The invention relates to a production machine for producing rod-shaped products from a continuous strand of a continuous strip adhesively bonded to form a tube, comprising a device for applying a glue track to a strip, a format portion, in which the continuous strip into the continuous strand by shaping and adhesive bonding, and a cutting device which cuts the rod-shaped products from the continuous strand at a predetermined length, wherein the device for applying the glue track is formed by a device which applies the glue intermittently to form glue-free portions arranged at regular intervals, and a sensor apparatus is provided, which is directed towards the continuous strip or the continuous strand and generates a signal depending on the passage of a glue-free portion, and the device for applying the glue track is designed to change the length of the glue-free portions in the longitudinal direction of the glue track.
A vaporizer cartridge, as a component of an inhaler, has a hollow body with a continuous flow channel and a storage tank for storing liquid. The storage tank has at least one access opening to the flow channel and a vaporizer unit arranged in the region of the access opening and extending over the entire access opening. The vaporizer unit has a wick member and a heating member. The vaporizer unit is formed to be liquid-permeable such that liquid can be conveyed at least initially in a capillary manner out of the storage tank through the vaporizer unit in the direction of the flow channel. The wick member is formed from a plurality of granular grains which form microchannels as a result of their fill and/or formation. An inhaler is also provided.
An interchangeable mouthpiece (1) for an inhalator (2), in particular for an electronic cigarette product, a conventional cigarette product or a medical inhaler, comprises a housing (3) which forms an interior space (4) and has an air inlet opening (5a) and an air outlet opening (5b), an adapter (6) by means of which the mouthpiece (1) is connectable to a mouth-side end (7) of the inhalator so that the air inlet opening (5a) is flow-coupled to the inhalator (2) in a connected state, and a data acquisition device (8) which at least comprises a sensor (9), a data memory (10), a processor (11) and an energy storage unit (12), with a flow channel (14) being formed in the interior of the housing (3) as a result of a separation (13) and flow-connecting the air inlet opening (5a) to the air outlet opening (5b), and with the data acquisition device (8) being configured to store, in the data memory (10), a data record (15) comprising at least an operational parameter (16) depending on a fluidic condition within the flow channel (14).
The invention relates inter alia to a drum arrangement (T) for conveying rod-like articles (41, 42) of the tobacco-processing industry in an axially transverse direction, comprising at least one conveyor drum (20). The conveyor drum (20) has a drum body (23) that can rotate about an axis of rotation and has holder recesses (21, 22) for the rod-like articles (41, 42), which recesses are arranged one after the other in the circumferential direction. At the respective end faces of the drum body (23) a first wobble plate (25) and a second wobble plate (26) are provided for moving the rod-like articles inside the holder recesses (21, 22) in the axially longitudinal direction. The first wobble plate (25) is designed to move rod-like articles of a first type (41) in the respective holder recesses (21) towards the second wobble plate (26) along a first direction of movement, and the second wobble plate (26) is designed to move rod-like articles of a second type (42) in the respective holder recesses (22) towards the first wobble plate (25) along a second direction of movement, and the first direction of movement of the rod-like articles of the first type (41) is opposite the second direction of movement of the rod-like articles of the second type (42).
The invention relates to a device (1) for producing a rod-shaped or tubular product, in particular a drinking straw or a cigarette filter, the device comprising - a first conveying device (4), by means of which a base material strip (6) can be conveyed in the longitudinal direction (7), - a first glue application device (25) for applying at least one line of glue (8, 27, 28) to the base material strip (6), - a second conveying device (5), by means of which an additional material (10) can be conveyed up to a joining device (11), the joining device (11) being designed to bring the base material strip (6) and the additional material (10) together, and - a cutting device (12), which is designed to trim to length the additional material (10) adhesively bonded to the base material strip (6) by means of a cut at a cutting point (13), - the first glue application device (25) being designed to apply the one or more lines of glue (8, 27, 28) to the base material strip (6) with interruptions in the longitudinal direction (7) so that glue-free zones (14) are created, - the first glue application device (25) being synchronised with the cutting device (12) in such a way that the cut is made through one of the glue-free zones (14).
A method for adjusting the nicotine content of an aerosol in an inhaler, comprising the following steps: - a feed step, in which at least one liquid having a first nicotine content is fed from a vaporiser reservoir to an electric vaporiser, - a vaporisation step, in which the at least one liquid is vaporised, producing an aerosol, - a discharging step, in which a final aerosol, consisting of the amalgamation of all aerosols formed in the inhaler from the at least one liquid, is discharged from the inhaler to a user, wherein at least one of the at least one liquid has a precursor substance, which can be converted into nicotine by chemical reaction, and the method further comprising a nicotine production step, in which the precursor substance is converted into nicotine by chemical reaction such that the final aerosol has a second nicotine content which is higher than the first nicotine content, makes it possible for an increased blood nicotine concentration to be achievable compared to that using conventional liquids, and in so doing complies with the provisions of 2014/40/EU at the same time.
A24B 15/167 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of tobacco substitutes in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes
A24B 15/28 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances
A24B 15/38 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances by organic substances containing a heterocyclic ring having only nitrogen as hetero-atoms
A24B 15/40 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances by organic substances containing a heterocyclic ring having only oxygen or sulfur as hetero-atoms
A24F 40/40 - Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
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TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR THE TOBACCO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY
The invention relates to a transfer apparatus for the tobacco-processing industry for transferring rod-shaped articles (22) for the tobacco-processing industry from a rod-making machine, in which the rod-shaped articles for the tobacco-processing industry are conveyed in a direction corresponding to a longitudinal axis of the articles, to a combining machine in which the rod-shaped articles are conveyed transversely to the longitudinal axis thereof. The transfer apparatus has a conveying element (17) by means of which a rod-shaped article is tangentially oriented in the peripheral direction of the conveying element in a receiving recess in a receiving position in which the rod-shaped article can be received, a cutting device (18) also being provided, the conveying element acting as a counter-bearing to said cutting device, a rotary conveyor device (19) being provided downstream of the conveying element and being designed to remove rod-shaped articles, which are conveyed longitudinally axially by the conveying element, longitudinally axially into receptacles (29) and to rotate said receptacles during a rotation of the rotary conveyor device.
The invention relates to an evaporator device (1) for an inhaler, in particular for an electronic cigarette product or a medical inhaler, comprising: - an evaporator film (2) which comprises a layer system (3) with a polymer film (4) and at least one metal foil (5) that contacts the polymer film (4) over the surface thereof and is designed as a heating element, - a liquid store (6), and - a wick structure (7) which is designed to supply liquid from the liquid store (6) to the evaporator film (2), wherein - the evaporator film (2) has at least one first receiving opening (8) for receiving liquids and at least one dispensing opening (9) for dispensing evaporated liquid, - the evaporator film (2) contacts the wick structure (7) over a base surface (10), and - the evaporator film (2) forms at least one supply channel (11), via which the at least one first receiving opening (8) can be supplied with liquid by the wick structure (7).
The invention relates to an assembly for generating aerosol, comprising an evaporator chamber, a mouthpiece with an outlet for aerosol, and a mixing chamber with an air inlet. The evaporator chamber is equipped with an electric heating element for evaporating a liquid, said heating element being in contact with a wick material which is designed to supply the liquid to be evaporated to the electric heating element. The evaporator chamber comprises at least one first nozzle which is arranged in the wall of the evaporator chamber such that a fluidic connection is formed by the nozzle between the evaporator chamber and the mixing chamber so that the liquid evaporated in the evaporator chamber can enter the mixing chamber as a free jet of steam. The assembly is designed such that the free jet of steam is mixed with an air flow entering via the air inlet in the mixing chamber in order to generate an aerosol, and the generated aerosol can exit the assembly via the outlet of the mouthpiece.
The invention relates to a method for establishing a wireless connection between at least one device (10), said device (10) being an e-cigarette inhaler designed for inhaling an ingredient released from an inhalation medium, and a mobile bluetooth-enabled terminal (12). The device (10) comprises a bluetooth-enabled transceiver unit based on a low-energy protocol stack. The method has the steps of: using the transceiver unit to check whether a wireless connection can be established with the bluetooth-enabled mobile terminal (12), coupling the transceiver unit to the mobile terminal (12) according to the bluetooth protocol if the wireless connection can be established, reading a program (16) which can be ran on the mobile terminal from a non-volatile storage device of the transceiver unit or the device (10), wirelessly transmitting the program (16) to the mobile terminal by means of the transceiver unit, and prompting the mobile terminal (12) to install the transmitted program (16) by means of the transceiver unit. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding assembly.
G16H 20/10 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
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METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS CONNECTION BETWEEN A DEVICE AND A BLUETOOTH-ENABLED TERMINAL
The present invention relates to a method for establishing a wireless connection between at least one device (10) and a Bluetooth-enabled terminal (13) comprising a mobile application (12), wherein the mobile application (12) is designed and configured for communication (15) between the device (10) and the Bluetooth-enabled terminal (13), wherein the device (10) comprises a Bluetooth-enabled transmitting/receiving unit, and the transmitting/receiving unit is designed and configured to transmit/receive data within a defined transmitting/receiving range (14), said method comprising the steps of repeatedly transmitting a control signal (11) by means of the transmitting/receiving unit of the device (10), automatically connecting the transmitting/receiving unit to the terminal (13) according to the Low Energy protocol stack as soon as the Bluetooth-enabled terminal (13) is present within the transmitting/receiving range (14), automatically opening the mobile application (12) on the terminal (13) by means of the control signal (11) in order to establish a communication (15) between the mobile application (12) and the device (10), provided the control signal (11) was received by the terminal (13). The present invention further relates to a corresponding arrangement.
