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This song was written after I watched the documentary film Paris Is Burning, having read an article which referenced it in a discussion about House music's origins in black, gay culture. I was deeply moved by this film. 'I had to run this far from home' – it's about the outcasts who could never fit into mainstream society and how they created a safe place in the drag 'Ball' scene of New York in the '80s. 'Will we live on? The children of La Beija' refers to the 'house' of Pepper La Beija, who was one of the most notable figures on the scene, Pepper is also quoted in Malcolm McLaren's song on the same subject 'Deep In Vogue'. The culture was a flamboyant reaction to persecution and disillusionment, the imagination and bravery of these kids is simply awe-inspiring. I envisioned 'Gone Fishing' almost as a song from a Broadway musical version of this story. The making of one's own world, a safer world and the creation of a new, better family in music or youth culture is a theme I touch upon elsewhere on my album Hairless Toys.
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Digia outlined a series of ambitious goals for the Qt application development framework at the Qt Developer Days 2012 in Berlin and also showcased a number of new projects begun since Digia assumed full responsibility for Qt. Digia senior vice president Tommi Laitinen and Lars Knoll, CTO, Digia Qt and Qt Project Chief Maintainer, outlined a strategy and roadmap that aims at Qt becoming the world's leading cross-platform development framework within five years.
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In his keynote address, Laitinen laid out the core values on which the Digia Qt strategy will be based:
· #1 in multi-platform support
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· Belief in dual licensing model
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· Open business architecture
Digia's vision is to enhance Qt to make it not only the most efficient and usable framework for multi-platform development but also the one that delivers the best experience, both for developers and the end users of their products.
At the heart of the plan is a new open business architecture paired with the existing open source and commercial dual licensing model. This will all be underpinned by a strong, value-generating ecosystem that will benefit the Qt Project and the entire Qt community by funding the maintenance and continuous improvement of the Qt framework.
Laitinen said: "We are very excited about the new Qt strategy. The computer industry is changing rapidly, especially when it comes to user interfaces and user experience. Qt is gearing up to fill the gaps in the market place and provide developers with one toolset to rule all environments. Qt 5 is the first stepping stone in our strategy providing an amazing developer experience and performance."
A video of his complete keynote address will be available in the Qt Studios YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/QtStudios) channel shortly.
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· Qt with HW accelerated 3D user interface on the VxWorks operating system.
· The labs project with code name 'Boot to Qt' demonstrated a Qt application running on an Android base layer, which puts Qt on top as a graphical interface with the goal to make embedded development on Linux as seamless as possible.
· Qt Quick desktop components - showing a popular UI fully developed with Qt Quick.
· Qt on retina Mac – showcase of Qt on high-dpi retina displays.
All these demoed projects inch Digia towards its goal of Qt being #1 in multi-platform support and also enabling developers to easily develop and quickly deploy to popular platforms with a smooth and uncomplicated developer experience.
Video of the demonstrations will be posted soon after the event on the Qt Blog – blog.qt.digia.com.
Qt Developer Days 2012, co-hosted by three of the leading players in the Qt ecosystem – Digia, ICS (http://www.ics.com/) and KDAB (http://www.kdab.com/) – provides an opportunity for Qt experts and developers around the world to gather and share knowledge and best practice. The event includes: technical tracks on the latest innovations; hands-on training sessions; specialized workshops; and demonstrations of ground-breaking applications.
As custodian of the Qt Project (http://qt-project.org/), Digia Qt is committed to working with the Qt community to ensure the continuing development of open source and commercially licensed software in a manner that benefits all users. This will be achieved by harnessing the knowledge, expertise and commitment of all members of the Qt ecosystem.
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Digia is responsible for all Qt activities including product development and commercial and open source licensing. Since March 2011, Digia Plc, the Helsinki-based services and consulting powerhouse listed in the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki exchange (DIG1V) has been the commercial licensor of Qt. In September 2012 Digia acquired the full Qt business from Nokia. Digia operates in China, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and USA.
