WO2012131843A1

WO2012131843A1 - Method for manufacturing cigarette product and machine for manufacturing same

Info

Publication number: WO2012131843A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/057368
Authority: WO
Inventors: 長村　一男; 俊彦今村
Original assignee: 日本たばこ産業株式会社
Priority date: 2011-03-25
Filing date: 2011-03-25
Publication date: 2012-10-04

Abstract

This method for manufacturing a cigarette product and machine for manufacturing the same connects filter tips via winding tip paper on both ends of a cigarette rod and forms a double filter cigarette before cutting the cigarette rod, which has a length twice that of a cigarette and forming two cigarettes from this cigarette rod.

Description

Cigarette product manufacturing method and machine

The present invention relates to a manufacturing method and a manufacturing machine for manufacturing a filter cigarette and a cigarette product that is an intermediate product thereof.

The filter cigarette includes a cigarette filled with chopped tobacco, a filter chip disposed in close contact with the base end of the cigarette, and chip paper that connects the cigarette and the filter chip to each other. Such a filter cigarette manufacturing method and manufacturing machine are disclosed, for example, in Patent Document 1 below.

As is apparent from Patent Document 1, filter cigarettes are manufactured by preparing a cigarette rod having a length twice that of a cigarette and a filter element having a length twice that of a filter chip one by one. Two filter cigarettes are molded from the rod and filter element.
Specifically, the cigarette rod is first cut equally from its center, where the cutting forms two cigarettes from the cigarette rod. The cigarettes are separated from each other in the axial direction, and a filter element is arranged between the cigarettes. After this, the two cigarettes are moved to sandwich the filter element and are in close contact with the corresponding ends of the filter element. At this point, an aggregate having a cigarette-filter element-cigarette sequence is formed.

¡Double chip paper having a width twice that of chip paper is wound around such an assembly, and the double chip paper is formed into a double filter cigarette as an intermediate product. Thereafter, the double filter cigarette is equally cut at the center of the filter element, whereby two filter cigarettes are obtained from the double filter cigarette.

JP JP H05-268928

The above-described filter cigarette manufacturing procedure is sequentially executed in a transport process in which the cigarette rod is transported in a direction perpendicular to the axis thereof. Therefore, when two cigarettes are formed from a cigarette rod, each cigarette has an end face with a cut tobacco exposed at each of its ends, that is, a cut face. Therefore, in the process of transporting the cigarette, the cut tobacco tends to fall from the end face of the cigarette. If a filter cigarette is formed from a cigarette in which such spilled tobacco has fallen, not only the quality of the filter cigarette itself will be impaired, but also the spilled tobacco will contaminate a good filter cigarette. Note that chopped tobacco is a mixture of chopped parts obtained by cutting tobacco lamina, cigarette cores, recycled tobacco sheets, and the like.

An object of the present invention is to manufacture a cigarette product that can effectively prevent the deterioration of the quality of filter cigarettes and double filter cigarettes as intermediate products due to the falling of tobacco, and can greatly contribute to the improvement of the quality of filter cigarettes. It is to provide a method and a manufacturing machine thereof.

The above objective is accomplished by a method for producing a cigarette product of the present invention, which comprises:
A rod transporting step for transporting a cigarette rod having a length twice the cigarette length of the filter cigarette along the first transport path in a direction intersecting the axis thereof;
A chip supply step for supplying two filter chips to be positioned on both ends of the cigarette rod on the first transport path toward the first transport path,
An assembly step of closely attaching the filter chips to both ends of the cigarette rod on the first transport path to form an assembly having an array of chip rods and chips;
A paper supply step of supplying two chip papers to the assembly on the first transport path;
A connecting step of winding the chip paper around the assembly on the first transport path, connecting each filter chip to a corresponding end of the cigarette rod, and forming a double filter cigarette.

