JP2018172144A - Identified tow bale for cigarette filter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an identified tobacco filter tow veil that can identify an illegal cigarette used by giving an identification function to an interior material for packing tow band deposits.
A tow bale for a tobacco filter is formed by crimping a tow band in which a plurality of filaments are combined to form a tow band, and compressing and packaging the tow band deposit on which the tow band is deposited, and the tow band is folded. A tow band deposit formed to have a weight exceeding 300 kg, and an interior material for placing the tow band deposit and wrapping the surroundings in contact with the tow band deposit. It has an identification function that identifies the source.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a tobacco filter tow bale (hereinafter also simply referred to as “tow bale”), which is a package of a tow band used in a tobacco filter.

  The terms “total denier”, “filament denier”, “filament”, “tow”, “tow band”, and “tow veil” in this specification and claims are defined as follows.

  “Total denier (hereinafter also simply referred to as“ TD ”)”: The total fiber degree, the fiber degree of tow aggregate (tow band) (grams per 9000 m).

  “Filament denier (hereinafter also simply referred to as“ FD ”)”: refers to the degree of fiber of tow filament itself (single fiber), also referred to as single fiber denier (grams per 9000 m).

  “Filament”: Fibers discharged from the spinning hole, each single fiber. The cellulose acetate single fiber for tobacco is generally as thin as about 3 denier.

  “Tow”: A fiber bundle in which a plurality of filaments discharged from a spinneret are combined to form a “tow band”. Hereinafter, it is also referred to as “filter tow”.

  “Tow Band”: An assembly (tow) of filaments (single fibers) discharged from a spinning cylinder unites the aggregates of single fibers from a plurality of spinning cylinders so that TD becomes a predetermined value. To be. What this TD becomes a predetermined numerical value is crimped and packed. This aggregate of crimped filaments is called a tow band. That is, the tow band has a TD and a crimp number.

  “Tow veil”: A package in which a tow band is put into a compression container of a predetermined size and a tow band deposit having a height of several meters (for example, 6 meters) is compressed with a pressure of several hundred tons and packed. Usually, it has a weight of 300 to 1200 kilograms and is bound by a plurality of PET straps or the like in order to withstand an elastic repulsion force depending on the compression pressure.

  “Plug”: A cylindrical shape in which a tow band is formed into a cylindrical shape and a plasticizer such as triacetin is added and the shape is maintained to hold the shape. A tobacco filter is formed by dividing and cutting the plug.

  Conventionally, a cellulose acetate fiber, a polypropylene fiber, etc. are used as a tow band for tobacco filters. In recent years, cigarettes in which such filters are used ("tobacco" in this specification and claims document means "cigarettes") have been illicit cigarettes. For this reason, tobacco produced by manufacturers other than regular manufacturers (so-called banned tobacco) has become a problem in various countries. Cigarettes themselves are industrial products and are produced by a combination of various materials. Tobacco leaves, the main ingredient of tobacco, are agricultural crops that are difficult to control so that they are not cultivated or made available to illegal tobacco producers. Also, paper (wrapping paper, cigarette paper) itself is a commonly distributed paper, and it is difficult to control it so that it is not passed on to illegal tobacco manufacturers.

  In such a technical background, among industrial products that are cigarette materials, pay attention to filter tow that is the material of cigarette filter and control this distribution so that filter tow is not supplied to illegal tobacco manufacturers. It has also been done. That is, to identify the filter tow veil manufacturing company used for illegal cigarettes and restrict its supply. Even filter tow, especially cellulose acetate filter tow, is mostly used for cigarette filters, so it is a so-called special product, so there are only a few manufacturers in the world, and once the filter tow manufacturer becomes clear It is easy to estimate and specify the distribution route. Therefore, it is possible to find a filter tow used for illegal cigarettes and stop the supply. However, various mediators are involved in the distribution of goods, and it is difficult to control all of them. In the tow veil of the filter tow, the name of the manufacturer of the tow veil, the grade, the lot number, etc. are described in the outer packaging material. However, packaging identifying tow bales has been removed from these packaging materials at the stage of being spilled by illegal tobacco manufacturers. For this reason, even if an illegal tobacco manufacturer's factory is identified and investigated, and the tow veil used by the illegal tobacco manufacturer is seized, it is difficult to identify the manufacturer.

