Patent classifications
A24C5/28
Supporting element for tobacco industry machine
The object of the application is a supporting element (3, 3, 33) for a tobacco industry machine designed to support a continuous rod, moving axially (2) during cutting by a rotationally mounted knife (4), whereas the supporting element (3, 3, 33) comprises an at least partially cylindrical supporting surface (10) for the continuous rod (2), having a longitudinal axis (11), moreover the supporting element (3, 3, 33) has a front surface (8) constituting a cutting surface, characterised in that the front surface (8) has a depression (12, 12, 42).
Supporting element for tobacco industry machine
The object of the application is a supporting element (3, 3, 33) for a tobacco industry machine designed to support a continuous rod, moving axially (2) during cutting by a rotationally mounted knife (4), whereas the supporting element (3, 3, 33) comprises an at least partially cylindrical supporting surface (10) for the continuous rod (2), having a longitudinal axis (11), moreover the supporting element (3, 3, 33) has a front surface (8) constituting a cutting surface, characterised in that the front surface (8) has a depression (12, 12, 42).
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A COMPONENT OF AN AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for the production of a rod component (100) of an aerosol generating article, said apparatus comprising: .sup. a first mover (4) adapted to transport a first sheet (2) along a first direction; .sup. a second mover (5) adapted to transport a second sheet (3) along a second direction; .sup. a third mover (6) adapted to transport a susceptor strip (10) along a third direction, said third mover being adapted to position said susceptor strip between the first and the second sheet during transport; and a rod forming device (20) being adapted to form a rod from the first and the second sheets and the susceptor strip and having an inlet (21) and an outlet (22), wherein said first and second sheets and said susceptor strip are introduced in said inlet and said rod is outputted from said outlet.
Method and system for manufacture of multi-segment articles of tobacco industry
Method for manufacturing of multi-segment rod-like articles (25, 25, 25) of the tobacco industry in an apparatus (2) for manufacturing multi-segment rods (6) or segment rods (6, 6) comprising the steps of: feeding rod-like segments of at least one kind (A, B, C, E, F) constituting a multi-segment rod-like article (25, 25, 25); putting together rod-like segments (A, B, C, E, F) in a segments train (ST) on a wrapping material (7); manufacturing a continuous segment rod (CR, CR) or multi-segment rod (CR) containing rod-like segments (A, B, C, E, F) wrapped by the wrapping material (7), whereas the segments are pushed together or cavities are left between the segments; and cutting the continuous segment rod (CR, CR) or multi-segment rod (CR) into multi-segment rods (6) or segment rods (6, 6) containing any combination of H rod-like segments (A, B, C, E, F), double rod-like segments (A, B, C, E, F) and halves of rod-like segments (A, B, C, E, F), whereas at the time of cutting of the continuous multi-segment rod (CR) the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6, 6) move in a longitudinal direction (T1); then changing conveying direction of the multi-segment rod (6) or the segment rod (6, 6) from the longitudinal direction (T1) to a transverse direction (T2), and fixing the end segments (D) to the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6, 6), conveyed in the transverse direction (T2) in an end segment fixing apparatus (3) adapted to manufacture multi-segment rod-like articles (25, 25, 25). The method is characterised in that after the change of the conveying direction of the multi-segment rod (6) or the segment rod (6, 6) from the longitudinal direction (T1) to the transverse direction (T2), and before fixing the end segment (D), a step of checking quality the manufactured multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6, 6) is performed at a measuring unit (9) and defective multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6, 6) are rejected, next feeding the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6, 6) to a compensation unit (13) for storing the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6, 6) and for compensating the rejection of the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6, 6), and then feeding the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6, 6) from the compensation unit (13) to the end segment fixing apparatus (3) so that the end segment fixing apparatus (3<
AN ARTICLE FOR AN AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM
An article for use as or as part of an aerosol provision system. The article may be a combustible aerosol provision system or a consumable for a non-combustible aerosol provision system. The article can include a component having an upstream end and a downstream end. The component can include a first material and a second material including an amorphous solid material. The amorphous solid material extends substantially longitudinally through the component between the upstream end and the downstream end and has a length of at least about 70% of the length of the component between the upstream and downstream ends.
AN ARTICLE FOR AN AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM
An article for use as or as part of an aerosol provision system. The article may be a combustible aerosol provision system or a consumable for a non-combustible aerosol provision system. The article can include a component having an upstream end and a downstream end. The component can include a first material and a second material including an amorphous solid material. The amorphous solid material extends substantially longitudinally through the component between the upstream end and the downstream end and has a length of at least about 70% of the length of the component between the upstream and downstream ends.
AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE COMPRISING A HEATING MATERIAL
An article for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device can include a continuous rod of aerosol-generating material and a coil disposed around the rod of aerosol-generating material. The coil can include heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. A wrapper can be arranged to surround the aerosol-generating material and a coil can be disposed around the wrapper. The article can include a rolled sheet having a spiral cross-section, the rolled sheet including aerosol-generating material and a mesh including heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. Also, an article can include a continuous rod of aerosol-generating material and one or more bodies disposed in an axial region of the rod, the axial region extending along the longitudinal axis of the rod, wherein the one or more bodies have a circular cross-section and have a diameter in the range 0.5 mm to 5 mm, and wherein the one or more bodies include heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field.
AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE COMPRISING A HEATING MATERIAL
An article for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device can include a continuous rod of aerosol-generating material and a coil disposed around the rod of aerosol-generating material. The coil can include heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. A wrapper can be arranged to surround the aerosol-generating material and a coil can be disposed around the wrapper. The article can include a rolled sheet having a spiral cross-section, the rolled sheet including aerosol-generating material and a mesh including heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. Also, an article can include a continuous rod of aerosol-generating material and one or more bodies disposed in an axial region of the rod, the axial region extending along the longitudinal axis of the rod, wherein the one or more bodies have a circular cross-section and have a diameter in the range 0.5 mm to 5 mm, and wherein the one or more bodies include heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field.
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE ARTICLES FOR TOBACCO INDUSTRY, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE ARTICLES AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE ARTICLES
A method for producing rod-like articles of the tobacco industry is provided, including: performing a first cutting in which a continuous rod is cut into a train of double rod-like articles; changing a direction of conveying the double rod-like articles from a first direction along an axis of the articles to a second transverse direction, each time two double rod-like articles are transferred into grooves of a drum conveyor, and two input streams of the double rod-like articles are formed; transforming the input streams into one intermediate stream by moving a double rod-like article from one of the streams between two double rod-like articles of the other stream, geometric centers of the double rod-like articles in the intermediate stream being disposed in a plane parallel to the second direction; and performing a second cutting in which the double rod-like articles conveyed in the intermediate stream are cut into two single rod-like articles.
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE ARTICLES FOR TOBACCO INDUSTRY, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE ARTICLES AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE ARTICLES
A method for producing rod-like articles of the tobacco industry is provided, including: performing a first cutting in which a continuous rod is cut into a train of double rod-like articles; changing a direction of conveying the double rod-like articles from a first direction along an axis of the articles to a second transverse direction, each time two double rod-like articles are transferred into grooves of a drum conveyor, and two input streams of the double rod-like articles are formed; transforming the input streams into one intermediate stream by moving a double rod-like article from one of the streams between two double rod-like articles of the other stream, geometric centers of the double rod-like articles in the intermediate stream being disposed in a plane parallel to the second direction; and performing a second cutting in which the double rod-like articles conveyed in the intermediate stream are cut into two single rod-like articles.