JPS62143675A - Cigarette with filter and method and apparatus for producingthe same - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" The present invention relates to a cigarette with a filter, and in particular,
The present invention relates to a cigarette with a filter that can vary the dilution ratio of air to smoke, and also relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing this cigarette.

"Conventional Technical Background and Problems Therein" In recent years, individual preferences regarding cigarettes have diversified, and various brands of filter-equipped cigarettes with variable smoking tastes have been developed. For example, a typical example of such a filter-equipped cigarette is one in which small holes are formed on the outer peripheral surface of a filter chip at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.

In this cigarette with small holes, when smoking, air can be introduced into the filter chip through the small holes, so this introduced air dilutes the smoke flow flowing inside the filter chip. You can inhale light tobacco pieces that are diluted with.

By the way, as mentioned above, it goes without saying that there are differences between individuals in terms of their preference for a lighter taste when it comes to smoking, but each individual also wants to enjoy the taste of a cigarette by changing the taste depending on the time and situation. Sometimes.

However, since the cigarettes that each individual purchases are usually of a fixed brand, the level of flavor that this brand of cigarette has is always the same, and each individual may change the flavor depending on the time and situation. It is virtually impossible to change the taste of tobacco.

For this reason, there is a desire for filter-equipped cigarettes that can vary the taste of each brand of tobacco, and various proposals have been made to obtain such filter-equipped cigarettes. However, the manufacturing cost was high and it was not suitable for mass production, and could not be put to practical use.

``Object of the Invention'' The present invention was made based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a filter-equipped cigarette that is easy to manufacture and that can vary the taste sensation at low cost. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing this filter-equipped cigarette and an apparatus for manufacturing the same.

"Summary of the Invention" According to the present invention, by spanning one end of the filter chip wrapped with plug paper and the end of the cigarette body, and wrapping the paper and gluing, the filter chip and the cigarette body are bonded. a connecting ring that connects the filter chip, a tip ring formed by wrapping paper around the other end of the filter chip and gluing it, and a tip ring that is provided at a portion of the filter chip that is exposed between the tip ring and the connecting ring. , an air introducing means that allows air to be introduced into the interior, and a paper wrapped around the outer circumferential surface of the filter chip between the tip ring and the connecting ring, and a perforation line on one of the tip ring and the connecting ring. A filter-equipped cigarette is provided, which includes a sliding ring portion that is detachably connected to the filter tip via the cutting line, and is capable of sliding on the outer circumferential surface of the filter tip when separated from the cutting line.
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According to the present invention, in order to obtain the above-mentioned filter-equipped cigarette, a second paper piece that will become the sliding ring portion is formed in advance on one of the pair of paper pieces that will become the connecting ring and the tip ring, and the second paper piece that will become the sliding ring portion is cut out. The second paper piece is separably connected via a wire, and the second paper piece is wrapped around the outer peripheral surface of the filter chip together with the first paper piece of both boxes to simultaneously form a connecting ring, a tip ring, and a portion where the sliding ring is to be formed. A method of manufacturing a filter-equipped cigarette is provided.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, in order to carry out the above-mentioned manufacturing method, in the tip paper wrapping section, the tip paper is wrapped over both the two double filter chips and the two cigarette bodies. Wrapping and gluing, thereby interconnecting the dual filter tip and the two cigarette bodies to form two dual filter cigarettes; A manufacturing device for obtaining filtered cigarettes having individual filter tips by cutting a series of filter tips from the center thereof, the tip paper supply unit supplying a tip paper having a pair of planned cutting lines up to the tip paper wrapping area; The tip paper is placed in the middle of feeding the paper to the cutting section, and the tip paper is cut on the outside or inside of the pair of scheduled cutting lines to form each of the first paper pieces from the tip paper. A pair of first belt parts located on the outside of the belt and a second belt part located between these first belt parts.
It is divided into band parts, and at the time of division, it is connected to one of the band parts via the above-mentioned planned cutting line. A dividing roller is provided with a band portion to be cut to form the second paper piece, and the first and second band portions are separated so that a predetermined gap exists between the first and second band portions separated by the dividing roller. The second straps are guided apart, thereby positioning the pair of first straps so as to straddle the cigarette body and the ends of the dual filter tips, respectively, and the second straps are guided so as to straddle the ends of the dual filter tips. a separation guide located in the center; A band cutting part for cutting the second band part and the band part to be cut to obtain the first and second paper pieces from these band parts; The first gluing to form the connecting ring and the tipping ring in the chipping section and the predetermined areas of the second paper piece are thereby glued, and the chipping paper wrapping is glued only in the predetermined areas of the second paper piece. Two filter-attached cigarettes, which are formed in the second gluing section and the tip paper wrapping section to obtain the intended moving ring section, are cut from the center of the double filter tip and the filter tips are individually cut. Provided is a filter-equipped cigarette manufacturing apparatus comprising: a cigarette cutting section for obtaining a finished cigarette;

"Embodiment of the Invention" A filter-equipped cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

1 in FIG. 1 is a filter chip. The filter chip 1 is formed by wrapping a plug paper ring 3 around a rod-shaped filter material 2 made of a fiber material such as cellulose acetate or polypropylene.

