Background
Various forms of aerosol-generating articles have been proposed in the known art, these articles being characterised by heating, but not burning, tobacco, generally at temperatures below 350 ℃, with only a small amount of second-hand smoke being generated during the heating of the aerosol-generating article, the resulting aerosol being less harmful and becoming a hotspot of current research.
Related products are known to use particles, cut tobacco and cut stems as smoking materials of non-combustible heated tobacco products, and due to the characteristics of the structures of the smoking materials, the smoking materials have poor performance of absorbing fluid substances containing volatile compounds, and heated contents are less, so that the smoking temperature is higher.
Among the known cooling techniques for heating non-combustible tobacco products, there are mainly axially arranged PLA folded sheets, hollow tube inner wall composite polymer films, and spiral PLA fasteners. The mode of compounding the polymer film on the inner wall of the hollow tube cannot provide a larger surface area for absorbing hot aerosol, and the flowing mode of the hot aerosol is linear, so that the cooling effect is not ideal; although the screw-type PLA fastener can extend the stroke distance of the hot aerosol, it causes a relatively large suction resistance, which affects the suction feeling.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the defects of the prior art and provides an aerosol cooling device which is used for heating non-combustion tobacco products and is provided with a filter tip.
The invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
an aerosol cooling device with a filter tip comprises a wrapping piece, a porous reducing cooling unit, a hollow unit and a filter stick unit, wherein the porous reducing cooling unit, the hollow unit and the filter stick unit are sequentially filled in the wrapping piece; the porous reducing and cooling unit is a cylindrical cooling element made of a plastic high-temperature-resistant material; the filter stick unit is one of a cylindrical filter stick or an acetate fiber filter stick formed by wrapping a plurality of strands of polylactic acid fibers with a paper material in the axial direction of a paper tube; the hollow unit is a cavity formed after the porous reducing temperature-reducing unit and the filter stick unit are separated by a certain distance or a cavity formed between two adjacent cooling elements.
Preferably, the wrapping piece is a cylindrical hollow paper tube which is made by coating 2-5 layers of paper tapes with the gram weight of 50-200g on the inner side with white latex and by spirally twisting and rolling; the wall thickness of the wrapping piece is 0.2-0.5mm, the diameter is 6-9mm, and the length is 15-40 mm.
The diameter of the cooling element is more than or equal to the inner diameter of the wrapping piece, when the diameter of the cooling element is more than the inner diameter of the wrapping piece, the diameter of the cooling element-the inner diameter of the wrapping piece is less than or equal to 2mm, and the length of the cooling element is 2-10 mm; the cooling element is provided with at least 2 through type aerial fog condensation channels. The cross section of the aerosol condensation channel can be circular or other polygons.
The aerosol condensation channel is arranged in the middle of the cooling element or on the side wall of the cooling element, and the diameter of the aerosol condensation channel is less than or equal to 2.5 mm.
The plastic high-temperature resistant material is one of PLA, ceramics, silica gel, metal and plastics.
Preferably, the porous reducing cooling unit is dumbbell-shaped; the porous reducing cooling unit is formed by connecting two cooling elements through a central shaft, and the diameter of the central shaft is less than or equal to 3/4 of the diameter of the cooling elements. When the porous reducing cooling unit in the form is adopted, the cross-sectional area of hot air flowing in the paper cylinder can be changed twice and greatly reduced, so that a more effective cooling effect is generated on the hot air.
The cavity is filled with porous particles, and the particle size of the porous particles is larger than the diameter of the aerosol condensation channel. The porous particles can form turbulent flow effect on the passing hot air flow, the circulation path of the air flow is prolonged, and meanwhile, the porous particles can absorb certain heat.
In other embodiments, the hollow unit can also be a space for providing aerosol flavor compensation, and the porous particles added into the cavity can be loaded with essence and flavor, so as to achieve the purpose of enriching or enhancing the flavor of the smoke.
In the known technical field, the material of the porous particles may be gel, plant stems treated by an expansion process, porous ceramic, porous modified starch, PLA or other high molecular polymers.
In some specific embodiments, the porous reducing cooling unit, the hollow unit and the porous particles added in the cavity in the paper tube can be combined to form a cooling effect on the smoke.
The number of the porous reducing cooling units and the number of the hollow units in the wrapping piece are both at least 1.
In some embodiments, in order to achieve a better cooling effect of the flue gas, a mode of arranging a plurality of porous reducing cooling units can be adopted, and the passage of the flue gas is changed for a plurality of times, so that the cooling effect is more obvious; under the condition that the porous reducing cooling unit is added, the suction resistance is inevitably increased, the suction resistance can be reduced by arranging the plurality of hollow units, and meanwhile, the addition of different spice components in cigarettes can be met.