According to the above-described manufacturing method, the cigarette rod is cut from the center thereof, and the filter chips are respectively disposed at both ends of the cigarette rod before being formed into two cigarettes. Thereafter, these filter chips are respectively connected to the corresponding ends of the cigarette rods by wrapping chip paper, thereby forming a double filter cigarette as an intermediate product.

Therefore, filter tips are arranged at both ends of the cigarette rod, and after that, in the transport period of the cigarette rod until the double filter cigarette is formed, the filter tip is the end on the corresponding side of the cigarette rod, that is, the cut surface. It functions as a plug that covers. Therefore, during the transport period, the filter tip reliably prevents the tobacco from falling from the cut surface of the cigarette rod. As a result, there is no possibility that the missing or dirt of the tobacco resulting from the falling of the tobacco will occur in the double filter cigarette and that the quality of the double filter cigarette will be reduced.

Specifically, in the paper supply process, a paper web having a width twice the width of the chip paper is transferred toward the first conveyance path, and the paper web is divided into two half webs during the paper web transfer. A dividing process and a cutting process in which each half web is cut into predetermined lengths to form chip papers to be supplied to the assembly, or two paper webs are directed toward the first transport path. Each paper web has a width that is the same as the width of the chip paper, and during the paper web transfer, each paper web is cut to a predetermined length to form the chip paper to be supplied to the assembly. Cutting process.

Further, in the chip supply process, the filter rod having an even multiple of the filter chip is supplied toward the first transport path, and the filter rod is cut in the process of supplying the filter rod to obtain individual filter chips. And a process of aligning the formed filter tips for placement on both ends of the cigarette rod.
Furthermore, the cigarette product manufacturing method receives a double filter cigarette from a first transport path, directs the received double filter cigarette to a cigarette package packaging machine, and transports the cigarette along the second transport path. A cutting step of cutting the double filter cigarette from its center on the conveyance path to form two filter cigarettes.

Preferably, the cutting of the double filter cigarette is performed immediately before the double filter cigarette is supplied to the packaging machine. In this case, the manufacturing method further includes an inversion step of inverting one filter cigarette so as to align the direction of one filter cigarette with the direction of the other filter cigarette after the cutting step of the two filter cigarettes. .
The present invention also provides a manufacturing machine that performs the above-described manufacturing method. Details of the manufacturing method and the manufacturing machine of the present invention will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and the following description.

In the cigarette product manufacturing method and machine according to the present invention, before the cigarette rod is cut, the filter chips are respectively connected to both ends of the cigarette rod through the winding of the tip paper. It functions as a plug that prevents the tobacco from spilling out of the cigarette, and the quality deterioration of the cigarette product due to the tobacco spilling out is reliably prevented.

It is a figure which shows roughly the manufacturing method and manufacturing machine part which manufacture a cigarette product. It is the schematic which shows an example of the supply system of the chip paper web used for manufacture of a cigarette product. It is the schematic which shows the other example of the supply system of a chip paper web. It is a figure which shows roughly the remainder of the said manufacturing machine and manufacturing method.

Referring to FIG. 1, the cigarette product manufacturing machine includes a drum row 10 forming a first transport path, and the drum row 10 extends in the horizontal direction. The drum row 10 is formed by connecting a number of grooved drums, and these grooved drums are referred to as a hopper drum 12, a transport drum 14, a chipping drum 16, and a rolling drum 18 from the start end side of the drum row 10. Such a structure of the drum row 10 is known as apparent from Patent Document 1, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

The hopper drum 12 receives the cigarette rod CR at the entrance position P ₁ and conveys the received cigarette rod CR toward the next conveyance drum 14. The transport drum 14 receives the cigarette rod CR from the hopper drum 12. That is, the cigarette rod CR received by the hopper drum 12 is conveyed while sequentially transferring to the conveying drum 14, the chipping drum 16 and the rolling drum 18.
The cigarette rod CR is manufactured by a cigarette manufacturing machine and has a length twice that of a cigarette used for manufacturing a filter cigarette.