A cigarette main body 5 is arranged in series at the end opposite to the mouth end of the filter chip 1, and the filter chip 1 and the cigarette main body 5 are interconnected by a connecting ring 6. The connecting ring 6 spans the cigarette body 5 from the other end of the filter chip 1, and is formed by wrapping tip paper and gluing. A tip ring 7 made of tip paper is also wrapped and glued around the suction end of the filter tip 1 so as to leave a predetermined gap between it and the connecting ring 6.

An air introduction means 8 is provided at a portion of the filter chip 1 exposed to the outside between the tip ring 7 and the connection ring 6, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. In the case of this embodiment, the air introducing means 8 is constructed by forming a large number of small holes 9 in a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the filter chip 1 close to the connecting ring 6, that is, in the plug paper 3. The annular region 9 has a predetermined width in the axial direction of the filter chip 1 .

Further, in a portion of the filter chip 1 exposed between the tip ring 7 and the connection ring 6, a sliding ring portion 10 made of tip paper is arranged.

This sliding ring planned portion 10 has an axial width such that it can sufficiently cover or partially cover the annular region in which the small hole 9 is formed. In the case of the example, the sliding ring prospective portion 10 is connected to the tip ring 7 via a perforation line 10a. The sliding ring predetermined portion 10 is capable of sliding on the outer circumferential surface of the filter chip 1 in the axial direction when separated from the tip ring 7 via the perforation line 10a.

'' According to the double filter-equipped cigarette, when the cigarette is smoked in the state shown in FIG. It goes without saying that the smoke flows through the material 2 to the mouthpiece end as shown by the solid line in Figure 2, and then flows into the smoker's mouth from this mouthpiece end, but in this case, the smoke flows as shown by the broken line in Figure 2. As shown in the figure, since the air introduced from each small hole 9 flows into the filter chip 1, it is possible not only to suppress the amount of smoke flowing into the smoker's mouth, but also to reduce the amount of smoke flowing into the filter chip 1. Inside, the smoke stream is diluted with air, giving the smoker a light tasting experience.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
is separated from the tip ring 7 via the cutting line 10a to form the sliding ring 10b.
This sliding ring 10b is slid toward the connecting ring 6 side.
When smoking with the entire area of the annular area of the small hole 9 completely covered, the smoke flows from the cigarette body 5 through the filter shrine 2 of the filter chip 1 to its mouth end, and from this mouth end the smoke is emitted. Only the stream flows into the smoker's mouth. Therefore, in this case, the smoker can enjoy a relatively rich smoking taste.

Furthermore, as is already clear from the above description, by adjusting the axial position of the sliding ring 10b and varying the exposed area of the region of the small hole 9 that is exposed to the outside, it is possible to Since the amount of smoke flow and the amount of air can be arbitrarily varied, the smoker can enjoy a graded smoking sensation ranging from a light and heavy smoking sensation.

Note that since the sliding ring 10b is positioned between the connecting ring 6 and the tip ring 7, these rings 6.
7 functions as a stopper for the sliding ring 10b,
It also has the advantage of preventing the sliding ring 10b from falling off the cigarette.

The filter-equipped cigarette of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and modified examples will be explained in FIGS. 4 to 6, respectively. The filter-equipped cigarettes shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 differ from those shown in FIG. 2 only in the structure of the filter tip 1, so members having the same functions as those shown in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals. Therefore, the explanation thereof will be omitted, and only the structure of the filter chip 1 will be explained.

The filter chip 1 shown in FIG. 2 is a so-called plain filter chip, but the filter chip 1 shown in FIG. 4 is a dual type filter chip. In other words, this dual type filter chip 1 has a first tip part 11 and a second tip part 12 from the suction end side.
The chip 11 is formed by wrapping the filter material 2 with a non-porous inner plug paper 3a, while the second chip part 12 is formed by wrapping the filter material 2 with an air-permeable inner plug paper 3a such as activated carbon filled in the filter material 2a. It is formed by wrapping a certain inner plug paper 3b. These first and second chips 11 and 12 are wrapped and connected to each other by an air-permeable outer plug paper 3c, thereby forming a dual type filter chip 1. Here, as shown in FIG.
When the plug paper 3c is connected to the outside, it is composed of an outer plug paper 3c exposed to the outside and an inner plug paper 3b corresponding to a portion of the outer plug paper 3c, and the outside air is supplied to the plug paper 3c.

3b into the filter chip 1. Incidentally, when the sliding ring scheduled portion 10 is separated from the tip ring 7 to form the sliding ring 10b, by sliding this sliding ring 10b, air can be introduced as in the case of FIG. Of course, the amount of air introduced by means 8 can be varied.

The filter chip 1 shown in FIG. 5 is a so-called triple type filter chip. That is, in the case of FIG. 5, the additive material 13 is interposed between the chip parts 11a similar to the first chip 11 of FIG. 4, and the plug paper 3 of FIG. 1 is wrapped around them. has been done.

The filter chip 1 in FIG. 6 is similar to the case in FIG.
The first tip portion 11. from the suction end side. The second tip portions 12 are arranged in series, and a plurality of grooves 14 are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the first tip portion 11 on the suction end side at equal intervals in the circumferential direction and open at the suction end by thermoforming. After that, plug paper 3 is wrapped around these chips 11 and 12.

