Device for scattering tobacco cakes and separating stems and leaves

By designing a tobacco cake dispersing and stem-leaf separation device, and utilizing a combination of a roller assembly and an air separator, the problem of separating tobacco cakes and stems in cigarette production was solved, improving material utilization and ensuring smooth production.

CN223799276UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-16JIANGSU HENGSEN TOBACCO MACHINERY
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Application Number
CN202422786886.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-15
Publication Date
2026-01-16
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-15

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Technical Problem

In the cigarette production process, small pieces of tobacco cake that are not completely loosened and tobacco stems with leaves affect subsequent feeding and cutting processes, resulting in low utilization of raw materials and waste.

Method used

Design a device for breaking up tobacco cakes and separating stems and leaves, including a leaf-breaking machine, an air separator, a tangential feeder, an air duct, and a fan. The tobacco cake is broken up by the combined action of the beating roller assembly and the fixed blade, and the tobacco leaves and stems are separated by the air separator and the tangential feeder based on the difference in suspension velocity.

Benefits of technology

This process achieves complete loosening of the tobacco cake and effective separation of stems and leaves, improving raw material utilization, avoiding waste, and ensuring the smooth progress of subsequent processes.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a device for scattering tobacco cakes and separating stems and leaves. The device comprises a threshing machine, an air separation machine, a distributor, a fan, an air pipe and a support. Wherein the threshing machine is responsible for scattering tobacco cakes and separating tobacco stems with leaves, the air separation machine is responsible for separating tobacco leaves from the tobacco stems, the distributor is responsible for separating the tobacco leaves from air, and the fan and the air pipe provide power and channels needed by conveying and air separation. The utility model has the beneficial effects that the unloosened clotted tobacco cakes can be scattered, tobacco leaves attached to tobacco stems are separated, and the utilization rate of raw materials is improved, so that the benefits of cigarette enterprises are increased.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to mechanical design field especially is related to the mechanical field in the tobacco processing field. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the cigarette production process, the box-packed sheet tobacco needs to be loosened and re-humidified before subsequent feeding and cutting processing. There are some small tobacco cakes that are not completely loosened in the loosened and re-humidified sheet tobacco, and there are also some leaf-containing tobacco stems in the sheet tobacco, which affect the subsequent feeding and cutting processes and ultimately affect the quality of the cigarette products. Therefore, cigarette enterprises usually configure corresponding equipment to remove the unloosened tobacco cakes and leaf-containing tobacco stems. How to handle the unloosened tobacco cakes and leaf-containing tobacco stems to improve the utilization rate of raw materials and avoid waste is a problem that plagues cigarette enterprises. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model solves the problem that the above-mentioned prior art has the shortcoming that the unloosened tobacco cakes and leaf-containing tobacco stems cannot be removed, and a device for loosening tobacco cakes and separating stems and leaves is provided.

[0004] To solve the above-mentioned problems, the utility model adopts the following scheme: a device for loosening tobacco cakes and separating stems and leaves, characterized by comprising a leaf beating machine, an air separator, a tangential distributor, an air pipe, a support, and a fan; the leaf beating machine, the air separator, and the tangential distributor are connected in series through the air pipe to form a circulation loop, are arranged on the support, and the fan provides air flow for the circulation loop; the leaf beating machine is used to loosen the tobacco cakes and transport them to the air separator through the air pipe, the air separator separates the sheet tobacco from the tobacco stems, the tobacco stems are fed into a tobacco stem collection box, the sheet tobacco and air are fed into the tangential distributor, the tangential distributor separates the sheet tobacco from the air, and the tobacco leaves enter a sheet tobacco collection box.

[0005] Further, the device for loosening tobacco cakes and separating stems and leaves is characterized in that the leaf beating machine comprises a leaf beating machine feed inlet, a roller assembly, a fixed knife, a frame fence, a power system, and a leaf beating machine body; the leaf beating machine feed inlet is arranged at the top of the leaf beating machine body, the roller assembly is arranged inside the leaf beating machine body, the frame fence is arranged between the roller assembly and the leaf beating machine body, the bottom of the leaf beating machine body is provided with a discharge port connected with the air pipe, and the roller assembly is connected with the power system.

