阅读说明：本技术 用于生产用于气溶胶生成制品的部件的机器 (For producing the machine for being used for the component that aerosol generates product ) 是由 A·蒙佐尼 S·马洛西 于 2018-05-18 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种用于生产用于气溶胶生成制品的部件的机器,所述机器包括：-缓冲站,所述缓冲站包括：#固定片材引导件；#可移动片材引导件,所述可移动片材引导件以往复方式在朝向所述固定片材引导件的方向上和在远离所述固定片材引导件的方向上可移动；#用于移动所述可移动片材引导件的致动器,其中所述固定和可移动片材引导件一起限定具有可变长度的用于片材的曲折轨迹,用于改变所述缓冲站中的材料片材的总长度；#用于片材的支撑件,所述支撑件布置成使得当所述可移动片材引导件朝向所述固定片材引导件移动时,所述可移动片材引导件中的至少一个插入多个支撑件中的两个不同的支撑件之间；#空气系统；#其中所述支撑件中的每一个限定外表面,所述外表面中的至少一个具有第一部分和第二部分,在所述第一部分中由所述空气系统施加吸取作用以朝向所述外表面吸引片材,在所述第二部分中由所述空气系统施加吹送作用以远离所述外表面推动片材。(The present invention relates to a kind of for producing the machine for being used for the component that aerosol generates product, and the machine includes :-buffered station, and the buffered station includes: the fixed sheet material guiding piece of #；# moves sheet material guiding piece, and the removable sheet material guiding piece moves on the direction towards the fixed sheet material guiding piece and on the direction far from the fixed sheet material guiding piece in complex way；# is used to move the actuator of the removable sheet material guiding piece, wherein the fixation and removable sheet material guiding piece limit the tortuous track for sheet material with variable-length together, for changing the total length of the material sheet in the buffered station；# is used for the supporting element of sheet material, and the supporting element is arranged so that at least one of described removable sheet material guiding piece is inserted between two different supporting elements in multiple supporting elements when the removable sheet material guiding piece is mobile towards the fixed sheet material guiding piece；# air system；Wherein each of described supporting element limits outer surface to #, at least one of described outer surface has first part and second part, suction effect is applied to attract sheet material towards the outer surface by the air system in the first part, effect is blowed to push sheet material far from the outer surface by air system application in the second part.)

1. a kind of for producing the machine for being used for the component that aerosol generates product, the machine includes:

It is used for the buffered station of material sheet, the buffered station to include:

O fixes sheet material guiding piece；

O moves sheet material guiding piece, and the removable sheet material guiding piece is in complex way towards the fixed sheet material guiding piece Direction on and far from the fixed sheet material guiding piece direction on move；

O is used to move the actuator of the removable sheet material guiding piece, wherein the fixation and removable sheet material guiding piece are together The tortuous track for sheet material with variable-length is limited, for changing the total length of the material sheet in the buffered station；

O is used for the supporting element of sheet material, and the supporting element is arranged so as to work as the removable sheet material guiding piece towards the fixation When sheet material guiding piece is mobile, at least one of described removable sheet material guiding piece is inserted between two different supporting elements；

O is connected to the air system of the supporting element；

O wherein each of described supporting element limit outer surface, at least one of described outer surface have first part and Second part, in the first part by air system application suction effect to attract sheet material towards the outer surface, Effect is blowed to push sheet material far from the outer surface by air system application in the second part.

2. machine according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface is movable surface.

3. machine according to claim 2, wherein being selected according to the rotation speed of the fixed or movable sheet material guiding piece Select the speed of the outer surface.

4. machine according to any one of the preceding claims comprising for keeping the hub of the reel of material sheet.

5. machine according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the supporting element includes mobile band, each movement band Including the outer surface.

6. machine according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the outer surface includes upper and lower surfaces, material Media sheet is placed on the upper surface by gravity, and sheet material is detached from by gravity from the lower surface, and wherein described the A part belongs to the lower surface and the second part belongs to the upper surface.

7. machine according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one of described supporting element includes temperature tune Regulating device, the temperature-adjusting device are suitable for that the outer surface or material sheet is heated or cooled.

8. machine according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the outer surface is realized by low-friction material.

9. the machine according to any one of preceding claims for being subordinated to claim 6, wherein the upper surface and institute It states lower surface and limits parallel plane.

10. machine according to claim 9, wherein the upper surface and the lower surface restriction level plane.

11. machine according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the outer surface includes multiple holes, air can be from The multiple hole blows or draws.

12. machine according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the fixinig plate material guiding piece or described removable Sheet material guiding piece includes roller.

13. machine according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the fixinig plate material guiding piece to arrange one vertically It is a to position on the other side.

14. machine according to any one of the preceding claims comprising one of the temperature suitable for measurement material sheet Or multiple temperature sensors.