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
12.
INHALER AND METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ADMINISTERING AN ACTIVE SUBSTANCE
The present invention relates to an inhaler (10), comprising: a housing (11) having a main body (12), wherein the main body (12) is designed and configured to receive an active substance container (13) containing an active substance (14); an air channel (17) extending within the housing (11); an administering element (18) for mixing the active substance with air (23) flowing in the air channel (17); an electronic control device (19); an electronic data memory (20); and a sensor system (21) having a flow measurement device (22) for measuring the volume and/or mass flow of the air (23) flowing through the air channel (17) and/or the active substance (14) flowing through the air channel (17) for storage as active substance dispensing data in the electronic data memory (20). The electronic control device (19) is designed and configured to convert active substance dispensing data into administering data in order to control the mixing, by the administering element (18), of the active substance (14) with air (23) flowing in the air channel (17), and wherein the electronic control device (19) is configured to calculate the active substance (14) dispensed from the active substance container (13) based on the active substance dispensing data captured by means of the flow measurement device (22) and to compare same with the active substance administering data. The invention also relates to a corresponding method and arrangement.
G01N 27/22 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating impedance by investigating capacitance
A61M 15/06 - Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes
A61M 11/02 - Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes operated by air pressure applied to the liquid to be sprayed or atomised
The invention relates, inter alia, to a pushing drum (10) for the tobacco-processing industry, comprising a drum body (12) with receiving cavities (14) arranged successively in a row in the circumferential direction of the drum body (12) for rod-shaped articles (A) from the tobacco-processing industry, the receiving cavities (14), at least in a conveying region of the rod-shaped articles (A) on the pushing drum (10), being delimited laterally by a stop barrier (22, 122), which has a stop face for the rod-shaped articles (A), the stop face of the stop barrier (22, 122) facing towards the articles (A) arrangeable or arranged in the receiving cavities (14), the stop face of the stop barrier (22, 122) being the same size as or greater than the cross-sectional face of the rod-shaped articles (A) facing towards the stop barrier (22, 122) and/or the stop face of the stop barrier (22, 122) being the same size as or greater than the cavity cross-sectional area of the receiving cavities (14) facing towards the stop barrier (22, 122), and an airflow channel (24, 124) formed with a curvature being provided in the region of the stop barrier (22, 122) in such a way that air conveyable or conveyed from the receiving cavities (14) is conducted or conductable around the stop barrier (22, 122).
The invention relates to a storage device (10) for storing cross-axially, parallel oriented stick-shaped articles in the tobacco-processing industry, in particular filter sticks, comprising a magazine section (12) having a feed region (14) and a removal region (16), the feed region (14) being assigned at least one feed device (18.1 – 18.3), which is designed to feed the stick-shaped articles to the storage device (10) cross-axially. The invention also relates to a method for filling a corresponding storage device (10). According to the invention, a loosening unit (20) is arranged in the feed region (14) at the output of the at least one feed device (18.1 – 18.3) and has at least one rotary element (22.1 – 22.3), which has a rotary profile (24.1 – 24.3) with a cross-section deviating from a circular shape, wherein a rotational axis (26.1 – 26.3) of the at least one rotary element (22.1 – 22.3) is oriented parallel to the orientation of the stick-shaped articles in the storage device (10), wherein the loosening unit (20) comprises a drive (28), which transfers a rotary movement to the at least one rotary element (22.1 – 22.3).
The invention relates to a transfer device (10) constructed and designed to transfer rod-shaped articles (11) of the tobacco-processing industry from a strand-forming device (12) for forming the rod-shaped articles (11), in which the rod-shaped articles (11) are transported in their longitudinal extension in a transport plane E, to a drum device (13) which is located in a straight-ahead position behind the strand-forming device (12) and in which the rod-shaped articles (11) are transported transversely to their longitudinal extension, said transfer device comprising: a stationary frame (14); a transport drum (15) which can be driven in a rotating manner relative to the frame (14) about an axis of rotation D oriented perpendicularly to the transport plane E and which has a receiving position (16) for receiving the rod-shaped articles (11) in the transport plane E from the strand-forming device (12) and a delivery position (17) for delivering the rod-shaped articles (11) from the transport plane E to the drum device (13); a drive (18) for the transport drum (15); and at least one swivelling trough device (19) located on the end face of the transport drum (15), wherein the or each swivelling trough device (19) is constructed and designed to be pivotable relative to the transport drum (15) about an axis S oriented parallel to the axis of rotation D, and has at least one receptacle (20), to which a negative pressure can be applied, for at least one rod-shaped article (11). The transfer device is characterised in that each swivelling trough device (19) comprises a cam lever (21) which is operatively connected to a cam track (22) fastened to the frame (14) in order to exert the pivoting movement about the axis S. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.
The invention relates to a portable synchronisation station (1) for an inhaler (2), preferably for an electronic cigarette product, comprising the following components: - a first stored energy source (4), - a first data memory (5), - a first processor (6), - a receptacle (3) for inserting the inhaler (2), and - an inhaler interface (8) which is designed to establish a data connection to the inhaler (2) when the inhaler (2) is inserted into the receptacle (3), wherein - a wireless interface (7) which is designed to transmit data to a remote base station (11) is provided as a further component, wherein - the synchronisation station is designed to control the wireless interface (7) such that regular automatic attempts are made to connect to the base station (11), and a defined dataset of the data stored in the first data memory (5) is transmitted to the base station (11) as soon as there is a connection to the base station (11).
The invention relates to a vaporiser cartridge (10) as a component of an inhaler (11), comprising: a hollow body (12) having a continuous flow channel (13); a reservoir (14) for storing a compound, formed from at least one active ingredient and matrix material, as the inhalation medium (15), wherein the reservoir (14) comprises at least one access opening (16) to the flow channel (13); and a vaporiser unit (17) which is designed and configured to vaporise at least some of the inhalation medium (15), specifically to release the or any active ingredient from the inhalation medium (15); characterised in that the vaporiser unit (17) comprises at least one laser light source (18) as the vaporiser element, wherein the laser light source (18) is designed and configured to emit laser light pulses onto the compound that is formed from active ingredient and matrix material as the inhalation medium (15). The invention also relates to a corresponding inhaler (11) and a method for vaporising.
The invention relates to an inhaler (10) which is designed and configured to inhale active substances released from an inhalation medium (11), said inhaler being characterized in that a transmitting device (12) based on the Bluetooth protocol BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) is integrated into the inhaler (10) and is designed and configured to transmit signals exclusively to a previously authorized receiving device (13) of a mobile apparatus (14). The invention further relates to an arrangement (29) and to a method for the targeted locating of the inhaler (10).
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
H04W 4/02 - Services making use of location information
A24F 40/10 - Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
The invention relates to a conveyor device (1) for removing bar-form articles (2) from an article store (3), -having at least one shaft (4) for guiding the bar-form articles (2) cross-axially in single file, wherein -a rotatable transfer element (5) having a groove (6) for a bar-form article (2) is arranged downstream of the shaft (4) with regard to a transporting direction of the bar-form articles (2), said transfer element (5) introducing the bar-form articles (2) into hollows (7) in a central drum (8) in order to be conveyed away cross-axially, wherein -a rotatable introduction cog (9) is provided between the downstream opening of the shaft (4) and the transfer element (5), said introduction cog (9) being designed to transfer bar-form articles (2) individually and cross-axially to the transfer element (5), wherein -the groove (6) in the transfer element (5) is designed to receive the bar-form articles (2) discharged from the introduction cog (9) and is able to be subjected to negative pressure, bar-form articles (2) discharged from the introduction cog (9) being able to be retained in said groove by means of negative pressure. The invention also relates to a corresponding operating method.
The invention relates, inter alia, to a conveying drum (10) for the tobacco-processing industry having a drum body (12) which is rotatably or rotatingly driven about a rotation axis (R) and is particularly cylindrical, wherein two adjacently arranged rows of recesses (141, 142), arranged one behind the other, for rod-like tobacco articles for the tobacco-processing industry are provided in the circumferential direction of the drum body (12), the recesses (141, 142) of each row each being rotatable or rotated about a rotation axis (24.1, 24.2) oriented radially with respect to the rotation axis (R), the recesses (141, 142) of each row being movable or moved independently of each other, in each case by means of a movement rod (20.1, 20.2) which is oriented parallel to the rotation axis (R) of the conveying drum (10) and is movable in a linear manner and is coupled to the particular recess (141, 142), in particular during simultaneous rotation of the conveying drum (10) about the rotation axis (R).