On the other hand, the hopper drum 12 can receive two filter chips FT not only for the cigarette rod CR but also for each cigarette rod CR. Specifically, the hopper drum 12 is connected to the chip supply device 20, and the chip supply device 20 will be described below.
The chip supply device 20 includes a hopper 22, which is disposed above the drum row 10 described above. A large number of filter rods FR for forming a filter chip FT are stored in the hopper 22, and the filter rod FR has an even multiple of the length of the filter chip FT, for example, four times the length.

The chip supply device 20 further includes a drum row 24 that forms a supply path. The drum row 24 connects the outlet of the hopper 22 and the hopper drum 12 described above. The drum row 24 is formed from a plurality of grooved drums like the drum row 10, and these grooved drums are taken out from the hopper 22 side, and the drum 26, the grading drum 28, the separate drum 30, the first acceleration drum 32 and the second acceleration drum. 34.
The take-out drum 26 sequentially takes out the filter rods FR one by one from the hopper 22, and the taken-out filter rods FR sequentially transfer from the take-out drum 26 to the grading drum 28, the separate drum 30, the first acceleration drum 32 and the second acceleration drum 34. While being transferred to the hopper drum 12, the filter rod FR undergoes the following processing in this transfer process.

The take-out drum 26 includes three rotary knives 37 that cut the filter rod FR into four filter tips FT on the take-out drum 26. Therefore, the take-out drum 26 transfers the four filter chips FT together toward the grading drum 28.
The grading drum 28 receives four filter chips FT from the take-out drum 26 and divides the four filter chips FT into two preceding filter chips FT and two subsequent filter chips FT on the grading drum 28.

The separate drum 30 sequentially receives the preceding filter chip FT and the succeeding filter chip FT from the grading drum 28, and forms two filter chip rows from the received filter chip FT. Specifically, on the separate drum 30, the filter chips FT at both ends are arranged so that the center two filter chips FT of the preceding filter chip FT and the subsequent filter chip FT form a line with the filter chips FT at both ends. After that, the two filter chip rows are further moved away from each other in order to secure a predetermined interval between them.

The processing procedure from the formation of the filter chip FT to the formation of the two filter chip rows is also apparent from the flow of the filter chip FT drawn in the vicinity of the drum row 24 in FIG. That is, the grading drum 28 and the separate drum 30 described above cooperate to form an alignment mechanism for obtaining two filter chip rows.
Thereafter, two filter chips FT forming two filter chip rows are supplied to the hopper drum 12 two by two through the first and second acceleration drums 32 and 34. Here, the supply position P ₂ of these filter chips FT is defined downstream from the inlet position P ₁ described above, therefore, two filter chips FT supplied on hopper drum 12 each located on either side of the cigarette rod CR The cigarette rod CR and the two filter tips FT form a rod / tip group.

The first and second accelerating

drums

32 and 34 are configured so that the peripheral speed of the second accelerating drum 34 (the transfer speed of the filter chip FT) matches the peripheral speed of the hopper drum 12 (the transport speed of the cigarette rod CR). It is disposed between the separate drum 30 and the hopper drum 12.
The hopper drum 12 conveys the above-mentioned rod / tip group toward the next conveyance drum 14, and in this conveyance process, the rod / chip group is an assembly in which the filter chips FT are in close contact with both ends of the cigarette rod CR. That is, an assembly A having a tip-rod-tip arrangement is formed.

Specifically, in FIG. 1, below the drum row 10, a procedure for processing the cigarette rod CR and the filter chip FT on the drum row 10, that is, the flow of the cigarette rod CR and the filter chip FT is the drum row 10. It is shown in association with each drum inside. Here the procedure as is clear from the process, hopper drum 12 has a pair of set guide 36 as a collection device downstream of the supply position P _2, these sets guide 36 sandwich the group of rod / tip from both sides Are arranged as follows. When this group is transported between the collecting guides 36, each filter chip FT of the group is moved toward the cigarette rod CR by the collecting guide 36 on the corresponding side, and is finally brought into close contact with the corresponding end of the cigarette rod CR. as a result, at the set position P ₃ on the hopper drum 12, the groups are formed in the aggregate a described above.

