WO2016071699A1 - Machine d'assemblage d'articles à fumer et procédé de fabrication d'un article à fumer - Google Patents

Machine d'assemblage d'articles à fumer et procédé de fabrication d'un article à fumer Download PDF

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WO2016071699A1
WO2016071699A1 PCT/GB2015/053357 GB2015053357W WO2016071699A1 WO 2016071699 A1 WO2016071699 A1 WO 2016071699A1 GB 2015053357 W GB2015053357 W GB 2015053357W WO 2016071699 A1 WO2016071699 A1 WO 2016071699A1
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web
tipping paper
smoking article
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Gary Fallon
Andrew Bray
Gerhard Le Roux
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British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
Tobacco Research And Development Institute (Proprietary) Limited
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Priority to JP2017523311A priority Critical patent/JP6383874B2/ja
Priority to KR1020177012282A priority patent/KR102028740B1/ko
Priority to EP15794248.3A priority patent/EP3214958B1/fr
Priority to US15/525,236 priority patent/US20170347700A1/en
Priority to MYPI2017701428A priority patent/MY185520A/en
Priority to PL15794248T priority patent/PL3214958T3/pl
Priority to BR112017009680A priority patent/BR112017009680A2/pt
Priority to CN201580060387.2A priority patent/CN106998792B/zh
Publication of WO2016071699A1 publication Critical patent/WO2016071699A1/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
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/471—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces by means of a connecting band
    • A24C5/473—Cutting the connecting band
    • 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
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/471—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces by means of a connecting band
    • 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
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • 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
    • 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
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/478—Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling

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  • This present invention relates to a smoking article assembly machine, The present invention also relates to a method of making a smoking article.
  • Smoking articles such as filter cigarettes, are generally formed of a tobacco rod and a filter wrapped in a material, such as paper.
  • a band of paper such as tipping paper, may be used to join together a wrapped tobacco rod and a wrapped filter.
  • Cigarettes with different construction and configuration are possible but do generally comprise rod shaped components, such as tobacco rods and filters that are wrapped in materials in various arrangements.
  • Machinery for preparing and wrapping a web of material around a tobacco rod, a filter or an assembly of a tobacco rod and a filter may include a web handling system that handles thin strips of material, such as tipping paper, arranges and aligns the strips of material with the relevant components and feeds the strips into a wrapping process to wrap the strips of material around the components of the smoking article.
  • a web handling system that handles thin strips of material, such as tipping paper, arranges and aligns the strips of material with the relevant components and feeds the strips into a wrapping process to wrap the strips of material around the components of the smoking article.
  • a smoking article assembly machine having a web of tipping paper conveying path, the smoking article assembly machine comprising a mechanical cutter configured to perform a cutting action to form a pattern including a line having a dimension of at least 5 mm on a web of tipping paper passing along the web of tipping paper conveying path, and a web severing device configured to sever the web of tipping paper into segments for wrapping smoking articles.
  • the line maybe a line of separation.
  • the cutting action of the mechanical cutter maybe configured to define at least two sections of the web of tipping paper.
  • the mechanical cutter may be configured to perform a cuffing action to form the pattern including a line in a direction along the direction of the web of tipping paper conveying path.
  • the smoking article assembly machine may further comprise a curling station configured to act on the web of tipping paper.
  • the mechanical cutter maybe configured to perform the cutting action downstream of the curling station along the web of tipping paper conveying path.
  • the mechanical cutter may be configured to perform the cutting action upstream of the web severing device along the web of tipping paper conveying path.
  • the mechanical cutter may be a crush cutting device. Alternatively, it may be another type of mechanical cutter such as a shear action cutter, e.g. a rotary scissor type cutter, or a contact cutter.
  • a shear action cutter e.g. a rotary scissor type cutter, or a contact cutter.
  • the crash cutting device may comprise a profiled roller and an anvil roller between which the web of tipping paper conveying path is defined.
  • the spacing between the profile roller and anvil roller may be in a range of between 3 to 5 una.
  • the smoking article assembly machine may further comprise a pre-cutter.
  • the pre- cutter may be configured to perform a first cutting action on said web of tipping paper and the cutting action performed by the mechanical cutter maybe a second cutting action on said web of tipping paper.
  • the pre-cutter may perform a mechanical cutting action.