A24C 5/32 - Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
A24C 5/35 - Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine
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INHALER, ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR INHALING INHALATION MEDIUM ENRICHED WITH ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AND/OR AROMATIC SUBSTANCES, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INHALER
The invention relates to an inhaler (10) which is designed for inhaling an inhalation medium which is enriched with active ingredients and/or aromatic substances, comprising a cartridge support (11), a storage tank (12) which contains the inhalation medium, a mouthpiece (13) which is paired with the cartridge support (11), and an actuation mechanism (14) for releasing the inhalation medium out of the storage tank (12) in the direction of the mouthpiece (13). The inhaler is characterized in that the mouthpiece (13) is paired with at least one sensor (15), which is designed to detect characteristics of lips of the person using the inhaler (10) and provide a data signal formed from the characteristics, wherein the sensor (15) is connected to an electronic control unit (16) which is paired with the inhaler (10) and to which the actuation mechanism (14) is also connected such that the inhalation medium is released on the basis of the data signal. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding assembly (18) and a corresponding method.
The invention relates to an apparatus (40) and a method for producing a rod (42) in the tobacco-processing industry. The apparatus (40) comprises a supply device (44), a separating device (32), and a rod-shaping device (70). The supply device (44) is designed to supply a flat web (10) of an aerosol-forming tobacco material and to feed said flat web to the separating device (32) arranged downstream of the supply device (44). The separating device (32) is designed to separate the flat web (10) into a plurality of strips (4), and the rod-shaping device (70) arranged downstream of the separating device (32) is designed to shape a rod (42) from the plurality of strips (4). The apparatus (40) is improved by a coating device (52) which is designed to apply an electrically conductive layer (8) to at least sections of a surface (12) of the flat web (10).
The invention relates to an inhaler (10), comprising: - a housing (11); - an air channel (30), which extends in the housing (11), between at least one air inlet opening (32) and a suction opening (24); - a dosing element (21) for vaporizing or nebulizing liquid supplied by the dosing element (21), for addition to air flowing in the air channel; - an electronic control device (15); - an electronic data store (35); and - a sensor system (33) having a flow-measuring device (37) for measuring the volumetric and/or mass flow rate of the air flow flowing through the air channel (30). The electronic control device (15) is designed to capture a plurality of air flow measurement values over at least part of the duration of an inhalation draw by means of the flow-measuring device (37), to compare the plurality of air flow measurement values with a draw profile stored in the data store (35), and to output a control signal on the basis of the comparison of the plurality of air flow measurement values with the stored draw profile.
G01F 1/37 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by measuring pressure or differential pressure the pressure or differential pressure being created by the use of flow constriction the pressure or differential pressure being measured by means of communicating tubes or reservoirs with movable fluid levels, e.g. by U-tubes
G01F 1/68 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using thermal effects
G01F 23/26 - Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring variations of capacity or inductance of capacitors or inductors arising from the presence of liquid or fluent solid material in the electric or electromagnetic fields
A24F 40/00 - Electrically operated smoking devicesComponent parts thereofManufacture thereofMaintenance or testing thereofCharging means specially adapted therefor
24.
DEVICE FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW TUBES, IN PARTICULAR DRINKING STRAWS, AND METHOD FOR SAME
The invention relates to a device for producing hollow tubes (10), in particular drinking straws, comprising a first formatting device (11) which is designed to convey a first material strip (21) in a longitudinally axial direction and shape said strip into a first hollow tube (23) during the conveying process, wherein a second formatting device (12) is provided which is arranged behind the first formatting device (11) in the conveyor direction (20) and is designed to wind a second material strip (22) around the first material strip (21) while the second material strip (22) is being conveyed in a longitudinally axial direction such that a double-layer hollow tube (10) is formed which has the first hollow tube (23) on the inside and the second material strip (22) on the outside.
The invention relates to a cartridge for an electronic cigarette or a portable inhaler, comprising a rigid reservoir for receiving a liquid, wherein the reservoir has at least one extraction opening which is designed to enable the extraction of liquid from the reservoir, the reservoir comprising one or more elements for pressure regulation in the interior of the reservoir, which elements are arranged in the wall of the reservoir and through which liquid cannot exit from the reservoir, wherein the elements for pressure regulation are selected, independently of each other, from the list consisting of non-return valves, gas-permeable but liquid-impermeable membranes and deformable wall portions.
The invention relates to a device (2) and a method for producing a rod (4) of the tobacco processing industry, comprising a supply device (10), a separating device (12), and a rod-shaping device (20), wherein the supply device (10) is designed to supply a flat web (6) and provide same to the separating device (12) arranged downstream of the supply device (10), the separating device (12) is designed to separate the flat web (6) into a plurality of strips (14), and the rod-shaping device (20) arranged downstream of the separating device (12) is designed to form a rod (4) from the plurality of strips (14). The device (2) is improved by an embossing device (30) which is arranged between the supply device (10) and the rod-shaping device (20) and is designed to introduce an embossing into the flat web (6) or a plurality of the strips (14).
The invention relates to a housing (10) for covering a heating unit (12) in an evaporator unit, comprising a housing body (16) made of a rubber-elastic plastic. The housing body comprises at least one interior (18) for receiving a heating unit, wherein the housing body has a first opening (20) which is designed such that a heating unit can be introduced into the interior through the first opening, a second opening (22) which is designed such that an aerosol can exit the interior through the second opening, and a third opening (24) which is designed such that a liquid can enter the interior through the third opening.
A method for determining at least one parameter for the vaporisation in an inhaler (10) comprising a vaporiser (23) based on resistance heating and an electronic control device (15) is characterised in that the electronic control device (15) is, more particularly after a vaporiser cartridge (17) in the inhaler (10) has been replaced, configured to carry out the following initialisation procedure: Outputting an inhale request to a user of the inhaler (10); in the event of an in-breath of the user following the inhale request: Operating the vaporiser (23) with a comparatively low vaporisation capacity P, and recording a time measurement series of an electrical characteristic value of the vaporiser (23); determining a transition point ÜP between a region of low vaporisation and a region of high vaporisation in the recorded time measurement series; determining and storing at least one parameter relating to the initialisation procedure.
The present invention relates to a method and to a measuring arrangement for examining the surface of a rod-shaped article of the tobacco processing industry, comprising: a provisioning apparatus for rod-shaped articles; a conveyor apparatus having at least one receptacle for rod-shaped articles, an illumination device for illuminating the surface of a rod-shaped article; a camera which is designed and arranged for recording the surface of the rod-shaped article; and a polarisation device for reliably and metrologically separating glossy materials on a white or light background. The polarisation device is designed and set up to generate linearly polarised light, the measuring arrangement preferably has at least two polarisation devices, and in particular the polarisation angles of the polarisation devices differ from one another, and in particular are offset by 90° or 45°.
The invention relates to a liquid container (1) for an inhaler (20) having an inner chamber (5), which contains an evaporation liquid, wherein the inner chamber (5) comprises an outlet opening (4), wherein the outlet opening (4) is or can be connected to a vaporizer assembly or a line section, with the outlet opening providing, in the connection to the vaporizer assembly or the line section, a fluidic connection between the inner chamber (5) and the vaporizer assembly or the line section, characterized in that the liquid container (1) has at least one opening (3) fluidically connecting the inner chamber (5) to the surroundings, wherein the inner chamber (5) has a blocking fluid (6) which fully seals the opening with respect to the surroundings.
A24F 40/42 - Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors
A24B 15/167 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of tobacco substitutes in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes
A24B 15/28 - Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances
The invention relates to a production machine (1) for producing rod-shaped products (3) from an endless strand (9) of an endless strip (2) adhesively bonded to form a tube (2), having an apparatus (15) for applying a line of glue (13) to a strip (2), a format portion (10) in which the endless strip (2) is formed into the endless strand (9) by shaping and adhesive bonding, and a cutting apparatus (4) which cuts the rod-shaped products (3) off the endless strand (9) at a predetermined length, wherein the apparatus (15) for applying the line of glue (13) is formed by an apparatus (15) which applies the glue intermittently, forming glue-free portions (14) that are spaced apart at regular intervals, and a sensor device (7) is provided, which is directed towards the endless strip (2) or the endless strand (9) and generates a signal in conjunction with the passage of a glue-free portion (14), and the apparatus (15) for applying the line of glue (13) is set up to change the length of the glue-free portions (14) in the longitudinal direction of the line of glue (13).
The invention relates to a process for producing a drinking straw (10) in a continuous process, comprising the following features: drawing a paper strip (12) from a paper strip roll (13, 13'), the paper strip (12) having a first edge (21) and a second edge (22), which are arranged parallel to a longitudinal axis (14) of the paper strip (12); feeding the paper strip (12) in a longitudinal-axis conveying direction (15) to a formatting device (16); shaping the paper strip (12) to form a hollow tube (11) in the formatting device (16), the first edge (21) being on the inside and the second edge (2) being on the outside, and part of the paper strip (12) overlapping the first edge (21) and forming an overlap region (23), which exists or is created on the hollow tube (11) in a longitudinal-axis direction; closing the hollow tube (11); and cutting the hollow tube (11) to length to form drinking straws (10).
The invention relates, inter alia, to a conveying drum (10) for the tobacco-processing industry, said drum comprising an outer drum body (12), the drum body (12) being rotatably or rotatingly driven about an axis of rotation of the conveying drum (10), and the drum body (12) having receiving grooves (14) circumferentially spaced one behind another for receiving rod-shaped articles (20) for the tobacco-processing industry, wherein: the conveying drum (10) has, in the interior, a control body (16), which is surrounded by the drum body (12), for controlling and/or applying negative pressure to the rod-shaped articles (20) disposed in the receiving grooves (14) in a conveying region for the rod-shaped articles (20) on the conveying drum (10); the control body (16) has at least one vacuum opening (18); and the receiving grooves (14) of the drum body (12) are baseless and the at least one vacuum opening (18) of the control body (16) is communicatively connected to the baseless receiving grooves (14) of the drum body (12) in the conveying region for the rod-shaped articles (20).