Thereafter, the assembly A transfers from the hopper drum 12 to the transport drum 14 and is transported on the transport drum 14 toward the next chipping drum 16. As is clear from FIG. 1, the transport drum 14 includes a pair of transport guides 38, and the assembly A is transported while the both ends thereof are in sliding contact with the corresponding transport guides 38. Therefore, when the assembly A is in the process of being transported on the transport drum 14, the assembly A is maintained in a state where the filter chip FT is in close contact with the corresponding end of the cigarette rod CR (for example, the transport drum 14). Referring to the conveyance position _{P 4} above).

The assembly A is transferred from the transport drum 14 to the chipping drum 16 and is transported on the chipping drum 16. In this transport process, that is, in the position P ₅ on the chipping drum 16, a pair of chip papers are placed on the assembly A. Supplied. These chip papers are formed by the paper supply device 40, which will be described in detail below.
The paper supply device 40 includes a pair of blade receiving drums 42. The blade receiving drums 42 are arranged so as to make rolling contact with the chipping drum 16 at the position P5, and are separated from each other with a predetermined interval in the axial direction of the chipping drum 16. Furthermore, the outer peripheral surface of the blade receiving drum 42 is formed as a suction surface when it is within a predetermined suction area.

On the other hand, a web cutter, that is, a cutter roller 44 is disposed adjacent to each blade receiving drum 42. Each cutter roller 44 has a plurality of blades 46 on its outer periphery, and these blades 46 are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the cutter roller 44.
A transfer path 48 extends from each blade receiving drum 42 described above, and these transfer paths 48 transfer the paper web PW toward the corresponding blade receiving drum 42. Therefore, each blade receiving drum 42 can suck and receive the corresponding paper web PW at its suction surface, and the received paper web PW is rotated by the corresponding blade receiving drum 42 to receive the blade receiving drum 42. Transported over.

A glue applicator 50 is disposed in the downstream area of the transfer path 48, that is, in the vicinity of the blade receiving drum 42, and this glue applicator 50 is one surface of each paper web PW, that is, the surface that is adsorbed by the blade receiving drum 42. Apply glue on the opposite side.
On the other hand, when each chip paper PW is transported on the corresponding blade receiving drum 42, each paper web PW is cut into chip papers TP of a predetermined length by the corresponding cutter roller 44. In a state where it is adsorbed by the blade receiving drum 42, it is transferred toward the chipping drum 16. That is, the pair of blade receiving drums 42 can supply the chip paper TP to the chipping drum 16 one by one.

The formation of the chip paper TP on the blade receiving drum 42 will become more apparent with reference to the schematic diagram drawn in the circle C in FIG. In the schematic diagram, a predetermined interval is secured between the individual chip papers TP. This is because the peripheral speed of the blade receiving drum 42 is faster than the transfer speed of the paper web PW.
Thereafter, at the timing when the aggregate A passes the position P _5, a pair of tip paper TP exit the suction zone of the blade receiving drum 42, is supplied to the assembly A from these blade receiving drum 42, to the aggregate A Each is pasted. Specifically, as is apparent from the flow of the assembly A shown below the drum row 10, each chip paper TP is pasted from the end face of the filter chip FT on the corresponding side of the assembly A to the cigarette rod CR. It is done. Here, the chip paper TP overlaps with the cigarette rod CR over a predetermined length.

