3790results about "Cigarette manufacture" patented technology

The invention relates, among other things, to a suction roller (36) of a covering device of a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter attachment machine, wherein the suction roller (36) is designed to cooperate with a cutting roller (32) having knives in the circumferential direction for cutting a material strip (2) into material strip sections (39) in a cutting area. In the suction roller (36), support surfaces (166) for the material strip sections (39) each have a groove (68) extending along the axis of rotation and having a groove surface (74), wherein the grooves (68) of the support surfaces (166) have suction air bores (75) that can be subjected to negative pressure, wherein the support surfaces (166) for the material strip sections (39) each have a partial support surface (76.A) leading the respective groove (68) and a partial support surface trailing the respective groove (68).In the suction roller (36), it is provided that the negative pressure with which the suction air holes (78.A) of the leading partial support surface (76.A) of the respective support surfaces (166) are or will be acted upon, and the negative pressure with which the suction air holes (78.B) of the trailing partial support surface (76.B) of the respective support surfaces (166) are or will be acted upon, are or will be controllable independently of one another.

There is disclosed a method of processing rod-shaped consumable aerosol-generating articles each comprising an aerosol-generating substrate portion including a metallic susceptor, the aerosol-generating generating substrate being longitudinally disposed between first end and second end plug portions, the aerosol-generating substrate and the first and second end plug portions being wrapped in at least one circumferential wrapper, the method comprising the steps of: i) feeding the aerosol-generating articles onto a vibrating sieve and causing the aerosol-generating articles to pass across a surface of the vibrating sieve; ii) arranging the aerosol-generating articles, after passage across the surface of the vibrating sieve, on an alignment belt comprising a plurality of transverse grooves configured to receive the aerosol-generating articles aligned substantially parallel to each other, the alignment belt having first and second opposed side edges; iii) positioning the aerosol-generating articles within the transverse grooves such that the first end plug portions abut at least one of the first and second opposed side edges of the alignment belt; iv) cutting the aerosol-generating articles at at least two points along a length of the aerosol-generating articles so as to separate the first end and second end plug portions from the aerosol-generating substrate portion; v) separating the aerosol-generating substrate portions from the first end plug portions and the second end plug portions; vi) separating the aerosol-generating substrate portions, including the metallic susceptors, from their circumferential wrappers; vii) cutting the aerosol-generating substrate portions so as to expose the metallic susceptors; viii) applying a magnetic field so as to separate the metallic susceptors from the aerosol-generating substrate portions; and ix) separately collecting the aerosol-generating substrate portions and the metallic susceptors.

The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent cigarette manufacturing, and discloses a cigarette making machine parameter setting prediction system based on an incoming material state. The system comprises an incoming material feature acquisition module, a process adaptation analysis module, a parameter mapping calculation module, an abnormal working condition identification module and a prediction parameter generation module which are connected in sequence. The system obtains a tobacco shred moisture content distribution curve and temperature field data in real time, and generates an incoming material state characteristic sequence in combination with the conveying speed; dividing water content fluctuation sections and associating temperature distribution rules according to the water content fluctuation sections, and generating a process adaptive partition map; establishing a time sequence mapping relation between the roller rotating speed and the hot air temperature, and generating a parameter optimization mapping table through stability comparison; and finally outputting a parameter prediction scheme by identifying the abnormal working condition deviating from the standard relationship and combining the matching of historical data and the current incoming material state. According to the system, refined parameter prediction of non-uniform supplied materials can be realized, equipment operation parameters are dynamically optimized, and the stability of cigarette production and the consistency of product quality are improved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of cigarette production, and particularly relates to a dynamic control system and method for sliver removal of a cigarette making machine, and the system comprises a sliver removal amount detection mechanism which detects the sliver content in discharged materials in real time; the feedback adjusting mechanism comprises an electric proportional valve and an opening degree adjusting mechanism which are respectively used for adjusting the air pressure, the air volume and the opening degree of the air inlet; and the controller is in communication connection with the detecting mechanism and the adjusting mechanism, adjusts the winnowing parameters according to the sliver content signal, communicates with the MES system and realizes data uploading and process parameter receiving. The system realizes dynamic closed-loop regulation of air pressure and air volume, reduces manual intervention, and improves control precision and response speed.