The invention relates to a vaporizer system for vaporizing a composition, comprising a first element comprising at least one radiation source connected to an electrical energy source, which radiation source is designed to emit electromagnetic radiation, and a second element comprising at least one reservoir for receiving the composition and at least one absorber, wherein the first and the second elements are reversibly, non-destructively and detachably connectable to each other and wherein a radiation conductor is arranged such that a radiation-conducting connection is formed between the radiation source and the absorber when the first element and the second element are connected to each other, wherein the vaporizer system is designed to vaporize the composition by means of the thermal energy obtained from the electromagnetic radiation by the absorber via conversion and/or by means of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the absorber and having a longer wavelength compared to the absorbed electromagnetic radiation.
A24F 40/10 - Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
A24F 40/40 - Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
A24F 40/42 - Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors
A24F 40/46 - Shape or structure of electric heating means
A24B 15/167 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of tobacco substitutes in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes
H05B 6/00 - Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
35.
VAPORIZER UNIT, VAPORIZER ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS VAPORIZER CARTRIDGE FOR AN INHALER, INHALER WITH SUCH A VAPORIZER CARTRIDGE AS WELL AS METHOD FOR PRODUCING VAPORIZER UNITS
The invention relates to a method for producing vaporizer units (10) as a constituent part of inhalers (100), characterized by the steps of: a): providing a flexible conductor-card material (11) comprising a multiplicity of construction locations (12) for individual vaporizer units (10), wherein the flexible conductor-card material (11) optionally has been or is prestructured at least with conductor tracks (13, 14) of a predetermined position and/or path and/or with prepunchings (15, 16, 24) for each construction location (12), b) providing and placing on the or each construction location (12) at least one heating element (17) that is optionally electrically connected or connectable to the conductor tracks (13, 14), and c) at least partially covering each construction location (12) with a sealing material (18) for forming a partial encapsulation (19) for each vaporizer unit (10) formed, wherein the sealing material (18) is applied in such a way that the encapsulation (19), formed from sealing material (18), covers each heating element (17) at least in a peripheral region, while leaving a heating area (20) exposed, at least on an upper side (O) of the flexible conductor-card material (11), and at least the outer areas of the encapsulation (19) that are facing away from the conductor-card material (11) and/or the heating element (17) form sealing areas (21). The invention also relates to vaporizer units (10) and vaporizer assemblies (44), vaporizer cartridges (39) and inhalers (100) with such vaporizers units (10).
The invention relates to a vaporising device (20) for an electronic inhaler (10), comprising a vaporiser (60) which has a heat-conducting substrate (25), with a plurality of through channels (26) extending through the substrate (25) from an inlet side (61) to an outlet side (64) of the substrate (25), and an electrical resistance heating element (21). The resistance heating element (21) is arranged on one side (61, 64) of the substrate (25), is made of a material of higher electrical conductivity than the material of the substrate (25), and has through openings (27) communicating with the channels (26) of the substrate (25).
H05B 3/26 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor mounted on insulating base
A24F 40/46 - Shape or structure of electric heating means
37.
SORTING SYSTEM AND SORTING METHOD FOR LEAF TOBACCO
The invention relates to a sorting system (10, 12, 101-105) and to a sorting method for leaf tobacco, in particular green-leaf tobacco. The sorting system comprises one or more conveyor means, in particular conveyor belts (20, 22) or conveyor channels, for conveying a spread-out mass flow of leaf tobacco and is characterized in that at least one optical detection system (30, 32, 34, 36), which is designed and configured to recognize NTRM and/or leaf tobacco not meeting specifications in the mass flow on the conveyor means or in a fall region (24) between two consecutive conveyor means, and a removing unit (40) for removing NTRM and/or leaf tobacco not meeting specifications from the mass flow are comprised, the removing unit (40) comprising one or more picker robots (50; 60, 62; 70, 72), which are arranged downstream of the at least one optical detection system (30, 32, 34, 36) in the transport direction of the mass flow and are designed to remove recognized NTRM and/or recognized leaf tobacco not meeting specifications from the mass flow.
The invention relates to a method for producing rod-like smoking article products, wherein a rod-like article (10) and an insertion body (20, 22) having a tip are provided, the insertion body (20, 22) being positioned outside of the rod-like article (10) in a first step, a smoking article segment (12) being arranged on or at the tip or in the region of the tip of the insertion body (20, 22) and, in a subsequent step, the insertion body (20, 22) provided with the smoking article segment (12) is inserted into the rod-like article (10), in particular at a head side of the rod-like article (10), by means of a relative movement between the rod-like article (10) and the insertion body (20, 22) provided with the smoking article segment (12), wherein the smoking article segment (12) is arranged in the rod-like article (10) and the insertion body (20, 22) is removed from the rod-like article (10) without the smoking article segment (12) inserted into the rod-like article (10) by means of a relative movement between the rod-like article (10) and the insertion body (20, 22).
The invention relates, inter alia, to a unit (5) for providing metal strip portions (39) for tobacco pieces (7.1), particularly for tobacco segments, the unit comprising at least one cutting unit (30) for cutting a metal strip (9, 10), which is preferably continuous or quasi-continuous, into metal strip portions (39) of finite length. The cutting unit (30) comprises a suction roller (36) which is or can be driven rotatingly about an axis of rotation, and a cutting roller (32) which cooperates with the suction roller (36) and is or can be driven rotatingly about an axis of rotation. The at least one metal strip (9, 10) is or will be guided between the cutting roller (32) and the suction roller (36). In a development, the cutting roller (32) and the suction roller (36) are or can be moved relative to each other along the axis of rotation of the cutting roller (32) and/or along the axis of rotation of the suction roller (36), in particularly linearly.
A24C 5/01 - Making cigarettes for simulated smoking devices
B26D 1/60 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which travels with the work, i.e. flying cutter and is mounted on a movable carriage
40.
PROCESSING METHOD FOR WRAPPER MATERIAL OF ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES
The invention relates to a device (1) and to a method for processing wrapper material of a rod-shaped article of the tobacco-processing industry in order to continuously and reliably process, in particular perforate, the wrapper material. The device comprises a transport element (10), a compressed-air station (2), a laser apparatus (17, 18) for perforating the wrapper material of the rod-shaped articles and a shielding-gas station (3) for providing shielding gas, the shielding-gas station having a treatment apparatus (41), which produces the shielding gas by treating the compressed air and conducts the shielding gas into the region of action of the laser beam (7, 8).
The invention relates to a vaporizer cartridge (10) as part of an inhaler (11), comprising at least one storage tank (17) for receiving and storing a liquid (18) and at least one hollow body (19) with a continuous air flow channel (20). The storage tank (17) has at least one entry opening (21) for the air flow channel (20), and a vaporizer unit (22) which extends over the entire entry opening (21) is arranged in the region of each entry opening (21), said vaporizer unit having a wick element (23) facing the storage tank (17) and a heating element (24) facing the air flow channel (20), wherein the vaporizer unit (22) is designed to be liquid-permeable such that the liquid (18) can be conveyed out of the storage tank (17) through the vaporizer unit (22) in the direction of the air flow channel (20) in a capillary manner at least initially. The invention is characterized in that the interior of the storage tank (17) is structurally divided into a main volume (25) and at least one auxiliary volume (26). The main volume (25) and the auxiliary volume (26) are fluidically coupled together, and only the auxiliary volume (26) is in direct contact with the vaporizer unit (22) such that the liquid (18) from the main volume (25) can be brought into contact with the wick element (23) solely and forcibly via the auxiliary volume (26). The invention additionally relates to an inhaler (11) comprising such a vaporizer cartridge (10).
The invention relates to a device and a method for transferring drinking straws (12) being conveyed in a longitudinal axial direction (27) in a transversal axial conveying direction (28). The invention provides a conveyor path (16) in which the drinking straws (12) being conveyed in the longitudinal axis are conveyed or can be conveyed in the longitudinal axis, wherein a compressed air blast device (14, 15) is additionally provided which is designed to dispense a compressed air blast (13) transversely into the conveyor path (16).
The present invention relates to an apparatus for separating a rod-shaped segment (11) as found in the tobacco processing industry from a rod-shaped article (10), the apparatus having a cutting unit (2) which has a cutting element (3), wherein the rod-shaped article (10) rotates during the cutting process and the lateral surface of the article is partly cut through and the article (10) is completely divided up.
B26D 1/22 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter coacting with a movable member, e.g. a roller
B26D 1/46 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having an endless band-knife or the like
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
44.
INHALER AND REPLACEABLE LIQUID RESERVOIR FOR AN INHALER
The invention relates to an inhaler (10), comprising a vaporiser apparatus (1) having at least one electrical vaporiser (60) for vaporising liquid (50) fed to the vaporiser (60), at least one electrical line (105a, 105b) to an electrical voltage supply of the vaporiser (60), and a receptacle (27) for holding a replaceable liquid reservoir (18) which can be connected fluidically via an opening (25) to the vaporiser (60), the receptacle (27) surrounding a device which pushes the replaceable liquid reservoir (18) with the opening into direct abutment with the vaporiser (60).
