Technical Field
[0001] The present disclosure relates to cigarette paper for a cigar, a heating type smoking
article including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same.
Background Art
[0002] There is an increasing interest in a heating type smoking article including a tobacco
rod that is formed by filling the inside of cigarette paper with a tobacco filler
including a tobacco raw material and an aerosol generating substrate. The heating
type smoking article described above is a type of smoking article for heating the
tobacco raw material by an electric heater in a heating device without burning it
and delivering an aerosol generated from the tobacco filler to a user. As the electric
heater, heaters with various shapes such as shapes of a blade, rod, and the like have
been put into practical use, and the tobacco rod is mounted on the heating device
by inserting the tobacco rod into the electric heater from a tip end surface of the
tobacco rod during the use.
[0003] A cigar is a smoking article made by rolling a tobacco leaf and contains the tobacco
leaf as a material for wrapping the tobacco raw material. The cigar-related smoking
articles are steadily consumed by consumers who prefer the unique taste of cigars,
and since cigars are smoked for a long time, cigars having a thin shape such as cigarillos
have also been proposed.
[0004] As described above, there has been a steady preference for the smoking article including
cigarette paper to which a cigar leaf is applied, but there is a limitation in that
a tensile strength of cigarette paper for a cigar of the related art is insufficient
to be applied to heating type smoking articles that are currently mainly consumed.
Prior Art Documents
Patent Document
Disclosure of the Invention
Technical Goals
[0006] The present disclosure provides cigarette paper for a cigar applicable to a heating
type smoking article, and a heating type smoking article including the same.
[0007] However, aspects to be achieved in the present disclosure are not limited to the
above-described aspects, and other aspects not mentioned herein may be clearly understood
by a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains
from the following description.
Technical Solutions
[0008] The present disclosure provides cigarette paper for a cigar wrapping a smoking article,
in which the cigarette paper for a cigar includes 50 wt% or more of a cigar leaf,
and the smoking article is a heating type smoking article.
[0009] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper for a cigar
may have a tensile strength of 120 cN/mm or more.
[0010] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigar leaf may include
a cigar leaf stem and may not include a cigar leaf ligule.
[0011] According to still another embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper
for a cigar may further include pulp.
[0012] According to still another embodiment of the present disclosure, the pulp may include
one or more of hard pulp and soft pulp.
[0013] According to still another embodiment of the present disclosure, the pulp may be
a mixture of hard pulp and soft pulp at a weight ratio of 0.1 - 99.9:99.9 - 0.1.
[0014] In addition, the present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing cigarette
paper for a cigar wrapping a smoking article, the method including: beating a cigar
leaf (S1); beating pulp (S2); mixing the cigar leaf and pulp beaten in steps S1 and
S2 (S3); and performing papermaking of the mixed cigar leaf and pulp (S4), in which
the smoking article is a heating type smoking article.
[0015] According to still another embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper
for a cigar may include 50 wt% or more of the cigar leaf.
[0016] According to still another embodiment of the present disclosure, the papermaking
in step S4 may be performed by using a Fourdrinier paper machine or cylinder paper
machine.
[0017] In addition, the present disclosure provides a heating type smoking article including
the cigarette paper for a cigar manufactured by the method described above.
Effects
[0018] The present disclosure provides a cigar leaf-containing cigarette paper for a cigar
that may be used in a heating type smoking article. The cigarette paper for a cigar
has an excellent tensile strength, while it includes the cigar leaf, and thus, the
cigarette paper for a cigar is applicable to the heating type smoking article. Since
the cigarette paper for a cigar includes the cigar leaf, the smoke flavor is enhanced,
the tobacco flavor is increased, and the appearance thereof is also differentiated.
[0019] It should be understood that the effects of the present disclosure are not limited
to the above-described effects, but are construed as including all effects that can
be inferred from the configurations and features described in the following description
or claims of the present disclosure.