Therefore, a plurality of air passages 15 are defined by the grooves 14 and the plug paper 3 in the first tip portion 11 located on the suction end side. Furthermore, in the case of the filter chip 1 shown in FIG.
It is formed so as to communicate with 5.

As mentioned above, the structure of the filter chip 1 can be modified in various ways, and as shown in FIG.
It is also possible to change the structure of Furthermore, it is preferable that the plug paper 3 shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 6 has non-air permeability, but even if it has some air permeability, it is not practical in practical use. This should not cause any problems. Furthermore, in addition to the air introduction means 8, small holes may be formed in the connecting ring 6 or the tip ring 7 at intervals in the circumferential direction to allow air to be introduced into the filter chip 1 from the outside. .

Next, with reference to FIGS. 7 to 24, a filter-equipped cigarette manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and a manufacturing method thereof using this manufacturing apparatus will be described.

First, before explaining the manufacturing apparatus, the manufacturing of a filter plug for obtaining the filter chip 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10.

FIG. 7 shows a punching device 22 for forming a large number of small holes 9 as air introduction means 8 in the plug paper 3.

This punching device 22 is disposed, for example, between a supply roll (not shown) on which plug paper E is wound in a layered manner and a collection roll (not shown) that collects plug paper E fed out from the supply roll. There is. That is, the drilling device 22
is equipped with a drum 26 which is brought into rolling contact with the plug paper E. This drum 26 has an outer circumferential wall made of a conductive material, and a gap P corresponding to the width of the air introduction means 8 in the circumferential direction, that is, the width of the annular region of the small hole 9.
3, and electrical insulators 28 having circumferential widths of P1 and P2 are alternately buried. Here, PL, P2
．． Each dimension of Pa is set so that L = PL + P2 + 2 P3 corresponds to the length of two filter chips 1. Near the outer circumferential surface of the drum 26, there is a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction of the drum 26. A plurality of needle-shaped electrodes 30 are arranged so as to face the plug paper E on the drum 26. These needle electrodes 30 are each connected to a high voltage pulse generator 32, respectively.

= 21 - On the other hand, an auxiliary electrode 34 is provided on the outer peripheral wall of the drum 26, and this auxiliary electrode 34 is also connected to the high voltage pulse generator 3.
Connected to 2. Therefore, such a drilling device 22
According to , as the plug paper E runs, the needle electrode 30
By applying current between the auxiliary electrode 34 and the outer peripheral wall of the drum 26, the air introduction means 8 consisting of small holes 9 are inserted into the plug paper E with the above-mentioned spacing as shown in FIG. Can be opened electrically. Further, after this, the plug paper E in which such small holes 9 are formed is wound up on the collection roll.

Then, the plug paper E collected by the collection roll is supplied to a filter winding device (not shown), and the plug paper E is wound around a long filter material in this filter winding device, as shown in FIG. A long rod-shaped filter chip can be obtained. Thereafter, the filter tip rod is cut into sections F as shown in FIG. 9, thereby obtaining a filter plug 40 consisting of four filter tips. Here, F is F-2 (PL +P2 +2P3).

In addition, in the above-mentioned drilling device 22, the plug paper E
Although the small hole 9 was formed over the entire width direction,
However, as shown in FIG. 10, the small holes 9 may be formed at predetermined intervals in the width direction.

The above-mentioned filter plug 40 corresponds to the filter chip 1 shown in FIG. 1, and a large number of these filter plugs 40 are stored in a hopper 50 of the manufacturing apparatus shown in FIG. 11. From this hopper 50, a filter plug 40
are taken out one by one, and supplied to a filter chip wrapping section 54, which will be described later, via a filter plug supply mechanism 52. Here, the filter plug supply mechanism 52 includes a hopper 50
A cutting drum 56 receives filter plugs 40 one by one from the filter plugs 40 and cuts the filter plugs 40 into half lengths to obtain double filter chips 42, as shown in FIGS. 12 to 13. , a phase drum 58 for shifting the phase of two double filter chips 42 from this cutting drum 56 as shown in FIG. an alignment drum 60 for arranging 42 in front and back as shown in FIG. 15;
It consists of a pair of delivery drums 62 which receive the double filter chips 42 from the holder and deliver the double filter chips 42 one by one to the tip paper wrapping section 54.

On the other hand, 64 in FIG. 11 is a cigarette main body supply section.

The cigarette body supply unit 64 includes a receiving drum 66 for receiving cigarette bodies 5 sent in a staggered arrangement from a tobacco cigarette machine (not shown), and cigarettes received by the receiving drum 66. As shown in FIG. 17, the main bodies 5 are comprised of a spacing drum 68 for rearranging the cigarette bodies 5 at a predetermined distance so that one double filter chip 42 is inserted between the cigarette main bodies 5. Here, the distance is a length that satisfies the relationship LF/2.