  • the pre-cutter may be disposed downstream of the curling station and upstream of the mechanical cutter along the web of tipping paper conveying path. More specifically, the pre-cutter is preferably disposed after the curling station but before the mechanical cutter in the direction of movement of the web of tipping paper along the conveying path. The pre-cutter may be disposed upstream of the curling station along the web of tipping paper conveying path.
  • the pre-cutter may be a punch for forming perforations.
  • the pre-cutter could be a shear action cutter, such as a rotary scissor type cutter, a contact cutter or a laser cutter.
  • the line may have a minimum length to width ration of 60 :i.
  • a method of making a smoking article comprising conveying a web of tipping paper along a conveying path, mechanically cutting the web of tipping paper to form a pattern including a line having a dimension of at least 5 mm on the web of tipping paper, severing the web of tipping paper into segments, and assembling smoking article with the segments of tipping paper.
  • the method may further comprise curling the web of tipping paper using a curling station, wherein the web of tipping paper may be mechanically cut to form a pattern including a line having a dimension of at least 5mm after the web of cutting paper is curled by the curling station.
  • Figure 1 is a partial exploded view of a cigarette
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of a segment of tipping paper for forming a cigarette
  • Figure 3 is a schematic side elevationai view of a cigarette making machine
  • Figure 4 is a schematic side view of a crush cutting device of the cigarette making machine
  • Figure 5 is a schematic illustration of process steps performed by the cigarette making machine shown in Figure 3.
  • Figure 6 is a schematic side elevationai view of another cigarette making machine.
  • smoking article includes smokeable products such as cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos whether based on tobacco, tobacco derivatives, expanded tobacco, reconstituted tobacco or tobacco substitutes and also heat-not-burn products and other nicotine delivery product such as aerosol generation devices including e-cigarertes.
  • the smoking article may be provided with a filter for the gaseous flow drawn by the smoker. Examples of smoking articles as described herein may comprise a cigarette with a filter in a fixed location on a rod of smokeable material such as tobacco whereas others may be telescopic in configuration.
  • a smoking article in the form of a cigarette i comprises a tobacco rod 2, which in a conventional manner comprises smokable material, such as tobacco or tobacco containing material, wrapped in a paper wrapper. It will be understood that the term cigarette maybe replaced by the term smoking article throughout.
  • a generally cylindrical filter segment 3 that comprises filter material, for example cellulose acetate wrapped in a paper plug wrap is disposed adjacent to the tobacco rod 2.
  • the filter segment 3 is attached to the tobacco rod 2 by means of a covering layer of sheet material 4, preferably tipping paper.
  • the tobacco rod 2 may comprise a smokable material and a second filter section (not shown) which are longitudinally aligned.
  • the tipping paper 4 in Figure 2 is shown as a segment 10 of a web of tipping paper 11 which is of a width suitable for wrapping two cigarettes 1 back-to-back in a cigarette making machine as will be explained hereinafter.
  • Each length L of the web 11 is utilised to form an individual back-to-back cigarette pair and in use, the web 11 is cut along severing lines 12, 13 forming leading and trailing edges of each segment 10.
  • the segment 10 of the web of tipping paper 11 is divided along separation line 14.
  • the tipping paper 4 is formed with a pattern 5.
  • the pattern 5 is formed by an array of lines 6.
  • the lines 6 are formed by cutting into the sheet material that forms the tipping paper 4.
  • the segment 10 of the web 11 of tipping paper 4 shown in Figure 2 forms a blank.
  • the lines 6 are formed by a mechanical cutting action.
  • the depth of at least some of the lines 6 extends through the thickness of the sheet material. That is, the line 6 forms a line of separation. However, some of the lines 6 may extend only partially through the thickness of the sheet material.
  • the or each line 4 forming a line of separation defines at least two sections of the tipping paper 4.
  • line 4a defines two sections 8a, 8b of the tipping paper 4 in Figure 2
  • each line 6 is elongate. At least one line 6 has a length equal to or greater than 5mm. Preferably, at least one line 6 has a length equal to or greater than 10mm. When assembled at least one line 6 extends at least 50% around the circumference of the cigarette 1. Preferably, when assembled at least one line 6 extends at least 80% around the circumference of the cigarette 1.
  • the tipping paper 4 is also formed with an array of perforations 7.