  Therefore, as a technique for clarifying the origin of filter tow, by cigarette filter tow containing a specific labeling substance, which manufacturer produced the filter tow as a secondary material (filter material) and tobacco was manufactured. It has been proposed to identify (For example, refer to Patent Documents 1 and 2). However, in this technique, it is necessary to add a labeling substance, which is assumed to be analyzed, to the tow. For this reason, since this labeling substance is also included in general legitimate cigarettes, illegal cigarette manufacturers purchase genuine cigarettes, and the cigarette filters that they produce multiple labeling substances contained in them. By adding them themselves, it is possible to make it difficult to identify the source of the filter tow by disguising it as if using a filter tow manufactured by another authorized filter tow manufacturer.

  In addition, as a special labeling substance for preventing such impersonation (mimicking), for example, a molecular fluorophore (fluorescent protein) is an acridine dye, a cyanine dye, a fluorine-based dye, an oxazine dye, a phenanthridine dye, A labeling substance containing a fluorescent molecule containing at least one selected from the group consisting of rhodamine dyes has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3). However, it is difficult to obtain a dye composed of such a fluorophore (fluorescent protein), and impersonation is not easy. Moreover, it is expensive and difficult to use for all cigarette filter tows.

  Furthermore, as a method for identifying the source that does not rely on such a labeling substance, a physical identification technique has been proposed in which the cross-sectional shape of the tow fiber is not a normal Y-shaped cross section, but a special atypical cross section ( For example, see Patent Document 4). However, the cross-sectional shape of the tow has a great influence on the ventilation resistance of the tobacco filter, and as a regular tobacco manufacturer, in order to make all the tobacco filters that it manufactures have a different cross section, control of the ventilation resistance etc. The problem arises.

WO2015 / 194007 A1 WO2015 / 200577A3 US2015 / 0017419A1 US2015 / 0376818A1

The conventional method of detecting illegal cigarettes is to identify the source of the filter tow by analyzing the filter of the illegal cigarette itself, and stop the supply of the filter tow to the illegal cigarette manufacturer by the efforts of the source of the tow veil. It is.
However, the method of adding these labeling substances can be easily camouflaged by illegal tobacco manufacturers analyzing the labeling substances. In addition, it is necessary to add a labeling substance to all filter tows supplied to many tobacco manufacturers that are irrelevant to illegal cigarettes. However, labeling substances that are difficult to disguise are expensive, resulting in a large cost increase.
Further, although it is difficult to identify the cigarette filter with an irregular cross section, it is difficult to disguise it, but it is difficult to change the ventilation resistance of the supplied filter tow.
The problem to be solved by the present invention is that there is no method for identifying a tow veil that can be accepted even by a legitimate tobacco manufacturer and it is difficult for a distributor involved in illegal cigarettes to conceal its origin. That is.

  Therefore, the present inventor has intensively studied a tow vale identification method as a detection method that is completely different from the detection method in which the filter itself has an identification function.

  In the first place, the reason why it is difficult to take measures against illegal cigarettes is that tobacco can be manufactured by providing relatively simple equipment. Although a high-speed cigarette winding device of a regular cigarette manufacturer is expensive, if it is not necessary to be high-speed, it is possible to wind the cigarette with a relatively simple mechanical device. Since tobacco leaves themselves are agricultural products and paper is a general product as described above, illegal cigarettes can be easily manufactured with a simple mechanical device if only a special filter tow is available. And illegal cigarette manufacturers who do not pay taxes are well profitable even if they roll up their cigarettes with such a simple machine. Furthermore, even if the public power such as the police identifies and searches illegal trafficking routes of illegal cigarettes that flow into the end market, they are only the end organization of illegal cigarette traders, and any number of alternative machines and places can be prepared. This also makes it difficult to stop the production of illegal cigarettes.

  On the other hand, the tow veil for cigarette filters is a special product. A tow band continuum, which is an assembly of filaments, is folded into a tow band deposit, and the tow band deposit is compressed with a pressure of several hundred tons and then packed into a strap. This is a compressed package of strongly bound fibrous materials. This tobacco filter tow veil is difficult to manufacture unless it is a limited manufacturer, and the manufacturer is limited.