[0006] Further, the device for loosening tobacco cakes and separating stems and leaves is characterized in that the air separator comprises an air separation bin, the lower side of the air separation bin is provided with a feed inlet connected with the air pipe, the feed inlet is arranged obliquely upward, the bottom of the air separation bin is provided with a tobacco stem discharge air lock and a tobacco stem collection box, the top of the air separation bin is provided with an air outlet, and the air outlet is connected with the tangential distributor through the air pipe.

[0007] Further, the tobacco cake breaking and stem-leaf separating device is characterized in that the tangential distributor comprises a distributor body, a distributor screen, a mixed air inlet and a tobacco sheet outlet air lock; the inside of the distributor body is a circular cavity, a blowout opening is arranged in the middle of the cavity and is communicated with a fan, the distributor screen is arranged around the blowout opening and separates the cavity into two concentric circular structures of an inside cavity and an outside cavity, the mixed air inlet is arranged on the upper part of the distributor body and is communicated with the outside cavity, and the air inlet direction is parallel to the horizontal tangent of the outside cavity, and the tobacco sheet outlet air lock is arranged on the bottom of the distributor body and is communicated with the outside cavity, and the tobacco sheet outlet air lock is connected with a tobacco sheet collecting box.

[0008] Further, the tobacco cake breaking and stem-leaf separating device is characterized in that the wind pipe is divided into two paths before reaching the threshing machine, and the two paths are a wind conveying pipe and a supplementary air pipe, the threshing machine is connected with the wind distributor through the wind conveying pipe, the supplementary air pipe is directly connected with the wind distributor, and the supplementary air pipe is arranged below the wind conveying pipe at the blowout opening in the wind distributor and blows air in a oblique upward direction.

[0009] The technical effects of the tobacco cake breaking and stem-leaf separating device are as follows: the tobacco cake and the tobacco stem with leaves entering the threshing machine from the threshing machine inlet are completely broken and separated under the joint action of the high-speed rotating beating roller assembly, the fixed knife and the frame fence. The processed tobacco sheet and tobacco stem mixture falls from the frame fence hole, enters the lower wind conveying pipeline, and is sent into the wind distribution bin of the wind distributor at an oblique upward angle by the high-speed airflow of the pipeline. The wind distribution bin has a fixed upward airflow with a speed between the leaf suspension speed and the tobacco stem suspension speed. The wind distribution bin is provided with an air adjusting plate to obtain the required air speed and direction. The tobacco sheet floats upward along the airflow, enters the tangential distributor through the wind conveying pipeline, is discharged from the outlet air lock below the tangential distributor and enters the collecting box. Air enters the circulating air pipe through the fan from the outlet of the tangential distributor to continue to provide power. The tobacco stem falls into the lower part of the wind distribution bin and is discharged from the discharge air lock and enters the collecting box. In order to avoid the tobacco sheet falling into the windless area of the lower part of the wind distribution bin, a supplementary air inlet is arranged below the wind distribution bin. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0010] Figure 1 The method and device for breaking and separating tobacco cake and stem-leaf are shown in the schematic diagram.

[0011] Figure 2 The schematic diagram of the threshing machine is shown.

[0012] Figure 3 The schematic diagram of the wind distributor is shown.

[0013] Figure 4 The schematic diagram of the distributor is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0014] The tobacco cake breaking and stem-leaf separating device will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

[0015] A method and apparatus for breaking up tobacco cakes and separating stems and leaves, such as Figure 1 As shown, it includes a leaf trimmer 1, an air distributor 2, a tangential feeder 3, an air duct 4, a support 5, and a fan 6.

[0016] like Figure 2 The diagram shows a leaf-beating machine 1, which consists of a leaf-beating machine inlet 1-1, a beating roller assembly 1-2, a fixed blade 1-3, a frame 1-4, a power system 1-5, and a leaf-beating machine body 1-6. The power system 1-5 drives the beating roller assembly 1-2 to rotate at high speed. Unloose tobacco cakes are struck by the moving blades mounted on the beating rollers. Under the combined action of the fixed blade 1-3 and the frame 1-4, the tobacco cakes are broken up, and simultaneously, the tobacco leaves on the stems are torn apart and separated from the stems. The beaten material falls through the round hole in the frame 1-4 into the lower conveying pipe 4-1.