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Temasys has announced senior management additions to its team. Joining are David Holloway as Vice President of Commercial and Nadine Yap as Vice President of Product. Over the past 12 months Temasys has doubled in size as it adds new customers and expands the development of its Skylink platform. Skylink leads the charge to move WebRTC, traditionally seen as a desktop, browser based technology, to become a ubiquitous web communications technology on web and mobile, as well as Internet of Things compatible devices.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that robomq.io will exhibit at SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. robomq.io is an interoperable and composable platform that connects any device to any application. It helps systems integrators and the solution providers build new and innovative products and service for industries requiring monitoring or intelligence from devices and sensors.
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The list of 'new paradigm' technologies that now surrounds us appears to be at an all time high. From cloud computing and Big Data analytics to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the Internet of Things (IoT), today we have to deal with what the industry likes to call 'paradigm shifts' at every level of IT. This is disruption; of course, we understand that – change is almost always disruptive.
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WebRTC is an up-and-coming standard that enables real-time voice and video to be directly embedded into browsers making the browser a primary user interface for communications and collaboration. WebRTC runs in a number of browsers today and is currently supported in over a billion installed browsers globally, across a range of platform OS and devices. Today, organizations that choose to deploy WebRTC applications and use a host machine that supports audio through USB or Bluetooth can use Plantronics products to connect and transit or receive the audio associated with the WebRTC session.
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Docker is an excellent platform for organizations interested in running microservices. It offers portability and consistency between development and production environments, quick provisioning times, and a simple way to isolate services. In his session at DevOps Summit at 16th Cloud Expo, Shannon Williams, co-founder of Rancher Labs, will walk through these and other benefits of using Docker to run microservices, and provide an overview of RancherOS, a minimalist distribution of Linux designed expressly to run Docker. He will also discuss Rancher, an orchestration and service discovery platf...
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Sonus Networks introduced the Sonus WebRTC Services Solution, a virtualized Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) offer, purpose-built for the Cloud. The WebRTC Services Solution provides signaling from WebRTC-to-WebRTC applications and interworking from WebRTC-to-Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), delivering advanced real-time communications capabilities on mobile applications and on websites, which are accessible via a browser.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Aria Systems, the leading innovator in recurring revenue, has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Proven by the world's most demanding enterprises, including AAA NCNU, Constant Contact, Falck, Hootsuite, Pitney Bowes, Telekom Denmark, and VMware, Aria helps enterprises grow their recurring revenue businesses. With Aria's end-to-end active monetization platform, global brands can get to market faster with a wider variety of products and services, while maximizin...
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SYS-CON Media announced today that @WebRTCSummit Blog, the largest WebRTC resource in the world, has been launched. @WebRTCSummit Blog offers top articles, news stories, and blog posts from the world's well-known experts and guarantees better exposure for its authors than any other publication. @WebRTCSummit Blog can be bookmarked ▸ Here @WebRTCSummit conference site can be bookmarked ▸ Here
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Alert Logic, the leading provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions for the cloud, has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo® and DevOps Summit 2015 New York, which will take place June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and the 17th International Cloud Expo® and DevOps Summit 2015 Silicon Valley, which will take place November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Vitria Technology, Inc. will exhibit at SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Vitria will showcase the company's new IoT Analytics Platform through live demonstrations at booth #330. Vitria's IoT Analytics Platform, fully integrated and powered by an operational intelligence engine, enables customers to rapidly build and operationalize advanced analytics to deliver timely business outcomes for use cases across the industrial, enterprise, and consumer segments.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Solgenia will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Solgenia is the global market leader in Cloud Collaboration and Cloud Infrastructure software solutions. Designed to "Bridge the Gap" between Personal and Professional Social, Mobile and Cloud user experiences, our solutions help large and medium-sized organizations dr...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Liaison Technologies, a leading provider of data management and integration cloud services and solutions, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Liaison Technologies is a recognized market leader in providing cloud-enabled data integration and data management solutions to break down complex information barriers, enabling enterprises to make smarter decisions, faster.
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Connected devices and the Internet of Things are getting significant momentum in 2014. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist & Technology Evangelist at Greenwave Systems, examined three key elements that together will drive mass adoption of the IoT before the end of 2015. The first element is the recent advent of robust open source protocols (like AllJoyn and WebRTC) that facilitate M2M communication. The second is broad availability of flexible, cost-effective storage designed to handle the massive surge in back-end data in a world where timely analytics is e...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Akana, formerly SOA Software, has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo® New York, which will take place June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Akana's comprehensive suite of API Management, API Security, Integrated SOA Governance, and Cloud Integration solutions helps businesses accelerate digital transformation by securely extending their reach across multiple channels – mobile, cloud and Internet of Things. Akana enables enterprises to share data as APIs, connect and integrate applications, drive part...
