EP1757195A2 - Méthode et appareil pour fabriquer des cigarettes à filtres à plusieurs compartiments - Google Patents

Méthode et appareil pour fabriquer des cigarettes à filtres à plusieurs compartiments Download PDF

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EP1757195A2
EP1757195A2 EP06011153A EP06011153A EP1757195A2 EP 1757195 A2 EP1757195 A2 EP 1757195A2 EP 06011153 A EP06011153 A EP 06011153A EP 06011153 A EP06011153 A EP 06011153A EP 1757195 A2 EP1757195 A2 EP 1757195A2
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Siegfried Schlisio
Erwin Oesterling
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Koerber Technologies GmbH
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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
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0275—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features
    • A24D3/0287—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features for composite 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
    • A24C5/47—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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  • the invention relates to a method for producing filter cigarettes with multiple filters from different rod-shaped filter components, which are taken on separate conveyor paths separate stocks in multiple use length, divided into shorter lengths and inserted between two coaxially aligned tobacco rods.
  • the invention also relates to a device for producing filter cigarettes with multiple filters of different rod-shaped filter components, with separate supplies for filter rods multiple use length, which are assigned on separate conveyor paths conveyor drums for dividing, grouping and inserting the rod-shaped filter components between two coaxially aligned tobacco rods.
  • the invention is based on the object for the. Machining and handling of different filter components necessary steps to make flexible and to allow with the least possible effort on conveyor drums.
  • rod-shaped filter components are divided into pairs of individual filter plug and on the other conveying rod-shaped filter components in double-length filter plug on the one conveying path, and that the filter plug of the two filter components are inserted successively between the tobacco rods.
  • the invention comprises a procedure in which initially a double-length filter plug is inserted centrally between two spaced tobacco rods, leaving a gap in each case to the adjacent tobacco rods, are inserted into the pairwise single filter plug subsequently.
  • a preferred variant of the invention is that first the pairs of individual filter plugs and then the double-length filter plugs are inserted between the tobacco rods, wherein according to another proposal, the single filter plug in a position adjacent to the tobacco rods and the double-length filter plug into a central gap between the single filter plug added become.
  • This is particularly advantageous for filter components which secrete particles during their handling, so that their initial insertion between the tobacco rods into the following sensitive area of the machine unit, in which gluing and wrapping of the article components takes place, can be operated so that they are free from contamination and thus long-term operational.
  • the procedure according to the invention is further optimized according to a further development in that the individual filter plugs are obtained from filter rods of twelve times the working length and the double-length filter plugs are obtained from filter rods of six times the length of use.
  • the apparatus for carrying out the method described at the outset is that the one conveying path is formed by five conveyor drums for duplicate subdivision of filter rods taken from a separate supply of six times the length of use, to the staggering, cross-axial sequencing and subdivision of the resulting filter rods twice the useful length in single filter plugs and for longitudinal axial spread and transverse axial distance increase for inserting the single filter plug between the tobacco rods, and that the other conveying path is formed by six conveyor drums, for double subdivision of filter rods taken from the other separate supply of twelve times the length of use, for staggering, transaxial catenary sequencing and subdivision of obtained filter rods four times the length of use, as well as for staggering, transaxial catenary sequencing and cross-axial distance increase to insert the obtained Filter rods of double use length between the tobacco rods.
  • tobacco rods is further proposed that the conveying path formed by five conveyor drums for a filter component - based on the conveying direction of the tobacco rods along a lined up by a Conveying drums formed conveying path - upstream of a compilation drum with the conveying path of the tobacco rods is in operative connection, and that the conveying path formed by six conveyor drums for the other filter component is downstream via a compilation drum with the conveying path of the tobacco rods in operative connection.
  • filter rods of a first component for example Charcoal
  • a first component for example Charcoal
  • filter rods of a first component for example Charcoal
  • a staggering drum 7 and transferred to this in a relay formation 8.
  • the staggered filter rods 6 reach a sliding drum 9, on which they are transferred into a series formation 11 and again divided by a circular blade 12 into single-length filter stoppers 13.
  • the filter plug 13 are placed in a spreading formation 16, in each case between two filter plug 13th a pair of a larger frontal distance is prepared, and then 'transferred in this formation on an acceleration drum 17 on which the filter plug 13 are brought into a Queraxial enlarged spacer formation 18.
  • the longitudinal axial and queraxial spaced filter plug 13 are inserted directly on a compiler 19 according to insertion position 21 on both sides in the gap between two tobacco rods 22 which fed in double use length of a drum 23, cut centrally on a cutting drum 24 according to cutting position 26 and were pulled apart on a spreading drum 27 according to the spreading position 28 longitudinal axial.
  • filter rods 31 of a second component of twelve times the length of use are removed from a magazine 32, divided by two circular blade 33 in three filter plug 34 of four times the useful length, passed to a staggering drum 36 and transferred to this in a relay formation 37.
  • the staggered filter stoppers 34 reach a sliding drum 38, on which they are transferred into a series formation 39 and again divided by a circular blade 41 into filter stoppers 42 of twice the useful length.
  • the severed filter plugs 42 are again brought into a staggering formation 44 and displaced on a sliding drum 46 into a series formation 47 in which they pass back onto the staggering drum 43.
  • the cross-axially spaced filter plug 42 are inserted centrally on a compilation drum 49 in the gap between the two filter plug 13 according to the insertion position 50.
  • the tobacco-filter rod combination 13, 22, 42 of double the use length created in the insertion position 50 is subsequently centered in a known manner Separation of the double-length filter plug 42 assembled into individual filter cigarettes.

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  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Cigarettes, Filters, And Manufacturing Of Filters (AREA)
EP06011153A 1998-12-10 1999-11-27 Méthode pour fabriquer des cigarettes à filtres à plusieurs compartiments Expired - Lifetime EP1757195B1 (fr)

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DE19856934A DE19856934A1 (de) 1998-12-10 1998-12-10 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Filterzigaretten mit Mehrfachfiltern
EP99123622A EP1016350B1 (fr) 1998-12-10 1999-11-27 Méthode et appareil pour fabriquer des cigarettes à filtres à plusieurs compartiments

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EP1757195A2 true EP1757195A2 (fr) 2007-02-28
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EP (2) EP1757195B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2000166530A (fr)
CN (1) CN1112862C (fr)
AT (1) ATE383782T1 (fr)
DE (3) DE19856934A1 (fr)
PL (1) PL189169B1 (fr)

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ATE383782T1 (de) 2008-02-15
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CN1256098A (zh) 2000-06-14
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PL189169B1 (pl) 2005-06-30
EP1757195B1 (fr) 2008-01-16
DE19856934A1 (de) 2000-06-15
CN1112862C (zh) 2003-07-02
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