The application discloses an online cigarette ventilation degree detection system, which introduces statistical parameters in the cigarette ventilation degree detection and control process for the first time, and uses the statistical parameters to adjust the focal length of a focusing device of a puncher, and uses the obtained average evaluation parameter to adjust and control the laser energy of the puncher. The setting avoids the adverse effects of the normal fluctuation of the ventilation degree detection value of a single cigarette on the stability of the control system, and avoids the adverse effects of the fluctuation of the ventilation degree detection value of a single cigarette caused by the swing of the cigarette and the fluctuation of the laser energy on the stability of the control system, so that effective, stable and automatic closed-loop adjustment and control are realized.

The present invention relates to an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-generating material which is heated to generate an aerosol, wherein the aerosol-generating article includes an identification material which absorbs light of a first wavelength radiated from outside the aerosol-generating article and emits light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and the identification material includes an organic material.

A hard package (1) for suction articles having an inclined opening, comprising: a wrapper (4) wrapping a group (5) of suction articles and having a suction article extraction opening (26) formed through at least one upper wall (23); a hard inner container (3) accommodating the wrapper (4); a hard outer container (2) accommodating the inner container (3); a hinge (6) in the region of which the inner container (3) is connected to the outer container (2) in order to allow the inner container (3) itself to rotate between a closed position in which the inner container (3) is inserted inside the outer container (2) and an open position in which the inner container (3) is partially withdrawn from the outer container (2).

A non-combustible heating-type smoking article includes: a tobacco part. The tobacco part includes: a tobacco filler; and a wrapper enclosing the tobacco filler. The tobacco part has a hardness of 0.41 to 1.5 N when compressed by a length corresponding to 10% of a diameter of the tobacco part in a diameter direction of the tobacco part. The wrapper is formed by attaching two or more sheets. The wrapper has a tensile strength of 10 to 30 N in a transverse direction crossing an axial direction of the tobacco part.

The utility model discloses a turnover box capable of being opened and closed by seven 120 degrees, which comprises a rectangular upper box body (1) and a rectangular lower box body (2) with the same length and width, and the upper box body (1) and the lower box body (2) are respectively connected by a plurality of adhesive films; after the turnover box is opened, the upper box body (1) or the lower box body (2) is turned over by seven hundred twenty degrees and then closed again, and the adhesive film is turned over from one side to the other side. The turnover box is novel in design, easy to manufacture and low in cost.

The utility model relates to the technical field of cigarette making equipment, and particularly discloses a deviation rectifying device and a cigarette making machine. The deviation rectifying device comprises a fixed shaft, a movable sleeve, a limiting block and an adjusting assembly; one end of the fixed shaft is arranged on the cigarette making machine unit, a sliding groove is formed in one end of the movable sleeve in the axial direction, and the fixed shaft is arranged in the sliding groove in a sliding mode. Wherein the number of the limiting blocks is two, the two limiting blocks are arranged outside the movable sleeve in a sleeving mode, and the tipping paper is limited between the two limiting blocks; the adjusting assembly penetrates through the end, away from the cigarette making machine unit, of the movable sleeve to be connected to the fixed shaft. The driving end of the adjusting assembly abuts against the movable sleeve. In the moving process of the movable sleeve, the limiting position of the tipping paper can be adjusted, the distance between the two limiting blocks does not need to be adjusted, therefore, the adjusting difficulty is reduced, and meanwhile in the process of adjusting the length of the tipping paper, the position precision of the limiting blocks is high when the limiting blocks are directly adjusted through the movable sleeve.