Brief Description of Drawings
[0020]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an image obtained by capturing cigarette paper for
a cigar according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a result of a sensory evaluation of cigarette paper
for a cigar according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
[0021] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with
reference to the accompanying drawings. When it is determined detailed description
related to a related known function or configuration they may make the purpose of
the present disclosure unnecessarily ambiguous in describing the present disclosure,
the detailed description will be omitted here. In addition, terminologies used herein
are defined to appropriately describe the embodiments and thus may be changed depending
on a user, the intent of an operator, or a custom of a field to which the present
disclosure pertains. Accordingly, the terminologies must be defined based on the following
overall description of the present specification. In the drawings, like reference
numerals are used for like elements.
[0022] In the whole specification, when a member is positioned "on" another member, this
not only includes a case that the any member is brought into contact with the other
member, but also includes a case that another member exists between two members.
[0023] It will be understood that when a certain part "includes" a certain component, the
part does not exclude another component but may further include another component.
[0024] Throughout the specification, when a user inhales the external air by using a smoking
article, a portion where the air flows to the inside from the outside of the smoking
article is referred to as an "upstream" portion and a portion where the air flows
out to the outside from the inside of the smoking article is referred to as a "downstream"
portion. The terms "upstream" and "downstream" may be used to indicate a relative
position or orientation between portions or segments constituting the smoking article.
[0025] Cigarette paper for a cigar applied to a combustible smoking article had a tensile
strength of 80 cN/mm or less, and thus, the wrapper was sometimes damaged when it
is applied to a heating type smoking article. In a process of preparing a final wrapper
by using the cigar leaf, it was difficult to perform the uniform blending thereof
and there was the inconvenience of performing two steps of the process, since it was
necessary to prepare reconstituted tobacco in a primary step and then blend it with
pulp in a secondary step. Also, when performing the process, components included in
the wrapper sometimes leaked, which caused a deterioration in the unique smoke flavor
and taste of the cigar.
[0026] Therefore, the inventors has developed cigarette paper for a cigar that enables the
smoking by a heating type smoking device while maintaining the unique smoke flavor
and taste for consumers and completed the present disclosure.
[0027] Hereinafter, cigarette paper for a cigar and a smoking article including the cigarette
paper for a cigar according to the present disclosure will be described in detail
with reference to embodiments and drawings. However, the present disclosure is not
limited to the embodiments and drawings.
[0028] The present disclosure provides cigarette paper for a cigar wrapping a smoking article,
in which the cigarette paper for a cigar includes 50 wt% or more of a cigar leaf,
and the smoking article is a heating type smoking article.
[0029] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper for a cigar
may include 50 wt% or more of the cigar leaf. This allows the smoking article of the
present disclosure to have the unique flavor and taste of the cigar. When the content
of the cigar leaf is less than 50 wt%, the unique taste and flavor of cigar may be
insufficient, and a transition amount of nicotine may be insufficient. The content
thereof may be more desirably 50 wt% to 66 wt%.
[0030] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper for a cigar
may have a tensile strength of 120 cN/mm or more. This allows the cigarette paper
for a cigar to be applied to the heating type smoking article. Since the cigarette
paper for a cigar has the tensile strength of 120 cN/mm or more, the cigarette paper
for a cigar does not break during the process, when the cigarette paper for a cigar
is applied to the smoking article for the use thereof, and this significantly enhances
workability. When the tensile strength is less than 120 cN/mm, the workability may
be greatly reduced and the cigarette paper for a cigar may be damaged when it is inserted
into a heating type smoking device for the use thereof.
[0031] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper for a cigar
has a basis weight of 40 to 80 g/m
2. When the cigarette paper for a cigar has the basis weight of less than 40 g/m
2, an effect of supporting other materials of the smoking article and maintaining a
shape thereof may be insufficient. When the basis weight thereof exceeds 80 g/m
2, the process may not smoothly proceed due to poor adhesiveness according to an increase
in paper elasticity at the time of preparing the smoking article, and this may deteriorate
the workability.
[0032] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper for a cigar
has a thickness of 50 to 180 um. When the cigarette paper for a cigar has the thickness
of less than 50 um, the effect of supporting other materials of the smoking article
and maintaining the shape thereof may be insufficient. When the thickness thereof
exceeds 180 um, the process may not smoothly proceed due to poor adhesiveness according
to an increase in paper elasticity at the time of preparing the smoking article, and
this may deteriorate the workability.
