WO2021033636A1 - 円筒状加熱型喫煙物品の製造方法及び製造装置 - Google Patents

円筒状加熱型喫煙物品の製造方法及び製造装置 Download PDF

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WO2021033636A1
WO2021033636A1 PCT/JP2020/030865 JP2020030865W WO2021033636A1 WO 2021033636 A1 WO2021033636 A1 WO 2021033636A1 JP 2020030865 W JP2020030865 W JP 2020030865W WO 2021033636 A1 WO2021033636 A1 WO 2021033636A1
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和正 荒栄
博規 村上
直樹 石田
浩暉 森田
是枝　雄一
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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
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/34—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes
    • A24C5/3412—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes by means of light, radiation or electrostatic fields
    • 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
    • A24C5/01—Making cigarettes for simulated smoking devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N22/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of microwaves or radio waves, i.e. electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of one millimetre or more

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  • the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a cylindrical heated smoking article.
  • Smoking articles composed of elongated cylindrical containers filled with (for example, granular) reconstituted cigarettes are currently on the market. In the production of such smoking goods, it is required to strictly control the filling amount of reconstituted tobacco.
  • Patent Document 1 there is known a device in which a pair of electrostatic electrodes are arranged to face each other with a tobacco rod sandwiched between them, and the filling amount of tobacco is measured from the capacitance between the pair of electrostatic electrodes (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ). Further, there is also known an apparatus that irradiates an object to be measured with microwaves and evaluates the characteristics of the object to be measured based on the ratio of the amplitude and phase of the microwave transmitted through the object to be measured (for example, Patent Document 2). See).
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and one of the objects thereof is to inspect the filling amount of reconstituted tobacco by a method suitable for smoking articles constructed by being filled with reconstituted tobacco. It is possible to produce smoking goods filled with an appropriate amount of reconstituted tobacco.
  • one aspect of the present invention is a method for producing a cylindrical heated smoking article composed of a plurality of sections having a diameter of 5.4 mm to 7.8 mm, wherein the cylindrical heated smoking article is produced.
  • the article comprises at least one filter section with a length of 4 mm or more and 8 mm or less and at least one tobacco section with a length of 8 mm or more and 18 mm or less, the method of moving the cylindrical heated smoking article in one direction. While irradiating the cylindrical heated smoking article with microwaves, continuously measuring the phases of the microwaves transmitted through the filter section and the microwaves transmitted through the tobacco section, and the filter section.
  • a method for producing the cylindrical heated smoking article which comprises 400 mg or less of the reconstituted tobacco in the tobacco section.
  • each weight and the phase difference of the plurality of cylindrical heated smoking articles in which the weight of the reconstituted tobacco contained is a known and different values.
  • the step of calculating the calculation further includes a step of determining the relationship with the above, and the step of calculating the calculation includes specifying the weight corresponding to the phase difference by collating the phase difference tested in the step of the test with the relationship.
  • one aspect of the present invention is an apparatus for producing a cylindrical heating type smoking article composed of a plurality of sections having a diameter of 5.4 mm to 7.8 mm, and the cylindrical heating.
  • the type smoking article includes at least one filter section having a length of 4 mm or more and 8 mm or less and at least one tobacco section having a length of 8 mm or more and 18 mm or less, and the device unidirectionally moves the cylindrical heated smoking article.
  • the transport unit to be moved, the transmitting antenna that transmits the microwave toward the cylindrical heated smoking article on the transport unit, the microwave transmitted through the filter section, and the microwave transmitted through the tobacco section are received. It includes a receiving antenna and a calculation unit that calculates the weight of the reconstituted tobacco contained in the tobacco section based on the phase difference of the microwave in the tobacco section with reference to the phase of the microwave in the filter section.
  • a device for manufacturing cylindrical heated smoking articles is provided.
  • the filling amount of the reconstituted tobacco can be inspected by a method suitable for a smoking article composed of the reconstituted tobacco, and thus smoking filled with an appropriate amount of the reconstituted tobacco. Goods can be manufactured.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cylindrical heated smoking article according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a cross section thereof along the longitudinal direction.
