WO2014136225A1

WO2014136225A1 - Cigarette production method, cigarette, and double cigarette

Info

Publication number: WO2014136225A1
Application number: PCT/JP2013/056156
Authority: WO
Inventors: 哲郎桜井; 寛子齋藤
Original assignee: 日本たばこ産業株式会社
Priority date: 2013-03-06
Filing date: 2013-03-06
Publication date: 2014-09-12
Also published as: JP5916945B2; MY168066A; JPWO2014136225A1; KR101764042B1; EP2952108A1; KR20150107874A; CN105142431B; CN105142431A; EP2952108B1; EP2952108A4

Abstract

This double cigarette (11) is provided with: mouthpiece filter bodies (1a, 1b) which are positioned on the mouthpiece side when the cigarette is formed, include filter fibers, and extend in the axial direction; a filter plug (8) in which the mouthpiece filter bodies (1a, 1b) are arranged side by side in the axial direction; tobacco rods (9) which are disposed on both sides of the filter plug (8); and tipping paper which wraps together the filter plug (8) and the tobacco rods (9). Distinguishing indicators (15a, 15b) which are visible distinct from the filter fibers are formed on each of the mouthpiece end faces (16) serving as the opposing end faces of the mouthpiece filter bodies (1a, 1b), and the filter plug (8) is formed by disposing the mouthpiece filter bodies (1a, 1b), which each have a different distinguishing indicator (15a, 15b), with the distinguishing indicators (15a, 15b) together in a mutually facing state.

Description

Cigarette manufacturing method, cigarette and double cigarette

The present invention relates to a cigarette manufacturing method, a cigarette, and a double cigarette.

2. Description of the Related Art A filter used for a cigarette having a pattern on its end face is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Since the pattern appearing on the end face is formed to extend in the longitudinal direction of the filter, the same pattern appears on the end face of the filter regardless of where the filter is cut.

The cross-sectional shape of the through hole appears on the end face of the hollow filter in which the through hole is formed in the longitudinal direction. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2). In this way, as a distinction display body such as a pattern or a shape that can be visually distinguished and recognized separately from a filter material such as a filter tow, another one in which colored threads are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the filter (for example, Patent Documents) 3), a hole that does not penetrate from the end face of the filter is provided and represented by a shape formed by the hole (see, for example, Patent Document 4).

On the other hand, double cigarettes are known (for example, see Patent Document 5). In this double cigarette, filters for two cigarettes are arranged to form a filter plug, and a tobacco rod is arranged on the outside through the filter plug, and these are integrated by chip paper. Finally, two filter tobacco rods are produced by cutting in the center (cutting between filters).

The above-described distinguishing display body can also be applied to a double cigarette. In other words, the filter chip with the distinguishing display body displayed on the end face is sent out in the same direction and wrapped with a paper roll to form a filter plug. If cigarette rods are arranged on the outside of the filter plug, integrated, and cut at the center, two cigarettes with a distinguishing display on the end face are produced.

International Publication No. 2011/148130 JP-A-4-352862 International Publication No. 2012/114437 British Patent Application No. 2347607 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-24035

However, when it is desired to obtain cigarettes having different distinguishing indicators, it is necessary to manufacture cigarettes having different distinguishing indicators and to mix them. For example, when it is desired to obtain a mixture of two types of the distinguishing display bodies shown in Patent Documents 1 to 4, it is necessary to individually manufacture and mix them. When it is necessary to mix two types of cigarettes in the same number, it is necessary to count and arrange the number of each cigarette, so workability is poor.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described prior art, and provides a cigarette manufacturing method, a cigarette, and a double cigarette capable of obtaining the same number of cigarettes having two types of distinguishable display bodies in the same manufacturing process. For the purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a plurality of filter chips including filter fibers and extending in the axial direction are sent out, a filter rod is formed by abutting the plurality of filter chips in the axial direction, and two cigarettes are formed. A filter plug forming step of cutting the filter in a state where the minute filter is arranged opposite to each other, a cigarette rod is arranged outside the filter plug and wrapped with chip paper to form a double cigarette, and the filter plug is cut An exposure step of exposing the end face of the filter chip, and before the delivery step, the suction end face of the mouthpiece filter body that is the filter chip exposed in the exposure step is distinguished from the filter fiber. A distinction indicator forming process for forming a distinguishable indicator that can be visually recognized is performed, and in the delivery step, Re respectively opposed to said different distinguishable display body the distinction display of the mouthpiece filter body having to provide a cigarette manufacturing method characterized by arranging to.