[0033] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper for a cigar
has an elongation of 0.5% to 3%. When the cigarette paper for a cigar has an elongation
of less than 0.5%, the cigarette paper for a cigar may be broken at the time of preparing
the smoking article, which may deteriorate the workability. When the elongation thereof
exceeds 3%, the effect of supporting other materials of the smoking article and maintaining
the shape thereof may be reduced due to the excessive elongation.
[0034] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper for a cigar
has a porosity of 20 to 80 Coresta Unit (CU). The porosity, expressed in Coresta Unit
(CU), is a value representing a volumetric flow rate of air passing through a sample
of 1 cm
2 under a pressure of 1 kilopascal (kPa) (cm
3/cm
2.min at 1 kPa). When the cigarette paper for a cigar has a porosity of less than 20
CU (cm
3/cm
2.min at 1 kPa), external air may not be smoothly introduced when using the smoking
article, which may affect a sucking property at the time of the smoking. When the
porosity thereof exceeds 80 CU (cm
3/cm
2.min at 1 kPa), the external air may be excessively introduced due to the excessive
porosity, which may deteriorate the sucking property (smoking quality) of the smoking
article to cause wasted sucking. More desirably, when the cigarette paper for a cigar
according to the present disclosure has a porosity of 50 CU to 80 CU, an excellent
flavor is obtained when using the smoking article.
[0035] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper for a cigar
has smoothness (SS) of 5 to 15 and smoothness (RS) of 5 to 15. Regarding the surface
smoothness (SS), when the cigarette paper for a cigar has smoothness of less than
5 the workability may be deteriorated. When the smoothness exceeds 15, the preference
may be lowered due to a lack of unique sensibility of the cigar leaf. Regarding the
rear smoothness (RS), when the cigarette paper for a cigar has smoothness of less
than 5, application of an adhesive may be insufficient at the time of preparing the
smoking article, which may cause a burst of an adhesive portion. When the smoothness
exceeds 15, the uniformity may be deteriorated when packaging a cut due to a slip
(sliding).
[0036] The smoothness is a value measured according to the Bekk method. The Bekk method
is a method of measuring an air flow between paper and an ideal plane. A larger time
unit (sec) indicates that it is smooth. The cigarette paper for a cigar has lower
smoothness than the normal paper, as it includes the cigar leaf, unlike ordinary paper.
However, when the cigarette paper for a cigar has smoothness of less than 5, the paper
jam may occur at the time of preparing the smoking article, which may deteriorate
the workability. When the smoothness thereof exceeds 15, the preference may be lowered
due to a lack of unique sensibility of the cigar leaf.
[0037] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper for a cigar
is prepared by mixing a pulp component and a cigar leaf. The pulp component of the
cigarette paper for a cigar may include one or more of hard pulp (hardwood pulp) and
soft pulp (softwood pulp). The pulp may include only one of hard pulp or soft pulp,
or may be a mixture of the hard pulp and soft pulp at a weight ratio of 0.1 - 99.9:99.9
- 0.1 and desirably at a weight ratio of 20 - 80:80 - 20. In the desirable blending
range described above, a tensile strength suitable for the use in the heating type
smoking article may be exhibited. As a large amount of hard pulp is included, the
tensile strength increases, but the elongation and the amount of cigar leaf falling
may increase. On the other hand, as a large amount of soft pulp is included, the elongation
and the amount of cigar leaf falling are reduced, but the tensile strength may decrease.
Therefore, it is necessary to perform the blending appropriately.
[0038] For the cigar leaf used for the wrapper, the cigar leaf stem and a cigar leaf ligule
is not substantially included. The cigar leaf stem is included in an amount of 90
wt% with respect to 100 wt% of a total of the cigar leaf used, and a content of the
cigar leaf ligule is less than 1 wt%, which is substantially not included.
[0039] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette paper for a cigar
may include a stem-shaped print similar to a cigar. Any printing method may be applied
without limitation, as long as it is a printing method applied to the smoking article.
[0040] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method
of manufacturing cigarette paper for a cigar wrapping a smoking article, the method
including: beating a cigar leaf (S1); beating pulp (S2); mixing the cigar leaf and
pulp beaten in steps S1 and S2 (S3); and performing papermaking of the mixed cigar
leaf and pulp (S4), in which the smoking article is a heating type smoking article.
[0041] According to still another embodiment of the present disclosure, steps S1 and S2
described above may be performed independently. In the present disclosure, steps S1
and S2 are independently performed and then the cigar leaf and pulp beaten independently
in each step are mixed in step S3. Therefore, it is advantageous that the uniform
blending may be performed. Since the process is performed in a simple manner, working
convenience increases and working time is reduced.
[0042] In addition, the amount of elution of nicotine in the cigar leaf may be reduced according
to the independent beating process, which may cause an increase in the transition
amount of nicotine of the smoking article.
[0043] The manufacturing method of the present disclosure may be performed by applying a
typical papermaking process. In general, the papermaking process may be performed
in the order of a pulp preparation process, a composition process, a papermaking process,
a processing process, and a finishing process.
[0044] The pulp preparation process is a process of separating and extracting fibers from
wood or other fiber plants by a mechanical or chemical treatment. The composition
process, as a process of preparing materials required for the papermaking process,
is a process of dissociating, beating, and screening the materials and performing
a chemical treatment on some of materials so that the materials may be used in the
papermaking process.
[0045] Such pulp is obtained as a paper material by cutting raw wood into a predetermined
size, putting it into a barker to peel off the outer bark, putting it into a grinder
with water and grinding it, and then screening impurities.
[0046] The papermaking process is a process of papermaking the paper material screened in
the composition process. To briefly describe the papermaking process, the papermaking
process includes an operation of forming a sheet by uniformly injecting and distributing
the paper material, an operation of mechanically compressing and dehydrating the paper
material in the form of a sheet as it passes through a press roll, an operation of
drying the paper material in the form of a sheet using steam, and an operation of
adjusting a thickness of paper or flattening a surface thereof through a roll. The
process may be connected to the processing process as a continuous process or using
a separate processing machine. The paper material may be rolled after the drying or
calendering, without the processing process.
[0047] At this time, the papermaking process may be divided into Fourdrinier papermaking
and cylinder papermaking. In a process of forming a paper layer, a machine in which
a wire portion is formed of an endless long mesh is referred to as the Fourdrinier
paper machine and a machine in which a wire portion is formed of a cylinder is referred
to as the cylinder paper machine.
[0048] Accordingly, according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the papermaking
in step S4 may be performed by using the Fourdrinier paper machine or cylinder paper
machine. Both the cylinder and Fourdrinier paper machine may be used, and it is desirable
to use the cylinder paper machine to increase the amount of sheets formed for the
wrapper.
[0049] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further
include calendering of the cigarette paper for a cigar (SS) after completing the papermaking
in step S4. The calendering is performed through an offline or online method, and
through this process, printability may be increased and the tensile strength may be
improved.
[0050] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further
include performing stem-shaped printing (S6) after step S5. Any printing method may
be applied without limitation, as long as it is a printing method applied to the smoking
article.
[0051] The present disclosure may provide a smoking article including the cigarette paper
for a cigar.
[0052] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a smoking
article including a smoking material portion, a cooling portion positioned downstream
of the smoking material portion, a filter portion positioned downstream of the cooling
portion, and cigarette paper for a cigar wrapping the smoking article. The "smoking
article" herein refers to any product that may be used for smoking or any product
capable of providing a smoking experience. Particularly, in the present disclosure,
the smoking article may refer to a smokable product capable of generating an aerosol
such as a heating type electronic cigarette.
[0053] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the smoking material portion,
the cooling portion positioned downstream of the smoking material portion, and the
filter potion positioned downstream of the cooling portion may be connected in a longitudinal
direction. That is, the filter portion may be positioned at a most downstream side
of the smoking material portion, that is, in a direction (a downstream direction)
closest to a smoker, and the smoking material portion may be positioned on a most
upstream side, that is, a direction (an upstream direction) farthest from the smoker.
[0054] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the smoking material portion
includes an aerosol generating material. The aerosol generating material refers to
a material capable of generating an aerosol and may be in a solid or liquid state.
[0055] For example, a solid aerosol generating material may include a solid substance based
on tobacco raw materials such as plate-shaped leaf tobacco, cuts, or reconstituted
tobacco, and particularly, the smoking material portion according to the present disclosure
may include the cigar leaf as the solid substance.