  Since the tow band deposit of the unpacked tow bale is a continuous band from the lower end to the upper end, the use start end is determined to be the end portion placed on the top side of the tow veil (this specification and In the claims, “top side” means “upper surface of tow band deposit” and “bottom side” means “bottom surface of tow band deposit”. In other words, the tow band of the tow band deposit cannot be used from the use start end unless the top side is always up when opened. Moreover, since the tow band is a fiber bundle of thin filaments and is compressed with a large pressure, the bale surface has an appearance like a compressed body of a pile of pulp. Therefore, in order to find the use start end, a mark (colored tape wound around a toe band) is attached in advance, and this mark is found and used from the use start end. Once the use start end mark is lost, it is difficult to find the use start end. On the other hand, in the normal use state, it is not used from the bottom side. For this reason, it is also effective in the present invention not to mark the use start end on the bottom surface side. That is, in this case, when the top and bottom surfaces are reversed, the tow veil cannot be used.

  The present inventor pays attention to such peculiarity of the tow veil, and from the packing state of the tow band deposit and the usage form of the tow band deposit, the packaging material of the innermost tow veil (the document of this specification and claims) “Inner packaging material” refers to an interior material that is in direct contact with the tow band deposit, and unless otherwise specified, the notation “interior material simply indicates“ inner packaging material ”). , Illegal tobacco manufacturers cannot remove the interior material identification function while using tow band deposits, but find the interior material and confirm the identification function described on the interior material. Therefore, it is possible to specify the sales route depending on the manufacturer of tow bales used for illegal cigarettes and the information held.

Since the tow veil has a weight of 300 kg or more and is a continuous body deposited from the bottom to the top, it is used from the top end of the top surface in a state where it is unpacked and placed on the interior material. In addition, the tow veil once opened is expanded by the repulsive force remaining. Therefore, for example, if the interior material in contact with the bottom surface of the tow band deposit has an identification function, the following process is required to remove the identification function of the tow veil.
(1) Rotate the tow veil with the top side facing up normally 180 degrees, with the bottom side up, cut the strap and unpack.
(2) Replace the innermost packaging material with another packaging material.
(3) Package the unpacked tow band deposit with new packaging material.
(4) The tow bale is bound with a strap while being compressed with a compression device.
(5) Rotate the toe veil 180 degrees and turn the top up again.

  However, in order to perform such a process, a special work vehicle that swaps the top and bottom of the tow veil, a large compression packing device for repacking the expanded tow veil, a strap bundling device, etc. are necessary, and illegal cigarettes are required. The brokers involved with manufacturers and illegal tobacco manufacturers do not have such special work vehicles or compression packaging equipment. For this reason, it is very difficult for illegal tobacco manufacturers to remove the interior material identification function. If this is the name of the manufacturer, grade, or lot number displayed on the exterior material, such as a normal tow veil, cut some straps, pull out the exterior material, and remove the appropriate packaging material. Address and bind with a new strap. If this is repeated, the exterior material is replaced. For example, in the case of a standard tow veil, six straps are bound in the lateral direction (wide side) and four straps are bound in the vertical direction (narrow side). The four vertical straps are cut and extracted, and the two straps on both sides of the six horizontal straps are cut to remove the exterior material. The end of the new exterior material is bound with two new straps. The old exterior material in the center can be removed by removing the middle four straps. Then, the package is stabilized by binding with several straps. An exterior material can be removed by such a method.

  The inventor of the present invention invented a tow bale for tobacco filter that can identify that it is used for illegal cigarettes by giving an identification function to an interior material for packing tow band deposits.

  A tow bale for tobacco filter according to the present invention is a tow bale for tobacco filter that compresses and packs a tow band deposit on which the tow band is deposited by crimping a tow obtained by uniting a plurality of filaments. A tow band deposit formed by folding and depositing the tow band and having a weight of more than 300 kg; The interior material has an identification function for identifying the origin of the interior material.

  With this configuration, the interior material of the unpacked tow veil has an identification function, and thus the origin of the tow veil can be specified by finding the interior material. In other words, when a tow veil is discovered by a search by the police or the like, the distribution route is elucidated from the tow vale identification function. And if the distribution route is closed by a tow maker, illegal tobacco manufacturers will not be able to obtain tow bales. Therefore, illegal tobacco manufacturers need to create a new illegal distribution route in order to obtain a tobacco filter tow veil, which requires a great deal of time and effort. For this reason, illegal cigarette producers whose supply of tow bales has been cut off cannot produce cigarettes and die.

