This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201710627274.7, filed with the Chinese Patent Office on Jul. 28, 2017, entitled “Smoke generation product and Method of Manufacturing the Same”, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of tobacco, and in particular to a smoke generation product and a method of manufacturing the same.
In recent years, as people are paying continuous attention to the issue of passive smoking, the smoke environment caused by burning tobacco has become one of the focuses of the public's debates about smoking and health issues. Traditional cigarettes are ignited by using an open flame and may have a temperature of 800° C. or higher, at which a large amount of harmful ingredients like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is generated by thermal cracking. The study has found that there is almost no thermal cracking process below 400° C. Therefore, how to reduce the combustion temperature has become a hot research topic in the tobacco industry. However, a reduced combustion temperature is likely to cause flameout, and a low-temperature heat-not-burn smoke generation product comes into being accordingly.
Such smoke generation products are not heated by burning, but are heated by electric heating or other heating means to release substances such as flavor ingredients therefrom, thereby avoiding the generation of a large amount of harmful ingredients due to pyrolysis at high temperature. While the smoker is getting a feeling of satisfaction, the harm to the human body is reduced, and moreover the pollution from the environmental smoke is reduced.
However, the prior smoke generation products have a complicated structure, need to be designed and manufactured with special equipment, and have a high cost; and the prior smoke generation products have a single structure and function, and it is difficult to change the structure of the smoke generation products at a low cost according to design requirements.
The present disclosure provides a smoke generation product and a method of manufacturing the same to overcome the problems of a complicated structure and a high production cost of the prior smoke generation products, and the smoke generation product of the present disclosure has a variety of functions.
An aspect of the present disclosure includes a smoke generation product, comprising: a filter base body, wherein the filter base body comprises a first connector, and a cooling portion and then a filtration portion which are sequentially disposed along an inhalation direction, there is a filtration passage inside the filtration portion, there is a cooling passage inside the cooling portion, the filtration portion and the cooling portion are connected by the first connector, and the filtration passage and the cooling passage communicate with each other. It further comprises a second connector. It further comprises a flavor-producing portion, the flavor-producing portion is connected to the filter base body via the second connector, and the flavor-producing portion is configured to release smoke into the cooling passage by being heated.
Optionally, an isolation portion is further disposed between the flavor-producing portion and the filter base body, and an isolation passage is disposed inside the isolation portion.
Optionally, the smoke generation product of the present disclosure further comprises a third connector, and the flavor-producing portion and the isolation portion are connected by the third connector. The third connector, the isolation portion, and the flavor-producing portion constitute a cigarette base body, and the cigarette base body and the filter base body are connected by the second connector.
Optionally, the flavor-producing portion includes a flavor-producing material.
Optionally, the flavor-producing material includes one or more of grass leaves, whole tobacco leaves, main veins of tobacco leaves, expanded tobacco, and homogenized tobacco.
Optionally, the first connector includes a plug wrap which is wrapped around outer circumferential surfaces of the filtration portion and the cooling portion.
Optionally, the second connector includes a tipping paper, a part of the tipping paper is wrapped around outer circumferential surfaces of the filtration portion and the cooling portion, and another part of the tipping paper is wrapped around an outer circumferential surface of one end of the flavor-producing portion close to the cooling portion.
Optionally, there are a plurality of cooling passages inside the cooling portion, and the plurality of cooling passages jointly communicate with the filtration passage.
Optionally, a flavor-emanating component includes a bead in which a flavor liquid is placed.
Optionally, the flavor-emanating component includes a flavor thread.
Optionally, the flavor thread is a gel flavor thread, and the gel flavor thread is disposed to extend along the inhalation direction.
Optionally, the flavor-emanating component includes a flavored filler.
Optionally, the isolation portion has a hollow tubular structure, and the isolation passage is disposed in the hollow tubular structure of the isolation portion.
Optionally, the isolation passage comprises a peripheral low-pressure passage structure and a peripheral trench, the peripheral low-pressure passage structure has a cross section in the shape of a multi-pointed star, and the peripheral trench is disposed on an outer circumference of the peripheral low-pressure passage structure.