There is provided a system comprising: an aerosol generating apparatus (1), a consumable pack (110) having a machine-readable element (112), the consumable pack including at least one consumable (70) for use with the aerosol generating apparatus (1), wherein the machine-readable element (112) includes an identifier code; and a machine-readable element reader (100) operable to read the machine-readable element (112) to acquire the identifier code. A control unit (120) of the aerosol generating apparatus (1) is configured to cause the aerosol generating apparatus (1) to enter a session-enabled mode based on the acquired identifier code, wherein in the session-enabled mode an aerosol generating session is available in response to a user request for aerosol generation in response to a user request for aerosol generation, and to maintain a session count of initiated aerosol generation sessions. The control unit (120) of the aerosol generating apparatus (1) is further configured to enter a session-disabled mode when the session count exceeds a predetermined permitted number of aerosol generating sessions, wherein in the session-disabled mode an aerosol generating session is unavailable in response to a user request for aerosol generation.

A container (1) for consumer goods, the container comprises an outer sleeve (20) and inner box (10) disposed within the outer sleeve (20), and configured to slide within the outer sleeve (20) between: a first position, in which the interior of the inner box (10) cannot be accessed by a user; and a second position, in which the interior of the inner box (10) can be accessed by a user. The container (1) having a locking mechanism for preventing the inner box (10) from sliding from the first position to the second position, when the inner box (10) is in the first position in the outer sleeve (20).

An aerosol generating article includes: a plurality of elongate first strips including an aerosol generating material; at least one elongate second strip including an inductively heatable susceptor material; and at least one elongate carrier strip to which the at least one elongate second strip is adhered. Each of the plurality of elongate first strips has a width which is less than a width of the at least one elongate second strip and a width of the at least one elongate carrier strip is greater than the width of the at least one elongate second strip. The elongate first strips, the at least one elongate second strip and the at least one elongate carrier strip are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article.

The utility model relates to a feed liquid atomization device, and belongs to the technical field of cigarette manufacturing. The device comprises a cold compressed air heating steel pipe spirally wound on a steam pipeline, a glass fiber thermal insulation material, a thermal insulation cover shell, a pneumatic diaphragm valve, a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), a temperature sensor, a cold compressed air supply device and a double-medium nozzle, an inlet of the cold compressed air heating steel pipe is communicated with a cold compressed air supply device, an outlet of the cold compressed air heating steel pipe is communicated with the double-medium nozzle pre-filled with feed liquid through a hot compressed air circulation pipeline, and a compressed air stop valve is arranged on the hot compressed air circulation pipeline; the heat preservation cover shell completely wraps the cold air heating steel pipe, the space between the heat preservation cover shell and the cold air heating steel pipe is filled with glass fiber heat preservation materials, and an inlet of the cold air heating steel pipe and an outlet of the cold air heating steel pipe both extend out of the heat preservation cover shell. The accuracy of the total feeding proportion can be ensured.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of cigarette processing equipment, and particularly discloses a recovery device for bead blasting cigarettes. According to the recovery device for the blasting bead cigarettes, due to the fact that the blasting bead cigarettes conveyed to the cigarette conveying mechanism need to be arranged in a consistent mode, the blasting bead cigarettes cut by the cutting mechanism are consistent, and therefore the cigarette direction detection piece is arranged at the discharging end of the vibration disc; if the arrangement direction, detected by the cigarette direction detection piece, of the bead blasting cigarettes does not meet the requirement, the cigarette discharging piece is controlled to discharge the bead blasting cigarettes into a hopper of the vibration disc so as to achieve rearrangement; the first cutting knife and the second cutting knife divide the blasting bead cigarette into a filter stick section, a blasting bead section and a tobacco shred section, the blasting bead cigarette is divided, the filter stick section, the blasting bead section and the tobacco shred section can be conveyed into different containing cavities in the recycling box, and later-period re-classification is not needed; in the process of cutting the blasting bead cigarette, the filter stick section, the blasting bead section and the tobacco shred section are not damaged, and the recycling rate of the blasting bead cigarette is increased.