The filter chip winding section 54 is attached to the separation drum 6.
A hopper drum 7o receives two cigarette bodies 5 from the hopper drum 70, and positions and receives two filter chips 42 from the aligned delivery drum 62 between these cigarette bodies 5; 5 and the double filter chips 42, and a transfer drum 72 which receives a predetermined vapor piece supplied from a chip paper supply section 9o, which will be described later, and which is pasted with a predetermined glue. The cigarette body 5, the double filter chip 42, and a predetermined piece of paper are received, and the vapor pieces are wrapped and glued at predetermined positions on the cigarette body 5 and the double filter chip 42, respectively, to form the double filter chip. The wrapping for obtaining a cigarette with a stick consists of a drum 74.

An inspection drum 76 is connected to the winding drum 74 for receiving two sets of filtered cigarettes and for inspecting the condition of the cigarettes with glue and detecting defective products. Further, the double-filtered cigarettes are passed from the inspection drum 76 to the cutting drum 78, where the double-filter chips 42 are cut from the center by a round knife 80, resulting in a finished product. You can write two regular filtered cigarettes. Furthermore, these filtered cigarettes are further transferred via an inversion/alignment drum 82, and during this transfer process, all of the filtered cigarettes are aligned in the same direction and transferred to the next one by a transfer conveyor 84. transferred to the process.

Incidentally, since all of the above-mentioned mechanisms are well known, each part of the drum is only schematically illustrated in FIG. 13.

Next, the configuration of the above-mentioned chip paper supply section 90 will be explained.

The chip paper supply section 90 is equipped with a roll 94 formed by stacking and winding chip papers 92, and on the other hand, the above-mentioned chip paper winding is carried out by a rotatably driven suction roller that contacts the transfer drum 72 of the section 54. It is equipped with 96. The chip paper 92 is fed out from the roll 94 by the feed roller 99a and the pinch roller 99b working together, and the chip paper 92 is guided to the suction roller 96 via a plurality of guide rollers 98 that define the traveling path of the chip paper 92. ing. The circumferential speed of the suction roller 96 is the same as that of the feed roller 99.
Therefore, the suction roller 96 rotates while sliding against the tip paper 92 on its circumferential surface and pulls the tip paper 92. Also,
In this embodiment, a pair of planned cutting lines 92a consisting of perforations etc. are formed in advance on the tip paper 92 at a predetermined interval from each other along the running direction.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a pair of planned cutting lines 92a may be formed on the chip paper 92 fed out from the roll 94 using a cutting line forming knife (not shown).

A dividing roller 100 is disposed in the middle of the travel path of the chip paper 92 and located on the roll 94 side. The dividing roller 100 is best seen in detail in FIG. The dividing roller 100 consists of a blade roller 102 and a cutting blade roller 104 that rolls into contact with the blade roller 102 via a tip paper 92.

The blade roller 102 includes a support shaft 106, and a sleeve 110 is connected to the support shaft 106 via a pair of bearings 108.
is rotatably mounted.

Three roller bodies 112 are arranged in the axial direction of this sleeve 110, and a spacer 114 is provided so that a predetermined gap S exists between the central roller body 112 and the adjacent outer roller body 112. Both are mediated. These three roller bodies 112 are each fixed to the sleeve 110 by screws 116. In addition, 118 is the sleeve 110
This is a stopper that holds the support shaft 106 at a predetermined position on the support shaft 106.

On the other hand, also in the cutting blade roller 104, the receiver is the blade roller 1.
Similarly to 02, it is provided with a support shaft 120, and a pair of sleeves 124 are rotatably attached to the support shaft 120 with a predetermined gap in the axial direction via bearings 122, respectively. The mutually opposing ends of these sleeves = 28-124 are provided with flange portions 12 having the same diameter.
4a are integrally formed, and the sleeve 1
A ring member 126 having a flange portion 126a facing the flange portion 124a at one end thereof is fixed to the opposite end of the ring member 24 via screws 128, respectively.

And flange parts 124a and 126a facing each other
A circular cutting blade 132 is held in a pair of spaces defined by spacers 130 so as to be sandwiched between spacers 130, respectively. Here, the spacer 130 projects outward in the radial direction from the flange portions 124a and 126b, so that the receiver is in rolling contact with the blade roller 102 via the tip paper 92. Further, the cutting blades 132 protrude further radially outward than the spacers 130, and the receivers enter into the gaps S of the blade rollers 102, respectively.

A pressing member 134 is attached to the support shaft 120 located outside the pair of sleeves 124, and each of these pressing sleeves 134 receives the urging force of a spring 136 and presses both sleeves 124 in a direction toward each other. are doing. As a result, the outer peripheral edge of the cutting blade 132 effectively rubs against the outer peripheral edge of the central roll body 112 in the blade roller 102, that is, the blade portion. Furthermore,
One end of the support shafts 106, 120 mentioned above is connected to the tension spring 1.
38, and by this tension spring 138, the blade edge-rad 02 and the cutting blade roller 104 are pressed against each other with a predetermined pressing force.

The support shafts 106 and 120 of the blade roller 102 and the cutting blade roller 104 are supported by a support stand (not shown).

Therefore, when the chip paper 92 passes between the blade roller 102 and the cutting blade roller 104, the blade roller 102 and the cutting blade roller 104 rotate as the chip paper 92 passes, respectively.
As a result, the tip paper 92 is divided into a central band portion 192a and a pair of outer band portions 192b located outside the central band portion 192a, as shown in FIG. 19. Here, as is clear from FIG. 19, the central band portion 192a and the outer band portion 192b are separated such that the pair of scheduled cutting lines 92a are included in the central band portion 192a, and In the central band portion 192a, the width W from the planned cutting line 92a to the adjacent side edge thereof is set to the same dimension.