Optionally, the isolation passage comprises an internal low-pressure passage structure and an internal tunnel, the internal tunnel has a circular cross section, and the internal low-pressure passage structure is disposed on an outer circumference of the internal tunnel.
Another aspect of the present disclosure includes a method of manufacturing a smoke generation product, comprising: connecting a filtration portion and a cooling portion by a first connector, and combining and (composite) shaping them to form a filter base body; and connecting a flavor-producing portion and the filter base body by a second connector, and splicing and shaping them.
Optionally, before connecting a flavor-producing portion and the filter base body by a second connector, and splicing and shaping them, the method of manufacturing further comprises: disposing an isolation portion between the flavor-producing portion and the filter base body.
Optionally, after disposing an isolation portion between the flavor-producing portion and the filter base body, the method of manufacturing further comprises: connecting the flavor-producing portion and the isolation portion by a third connector. The technical solutions of the present disclosure have at least the following beneficial effects:
The present disclosure provides a smoke generation product, comprising: a filter base body, wherein the filter base body comprises a first connector, and a cooling portion and a filtration portion which are sequentially disposed along an inhalation direction, there is a filtration passage inside the filtration portion, there is a cooling passage inside the cooling portion, the filtration portion and the cooling portion are connected by the first connector, and the filtration passage and the cooling passage communicate with each other. It further comprises a second connector. It further comprises a flavor-producing portion, the flavor-producing portion is connected to the filter base body via the second connector, and the flavor-producing portion is configured to release smoke into the cooling passage by being heated. The smoke generation product according to the present disclosure is used for allowing a consumer to inhale smoke, the smoke generation product overcomes the problems of complicated structure and high production cost of the prior smoke generation products, and the smoke generation product has a variety of functions.
The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a smoke generation product, the smoke generation product manufactured by the manufacturing method overcomes the problems of complicated structure and high production cost of the prior smoke generation products, and the smoke generation product manufactured by using the manufacturing method has a variety of functions and structures.
In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions of embodiments of the present disclosure, drawings required for use in the embodiments will be introduced briefly below. It is to be understood that the drawings below are merely illustrative of some embodiments of the present disclosure, and therefore should not be considered as limiting its scope. It would be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that other relevant drawings could also be obtained from these drawings without any inventive effort.
Reference numerals: 10—smoke generation product; 11—filter base body; 12—second connector; 13—flavor-producing portion; 20—cigarette base body; 21—third connector; 22—isolation portion; 31—bead; 40—filtration portion; 41—gel flavor thread; 50—filtration portion; 51—flavored filler; 60—isolation portion; 61—isolation passage; 70—isolation portion; 71—isolation passage; 100—smoke generation product; 110—first connector; 111—filtration portion; 112—cooling portion; 611—peripheral low-pressure passage structure; 612—peripheral trench; 711—internal low-pressure passage structure; 712—internal tunnel.
In order to make the objects, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below clearly and completely with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is apparent that the embodiments to be described are some, but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Generally, the components of the embodiments of the present disclosure, as described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present disclosure, as represented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the present disclosure. All the other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the embodiments of the present disclosure without inventive efforts would fall within the scope of the present disclosure as claimed.
It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters refer to similar items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, it may not be further defined or explained in the following figures.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that orientation or positional relationships indicated by the terms such as “inside” and “down” are the orientation or positional relationships shown based on the figures, or the orientation or positional relationships in which the inventive product is conventionally placed in use, and these terms are intended only to facilitate the description of the present disclosure and simplify the description, but not intended to indicate or imply that the referred devices or elements must be in a particular orientation or constructed or operated in the particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure. In addition, terms such as “first” and “second” are used for distinguishing the description only, and should not be understood as an indication or implication of relative importance.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should also be noted that terms “disposed” and “connected” should be understood broadly unless otherwise expressly specified or defined. For example, connection may be fixed connection or detachable connection or integral connection, may be mechanical connection, or may be direct coupling or indirect coupling via an intermediate medium or internal communication between two elements. The specific meanings of the above-mentioned terms in the present disclosure could be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.
