WO2019177199A1 - Apparatus for manufacturing cigarettes and method for manufacturing cigarettes using same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing cigarettes, comprising a tobacco leaf forming part for forming tobacco leaves into a predetermined shape according to the shape of a cigarette paper before inputting the tobacco leaves into the cigarette paper; and a method for manufacturing cigarettes using same.

Description

Cigarette cigarette manufacturing apparatus and cigarette cigarette manufacturing method using the same

The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a cigarette, and more particularly, a device for automatically producing a cigarette by supplying a tobacco leaf into a cylindrical cigarette paper having a filter on one side, and a method of manufacturing a cigarette using the same. It is about.

Tobacco, the world's favorite product, is a smoking product based on tobacco leaves, and the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the world's smoking population will reach 1.142 billion people by 2025. Currently, governments around the world, including Korea, are raising the price of cigarettes. As an alternative, the preference for homemade cigarettes that smokers can manufacture themselves is gradually increasing.

Handmade cigarettes are generally formed in the form of cigarettes like commercial cigarettes on the market. Cigarette cigarettes are cigarettes made of thin paper rolled with thin paper. When a cigarette is lit at one end, the smoke rises in a cylindrical shape to the other end and is sucked into the mouth.

These cigarettes are significantly cheaper compared to the price of cigarettes sold on the market, but it causes the hassle of having to put cigarette leaves directly inside the cigarette paper.

In addition, one side of the homemade cigarette is blocked by the filter, but the other side that the tobacco leaf is to be supplied is generally open form even after the tobacco leaf is put into the inside. This results in a considerable inconvenience in storage and use, one of which is likely to escape back to the root to which the tobacco leaves are fed.

In order to improve the problem, Korean Laid-Open Utility Model Publication No. 20-2017-0001464 forms a blockade by folding the end of the tip of the cigarette paper supplied with tobacco leaf, so that the tobacco leaf inside the cigarette paper leaks to the outside due to the blockade end. It describes about the technique which avoids it. However, given that the work to close one end of the cigarette paper must be performed by hand, it is not possible to solve the problem that the productivity of cigarettes and the convenience of smokers are reduced.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is to devise a device and a production method using the same that can increase the convenience of smokers in producing a homemade cigarette.

In addition, there is a purpose to produce a cigarette cigarette shaped cigarette that does not easily leak the tobacco leaf produced homemade cigarette.

The present invention receives the cigarette paper is formed on one side and the other side is opened, the cigarette paper supply module including a receiving box for sequentially dropping the cigarette paper to the outlet formed on the bottom, the shape of the tobacco leaf to be put into the cigarette paper Cigarette leaf supply module including a tobacco leaf injection molding unit for molding and a tobacco leaf storage supply unit for dropping a certain amount of tobacco leaf into the tobacco leaf injection molding unit, a cylindrical shape in which a plurality of grooves for accommodating the cigarette paper supplied from the cigarette paper supply module are formed in the outer circumference Cigarette paper fixing module for fixing the position of the cigarette paper, including the wheel of the tobacco leaf input module and rotational movement and the tobacco leaf input module for injecting the tobacco leaf molded in the tobacco leaf supply module into the cigarette paper fixed by the cigarette paper fixing module Including a rotary finisher for performing a reciprocating motion, And a finishing module for sealing the other side of the cigarette paper, wherein the tobacco leaf injection molding unit is formed in a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing a tobacco leaf dropped from the tobacco leaf supply unit, and formed by compressing an upper portion of the tobacco leaf. And a side molding part formed on one side of the upper molding part and the temporary storage part to compress and mold the side part along the width direction of the tobacco leaf, wherein the tobacco leaf is introduced into the cigarette paper.

In addition, the lower portion of the receiving box is formed with a cigarette paper alignment plate that performs the vertical movement periodically, characterized in that the cigarette paper is entangled in the receiving box to prevent the phenomenon that does not drop to the outlet.

In addition, the tobacco leaf storage supply unit further comprises a plurality of rotors for adjusting the amount of the tobacco leaf is dropped into the temporary storage unit, and mixing blades formed on top of the rotor to mix the tobacco leaf.