In order to supply the above-described pair of paper webs PW, as shown in FIG. 2, the paper supply apparatus 40 of the present embodiment further includes a main path 52 from which the pair of transfer paths 48 are branched. This is the end of the main path 52 is disposed a single web roll R _D, the web roll R _D sends along the double web DW to the main path 52. This double web DW has twice the width of the paper web PW.
A slitter 54 is disposed at the end of the main path 52, and the slitter 54 divides the double web DW into the pair of paper webs PW. The pair of paper webs PW formed in this way is guided to the transfer path 48 on the corresponding side via a plurality of direction change rollers 56.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, the paper supply device 40 can include a pair of web rolls R ₁ and R ₂ instead of the above-described web roll _RD . These web rolls R ₁ and R ₂ are arranged at the end of the pair of transfer paths 48 and send out the paper web PW.
Referring to FIG. 1 again, the assembly A to which the pair of chip papers TP is pasted on the chipping drum 16 is transferred from the chipping drum 16 to the rolling drum 18 and then transported on the rolling drum 18. Is done.

The rolling drum 18 includes a rolling hand 58 in the lower part thereof. The rolling hand 58 has an arc shape and covers the outer peripheral surface of the rolling drum 18 from below. A rolling passage 60 is formed between the rolling hand 58 and the rolling drum 18, and the rolling passage 60 has a width that allows the assembly A to rotate around the axis thereof. over the position P ₆ at the position P _7, and extends along the outer periphery of the rolling drum 18. The rolling passage 60 has a length several times the circumference of the assembly A. When the assembly A passes through the rolling passage 60, the rolling drum 18 releases the adsorption to the assembly A. Needless to say, suction is used for transporting the cigarette rod CR and filter chip FT along the drum row 10 and supplying the filter rod FR and filter chip FT along the drum row 24.

When the assembly A to which the pair of chip papers TP is attached enters the rolling passage 60 and is conveyed along the rolling passage 60, the assembly A rotates around its own axis in the rolling passage 60. Is done. Such rotation of the assembly A winds the pair of chip papers TP around the corresponding filter chip FT and cigarette rod CR. The winding of the pair of chip papers TP here connects the filter chips FT to both ends of the cigarette rod CR, and at this point, the double filter cigarette DFC is formed. That is, the chipping drum 16, the rolling drum 18, and the rolling hand 58 form a connection device that connects the filter chip FT to the cigarette rod CR by winding the chip paper TP.

A second transport path 62 is connected to the rolling drum 18, and the second transport path 62 extends toward the cigarette package packaging machine. Therefore, the second conveyance path 62 receives the rolling drum 18 or the double filter cigarette DFC and conveys the received double filter cigarette DFC toward the packaging machine.
Specifically, the second conveyance path 62 is formed by a drum row similar to the drum row 10 described above, and a grooved drum (not shown) at the start end of the drum row is disposed adjacent to the rolling drum 18. . As shown in FIG. 4, the drum row of the second conveying path 62 has a cutting drum 64 and an aligning drum 66 at its end region, that is, immediately before the packaging machine. The cutting drum 64 receives the double filter cigarette DFC from a grooved drum (not shown) immediately upstream, and conveys the received double filter cigarette DFC toward the alignment drum 66.

In this conveyance process, the double filter cigarette DFC passes through the rotary cutter 68 of the cutting drum 64, and at this time, is cut from the center of the cigarette rod CR. As a result, two filter cigarettes FC are obtained from one double filter cigarette DFC. The two filter cigarettes FC are transported toward the alignment drum 66 while being coaxially positioned with each other. In this transport process, the two filter cigarettes FC are separated from each other by a predetermined distance along the axial direction. Is done.

Thereafter, the two filter cigarettes FC that are coaxial with each other are transferred from the cutting drum 64 to the aligning drum 66 and conveyed on the aligning drum 66. Here, the alignment drum 66 does not receive two filter cigarettes FC in each groove, but sequentially receives two filter cigarettes FC every other groove. Therefore, on the alignment drum 66, two transport rows of the filter cigarette FC are formed in a state where an empty groove is secured between the two preceding filter cigarettes FC and the following two filter cigarettes FC. Is done.