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A nonwoven fibrous web material that contains cellulose ester fibers, cellulose ester fibrets and a minor amount of activated fusible fibers uniformly dispersed throughout is particularly well suited as a filter media. The activated fusible fibers are effective for retaining within the filter web any particulate material resulting from corrugation without adversely affecting the filtration efficiency of the cellulose ester fibers and fibrets. Alternatively, the fibrous web material may include an effective amount of natural cellulosic fibers.
1. A nonwoven fibrous web material for use as a filter media comprising cellulose ester fibers, cellulose ester fibrets and a minor amount of activated fusible fibers uniformly dispersed throughout the cellulose ester fibers and fibrets, said activated fusible fibers being present in an amount effective for retaining particulate material within the web material without substantially adversely affecting the filtration efficiency of the cellulose ester fibers and fibrets.
2. The fibrous web material of claim 1 wherein the fusible fibers are heat activated to effectively bond adjacent ester fibers and fibrets during drying of the web.
3. The fibrous web material of claim 1 wherein the fusible fibers are selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, vinyl copolymers, polyethylene, polypropylene, bicomponent fibers and mixtures thereof.
4. The fibrous web material of claim 1 wherein the fusible fibers are softened and swellable upon activation to adhere to adjacent fibers and fibrets.
5. The fibrous web material of claim 1 wherein the fusible fibers are polyvinyl alcohol fibers.
6. The fibrous web material of claim 1 wherein the fusible fibers constitute less than about 15% by weight of the fibrous web.
7. The fibrous web material of claim 1 wherein the fusible fibers constitute at least about 2 percent by weight of the web material.
8. The fibrous web material of claim 1 wherein the cellulose ester fibers and fibrets are selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate, cellulose propionate, cellulose triacetate, cellulose benzoate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate formate, cellulose acetate propionate, benzyl cellulose and mixtures thereof.
9. The fibrous web material of claim 1 wherein the cellulose ester fibers are cellulose acetate fibers, the fibrets constitute 5-35 percent by weight of web material and the fusible fibers constitute about 4-10 percent by weight.
10. The fibrous web material of claim 1 including an effective amount up to 20% by weight of natural cellulosic fibers.
11. A tobacco filter made from the fibrous web material of claim 1.
12. A tobacco filter made from the fibrous web material of claim 9.
The present invention relates to a nonwoven fibrous web material and more particularly to a fribrous web that is uniquely well suited for filtering tobacco smoke and the like. It further relates to filters that efficiently remove the constituents of tobacco smoke, in particular tar and nicotine, without releasing dust-like particles during corrugation or exhibiting dimensional instability. The present invention also relates to processes for making such materials and filters.
The principle use contemplated for the material of this invention is as a filter for the removal of respirable particles. When so employed, the filter may be used in conjunction with cigarette or other smoking articles such as a pipes or cigars. It will be obvious, however, that the filter material may also be advantageously utilized for other filter applications.
Many types of filter materials have been proposed for decreasing the amount of certain ingredients of tobacco smoke reaching a smoker's respiratory system. When used for filtering tobacco smoke, the filter material should not distort the taste of the smoke by adding a taste of its own and should be capable of inexpensive fabrication so as not to make the ultimate price of the smoking article too costly.
While a wide variety of fibrous materials have been employed as filter material, only paper and cellulose acetate filters have met with any significant commercial acceptance. Paper filters are usually corrugated and condensed into a rod form for attachment to a cigarette. Unfortunately, they tend to adversely affect the taste and odor of the delivered smoke stream and, due to their high moisture absorbency, tend to collapse during use since the compressibility of moist paper filters at a given pressure drop is generally greater than other conventionally used filters of comparable weight.
Cellulose acetate is conventionally used in the form of a tow of continuous filaments. These filters overcome all the aforementioned disadvantages of paper filters while admirably meeting the requirements of good draw and economy. As a result, a major portion of filter cigarettes utilize this type of material in spite of the fact that tow filters exhibit smoke removal efficiencies at a given draw that are relatively lower than that of paper filters.