  Moreover, the said interior material may have the said identification function in the part which contact | connects the bottom face of the said tow band deposit at least. If comprised in this way, the origin can be specified by the identification function of the part which contact | connects the bottom face of this tow veil in the state which unpacks a tow veil, opens an interior material, and uses a tow band deposit. That is, the tow veil is used from the top side as described above. Therefore, the bottom surface remains until the tow veil is used up. When a police or other public authority searches for illegal tobacco manufacturing facilities, the identification function on the bottom of the tow veil in use can identify the source of the tow veil.

  The interior material includes a lower interior material disposed on a bottom surface side of the tow band deposit and an upper interior material disposed on a top surface side of the tow band deposit, and the identification function is at least the lower It may be provided in the interior material. If comprised in this way, when unpacking a tow veil and using a tow band deposit, a tow band can be let out by removing only an upper interior material. Since the tow veil has a weight exceeding 300 kg, it can be easily used with the tow band deposit placed on the lower interior material. In addition, the origin can be easily specified by the identification function of the lower interior material placed to the end when the tow band deposit is used.

  Further, the interior material is a film material composed of a plurality of layers, the identification function is a printed layer printed on the film material, and the printed layer is provided in an intermediate portion of the plurality of layers. Also good. If comprised in this way, an origin can be identified easily from the identification function printed on the interior material of the film material which packages a tow band deposit. In addition, since the print layer is disposed in the middle part of the film of the plurality of layers, the identification function can be stably maintained for a long time. In addition, since the printing layer having the identification function does not contact the tow band deposit, the ink and components of the printing layer are not transferred to the tow band deposit.

  The print layer may include at least one of a character, a symbol, a one-dimensional code, or a two-dimensional code as the identification function. If comprised in this way, the origin of the tobacco filter tow veil can be easily specified by the identification function of either a character, a symbol, a one-dimensional code, or a two-dimensional code. In particular, according to the identification function of the one-dimensional code or the two-dimensional code, the origin of the tobacco filter tow veil, the distribution route, and the like can be easily specified. The one-dimensional code or the two-dimensional code may include the location where the tobacco filter tow veil is manufactured, the distribution period, the distribution route, and the like.

  The identification function may include an IC tag. If comprised in this way, the origin of a tobacco filter tow veil, a distribution route, etc. can be easily specified using an IC tag reader etc. by the identification function of an IC tag. The IC tag can include the location where the tobacco filter tow veil is manufactured, the distribution period, the distribution route, and the like. The IC doug is preferably placed in a portion in contact with the bottom surface of the tow band deposit of the interior material.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to specify the origin by the tow veil for tobacco filters identified by the identification mark provided to the interior material. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the illegal tobacco manufacturer from obtaining the tobacco filter tow veil by specifying the distribution route of the tobacco filter tow veil.

FIG. 1 is a drawing showing the overall configuration of a tow bale production facility for producing a tow bale for tobacco filter according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram showing a first packing process for packing tow band deposits in the tow bale production facility shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram illustrating a second packing process for packing the tow band deposit following FIG. 2A. FIG. 2C is a schematic diagram illustrating a third packing process for packing the tow band deposit following FIG. 2B. FIG. 2D is a schematic diagram illustrating a fourth packing process for packing the tow band deposit following FIG. 2C. FIG. 2E is a schematic diagram illustrating a fifth packing process for packing the tow band deposit following FIG. 2D. FIG. 2F is a schematic diagram illustrating a sixth packing process for packing the tow band deposit following FIG. 2E. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the interior material of the tow bale for tobacco filter according to the present invention. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the interior material shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cigarette filter tow bale in the packing state shown in FIG. 2F is unpacked. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the tow band deposit unpacked as shown in FIG. 5 is used on the lower interior material.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiment, the tobacco filter tow bale 20 packed with the interior material 30 composed of the upper interior material 31 and the lower interior material 32 will be described as an example. The concept of the vertical and horizontal directions in the document of this specification and claims shall be the same as the concept of the vertical and horizontal directions when facing the tow veil 20 shown in FIG.