The invention relates to a vaporizer cartridge (10) as part of an inhaler, comprising a hollow body (15) with a continuous flow channel (16) and a storage tank (17) for storing liquid. The storage tank (17) has at least one access opening (18) to the flow channel (16), and a vaporizer unit (19) which extends over the entire access opening (18) is arranged in the region of each access opening (18), said vaporizer unit having a wick element (20) and a heating element (21), wherein the vaporizer unit (19) is designed to be liquid-permeable such that liquid can be conveyed out of the storage tank (17) in the direction of the flow channel (16) at least initially in a capillary manner by the vaporizer unit (19). The invention is characterized in that the wick element (20) is made of a plurality of granular grains (24) which form microchannels (23) by virtue of their packing and/or formation. The invention additionally relates to an inhaler (14).
The invention relates to a method for producing a wick element (10) for arranging in a vaporizer cartridge (11) as part of an inhaler, wherein the wick element (10) is designed to be liquid-permeable such that a liquid can be conveyed at least initially in a capillary manner by the wick element (10). The invention is characterized in that the wick element (10) is produced by introducing a plurality of granular grains (12) into a body (13) which provides a shape. The invention additionally relates to a method for producing a wick element (10) which is characterized in that the wick element (10) is produced by introducing a plurality of granular grains (12) into a receiving area (20). The invention additionally relates to a method for arranging a wick element (10) in the form of a module in a receiving area (20) of a vaporizer cartridge (11).
The invention relates to a vaporiser cartridge (10) as part of an inhaler, comprising a hollow body (15) with a continuous flow channel (16) and a storage tank (17) for storing liquid, the storage tank (17) having at least one access opening (18) to the flow channel (16) and, a vaporiser unit (19) extending over the entire access opening (18) being arranged in the region of each access opening (18), which vaporiser unit has a wick member (20) and a heating member (21), the vaporiser unit (19) being liquid-permeable, in such a way that liquid can be conveyed at least initially by capillary action from the storage tank (17) through the vaporiser unit (19) in the direction of the flow channel (16). The vaporiser cartridge is characterised in that the wick member (20) is designed at least in part as a heat insulator. The invention also relates to a corresponding inhaler (14).
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a vaporizer unit (50) for an inhaler, comprising the steps of providing a plurality of connecting portions (14) and carrying out at least one mounting step in each connecting portion (14) to manufacture one vaporizer unit (50) in each connecting portion (14).
The invention relates to a vaporizer cartridge (10) as part of an inhaler, comprising a hollow body (15) with a continuous flow channel (16) and a storage tank (17) for storing liquid. The storage tank (17) has at least one access opening (18) to the flow channel (16), and a vaporizer unit (19) which extends over the entire access opening (18) is arranged in the region of each access opening (18), said vaporizer unit having a wick element (20) and a heating element (21), wherein the vaporizer unit (19) is designed to be liquid-permeable such that liquid can be conveyed out of the storage tank (17) in the direction of the flow channel (16) at least initially in a capillary manner by the vaporizer unit (19). The invention is characterized in that the wick element (20) is made of a plurality of granular grains (24) which form microchannels (23) by virtue of their packing and/or formation, said microchannels extending continuously from an inlet side ED of the wick element (20) to an outlet side AD of the wick element (20) in order to produce a fluidic connection between the storage tank (17) and the flow channel (16). An additional securing means (25) is provided which is designed and configured to hold the granular wick element (20) in place in the region of the access opening (18) so as to maintain the fluidic connection. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding inhaler (14).
The invention relates to a vaporizer cartridge (10) as part of an inhaler (11), comprising a housing body (12) with a flow channel (13), a storage tank (14) for storing liquid, and a vaporizer unit (17) which comprises a wick element (15) and a heating element (16) and which is designed to be liquid-permeable such that liquid can be conveyed out of the storage tank (14) in the direction of the flow channel (13) at least initially in a capillary manner by the vaporizer unit (17). The invention is characterized in that the housing body (12) is formed with a cavity (18), wherein the cavity (18) of the housing body (12) is divided into two chambers (21, 22) by an intermediate wall (20) which faces the flow channel (13) at least in some sections in order to form the storage tank (14) on one side and a receiving chamber (19) for the wick element (15) on the other side, and at least one access opening (23) for the wick element (15) from the receiving chamber (19) to the flow channel (13) is formed in the intermediate wall (20), said access opening being completely covered by the heating element (16). A plurality of granular grains (24) are arranged in the receiving chamber (19) in order to form the wick element (15) which rests against the heating element (16), said grains filling the receiving chamber (19) and forming microchannels (25) by virtue of their packing and/or formation and being held in the receiving chamber (19) by a cover element (26). At least one access opening (27) is formed in the intermediate wall (20) in order to produce a liquid connection between the storage tank (14) and the receiving chamber (19), said liquid connection being covered by a liquid-permeable grate structure (28). The invention additionally relates to an inhaler (11).
The invention relates to a vaporization device (2) for an electric inhaler (30), comprising a housing (4) which has an outer face (4a), an air passage channel (6) which is formed within the housing (4) and which has an air inlet opening (6a) and an air outlet opening (6b), at least one vaporizer element (8) which has a supply side (8a), a discharge side (8b), and a heating device and through which a fluid can flow from the supply side (8a) to the discharge side (8b), said vaporizer element being arranged on or in the housing (4) such that the discharge side (8b) of the vaporizer element is in fluid communication with the air passage channel (6), at least one fluid inlet opening (10a) which is provided on the outer face (4a) of the housing (4), and at least one fluid connection line (10) which is formed within the housing (4) and which extends from the at least one fluid inlet opening (10a) to the supply side (8a) of the vaporizer element (8).
A method for the production of drinking straws (20) from paper, having the following method steps: • - a first material strip (3) is conveyed in the conveying direction (10) along the longitudinal axis, wherein the first material strip (3) has a first width, • - a second material strip (7) is conveyed in the conveying direction (10) along the longitudinal axis, wherein the second material strip (7) has a second width, • - the first material strip (3) and/or the second material strip (7) are/is glued using a first adhesive, which is water-resistant or is at least temporarily resistant to water, wherein at least one longitudinally running peripheral region of the second material strip (7) is glued using the first adhesive or a second adhesive, • - the first material strip (3) and the second material strip (7) are brought together in an offset manner while being conveyed along the longitudinal axis, and therefore the first and the second material strips (3, 7) are positioned one above the other, • - the material strips (3, 7) positioned one above the other are formed into a tubular strand (11), wherein the first material strip (3) is located on the inside and the longitudinally running edges (8, 8') of the first material strip (3) are in abutment, and • - the strand (11) is cut to length to form double-layered drinking straws (20).
B26D 1/28 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member moving about an axis substantially perpendicular to the line of cut and rotating continuously in one direction during cutting
The invention relates to a method for producing a vaporizing device (1) for an inhaler (10), preferably for an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one electrical vaporizer (60), at least one electrical line (105a, 105b) for supplying the vaporizer (60) with electrical current, and a support (4) for supporting the vaporizer (60). Said method comprises: applying an electrically conductive adhesive (2) between the vaporizer (60) and the support (4), in order to establish an electrical connection between the vaporizer (60) and the electrical line (105a, 105b), wherein an additional heating step is carried out in order to provide a eutectic bond between the vaporizer (60) and the adhesive (2).
The present invention relates to a rod-shaped smoking article (1) of the tobacco-processing industry, said smoking article comprising at least two, preferably three, longitudinally axially arranged segments (2, 3, 4, 5) which are connected to one another by a wrapping structure (40) and one segment (2) of which contains a tobacco substrate, wherein an intermediate layer (7) effectively prevents escape of tobacco-containing components from the segment (2) comprising the tobacco substrate and entry of said components into a downstream segment (3). The invention also relates to a method and a device for applying the intermediate layer (7) to a segment (2, 3) of the smoking article (1).
The invention relates to, among others, a collecting container (50) for connecting sheets of the tobacco-processing industry. The collecting container (50) is arranged or can be arranged on a conveyor drum (112) for conveying connecting sheets of the tobacco-processing industry, comprising an inner chamber (58) for receiving connecting sheets and an inlet opening (54) for the connecting sheets, wherein the connecting sheets are supplied or can be supplied into the inner chamber (58) from an outer chamber of the collecting container (50) via or through the inlet opening (54). The collecting container (50) is characterized in that the inner chamber (58) is connected to a suction line (56) for suctioning connecting sheets out of the inner chamber (58), a suction device being connected to said suction line (56), and/or compressed air is supplied or can be supplied to the interior (58) by means of a compressed air source.
The invention relates to an evaporator device (1) for an inhaler (10), comprising at least one electric evaporator (60) for evaporating liquid (50) supplied to the evaporator (60), wherein the liquid (50) is transported from an inlet side (61) to an outlet side (64) through at least one liquid channel (62) using capillary forces, and evaporated liquid (50) is added to an air flow (34) on the outlet side; a support (4) which holds the evaporator (60); and at least one electric line (105) which electrically contacts the evaporator (60). The electric line (105) has a flat contact region (131), and the evaporator (60) and the flat contact region (131) of the electric line (105) are bonded together and are connected together in an electrically conductive manner.