An alternative method of utilizing cellulose acetate is the formation of nonwoven webs, or felted batts from staple fibers. Such fibrous structures lack dimensional stability and necessitate the use of binders to maintain the fibers in their desired array.
It also has been suggested in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,192,838, 4,274,914 and 4,283,186 that cellulose acetate fibrets may be effective to hold the cellulose acetate fibers in the absence of a binder and still provide the desired high surface area for filtration. The patents indicate the use of binders decreases the surface area available for filtration, adds an undesirable taste to the filtered smoke and represent a limiting factor in the speed of filter manufacture because of the time necessary to attain complete bonding. However, the binder free materials have a tendency to break when run through the corrugating and plug forming machinery and as a result, the components of the web are not securely anchored within the webs, exhibiting a significant solid particulate or "dusting" problem.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a sheet-like structure having the desired high filtration characteristics and dust-free character of the bonded material. Included in this object is the provision for a nonwoven web material having not only excellent filtration characteristics but also reducing the fly or "dusting" particles produced during the manufacture of the filter.
Another advantage of the present invention is the provision for a nonwoven web material of the type described that permits the uniform incorporation of a minor amount of natural cellulosis fibers, when desired, to adjust the strength characteristics of the final product and the filtration capabilities of all fibers without adversely impacting on the resultant taste detected by the user.
A further advantage of the present invention is the provision for achieving the foregoing features while providing dimensional stability without limiting the speed of filter manufacture.
Other advantages will be in part obvious and in part pointed out more in detail hereinafter.
These and related advantages are achieved in accordance with the present invention by providing a nonwoven fibrous web material particularly well suited for use as a filter for filtering tobacco smoke comprising cellulose ester fibers, cellulose ester fibrets and a minor amount of activated fusible fibers uniformly dispensed throughout the cellulose ester fibers and fibrets. The activated fusible fibers are effective for retaining particulate material within the web without adversely affecting the filtration efficiency of the cellulose ester fibers and fibrets. In an alternative embodiment the web material may include small amounts of natural cellulosic fibers to adjust the strength and processability of the web material, particularly the formation thereof, without adversely impacting on the taste of the tobacco smoke.
A better understanding of this invention will be obtained from the following description of the filter material and the process for its manufacture including the several steps of that process and the relation of one or more of such steps with respect to each of the others, and the article of manufacture possessing the features, characteristics, properties, and relation of elements described and exemplified herein.
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FIG. 1 is a graph showing the wet smoke removal efficiency as a function of the filter tip equivalent pressure drop;
FIG. 2 is a graph showing the tar removal efficiency as a function of the filter tip equivalent pressure drop;
FIG. 3 is a graph showing the tar delivery as a function of percent ventilation; and
FIG. 4 is a graph showing the nicotine delivery as a function of percent ventilation.
The new and improved filter material of the present invention is produced in accordance with conventional paper-making techniques in order to obtain nonwoven fibrous web material of sufficient structural integrity to withstand the stresses encountered in handling the material on automated machinery. Thus the nonwoven fibrous web material is comprised of water dispersible fibers well suited to wet papermaking operations wherein the fibers are initially dispersed at very low consistencies within large amounts of an aqueous dispersing medium and subsequently deposited on a fiber collecting wire in the form of a thin continuous nonwoven web.
In accordance with the present invention the major fibrous components of the web material are those set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 4,274,914, namely cellulose ester fibers and cellulose ester fibrets, the latter constituting from 5 to 35 percent by weight of the total fiber content.
The cellulose ester staple fibers employed are desirably fibrous material of the conventional type having a fiber length of from about 1/8 to 5/8 inch and a denier per filament of from about 1.0 to 8.0. It is preferred that the staple have a length of from 1/4 to 3/8 inch and a denier per filament of from about 1.0 to 3.0. The fiber cross-section may be the normal form produced by extrusion through a round orifice or have other cross sections produced by extrusion through non-circular orifices.
The cellulose ester staple may be one or more selected from the group of cellulose acetate, cellulose propionate, cellulose butyrate, cellulose benzoate, cellulose acetate formate, cellulose acetate propionate, cellulose acetate butyrate and the like. The esters may be ripened and acetone soluble, such as conventional cellulose acetate, or may be substantially fully esterified, i.e., contain fewer that 0.29 free hydroxyl groups per anhydroglucose unit, such as cellulose triacetate. The preferred cellulose ester staple material is cellulose acetate.
The fibrets utilized are also cellulose esters, preferably cellulose acetate, but have a structure similar to wood pulp. That is, they contain a microfibrillar structure comprised of microfibrils exhibiting a high surface area, i.e. approximately 20 square meters per gram, as contrasted with the smooth rod-like fibers of conventional synthetic man-made organic fibers. The pulp-like fibrets can be dispersed to achieve excellent uniform distribution throughout the dispersing medium and the resultant sheet product. Whereas ordinary cellulose acetate filaments have a surface area of about 0.25 square meters per gram, this high surface area cellulose ester fibrillar material generally has a surface area in excess of 1.0 square meter per gram and typically greater than 5.0 square meters per gram, a length of less than 1,000 microns and preferrably less than 220 microns, and a diameter of from about 0.5 to 50 microns but typically less than 5 microns.
As mentioned the amount of fibrets used in the fiber furnish is from about 5 percent to about 35 percent by weight based on the weight of the finished sheet. It is preferred, however, that the filter material comprises from about 10 percent to 20 percent of the fibrets.
As indicated hereinbefore, binder-free filter material comprised of cellulose ester fibers and fibrets has a tendency toward breakage when run through the corrugating machinery used to form the filter plugs, causing not only processing problems but also resulting in the presence of unacceptable levels of dusting caused by loose particulate material in the filter. In accordance with the present invention a significant improvement in strength and particle retention can be achieved without adversely impacting on the filtering characteristics of the cellulose acetate filter. This is obtained by incorporating into the fibrous web material a minor amount of a fusible fiber component. The fusible fibers will not only impart greater dimensional stability and strength but will do so without reducing the filtration efficiency of the cellulose ester fibers and fibrets. The fusible fibers of the present invention provide uniformly dispersed, discrete linkages between the fibers and fibrets thereby achieving improved strength while retaining the beneficial and filtration efficiency characteristics of the fibrous material.
The term "fusible" fibers as used herein includes not only fibers of thermoplastic material that soften or melt at relatively low temperatures, i.e. below 200� C., such as the vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride copolymer commonly known as "vinyon" but also bicomponent fibers and the thermoplastic fibrils or fibrids of the type conventionally found in synthetic wood pulp. The synthetic pulp is a thermoplastic polyolefin material, such as polyethylene, polypropylene and mixtures thereof. These highly fibrillated materials exhibit of melting point in the range of 135� to 170� C.
The preferred fusible material is a polyvinyl alcohol fiber that exhibits an ability to soften and flow in water at temperatures as low as 150� F. Typical of the polyvinyl alcohol fibers is the material sold under the tradename "Type SLM" by Unitika Kasei, Ltd of Japan. That fibrous material consisting of about 45% polyvinyl alcohol, 10% sodium sulfate and 35% water. The company's "Type F" material that contains 65% polyvinyl alcohol and 35% water may also be used. As the temperature reaches 150� F. in the drying section of the papermaking apparatus, these fibers become somewhat soluble in that they begin to absorb water and swell. The softened fibers then adhesively cling or bond to the cellulose ester fibers and fibrets without coating those materials.
In the case of the water insoluble heat fusible fibers, the bond is not formed until the sheet is dry and the web temperature is raised to the fusion temperature of the fibers. The fibers then flow as does the polyvinyl alcohol to form adhesive bonds which hold the components together in web form and minimized dust release during corrugation.
The amount of fusible fibers incorporated into the fibrous filter web material is less than about 15% by weight and typically falls within the range of about 2-10% by weight with consistently good results being obtained at levels of about 4-6% by weight.
As an alternative and in order to enhance both web strength and the web forming operation, natural cellulosic fiber also may be added to the fiber furnish prior to web formation. These fibers include bleached and unbleached Kraft, hemp, jute, abaca and other wood fibers. The amount of natural fiber is usually less than 20% by weight and typically falls in the range of 8-15% with about 10% being preferred.
The staple fibers, fibrets and fusible fibers are thoroughly mixed and uniformly distributed throughout the fiber slurry. This may be accomplished by stirring or mixing either manually or with any conventional mixing apparatus.