The groove may be formed on the same axis as the temporary storage unit when the wheel is stopped after rotation.

In addition, the cigarette paper fixing module is formed with a guide on the upper side of the wheel, and prevents the cigarette paper from the groove during the manufacturing process when the wheel is rotated.

In addition, the cigarette paper fixing module is formed on one side of the wheel, applying a pressure on one side of the cigarette paper accommodated in the groove to move to the temporary storage unit, a cigarette paper support unit for supporting the outer peripheral portion of the cigarette paper and the cigarette paper And a second contact part separating from the temporary storage part, wherein the second contact part is separated from the temporary storage part by applying pressure to one side of the cigarette paper after the tobacco leaf is put into the cigarette paper. .

In addition, the tobacco leaf input module is formed on the same axis as the temporary storage, characterized in that it further comprises a shooter for introducing the tobacco leaf into the cigarette paper, and a plurality of sensors for limiting the reciprocating distance of the shooter.

In addition, the rotary finisher is formed in a cylindrical shape with a concave groove formed on one side, characterized in that for sealing a portion of the other side of the cigarette paper.

In addition, in the method for manufacturing a cigarette using the present invention, a preparation step of putting the cigarette paper and tobacco leaves into the receiving box and the tobacco storage storage, the cigarette paper is accommodated in one of the holes, the wheel is rotated First step of moving the cigarette paper and the temporary storage unit is formed on the same axis, the tobacco leaf drop step that the tobacco leaf is dropped into the temporary storage unit, the tobacco leaf forming step of forming the tobacco leaf of the temporary storage in a cylindrical shape, molded tobacco leaf Tobacco leaf input step of the tobacco leaf input module is inserted into the cigarette paper, Cigarette paper separation step of separating the cigarette paper into which the tobacco leaf is inserted, the wheel is rotated so that the cigarette paper is coaxial with the rotary finisher Cigarette paper secondary movement step and the rotating finish is formed on the other side of the cigarette paper Finishing process for processing the and made of a cigarette paper leaving step of rotating the wheel to leave the cigarette paper to the bottom.

According to the present invention, the cigarette manufacturing process can be automated by automating the cigarette manufacturing process, thereby reducing manpower, and at the same time, significantly reducing the incidence of defective products that may occur in the manufacturing process through the molding process before the tobacco leaf is added.

In addition, smokers can prevent unintended leakage of tobacco leaves, which can produce an overall good quality cigarette.

1 is an exemplary view showing a cigarette cigarette manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a receiving box in which the cigarette paper according to the present invention is accommodated.

3 is an exemplary view showing a tobacco leaf storage supply unit according to the present invention.

4 and 5 is an exemplary view showing a cigarette paper fixing module according to the present invention.

6 is an exemplary view showing a tobacco leaf injection molding unit according to the present invention.

7 is an exemplary view showing a cigarette paper supporter according to the present invention.

8 is an exemplary view showing a tobacco leaf input module according to the present invention.

9 is an exemplary view showing a finishing module according to the present invention.

10 is an exemplary view showing a method of manufacturing a cigarette cigarette using the present invention.

The terms or words used in this specification and claims are not to be construed as limiting in their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventors may appropriately define the concept of terms in order to best describe their invention. Based on the principle, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configuration shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, and various equivalents may be substituted for them at the time of the present application. It should be understood that there may be variations and examples.

Before describing the present invention with reference to the drawings, it is not shown or specifically described for the matters that are not necessary to reveal the gist of the present invention, that is, those skilled in the art can obviously add. Make a note.

1 is an exemplary view showing a cigarette cigarette manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the present invention is a device for supplying tobacco leaves inside the cylindrical cigarette paper 10, the filter is formed on one side in the longitudinal direction. Cigarette paper supply module 100 for sequentially supplying the plurality of cigarette paper 10 to the device, tobacco leaf supply module 200 for supplying a predetermined amount of crushed tobacco leaf to the present invention, the tobacco leaf inside the cigarette paper 10 Cigarette paper fixing module 300 to align for the input, tobacco leaf input module 400 for injecting the tobacco leaf inside the cigarette paper 10 and the cigarette to prevent the leakage of the tobacco leaf introduced into the cigarette paper 10 It may be made including a finishing module 500 for processing the other side of the paper (10).