Then, between a pair of guide rollers 98a in the running path of the chip paper 92 located downstream of the dividing roller 100 in the running direction of the chip paper 92, there is a divided central band portion 192a and a pair of outer band portions 192b. Separate guides 150 are arranged to independently guide the travel of each vehicle. The separation guide 150 is best seen in detail in FIG. 20, and includes a support shaft 154 supported at one end by a support plate 152. This support shaft 154 is positioned below the guide roller 98a, and a rotating roller 156 is rotatably attached to the support shaft 154. The central band portion 192a is routed under the rotating roller 156, and its travel is guided by the rotating roller 156.

Further, another support shaft 158 is supported on the support plate 152 and positioned on one side of the support shaft '154.

Two sets of guide bodies 160 are attached to this support shaft 158, which are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in the axial direction. Each guide body 160 consists of a pair of guide rings 162 fixed to the support shaft 158 by screws, and the bisexual side band portions 192b pass between these guide rings 162, respectively. Both guide bodies 1 for support shaft 158
60 is attached at a predetermined distance, for example, 5 mm, with the bilateral side band parts 192b facing outward from the central band part 192a.
It is set to be separated by a certain amount. To be more specific about this point, when the central band portion 192a and the bilateral side band portions 192b separated from each other by the separation guide 150 are maintained in this separated state and fed to the transfer drum 72 via the suction roller 96. , this transfer drum 72''
For both the second cigarette body 5 and the double filter chip 42, these central band portion 192a and both side band portions 192b.
are set so that they are positioned in the relationship shown by the imaginary lines in FIG. That is, the bilateral side band portions 192b extend from the ends of the dual filter chips 42 to the ends of the cigarette body 5, and the air introduction means 8 is positioned between each outer band portion 192b and the central band portion 192a. It is designed to be used.

The running path of the chip paper 92 between the separation guide 150 and the suction roller 96 has a glued portion 170.
is located. In this gluing section 170, on one side of the central band part 192a and the bilateral side band parts 192b,
Glue is applied to the shaded area in FIG. 21, and this shaded area is formed as a pasted surface. That is, as is clear from FIG. 21, in the bisexual side band portion 192b, the entire surface of the bilateral side band portion 192b is formed as the glued surface X, leaving a slight portion on both side edges. On the other hand, in the central band portion 192a, these planned cutting lines 92a between both planned cutting lines 92a
The entire surface Y with some edges left open is formed as a glued surface, and furthermore, a pair of strips 1 to be cut are defined between each side edge of the central strip 192a and the corresponding cut lines 92a.
In 92C, there is a predetermined interval in the running direction of the tip paper 92, and only a predetermined area is formed as the glued surface 2. Note that the area where the adhesive surface Z is defined will be explained in detail later.

The above-mentioned gluing is performed using glue f = J part 1 that forms surfaces x, y, and z.
70 is, for example, the gluing roller 17 shown in FIG.
This is realized by 2. This gluing roller 172 is attached to a rotating shaft 174, and a pair of outer roller rings (first gluing part) 176 roll in contact with an area corresponding to the gluing surface X of the bisexual side band portion 192b; A central roller ring (first gluing section) 178 is located between these outer roller rings 176 and attached to the rotating shaft 174, and is in rolling contact with an area corresponding to the gluing surface Y of the central band section 192. .

Further, the rotating shaft 174 has a pair of intermediate roller rings 18 with a predetermined gap on both sides of the central roller ring 178.
0 are attached, and these intermediate roller rings 180
A plurality of gluing protrusions 182 are formed on the outer circumferential surface at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. These glued parts are protrusions 18
2 is formed into an arcuate surface, and as the rotating shaft 174 rotates and the tip paper 92 runs, the gluing of the cut-out band 192c can be rolled into contact with the area corresponding to the surface Z. It has become. On the other hand, the outer circumferential surface of the roller ring 176, 176, 178 mentioned above and each glue are attached to the protrusion 1.
The tip end surface of 82 is also in rolling contact with the outer peripheral surface of the glue supply roller 184.

This glue supply roller 184 has a part of its outer periphery immersed in the glue liquid in the glue pot 184a.
．． The outer circumferential surface of 178 and each glue attachment are such that the glue can be transferred to the tip end surface of projection 182. Therefore, the above-mentioned gluing is performed while the central band portion 192a is in contact with the roller 172.
, both belt parts 1 included in this central belt part 192a are to be cut out.
92c, furthermore, by passing the adhesive rollers 172, the bisexual side band portions 192b respectively, these bands=35 portions 192a, 192c, and IL2b have the above-mentioned adhesive surface y,
z and x are respectively formed.