A belt conveyor 70 as a third transport path extends from the alignment drum 66 as necessary, and the belt conveyor 70 connects the alignment drum 66 and the packaging machine. The belt conveyor 70 receives only one of the two transport rows of the filter cigarette FC from the alignment drum 66. The other transport row is further transported on the alignment drum 66 without being received by the belt conveyor 70. In this transport process, it is combined with one transport row.

For this purpose, the alignment drum 66 is provided with a reversing device 72. The reversing device 72 receives the filter cigarette FC of the other transport row from the aligning drum 66, and then reverses the direction of the filter cigarette FC, and then the inverted filter cigarette FC is used to form one transport row. Return to the empty groove between the cigarettes FC, that is, on the alignment drum 66. Therefore, the belt conveyor 70 can receive the filter cigarette FC having the same orientation from the alignment drum 66.

As is apparent from the above description, after the cigarette rod CR is supplied to the hopper drum 12 of the drum row 10, the filter chips FT are respectively disposed at both ends of the cigarette rod CR, and these filter chips FT are arranged on the cigarette rod CR. It is closely attached to the end on the corresponding side, that is, the cut surface. Therefore, after that, in the process of transporting the group or assembly A described above, both ends of the cigarette rod CR, that is, the cut surfaces are not exposed to the outside, and the spilled tobacco from these cut surfaces is filtered. It is reliably prevented by the chip FT. Therefore, the double filter cigarette DFC is conveyed to the cutting drum 64 while maintaining the quality of the cigarette rod CR.
Further, the double filter cigarette DFC is not soiled by the cigarette that has fallen into the first conveyance path, that is, the drum row 10.

The cutting of the double filter cigarette DFC, that is, the formation of the individual filter cigarettes FC is not performed on the drum row 10 but on the cutting drum 64 of the second transport path 62. Located near the machine. Moreover, after the filter cigarette FC is formed, the filter cigarette FC is received by the belt conveyor 70 from the second conveyance path 62 and thereafter conveyed by the belt conveyor 70 toward the packaging machine.

Therefore, since the period during which the filter cigarette FC is transported by the drum row is short, the transport load applied to the filter cigarette FC is small. This means that there is less possibility of the tobacco spilling from the cut end of the filter cigarette FC during conveyance of the filter cigarette FC. As a result, the filter cigarette FC is supplied to the packaging machine in a state in which the quality is maintained high without suffering from quality deterioration due to spilling of tobacco from the cut end or contamination due to spilled tobacco. Is done.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

10 Drum train (first transport path)
12 Hopper drum 18 Rolling drum (connection device)
20 Chip supply device 24 Drum row (supply path)
28 Grading drum (alignment mechanism)
30 Separate drum (alignment mechanism)
36 Assembly guide (aggregation device)
37 Rotary knife (rod cutter)
42 Blade receiving drum (paper supply device: connection device)
44 Cutter roller (web cutter)
54 Slitter 58 Rolling hand (connection device)
62 Second transport path 64 Cutting drum (cutting device)
72 Reversing device CR Cigarette rod FR Filter rod FT Filter tip PW Paper web DW Double web TP Tip paper A Assembly