15. according to one or more machines in preceding claims, wherein the air system includes being suitable for choosing Fixed given temperature blows the temperature controlled air generator of air.

Technical field

The present invention relates to for producing the machine for being used for the component that aerosol generates product.

Background technique

In the production plant that some aerosols generate product, some materials of sheet-form exist from wherein sheet-material package The side (so-called feeder side) of production machine in " input unit " (such as reel) advances to wherein answer sheet material always With the other side of the production machine of various processing (such processing includes for example crimping, compression etc.).

Such material can be the tobacco-containing material that homogenizes, and also referred to as TCL (tobacco is cast leaf) is dried, then cut At being wound into reel with the foil or sheet material for storing and transporting.The material is difficult to correct uncoiling when crimping within the roll, former It is sticky because being TCL, it is therefore desirable to apply higher power to make its uncoiling, and frangible, so as to be easy to tear.It is other Material can be for example for manufacturing the PLA (polylactic acid) of the specific part of the filter of aerosol generation product.

Although machine can be with continuous operation without interrupting, the feeder side of production machine needs regular replenishment, reason It is the quantity of sheet material by sheet-material package form (such as the reel for being known as input unit) limitation.

In order to cope with to slow down machine without stopping or too much with the empty input unit of new input unit replacement another The sheet material missing occurred during sheet material processing at end, system can be used mobile roller and generate sheet material buffer.

Being somebody's turn to do " buffer system " can be used several rollers, can move towards or away from fixed other rollers (" fixing roller ") It is dynamic, and because referred to herein as " removable roller ", sheet material passes through along both rollers.

During replacing input unit, when the sheet material of entrance stops (or speed operation substantially to reduce) to allow for example When splicing between old film material and new sheet, it is mobile towards fixing roller to move roller, discharges advance between them in this way Extra length sheet material, and sheet material is supplied to when new input unit is not yet run the processing region of machine.

When new input unit at runtime, removable roller is moved backward far from fixing roller to generate the overlength road for being used for sheet material Diameter generates the sheet material buffer that can be used during replacing input unit next time in this way.

Usual this buffer system is vertical, it is meant that is extended to the path vertical that sheet material is followed.

In attached Fig. 1 and 2, the buffer system according to the comparative example is shown.The roller of upper position should be can court The mobile unique roller of the roller of position to the lower part.

In Fig. 1, input unit is currently running, and removable roller wide apart, the distance between up-down rollers maximum.

In Fig. 2, input unit is being replaced.Removable roller is closer to fixing roller to convey between them The sheet material buffered in first front distance.

The sheet material amount buffered in these buffer systems be substantially equal to from removable roller to fixing roller it is minimum and maximum away from From its twice poor of quantity multiplied by removable roller.

Vertical buffer system means that (therefore, length is equal to for twice of the material weight passed through between lower roll and upper roller The weight of the material of maximum height shown in Fig. 1) region of material that is contacted by the roller with upper position keeps.

Horizontal buffer system is shown in Figure 3.

In fig. 3 it is shown that the not no horizontal roller buffer of supporting element.In these horizontal buffers, sheet material is not disposed On supporting element., in which case it is possible to have the disadvantage that: the weight of material is perpendicular to sheet path and pulls sheet material simultaneously And sheet material may be damaged and vibrate sheet material from a roller to another roller, to increase possible damage.

In the production that aerosol generates product, some material sheets used may be extremely fragile, may have low Tensile strength, while they may be very heavy.E.g., including the TCL (tobacco is cast leaf) of the sheet material of the material containing tobacco may It can be damaged with these properties, and since its own weight must be carried if not being supported.

Therefore, it is necessary to a kind of for producing the machine for being used for the component that aerosol generates product, and the machine has buffering System, the buffer system can protection materials as much as possible, to minimize the damage to material.

Summary of the invention

In a first aspect, the present invention relates to it is a kind of for produce be used for aerosol generate product component machine, it is described Machine includes: buffered station, and the buffered station includes: fixed sheet material guiding piece；Removable sheet material guiding piece, the removable sheet material Guiding piece is in complex way on the direction towards the fixed sheet material guiding piece and in the separate fixed sheet material guiding piece It is moved on direction；For moving the actuator of the removable sheet material guiding piece, wherein the fixation and removable sheet material draw Guiding element limits the tortuous track for sheet material with variable-length together, for changing the material sheet in the buffered station Total length；For the supporting element of sheet material, the supporting element is arranged so that when the removable sheet material guiding piece is towards described solid When stator material guiding piece is mobile, at least one of described removable sheet material guiding piece is inserted between two different supporting elements； It is connected to the air system of the supporting element；Wherein each of described supporting element limits outer surface, in the outer surface At least one applies suction effect by the air system in the first part with first part and second part with court Attract sheet material to the outer surface, effect is blowed far from the appearance by air system application in the second part Face pushes sheet material.