At this time, the cigarette paper fixing module 300 may move the cigarette paper 10 to the position where the cigarette leaf input module 400 is operated in order to accommodate the cigarette paper 10, the tobacco leaf, Figure 1 As shown in FIG. 1, the first detection unit 330 for advancing the cigarette paper 10 and the second detection unit 350 for reversing the cigarette paper 10 may be formed.

The first detection unit 330 moves the cigarette paper 10 by applying a predetermined pressure toward the tobacco leaf input module 400 on one side in the longitudinal direction in which the filter of the cigarette paper 10 is formed. To this end, the first detector 330 may further include a sensor for determining whether the cigarette paper 10 is disposed at a predetermined position.

The second detector 350 moves the cigarette paper 10 to its original position by applying pressure to the upper portion of the cigarette paper 10 and moving backward. To this end, the second detection unit 350 may be composed of a device such as a solenoid, but may be formed of any component as long as it can selectively apply pressure to the cigarette paper 10.

2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a receiving box 110 in which the cigarette paper 10 according to the present invention is accommodated. As shown in FIG. 2, the cigarette paper supply module 100 may include the accommodation box 110 and the alignment plate 120 to accommodate the plurality of cigarette paper 10.

The accommodating box 110 is formed with an inclined cross section at the bottom and at the same time an outlet 111 of a predetermined space is formed at one side thereof, thereby discharging the cigarette paper 10 one by one to the outlet 111.

At this time, the cigarette paper 10 is a filter is formed on one side, the center of gravity is biased to one side may cause a phenomenon that the plurality of cigarette paper 10 loaded in the receiving box 110 is not aligned properly. . This may lead to a problem that the cigarette paper 10 blocks the outlet 111, so that the cigarette paper 10 is not discharged.

To this end, a separate alignment plate 120 is formed below the accommodating box 110 to perform a reciprocating motion in the height direction of the accommodating box 110. This applies a pressure to the plurality of cigarette paper 10 so that the alignment can be made properly.

As shown in FIG. 2, the alignment plate 120 may be configured such that a cam for performing a rotational movement is closely disposed under the alignment plate 120 to apply a force to the alignment plate 120. If the alignment plate 120 is a configuration capable of applying pressure to the cigarette paper 10 is not limited.

3 is an exemplary view showing the tobacco leaf storage supply unit 220 according to the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 3, a separate mixing wing 222 may be formed in the tobacco leaf storage supply 220.

The tobacco leaf to be pulverized is a very light substance, and when it is accommodated to be filled in the container, a phenomenon in which the tobacco leaf formed on the upper part of the container may not be discharged downward.

The mixing blade 222 is configured to improve such a problem, by facilitating the discharge of tobacco leaves by mixing the upper and lower inside the container.

The mixing blade 222 may be formed in a structure that is axially coupled with a separate gear for performing a rotational movement outside the container in which the tobacco leaf is accommodated, as shown in FIG. Rotational movement can be performed.

4 is an exemplary view showing the cigarette paper fixing module 300 according to the present invention. As described above, the cigarette paper module 300 includes a first detector 330 and a second detector 350 for moving the cigarette paper 10, in addition to receiving the cigarette paper 10. A wheel 310 and a guide 320 for preventing the separation of the cigarette paper 10 is formed a plurality of grooves 311 is further included.

The wheel 310 in which the plurality of grooves 311 are formed at the outer circumference thereof moves the cigarette paper 10 by performing a rotational motion by a separate motor. In addition, the groove 311 is a space for accommodating the cigarette paper 10 and is formed to have a width at which the cigarette paper 10 is easily moved. Accordingly, when the wheel 310 performs the rotational movement, the cigarette paper 10 accommodated in the groove 311 may be separated by gravity.

To this end, the guide 320 is formed on the outer portion of the wheel 310 to prevent the cigarette paper 10 from being separated.