(Tow veil production equipment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a tow bale manufacturing facility 1 that manufactures a tow bale 20 (FIG. 2F) for a tobacco filter according to an embodiment. The tow band 10 distributed as the tobacco filter tow veil 20 is manufactured by the tow band manufacturing apparatus 2.

  In the tow band manufacturing apparatus 2, the spinning solution of cellulose acetate is supplied to the spinning machine 5 from the mixer 3 for adjusting the spinning solution via the filter 4. The spinning solution supplied to the spinning machine 5 is spun into a filament 8 by discharging from a spinning hole (not shown) of a spinneret 7 arranged in a plurality of spinning cylinders 6 arranged in parallel. The plurality of filaments spun in the spinning cylinder 6 are united under the spinning cylinders 6 and formed on the tow 9. The tow 9 adjusts the TD of the finally obtained tow band 10 to a predetermined range by adjusting the number of the spinning cylinders 6. The TD of the toe band 10 is adjusted to, for example, 5000 or more and −15000 or less (−50000 or less).

  The tow 9 is conveyed to the crimping machine 11, and higher-order crimping is applied in the crimping machine 11 to form a tow band 10. The tow band 10 exiting the crimper 11 is dried by a dryer 12. The tow band 10 that has exited the dryer 12 is transported between a pair of rollers 13 and is swung into the compression container 14.

  The tow band 10 deposited inside the compression container 14 is deposited so that, for example, a continuous tow band 10 having a length of about 500 km moves in the left-right direction while being folded back and forth at the opening of the compression container 14. It is swung into. That is, the tow band deposit 21 inside the compression container 14 is a stack of tow bands 10 having a predetermined width arranged on the same plane while being folded and deposited from the lower side to the upper side. Then, the tow band deposit 21 deposited inside the compression container 14 becomes a tobacco filter tow bale 20 (FIG. 2F) which is compressed and packed by the packing machine 15.

(Tow vale packing procedure)
2A to 2F are schematic views showing a packing process for packing the tow band deposit 21 in the tow bale manufacturing facility 1. In this example, the process of packing the tow band deposit 21 with the interior material 30 to form the tow veil 20 will be described in six packing processes. In addition, these figures exaggerate the tow band deposit 21, and each structure is shown typically. Moreover, in FIG. 2A-FIG. 2E, it shows in the state which the inside of the compression container 14 and the interior material 30 can be seen.

  Before the compressed container 14 is arranged in the packing machine 15 as in the first packing process shown in FIG. 2A, the lower interior material 32 is arranged in advance on the lower platen (lower base part) 16 located at the lower part of the compressed container 14. The upper interior material 31 is arranged in advance on an upper platen (compression plate portion) 17 located at the top of the packing machine 15. In this example, the paperboard 22 (FIG. 5) provided on the upper portion of the tow veil 20 is previously disposed above the upper interior material 31, and the paperboard 22 (FIG. 5) provided on the lower portion of the tow veil 20 is disposed below the lower interior material 32. Pre-arranged. In this state, as shown in the figure, the compressed container 14 containing the tow band deposit 21 into which the tow band 10 has been placed is placed on the lower platen 16.

  In the second packing process shown in FIG. 2B, the upper platen 17 of the packing machine 15 is inserted into the compression container 14, and the tow band deposit 21 swung into the compression container 14 is compressed from above with a predetermined pressure. The This compression pressure is compressed at a pressure of several hundred tons as described above. Thereby, for example, the tow band deposit 21 deposited at a height of 6 m is compressed to a height of about 1 m.

  In the third packing process shown in FIG. 2C, the compression container 14 is removed while the tow band deposit 21 is compressed by the compression plate portion 17. The compression container 14 usually moves upward or downward, and thereby the side of the compressed tow band deposit 21 is exposed. In a state where the compression container 14 is removed, the lower surface of the tow band deposit 21 is in contact with the lower interior material 32. The lower interior material 32 set in advance is unfolded and the compressed tow band deposit 21 is placed at an appropriate position. That is, the lower part of the tow band deposit 21 is placed in direct contact with the lower interior material 32. Moreover, the circumference | surroundings of the tow band deposit 21 will be in the open state.

  In the fourth packing process shown in FIG. 2D, the periphery of the tow band deposit 21 is wrapped with the lower interior material 32. Since the lower interior material 32 having a predetermined size is disposed in the base portion 16 in advance, after the compressed container 14 is removed, the lower interior material 32 is folded upward to wrap around the tow band deposit 21. In addition, before wrapping the circumference | surroundings of the tow band deposit 21 with the lower interior material 32, you may make it further protect the circumference | surroundings of the tow band deposit 21 with another film.

  In the fifth packing process shown in FIG. 2E, the outer side of the lower interior material 32 that wraps the periphery of the tow band deposit 21 from below is wrapped with the upper interior material 31 stacked from above. Thereby, the tow band deposit 21 is in a state where the entire surface is wrapped by the lower interior material 32 and the upper interior material 31 in a compressed state.

  In the sixth packing process shown in FIG. 2F, the periphery of the tow veil 20 that is entirely wrapped with the lower interior material 32 and the upper interior material 31 is protected by a paperboard 22, and the periphery is strongly bound by a strap 23 (such as a polypropylene band). The packaging is completed. Before compressing the tow band deposit 21, the paperboard 22 is provided between the lower interior material 32 and the upper interior material 31 so as to cover the entire interior material 30. ing. In this figure, the paperboard 22 covering the periphery of the tow veil 20 is indicated by a one-dot chain line, and the strap 23 is indicated by a thick line.

  The tow bale 20 for cigarette filter in a packed state is a cubic shape that is compressed to about 1 meter in width, depth, and height, and has a weight of 300 kg or more, preferably 500 kg or more, more preferably 700 kg. Some of them have a weight of 1000 kg or more. Since the tow veil 20 compresses the tow band deposit 21 and is packed by the interior material 30 in this state and bound by the strap 23, the size of the packed state is maintained. In this state, the tobacco filter tow veil 20 is loaded and distributed in a container or the like.

(Composition of interior materials)
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the interior material 30 of the tobacco filter tow veil 20. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the interior material 30 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the interior material 30 used for the tobacco filter tow veil 20 of this embodiment is formed in a size that allows packaging of the tow band deposit 21 in a compressed state. In this embodiment, the upper interior material 31 and the lower interior material 32 are large enough to wrap around the tow band deposit 21. Further, the interior material 30 of this embodiment includes a print layer 36 as a source identification function. In this example, the interior material 30 has a function of identifying a print layer (character) 36 printed as “Made in Japan”. The size of the interior material 31 need not be large enough to wrap around the tow band deposit 21. For example, an interior material 31 having a labeling function may be interposed between another interior material and the tow band deposit 21. If it is such an aspect, the interior material 31 should just be a magnitude | size which can display an identification function at least, and the magnitude | size can be suitably set with a label | marker function.
The print layer 36 is not limited to characters, and symbols or the like can be used. By providing the interior material 30 with the character / symbol printed layer 36 as an identification function, the origin of the tobacco filter tow veil 20 can be easily identified by looking at the interior material 30.

  In this embodiment, the interior material 30 is also provided with a one-dimensional code 37 and an IC tag 38 as identification functions. The identification function may be provided with a plurality of types, such as printing of the printing layer (characters, symbols) 36, etc., printing of the one-dimensional code 37 or the two-dimensional code, and only one of the IC tags 38. By providing a plurality of types of identification functions, it is possible to more easily identify the source of the found interior material 30, the distribution route, and the like. For example, it can be easily found by printed characters (printing layer 36), and the origin and distribution route can be easily specified by the IC tag 38.

  As shown in FIG. 4, as the interior material 30, a film material having a plurality of layers in which an inner film 33 in contact with the tow band deposit 21 and an outer sheet 34 serving as an outer surface can be used. The interior material 30 of this embodiment is provided with a printing layer 36 as an identification function at an intermediate portion between the inner film 33 and the outer sheet 34. Speaking of the manufacturing method of the interior material 30, for example, the printing layer 36 is printed on one surface of the inner film 33. Then, it can manufacture by laminating | stacking the outer sheet | seat 34 on the printing layer 36 side of the inner film 33, and integrating with the contact bonding layer 35 using methods, such as extrusion lamination. The laminating method is not limited to extrusion lamination. Thus, by providing the identification function of the print layer 36 between the outer surface of the inner film 33 of the interior material 30 and the inner surface of the outer film 34, the interior material 30 can be printed while having an appropriate strength. The identification function of the layer 36 can be kept stable for a long time. In addition, the printed layer 36 can be prevented from coming into contact with the tow band deposit 21. By preventing the printed layer 36 from coming into contact with the tow band deposit 21, it is possible to prevent the ink component of the printed layer 36 from being transferred to the tow band deposit 21 used for tobacco that is a favorite product.

