摘要:
A paster which serves to apply a film of adhesive material to the underside of a running web of flexible material, such as tipping paper in a filter cigarette maker, has a roller which supplies successive increments of the film to the underside of the running web and cooperates with a biasing device which rides on the web and urges certain portions of the underside of the web against the roller. The length of the area of contact between the biasing device and the upper side of the running web is less than the width of the web. This renders it possible to prevent or to minimize undesirable flow of adhesive laterally beyond the marginal zones of the web as well as into perforations which are customarily provided in webs of tipping paper.
摘要:
The apparatus is provided with a cutter having pairs or rotary knives for cutting a filter rod into plural filter plugs and a pin wheel for positively ejecting the filter plugs in spaced array onto a conveyor. The apparatus also has a rotary feed means for the granular filter material which employs an independently rotatable cam wheel with pins for pushing out the plungers of the feed wheel to expel the charges of granular filter material. The garniture also laterally compresses the filter plugs to form a restricted pocket between two filter plugs to receive the granular filter material.
摘要:
Successive groups of axially aligned component filter portions are separately united by one or more wrapper portions while moving axially. The composite filter rods formed from the groups are separate, so that there is no need for a continuous rod cut-off. Composite filters, for attachment to cigarette lengths, are subsequently obtained from the rods by cutting at appropriate positions.
摘要:
A filter is formed by placing increments of glue in spaced apart relation on a moving stream of plug wrap paper and thereafter depositing alternating fibrous filter sections on the glue increments. Particulate material is then deposited between the fibrous filter sections and the plug wrap paper wrapped about the filter sections to form an endless rod. Two-filter filter plugs are severed from the rod by cutting through the unglued fibrous filter section and thereafter the charges of particulate filter material are compacted by moving the unglued outer filter sections of each plug inwardly. Each plug is then joined to two tobacco columns and cut in half. The resultant filters each have a fibrous filter section at the exposed end glued to the plug wrap paper, a compacted particulate section and an unglued fibrous filter section at the tobacco end.
摘要:
A continuous filter rod wherein dissimilar filter rod sections alternate with each other is monitored by a photosensitive detector which detects changes in the degree to which different sections absorb and/or reflect radiation. A pulse generator transmits signals for each unit length of the rod and such signals are multiplied and transmitted to several counters one of which ascertains whether or not the number of signals between two successive changes of the intensity of radiation is too low (this denotes that the length of filter rod sections of a certain type is insufficient), another of which ascertains whether or not the number of signals between two successive changes of the intensity of radiation is excessive (this denotes that the length of filter rod sections of a certain type is excessive), and a third of which ascertains whether or not the cutoff severs the filter rod at desired locations, e.g., midway across successive filter rod sections of a given type. Signals from the first and second counters are used to segregate the corresponding (defective) mouthpieces, and the signals from the third counter are used to adjust the filter rod making machine by changing the speed of that machine unit which assembles filter rod sections into a rod-like filler of the filter rod.
摘要:
For shaping a component of a smoke filter, a rod of the material to be shaped and a heated former are relatively moved in contact with each other, in an arcuate path, in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the rod, whereby an impression, for example an annular or helical groove, is produced in the rod by the former. For the said relative movement, the rod may be supported at the periphery of a rotor, while the former comprises a heated arcuate stator element or elements projecting inwardly towards the rotor. The rod may be turned about its axis during the relative movement, for example by a pair of rollers by which it is supported at the periphery of the rotor. A surface or surfaces bounding the impression, for example the bottom surface of a groove, may be sealed, during the shaping operation, so as to be smoke-impervious.
摘要:
Wrapper portions, principally for use as uniting bands for joining together groups of component filter portions to form a composite filter rod, are obtained by longitudinally slitting a web, supporting the resultant strips on a plurality of suction tapes, guiding the tapes around angled pulleys to space them apart for delivery to a suction rolling drum, and cutting the strips into portions on the drum.
摘要:
The sensing and correcting apparatus is employed in a machine for making cigarette filter rods containing hollow tubes on a continuous in line basis. The apparatus senses the position of the hollow tubes in a stream of tow and corrects the insertion position of subsequent hollow tubes if the position of the inserted tubes does not coincide with the proper cutting position. Sensing is accomplished by measuring the density of the moving stream and generating a position signal in response for comparison with a reference signal generated on cutting of a filter rod. If there is a difference exceeding acceptable tolerance limits, the comparison means generates a correction signal which is delivered to a timing assembly in the transmission for inserting the hollow tubes.
摘要:
The invention provides a process for the continuous production of an elongate smoke filtering member comprising a heat-activatable bonding material and having air-permeable deformations at longitudinally displaced positions along its length, which comprises continuously advancing longitudinally a rod-like body of the material of the member, intermittently passing a hot fluid laterally into the advancing body to activate the bonding material substantially only at separate longitudinally displaced regions of the body, and deforming the outer surface of the advancing body at such regions where the bonding material is activated. Apparatus for performing the method comprises means for continuously longitudinally advancing the rod-like body, means for passing a hot fluid laterally into the body at regions longitudinally displaced along the body, and means for deforming the outer surface of the body at said regions.
摘要:
This invention relates to a cigarette filter of cellulosic material composed at least partially of cellulose modified with an organic isocyanate or with higher molecular weight fatty acid groups, or of a naturally water-soluble cellulose ether rendered largely or completely insoluble in water by cross-linking or other means of modification, but still capable of adsorbing water.