Accordingly, the cigarette paper 10 may finish all the manufacturing processes without leaving the grooves 311 until reaching the finishing module 500 which will be described later.

6 is an exemplary view showing a tobacco leaf injection molding unit 210 according to the present invention. The tobacco leaf storage supply unit 220 including a plurality of rotors 221 therein drop a certain amount of tobacco leaf set to the temporary storage unit 211 which is the space shown in FIG. The plurality of rotors 221 may supply the tobacco leaf to the temporary storage unit 211 as the rotational movement is performed, and the tobacco leaf is rotated by the rotational movement of the gear axially coupled as in the case of the mixing blade 222. The drop may be dropped into the temporary storage unit 211.

The tobacco leaf stored in the temporary storage unit 211 may be shaped by the upper molding unit 212 and the side molding unit 213.

The upper forming portion 212 is formed in a semi-circular tip, reciprocating the upper side of the temporary storage unit 211. As a result, the shape is molded by applying pressure to the upper part of the tobacco leaf stored in the temporary storage unit 211.

The side molding portion 213 is also made of a semi-circular tip, reciprocating one side of the temporary storage unit 211. Like the upper molding part 212, the shape is formed by applying pressure to the side of the tobacco leaf stored in the temporary storage part 211.

The tobacco leaf formed by the upper molding unit 212 and the side molding unit 213 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and is finished preparing to be injected into the cigarette paper 10.

7 is an exemplary view showing a cigarette paper support 340 according to the present invention. The cigarette paper support part 340 supporting the cigarette paper 10 containing the tobacco leaf has a semi-circular tip in contact with the cigarette paper 10.

When the cigarette paper 10 is moved to the temporary storage unit 211 by the first contact portion 330, the cigarette paper support portion 340 and the side of the cigarette paper 10 through a separate drive unit You will come across.

This may prevent breakage of the cigarette paper 10 made of a relatively weak material due to the pressure received by the cigarette paper 10 in the process of accommodating tobacco leaves.

When the tobacco leaf input is completed in the cigarette paper 10, the cigarette paper supporter 340 retreats to its original position, and does not interfere with the backward movement of the cigarette paper 10 by the second contacting part 350. Do not.

8 is an exemplary view showing the tobacco leaf input module 400 according to the present invention. The tobacco leaf input module 400 is configured to inject the tobacco leaf dropped into the temporary storage unit 211 into the cigarette paper 10, the shooter 410 for applying pressure to the tobacco leaf as shown in FIG. It may include a plurality of sensors 420 for limiting the stroke distance of the shooter 410.

The shooter 410 is disposed on the same axis as the temporary storage unit 211, and applies pressure to the tobacco leaves stored in the temporary storage unit 211. Tobacco leaves containing the pressure may be introduced into the cigarette paper 10 disposed on the opposite side.

The sensor 420 limits the stroke distance of the shooter 410 to a predetermined interval, thereby applying excessive pressure to the tobacco leaves disposed in the temporary storage unit 211 to damage the filter formed in the cigarette paper 10. Can be prevented in advance.

9 is an exemplary view showing the finishing module 500 according to the present invention. The finishing module 500 is configured to mold the other side of the cigarette paper 10 into which the tobacco leaf is inserted, so that the rotary finisher 510 having a concave groove is formed to be in contact with the cigarette paper 10 at the same time. do.

The tip of the cigarette paper 10 in contact with the rotary finisher 510 is formed in a shape that gathers in the center around the axis, which can prevent the tobacco leaves to flow out regardless of the intention of the smoker.

The rotary finisher 510 may be combined with a rotary mill reciprocating motor 520 to give a rotational force and a rotary reciprocating motor 530 to give a force according to the linear reciprocating motion.

10 is an exemplary view showing a method of manufacturing a cigarette cigarette using the present invention. As shown in Figure 10, the method for producing a cigarette cigarette is a preparation step (S100), cigarette paper primary moving step (S200), tobacco leaf dropping step (S300), tobacco leaf forming step (S400), tobacco leaf input step (S500) ), Cigarette paper separation step (S600), cigarette paper secondary movement step (S700), the finishing treatment step (S800) and the cigarette paper may be made of a step (S900).

