Manufacturing machine for the production of disposable cartridges for electronic cigarettes

    公开(公告)号:US11191305B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16344043

    申请日:2017-10-26

    摘要: A manufacturing machine for the production of disposable cartridges for electronic cigarettes provided with a base; a support body, coupled to the base and is provided with a number of electrodes; a heating member electrically connected to the electrodes; and a substrate which surrounds the heating member. The manufacturing machine is provided with feeding conveyor, which feeds a semi-finished disposable cartridges along a forming path; and a number of operating stations arranged along the first forming path to alternatively carry out the supplying of a corresponding component of the semi-finished disposable cartridges or to carry out a processing of the components of the semi-finished disposable cartridges. The feeding conveyor has an annular guide arranged in a fixed position along the forming path; and a number of slides, each of which is coupled to a respective carriage designed to house the semi-finished disposable cartridges.

    SONOTRODE FOR THE ULTRASONIC WELDING OF PLASTIC COMPONENTS OF AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE

    公开(公告)号:US20170341308A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-30

    申请号:US15230543

    申请日:2016-08-08

    IPC分类号: B29C65/08 B29L31/34

    摘要: The invention relates to a sonotrode for the ultrasonic welding of plastic components of an electronic cigarette.The sonotrode comprises: a body comprising a first end which can be connected to an ultrasound generator, and a second end; a cavity that develops from the second end towards the first end, for receiving at least partially a plastic component of an electronic cigarette to be welded. The cavity defines an opening at the second end of the body, communicating with the outside of the sonotrode.In particular, at the opening, the cross section of the cavity has an outline comprising: a first portion that has the shape of a first arc of a reference circumference, which comprises a first end and a second end, opposite each other; and a second portion, that has the shape of a second arc of said reference circumference, which comprises a first end and a second end, opposite each other.The aforementioned outline further comprises: a third portion, connected to the first end of the first portion and to the first end of the second portion, which develops externally with respect to the reference circumference; and a fourth portion, connected to the second end of the first portion and to the second end of the second portion, which develops externally with respect to said reference circumference.

    CUTTING UNIT FOR THE CUTTING OF A SUBSTRATE BAND FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND RELATED CUTTING ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20210197418A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US16755704

    申请日:2018-10-18

    摘要: A cutting unit for the cutting of a substrate band for an aerosol-generating device, and a related cutting assembly, wherein the substrate band has a longitudinally-extending axis and wherein the cutting unit comprises: feed means for feeding the substrate band along a feed direction parallel to the extension axis; a cutting head comprising a cutting edge having a closed profile for cutting a substrate portion from the substrate band, which cutting head is movable in a movement direction transversal to the feed direction between a cutting position, in which it cuts the substrate portion, and a release position, in which it releases the substrate portion; and conveying means, which are arranged and shaped so as to receive the substrate portion from the cutting head when the cutting head is in the release position, and convey the substrate portion towards an output section.

    Manufacturing Machine for the Production of Disposable Cartridges for Electronic Cigarettes

    公开(公告)号:US20190246697A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-15

    申请号:US16344043

    申请日:2017-10-26

    IPC分类号: A24F47/00

    CPC分类号: A24F47/008 B23P19/04

    摘要: A manufacturing machine for the production of disposable cartridges for electronic cigarettes provided with a base; a support body, which is coupled to the base and is provided with a number of electrodes suited to be electrically connected to the base; a heating member, which is electrically connected to the electrodes; and a substrate which surrounds the heating member; the manufacturing machine is provided with a first feeding conveyor, which feeds the semi-finished disposable cartridges along a first forming path; and a number of operating stations arranged along the first forming path to alternatively carry out the supplying of a corresponding component of the semi-finished disposable cartridges carried by the first feeding conveyor or to carry out a processing of the components of the semi-finished disposable cartridges; wherein the first feeding conveyor comprises an annular guide which is arranged in a fixed position along the first forming path; and a number of slides, each of which is coupled to a respective carriage designed to house the semi-finished disposable cartridges and is coupled to the annular guide so as to freely slide along the annular guide independently of the other slides.

    System and method for in-line controlling the ultrasonic welding of plastic components of an electronic cigarette

    公开(公告)号:US10363707B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-30

    申请号:US15695116

    申请日:2017-09-05

    摘要: A system for in-line controlling of the ultrasonic welding of plastic components of an electronic cigarette, in which plastic components are welded to one another at a welding zone to define a welded group; the plastic components are such that the welded group has an air passage duct having a first open end and a second open end. The system includes: a chamber for receiving the welded group; a closure for closing the first open end; air supply for supplying air into the chamber. The system further includes an air exit, connecting the welding zone with the outside of the chamber; a continuous pressure control and adjustment for continuously controlling and regulating the air pressure that enters the air passage duct to keep a fixed air pressure; an air passage nozzle having a predetermined cross section, position between the continuous pressure control and adjustment and the second open end; and a pressure sensor for detecting the air back pressure generated in the chamber after the introduction of air into the air passage duct.

    Sonotrode for the ultrasonic welding of plastic components of an electronic cigarette

    公开(公告)号:US09844908B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-19

    申请号:US15230543

    申请日:2016-08-08

    IPC分类号: B32B37/00 B29C65/08 B29L31/34

    摘要: The invention relates to a sonotrode for the ultrasonic welding of plastic components of an electronic cigarette.The sonotrode comprises: a body comprising a first end which can be connected to an ultrasound generator, and a second end; a cavity that develops from the second end towards the first end, for receiving at least partially a plastic component of an electronic cigarette to be welded. The cavity defines an opening at the second end of the body, communicating with the outside of the sonotrode.In particular, at the opening, the cross section of the cavity has an outline comprising: a first portion that has the shape of a first arc of a reference circumference, which comprises a first end and a second end, opposite each other; and a second portion, that has the shape of a second arc of said reference circumference, which comprises a first end and a second end, opposite each other.The aforementioned outline further comprises: a third portion, connected to the first end of the first portion and to the first end of the second portion, which develops externally with respect to the reference circumference; and a fourth portion, connected to the second end of the first portion and to the second end of the second portion, which develops externally with respect to said reference circumference.

    VAPORIZER FOR SMOKING ARTICLES
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170164656A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-15

    申请号:US15230538

    申请日:2016-08-08

    IPC分类号: A24F47/00

    CPC分类号: A24F47/008

    摘要: An electronic cigarette comprising a vaporizer having a first portion, which is provided with a resistor and a connector electrically connected to the resistor and a support comprising insulating material; and a second portion, which is provided with an additional electrical connector and a base element comprising an insulating material on which the further electrical connector is mounted; the support and the base element are different one with respect to the other; the connectors are connected together by means of a male-female coupling so as to keep together the first and the second portion and establishing a continuous connection.