In buffer of the invention, the presence of supporting element can contribute to some weight of loading material sheet material, so that Sheet material must endure as reduced stress.Further, since offer can be blowed from the surface of supporting element or the air system of draw air System, being formed in those of " air cushion " part between sheet material and the surface of supporting element can reduce friction.On the other hand, absorption can For use as " tool " with the additional weight of loading material sheet material, the weight carried by gravity is only capable of especially more than supporting element.

As used herein, term " sheet material " indicates that width and length are substantially greater than the laminar of its thickness.Sheet material Width be preferably more than 10 millimeters, more preferably larger than 20 millimeters or 30 millimeters.Even further preferably, the width of sheet material includes Between about 100 millimeters to 300 millimeters.

In a preferred embodiment, sheet material can be the sheet material of material containing alkaloids.It is highly preferred that the sheet material of material can To be the sheet material of tobacco-containing material of homogenizing.

" material containing alkaloid " is the material containing one or more alkaloids.In alkaloid, nicotine is preferred , it can be found in tobacco.

Alkaloid is naturally occurring compound group, mainly contains basic nitrogen atom.The group further includes some having Property even weakly acidic related compound.The synthesis compound of some similar structures is also referred to as alkaloid.Except carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen it Outside, alkaloid may also contain aerobic, sulphur, and more rarely, other elements, such as chlorine, bromine and phosphorus.

Alkaloid is generated by a variety of organisms including bacterium, fungi, plant and animal.They can be extracted by soda acid To purify the crude extract of these microorganisms.Caffeine, nicotine, theobromine, atropic bar acid, Tu Bola piperazine are showing for bases Example.

The most-often used form of the tobacco-containing material that homogenizes is reconstituted tobacco sheet material and curtain coating leaf.To form the tobacco that homogenizes The technique of material sheet generally includes the step of offal and adhesive are mixed to form slurry.Slurry is subsequently used for forming tobacco Web.For example, so-called curtain coating leaf is generated by the way that viscous syrup to be cast on moving metal strip.Alternatively, can be used Reconstituted tobacco is generated during similar papermaking with the slurry of high-moisture with low-viscosity.

The sheet material of tobacco can be referred to as restoring sheet material and using granulated tobacco (for example, reconstituted tobacco) or Tobacco particle admixture, moisturizer and aqueous solvent are formed with forming tobacco compositions.Then it is poured, squeezes, roll-in or presses This tobacco compositions is pressed to form sheet material from tobacco compositions.The sheet material of tobacco can use following technique and be formed: wet type Technique, wherein broken cigarette is for manufacturing paper-like materials；Or curtain coating leaf technique, wherein broken cigarette and adhesive material are mixed and Movement is cast to take to form sheet material.

Then can by the sheet material roll-in for the tobacco-containing material that homogenizes in needing in the reel of uncoiling for further processing, with The part of product is generated as such as aerosol, that is, includes being formed in matrix in the aerosol that aerosol generates product.In " heating non-burning " aerosol generates in product, and aerosol formation matrix is heated to relatively low temperature to form aerosol, But prevent tobacco-containing material from burning.In addition, the tobacco in the presence of the tobacco sheet material that homogenizes is generally only tobacco, or comprising such " heating is non-burning " aerosol generates most of tobacco in the presence of the tobacco-containing material that homogenizes of product.This means that by this class " heating is non-burning " aerosol generates the aerosol composition that product generates and is substantially based only upon the tobacco-containing material that homogenizes.

As used herein, term " aerosol forming material " expression can discharge when heated volatile compound with Generate the material of aerosol.Tobacco can be classified as aerosol forming material, specifically, including the homogeneous of aerosol former Change the sheet material of tobacco.Aerosol, which forms matrix, may include aerosol forming material or is made of aerosol forming material.Homogeneous Changing tobacco sheet material may be used as aerosol forming material.

The tobacco sheet material smoke abatement grass that homogenizes is general also comprising adhesive and aerosol former in addition.Such composition generates Sheet material, the sheet material are " gluings ", that is to say, that it is glued to neighbouring object, and at the same time the sheet material has relatively Low tensile strength, it is very frangible.

Present invention is particularly suitable for the sheet materials made of material containing alkaloids, such as the tobacco defined above that homogenizes The sheet material of material, however, it is also possible to apply the invention to the sheet material wherein having characteristics that it is any during.Sheet material can be with Wound into rolls.Bobbin shape can be arbitrary.It can have generally cylindrical shape；However oval or any deformation Shape, such as the reel with the protrusion for deforming bottom cylindrical, will not interfere the application of the teachings of the present invention.

Reel can for example be located in the hub for keeping reel.Preferably, hub is rotatable and more excellent around axis Selection of land, the rotation axis coincident of the rotation axis and reel.Hub may include the motor for rotation.