The present invention also provides a cigarette comprising the mouthpiece filter body and the tobacco rod.

Further, in the present invention, when a cigarette is formed, the filter is positioned on the suction side and includes filter fibers and extends in the axial direction, and the filter in which the suction filter body is arranged in the axial direction. A plug, a cigarette rod disposed on both sides of the filter plug, and a tip paper that integrally wraps the filter plug and the cigarette rod; A distinction display body that can be visually recognized separately from the filter fibers is formed, and the filter plug is formed by arranging the distinction display bodies of the mouthpiece filter bodies having different distinction display bodies facing each other. A double cigarette is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the same number of cigarettes having two types of distinguishing display bodies in the same manufacturing process.

It is a schematic sectional drawing explaining the cigarette manufacturing method which concerns on this invention in order. It is a schematic sectional drawing explaining the cigarette manufacturing method which concerns on this invention in order. It is a schematic sectional drawing explaining the cigarette manufacturing method which concerns on this invention in order. It is a schematic perspective view explaining the cigarette manufacturing method which concerns on this invention in order. It is a schematic perspective view explaining the cigarette manufacturing method which concerns on this invention in order. It is the schematic which shows the example of a mouthpiece filter body. It is the schematic which shows the example of a mouthpiece filter body. It is the schematic which shows the example of a mouthpiece filter body. It is the schematic which shows the example of a filter plug. It is the schematic which shows the example of a filter plug. It is the schematic of a filter rod manufacturing machine.

First, the cigarette manufacturing method according to the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, when manufacturing a cigarette, a sending-out process is performed. In this step, a plurality of

filter chips

1 and 2 in a state where the filter fibers 4 are wrapped with the web 3 are arranged and sent out in the direction of arrow A (axial direction). In the example shown in the figure, two filter chips 1 that are plain filters are arranged, and a filter chip 2 that is a charcoal filter in which activated carbon particles are distributed in the filter fiber 4 is arranged and sent out. As the filter fiber 4, for example, a fiber bundle such as acetate or a sheet-like cellulose fiber to which a curing agent (triacetin in the case of acetate fiber) is added as necessary is used. The web 3 is a highly air-permeable paper, for example, an air permeability of 10,000 CU, a weight of 24.0 g / m ² , and a width of 26.0 mm. In this embodiment, the filter chip 1 using a web is shown as an example. However, as the filter chip 1, a so-called non-wrap filter in which the outer peripheral surface of the filter fiber is hardened by heating may be used.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, a filter plug forming step is performed. In this step, the interval between the plurality of

filter chips

1 and 2 that have been sent is narrowed, and these are wrapped and integrated with the forming paper 5 to form the filter rod 6. In the example shown in the figure, a space 7 is provided between the filter chips 1 facing each other. Thereafter, the filter rod 6 is cut at the position indicated by the cutting line B (substantially the center of the filter chip 2). Thereby, the filter plug 8 (refer FIG. 3) by which the filter for two cigarettes was arrange | positioned facing is formed.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, an exposure process is performed. First, as shown in FIG. 3, cigarette rods 9 are arranged on both outer sides of the filter plug 8, and these are wrapped with chip paper 10 to form a double cigarette 11. The tobacco rod 9 is formed by wrapping a notch 12 chopped with tobacco leaves with a wrapping paper 13. FIG. 4 is a simplified perspective view. As shown in FIG. 4, after forming the double cigarette 11, the center of the filter plug 8 (between the filter chip 1 and the filter chip 1) is cut along the cutting line C. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 5, two cigarettes 14 are manufactured. Since the double cigarette 11 (filter plug 8) is cut along the cutting line C, the end face of the filter chip 1 is exposed at the cigarette 14. In the example of FIG. 5, a cigarette 14 (recess filter cigarette) having a shape in which the chip paper 10 protrudes further from the end face of the filter chip 1 toward the front side (suction side) when cut along the cutting line C is shown. . For this reason, in the filter plug formation process, the interval 7 is provided while the filter chips 1 face each other. When manufacturing such a recess filter cigarette, it is preferable to use high-stiffness paper, for example, one having a basis weight of 100.0 g / m ² and a width of 26.5 mm, as the forming paper 5.

