the Viscose 2 and Tencel 2 filters according to the invention were all certified as 'Ready Biodegradability', whereas 'CA' received the lesser certification of 'Ultimate biodegradability'.
  • EP 0709037 refers to the advantages of cellulose ester fibres with modified cross-section, e.g. specific X, Y or I shapes.
  • Comparative examples 1-5 therein refer to fibres with more regular fibre cross-sections, and are described as having "poor” disintegratability in comparison to "excellent” disintegratability from the modified cross-section fibres.
  • the EDANA Flask Shake test (see method described in Example 1 ) was performed on a number of handsheets of the invention, made with viscose fibres of different cross-sections.
  • the viscose fibres used were 'Danufil' and 'Galaxy' from Kelheim Fibres, which have a round cross-section, and a modified trilobal cross-section, respectively.
  • the results are shown in the Table below. The results show that there is little difference between the dispersibility of sheets made using round and modified trilobal cross-sections. This result is entirely unexpected given the teaching of EP 0709037, which suggests that (cellulose ester) fibres with modified cross-section, e.g. specific X, Y or I shapes, have "excellent” disinteg ratability, while fibres with more regular fibre cross-sections have “poor” disintegratability.

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Abstract

Filtre ou élément de filtre à fumée de tabac comprenant un tissu non tissé. Le tissu non tissé comprend une feuille de fibres discontinues et un liant hydrosoluble. Le liant hydrosoluble est appliqué uniformément sur au moins une face de la feuille de fibres discontinues. Le filtre affiche une excellente biodégradabilité.
PCT/EP2013/053654 2012-02-23 2013-02-25 Filtre à fumée de tabac WO2013124475A1 (fr)

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IN6667DEN2014 IN2014DN06667A (fr) 2012-02-23 2013-02-25
CN201380010608.6A CN104244747A (zh) 2012-02-23 2013-02-25 烟草烟雾过滤器
US14/380,434 US20150059789A1 (en) 2012-02-23 2013-02-25 Tobacco smoke filter
RU2014134214A RU2631628C2 (ru) 2012-02-23 2013-02-25 Фильтр для табачного дыма
JP2014558138A JP6258872B2 (ja) 2012-02-23 2013-02-25 たばこ煙フィルタ
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