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Method and apparatus for manufacturing aerosol-generating semi-finished products

A technology for aerosol generation and semi-finished products, which is applied in the manufacture of paper cigarettes, cigars, and applications, and can solve problems such as dislocation or damage of rod-shaped objects.

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-08-01
PHILIP MORRIS PROD SA
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This turning step requires space in high-speed machinery and risks misalignment or damage to rod-shaped items

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[0074] exist figure 1 In , the process steps in the combiner 5 and the adjacently arranged tipping device 6 are shown.

[0075] The first rod 10 , the second rod 20 and the third rod 30 of material used in the manufacture of the aerosol generating article are supplied and cut with respective cutting means 15 , 25 , 35 . The first, second and third segments thus cut are supplied in end-to-end relationship on a longitudinal path of motion in the combiner 5 .

[0076] Such as Figure 2 to Figure 4 As shown in the embodiment shown in [3], the first and third rods 10, 30 are cut to have twice the length of the final plug 1, 3 before being fed into the longitudinal movement path in the combiner 5. Double segment 11, 33 in length. The second bar 20 is cut into a single segment 2 directly having the length of the plug 2 in a single product 777 before being fed into the longitudinal movement path.

[0077]The segments 11, 2, 33 form a segmental flow, wherein said segments are arran...

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The method and apparatus for manufacturing aerosol-generating semi-finished products comprise the steps of combining substantially cylindrical segments along a longitudinal first motion path. The following steps are performed along the first motion path: feeding a stream of at least three different segments along the first motion path, thereby arranging the at least three segments in alternating order, wrapping the stream of at least three segments in a sheet material to form an endless rod of segments, and cutting the endless rod of segments, thereby separating the endless rod of segments into wrapped segment rods. The method also comprises the step of processing wrapped segment rods along a second motion path, wherein the following step is performed along the second motion path: receiving the wrapped segment rods in flutes of a fluted receiving drum, wherein an end of the first motion path is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the flutes of the fluted receiving drum.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method and a device for producing substantially cylindrical aerosol-generating semi-finished products, in particular aerosol-generating double products. Background technique [0002] Aerosol-generating objects are assembled from several different segments. To make an aerosol-generating article, multiple segments are typically combined to form endless segmented rods. The endless rod is then cut and the cut rod parts are combined with further segments such as mouthpieces. For example, in WO2013 / 164124, a repeating series of three segments is arranged as an endless bar. The endless rod is then cut into individual rod-like objects. The method disclosed in WO2013 / 164124 requires turning every other bar in order to arrange the bar with a second double length bar. This turning step requires space in high-speed machinery and risks misalignment or damage to the rod-shaped item. Furthermore, the method includes several dif...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A24C5/47A24C5/00A24D1/22
CPCA24C5/475A24C5/28A24C5/471A24C5/00A24D1/22A24F42/10A24C5/47A24F40/70
Inventor C·J·格兰特
Owner PHILIP MORRIS PROD SA