Here, in the present invention, the distinguishing display body forming step is performed before the above-described feeding step. This discrimination display body formation process is a process of forming the discrimination display body 15 that can be distinguished from the filter fibers 4 and visible on the end face of the filter chip 1 exposed in the exposure process. Since the filter chip 1 on which the discrimination display body 15 is formed is arranged on the mouthpiece side when it becomes the cigarette 14, it can also be called a mouthpiece filter body. Hereinafter, the filter chip 1 is referred to as a mouthpiece filter body 1. The discrimination display body 15 is formed on the mouth end face 16 of the mouth filter body 1 when at least the cigarette 14 is formed. Different distinction display bodies 15 are formed on the

mouthpiece filter bodies

1a and 1b arranged opposite to each other. FIG. 4 shows an example in which the mouthpiece end surface 16 of the mouthpiece filter body 1a is colored as the distinction display body 15a of the mouthpiece filter body 1a. The pattern is shown. In addition, a through hole 32 that penetrates the mouthpiece filter body 1b in the axial direction is provided as the distinguishing display body 15b of the mouthpiece filter body 1b, and the end face shape of the through hole 32 is shown. This is the case where the mouthpiece filter body 1b is formed of a hollow filter.

In this way, the mouthpiece filter body 1 in which the different display bodies 15 (15a, 15b) are formed is arranged with the display body 15a and the display body 15b facing each other in the above-described delivery process. If arranged in this way, even when the double cigarette as shown in FIG. 4 is used, the distinguishing

display bodies

15a and 15b remain facing each other, and the different

distinguishing display bodies

15a and 15b are exposed by cutting along the cutting

line C. Cigarettes

14a and 14b can be obtained one by one. That is, the same number of

cigarettes

14a and 14b having two types of

distinction display bodies

15a and 15b can be obtained in the same manufacturing process. Therefore, when forming a state in which the same number of two types of cigarettes 14 are mixed, it is not necessary to manufacture each of the cigarettes 14 and count the number of these, and work efficiency is improved.

This effect is always applied if the

distinction display bodies

15a and 15b of the

mouthpiece filter bodies

1a and 1b arranged facing each other in the above-described delivery process are different. Therefore, any distinction display body 15 displayed on the mouthpiece filter body 1 may be used. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a mouthpiece filter body 1 in which a letter F is represented by a cross-sectional shape of a through hole 17 penetrating the mouthpiece filter body 1 in the longitudinal direction may be used. At this time, since the color of the filter chip 2 can be recognized through the through hole 17 by coloring the adjacent filter chip 2, it can be visually recognized as the background color of the distinction display body 15. Specifically, the filter chip 2 can be colored by using pre-colored acetate tow. As another example, as shown in FIG. 7, the distinction display body 15 may be represented by a cord-like body 18 embedded in the longitudinal direction of the mouthpiece filter body 1. A plurality of the cords 18 may be embedded and a pattern or a character may be displayed on the end face of the mouthpiece filter body 1. Thus, the distinction display body 15 can also be formed by exposing a plurality of cross-sections of the cord-like body 18 to the mouth end face 16. As another example, as shown in FIG. 8, the discrimination display body 15 may be represented by a cross-sectional shape of a non-through hole 19 formed from the end face of the mouthpiece filter body 1. FIG. 8 also shows the letter F as a cross-sectional shape of the non-through hole 19, as in FIG. 6.