For " storage " with sheet material, such as when needing to replace reel from hub, machine of the invention includes buffered station. Buffered station includes the extra sheet material loosely wound around guiding piece.Buffered station includes that fixed sheet material guiding piece and removable sheet material draw Guiding element.Preferably, it includes at least two fixed sheet material guiding pieces and at least two removable sheet material guiding pieces.Removable guidance Part can be mobile toward and away from fixed guide.Term " fixation " indicates that preferably " fixation " guiding piece does not change position, example If they do not move close to removable guiding piece, but they can execute other movements, such as they can be revolved around axis Turn.

The distance between fixed guide and removable guiding piece can some minimum range and some maximum distance it Between change.Preferably, moving guiding piece and fixed guide can separate in pairs, and each pair of includes removable and fixed guidance Part.The distance between guiding piece of centering is preferably identical.Since sheet material is wound around fixed guide and removable guiding piece, Gu The fact that the distance between fixed and removable guiding piece may change means that the sheet material amount in buffered station may also change.

The movement of removable guiding piece is preferably straight line.It is highly preferred that it is approximate horizontal movement.

Buffered station further includes the actuator for moving moveable diaphragm guiding piece.Actuator can be any actuator, only It is wanted to allow the movement of the guiding piece.Fixed guide and removable guiding piece limit together has variable-length The tortuous track for sheet material, for changing the total length of the sheet material in buffered station.

Fixed guide and removable guiding piece are rotatable preferably about its axis.Their rotation forces sheet material is advanced Pass through buffered station.In order to rotate, each guiding piece may include motor.Guiding piece can be idle.

Fixed and removable guiding piece can be such as guide reel.Preferably, fixed and removable guiding piece vertically one It is a to arrange on the other side.They are likely to form column.The arrangement of other types of guiding piece and guiding piece is also possible. Preferably, in the mobile period of removable guiding piece, they keep alignment in column.

Buffered station is configured to receive material sheet when it for example advances at a substantially constant speed.Drawn by changing fixation The distance between guiding element and removable guiding piece, buffer, which can be converted to the substantially invariable movement of sheet material, stops walking movement simultaneously And sheet material is released in movement stopping walking.

Buffered station is preferably configured to guide sheet material on approximate horizontal conveying direction.That is, when most of In, sheet material is preferably substantially horizontally advanced.Buffered station is configured to guide sheet material with roughly vertical direction, formed one The sheet layer that another top ground stacks.

In addition, buffered station includes the supporting element for sheet material.It is guided preferably for being connected and fixed guiding piece and moving Each part of the sheet material of part, there are supporting elements.Supporting element is further arranged such that when removable sheet material guiding piece is far from fixinig plate When material guiding piece, move between at least one of sheet material guiding piece two different supporting elements of insertion.Preferably, therebetween Two supporting elements for being inserted into removable guiding piece are two adjacent supporting elements.Preferably, it moves guiding piece and is inserted into each pair of phase Between adjacent supporting element.It preferably, can when removable guiding piece makes their mutual distance minimum close to fixed guide Mobile guiding piece is not inserted between supporting element.In the configuration, it is preferable that fixed and removable guiding piece outside supporting element, Preferably two parallel columns are formed in the side of supporting element.

Preferably, supporting element stacks for one on the other side vertically each other.Preferably, there are at least two supports Part.

In this way, it is preferable that substantially existed in a buffer with the first supporting element, the first sheet layer and the second sheet material Layer, the second supporting element, third sheet layer and the 4th sheet layer, the layer structure of the N such as third supporting element weight, this depends on supporting element Quantity N.Between two supporting elements, preferably there is two sheets layer.

In addition, machine includes the air system for being connected to supporting element.As long as there is stream between air system and supporting element Body connection, air system can be located at any position in machine.It can be by air system from supporting element draw air, Huo Zheke To blow air from supporting element by air system.

Each of supporting element limits outer surface.In supporting element, outer surface is segmented into two parts, and first and Two parts.In the first portion, apply the effect of absorption.In the second portion, apply and blow effect.Therefore first part's direction The outer surface of supporting element attracts sheet material, and second part pulls sheet material far from outer surface.

Due to the hole formed in outer surface, air can occur and draw or blow.

In this manner, sheet material will not slide on supporting element and protected from damage.

In addition, sheet material is supported by suction effect, and load-bearing is shared between sheet material itself and supporting element.Due to " air cushion " is formed between outer surface and sheet material, therefore rubs also reduce in the second portion.

Therefore, machine of the invention is suitable for the same relatively brittle or sticky material sheet of buffering.

Preferably, machine includes the hub for keeping the reel of material sheet.Preferably, material sheet can obtain within the roll , the uncoiling when reel rotates for example in hub.