An aerosol cooling device with a filter tip is prepared by the following method:
(1) a porous reducing cooling unit with a set length and diameter is produced in advance for later use;
(2) producing a filter stick unit with a preset length and diameter in advance for later use;
(3) conveying the porous reducing and cooling unit, the filter stick unit and the porous particles to binary or ternary filter tip composite equipment, reserving hollow sections according to a preset sequence, arranging and feeding the hollow sections, and continuously wrapping the hollow sections with paper tapes to produce composite filter tips with continuous lengths;
(4) cutting the composite filter tip at the central position of the filter stick unit to obtain the aerosol cooling device with the filter tip.
An aerosol cooling device with a filter tip is prepared by the following method:
firstly, a paper tube forming machine is used for producing a hollow paper tube with preset length and diameter for later use;
secondly, using automatic filling equipment, filling a porous reducing cooling unit in one end of the hollow paper tube in sequence to enable one end face of the porous reducing cooling unit to be flush with one end face of the hollow paper tube;
reserving a cavity as a first hollow section, filling porous particles into the cavity, and filling the filter stick in the middle of the hollow paper tube;
and fourthly, reserving a cavity as a second hollow section, filling the porous particles into the cavity, and finally filling the other porous reducing cooling unit at the other end of the hollow paper tube to enable one end face of the porous reducing cooling unit to be flush with the other end face of the hollow paper tube, thereby preparing the aerosol cooling device section.
And fifthly, cutting the section of the aerial fog cooling device into two parts in the middle to form two aerial fog cooling devices with filter tips.
The technical terms of the present invention are explained as follows:
dumbbell shape: refers to a shape similar to a dumbbell, in particular to a columnar structure with the diameters of both ends equal and larger than that of the middle part.
PLA: polylactic acid (PLA) is a novel bio-based and renewable biodegradable material, and is prepared from starch raw materials provided by renewable plant resources (such as corn, cassava and the like).
Porous reducing cooling unit: the cylindrical member is a cylindrical member with a certain length and a plurality of through-type fine holes, or a dumbbell-shaped member formed by connecting two cylindrical members together through a central shaft. When a consumer holds the filter stick segment to suck the product, hot air flows from the aerosol generation segment to the filter stick in a paper tube with a certain diameter, and when the hot air flows through the cylindrical component with a plurality of fine holes, the diameter of the cross section area of the hot air flowing in the paper tube is greatly reduced, so that the cooling effect on the hot air is formed.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. the invention adopts the solid component with a plurality of gas fog condensation channels as the cooling element, and can arrange a plurality of cooling elements according to the design requirement of the smoke temperature of the product.
2. The porous reducing cooling unit, the hollow unit and the porous particles added in the cavity, which are filled in the wrapping piece, can be organically combined according to product design, so that a more effective combined cooling effect is formed on hot air flow, and the product adaptability is good.
3. The porous reducing cooling unit, the hollow unit, the porous particles and the filter stick unit are optimized into a whole by using a filling process, so that the smoke can be filtered, cooled and supplemented with aroma components.
Detailed Description
The invention is further illustrated by the following figures and examples, without however restricting the scope of the invention to these examples.
Example 1
A PLA material is adopted to produce a cooling element with the length of 2mm and the diameter of 6mm in advance, and two through type aerial fog condensation channels with the diameter of 2.5mm are arranged on the cooling element;
wrapping a plurality of strands of polylactic acid fibers by a paper material in the axial direction of a paper tube to form a cylindrical filter stick, wherein the length of the filter stick is 20mm, and the diameter of the filter stick is 6 mm;
conveying the cooling element and the filter stick to binary or ternary filter tip composite equipment, reserving cavities with the length of 6mm according to a preset sequence, arranging and feeding, and continuously wrapping by using a paper tape to produce a composite filter tip with continuous length; the prepared filter tip comprises a filter stick unit, a hollow unit and a porous reducing and cooling unit, and porous particles are filled in the hollow unit.
Cutting the composite filter tip at the central position of the filter stick unit to obtain the gas mist cooling device.
Example 2
The method comprises the steps that a cooling element with the length of 5mm and the diameter of 9mm is produced in advance by adopting ceramics, four through type aerial fog condensation channels with the diameter of 1mm are arranged on the cooling element, and the two cooling elements are connected through a middle shaft with the length of 5mm to prepare a dumbbell-shaped porous reducing cooling unit;
cutting the acetate fiber filter stick into filter stick sections with the length of 22mm and the diameter of 9mm for later use;
conveying the cooling element and the filter stick to binary or ternary filter tip composite equipment, reserving cavities with the length of 8mm according to a preset sequence, arranging and feeding, and continuously wrapping by using a paper tape to produce a composite filter tip with continuous length;
cutting the composite filter tip at the central position of the filter stick unit to obtain the gas mist cooling device.