The preparing step (S100) is a step of injecting the cigarette paper 10 and the tobacco leaf into the receiving box 110 and the tobacco storage storage supply unit 220, the step of injecting a material for manufacturing cigarette tobacco into the device. to be.

In the cigarette paper primary moving step S200, the cigarette paper 10 accommodated in the accommodation box 110 is accommodated in the groove 311 formed in the wheel 310, and the wheel 310 rotates. As a result, the temporary storage unit 211 is disposed on the same axis.

To this end, the alignment plate 120, the wheel 310, the first contact part 330, and the cigarette paper support part 340 are driven as described above.

If the cigarette paper 10 is not inserted into the groove 311 formed in the wheel 310 before proceeding to the next step, the cigarette paper primary movement step (S200) is executed again. In this process, the wheel 310 is rotated by a predetermined angle, so that the cigarette paper 10 can be formed in the groove 311.

The tobacco leaf drop step (S300) is a step of dropping the tobacco leaf accommodated in the tobacco leaf storage supply unit 220 to the temporary storage unit 211, the drop is made as the plurality of rotors 221 performs a rotational movement. . Prior to this, the administrator may set the amount of tobacco leaves that the tobacco leaf storage supply unit 220 drops to the temporary storage unit 211.

The tobacco leaf forming step (S400) is a step of forming a shape of the tobacco leaf to be inserted into the cigarette paper 10 by the upper molding portion 212 and the side molding portion 213, the upper molding portion as described above 212 and the side molding portion 213 may be made of a reciprocating motion.

The tobacco leaf input step (S500) is a step in which the shooter 410 is applied to the cigarette paper 10 is applied to the tobacco leaf accommodated in the temporary storage unit 211, as described above of the shooter 410 The stroke distance is determined by the plurality of sensors 420.

The cigarette paper separating step (S600) is a step of separating the cigarette paper 10 into which the tobacco leaf is inserted from the temporary storage unit 211, the cigarette paper support unit 340 supporting the side of the cigarette paper 10. At the same time as the retreat and the second contact portion 350 is applied to the upper portion of the cigarette paper 10 to retreat the cigarette paper 10 to its original position.

The cigarette paper secondary movement step (S700) is a step in which the cigarette paper 10 is formed on the same axis as the rotary finisher 510, for which the wheel 310 performs a rotational movement. At this time, the guide 320 prevents the cigarette paper 10 from leaving the groove 311.

In addition, as the wheel 310 is rotated, the cigarette paper primary movement step (S200) can be made at the same time, which can improve the productivity of manufacturing cigarettes.

The finishing processing step (S800) is a step in which the rotary finisher 510 processes the other side of the cigarette paper 10, the rotary motor 520 and the finisher combined with the rotary finisher 510 It may be made by a reciprocating motor 530.

Thereafter, as the cigarette paper leaving step S900 in which the cigarette paper 10 leaves the wheel 310 is performed, a re-cigarette cigarette manufacturing process is finally made.