Preferably, outer surface is movable surface.It is highly preferred that according to the rotation of fixed or movable sheet material guiding piece speed The speed of degree selection outer surface.Movable surface allows the easy conveying of sheet material, the reason is that sheet material passes through the movement of buffered station not It is since removable and fixed guide is individually moved.Since the pulling force on sheet material reduces, the risk of sheet material breakage is reduced.Favorably The linear speed on ground, movable surface can be synchronous with the angular speed of fixed and removable guiding piece.

Preferably, supporting element includes mobile band, and each mobile band includes outer surface.Advantageously, mobile band surrounds two rollers Winding, described two rollers are located at fixed position relative to fixed guide.Some rollers can also limit fixed guide with itself.Cause The surface of this band can form the outer surface of supporting element.

Preferably, outer surface includes upper and lower surfaces, and sheet material is placed on the upper surface by gravity, and sheet material is logical It crosses gravity to be detached from from the lower surface, and wherein first part belongs to lower surface and second part belongs to upper surface.It is preferred that Ground is drawn towards the part of the sheet material due to gravity " suspension " or layer and is applied.Between two adjacent supporting elements, there are two big Cause parallel sheet layer.First layer is adjacent to the upper surface of the first supporting element, and the second layer is adjacent to the lower surface of the second supporting element. Therefore, in order to avoid due to caused by its own weight sheet material it is damaged, be not supported part in the case where no air-breathing intervention Second sheet layer of support is supported by suction effect.Therefore air is drawn by the lower surface of the second supporting element so as to more Attract sheet layer close to outer surface and is conveyed by the movement on surface itself.Stress on sheet material can reduce.

In addition, the first sheet layer moves above the upper surface of the first supporting element.Due to gravity, the first sheet layer and upper table Face contact.In order to reduce friction, " air cushion " is formed by the air blowed from upper surface.

Preferably, at least one of supporting element includes adjusting suitable for the temperature of outer surface or material sheet is heated or cooled Device.This is particularly advantageous in horizontal buffered station, allows to obtain substantially uniform temperature.In fact, vertical supporting element temperature Degree control may be influenced by convection current, thus may cause the temperature difference along such vertical supporting element.Advantageously, by In the fact buffered station includes air system, temperature-adjusting device can be integrated with air system.Therefore air system can be blown Send cold or hot-air with cooling or heating sheet material.In this manner, sheet material leaves from buffered station, it has been heated or cooled, that is, It says, sheet material is heat-treated in buffered station.

Preferably, outer surface is realized by low-friction material.This can reduce the friction between material sheet and outer surface.It is excellent Selection of land, the outer surface of supporting element have texture, with Adhesion Resistance and to minimize the friction of sheet material and outer surface, thus Prevent the abrasion of outer surface and sheet material.In addition, there may be the raisings of undesirable temperature for friction.Material for outer surface is preferred For stainless steel.Preferably, outer surface material nor ordinary light are sliding to prevent from rubbing.

It is highly preferred that upper and lower surfaces limit parallel plane.It is highly preferred that upper and lower surfaces restriction level is flat Face.Therefore supporting element is preferably horizontal, to form horizontal buffered station.Advantageously, include the case where mobile band in supporting element Under, upper and lower surfaces limit plane-parallel feature and are obtained by the roller of two mobile bands with essentially identical diameter.

Preferably, outer surface includes multiple holes, and air can blow out or suck from the hole.It, can be with effective from hole The suction effect and blow effect that mode is applied on the first and second parts of outer surface.

Preferably, fixed sheet material guiding piece or removable sheet material guiding piece include guide reel.Guide reel is preferably about axis Line is rotatable.

Preferably, to arrange vertically, one positions fixed sheet material guiding piece on the other side each other.This can permit Realize the compact buffered station for occupying limited bulk.

Preferably, machine according to the present invention includes one or more temperature sensors suitable for measuring sheet temperature.More Preferably, air system according to the present invention includes the temperature controlled air generator suitable for blowing air with selected given temperature. Advantageously, temperature controlled air generator allows to be heated or cooled outer surface or material sheet.Similar elements (i.e. air generator) tool There is dual function.

In second aspect, product is generated for smoking product, particularly aerosol for producing the present invention relates to a kind of The machine of component, the machine include: the hub for keeping the reel of material sheet；Buffered station, the buffered station include: fixation Sheet material guiding piece；Removable sheet material guiding piece, the removable sheet material guiding piece is in complex way towards the fixed sheet material It is moved on the direction of guiding piece and on the direction far from the fixed sheet material guiding piece；For moving the removable sheet material The actuator of guiding piece, wherein the fixation and removable sheet material guiding piece are limited together with variable-length for sheet material Tortuous track, for changing the total length of the material sheet in the buffered station；Suitable for the temperature of material sheet is heated or cooled Regulating device.

Advantageously, because temperature-adjusting device, sheet material leaves from buffered station, has been heated or cooled.Sheet material is preferred It is heat-treated in buffered station.