Claims

A rod transporting step for transporting a cigarette rod having a length twice the cigarette length of the filter cigarette along the first transport path in a direction intersecting the axis thereof;
A chip supplying step for supplying two filter chips to be positioned respectively on both ends of the cigarette rod on the first transport path toward the first transport path;
An assembly step of bringing the filter chips into close contact with both ends of the cigarette rod on the first transport path to form an assembly having a chip-rod-chip arrangement;
A paper supply step of supplying two chip papers to the assembly on the first transport path;
A connecting step of winding the tip paper around the aggregate on the first transport path, connecting each filter tip to a corresponding end of the cigarette rod, and forming a double filter cigarette. To make cigarette products.
The paper supply process includes:
A transfer process for transferring a paper web having a width twice the width of the tip paper toward the first transport path;
A splitting process for splitting the paper web into two half webs during transport of the paper web;
The cigarette product manufacturing method according to claim 1, further comprising: a cutting process in which each half web is cut into predetermined lengths to form the chip paper to be supplied to the assembly.
The paper supply process includes:
Transferring two paper webs towards the first transport path, each paper web having a width equal to the width of the tip paper;
The cigarette product according to claim 1, further comprising: a cutting process of cutting each paper web by a predetermined length during the transfer of the paper web to form the chip paper to be supplied to the assembly. Manufacturing method.
The chip supply step includes
Supplying a filter rod having an even multiple of the length of the filter chip toward the first transport path;
In the process of supplying the filter rod, a process of cutting the filter rod to form individual filter chips;
2. A method of manufacturing a cigarette product according to claim 1, comprising the step of aligning the molded filter tips to be disposed at both ends of the cigarette rod.
Receiving the double filter cigarette from the first transport path, directing the received double filter cigarette to a cigarette package packaging machine, and transporting the cigarette along the second transport path;
The method for producing a cigarette product according to claim 1, further comprising a cutting step of cutting the double filter cigarette from its center on the second transport path to form two filter cigarettes.
The method of manufacturing a cigarette product according to claim 5, wherein the cutting step is performed immediately before the double filter cigarette is supplied to the packaging machine.
The method further comprises an inversion step of inverting one of the two filter cigarettes so that the direction of one of the two filter cigarettes is aligned with the direction of the other filter cigarette after the cutting step. The manufacturing method of the cigarette product of 6.
A first transport path for transporting a cigarette rod having a length twice the cigarette length of the filter cigarette in a direction intersecting the axis thereof;
A chip supply device for supplying two filter chips to be positioned on both ends of the cigarette rod on the first transport path toward the first transport path;
An assembly device that forms an assembly having a chip-rod-chip arrangement by causing the filter chips to be in close contact with both ends of the cigarette rod on the first transport path;
A paper supply device for supplying two chip papers to the assembly on the first transport path;
A connecting device for winding the tip paper around the aggregate on the first transport path, connecting each filter tip to a corresponding end of the cigarette rod, and forming a double filter cigarette; Cigarette product making machine.
9. The cigarette product manufacturing machine according to claim 8, wherein the first transport path is formed by drum rows, and the drum rows include a plurality of drums with grooves.
The paper supply device includes:
A transfer path for transferring a paper web having a width twice the width of the tip paper toward the first transfer path;
A slitter for dividing the paper web into two half webs on the transfer path;
The cigarette product manufacturing machine according to claim 9, further comprising a web cutter that cuts each half web into a predetermined length and forms the tip paper to be supplied to the assembly.
The paper supply device includes:
A pair of transfer paths for transferring, in parallel, a paper web having the same width as the tip paper toward the first transfer path;
10. The web cutter according to claim 9, further comprising: a web cutter that cuts a corresponding paper web at a predetermined length on each of the transfer paths to form the tip paper to be supplied to the assembly. Cigarette product making machine.
The chip supply device includes:
A supply path for supplying a filter rod having an even multiple of the length of the filter chip toward the first transport path;
A rod cutter that cuts the filter rod on the supply path to form individual filter chips;
The cigarette product manufacturing machine according to claim 9, further comprising an alignment mechanism that aligns the molded filter chips to be disposed at both ends of the cigarette rod.
A second transport path for receiving the double filter cigarette from the first transport path and transporting the received double filter cigarette toward a cigarette package packaging machine;
The cigarette product manufacturing machine according to claim 9, further comprising: a cutting device that cuts the double filter cigarette from its center in a terminal area of the second transport path to form two filter cigarettes.
14. The cigarette product manufacturing machine according to claim 13, wherein the second transport path is formed by a drum row, and the drum row includes a plurality of drums with grooves.
The second transport path further includes a reversing device that inverts one filter cigarette downstream of the cutting device so as to align the direction of one of the two filter cigarettes with the direction of the other filter cigarette. The cigarette product manufacturing machine according to claim 14, comprising: