Global Patent Index - EP 1497186 B1

EP 1497186 B1 20060412 - HIGHLY COMPRESSED FILTER TOW BALE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF

Title (en)

HIGHLY COMPRESSED FILTER TOW BALE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF

Title (de)

HOCHVERDICHTETER FILTER TOW BALLEN UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG

Title (fr)

BALLE DE MECHE POUR FILTRE FORTEMENT COMPRIMEE ET PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION DE CETTE BALLE

Publication

EP 1497186 B1 20060412 (DE)

Application

EP 03722517 A 20030422

Priority

  • DE 10217840 A 20020422
  • EP 0304132 W 20030422

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03089309A3] Disclosed is a packed, highly compressed cuboid-shaped filter tow bale, the top side and bottom side of which are free from nuisome curvatures or constrictions. Said bale is characterized by the fact that a) the bale has a packing density of at least 300 kg/m<3>, b) the bale is entirely wrapped in a mechanically self-supporting, elastic packing material which is provided with one or several convectively airtight connections, and c) the top side and bottom side of the bale are so flat that a flat plate which fully covers the bale can be pressed onto the top side of the bale via a centrally effective normal force of 100 N and at least 90 percent of the surface of the top side of the bale, which lies within the largest rectangle that can be inserted by vertically projecting the bale onto the pressed plate, has a maximum distance of about 40 mm from the flat plate when the unopened bale is placed on a horizontal plane. A particularly suitable method for producing said bale comprises the following steps: a) filter tow is supplied in a compressed form; b) the compressed filter tow is enveloped in a wrapping; c) the wrapping is closed in an airtight manner; and d) the wrapped bale is relieved of the load. The wrapping of such a bale is largely prevented from bursting as a result of the prevailing internal pressure. The inventive bale has an ideal cuboid shape such that curvatures negatively affecting the bale during transport or constrictions hampering the behavior of the filter tow are largely prevented from occurring.

IPC 8 full level

A24D 3/02 (2006.01); B65D 1/00 (2006.01); B30B 9/30 (2006.01); B30B 15/30 (2006.01); B65B 27/00 (2006.01); B65B 27/12 (2006.01); B65B 31/04 (2006.01); B65D 71/00 (2006.01); B65D 75/00 (2006.01); B65D 81/00 (2006.01); B65D 81/20 (2006.01); B65D 85/07 (2017.01)

IPC 8 main group level

B65D (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

B65B 63/02 (2013.01 - EP); B65B 63/028 (2013.01 - EP KR); B65D 85/07 (2018.01 - EP KR)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03089309 A2 20031030; WO 03089309 A3 20040318; AT E323029 T1 20060415; AU 2003229703 A1 20031103; AU 2003229703 A8 20031103; CA 2482107 A1 20031030; CA 2482107 C 20090127; CN 100355634 C 20071219; CN 101041390 A 20070926; CN 101041390 B 20100519; CN 1646391 A 20050727; DE 10217840 A1 20031113; DE 10217840 B4 20131017; DE 20315747 U1 20040122; DE 50302963 D1 20060524; DK 1497186 T3 20060522; EP 1497186 A2 20050119; EP 1497186 B1 20060412; ES 2256737 T3 20060716; JP 2005528096 A 20050922; JP 3917590 B2 20070523; KR 100763346 B1 20071004; KR 20040104612 A 20041210; MX PA04010471 A 20050214; PT 1497186 E 20060630; RU 2004133904 A 20050720; RU 2283807 C2 20060920

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 0304132 W 20030422; AT 03722517 T 20030422; AU 2003229703 A 20030422; CA 2482107 A 20030422; CN 03809146 A 20030422; CN 200710005730 A 20030422; DE 10217840 A 20020422; DE 20315747 U 20030422; DE 50302963 T 20030422; DK 03722517 T 20030422; EP 03722517 A 20030422; ES 03722517 T 20030422; JP 2003586035 A 20030422; KR 20047017093 A 20041022; MX PA04010471 A 20030422; PT 03722517 T 20030422; RU 2004133904 A 20030422