Detailed description of the invention

Further advantage of the invention will become apparent in the case where unrestrictedly referring to attached drawing from its detailed description:

- Fig. 1 is the portion for being used to produce for aerosol generation product according to comparative example in the first operating condition The schematic side elevation of the machine of part；

- Fig. 2 is the schematic side elevation of the machine of Fig. 1 in the second operating condition；

- Fig. 3 is according to another comparative example for producing another machine for generating the component of product for aerosol Schematic side elevation；

- Fig. 4 is according to the present invention for producing the schematic side elevational for generating the machine of component of product for aerosol Figure；

- Fig. 5 is Fig. 4 for producing the component (supporting element of sheet material) for generating the machine of component of product for aerosol Perspective schematic view；

- Fig. 6 is the schematic side elevation of the component of Fig. 5；

- Fig. 7 is Fig. 4-6 for producing the perspective schematic view for generating the machine of component of product for aerosol；

- Fig. 8 is the schematic side elevation of the machine of Fig. 7 in the first operating condition；

- Fig. 9 is the schematic side elevation of the machine of Fig. 7 in the second operating condition；

- Figure 10 is the perspective schematic view of the machine of Fig. 7 in the first operating condition；

- Figure 11 is another perspective schematic view of the machine of Fig. 7 obtained from another viewpoint in the first operating condition；

- Figure 12 is the perspective schematic view of the machine of Fig. 7 in the second operating condition；

- Figure 13 is the schematic side elevation of the machine of Fig. 7 in the third operating condition；

- Figure 14 is the perspective schematic view of the details of the machine of Fig. 7；

- Figure 15 is the perspective schematic view of another details of the machine of Fig. 7；And

- Figure 16 is the perspective schematic view of the further details of the machine of Fig. 7.

Specific embodiment

It is according to the present invention for producing the machine attached drawing mark for generating the component of product for aerosol with reference to Fig. 4-16 Note 10 indicates and instruction.

Fig. 1-3 shows the vertically and horizontally buffer according to comparative example, and has been described above.Such as As it can be seen that machine 10 (or manufacture machine) includes the hub 12 and buffered station 16 for keeping the reel 14 of material sheet 6 in Fig. 4.

Reel 14 shown in figure has circle, such as cylindrical.However, even if when reel does not have round, The present invention can also be worked well with reel.Sheet material 6 is to homogenize that tobacco-containing material sheet material (preferably may be used in Fig. 8,9 by sheet material 6 See).

Buffered station 16 is including multiple fixed sheet material guiding pieces 4, multiple removable sheet material guiding pieces 5 and for the more of sheet material 6 A supporting element 1.Supporting element 1 is approximate horizontal, so that buffered station 16 is " the horizontal roller buffer with supporting element ", that is, It says, supporting element is horizontal, and the sheet material in buffer forms approximate horizontal layer, and one on the other side.It is approximate horizontal Supporting element 1 provides the advantages of weight for providing layer.

Removable sheet material guiding piece 5 is in complex way in the side towards fixed sheet material guiding piece 4 upward and away from fixinig plate It is moved on the direction of material guiding piece 4.

The actuator 18 (in Figure 10 visible) for mobile removable sheet material guiding piece 5 is provided, wherein fixed and can Mobile sheet material guiding piece 4,5 limits the tortuous track for sheet material 6 with variable-length together, for changing in buffered station 16 Material sheet 6 total length (referring to Fig. 8 and 9).

Supporting element 1 is arranged so as to move when removable sheet material guiding piece 5 is mobile towards fixed sheet material guiding piece 4 Sheet material guiding piece 5 is inserted between two different supporting elements 1, (referring to Fig. 9) between especially two continuous supporting elements 1.

(referring particularly to Fig. 8 and 9) in preferred embodiment shown in the figure, fixed sheet material guiding piece 4 and removable sheet material Guiding piece 5 is guide reel.

Fixed sheet material guiding piece 4 is positioned for one on the other side each other with roughly vertical arrangement.

(referring particularly to Figures 5 and 6) in preferred embodiment shown in the figure, each supporting element 1 includes mobile band 2, It is expressed as conveyer belt.Mobile band 2 limits outer surface 20, is movable surface.It is realized by low-friction material outer surface 20.Each Horizontal support member 1 has the single mobile band 2 that extends around, and further includes the first roller 28 and the second roller 30, the first roller and Second roller is connected to mobile band 2 and at each end sections of horizontal support member 1 just to move band.

Sheet material 6 is by the mobile carrying of band 2 or dragging, and this reduce the possibility frictions between sheet material 6 and horizontal support member 1.

Outer surface 20 includes upper surface 22 and lower surface 24, and sheet material 6 is placed on the upper surface by gravity, sheet material 6 It is detached from from the lower surface (referring particularly to Figure 13) by gravity.

Upper surface 22 and lower surface 24 limit parallel plane.

In addition, upper surface 22 and lower surface 24 limit approximate horizontal plane.