The present disclosure will be further explained and described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a smoke generation product 10, which allows a consumer to inhale (or draw) smoke and is different from the prior smoke generation products.
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It should be noted that, firstly, a direction as indicated by an arrow in
Secondly, the flavor-producing portion 13 is heated to release smoke which is similar to that generated by the combustion of a traditional combustible smokable cigarette. As shown in
Thirdly, the filtration portion 111 is made of an air-permeable filtering material having the same function as that of a filter of a conventional combustible smokable cigarette. In the present embodiment, exemplarily, the filtration portion 111 is made of a cellulose acetate filter rod, but the material of the filtration portion 111 is not specifically limited in the present disclosure, and the filtration portion 111 may be made of various filtering materials as long as a condition is satisfied in which it is permeable to air and can filter impurities.
Fourthly, the cooling portion 112 is used for cooling the smoke and improving the mouthfeel. The cooling portion 112 is made of a material having a large specific surface area and having a good heat absorption function. After smoke is released from the flavor-producing portion 13, it is inhaled into the cooling passage, and the smoke conducts heat while passing through the cooling passage and a certain amount of heat is consumed so as to reduce the temperature of the smoke, and the material of the cooling portion 112 does not generate toxic and harmful ingredients and does not generate odor, thus the quality of perception of the inhaled smoke is not affected.
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In this way, the isolation portion 22 can isolate the flavor-producing portion 13 from the cooling portion 112, the smoke released by heating of the flavor-producing portion 13 can enter the cooling portion 112 only after firstly passing through the isolation passage of the isolation portion 22, the isolation portion 22 serves the function of precooling the smoke released by heating of the flavor-producing portion 13, and the isolation passage is disposed in order to reduce the inhalation resistance encountered by the user during inhalation, produce a better inhalation experience, and improve the mouthfeel in use.
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Firstly, the flavor-producing portion 13 and the isolation portion 22 are connected by the third connector 21 to form an integrated body, i.e., the cigarette base body 20, and then the integrated cigarette base body 20 is connected to the integrated filter base body 11 via the second connector 12, so that the procedures of fabrication of the smoke generation product 10 of the present disclosure can be further optimized, and the overall yield and the processing and fabrication efficiency of the smoke generation products 10 can be improved.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the flavor-producing portion 13 includes a flavor-producing material, and exemplarily, the flavor-producing portion 13 may be a flavor-producing material coated with a tobacco extract and a flavorant.
Optionally, the flavor-producing material may include one or more of: grass leaves, whole tobacco leaves, main veins of tobacco leaves, expanded tobacco, and homogenized tobacco.
In addition, the flavor-producing portion 13 may further comprise one or more capsules comprising a tobacco-containing volatile flavoring compound or a tobacco-free volatile flavoring compound, and the above-mentioned compound material is added into the capsule so that it is slowly and uniformly released from the capsule during smoking and use by the user, and mixed to jointly form flavored smoke to be inhaled by the consumer.
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The plug wrap is a material relatively commonly used in the industry and is inexpensive to manufacture. During fabrication using the plug wrap as the first connector 110, the plug wrap is wrapped around the outer circumferential surfaces of the filtration portion 111 and the cooling portion 112 to integrally connect and fix the filtration portion 111 and the cooling portion 112 to form the filter base body 11. The fabrication process is simply and easily carried out.
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Similarly, the tipping paper is also a material relatively commonly used in the industry and is inexpensive to manufacture. During fabrication using the tipping paper as the second connector 12, the connection is carried out by wrapping a part of the tipping paper around the outer circumferential surfaces of the filtration portion 111 and the cooling portion 112 and wrapping another part of the tipping paper around the outer circumferential surface of one end of the flavor-producing portion 13 close to the cooling portion 112. The fabrication process is simply and easily carried out.
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Optionally, a flavor-emanating component is further disposed in the filtration passage of the filtration portion 111.