In the vicinity of the suction roller 96, this suction roller 9
A cutting roller 186 is arranged in rolling contact with the roller 6 . The cutting roller 186 is provided with a plurality of cutting blades 186a on its outer peripheral surface at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The cutting roller 186 cuts the chip paper 92 that has been guided to the suction roller 96 at the suction roller 96'2, i.e.
A central band portion 192a, both belt portions 192c included in the central band portion 192a, and both side band portions 192.
b can be cut at predetermined intervals T in its running direction. As a result, the suction roller 96
, a central paper piece (first vapor piece) 292a obtained by cutting 192b, and a paper piece to be cut (second vapor piece) 292c connected to this central paper piece 292a via a planned cutting line 92a. , and a pair of outer vapor pieces (first vapor pieces) 292b are transferred while being sucked and held, and these paper pieces 292a', 292b are
.

292c to the transfer drum 72 as shown in FIG.
It is positioned with respect to the above-mentioned two series of filter-equipped cigarettes, and at the same time, the above-mentioned glue is attached to the two series of filter-equipped cigarettes through part of the surfaces X and Y. Here, the above-mentioned interval T is such that the tip paper is wound on the drum 74 for each paper piece 292a, 292.
The dimensions are set such that when the cigarettes 292C and 292C are wrapped around predetermined portions of the cigarette body 5 and the dual filter chip 42, they partially overlap.

Furthermore, the gluing surface 2 of the paper piece 292C to be cut out has a predetermined sugar-free area at both ends of the paper piece 292C to be cut out when the paper piece 292C is wound as shown in FIG. It is set so that Za exists. For example, the dimensions of these non-sugar-attached regions Za are approximately 0.
5111m, and the dimension of surface 2 for gluing is approximately 2
It is set to 1.

Therefore, the chip vapor wrapping is carried out in the drum 74 by wrapping and gluing the paper pieces 292a and 292b around predetermined parts of the cigarette body 37 and the double filter chip 42, respectively.
and the dual filter chip 42 are bidirectional paper pieces 292.
b, and the center paper piece 292a is wound and glued together with both paper pieces 292C to be cut out at the center of the double filter chip 42.

Here, as is clear from the above description regarding the gluing surface Z, both paper pieces 292C scheduled for cutting are wrapped around the double filter chip 42 in a non-adhered state. There is.

In this way, each paper piece 292'a, 292b.

The two filter-equipped cigarettes wound together by the filter 292c are cut into two filter-equipped cigarettes as described above, and after their posture is adjusted, they are sent to the next process via the conveyor 84. will be transferred to.

As is already clear from the above description, according to the manufacturing method of the present invention, the chip paper 92, which is fed out from the roll 94 and has the intended cutting line 92a, is cut into three strips 192a by the dividing roller 100. , 19
2b, and by separating the wound outer band part 192b from the central band part 192a by a predetermined distance in the separation guide 150, these band parts 192a, 1
92b is transferred to the cigarette body 5 in the drum 72''2.
and can be guided to a predetermined position relative to the dual filter chip 42. Then, the gluing roller 172 forms gluing surfaces x, y, and z in predetermined areas of these band parts 192a and 192b, and then these band parts 192a and 192b are cut by a cutting roller. These strips 192 are cut to predetermined dimensions at 186.
From a and 192b, a central paper piece 292a and a bilateral paper piece 292b having a paper piece 292C to be cut can be obtained. And these paper pieces 292a.

292b to the cigarette body 5 and the double filter chip 4
By winding and gluing two cigarettes at predetermined positions, two cigarette bodies 5 and two filter chips 42 can be connected to obtain two filter-equipped cigarettes. After this, the two filtered cigarettes are cut into two filtered cigarettes, thereby:
A finished filter cigarette can be obtained.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, in the tip paper supply section 90, a double dividing roller 100 and a separation guide 150 are added, and the gluing roller is
Two series of gluing are performed by using the roller 172, and other mechanisms, namely, the filter plug supply section 52, the cigarette supply section 64, and the tip paper winding section 54. Conventional mechanisms can be used for each mechanism. In addition, a paper piece 292c to be cut out to become the sliding ring planned portion 10
is wound around the double filter chip 42 together with the central paper piece 292a, so there is no need to add a new winding mechanism for wrapping the paper piece 292c scheduled for cutting. As a result, the filter-equipped cigarette of the present invention can be easily obtained by only slightly modifying the conventional manufacturing equipment, and an increase in the manufacturing cost of the filter-equipped cigarette can be suppressed to the utmost.

The present invention is not limited to a manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method according to one embodiment, but for example, FIGS. 25 to 27 show a part of a manufacturing apparatus according to another embodiment, and A diagram for explaining the operation of this manufacturing apparatus is shown. ” If you refer to FIG. 25, like in FIG. 21, the three belt parts,
That is, the chip paper 92 is shown divided into a central band 192a and a wound outer band 192b, but what is different from the case in FIG. 21 is that both band parts 192C are to be cut.
are connected not to the central band part 192a but to the wound outer band part 192b via planned cutting lines 92a. In this case, by adjusting the interval between the cutting blades 132 in the dividing roller 100 and also adjusting the interval between the guide bodies 160 in the separating guide 150, each band portion 192a, 192b, 192C shown in FIG. Obtainable. In addition, these belt portions 192a,
Each of 192b and 192c has gluing surfaces x, y, and z similar to those shown in FIG. By changing to the roller 172a, gluing can be easily done on surfaces y and x.
, z can be obtained. That is, as is clear from FIG. 26, the gluing roller 172a is positioned on the outer roll ring 176 side so that the intermediate roller ring 180 corresponds to the band portion 192C to be cut.

