摘要:
A method of separating objectionable particles from host tobacco material which includes fluidising the tobacco material with a fluidising air stream to allow heavy unwanted particles to fall, to cause light unwanted particles to rise and be air transported away and to leave a carpet of acceptable material.
摘要:
A pack for cigarettes and like smoking articles has a frame (101) outside the charge of cigarettes but inside a flexible wrap, which is preferably a sealed enclosure of a barrier material such as a metal/plastic laminate, or metallized foil. The inner frame which is not rigid since its side (104) and end (108) flaps are free except where attached to a major panel (102) acts to collate and protect the charge of cigarettes and to allow heat-sealing or other sealing pressure to be exerted more efficiently than would otherwise be possible.
摘要:
A machine and method for packaging smoking articles provides an essentially hermetic enclosure of a barrier material around a charge (2) of such articles in an open (incomplete) frame, by driving on the articles themselves to push them through a temporary wall (18) of the barrier material with the previous imposition on them of the open frame at a framing station (3). Preferably the driving is by means of an indexing conveyor which is stationary immediately before the collection of the charge from a hopper, during the imposition of the frame and immediately before pushing the frame and charge through the temporary wall.
摘要:
The effect of spiral-wrapping of a tobacco rod is obtained by providing a wrap material (1) having edge portions (3) which are angled to an edge (4) which is to be arranged axially of the tobacco rod when the material is wrapped cylindrically around the tobacco. Discontinuities (5) between inclined edge portions (3) are preferred positions for the severing of rods wrapped with the material, into cigarette lengths. Methods and apparatus are disclosed for wrapping or overwrapping with this material to form the tobacco rod.
摘要:
The invention provides a cigarette filter (1) the biodegradation of the material (3) which is assisted by the incorporation of swellable means in the filter so that upon exposure to moisture the volume of the filter is increased, preferably to the extent of breaking open a filter wrap (2) which enclosed it.
摘要:
A smoking article has a pressure drop across it which is in the range 250-700 mmWG at 17.5 cm³s⁻¹. The purpose is to minimize the volume of smoke drawable by smokers per puff. The pressure drop may be achieved by an essentially impervious portion (4) of a filter (3) and/or by such a portion in the tobacco rod (2).
摘要:
A smoking article comprising a rod of smoking material (1) and a filter portion, said filter portion including means (6) for collecting particulate matter in the smoke from the rod of smoking material in a collection zone (7), and means (3) for heating said collection zone to release the semivolatile compounds whilst allowing the involatiles to be retained in the filter.
摘要:
A novel cigarette smoke filter (10) element is provided which achieves an increased removal of tar from cigarette smoke while retaining a higher flavour level than is achieved using conventional filter materials. The filter comprises an elongate cylinder (14) of microfine fibers which is closed (16) at the upstream end of the filter element and tobacco smoke filter material (18) located both externally and internally of the cylinder of microfine fibers. A tobacco smoke flow path blocking means (20,24,26,28,32) is provided at the downstream end of the filter element to permit filtered tobacco smoke to pass from the filter element only from the tobacco smoke filter material located internally of the cylinder of microfine fibers.
摘要:
A cigarette filter rod element incuding an axially extending barrier tube of micro-fine fibres with a diameter of between 0.5 and 10 microns and located so that at least part of the gas flow passes through the wall of said barrier tube.
摘要:
The effect of spiral-wrapping of a tobacco rod is obtained by providing a wrap material (1) having edge portions (3) which are angled to an edge (4) which is to be arranged axially of the tobacco rod when the material is wrapped cylindrically around the tobacco. Discontinuities (5) between inclined edge portions (3) are preferred positions for the severing of rods wrapped with the material, into cigarette lengths. Methods and apparatus are disclosed for wrapping or overwrapping with this material to form the tobacco rod.