  • the perforations 7 may be formed by laser cutting, embossing such as pin embossing or any other suitable method.
  • the perforations 7 provide for ventilation through the tipping paper 4. It will be understood that each perforation 7 typically has a diameter of up to 0,5mm. It has been found that perforation holes having a greater diameter than 0.5mm may cause the production of C0 2 .
  • a cigarette making machine suitable for producing cigarettes 1 will now be described with reference to Figures 3 and 4.
  • the machine can be considered as a modification of a machine by Hauni Maschinenbau AG, which has been adapted to utilise a roll 22a of the web 11 of tipping paper 4 in the manufacture of cigarettes.
  • Figure 5 illustrates schematically the process steps performed by various parts of the machine illustrated in Figure 3.
  • Tobacco rods 20 of a length suitable for forming two cigarettes back-to-back are supplied to a tobacco rod in-feed 33 shown in Figure 3.
  • filter rods 21 are supplied from a hopper 35 into the machine.
  • the filter rods 21 are of a length suitable for forming two cigarettes back-to-back.
  • the tobacco rods 20 are supplied onto a take over drum 36 and passed to a tobacco rod cutting drum 37 with an associated knife wheel 38 that cuts the tobacco rods 20 into two parts 20a, 20b which are then axially separated by means of a separating drum 39 and passed to a filter feed drum 40 where an individual filter rod 21 is placed between them as shown in Figure 5.
  • the filter rods 21 are fed from hopper 35 by means of supply rollers 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d to the filter feed drum 40 and as shown in Figure 3, the filter feed drum 40 acts to abut the tobacco rods 20a, 20b against opposite ends of the filter rods 21 on a common longitudinally axis,
  • the abutting arrangement of rods 20a, 21, 20b is then transferred to a swash-plate drum 41 where they are joined together by means of a tipping paper segment 10 that comprises a cut portion of the web 11 of tipping paper 4 shown in Figure 2, e.g. between severing lines 12 and 13.
  • the tipping paper segment 10 is cut from the web 11 and is coated with glue so that when the arrangement is transferred to rolling drum 43, the tipping paper segment 10 is wrapped around the filter rod 21 and is dimensioned to overlap the ends of the tobacco rods 20a, 20b so that they become joined together as illustrated by the arrangement in Figure 5.
  • the joined rods 20a, 21, 20b then pass on to a transfer drum 45 so as to be fed to a cutting drum 46 with an associated rotary knife 47 which cuts the joined rods 20a, 21, 20b into two separate cigarettes 1, 1' which are then fed via a transfer drum 48 to a turning drum 49 where the cigarettes 1, 1' of each pair are arranged to face in the same direction ready for packaging.
  • the web 11 of tipping paper 4 is fed sequentially from a feed arrangement comprising two rolls 22a, 22b so that a continuous supply of the web 11 of tipping paper 4 can be provided to a cigarette making machine.
  • a feed arrangement comprising two rolls 22a, 22b so that a continuous supply of the web 11 of tipping paper 4 can be provided to a cigarette making machine.
  • a perforation station Prior to placement of the supply rolls 22a, 22b on the cigarette making machine, plain web rolls are acted on by a perforation station (not shown) to form the perforations 7 in the web 11 of tipping paper 4.
  • the perforation station (not shown) is typically remote from the cigarette making machine, or may be included in the cigarette making machine. Also the web 11 may be perforated at a perforation station adjacent the cigarette making machine and supplied from the adjacent station into the cigarette making machine. Referring again to Figure 3, the web 11 of tipping paper 4 is fed from one of the rolls 22a, 22b to a curling station 50.
  • the curling station 50 operates on the web 11 of tipping paper 4 in order to weaken its structural integrity on one side to enable it to curl into a cylinder readily when wrapped around the rods 20a, 20b, 21 on the drums 41, 43 as shown in Figures 3 and 5.
  • the tipping paper 4 is passed over a fixed curling edge, also known as a curling bar, to weaken the structural integrity of the tipping paper slightly on one face.
  • a curling edge also known as a curling bar
  • the web 11 with perforations is able to withstand the curling treatment.
  • the presence of a pattern 5 including a line 6 having a dimension of at least 5 mm on the web 11 of tipping paper 4 passing through the curling station 50 may cause the web to be at least partially damaged.