In such other manufacturing equipment, the transfer drum 72''
- both paper world tobacco body 5 and double filter chip 42
center paper piece 292a, outer paper piece 292b
The positional relationship between the vapor piece 292c and the vapor piece 292c to be cut is as follows.
The relationship is as shown in the figure. That is, in the filter-equipped cigarette manufactured in this other embodiment, the sliding ring portion 10 is connected not to the tip ring 7 but to the connecting ring 6 via the perforation line 10a, and the air introduction means 8 is covered by the sliding ring portion 10. Therefore, in this case, the sliding ring planned portion 1
If the smoker smokes without cutting off the zero, only the smoke will enter the mouth from the end of the mouthpiece, allowing the smoker to enjoy a heavy smoking experience. On the other hand, the sliding ring scheduled portion 10 is connected to the connecting ring 6.
By separating and forming the sliding ring 10c through the cutting line 10a, and sliding this sliding ring 10c,
Since the amount of air introduced from the air introduction means 8 can be varied, even in the case of other embodiments, it is possible to enjoy a range of tastes from heavy to light with one filter-equipped cigarette.

In addition, each of the embodiments shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 to FIG. 6, and
In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 25 to 27, a part or all of the air introducing means 8 is covered with a sliding ring 10b formed by cutting off the intended sliding ring part 10. Although the amount of air introduced by the air introducing means 8 is varied in the direction of decreasing, in a state before the intended sliding ring part 10 is separated, a part of the air introducing means 8 is caused by this intended sliding ring part 10. Alternatively, if the air introducing means 8 is positioned so as to cover the entire area, the amount of air introduced by the air introducing means 8 can be varied in the direction of increasing by the sliding ring 10b.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiments of the manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus, reference has been made to the method and apparatus for obtaining the filtered cigarette shown in FIG. Of course, even if the filter rod is made up of four filter chips shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, it can be obtained in the same manner by applying the filter rod consisting of the four filter chips shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 to the manufacturing apparatus shown in FIG. be.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, according to the present invention, the filter chip is provided with an air introduction means, and the sliding ring portion that is capable of sliding on the outer peripheral surface of the filter chip in the axial direction is attached to the tip. Alternatively, since it is connected to one ring of the connecting ring via a perforation line, the amount of air introduced by the air introduction means can be arbitrarily varied by using this sliding ring portion. Therefore, each smoker can individually adjust the taste of the filter-equipped cigarette and can enjoy smoking according to his or her preference.

Furthermore, according to the manufacturing method of the present invention, the paper piece that is to become the sliding ring portion is connected to one of the connecting ring or the paper piece that is to become the tip ring via the planned cutting line. Since the sliding ring portion can be formed at the same time as the connecting ring is formed, it does not take much time to form the sliding ring portion. Further, the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention has excellent effects such as being able to easily produce the filter-equipped cigarette of the present invention by only slightly modifying the conventional apparatus.

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1 to 3 are perspective views of a filter-equipped cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a filter chip in the cigarette of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an action of an adjustment ring. FIGS. 4 to 6 are cross-sectional views showing modified examples of the filter tip, and FIGS. 7 to 10 are perspective views of the filter tip used in the cigarette of FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a punching device for forming small holes in plug paper, FIG. 8 is a plan view of plug paper having small holes, and FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the manufacturing of plug paper. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a long filter chip rod-shaped body wound with plug paper; FIG. Figures to Figures 24 are
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the entire manufacturing device, and FIGS. 12 to 15 are diagrams for explaining a manufacturing device and an operation of the manufacturing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Diagrams for explaining the action, Figures 16 and 17
The figure is a diagram for explaining the operation of the cigarette supply section.
Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of the dividing roller, Figure 19 is a plan view of the chip paper divided by the dividing roller, Figure 20 is a plan view of the separation guide, and Figure 21 shows the glue attachment position of the divided chip paper. Fig. 22 is a perspective view of the roller for gluing, Fig. 23 is a diagram showing the relationship between paper pieces for wrapping around cigarettes and double filter chips, Fig. 24 = 46
- is a diagram showing a state in which a paper piece to be cut is wrapped around a filter chip, FIGS. 25 to 27 show embodiments of other manufacturing apparatuses according to the present invention, and FIG. 25 corresponds to FIG. 21. FIG. 26 is a perspective view showing another gluing roller;
FIG. 27 corresponds to FIG. 23 and is a diagram showing the relationship between the wrapping of paper pieces around the cigarette and the double filter tip. 1... Filter chip, 5... Cigarette cigarette body, 6...
...Connection ring, 7...Tip ring, 8...Air introduction means, 10...Sliding ring planned portion, 10a...
Cutting line, 10b...Sliding ring, 54...Tip paper winding part, 94...Tip paper roll, 10
0... Separation roller, 150... Separation guide, 172
...Roller for gluing, 186...Cutting roller. Awa ^ ■ 0) C) υ] Figure 12 Figure 13 Mu? Figure 15 Figure 16

