Method for Manufacturing Aerosol Generating Articles

    公开(公告)号:US20230329321A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18027318

    申请日:2021-09-17

    摘要: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web or a continuous strip of an aerosol generating substrate having a substantially flat surface; (ii) providing a continuous web of susceptor material; (iii) intermittently applying an adhesive to a surface of the continuous web of susceptor material to form adhesive areas on the surface; (iv) continuously cutting the continuous web of susceptor material at positions between the adhesive areas to form at least one susceptor patch ; (v) adhering the susceptor patch to the substantially flat surface of the continuous web or the continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate; and (vi) forming the continuous web or the continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate and the at least one susceptor patch adhered to the surface thereof into a continuous rod

    KNIFE
    2.
    发明公开
    KNIFE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230321855A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-12

    申请号:US18044505

    申请日:2021-09-08

    摘要: A knife is provided for a cutting device for cutting continuous rods in a manufacturing process, the knife including: a knife body having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the knife body configured to be attached to a cutting device; and a cutting edge located at the distal end of the knife body, the cutting edge including at least two cutting edge segments, each cutting edge segment including a profile, the profile including one maximum protrusion from the knife body, and at least a portion of a second cutting edge segment of the at least two cutting edge segments protruding, from the knife body, to a greater extent than the maximum protrusion of a first cutting edge segment of the at least two cutting edge segments, from the knife body. A cutting device, and a method of manufacturing a cutting device, are also provided.

    Apparatus and method for the production of sheet like tobacco material

    公开(公告)号:US11252994B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-22

    申请号:US16604691

    申请日:2018-04-12

    摘要: The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for crimping a sheet (40) of material, the apparatus comprising a first and second facing crimping roller (11, 21) defining a first and second rotation axis, respectively, the first roller including: •a first plurality of circumferential ridges (16), each ridge defining a ridge amplitude; •wherein each of said first plurality of ridges is interrupted along its circumferential extension forming an interruption gap where for a given interruption angle an amplitude of the ridge differs from the ridge amplitude in the remaining circumferential extension of the ridge; •wherein said plurality of interruption gaps forms an interruption band defining a direction of extension, said direction of extension being angled with respect to a direction defined by the first rotation axis of an angle comprised between about 2° to about 25°. The invention also relates to a method for crimping a sheet of material as well as a crimped sheet of material and a rod made of a crimped sheet.

    Centering device for rod shaped articles of the tobacco industry

    公开(公告)号:US11213063B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US15768118

    申请日:2016-10-17

    摘要: A method and an apparatus (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E) for axial centering of a rod-like article (3) or a group of rod-like articles wherein the rod-like article (3) or the group of rod-like articles is conveyed in a flute (4) situated on the circumference of a drum conveyor (5), moreover, the rod-like article (3) or the group of rod-like articles in the successive flutes (4) have the same or varying length, with the apparatus (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E) being provided with pusher elements (10, 13, 20, 23, 30, 33, 40, 43) of a shifting mechanism axially acting on the rod-like article (3) or the group of rod-like articles so as to change the position of the rod-like article (3) or the groups of articles in the flute (4), characterized in that the coupled pusher elements (10, 13, 20, 23, 30, 33, 40, 43) make swinging movements having opposite senses, moreover, the pusher elements (10, 13, 20, 23, 30, 33, 40, 43) have contact surfaces (10A, 13A, 20A, 23A, 30A, 33A, 40A, 43A) adapted to axially act on the rod-like article (3) or the group of rod-like articles, the contact surfaces (10A, 13A, 20A, 23A, 30A, 33A, 40A, 43A) of the pusher elements (10, 13, 20, 23, 30, 33, 40, 43) being convergently positioned in the direction of movement (T) of the rod-like articles, at least one pusher element (10, 13, 20, 23, 30, 33, 40, 43) being connected with a dynamic element (6, 26, 37, 47) placing the pusher elements (10, 13, 20, 23, 30, 33, 40, 43) in a position enabling them to axially act on the rod-like articles (3, 3L, 3R) or the groups of rod-like articles conveyed on the drum conveyor (5) so that the centers of the rod-like articles (3) or the groups of rod-like articles are positioned principally in a common plane (S, SL, SR).