The invention relates to an evaporator device (1) for an inhaler (10), comprising at least one electric evaporator (60) for evaporating liquid (50) supplied to the evaporator (60), wherein the liquid (50) is transported from an inlet side (61) to an outlet side (64) through at least one liquid channel (62) using capillary forces, and evaporated liquid (50) is added to an air flow (34) on the outlet side; a support (4) which holds the evaporator (60); and at least one electric line (105a, 105b) which electrically contacts the evaporator (60). The evaporator (60) and the electric line (105a, 105b) are electrically connected together by at least one bonding wire (230).
A consumption unit (17) for an inhaler (10) comprises a liquid reservoir (18), an evaporation device (1) arranged in the liquid reservoir (18) and a funnel (5) with a flow channel (8) extending in the liquid reservoir (18) up to a flow connection of the flow channel (8) to the surroundings (80). The liquid reservoir (18) has a filling opening (6) that is closed by means of a first closing element (7).
The invention relates to an evaporator tank unit (1) for an inhaler, preferably an electronic cigarette product (10), comprising at least one electrical evaporator (60) for evaporating liquid (50) supplied to the evaporator (60), a liquid reservoir (18) for storing liquid (50) and a capillary wick structure (19), wherein the liquid (50) can be conveyed by capillary forces out of the liquid reservoir (18) to an inlet side (61) of the evaporator (60). The wick structure (19) is one-piece and contacts and/or forms the liquid reservoir (18) via at least one circumferential portion (180a, 180b).
Wick heater unit (6) for an inhaler, preferably for an electronic cigarette product, wherein the heater (18) consists at least of a doped silicon layer which has through-channels (14) with a capillary action on a liquid and is arranged at an outlet end of the liquid-conducting wick (9), wherein the wick (9) is produced from a porous glass material, and the silicon layer is welded to the outlet end of the wick (9) by laser welding, in such a way that the ability of the through-channels (14) of the silicon layer to conduct liquid is not impaired.
The invention relates to a measuring device and to a method for measuring at least one quality parameter of rod-shaped products (10) of the tobacco processing industry. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the rod-shaped products (10) are conveyed transversely to their longitudinal axis (11) and while they are being conveyed x-ray radiation (12) passes through the rod-shaped products (10), the transmitted x-ray radiation (12) being recorded by means of a flat panel detector (13) and a transmission image of the respective rod-shaped product (10) being produced by way of time delay integration.
The invention relates to a device for producing rod-like products of the tobacco processing industry, comprising a tobacco sheet forming device (4) which is designed to substantially gather a substantially continuously supplied first tobacco sheet web (2A) in the web movement direction (A) and comprising a tobacco sheet composite producing device (10) which is designed to bond at least one substantially continuously supplied web material (12) to the gathered first tobacco sheet web (2B) such that a tobacco sheet composite assembly (18) of the gathered first tobacco sheet web (2B) and the web material (12) lying against the exterior of the gathered first tobacco sheet web (2B) is produced. According to the invention, a separating device (22) is also provided which is designed to divide the tobacco sheet composite assembly (18) into discrete elongated tobacco sheet composite elements (28) that are arranged one behind the other in the movement direction (A) and extend in a direction at an angle or transverse to the movement direction (A), and a round-shaping device (46) is provided which is designed to provide the discrete elongated tobacco sheet composite elements (28) with a substantially round cross-section.
The invention relates to a method for producing inductively heatable tobacco products (1), wherein the method comprises the following steps: - providing a tobacco product (1); - providing a susceptor segment (2), wherein the susceptor segment (2) has a longitudinal axis (LA) and a cross section (QS) arranged transversely to the longitudinal axis; - increasing the axial area moment of inertia of the cross section (QS) of the susceptor segment (2), in particular by changing the shape of the cross section, preferably by means of a stamping or rolling process; - positioning the susceptor segment (2) in the tobacco product (1) by moving the susceptor segment (2) and the tobacco product (1) relative to one another, as a result of which the susceptor segment (2) is inserted into the tobacco product (1).
The invention relates to a method for controlling the temperature of an evaporator (60) for an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising the steps: measuring the voltage across a heating element (21); measuring the current flowing through the heating element (21); determining the resistance of the heating element (21) from the measured voltage and the measured current; controlling the temperature of the heating element (21) by switching off the switching element (22) in a controlled manner, such that the current flow through the heating element (21) is interrupted when the determined resistance exceeds or falls below a first critical threshold R_co.
The invention relates to a rod-shaped HNB product (2), comprising an aerosol-forming substrate (4) and a cooling element (6) arranged downstream of the substrate (4), the cooling element (6) comprising a cooling substrate (18) and the cooling element (6) having a porosity between 51% and 99%, a ratio of free cross-sectional area not occupied by the cooling substrate to the total cross-sectional area being regarded as the porosity.
The invention relates to an assembly (50) of a plurality of fluid tanks (6A, 6B, 6C,... ) comprising fluids for electrical vaporisation stored therein. A respective fluid mixture (49A, 49B, 49C,...) is stored in each fluid tank (6A, 6B, 6C,...). Each fluid mixture (49A, 49B, 49C,... ) has at least one carrier fluid and one or more flavouring and/or active ingredient components with similar vaporisation behaviour to one another. The overall flavour only arises from the combination of multiple flavouring components in the vapour phase.
The invention relates to a method for producing a flat web formed of reconstituted tobacco material, in which a first fraction of tobacco leaf veins and/or tobacco leaf vein constituents and a second fraction of tobacco leaf laminas and/or tobacco leaf lamina constituents are provided (11, 12) and the first and the second fraction are moistened separately from one another (21, 22) and/or soaked (31, 32) and are then pressed (41, 42). After the pressing, a first solid and a first liquid fraction (51, 61) and a second solid and a second liquid fraction (52, 62) are present. The first liquid fraction (61) and the second liquid fraction (62) are combined to form a joint liquid fraction (72), which is concentrated (82). The first solid fraction (51) and part of the second solid fraction (52) are combined to form a joint solid fraction (71), ground (81), and processed to form a flat web (91). The concentrated, joint liquid fraction is supplied to the flat web (100).
The invention relates to a separating apparatus (12) and to a method for severing a flat web (6) to form a multiplicity of strips (14), comprising a cutting-roller pair, held in a holder (30), having a first cutting roller (32), which is rotatable about a first cutting-roller axis (36), and having a second cutting roller (34), which is rotatable about a second cutting-roller axis (38) parallel to the first. The invention is characterized in that at least one of the two cutting rollers (32, 34) comprises, in at least one axial portion (58a, 58b) extending along the cutting-roller axis (36, 38), adjacent blades with different radii, wherein the holder (30) comprises an adjusting apparatus, with which a distance (40) between the first and the second cutting-roller axis (36, 38) is variable.
The invention relates to a method for producing multilayer hollow tubes (10) of the tobacco-processing industry. In a rod-making process, a hollow tube (10) is formed by means of a formatting device (30), wherein the formatting device (30) has a formatting belt (43) that conveys a material (25, 26) from which the hollow tube (10) is produced through the formatting device (30) in a conveyor direction. The invention is characterized in that the thickness (d) of the formatting belt (43) is measured and the diameter (50) of a registered contour of a through-opening (56) of the formatting device (30) is adjusted on the basis of the measured thickness (d) of the formatting belt (43). The invention additionally relates to a formatting device (30) of a rod-making machine of the tobacco-processing industry for producing a multilayer hollow tubes of the tobacco-processing industry.
The invention relates to a method and a device for producing hollow tubes (23) of the tobacco-processing industry. The method according to the invention is characterized by the following steps: – supplying a first material strip section (13) to a suction cylinder (11) of a conveyor device (10), – wrapping the first material strip section (10) around the suction cylinder (11), – supplying a second material strip section (15) to the wrapped suction cylinder (11), wherein the second material strip section (15) is provided with an adhesive (34) or the first material strip section (13) is provided with an adhesive (34) after being wrapped around the suction cylinder (11), and – wrapping the second material strip section (15) around the first material strip section (13) so as to form a hollow tube (23).
The invention relates to a separation device (12) for separating a flat web (6) into a plurality of strips (14), comprising a first cutting roller (30), which is rotatable about a first cutting roller axis (32), and a second cutting roller (34), which is rotatable about a second cutting roller axis (36) parallel to the first, the first and the second cutting rollers (30, 34) each comprising a plurality of blades (42) which interact with one another. The first and/or the second cutting roller (30, 34) are/is embodied as intermittent cutting roller (40), wherein all blades (42) of the intermittent cutting roller (40) each comprise at least one recess (44), which interrupts a cutting edge of the blade (42), the recesses (44) in the blades (42) of the intermittent cutting roller (40) being arranged along a helix (461, 462).