  • the smoking article 100 has a cylindrical shape having a diameter of, for example, 5.4 mm to 7.8 mm, and a plurality of filter sections 120 and a plurality of tobacco sections 140 are alternately arranged in the longitudinal direction.
  • the cylindrical sides of the filter section 120 and the tobacco section 140 are integrally covered with exterior paper 160 so that the filter section 120 and the tobacco section 140 do not fall apart.
  • the filter section 120 is made of, for example, acetate fiber, and has a function of filtering the aerosol generated from the tobacco section 140.
  • the filter section 120 may additionally contain activated carbon.
  • the length of the filter section 120 in the longitudinal direction of the smoking article 100 can be, for example, 4 mm or more and 8 mm or less.
  • the tobacco section 140 is configured by filling a predetermined amount of reconstituted tobacco 145 into a cavity provided between two consecutive filter sections 120.
  • the reconstituted tobacco 145 is a tobacco material obtained by once powdering dried leaf tobacco, kneading it with a binder such as polysaccharide or calcium carbonate, and then molding it into a predetermined shape such as a sheet or granules. is there. For example, by extruding a kneaded product of leaf tobacco powder and a binder, granular reconstituted tobacco 145 can be obtained.
  • the length of the tobacco section 140 in the longitudinal direction of the smoking article 100 can be, for example, 8 mm or more and 18 mm or less.
  • the smoking article 100 shown in FIG. 1 is manufactured as follows.
  • a plurality of filter sections 120 are arranged at predetermined intervals inside the exterior paper 160 that is curved in a U shape so as to have an opening at the top.
  • the empty portion sandwiched between the filter sections 120 is called a cavity portion.
  • the outer paper 160 and the plurality of filter sections 120 arranged inside the outer paper 160 are conveyed by a transfer device (for example, a transfer unit 210 shown in FIG. 2).
  • a vibrating conveyor is installed above the conveyor. Reconstructed tobacco granules are supplied from the buffer tank to the vibrating conveyor, and the reconstructed tobacco granules vibrate at a predetermined timing synchronized with the cavity moving on the conveyor and at a predetermined rate according to the filling amount of the cavity.
  • the conveyor and the vibrating conveyor are controlled so that they fall from the tobacco supply holes provided in the conveyor.
  • the cavity between the filter sections 120 is filled with the reconstructed tobacco 145 to form the tobacco section 140, and then the upper opening of the outer paper 160 is closed to complete the smoking article 100 of FIG. ..
  • the smoking article 100 in which a large number of filter sections 120 and tobacco sections 140 are connected in this way is cut vertically in the longitudinal direction at the center portion of each filter section 120 after the reconstituted tobacco filling amount inspection described later. , Separated into individual capsules 102.
  • One capsule 102 is a unit used in one smoking.
  • the tobacco section 140 of the capsule 102 is heated by an electric heater or the like to generate an aerosol containing a tobacco component from the reconstituted tobacco 145.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a measuring device 200 for measuring the weight of the reconstructed tobacco 145 filled in the tobacco section 140 of the smoking article 100.
  • the measuring device 200 includes a transport unit 210, a transmission antenna 220, a reception antenna 230, a calculation unit (for example, a computer having a processor) 240, and a storage unit (for example, a computer-readable storage device) 250.
  • the measuring device 200 can be incorporated as part of a manufacturing device for manufacturing the smoking article 100 and the capsule 102 as described above.
  • the smoking article 100 in which the filter section 120 and the tobacco section 140 are connected is transported by the transport unit 210.
  • the smoking article 100 on the transport unit 210 is continuously irradiated with microwaves having a frequency of, for example, 8 GHz or more and 24 GHz or less from the transmitting antenna 220, and the microwave transmitted through the smoking article 100 is received by the receiving antenna 230.