    A REPLENISHING DEVICE, AN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MULTI-SEGMENT RODS AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTI-SEGMENT RODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210368858A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US16766693

    申请日:2018-11-21

    摘要: A replenishing device for replenishing a flute of a transporter with a rod-like element, wherein the transporter comprises multiple flutes located transversally with respect to a transporting direction and adapted to transport rod-like elements, the replenishing device comprising: a feeding duct for feeding the rod-like element; a rotary replenishing element having an axis of rotation, comprising at least one transferring seat for receiving the rod-like element from the feeding duct in a receiving zone and for transferring the rod-like element to the flute of the transporter in a transferring zone, wherein the rotary replenishing element is adapted to repeatedly pass the same rod-like element through the transferring zone before transferring that rod-like element to the flute of the transporter; and a transferring mechanism for effecting the transfer of the rod-like element from the transferring seat to the flute of the transporter.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLING RODS WITH BEADED SUBSTRATE

    公开(公告)号:US20210235748A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US16781810

    申请日:2020-02-04

    发明人: Balager ADEME

    IPC分类号: A24D3/02 A24C5/18 A24C5/28

    摘要: A system for portioning a beaded substrate in a rod. The system includes a suction conveyor belt. The suction conveyor belt includes a belt suction chamber, a first belt end, and a second belt end, the second belt end opposite and downstream of the first belt end. The system also includes a metering device configured to provide the beaded substrate to the suction conveyor belt, and more specifically to the first belt end. The metering device includes a reach and a hopper. The metering device may provide the beaded substrate to the first belt end prior to the suction conveyor belt biasing a filler material onto the first belt end. The system may further includes a cutting mechanism that cooperates with the metering device to position the beaded substrate a first distance away from a first cut end.

    A METHOD FOR REDUCING STRESS OF A GARNITURE BELT IN A TOBACCO INDUSTRY MACHINE, A METHOD FOR REDUCING REJECTION IN A TOBACCO INDUSTRY MACHINE AND A GARNITURE DEVICE FOR A TOBACCO INDUSTRY MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20200315242A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16490532

    申请日:2018-02-25

    摘要: A method for reducing stress of a garniture belt in a tobacco industry machine for manufacturing rods from a continuous rod comprising a filling material wrapped by a wrapper, the continuous rod being formed on the garniture belt being driven in a garniture channel of a garniture device, wherein the garniture device comprises a filling material receiving section, a rod diameter setting section and a rod stabilizing section, wherein the machine comprises at least one feeding unit for feeding the filling material onto the wrapper being transported on the garniture belt, a glue feeding unit, a cutting head for cutting the continuous rod into the rods, the method comprising adjusting a resistance of motion of the garniture belt by: reducing the resistance of motion of the garniture belt in the filling material receiving section by adjusting positions of guiding bars for guiding the garniture belt so that a width of the garniture channel in the filling material receiving section is greater than a width of the garniture channel in the rod diameter setting section, and/or reducing the resistance of motion of the garniture belt in the rod stabilizing section by adjusting positions of guiding bars for guiding the garniture belt so that a width of the garniture channel in the rod stabilizing section is greater than the width of the garniture channel in the rod diameter setting section.

    Cutting Unit for Cutting Continuous Cigarette Rods
    10.
    发明申请
    Cutting Unit for Cutting Continuous Cigarette Rods 审中-公开
    用于切割连续香烟杆的切割装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070272262A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-29

    申请号:US10579866

    申请日:2004-11-18

    IPC分类号: A24C5/28

    CPC分类号: A24C5/28

    摘要: A cutting unit for cutting continuous cigarette rods, wherein a cutting head is locked in position on a fixed supporting body by an automatically releasable locking device, and, to make a change in format, is rotated, with respect to the supporting body and after the locking device is released, about an axis of rotation by an actuating device negative-feedback-controlled by a detecting device for determining angular displacement of the cutting head about the axis of rotation.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于切割连续香烟棒的切割单元,其中通过自动释放的锁定装置将切割头锁定在固定的支撑体上的适当位置,并使格式的变化相对于支撑体旋转,并且在 锁定装置通过由检测装置负反馈控制的致动装置释放旋转轴线,用于确定切割头围绕旋转轴线的角位移。