B26D 1/40 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member moving about an axis parallel to the line of cut and coacting with a rotary member
The invention relates to a conveyor drum unit for a machine for producing rod-like articles as found in the tobacco-processing industry, comprising a stationary part (6), a drum part (8) which is rotatably mounted on the stationary part (6) about an axis of rotation (A), on the outer circumference of which drum body retaining means (16) for retaining the articles are provided, and a drive motor (10) having a stator (11), fastened to the stationary part (6) for conjoint rotation and/or in a torsionally rigid manner, and a rotor (12), coupled to the drum part (8) for conjoint rotation and/or in a torsionally rigid manner in order to rotate same. The invention is characterized in that: the stationary part (6) is designed to be mounted on an assembly side (4a) of a supporting element (4), in the form of a plate and/or provided on the machine, such that the conveyor drum unit (2) as a whole can only be arranged at the assembly side (4a) of the supporting element (4); and in that the stationary part (6) also has an alignment element (32) which is designed for a defined relative arrangement of the conveyor drum unit (2) relative to another conveyor drum unit (2) by engagement with the other conveyor drum unit (2) for transfer of the articles.
The invention relates to a device for separating a rod-shaped segment (1, 2) of the tobacco-processing industry from a strand, comprising a cutting unit (32) having a cutting knife, and a strand-receiving element forming a counter bearing for the strand during the separation of the segment by the cutting knife, wherein the cutting unit (32) is embodied and designed such that the cutting knife cuts the strand during the cutting process over the entire diameter, and wherein a handling unit handling the cutting surface (3, 4) of the segment is provided, said handling unit being arranged adjacently to and/or downstream from the cutting unit in relation to a transport direction (T) of the segment (1, 2).
The invention relates to, inter alia, a method and a device (1) for producing rod-like products (102, 104) of the tobacco processing industry, in particular segments for heat-not-burn products or filter segments. According to the method, a first elongated insert body (6) is introduced, in particular inserted, through a first end face (4) of a rod-like segment (3), and a second elongated insert body (7) is introduced, in particular inserted, into the rod-like segment (3) through a second end face (5) of the rod-like segment (3).
The invention relates to a filter segment assembling device of the tobacco processing industry, comprising a filter segment transportation path for transferring a filter segment (9, 9') in an axially transverse direction to a filter segment assembling member (28), wherein there is provided in the filter segment transportation path a removal device (1, 1', 1'') which is designed to remove a filter rod (8) having multiple usage lengths from a filter magazine (21.1-21.5), wherein additionally a cutting device (3, 3', 3'') is provided in the filter segment transportation path which is designed to cut the filter rod (8) having a multiple usage length in an axially transverse direction into filter segments, a pushing device being disposed downstream of the cutting device, said pushing device (3, 3', 3'') comprising troughs (7) for receiving filter segments, characterized in that the number of troughs (7) is a prime number greater than or equal to 29. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for assembling filter segments of the tobacco processing industry.
The invention relates to a method for producing tobacco material for use in HNB tobacco articles and to an HNB tobacco article. The method for producing tobacco material comprises the following steps: harvesting tobacco leaves, fermenting the harvested tobacco leaves, threshing the fermented tobacco leaves to obtain threshed tobacco material, applying a humectant to the threshed tobacco material, wherein the humectant contains a mixture of glycerol and propylene glycol as a vapor-forming substance, drying the tobacco material provided with the humectant, cutting the dried tobacco material to obtain a cut tobacco material, drying the cut tobacco material.
The invention relates to a device for producing a first and a second rod (20, 21) of the tobacco processing industry. Each of the rods (20, 21) has at least two layers of a wound flat material (1a, 1b, 8a, 8b), in particular a material drawn from at least one bobbin device (1, 8). In a first operating mode of the device, the flat material (1a, 1b) for the first rod (20) can be drawn from a first bobbin device (1) and can be conveyed to a first rod-shaping device (14) via a first material path, and the flat material (8a, 8b) for the second rod (21) can be drawn from a second bobbin device (8) and can be conveyed to a second rod-shaping device (7) via a second material path. In a second operating mode of the device, the flat material (1a, 8a) for the first rod (20) can be drawn from the first and the second bobbin device (1, 8) and can be conveyed to the first rod-shaping device (14) via a third material path, and the flat material (1a, 8b) for the second rod (21) can be drawn from the first and the second bobbin device (1, 8) and can be conveyed to the second rod-shaping device (7) via a fourth material path.
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electrically operable heating element for an inhaler. According to said method, a semiconductor material (5) is provided in the form of a substantially flat element and a plurality of channels (8) are incorporated into the flat semiconductor material substantially in the direction of the surface normal of the flat semiconductor material such that a fluid can be passed through the channels of the semiconductor material.
B05B 7/08 - Spray pistolsApparatus for discharge with separate outlet orifices, e.g. to form parallel jets, to form intersecting jets
B05B 7/16 - Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas incorporating means for heating the material to be sprayed
A24F 47/00 - Smokers’ requisites not otherwise provided for
H05B 3/26 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor mounted on insulating base
H01L 23/34 - Arrangements for cooling, heating, ventilating or temperature compensation
80.
SUCTION BELT CONVEYOR AND STRAND-FORMING MACHINE OF THE TOBACCO PROCESSING INDUSTRY, AND USE OF A MEASURING DEVICE IN A SUCTION BELT CONVEYOR OF A STRAND-FORMING MACHINE OF THE TOBACCO PROCESSING INDUSTRY
A suction belt conveyor of a strand-forming machine of the tobacco processing industry for conveying material, in particular tobacco, is described, with a suction belt (4) which is guided along a suction belt path, which has a first section (I), a second section (II), a third section (III) and a fourth section (IV), a suction device (7) for subjecting the suction belt (4) to negative pressure within the first section (I) and the second section (II) of the suction belt path, and a measuring device, wherein the first section (I) of the suction belt path is arranged in such a manner that, by means of a suction effect of the suction device (7), material accumulates along a lower run (4a) of the suction belt (4), said run being guided along the first section (I) of the suction belt path, and forms a material strand on said run, the second section (II) of the suction belt path is connected downstream to the first section (I) of the suction belt path and is designed to guide the suction belt (4) with the material strand arranged thereon and formed in the first section (I) of the suction belt path, and the third section (III) of the suction belt path is connected downstream to the second section (II) of the suction belt path and is designed to separate the suction belt (4) from the material strand. The particular characteristic of the invention consists in that the measuring device has at least one first sensor (10), which is designed to measure properties of the suction belt (4) at a point in the fourth section (IV) of the suction belt path and to output a first type of measuring signal indicating the measured properties of the suction belt (4).
The invention relates to a kit system for an HNB smoking article (1) having a plurality of rod-like segments (2) of different function, wherein one of the segments (2) is a heating segment (3) and one of the segments (2) is a tobacco segment (4) made of tobacco having a fixed shape, and wherein the segments (2), prefabricated by means of one or more connecting elements (5), can be connected to form a rod-like HNB smoking article having a constant cross section over the length.
The invention relates to a device (2) and a method for processing tobacco raw material and to tobacco granulate (18) which is produced using said method. The method for processing tobacco raw material into a tobacco agglomerate has the following steps: providing small pieces (4) of tobacco raw material, mixing and highly humidifying the small pieces (4) of tobacco raw material using a liquid in order to provide a pelletizing material (22), and compressing and pelletizing the pelletizing material (22) in a pelletizing device (8) in order to form tobacco granulate (18).
Apparatus (8) for the contactless, optical three-dimensional capture of an end face (2) of a cross-axially moving, rod-shaped article (4) in the tobacco-processing industry, which end face moves through a measurement area (10), wherein the apparatus (8) has a projection unit (12) which is set up to project a pattern which is structured in a substantially strip-type manner into the measurement area (10), a camera (24) which is set up to record at least three images, preferably at least four images, of the measurement area (10) while the end face (2) is situated, preferably completely, in the measurement area (10), an evaluation unit (28) which is connected to the camera (24) and is set up to calculate a height image of the end face (2) using the images recorded by the camera (24), characterized in that the projection unit (12) is set up to project the pattern into the measurement area (10) in a substantially unchanged manner.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
A24C 5/34 - Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobaccoRemoving defective cigarettes
84.
CONVEYOR CHAIN, CONVEYING DEVICE AND CONVEYING METHOD FOR ROD-SHAPED PRODUCTS OF THE TOBACCO PROCESSING INDUSTRY
The invention relates to a conveyor chain (2) for rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, comprising a multitude of interlinked chain links (14), the surfaces of which combine on one side to form a support surface (40) for the products, the adjoining chain links (14) being connected to each other so as to be able to pivot about first pivot axes (41) and second pivot axes (42); the first pivot axes (41) extend parallel to the support surface (40) and transversely to the longitudinal direction of the conveyor chain (2), and the second pivot axes (42) extend transversely to the support surface (40) and transversely to the longitudinal direction of the conveyor chain (2); at least at one of the two ends of each chain link (14) is provided with at least one support element (15) which can pivot relative to the chain link (14) about a third pivot axis (43) extending in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor chain (2).
A24C 5/35 - Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine
B65G 17/08 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms the surface being formed by the traction element
B65G 47/94 - Devices for flexing or tilting travelling structuresThrow-off carriages
85.
EVAPORATOR UNIT FOR AN INHALER, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE PRODUCT
The invention relates to an evaporator unit (20) for an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising an electrically operatable heating body (60), in particular a flat heating body, which has an inlet side (61) and an outlet side (64), and a plurality of microchannels (62), each of which extends from the inlet side (61) to the outlet side (64) through the heating body (60). The heating body (60) is designed to evaporate liquid being transferred through the microchannels (62) by applying a heating voltage. A porous and/or capillary wick structure (19) is arranged on the inlet side (61) of the heating body (60), said wick structure being fluidically connected or connectable to a liquid store (18). The wick structure (19) has a shaft (29), which extends through a passage opening (25) of the support (23), and a collar (28), which is arranged between the support (23) and the heating body (60), wherein the diameter of the collar (28) is greater than the diameter of the passage opening (25) of the support (23).