The aluminum-foil paper deviation rectifying device comprises a bottom plate, a transverse movement mechanism is arranged on the front side of one end of the bottom plate, a deviation rectifying mechanism is arranged on the transverse movement mechanism and connected with a rear paper roller, a front paper roller support is arranged at the other end of the bottom plate, and a front paper roller is arranged behind the front paper roller support. According to the aluminum-foil paper deviation rectifying device, when the position of aluminum-foil paper deviates, the transverse movement mechanism transversely moves in the horizontal direction to drive the deviation rectifying mechanism to deflect, and the deflection movement of the deviation rectifying mechanism can drive the angle of the rear paper roller to change, so that the deviation rectifying effect of the aluminum-foil paper is achieved; a roller base does not need to be adjusted behind the equipment, so that the shutdown probability of host equipment caused by deviation of aluminum-foil paper is reduced from 0.03% to 0.0001%; the deviation rectifying mechanism can be pressed through the auxiliary sliding mechanism, so that the cantilever acting force borne by the front end of the deviation rectifying mechanism in the vertical direction is counteracted.

The invention belongs to the technical field of fault diagnosis, and particularly relates to a base rod forming device and a fault diagnosis method and system thereof. The method comprises the following steps: S1, acquiring fault diagnosis section data in an operation process of a base rod forming device; the fault diagnosis data comprises real-time operation parameters and physical state parameters of the base rod forming device; the real-time operation parameters comprise the real-time operation speed of a pressing roller used for shredding sheets, the real-time operation speed of a cloth belt used for conveying forming paper and the real-time operation speed when a cutter cuts a base rod; the physical state parameters comprise one or a combination of two or three of temperature, pressure and vibration; and S2, inputting the fault diagnosis data into a pre-trained fault diagnosis model in the form of time sequence data to obtain the fault type of the base rod forming device. The technical problem that in the prior art, misjudgment and missed judgment are prone to occurring in fault diagnosis of the base rod forming device is solved.

The invention relates to a device for producing an extrudate 9 comprising an aerosol-generating material 23, the device comprising an extruder 1 wherein the extruder 1 comprises an inlet 2 and an outlet 5 wherein the inlet 2 is adapted to receive a mixture 3 wherein the outlet 5 is adapted to extrude the mixture 3 to form the extrudate 9 wherein the outlet 5 comprises a die part 10, wherein the mold part 10 is adapted to form an extrudate 9 comprising an aerosol-generating material 23, and wherein the mold part 10 is adapted to provide a cross-sectional shape for the extrudate 9. The invention also relates to a method for producing an extrudate 9 comprising an aerosol-generating material 23, comprising the steps of providing a mixture 3 to an extruder 1 via an inlet 2 of the extruder 1, moving the mixture 3 in an extrusion direction 100, extruding the mixture 3 from the extruder 1 via an outlet 5, wherein the mixture 3 is extruded through a die part 10 of an outlet 5 of the extruder 1 to form an extrudate 9 having a cross-sectional shape comprising the aerosol-generating material 23. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of an extruder 1 for extruding an extrudate 9 comprising an aerosol-generating material 23 such that the extrudate 9 is provided with a cross-sectional shape. The invention also relates to an aerosol-generating material 23, an aerosol-generating article, and a system comprising a device and a mixture for forming an extrudate 9 comprising an aerosol-generating material 23.