  • the phase of the microwave changes depending on the permittivity of the substance through which the microwave passes. It is assumed that when the smoking article 100 is irradiated with a microwave having a phase of ⁇ 0, the phase of the microwave transmitted through the filter section 120 changes to ⁇ 1 and the phase of the microwave transmitted through the tobacco section 140 changes to ⁇ 2.
  • ⁇ ⁇ 2- ⁇ 1 of the received microwave.
  • This is an example of the measurement result of the smoking article 100 in which the tobacco 145 is filled in the tobacco section 140.
  • a microwave having a frequency of 8 GHz is used for the measurement.
  • the horizontal axis of FIG. 3 shows the weight of the reconstructed tobacco included in the tobacco section 140, and the vertical axis shows the phase difference ⁇ .
  • the phase difference ⁇ and the weight of the reconstituted tobacco 145 have a linear relationship (more specifically, when the weight of the reconstructed tobacco 145 increases from 0 mg to 400 mg, the phase difference ⁇ becomes It decreases linearly from 0.02 (rad / mm) to -0.25 (rad / mm)). Therefore, if the measurement result as shown in FIG. 3 is obtained in advance, the weight of the reconstructed tobacco included in the tobacco section 140 can be determined from the value of the phase difference ⁇ measured for the smoking article 100 as the object to be measured. You can ask.
  • the calculation unit 240 reads out the coefficient of the calibration curve from the storage unit 250 and applies the value of the phase difference ⁇ measured for the smoking article 100 as the object to be measured to the calibration curve to fill each tobacco section 140. Calculate the weight of the reconstituted tobacco 145.
  • the reconstructed tobacco granules may move in the tobacco section 140 to cause a bias in the distribution and cause the microwave phase ⁇ 2 to fluctuate.
  • obtain. 4 and 5 are examples of experimental results showing the effect of bias of reconstituted tobacco granules within the tobacco section 140.
  • the phase ⁇ 2 of the microwave transmitted through the tobacco section 140 was measured with the smoking article 100 tilted at a predetermined angle from the horizontal plane H.
  • the surface formed by the reconstructed tobacco granules in the tobacco section 140 is the longitudinal length of the smoking article 100 as shown in FIG. It is considered that the distribution of the reconstituted tobacco granules is biased in the tobacco section 140 because it is oblique to the direction.
  • the horizontal axis indicates the inclination angle of the smoking article 100 from the horizontal plane
  • the vertical axis indicates the phase ⁇ 2 of the measured microwave.
  • the phase ⁇ 2 of the microwave transmitted through the tobacco section 140 is the inclination of the smoking article 100. It turns out that it does not depend much on the corner.
  • the phase ⁇ 2 of the microwave transmitted through the tobacco section 140 does not depend much on the tilt angle of the smoking article 100. ..
  • the filling rate of the reconstituted tobacco granules in the tobacco section 140 is high in the configuration of these dimensions, so that the reconstituted tobacco granules are less likely to be biased in the tobacco section 140.
  • the inclination angle of the smoking article 100 is about 30 ° or less, the phase ⁇ 2 of the microwave is almost constant regardless of the inclination angle. Therefore, under the assumption that the bias of the reconstituted tobacco granules in the tobacco section 140 is small, the filling weight of the reconstructed tobacco 145 can be calculated with relatively good accuracy from the value of the phase difference ⁇ .
  • FIG. 7 shows an example of the results of conducting the same experiments as in FIGS. 4 and 5 using microwaves having different frequencies.
  • a microwave having a frequency of 24 GHz when a microwave having a frequency of 24 GHz is used, the phase ⁇ 2 of the microwave transmitted through the tobacco section 140 varies widely, whereas when a microwave having a frequency of 10 GHz is used.
  • the value of the phase ⁇ 2 can be stably measured. Therefore, in order to accurately measure the weight of the reconstituted tobacco 145 filled in the tobacco section 140, it is found that it is preferable to use a low frequency microwave (for example, a frequency of 10 GHz or less).

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