[0056] A liquid aerosol generating material may include a liquid composition based on nicotine,
tobacco extracts, and/or various flavoring agents. However, the scope of the present
disclosure is not limited to the examples listed above.
[0057] The liquid aerosol generating material may include, as more specific examples, at
least one of propylene glycol (PG) or glycerin (GLY) and may further include at least
one of ethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol,
tetraethylene glycol, or oleyl alcohol. In another example, the aerosol generating
material may further include at least one of nicotine, moisture, or a flavoring material.
In still another example, the aerosol generating material may further include various
additives such as cinnamon, capsaicin, or the like. The aerosol generating material
may contain, not only a liquid material having a high fluidity, but a material in
the form of gel or solid. As described above, composition components of the aerosol
generating material may be variously selected according to the embodiments and a composition
ratio thereof may also vary according to the embodiments. Hereinafter, the liquid
may refer to a liquid aerosol generating material.
[0058] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the smoking material portion
may include the solid aerosol generating material or may include both the solid aerosol
generating material and the liquid aerosol generating material. A length of the smoking
material portion may be approximately 15 mm to 75 mm.
[0059] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the smoking article includes
a filter portion. For example, the filter portion may be a mono filter, double filter,
or triple filter. In addition, the filter portion may include at least one of filters
having a porous matrix structure, tube structure, and paper tube structure. The filter
may include a fibrous or filamentous filter tow containing at least one of a polymer,
paper, cellulose acetate, activated carbon, and carbon, or a filter tow containing
both. However, the embodiment is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the material
of the filter may further include at least one filter material widely known in the
technical field, such as a carbon-containing adsorbent or activated carbon. Also,
the filter portion may further include tip paper and/or filter wrapping paper for
wrapping the filter and the tip paper and the filter wrapping paper may be, for example,
a paper material, but are not limited thereto.
[0060] The filter portion may be manufactured to generate flavors. In an example, a flavoring
liquid may be sprayed onto the filter portion or separate fibers coated with the flavoring
liquid may be inserted into the filter portion.
[0061] In addition, the filter portion may include at least one capsule. The capsule may
perform a function of generating a flavor or a function of generating an aerosol.
For example, the capsule may have a structure in which a liquid containing a fragrance
is coated with a film. The capsule may have a spherical or cylindrical shape, but
is not limited thereto.
[0062] In addition, the cooling portion may be made of a polymer material or biodegradable
polymer material. For example, the cooling portion may be made of only pure polylactic
acid, but is not limited thereto. Alternatively, the cooling portion may be made of
a cellulose acetate filter having a plurality of holes. However, the cooling portion
is not limited to the above example, and may be applicable without limitation as long
as it may perform a function of cooling the aerosol.
[0063] The smoking article according to the present disclosure may further include a front
end filter. The front end filter is positioned on a side opposite to the filter portion
in the smoking article. The front end filter may prevent the smoking material portion
of the smoking article from escaping to the outside and prevent the liquefied aerosol
from flowing into the heating type smoking device from the smoking article during
the smoking.
[0064] In addition, the heating type smoking device to which the smoking article according
to some embodiments of the present disclosure is applicable will be briefly described.
[0065] The heating type smoking device may include a housing, a heater, a controller, and
a battery. However, the components described above are merely an example and it is
apparent to those skilled in the art, to which the present disclosure belongs, that
other generally used components may be further included in addition to the components.
For example, the heating type smoking device may further include an output module
(e.g., a motor or display) for outputting a state of a device and/or an input module
(e.g., a button) for receiving an input of a user (e.g., on/off of the device). Hereinafter,
each of the components of the heating type smoking device will be described.
[0066] The housing may form the exterior of the heating type smoking device. The housing
may also form an accommodating space for accommodating a smoking article. The smoking
article accommodated in the accommodating space may generate smoke and/or an aerosol
as it is heated by the heater, and the generated smoke and/or aerosol may be inhaled
through a user's mouth. The smoking article herein may correspond to the smoking article
according to some embodiments of the present disclosure described above.