Outer surface 20 has first part and second part, applies suction effect in the first part with towards appearance Face 20 attracts sheet material 6, applies the effect of blowing in the second part to push sheet material 6 far from outer surface 20.First part belongs to In lower surface 24 and second part belongs to upper surface 22.

Outer surface 20 includes multiple holes 26 (visible in Figure 14-16), and air can blow out or suck from the hole.Air System, such as air blowing/extraction sector (not shown) allow to limit the friction between sheet material 6 and supporting element 1, and maintain Sheet material 6, while the movement of removable sheet material guiding piece 5 is not limited.Air blowing allow by sheet material 6 from outer surface 20 push away several millimeters or A few tenths of millimeter, to generate air support between mobile band 2 and sheet material 6 to reduce friction.

Horizontal support member 1 further defines surface 33 (Figure 14-16), and band 2 is positioned around the surface, those surfaces have aperture 34, it is used as air outlet slit/entrance, the air for allowing air mechanism to blow out is gone out, alternatively, according to circumstances, allowing by air mechanism The air of sucking is obtained from outside, is generated and is drawn effect (referring to Figure 14).Therefore, blowed by air system or air generator or The air of absorption passes through hole 34 and 26 to enter or leave supporting element.Inside of the air generator preferably with all supporting elements It fluidly connects.Preferably, the hollow space that surface 33 can be transmitted generally about air.

According to preferred embodiment, only the bottom surface of horizontal support member 1 or top surface and bottom surface have such hole 34.

According to preferred embodiment, for each horizontal support member 1, air mechanism can pass through the top table of horizontal support member 1 Face independently blows or draw air, while it can independently be blowed by bottom surface or draw air.

In a preferred embodiment, air mechanism passes through bottom surface draw air.

Suction effect is generated on sheet material 6 by the air that the bottom surface of horizontal support member 1 and the hole 26 of mobile band 2 are drawn And it is made to adhere to mobile band 2, help sheet material 6 to carry its own weight without possible damage.

In addition, additional benefit of the invention is, air mechanism is also used as the temperature of system and material being processed Control system is spent, helps that sheet material 6 is made to be ready for being applied to processing thereon by manufacture machine 10, as detailed below.

Preferably, at least one of supporting element 1 includes temperature-adjusting device (invisible in the accompanying drawings), is suitable for heating Or cooled external 20 or material sheet 6.Particularly, machine 10 may include temperature controlled air generator, be suitable for selecting Given temperature blows air.

This temperature controlled air generator can heat air and thermoelectric element using resistor for example with cooling air.

In addition, including providing adjusting in the temperature controlled air generator in air mechanism to be blown into horizontal support member 1 A possibility that temperature of air, so that cooling or heat levels supporting element 1 is (for example, having the case where friction with mobile band 2 Lower cooling supporting element 1), and cooling or heating sheet material 6.

This is another benefit of the invention, the reason is that the control of this temperature allows to influence or control the temperature of sheet material 6, this It may be used to the processing part that material sheet 6 is ready for upcoming machine 10.

Machine 10 includes one or more temperature sensors (invisible in figure) suitable for measuring the temperature of sheet material 6.It is excellent Selection of land, air system and temperature-adjusting device are connected to temperature sensor for feedback mechanism.

Temperature sensor can sense the temperature of sheet material 6, so that automatic adjustment blows the temperature of air, so that sheet material 6 Temperature is maintained within a predetermined range.

Alternatively, horizontal support member 1 can be spaced, so that two horizontal vessels (upper and lower part) are presented, with independence Ground pushes/draws the upper surface 22 of band 2 and the lower surface 24 of band 2.

Horizontal support member 1 is shown in figs. 5 and 6, and movement band 2 moves around, and 28 He of the first roller of mobile band 2 Second roller 30.

According to preferred embodiment, one or two of the roller 28,30 of mobile band 2 is motorized so that band 2 is mobile.

Machine 10 includes the specific structure of horizontal support member 1 and guide reel 4,5.

Machine 10 includes several horizontal support members 1, in vertical stacking setting one on top of the other, and it is corresponding Roller 28 and 30, sheet material 6 are advanced along the roller.

According to preferred embodiment, sheet material 6 can be moved to topmost portion (that is, from floor level supporting element 1 from lowermost part To highest) or from topmost portion to lowermost part.

Specific horizontal support member 1 can be slightly longer than another, to capture the sheet material 6 of entrance.In figs. 8 and 9, sheet material 6 are moved to extreme higher position from extreme lower position, and therefore slightly long horizontal support member 1 is minimum.

It is aligned with each horizontal support member 1, there is " fixed guide reel " 4 (fixed sheet material guiding piece), that is, unhorizontal or perpendicular The guide reel that translation is dynamic and only rotates on its axis.