In this way, when the user is smoking and using the smoke generation product of the present disclosure, during passing of the smoke released by heating of the flavor-producing portion 13 through the filter base body 11, aroma can also be further emanated from the flavor-emanating component disposed in the filtration passage of the filtration portion 111 and mixed with the smoke from the flavor-producing portion to enter the user's mouth. The flavor-emanating component may be provided with various flavor types for selection according to the preferences of users, thereby improving the user experience and mouthfeel in use.
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Optionally, the flavor-emanating component includes a flavor thread.
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Optionally, the isolation portion 22 is a hollow tubular structure, and the isolation passage is disposed in the hollow tubular structure of the isolation portion 22.
In this way, while ensuring the isolation and pre-cooling effects of the isolation portion 22, the isolation portion 22 with a tubular structure has a rigid outer wall, which facilitates the fabrication of the entire smoke generation product.
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The exemplary two structures of the isolation passage are described above, and the present disclosure is not limited to the structures described above as long as the isolation passage can be provided to allow a gas to pass therethrough while ensuring the isolation and pre-cooling effects of the isolation portion 22.
An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a method of manufacturing a smoke generation product, as shown in
S101 of connecting a filtration portion 111 and a cooling portion 112 by a first connector 110, and combining and shaping them to form a filter base body 11; and
S102 of connecting a flavor-producing portion 13 and the filter base body 11 by a second connector 12, and splicing and shaping them.
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The above-mentioned manufacturing method can be carried out by a filter rod shaping machine or a rolling machine that has been owned by a tobacco manufacturer, and can be used conveniently without repurchasing special equipment.
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S1011 of disposing an isolation portion 22 between the flavor-producing portion 13 and the filter base body 11.
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S1012 of connecting the flavor-producing portion 13 and the isolation portion 22 by a third connector 21.
Firstly, the flavor-producing portion 13 and the isolation portion 22 are connected by the third connector 21 to form an integrated body, i.e., a cigarette base body 20, and then the step S102 is performed in such a manner that the integrated cigarette base body 20 including the position of the flavor-producing portion 13 is connected to the integrated filter base body 11 by the second connector 12, so that the procedures of fabrication of the smoke generation product 10 of the present disclosure can be further optimized, and the overall yield and the processing and fabrication efficiency of the smoke generation products 10 can be improved.
When the smoke generation product of the present disclosure is in use, the mouth of the user is brought into contact with the filtration portion 111 of the filter base body 11, the filter base body 11 is used for inhalation of smoke, and the flavor-producing portion 13 is used for generation of the smoke. When the flavor-producing portion 13 is heated, the flavor-producing portion 13 releases smoke which is similar to that generated by combustion of a traditional combustible smokable cigarette, and the smoke is inhaled through the filter base body 11, so that the user can get a feeling of satisfaction or enjoyment similar to that obtained by smoking a traditional combustible smokable cigarette. Here, the filter base body 11 comprises a first connector 110, and a cooling portion 112 and a filtration portion 111 which are sequentially disposed along an inhalation direction, where the filtration portion 111 has the function of filtering and adsorbing the smoke generated by heating of the flavor-producing portion 13 and is brought into direct contact with the human body to remove larger smoke particles and water-soluble compounds such as aldehydes and phenols while improving the smoking experience, and the cooling portion 112 is located upstream of the filtration portion 111 along the inhalation direction, and has the function of cooling the smoke generated by heating of the flavor-producing portion 13, so that the smoke is at an appropriate temperature when entering the oral cavity of the consumer, and is not too hot to affect the sensory experience.
The above description is merely illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. It would be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the present disclosure. Any modifications, equivalent alternatives, improvements and so on made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure are to be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
In summary, the present disclosure provides a smoke generation product and a method of manufacturing the same, which has a simple structure, is fabricated with less process steps, has low production cost, has various functions, and reduces the release of harmful gases when in use.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201710627274.7 | Jul 2017 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2018/095046 | 7/9/2018 | WO | 00 |