  • the web 11 of tipping paper 4 is acted on by a mechanical cutter 70, downstream of the curling station 50.
  • the mechanical cutter 70 acts on the web 11 of tipping paper 4 to form at least one line 6 of the pattern 5.
  • the mechanical cutter 70 performs a cutting action on the web 11 of tipping paper 4 as it passes through the mechanical cutter 70, along the web 11 of tipping paper 4 conveying path.
  • the mechanical cutter 70 makes cuts in the web 11 of tipping paper 4 that are
  • a web tensioner 65 is provided upstream of the curling station 50 in the embodiment shown in Figure 3.
  • the web tensioner 65 or web reservoir provides for accurate control of the tension of the web 11 of tipping paper 4 at the mechanical cutter 70.
  • the web tensioner 65 is disposed between the curling station 50 and the mechanical cutter 70.
  • a paper guide (not shown) aligns the web 11 of tipping paper 4 in a direction transverse to the direction of t he web 11 of tipping paper conveying path 4. The paper guide ensures that the web 11 of tipping paper 4 is accurately aligned prior to being recei ved by the mechanical cutter 70.
  • the mechanical cutter 70 in the present embodiment is a crush cutting device.
  • the crush cutting device acts on the web 11 of tipping paper 4 to perform a crush cut, also known as a burst cut, on the web 11 to form the or each line 6 of the pattern 5.
  • the crush cutting device acting as the mechanical cutter 70 comprises a profiled roller 71 and an anvil roller 72.
  • the profiled roller 71 and anvil roller 72 are spaced apart from each other to define a gap 73.
  • the gap 73 defines part of the web 11 of tipping paper 4 conveying path. That is, the web 11 passes between the profiled roller 71 and the anvil roller 72.
  • the profiled roller 71 has a cylindrical outer surface 74.
  • Raised protrusions (not shown) extend from the profiled roller 71.
  • the raised protrusions defi ne the or each line 6 of the pattern 5.
  • the raised protrusions define a rotary die.
  • the anvil roller 72 has a cylindrical outer surface 75.
  • the cylindrical outer surface 75 of the anvil roller 72 is smooth. That is, the cylindrical outer surface 75 of the anvil roller 72 does not have any raised protrusions.
  • the spacing between t he free edge of t he raised protrusions (not shown) on t he profiled roller 71 and cylindrical outer surface 75 of the anvil roller 72 is between 3 and 5 ⁇ in the present em bodiment.
  • the thickness of the web 11 of tipping paper 4 is typically 0.025 - 0.055 mm. However, it will be understood that the dimensions may vary.
  • Rotation of the profiled roller 71 and ami! roller 72 is synchronised .
  • the rotational speed of the profiled roller 71 and anvil roller 72 corresponds to the throughput speed of the web 11 of tipping paper 4. As the web 11 passes between the profiled roller 71 and anvil roller 72, the rollers 71, 72 act on either side of the web 11.
  • the part of the web 11 received between the raised protrusions on the profiled roller 71 and the cylindrical outer surface 75 of the anvil roller 72 is compressed. That is, the material is crushed therebetween.
  • the material on which the cutting action is performed is crushed by at least 80% of the thickness of the web 11 of tipping paper 4.
  • the crushing action causes the material to burst along the line of material acted on by the profiled roller 71, and so forms a line of separation. With this action, it is possible to perform a separation action that does not require piercing of the web 11 of tipping paper 4.
  • the or each line 6 has a minimum length to width ration of 60: 1.
  • the mechanical cutter 70 is configured to perform a cutting action to form the pattern 5 including lines in a direction along the direction of the web 11 of tipping paper conveying path 4. Furthermore, it is possible to form such a pattern 5 including lines 6 having a dimension of at least 5 mm online the cigarette making machine. It will also be understood that the mechanical cutter 70 can be retrofitted to a cigarette making machine,
  • the web 11 of tipping paper 4 passes from the mechanical cutter 70 to a gluing station 55, This includes a gluing roller 56 that applies to predetermined pattern of glue on to one side of the web 11, transferred by a transfer roller 57 from a tray 58.