The rotation of fixed guide reel 4 can be motor-driven by the active for rotating freely or dragging sheet material 6 generated by sheet material 6 Change rotation.

These are fixed guide reel 4 and are aligned in vertical column.

Horizontally there is " removable guide reel " 5 (removable sheet material guiding piece) between each pair of horizontal support member 1.

These removable guide reels 5 can move horizontally along track 32 and be motorization rollers 5, it is meant that their rotation Turn to be motorization and drag sheet material 6.

The buffering of removable mobile generation sheet material 6 of the guide reel 5 far from fixing roller 4, as shown in figs. 8-12.

These removable guide reels 5 are aligned in vertical row.

The diameter of the substantially slightly above removable guide reel 5 of the distance between two continuous horizontal support members 1.

The distance that the quantity of horizontal support member 1 and removable roller 5 can advance determines the size of the buffer of sheet material 6.

Fig. 8 and 9 shows horizontal support member 1, their mobile band 2, the roller 28 and 30 of mobile band 2, fixing roller 4, removable The input unit (being reel 14 in this embodiment) of dynamic roller 5, sheet material 6 and sheet material 6.

In fig. 8, machine 10 not yet works, and sheet material 6 is just placed on two column of fixed and removable guiding piece Between correct path in.

In Fig. 9, machine 10 works, and removable guide reel 5 is mobile far from fixed guide reel 4, in its movement Pull sheet material.Therefore sheet material 6 forms multiple layers that next guiding piece is advanced to from a guiding piece.Between, the layers, fixed Position supporting element 1.

The moving direction (arrow 100) of arrow instruction sheet material 6 in figure, the horizontal translation direction (phase for moving guide reel 5 With arrow 100, moving direction is identical, and the rotation of roller 5 is arrow 200) and fixed guide reel 4 direction of rotation (arrow 400), the direction of rotation of the roller 28,30 of the mobile band 2 of the direction of rotation (arrow 500) and horizontal support member 1 of input unit 7 (arrow 200).

In figures 10 and 11, machine 10 not yet starts to produce.

In Figure 12, machine 10 has started to produce, wherein removable guide reel 5 is mobile far from fixed guide reel 4.

In Fig. 7 and 10-12, there are seven horizontal support members 1 on the other side, slightly long one in bottom.

Dotted line 9 in Figure 13 shows the sheet material 6 in the case where the getter action of no air mechanism or air blowing effect Path.Using the air-breathing of air mechanism, sheet material 6 adheres to the bottom surface of mobile band 2 and horizontal support member 1.

It is important to note that the direction of mobile band 2 when band 2 run on the top far from fixation guide reel 4 and When band 2 is run on the bottom towards fixed guide reel 4, and the direction is identical as the direction of sheet material 6.

Therefore when sheet material 6 adheres to the mobile band 2 run below the bottom surface of horizontal support member 1, and work as sheet material 6 When on the top surface of horizontal support member 1, sheet material 6 is dragged by mobile band 2 in the proper direction.By air, mechanism passes through level The air that the bottom surface of supporting element 1 is drawn is used as " actively supporting " of sheet material 6.When sheet material 6 is moved to fixing roller from removable roller 5 When 4, i.e., occur below the bottom surface of horizontal support member 1 and when advancing close to the bottom surface of horizontal support member 1 when sheet material 6 This is actively supported.

" should actively support " does not have entity, and therefore it cannot prevent the movement of removable roller 5, to allow them Generate the buffering of sheet material 6.

It can be used for reducing in horizontal support member 1 by the air that the top surface of horizontal support member 1 blows by air mechanism Top surface on the friction of mobile band 2 that runs, therefore it can be used for reducing the friction of generation, and which increase mobile 2nd areas of band Temperature in domain, the temperature for delivery to sheet material 6 and can change its property.

Figure 14 shows the air inlet/outlet of horizontal support member 1, and moves band 2 and move the thin of the hole 26 of band 2 Section.Figure 14 shows the bottom surface of horizontal support member 1 and the top surface of another horizontal support member 1.

Figure 15 shows the details in the hole 26 of mobile band 2.

Preferred embodiment according to Figure 15, machine 10 include one group of 36 rotating brush, are located at the end of horizontal support member 1 The hole 26 of mobile band 2 and mobile band 2 is continuously cleaned at portion, to ensure that they work correctly, and removal comes from piece The potential material fragment of material 6, to avoid pollution sheet material 6.

Figure 16 shows the details in the hole 26 of mobile band 2 and the surface 33 of horizontal support member 1.

The top and bottom surface 33 of the preferred embodiment according to shown in Figure 16, horizontal support member 1 has texture, anti-to have Adhesiveness and minimum and the friction of mobile band 2 to prevent the abrasion of mobile band 2 and increase the friction of generation temperature.For The material nor ordinary light on the top and bottom surface of horizontal support member 1 are sliding to prevent from rubbing.Preferably, which is stainless steel.