  As the inner film 33, a film made of a resin is preferable, and a polypropylene film or the like can be used. As the resin sheet 34, a woven fabric made of resin, a sheet of polyethylene cloth, or the like can be used. For the printing of the printing layer 36, for example, printing inks such as aqueous and oily can be used. As the interior material 30 having the printed layer 36, for example, a laminated film described in JP-A-2006-88520 can be used. As a result of testing by the present inventors, an interior material 30 produced by printing characters (printing layer 36) on a polypropylene film with an offset, and stacking and integrating the printed surface of the polypropylene film and a sheet of polyethylene cloth by extrusion lamination. The tow band deposit 21 was packaged and left in an environment with an ambient temperature of 60 degrees for 48 hours. Thereafter, the interior material 30 was removed, and the odor of the tow band deposit 21 was detected. As a result, it was confirmed that the concentration of the ink solvent was a low value of 0.1 ppm or less. That is, the present inventor has confirmed that the odor of the printed layer 36 can be suppressed from being transferred to the tow band deposit 21 when the interior material 30 is manufactured by extrusion lamination with the above configuration.

  The interior material 30 having the identification function may be at least one of an upper interior material 31 and a lower interior material 32 that package the tow band deposit 21. Preferably, the lower interior material 32 in which the tow band deposit 21 is placed when the tow band deposit 21 is used is preferable. In addition, the identification function of the lower interior material 32 is more preferably a portion in contact with the bottom surface of the tow band deposit 21 that is difficult to remove in a state where the tow band deposit 21 is placed.

  In this embodiment, the print layer 36 including the one-dimensional code 37 in addition to the characters is taken as an example of the identification function of the tobacco filter tow veil 20, but the print layer 36 includes a two-dimensional code in addition to the one-dimensional code 37. Code may be included. By using the one-dimensional code 37 or the two-dimensional code as the identification function, the origin, distribution route, etc. of the tobacco filter tow veil 20 can be easily identified from the code. The one-dimensional code 37 or the two-dimensional code may include a location where the tobacco filter tow veil 20 is manufactured, a distribution period, a distribution route, and the like.

  In addition, as an identification function of the interior material 30, an IC tag 38 is also provided. In this example, an IC tag 38 is provided between the inner film 33 and the outer film 34. By providing the IC tag 38, more data such as the origin and distribution route of the tobacco filter tow veil 20 can be easily specified using an IC tag reader or the like. The IC doug is preferably provided in a portion in contact with the bottom surface of the tow band deposit 21 of the interior material 30.

  In addition, the identification function of the origin provided with the interior material 30 is not limited to these.

(Use form of tow veil)
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cigarette filter tow bale 20 shown in FIG. 2F is unpacked. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the tow band deposit 21 unpacked as shown in FIG. 5 is used while being placed on the lower interior material 32.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the unpacking of the tobacco filter tow veil 20 can remove the paperboard 22 covering the periphery by cutting and removing the strap 23 (FIG. 2F). The upper interior material 31 can be removed by removing the paperboard 22. Further, the compressed tow band deposit 21 expands due to the repulsive force remaining.

  Since the weight of the tow band deposit 21 in a compressed state as described above includes a weight of 300 kg or more (in some cases, 1000 kg or more), the cigarette filter tow bale 20 is opened at the place where the tow band deposit 21 is used. Packed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the unpacked tobacco filter tow veil 20 is placed with the bottom surface of the tow band deposit 21 in contact with the lower interior material 32. The tow band deposit 21 is formed by arranging the continuous tow bands 10 having a length of about 500 km, as described above, on the same plane while being folded and deposited from below to above. Moreover, since the tow band 10 is a fiber bundle of very many filaments, it is used from the use start end of the tow band 10 on the top surface in an unpacked state. For this reason, the unpacked tow band deposit 21 is always used in a state of being placed on the lower interior material 32 at the time of use. Moreover, even if the use of the tow band 10 of the tow band deposit 21 is stopped halfway, it is difficult to find the use start end at the time of reuse unless the end is marked. Until it is used, it is used in a state of being placed on the lower interior material 32.