The invention relates to a method and a system for producing rod-like products in the tobacco-processing industry in a tobacco-processing-industry machine (110). In a strand-forming method, a particulate tobacco material is scattered onto a suction belt (17) in a strand-guiding channel (16) of adjustable cross section in a strand-forming machine (120), the tobacco material scattered on the suction belt (17) in the strand-guiding channel (16) is evened out by means of a stripping device (19), which delimits a height of the strand-guiding channel (16), wherein a tobacco-material strand is then formed by the evened-out tobacco material being encased in a casing-material strip, and rod-like products are cut to length from the tobacco-material strand by means of a severing device (31) and are processed further, in the form of a single-layered row of rod-like products, in a further-processing machine (130). According to the invention, the casing-material strip contains, or consists of, a material which is impenetrable to microwaves and, once a sampling signal (135) has been received, a sample of one or more rod-like products is ejected from a single-layered row of rod-like products and weighed by means of a weighing machine (150).
The invention relates to an inhaler (27), particularly an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one evaporator device (1) having at least one electrical evaporator (3) for evaporating liquid supplied by the evaporator (3), and an electronic control device (56) for controlling and/or regulating the evaporator (3). A plurality of liquids are associated or can be associated with the evaporator device (1) in such a way that the composition and/or the vapour production rate of the vapour/aerosol produced by the at least one evaporator can be adjusted and/modified in a targeted manner, as the control device (56) is designed for individual control of the at least one or each individual evaporator (3) and/or for group control of the evaporators (3).
The invention relates to an inhaler (27), in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one evaporator unit (23) with at least one electric evaporator (3) for evaporating liquid supply to the evaporator (3) and comprising an electronic controller (56) for controlling and/or regulating the at least one evaporator unit (23). The inhaler (27) has at least one replaceable cartridge (19), wherein the cartridge (19) has the evaporator unit (23) and a liquid tank (6) which is connected to or can be connected to the evaporator unit.
The invention relates to an evaporator unit (20) for an inhaler, in particular for an electronic cigarette product, comprising an electrically operatable heating body (60), in particular a flat heating body, which has an inlet side (61) and an outlet side (64), and a plurality of microchannels (62), each of which extends from the inlet side (61) to the outlet side (64) through the heating body (60). The heating body (60) is designed to evaporate liquid being transferred through the microchannels (62) by applying a heating voltage. A porous and/or capillary wick structure (19) is arranged on the inlet side (61) of the heating body (60), said wick structure lying flatly against the heating body (60) in a contacting manner and covering all of the microchannels (62) on the inlet side (61).
The invention relates to a liquid store for an inhaler (10), in particular for an electronic cigarette product, having an outlet end (53) which can be fluidically connected to a heating element (60) in order to evaporate liquid (50) supplied to the heating element (60) from the liquid store (18). The liquid store (18) has at least one air inlet end (52) and at least one channel (51). The channel (51) extends from the air inlet end (52) to the outlet end (53) through the liquid store (18), wherein the channel (51) is designed to transfer the liquid (50) stored in the liquid store (18) to the outlet end (53) through the channel (51) by means of capillary forces.
The invention relates to a component part (1) for an inhaler (27), preferably for an electronic cigarette product, which component part comprises a carrier (2), an electric evaporator (3) arranged on the carrier (2) for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator (3), and an electric connection for supplying the evaporator (3) with electric energy and/or for receiving control signals for the evaporator (3). The electric connection comprises a plug connector part (7), which is configured for reversible interaction with a corresponding plug connector part (22) of the base part (20) of the inhaler (27). A base part (20) for an inhaler (27) comprises an electronic control device (21) and an electric connection for transmitting control signals to a component part (1) and/or for the electric supply of a component part (1) of the inhaler (27). The electric connection comprises a plug connector part (22), which is configured for reversible interaction with a corresponding plug connector part (7) of the component part (1).
The invention relates inter alia to a method for conditioning tobacco by means of a process gas in a process pipe for the process gas. Here, tobacco (50) is conveyed continuously or quasi-continuously to a drying section, formed in the process pipe (30, 40; 70, 84, 86; 90, 92), for the tobacco (50), wherein tobacco (50) for conditioning is fed by means of an input-side sluice (16, 74) to the drying section formed in the process pipe (30, 40; 70, 84, 86; 90, 92), and, after the conditioning of the tobacco (50), the conditioned tobacco (50) is conducted away from the drying section by means of an output-side sluice (20, 76), wherein the tobacco (50) conveyed along the drying section is introduced into the process pipe (30, 40; 70, 84, 86; 90, 92) and is conveyed by means of a conveying device through the process pipe (30, 40; 70, 84, 86; 90, 92) through which a portion of the drying section extends, and wherein the process gas in the process pipe (30, 40; 70, 84, 86; 90, 92) is conducted, transversely, in particular perpendicularly, with respect to the conveying direction of the tobacco (50) conveyed along the drying section, between the input-side sluice (16, 74) and the output-side sluice (20, 76) with a predetermined flow speed.
The invention relates to a heating unit (13) for an HNB tobacco article (10) that comprises a tobacco-containing material (26) and an electrical resistance heating element (18) for heating said tobacco-containing material (26) without burning. The resistance heating element (18) is made from a conductive suspension.
The invention relates to a heating unit (13) for an HNB tobacco article (10) that comprises a tobacco sheet (20) and an electrical resistance heating element (18) for heating said tobacco sheet without burning. The resistance heating element (18) is integrated into the tobacco sheet (20) and/or connected to same, thus forming at least one tobacco/heater composite element (26).
A24F 47/00 - Smokers’ requisites not otherwise provided for
H05B 3/34 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs
The invention relates to a method for producing cut tobacco, involving the following steps: harvesting tobacco leaves; fermenting the harvested tobacco leaves; threshing the fermented tobacco leaves to obtain threshed tobacco material; humidifying the threshed tobacco material; cutting the humid tobacco material to obtain cut tobacco; drying the cut tobacco.
LK12122, the apparatus being distinguished in that the flexible-format conveying means (14) is designed in a movable manner, for the distance adjustment, independently of, and relative to, the acceleration drum (16). The invention also relates to an arrangement (27) having such an apparatus (10).
The invention relates to a transport chain (5) for rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, comprising a plurality of chain links (9), which are connected to each other and the surfaces of which combine to form a support surface (10) for the products on one side, wherein the adjacent chain links (9) are connected to each other for pivoting about respective first pivot axes (14) and second pivot axes, the first pivot axes (14) being oriented parallel to the support surface (10) and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the transport chain (5) and the second pivot axes being oriented perpendicular to the support surface (10) and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the transport chain (5), and the chains links (9) are connected to form an assembly structure having chains links (9) fixedly connected to each other differently in pairs, groups and/or sections. (Fig. 8)
B65G 17/08 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms the surface being formed by the traction element
The invention relates to a method for producing smoking article products (100) from a plurality of article segments (1, 2, 3, 4) in each case, wherein a first article segment group having a plurality of article segments (1, 2, 3) and having an end XA and having an end XB opposite the end XA is formed, wherein the first article segment group (1, 2, 3) is conveyed transversely to the axial direction and is wrapped with an enveloping material strip U1 (10), which extends around the plurality of article segments (1, 2, 3) of the first article segment group and ends with a distance AA before the end XA and/or with a distance AB before the end XB of the first article segment group, wherein the enveloped first article segment group (1, 2, 3) is cut centrally and into two article segment sub-groups and then the article segment sub-groups (1, 2, 3) conveyed transversely to the axial direction are reoriented in the position thereof relative to each other such that ends (end A, end B) of the enveloped article segment sub-groups (1, 2, 3) previously lying outside before the reorientation face each other after the reorientation. The invention further relates to a device for producing smoking article products.
The invention relates to a vaporiser unit (20) for an inhaler, comprising an atomiser (22) for atomising liquid fed from a liquid reservoir (18), and a heating element (36). The heating element (36) is configured and arranged to heat air flowing through the vaporiser unit (20), and the atomiser (22) is positioned downstream of the heating element (36) so that the liquid atomised by the atomiser (22) is sprayed into the air stream that has been heated by said heating element (36).
The invention relates to a filter segment assembling device of the tobacco processing industry, comprising a section of filter segment for transferring a filter segment (9, 9') in the direction of the transverse axis to a filter segment assembling member (28), wherein a removal device (1, 1', 1'') is provided in the section of filter segment, which is designed to remove a filter rod (8) having a multiple usage length from a filter magazine (21.1-21.5), wherein, in addition, a pushing/cutting device (3, 3', 3'') is provided in the section of filter segment, which is designed to receive the filter rod (8) having multiple usage length, the pushing/cutting device (3, 3', 3'') comprising troughs (7) for receiving filter rods (8), characterized in that the number of troughs (7) is a prime number greater than or equal to 29. The invention relates to a corresponding method for assembling filter segments of the tobacco processing industry.
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