The utility model discloses a drum wheel cleaning device of a cigarette making and plug assembling machine. The drum wheel cleaning device comprises a brush support and a cleaning brush. The brush support comprises a fixing frame and a brush shaft. The fixing frame comprises a mounting plate and a supporting plate, and the mounting plate is provided with a first through hole used for being connected to a threaded hole of a cigarette shifting wheel baffle support of the twisting and connecting drum through a bolt. The supporting plate is arranged at one end of the mounting plate, and a second through hole is formed in the supporting plate; the first end of the brush shaft penetrates through the second through hole and is fixedly arranged on the supporting plate. And the cleaning brush is rotatably arranged on the brush shaft in a sleeving manner. The laser drilling drum cleaning device has the advantages that the cleaning brush rotates along with rotation of the laser drilling drum, the surface of the drum is cleaned, and on-line automatic cleaning is achieved.

The utility model discloses a constant flow control and material level detection device for tobacco shred conveying. The constant flow control and material level detection device comprises a protective frame, a signal line, a photoelectric tube, an air tube, a positioning strip, a lifting belt conveyor, a hopper, a metering tube and an electronic belt scale. An electronic belt scale is arranged right below the metering tube, a hopper and a lifting belt conveyor are arranged right above the metering tube, a plurality of groups of photoelectric tubes are symmetrically arranged on the left side and the right side of the metering tube respectively and are used for detecting the tobacco shred material level in the metering tube respectively, and signals are sent out through a signal line to control the tobacco shred input time of the lifting belt conveyor to the hopper and the output of the lifting belt conveyor to the electronic belt scale. The high-pressure gas in the gas pipe is sprayed to the photoelectric tube in the protective frame in real time, so that the photoelectric tube is in a clean working environment for a long time, the problems of photoelectric signal distortion and the like are solved, a production line runs stably, the production efficiency is improved, and the maintenance cost is reduced. According to the utility model, the cut tobacco material can be conveyed to the downstream process at a relatively constant flow, the flow fluctuation is reduced to meet the cut tobacco making process requirement, and the cut tobacco making quality is improved.

The invention provides a tobacco shred on-line back-mixing device and a tobacco shred on-line back-mixing method.The tobacco shred on-line back-mixing device comprises a rack and an air storage tank, a tobacco catching device, a tobacco guiding pipe and an air blowing pipe are arranged in the rack, the tobacco catching device comprises a plurality of tobacco catching wheels and a plurality of tobacco rubbing plates, and the tobacco rubbing plates and the tobacco catching wheels are in one-to-one correspondence and are arranged in pairs from top to bottom; cigarette flow channels are defined by gaps between the cigarette rubbing plates and the cigarette catching wheels, every two adjacent cigarette flow channels are communicated in an end-to-end mode, one ends of the smoke guiding pipes and one ends of the air blowing pipes are oppositely arranged and arranged on the left sides and the right sides of the cigarette flow channels respectively, the other ends of the air blowing pipes are connected with the output end of the air storage tank, and the other ends of the smoke guiding pipes extend out of the machine frame. The online tobacco shred back-mixing method comprises a process method for blowing out and collecting the tobacco shreds from the two sides of the cigarette branch flow channel respectively by using the equipment. By the adoption of the technical scheme, the equipment structure and the process steps are simplified, and the tobacco shred recycling efficiency is improved.

An article includes a rod of aerosol generating material. The rod of aerosol generating material is formed from a plurality of elongate strips of aerosol generating material extending longitudinally through said rod. Each of the plurality of elongate strips is connected to at least one other of the plurality of elongate strips by a connection portion. The connecting portion includes over 20% of the length of each elongate strip. The invention also relates to a method of forming a rod of aerosol generating material of an article. The invention also relates to an apparatus for manufacturing rods of aerosol generating material of an article.

The invention provides a cigarette case and a manufacturing process thereof. The cigarette case comprises a case body and a case cover comprising a damp-proof layer or a moisture-proof layer, whereinthe case body is made of paper pulp raw materials or plant fibers, a waterproof film is pasted to the outer surface and / or the inner surface of the case body, and the waterproof film can be attached to the outer surface and / or the inner surface of the case body in a hot melting manner. According to the cigarette case, excellent moisture resistance can be guaranteed while environment-friendly materials are used. Through the hot melting manner, tight fitting and wrapping of the case body by the waterproof film can be ensured.