As shown in FIG. 6 to FIG. 8, when an element representing the discrimination display body 15 extends from the mouth end face 16 toward the inside, the tip paper 10 is connected to the mouth end face 16 like the recess filter cigarette described above. It is not necessary to provide the interval 7 so as to protrude from. That is, even if the mouthpiece filter body 1 faces and contacts as shown in FIG. 9, the chip paper is cut along the cutting line D across the boundary line of the mouthpiece filter body 1 facing each other. Thus, a cigarette 14 in which 10 and the mouth end face 16 of the mouth filter body 1 are aligned can be obtained. Alternatively, if a hollow cylindrical hollow filter 20 is arranged on the suction port side of the suction filter body 1, a cigarette 14 that can visually recognize the distinguishing indicator 15 through the hollow portion of the hollow filter 20 when cut along the cutting line E is provided. Obtainable.

The above-described delivery process and filter plug formation process are performed using a filter rod manufacturing machine 21 as shown in FIG. Below, the case where the filter rod 6 as shown in FIG. 2 is manufactured is demonstrated. The manufacturing machine 21 is provided with a suction conveyor 22, and supply units 23 to 25 for supplying the suction filter body 1 and the filter chip 2 to the suction conveyor 22 are provided in the vicinity of the suction conveyor 22. Each of the supply units 23 to 25 has a hopper 26, and the hopper 26 is filled with the suction filter body 1 or the filter chip 2. Specifically, the hopper 26 of the supply unit 23 is filled with the mouthpiece filter body 1b, the hopper 26 of the supply unit 24 is filled with the mouthpiece filter body 1a, and the hopper 26 of the supply unit 25 is filled with the filter chip 2. . Each hopper 26 is provided with a round knife 27, and the mouthpiece filter body 1 and the filter chip 2 in the hopper 26 are cut to a predetermined length. Specifically, the suction filter body 1 has a total length of 60 mm when supplied to the hopper 26, but is 10 mm by the round knife 27. Moreover, the filter chip 2 is cut into a total length of 112 mm and 28 mm. The circumferential length of the mouthpiece filter body 1 and the filter chip 2 is 24.0 mm. Here, when paying attention to the supply unit 23, the suction filter body 1b cut to a predetermined length advances along the transport path 28 as it is, and the interval at which the suction wheel 22 having the separation claw 29 is supplied to the suction conveyor 22 is increased. Adjusted. Specifically, the delivery wheel 30 rotates in the direction of arrow G, and the timing at which the suction filter body 1 is supplied to the suction conveyor 22 by the separation claw 29 is achieved. The mechanism supplied to the suction conveyor 22 is the same for both the

supply unit

24 and 25.

When being supplied to the suction conveyor 22, the suction filter body 1b from the supply unit 23 is supplied so that the suction mouth end face 16 is located on the front side in the traveling direction. That is, the discrimination display body 15b is supplied so as to be positioned on the front side in the traveling direction. And the suction filter body 1a from the supply unit 24 is supplied to the suction conveyor 22 so that the suction mouth end face 16 is located on the rear side in the traveling direction. That is, the discrimination display body 15a is supplied so as to be located on the rear side in the traveling direction. And the filter chip 2 from the supply unit 25 is supplied between the suction

mouth filter bodies

1a and 1b where the mouth end face 16 does not face each other. The suction filter body 1 and the filter chip 2 are conveyed by the suction conveyor 22 as they are, and are sent in close contact with each other by the spacer drum 31 while being formed with an interval 7 therebetween. The filter rod 6 is then wrapped with the forming paper 5. In addition, what is necessary is just to provide the supply unit for supplying the hollow filter 20 to the suction conveyor 22 when arrange | positioning the hollow filter 20 as shown in FIG.