[0067] Next, the heater may generate smoke and/or an aerosol by heating the smoking article
accommodated in the accommodating space. The heater may be an internal heating type
heater for heating the inside of the accommodated heating article or an external heating
type heater for heating the outside of the smoking article. In addition, the heater
may be implemented as an electric resistive heater or as an induction heating type
heater. As described above, the heater may be implemented in any manner as long as
it may generate smoke and/or an aerosol by heating the smoking article.
[0068] Next, the controller may control an overall operation of the heating type smoking
device. For example, the controller may control operations of the heater and battery
and may also control operations of other components included in the heating type smoking
device. The controller may control power supplied by the battery, a heating temperature
of the heater, and the like. In addition, the controller may verify a state of each
of the components of the heating type smoking device to determine whether the heating
type smoking device is in an operable state.
[0069] The controller may be implemented by at least one processor. The processor may be
implemented as an array of a plurality of logic gates, or may be implemented as a
combination of a general-purpose microprocessor and a memory in which a program executable
by the microprocessor is stored. In addition, it may be understood by those having
ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains that it may be
implemented in other types of hardware.
[0070] Next, the battery may supply power used for the operation of the heating type smoking
device. For example, the battery may supply power to the heater and may supply power
required for the operation of the controller.
[0071] In addition, the battery may supply power required for operations of additional electric
components such as a display, a sensor, a motor, or the like installed in the heating
type smoking device.
[0072] Also, particularly, the smoking article according to the present disclosure may be
used in a hybrid heating type smoking device in which a liquid aerosol forming substrate
is also used. The hybrid heating type smoking device may be a device in which a vaporizer
and a smoking article are arranged in parallel or a device in which a vaporizer and
a smoking article are arranged in series. However, the scope of the present disclosure
is not limited to these examples, and the arrangement inside the heating type smoking
device may be changed.
[0073] As described above, the heating type smoking device may further include a vaporizer.
However, this is a preferable embodiment to achieve the object of the present disclosure,
and thus other components may be added or some of the components may be omitted as
needed.
[0074] The vaporizer may generate an aerosol by vaporizing a liquid aerosol forming substrate.
For example, the vaporizer may be configured to include a liquid storage tank for
storing the liquid aerosol forming substrate, a wick for absorbing the stored liquid,
and a liquid vaporization element for vaporizing the absorbed liquid. At this time,
the liquid vaporization element may be implemented as a heating element, may be implemented
as a vibration element that for vaporizing the liquid through ultrasonic vibration,
or may be implemented in other forms. In addition, the scope of the present disclosure
is not limited to these examples, and the vaporizer may be implemented in other forms.
For example, the vaporizer may be implemented to have a structure that does not include
a wick.
[0075] An aerosol generated from the vaporizer may pass through the smoking article to be
inhaled through the user's mouth. The liquid vaporization element of the vaporizer
may be controlled by the controller.
[0076] Hereinafter, the configuration of the present disclosure and effects thereof will
be described in more detail through examples and comparative examples. However, the
examples are merely intended for the purpose of describing the disclosure in more
detail, and thus, the scope of the disclosure is not limited to the examples.
[Examples]
Example 1
[0077] A cigar leaf (51 wt%) and mixed pulp (soft and hard) (49 wt%) were prepared, beaten,
and mixed. The mixed pulp includes soft pulp and hard pulp at a weight ratio of 20:80,
and the cigar leaf does not contain a leaf ligule.
[0078] The papermaking of the mixture was performed by using the cylinder paper machine
capable of implementing a high tensile strength, compared to the Fourdrinier paper
machine, thereby preparing cigarette paper for a cigar. The prepared cigarette paper
for a cigar was subjected to the calendering, and then, a cigar leaf pattern was printed.
Comparative Example 1
[0079] For comparison, a cigar leaf (10 wt%) and mixed pulp (90 wt%) were pulverized, mixed,
beaten, and mixed. The papermaking of the mixture was performed using the Fourdrinier
paper machine, thereby preparing cigarette paper for a cigar. The prepared wrapper
was subjected to the calendering, and then, a cigar leaf pattern was printed.
[0080] The components of the prepared cigarette paper for a cigar were confirmed and shown
in Table 1 below.