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The cigarette paper supply including a receiving box 110 for receiving the cigarette paper 10 is formed on one side and the other side is opened, the dropping the cigarette paper 10 to the outlet 111 formed in the lower portion sequentially Module 100; Tobacco leaf supply module 200 including a tobacco leaf injection molding unit 210 for molding the shape of the tobacco leaf to be inserted into the cigarette paper and a tobacco leaf storage supply unit 220 for dropping a certain amount of tobacco leaf into the tobacco leaf injection molding unit 210; A plurality of grooves 311 for receiving the cigarette paper 10 supplied from the cigarette paper supply module 100 may include a wheel 310 having a cylindrical shape formed on an outer circumference thereof to determine the location of the cigarette paper 10. Cigarette paper fixing module 300 for fixing; A tobacco leaf input module 400 for inserting the tobacco leaf formed by the tobacco leaf supply module 200 into the cigarette paper 10 fixed by the cigarette paper fixing module 300; Finishing module 500 for sealing the other side of the cigarette paper 10, the tobacco leaf is inserted, including a rotary finisher 510 for performing a rotary motion and a linear reciprocating motion; Including, The tobacco leaf injection molding unit 210 A temporary storage unit 211 temporarily storing the tobacco leaves dropped from the tobacco leaf supply and supply unit 220, an upper molding unit 212 formed on the upper portion of the temporary storage unit 211 to compress and shape an upper portion of the tobacco leaf; It is formed on one side of the temporary storage unit 211 further comprises a side molding portion 213 for compressing and molding the side along the width direction of the tobacco leaf, characterized in that for molding the tobacco leaf introduced into the cigarette paper Cigarette cigarette manufacturing apparatus. The method of claim 1, Under the receiving box 110 To form a cigarette paper alignment plate 120 to perform the vertical movement periodically, the cigarette paper 10 is entangled in the receiving box 110 to prevent the phenomenon that does not drop into the outlet 111 Cigarette cigarette production apparatus characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The tobacco leaf storage supply unit 220 Cigarette cigarette manufacturing apparatus further comprises a plurality of rotors 221 for adjusting the amount of the tobacco leaf is dropped into the temporary storage unit 211, and a mixing wing 222 is formed above the rotor to mix the tobacco leaf . The method of claim 1, The groove 311 is Cigarette cigarette manufacturing apparatus, characterized in that formed on the same axis as the temporary storage unit 211, when the wheel 310 is stopped after rotation. The method of claim 1, The cigarette paper fixing module 300 The guide 320 is formed on one side of the upper portion of the wheel 310 to prevent the cigarette paper 10 from being separated from the groove 311 during the manufacturing process when the wheel 310 is rotated. Cigarette cigarette manufacturing apparatus. The method of claim 1, The cigarette paper fixing module 300 A first contact part 330 formed at one side of the wheel 310 to move to the temporary storage part 211 by applying pressure to one side of the cigarette paper 10 accommodated in the groove 311; Cigarette paper support portion 340 for supporting the outer peripheral portion of the cigarette paper 10 and Further comprising a second contact portion 350 for separating the cigarette paper 10 from the temporary storage portion 211, The second contact portion 350 is Cigarette tobacco manufacturing apparatus, characterized in that after the tobacco leaf is put into the cigarette paper (10), the cigarette paper (10) by applying a pressure to the upper side separated from the temporary storage (211). The method of claim 1, The tobacco leaf input module 400 is It is formed on the same axis as the temporary storage unit 211, the shooter 410 for introducing the tobacco leaf into the cigarette paper 10, Cigarette cigarette manufacturing apparatus further comprises a plurality of sensors (420) for limiting the reciprocating distance of the shooter (410). The method of claim 1, The rotary finisher 510 is Cigarette cigarette manufacturing apparatus, characterized in that formed in a cylindrical shape with a concave groove formed on one side to seal a part of the other side of the cigarette paper (10). In the method of manufacturing a cigarette using the cigarette smoking apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 8, A preparation step of inserting the cigarette paper 10 and the tobacco leaf into the receiving box 110 and the tobacco leaf storage supplying unit 220 (S100); The cigarette paper 10 is accommodated in one of the holes 311, the wheel 310 is rotated by the cigarette paper 10 and the cigarette paper primary and the temporary storage unit 211 is formed on the same axis primary Moving step (S200); Tobacco leaf drop to drop the tobacco leaf to the temporary storage unit 211 (S300); Tobacco leaf molding step of molding the tobacco leaf of the temporary storage unit 211 in a cylindrical shape (S400); Tobacco leaf input step of inserting the molded tobacco leaf module 400 into the cigarette paper (10) (S500); A cigarette paper separation step of separating the cigarette paper 10 into which tobacco leaves are inserted from the temporary storage unit 211 (S600); A cigarette paper secondary movement step of rotating the wheel 310 so that the cigarette paper 10 is formed on the same axis as the rotary finisher 510 (S700); Finishing processing step (S800) for the rotary finisher 510 to process the other side of the cigarette paper (10); And Cigarette paper leaving step (S900) to rotate the wheel 310 to leave the cigarette paper (10) to the bottom; Cigarette cigarette manufacturing method comprising a.

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