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A cigarette body, a filter chip arranged in series at one end of the cigarette body and covered with plug paper, and a winding that spans both of the ends of the cigarette body and the filter chip that are close to each other. a connecting ring made of paper that connects the cigarette body and the filter chip; a tip ring made of paper wrapped around and fixed to the end of the filter tip opposite to the cigarette body; and a tip ring. and the connecting ring, and is provided in a predetermined length region along the axial direction of the filter chip at a portion of the filter chip that is covered with plug paper,
An air introducing means that allows air to be introduced into the filter chip from the outside through the plug paper, and a portion of the plug paper located between the tip ring and the connection ring, which is further formed by wrapping paper from the outside. , which is detachably connected to one of the tip ring and the connecting ring via a tear line, and includes a sliding ring portion that can slide in the axial direction of the filter tip when separated from the tear line. A filter-equipped cigarette characterized by: (2) A filter chip that is wrapped around a plug paper ring and is provided with an air introducing means for a predetermined length in the axial direction to allow air to be introduced from the outside to the inside through the plug paper ring in a predetermined area. A cigarette body is arranged on one end side of the filter chip in series with the filter chip, and a connecting part and a connecting part that spans from the end of the cigarette body adjacent to the one end of the filter chip to the one end of the filter chip are arranged. Wrapping a pair of first paper pieces around both of the other ends of the filter chip so as to sandwich the area where the air introducing means is provided, and
A second ring is glued to form a connecting ring and a tip ring, and at the same time as these rings are formed, a second ring is separably connected to one ring via a tear line so as to be located between these rings. Wrap the paper piece around the outer circumferential surface of the filter chip without adhering it to the filter chip, and glue both ends to each other when viewed in the wrapping direction of the second paper piece to enable sliding on the outer circumferential surface of the filter chip. 1. A method for producing a filter-equipped cigarette, comprising forming a sliding ring portion for the filter. (3) At the tip paper wrapping part, two cigarette bodies are arranged in series on both ends of the two double filter chips wound by the plug paper ring, and By wrapping and gluing tip paper from the first end on the filter chip side, beyond the double filter chip, to the second end on the double filter chip side of the other cigarette body, the two cigarettes are separated. A cigarette body and a double filter tip are connected to form a double filter cigarette, and a cigarette cutting section cuts the double filter cigarettes from the center in the axial direction to obtain individual filter cigarettes. In the cigarette manufacturing apparatus, air introducing means capable of introducing air from the outside into the inside of the tip paper wrapping portion is provided at a predetermined distance from each end for a predetermined length in the axial direction. a cigarette supply section that supplies two cigarette bodies to the tip paper wrapping section so as to be positioned in series on both ends of the double filter chip; , comprising a chip paper roll in which the chip paper is laminated and wound, and guides the chip paper fed out from the chip paper roll along a travel path to the chip paper winding section, and A pair of planned cutting lines extending along the feeding direction are formed on the chip paper supplied to the paper winding part.The chip paper supply part has a pair of planned cutting lines extending along the feeding direction. The chip paper is placed along the running direction,
By cutting on the outside or inside of the pair of scheduled cutting lines, respectively, three belt parts are formed, a pair of first belt parts located on the outside and a second belt part located between these first belt parts. A chip paper dividing roller formed by dividing the paper into two parts, and forming a band to be cut between the side edge of one of the first and second band parts on the side of the other band and the planned cutting line. and the first and second band portions are disposed in the travel path between the tip paper dividing roller and the tip paper wrapping portion, and the first and second band portions are arranged such that a predetermined gap exists between the first and second band portions. By separating the pair of first band parts from the first end of one cigarette main body to the second filter chip of the other cigarette main body, the first band parts are separated from each other. a separation guide section which is positioned to straddle the two filter chips from the end, and a second band section is positioned at the center in the axial direction of the two filter chips; the separation guide section and the tip paper wrapping section; the first and second band parts, excluding the band part to be cut, are wrapped and glued around the outer peripheral surfaces of the cigarette body and the double filter chip on one side of the first and second band parts. a first gluing section to which glue is attached for the purpose of cutting; and a first gluing section that is disposed on a travel path between the first gluing section and the chipping paper wrapping section, and the first and second band sections and the band to be cut are wrapped with tipping paper. At the section, the first and second filter chips are cut at a predetermined interval in the traveling direction by the length necessary to wrap the cigarette body and the outer circumferential surfaces of the dual filter tips in a partially overlapping state. 2. A band cutting part that forms two cut pieces and a cut piece, and a band cutting part that is disposed on a running path between the band cutting part and the separation guide part, and the band part to be cut is cut at the band cutting part, and , in the chip paper winding part, the cut pieces of the band to be cut are connected in two rows together with one of the first and second cut pieces that are releasably connected via a cut line that is a part of the cut line. A gluing area is formed on one surface of the band to be cut at a predetermined interval in the running direction for gluing only the mutually overlapping parts of the cut-out pieces when wrapped around the outer peripheral surface of the filter chip. The first cut piece, the second cut piece and the cut piece are respectively wound around the outer circumferential surface of the cigarette body and the double filter chip in the second gluing part made of A cigarette in which a completed filter-equipped cigarette product having individual filter tips is obtained by cutting a double-filtered cigarette having a connecting ring, a tip ring, and a sliding ring portion from the center in the axial direction of the double-filter. 1. A filter-equipped cigarette manufacturing device, comprising: a cutting section.