[0017] like Figure 3 The diagram shows the air separator 2. A high-speed airflow feeds the processed material into the air separator chamber 2-2 through the feed inlet 2-1. Due to the different suspension velocities of the tobacco flakes and tobacco stems, the flakes, whose suspension velocity is less than the upward airflow velocity, rise with the airflow and enter the tangential distributor 3 through the air outlet 2-3. The tobacco stems, whose suspension velocity is greater than the airflow velocity, sink downwards and enter the tobacco stem collection box through the discharge airlock 2-5. The air separator chamber is equipped with an air regulating plate 2-4. Adjusting the angle and position of the air regulating plate 2-4 ensures that the airflow within the air separator chamber 2-3 meets the velocity and angle requirements. A supplementary air inlet 2-6 is located below the feed inlet 2-1 to prevent tobacco flakes from falling into the windless area at the bottom of the air separator chamber 2-2, thus improving the sorting effect.

[0018] like Figure 4 The diagram shows the distributor 3. The mixture of tobacco flakes and air enters the tangential distributor 3 through the mixing inlet 3-4. Under the combined action of centrifugal force and gravity, the tobacco flakes pass through the outer cavity between the distributor body 3-1 and the distributing screen 3-2, downwards through the discharge air lock 3-3, and enter the tobacco flake collection box. Air enters the blower 6 through the outlet of the tangential distributor 3 and circulates through the air duct 4, providing power to the system.

[0019] Before reaching the leaf-crushing machine, the air duct 4 splits into two paths: the air supply duct 4-1 and the make-up air duct 4-2. The air supply duct 4-1 delivers the crushed material into the air distributor 2, while the make-up air duct provides supplementary air volume to the air distributor 2.

Claims

1. A device for breaking up a tobacco cake and separating the stems and leaves, characterized in that, The utility model provides a tobacco threshing machine, which comprises a threshing machine (1), a wind separator (2), a tangential distributor (3), a wind pipe (4), a support (5) and a fan (6).

2. The device for breaking up the cake, separating the stem and the leaf according to claim 1, characterized in that, The threshing machine (1) is used for threshing tobacco cakes and delivering the tobacco cakes to the wind separator (2) through the wind pipe (4), the wind separator (2) separates tobacco stems from tobacco leaves, the tobacco stems are delivered into a tobacco stem collecting box, the tobacco leaves and air are delivered into the tangential distributor (3), the tangential distributor (3) separates the tobacco leaves from the air, and the tobacco leaves are delivered into a tobacco leaf collecting box.

3. The device for breaking and separating the tobacco cake, stem and leaf according to claim 1, characterized in that, The wind separator (2) comprises a wind separation bin (2-2), the lower side of the wind separation bin (2-2) is provided with a feeding port (2-1) connected with the wind pipe (4), the feeding port (2-1) is inclined upward, the bottom of the wind separation bin (2-2) is provided with a tobacco stem discharge air lock (2-5) and a tobacco stem collecting box, and the top of the wind separation bin (2-2) is provided with an air outlet (2-3) connected with the tangential distributor (3) through the wind pipe (4).

4. The device for breaking and separating the tobacco cake according to claim 1, characterized in that, The tangential distributor (3) comprises a distributor body (3-1), a distribution screen (3-2), a mixed air inlet (3-4) and a tobacco leaf discharge air lock (3-3), the inside of the distributor body (3-1) is a circular cavity, the middle of the cavity is provided with an air outlet in communication with the fan (6), the distribution screen (3-2) is arranged around the air outlet, so that the cavity is divided into two concentric circular structures, namely an inner cavity and an outer cavity, the mixed air inlet (3-4) is arranged on the upper portion of the distributor body (3-1) and communicates with the outer cavity, the air inlet direction of the mixed air inlet (3-4) is parallel to the horizontal tangent of the outer cavity, and the tobacco leaf discharge air lock (3-3) is arranged on the bottom of the distributor body (3-1) and communicates with the outer cavity, and the tobacco leaf discharge air lock (3-3) is connected with a tobacco leaf collecting box.

5. The device for breaking and separating the tobacco cake according to claim 1, characterized in that, The wind pipe (4) is divided into two paths before reaching the threshing machine (1), namely a wind delivery wind pipe (4-1) and a supplementary air pipe (4-2), the threshing machine (1) is connected with the wind separator (2) through the wind delivery wind pipe (4-1), the supplementary air pipe (4-2) is directly connected with the wind separator (2), the supplementary air pipe (4-2) is located below the wind delivery wind pipe (4-1) at the air outlet in the wind separator (2), and the air outlet direction is obliquely upward.