  Therefore, in the state where the tow band 10 of the tow band deposit 21 is used (the state of FIG. 6), the illegal tobacco manufacturer cannot hide the interior material 30 on which the tow band deposit 21 is placed, and has found illegal tobacco. In this case, if the interior material 30 on which the tow band deposit 21 is found is searched by searching the manufacturing site, the source can be easily specified from the identification function. Therefore, the interior material 30 can be seized by an on-site search or the like by an investigation organization, and the distribution route (sales route) of the tobacco filter tow veil 20 can be easily specified from the identification function of the interior material 30. As a result, it is possible to stop the route of illegal tobacco by stopping the route through which the tobacco filter tow bale 20, which is a secondary material for producing illegal tobacco, is supplied to illegal tobacco manufacturers.

  Moreover, in order for an illegal tobacco manufacturer to newly manufacture illegal tobacco, it is necessary to create an illegal distribution route for obtaining a new tobacco filter tow veil 20, which requires a great deal of time and effort. Therefore, an illegal tobacco manufacturer who has been cut off from the supply of the tow bales 20 cannot produce illegal tobacco and will die.

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Even if the upper interior material 31 for wrapping the tow band deposit 21 has the identification function of the interior material 30, the origin of the tobacco filter tow veil 20 can be specified by finding the upper interior material 31. The identification function of the interior material 30 is not limited to the lower interior material 32.

  Further, the interior material 30 for packaging the tow band deposit 21 is not limited to the one separated into the lower interior material 32 and the upper interior material 31. The lower interior material 32 and the upper interior material 31 may be a single interior material 30 that is integrally connected.

  Moreover, the tow band manufacturing apparatus 2 of the tow bale manufacturing facility 1 is not limited to the above embodiment. The tow band 10 manufactured by the tow band manufacturing apparatus 2 may be folded and deposited to form the tow band deposit 21 and packed with the interior material 30, and is not limited to the above embodiment.

  In addition, the above-described embodiment shows an example, and the tobacco filter tow bale 20 that is packaged with the interior material 30 and exceeds 300 kg can be similarly applied, and various configurations within a range that does not impair the gist of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

1 Tow veil production equipment
2 Tow Band Manufacturing Equipment 10 Tow Band 14 Compression Container 15 Packing Machine 16 Lower Platen (Lower Base)
17 Upper platen (compression plate)
20 Tow Veil for Tobacco Filter 21 Tow Band Deposit 30 Interior Material 31 Upper Interior Material 32 Lower Interior Material 33 Inner Film 34 Outer Sheet 36 Printing Layer (Identification Function)
37 One-dimensional code (identification function)
38 IC tag (identification function)

Claims (6)

A tow bale for cigarette filter which crimps and packs the tow band deposit on which the tow band is deposited by crimping a tow combined with a plurality of filaments,
The tow band deposit formed by folding and depositing the tow band to a weight of more than 300 kg;
An interior material for placing the tow band deposit and packaging the surroundings in contact with the tow band deposit;
With
The interior material has an identification function for identifying the origin of the interior material,
An identified tobacco filter tow veil characterized by: The interior material has the identification function at least in a portion in contact with the bottom surface of the tow band deposit,
The identified tobacco filter tow veil according to claim 1. The interior material has a lower interior material disposed on the bottom surface side of the tow band deposit, and an upper interior material disposed on the top surface side of the tow band deposit,
The identification function is provided at least in the lower interior material,
Tow bale for identified tobacco filter according to claim 1 or 2. The interior material is a film material having a plurality of layers,
The identification function is a printed layer printed on the film material,
The printed layer is provided in an intermediate portion of a plurality of layers,
A tow veil for an identified tobacco filter according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The printed layer includes at least one of a character, a symbol, a one-dimensional code, or a two-dimensional code as the identification function.
5. The identified tobacco filter tow veil according to claim 4. The identification function includes an IC tag.
A tow veil for an identified tobacco filter according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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