As a method of supplying the suction end face 16 to the suction conveyor 22 in this way, when the suction filter body 1 is supplied to the hopper 26, the positions of the suction end faces 16 are opposite to each other. Or supply the suction end face 16 on the same side and then reverse one hopper 26, or the suction filter from one supply unit 24 when the hopper 26 is supplied to the suction conveyor 22 Either one of the bodies 1 can be inverted individually.

The filter rod 6 thus formed is cut at the center portion of the filter chip 2 to become a filter plug 8. If cigarette rods 9 are arranged on both sides of the filter plug 8 and wrapped with chip paper 10, a double cigarette 11 as shown in FIGS. That is, the double cigarette 11 according to the present invention has the mouthpiece filter body 1 positioned on the mouthpiece side when at least the cigarette 14 (see FIG. 5) is obtained. The suction filter body 1 has filter plugs 8 facing each other. And it has the tobacco rod 9 distribute | arranged to the both sides of the filter plug 8. FIG. And it has the chip paper 10 which wraps the filter plug 8 and the tobacco rod 9 integrally. The opposing end face of the mouthpiece filter body 1 becomes the mouthpiece end face 16 because it is located on the mouthpiece side when it becomes a cigarette 14, and a distinguishing display body 15 is formed on the mouthpiece end face 16. The distinction display body 15 is visible separately from the filter fibers 4 forming the mouthpiece filter body 1. The filter plug 8 is formed by arranging the distinguishing

display bodies

15a and 15b of the

mouthpiece filter bodies

1a and 1b having different

distinguishing display bodies

15a and 15b in a state of facing each other.

1: filter chip (suction mouth filter body), 2: filter chip, 3: winding paper, 4: filter fiber, 5: molding paper, 6: filter rod, 7: interval, 8: filter plug, 9: tobacco rod, 10 : Chip paper, 11: double cigarette, 12: notch, 13: wrapping paper, 14: cigarette, 15: distinguishing indicator, 16: suction end face, 17: through hole, 18: cord-like body, 19: non-through hole, 20: Hollow filter, 21: Filter rod manufacturing machine, 22: Suction conveyor, 23: Supply unit, 24: Supply unit, 25: Supply unit, 26: Hopper, 27: Round knife, 28: Transport path, 29: Separation claw , 30: delivery wheel, 31: spacer drum, 32: through hole

Claims

Sending out a plurality of filter chips that include filter fibers and extend in the axial direction; and
A filter plug forming step of forming a filter rod by abutting the plurality of filter chips in the axial direction, and cutting the filter chips into a state in which filters for two cigarettes are arranged to face each other;
A cigarette rod is arranged outside the filter plug and wrapped with chip paper to form a double cigarette, and includes an exposing step of cutting the filter plug to expose an end face of the filter chip;
Before the sending step, a distinguishing indicator forming step for forming a distinguishing indicator that can be visually recognized separately from the filter fibers on the mouthpiece end face of the mouthpiece filter body that is the filter chip exposed in the exposing step. Done
The cigarette manufacturing method characterized by arranging the said discrimination display bodies of the said suction mouth filter body which has the said different discrimination display bodies facing each other in the said sending-out process.
A cigarette manufactured by the cigarette manufacturing method according to claim 1,
A cigarette comprising the mouthpiece filter body and the tobacco rod.
A mouthpiece filter body which is located on the mouthpiece side when it becomes a cigarette and includes filter fibers and extends in the axial direction;
A filter plug in which the mouthpiece filter bodies are arranged side by side in the axial direction;
A tobacco rod disposed on both sides of the filter plug;
Chip paper for integrally wrapping the filter plug and the tobacco rod;
A distinction display body that can be visually recognized separately from the filter fibers is formed on each of the suction mouth end faces that are opposite end faces of the suction mouth filter body,
The double-cigarette is characterized in that the filter plug is formed so that the distinction display bodies of the mouthpiece filter bodies having the different distinction display bodies face each other.