Example 3
Coating 2 layers of paper tapes with the gram weight of 200g with white latex on the inner sides, and manufacturing a cylindrical hollow paper tube in a spiral twisting and rolling forming mode, wherein the wall thickness of the paper tube is 0.2mm, and the diameter of the paper tube is 5 mm; the cylinder was then cut into cylinder sections of 40mm length.
A cylindrical cooling element with the diameter of 5mm and the length of 4mm is prepared by adopting a plastic material, and 8 through type aerial fog condensation channels with the diameter of 1mm are arranged on the side wall of the cooling element.
Wrapping a plurality of strands of polylactic acid fibers by a paper material in the axial direction of a paper cylinder to form a cylindrical filter stick with the diameter of 5 mm; and cutting the filter stick into segments, wherein the length of each segment is 24 mm.
Using automatic filling equipment, filling a porous reducing and cooling unit in one end of the paper tube section in sequence to enable one end face of the porous reducing and cooling unit to be flush with one end face of the paper tube section;
reserving a first cavity, filling 6 porous particles with the diameter of 2mm into the first cavity, and filling the filter stick in the middle of the paper tube section;
reserving a second cavity, filling 6 porous particles with the diameter of 2mm into the second cavity, and finally filling the other porous reducing cooling unit at the other end of the paper tube section to enable one end face of the porous reducing cooling unit to be flush with the other end face of the paper tube section so as to obtain the aerosol cooling device section.
The aerosol cooling device segment is cut into two in the middle to form two aerosol cooling devices.
Example 4
An aerosol cooling device with a filter tip comprises a wrapping piece, a porous reducing cooling unit, a hollow unit and a filter stick unit, wherein the porous reducing cooling unit, the hollow unit and the filter stick unit are sequentially filled in the wrapping piece, and the wrapping piece is a cylindrical hollow paper tube which is manufactured by coating 3 layers of paper tapes with the gram weight of 120g on the inner side with white latex and winding in a spiral twisting manner; the wrapper has a wall thickness of 0.5mm, a diameter of 9mm and a length of 40 mm. The porous reducing cooling unit is a cylindrical cooling element made of a plastic high-temperature-resistant material; the cooling element is prepared from silica gel, the diameter of the cooling element is 8.2mm, and the length of the cooling element is 5 mm; the cooling element is provided with 6 through type aerial fog condensation channels. The diameter of the aerosol condensation channel is 1.2 mm. The filter stick unit is a cylindrical filter stick formed by wrapping a plurality of strands of polylactic acid fibers by paper materials in the axial direction of a paper tube, the length of the filter stick unit is 16mm, and the hollow unit is a cavity formed by the porous reducing temperature-reducing unit, the filter stick unit and two adjacent porous reducing temperature-reducing units which are separated by a certain distance. The cavity is filled with 6 porous particles with diameter of 1.5mm, and the porous particles are loaded with essence and perfume.
When in preparation, firstly, 3 layers of paper tapes with the gram weight of 120g are coated with white latex on the inner sides, and then the paper tapes are cut into paper tube sections with the length of 80mm in a cylindrical hollow paper tube manufactured in a spiral twisting and rolling forming mode. Preparing a cooling element and a polylactic acid fiber filter stick, and cutting the polylactic acid fiber filter stick into filter stick sections with the length of 32 mm.
Filling a first cooling element in the paper tube section by adopting automatic filling equipment, so that one end face of the cooling element is flush with one end face of the paper tube section; reserving a first cavity with the length of 7mm in the paper tube section, and filling 6 porous particles with the diameter of 1.5mm in the first cavity; filling a second cooling element in the paper tube, and reserving a second cavity with the length of 7mm in the paper tube; filling the filter stick segment in the middle of the paper tube segment to ensure that the central point of the filter stick segment is superposed with the central point of the paper tube segment; after a third cavity with the length of 7mm is reserved behind the filter stick section, a third cooling element is filled in the paper tube section; reserving a fourth cavity with the length of 7mm in the paper tube section, and filling 6 porous particles with the diameter of 1.5mm in the fourth cavity; and finally, filling the fourth cooling element into the paper tube section, and enabling one end face of the fourth cooling element to be flush with the other end face of the paper tube section to obtain the aerosol cooling device section. The aerosol cooling device segment is cut into two in the middle to form two aerosol cooling devices.