[Table 1]
| Classification |
Unit |
Example 1 |
Comparative Example 1 |
| Nicotine |
% |
0.4 |
0.05 |
| Sugar |
% |
0.8 |
0.12 |
<Confirmation of Physical Properties of Cigarette Paper for Cigar>
[0081] Physical properties of the prepared final wrapper were confirmed and shown in Table
2 below. A tensile strength and elongation below were analyzed by using a tensile
testing machine (AG-5000G, Universal Testing Machine) based on ASTM D638. A speed
of a crosshead was 0.3 mm/min and a load thereof was 50 kg.
Table 2]
| Classification |
Unit |
Example 1 |
Comparative Example 1 |
| Weight |
g/m2 |
50 |
50 |
| Thickness |
µm |
90 |
90 |
| Tensile strength (MD) |
cN/mm |
128 |
84 |
| Elongation |
% |
1.0 |
0.7 |
| Porosity |
CU |
50 |
70 |
| Smoothness |
SS |
7.5 |
5.2 |
| RS |
7.3 |
5.0 |
[0082] As it may be confirmed in Table 1 above, the tensile strength was increased by 40
cN/mm or more, a suitable porosity of 50 CU was obtained, and the smoothness was increased,
compared to a current cigarette paper for a cigar.
[0083] <Evaluation of Manufacturing Workability of Smoking Article to which Cigar Final
Wrapper is Applied>
[0084] A heating type smoking article including a medium portion, a cooling portion, and
a filter portion was prepared by using the cigar final wrapper of each of Example
1 and Comparative Example. As shown in FIG. 1, the heating type smoking article is
completed by winding the cigarette paper for a cigar in a final step. In order to
evaluate the workability of the heating type smoking article, an applicable manufacturing
speed, an adhesiveness, a cigarette paper breakage, contamination of an adhesive,
and a fire extinguishing rate of cigarette paper of each example were evaluated and
shown in Table 3.
Table 3]
| Cigarette paper |
Manufacturing speed (CPM) |
Adhesiveness |
Cigarette paper breakage |
Contamination of adhesive |
| Example 1 |
10,000 |
Good |
None |
None |
| Comparative Example 1 |
7,000 |
Good |
Broken with 7,000 or more |
None |
[0085] As shown in Table 2 above, when the cigarette paper for a cigar of Example 1 was
used, the cigarette paper was not often broken and the manufacturing speed was excellent,
compared to the cigarette paper for a cigar of Comparative Example 1.
<Analysis of Smoke Components of Smoking Article to which Cigar Final Wrapper is Applied>
[0086] For the prepared smoking article, 20 smoking articles were used in an automatic smoking
device for smoking according to ISO smoking conditions, and contents of nicotine,
propylene glycol, glycerin, and water collected in a pad were measured and shown in
Table 4 below.
Table 4]
| Product name |
Nicotine |
PG |
Gly |
Water |
| Comparative Example 1 |
Average (mg/stick) |
0.40 |
2.51 |
11.42 |
22.4 |
| Deviation (mg/stick) |
0.07 |
0.28 |
1.11 |
1.0 |
| CV (%) |
18.5 |
11.1 |
9.7 |
4.4 |
| Example 1 |
Average (mg/stick) |
0.55 |
2.37 |
11.48 |
23.2 |
| Deviation (mg/stick) |
0.03 |
0.17 |
0.61 |
0.4 |
| CV (%) |
8.6 |
7.2 |
5.7 |
1.6 |
[0087] From the above results, it may be confirmed that the transition amount of nicotine
increases, when the cigarette paper for a cigar of Example 1 is applied.
<Sensory Evaluation of Smoking Article to which Cigar Final Wrapper is applied>
[0088] Through a panel of 20 members, the tastes of the smoking articles prepared with the
cigarette paper for a cigar of Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 were evaluated
and shown in FIG. 2.
[0089] As it may be confirmed in FIG. 2, it was confirmed that a smoke flavor intensity
and stimulating property increased according to an increase in the amount of nicotine,
thereby further improving the overall tobacco taste.
[0090] A number of example embodiments have been described above. Nevertheless, it should
be understood that various modifications may be made to these example embodiments.
For example, suitable results may be achieved if the described techniques are performed
in a different order and/or if components in a described system, architecture, device,
or circuit are combined in a different manner and/or replaced or supplemented by other
components or their equivalents. Therefore, other implementations, other examples,
and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.