  • the web 11 with glue applied then passes over a feed roller 59 to a web severing device 60,
  • the web severing device 60 has a rotary patch cutter that includes a plurality of radially extending blades that cut the web 11 into tipping paper segments 10 to be applied to successive tobacco and filter rod arrangements as illustrated in Figure 5, Referring to Figure 2, the web severing device 60 cuts the web 1 along severing Sines 12, 13 to form the individual tipping paper segments 10.
  • a cutting action is performed at the mechanical cutter 70 to form one or more lines 6 having a dimension of at least 5 mm on the web 11 of tipping paper 4 and, optionally, prior to rolls 22a, 22b of the web 11 of tipping paper 4 being received by the cigarette making machine to form perforations 7.
  • the cigarette making machine has a pre-cutter to perform a cutting action on the web 11 of tipping paper 4 to form perforations 7.
  • One such embodiment is shown in Figure 6.
  • the embodiment shown in Figure 6 is generally the same as the embodiments described above and so a detailed description will be omitted.
  • the cigarette making machine has a pre-cutter 80 disposed along the web 11 of tipping paper 4 conveying path.
  • the pre-cutter 80 is disposed upstream of the curling station 50 along the web 11 of tipping paper 4 conveying path.
  • the pre-cutter 80 is configured to form perforations, or other cutting actions in which the cuts have a dimension less than 5mm.
  • the pre-cutter 80 may have different forms, including a laser cutting device, a pin embossing device or a shear action cutter.
  • the pre-cutter 80 is configured to perform a first cutting action on the web 11 of tipping paper 4.
  • the cutting action performed by the mechanical cutter 70 is a second cutting action on said web 11 of tipping paper 4.
  • By providing the pre-cutter 80 upstream of the curling station 50 it is possible to separate a first cutting action from a second cutting action.
  • Such an arrangement allows a robust web 11 having an online cutting action performed on it to pass through the curling station 50, whilst providing for a further cutting action to be perfomed on the web 11 prior to being combined with the rods 20a, 20b, 21.
  • the pre-cutter is disposed downstream of the curling station 50 and upstream of the mechanical cutter 70 along the web 11 of tipping paper 4 conveying path. With such arrangements, it is possible to form the perforations or other cutting action that is not performed by the mechanical cutter 70 online the cigarette making machine.

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La présente invention concerne une machine d'assemblage d'articles à fumer. La machine d'assemblage d'articles à fumer comporte un trajet d'acheminement de bande de papier manchette. La machine d'assemblage d'articles à fumer comporte également un dispositif de coupe mécanique (70) configuré pour exécuter une action de coupe de façon à former un motif (5) comprenant une ligne (6) ayant une dimension d'au moins 5 mm sur une bande (11) de papier manchette (4) passant le long du trajet d'acheminement de bande de papier manchette, et un dispositif de sectionnement de bande (60) configuré pour sectionner la bande (11) de papier manchette (4) en segments servant à envelopper des articles à fumer. La présente invention concerne également un procédé de fabrication d'un article à fumer.
PCT/GB2015/053357 2014-11-07 2015-11-05 Machine d'assemblage d'articles à fumer et procédé de fabrication d'un article à fumer WO2016071699A1 (fr)

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JP2017523311A JP6383874B2 (ja) 2014-11-07 2015-11-05 喫煙品組立機械および喫煙品の製造方法
KR1020177012282A KR102028740B1 (ko) 2014-11-07 2015-11-05 흡연 물품 조립 기계 및 흡연 물품의 제조 방법
EP15794248.3A EP3214958B1 (fr) 2014-11-07 2015-11-05 Machine d'assemblage d'articles à fumer et procédé de fabrication d'un article à fumer
US15/525,236 US20170347700A1 (en) 2014-11-07 2015-11-05 Smoking article assembly machine and method of making a smoking article
MYPI2017701428A MY185520A (en) 2014-11-07 2015-11-05 Smoking article assembly machine and method of making a smoking article
PL15794248T PL3214958T3 (pl) 2014-11-07 2015-11-05 Maszyna do wytwarzania wyrobu tytoniowego oraz sposób wytwarzania wyrobu tytoniowego
BR112017009680A BR112017009680A2 (pt) 2014-11-07 2015-11-05 máquina de montagem de artigos para fumar e método de fabricação de um artigo para fumar
CN201580060387.2A CN106998792B (zh) 2014-11-07 2015-11-05 吸烟制品组装机及制作吸烟制品的方法

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