A hard package (1) for cigarette articles, the hard package being tiltably openable and comprising: a group of cigarette articles (5); a wrapper (4), a hard inner receptacle (3) which accommodates the wrapper (4); a hard outer receiving part (2) which accommodates the inner receiving part (3); a hinge (6) in the region of which the inner receiving portion (3) is connected to the outer receiving portion (2) in order to allow the inner receiving portion (3) itself to be rotatable between a closed position, in which the inner receiving portion (3) is inserted inside the outer receiving portion (2), and an open position, in which the inner receiving portion (3) is partially removed from the outer receiving portion (2); and a stopper member (46) including a pair of side plates (48) and connecting the inner receiving portion (3) and the outer receiving portion (2) to each other to restrict the inner receiving portion (3) from moving out of the outer receiving portion (2).

An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a downstream section provided downstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate and extending to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article, the downstream section including a hollow tubular cooling element, the downstream section having a length of greater than 45 millimetres, and the hollow tubular cooling element having a length of at least 40 millimetres; and an upstream element provided upstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate and abutting an upstream end of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate, the upstream element having a length of at least 3 millimetres, and the upstream element being made of filter material.

The utility model relates to an aerosol generating device and an aerosol generating system. The aerosol generating device comprises a wrapping material layer, a filtering body, a hollow device and an aerosol base body, the wrapping material layer wraps the outer sides of the filtering body, the hollow device and the aerosol base body which are connected in sequence; the aerosol matrix comprises a tobacco section aerosol matrix and a non-tobacco section aerosol matrix, the non-tobacco section aerosol matrix comprises a porous matrix and a smoke agent, and the smoke agent is adsorbed in the porous matrix. Therefore, the problem of penetration of the smoke agent can be reduced while a good atomization effect is obtained.

The invention belongs to the technical field of treatment of harmful substances in cigarettes, and particularly relates to natural polysaccharide aerogel for cigarettes. The preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, dispersing the polysaccharide, the filler and the cross-linking agent in a solvent, and stirring by using a stirrer until the materials are completely dissolved; s2, adding a hydrophobic modifier, an ion exchange modifier, a surfactant and a functional polymer into the polysaccharide solution, and performing stirring reaction by using a heating stirrer to obtain a modified solution; s3, cooling the modified solution to room temperature by using cooling equipment, then pouring the solution into a mold for gelation, then putting the solution into freezing equipment, and cooling the solution until the solution is completely frozen to obtain frozen gel; and S4, transferring the frozen gel into a freeze dryer, and carrying out sublimation drying under a vacuum condition to obtain the natural polysaccharide aerogel. The natural polysaccharide aerogel prepared by the invention can remarkably improve the filtering performance of a filter tip, so that the content of tar and other harmful substances generated in the smoking process can be reduced.

A method is provided for recycling an aerosol generating article comprising a non-liquid aerosol generating material and an inductively heatable susceptor. The method comprises a first step of shredding the aerosol generating article to break up the non-liquid aerosol material and the inductively heatable susceptor. The method comprises a second step of separating the inductively heatable susceptor and the non-liquid aerosol generating material.

A hard package (1) for smoking articles, opened obliquely and comprising: a wrapper (4) wrapping a group (5) of smoking articles; a hard inner container (3) accommodating the wrapper (4); a hard outer container (2) accommodating the inner container (3); a hinge (6) connecting the inner container (3) to the outer container (2) so as to allow the inner container (3) itself to rotate between a closed position, in which the inner container (3) is inserted inside the outer container (2), and an open position, in which the inner container (3) is partially withdrawn from the outer container (2); and a stop member (33) that limits the degree to which the inner container (3) is extracted from the outer container (2) and thus determines the maximum open position of the inner container (3) with respect to the outer container (2).