The slurry is deposited on conventional paper-making apparatus to form a sheet-like material which has utility as a filter material such as for instance in sheet form for use in face masks and respirators or in corrugated and condensed form for use as a cigarette filter. Cigarette filter plugs produced from corrugated filter material of this invention exhibit equal or higher filtration efficiencies at a given pressure drop than plugs made without the fusible fibers.
Although substantially all commercial paper making machines, including rotary cylinder machines may be used, it is desirable where very dilute fiber furnishes are employed to use an inclined fiber collecting wire, such as that described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,045,095 issued to Fay H. Osborne on June 23, 1936. The fibers flowing from the headbox are retained on the wire in a random, three-dimensional network or configuration with slight orientation in the machine direction while the aqueous dispersant quickly passes through the wire and is rapidly and effectively removed.
The resultant sheet-like material is then passed to the drier section where the fusible fibers are activated to anchor and retain the components within the web. The dried web preferably has a sheet weight of from 20 to 40 grams per square meter, a surface area in excess of 1 square meter per gram and a sheet breaking strength of from 200 to 1,000 g/25 mm. The filter material of this invention is further characterized by a thickness in the range of 95-125 microns, a surface area of between about 1 square meter per gram and about 5 square meters per grams and a porosity ΔP through a one inch diameter circular sheet of between about 1 mm and about 70 mm, at a flow rate of 200 cc per minute. It is preferred, however, that the filter material have a surface area of between about 2 square meters per grams and about 5 square meters per gram.
The dried sheet may be used immediately or collected in the form of a supply roll. The web can then subsequently be passed into the nips of a pair of driven, grooved, corrugating rolls. The corrugating rolls produce folds and grooves and partial tears longitudinal to the direction of travel of the sheet material. The corrugating equipment is directly linked to a rod maker, well known in the art, where a cylindrical filter rod is formed. The rod, when cut into lengths suitable for a tobacco smoke filter, exhibits a draw, measured as the air pressure drop across the filter, in the range of 30 to 200 millimeters of water at a flow of 17.5 ml/second for a 20 millimeter length of filter. This process is the same as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,283,186 which is incorporated herein by reference.
The web disclosed herein when formed into cigarette filters has a greater removal efficiency for such materials as nicotine, particulate matter (tar), and water than equivalent filters made of cellulose acetate tow. In Table I, cellulose acetate tow (Tow), the cellulose acetate web of the present invention (Web) and paper are compared at an equivalent pressure drop of 75 mm. The tar removal efficiency (TRE) is a percent figure as defined by the Federal Trade Commission as are the smoke, water and nicotene removal efficiencies, indicated by SRE, WRE and NRE, respectively.
TABLE I______________________________________ Tow Web Paper______________________________________Removal Efficiency (%)TRE 44.32 64.42 58.75SRE 50.11 69.88 68.11WRE 63.36 82.21 88.21NRE 38.49 60.14 58.57Delivered Components (mg/cigarette)Dry Tar 15.59 9.96 11.55CPM* 21.95 13.25 14.03Water 5.13 2.49 1.65Nicotine 1.23 0.80 0.83RatiosT/N 12.67 12.45 13.92T/W 3.04 4.00 7.00______________________________________ *Cambridge particulate matter.
A comparison of the removal efficiencies of the tow and web reveals a greater removal of all components by the web of the present invention. This means that less tar and nicotine are delivered to the smoker. However, less water is also delivered so the smoke is dryer. A comparison of removal efficiencies of the web and paper reveals a greater removal by the web of all components, except water, which means that less tar and nicotine are delivered to the smoker, but more water is delivered so the smoke is more moist. Moistness of cigarette smoke is a factor considered in smoker preference.
The ratios of tar to nicotine(T/N) and tar to water(T/W) are similar for both the tow and the web and both are lower than for paper filters. Since the web removes more tar, the ratio indicates an improvement by the web at equivalent tar delivery levels.
Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2, a further comparison of tow, paper, and the web of the present invention is illustrated. FIG. 1 shows the wet smoke removal efficiency for filters of different tip lengths at equivalent pressure drop (EPD) levels while FIG. 2 is a similar graph for dry tar removal efficiency. In both FIGS. 1 and 2, the filters are non-ventilated and the webs of the present invention are shown to be superior to tow at the same filter length and pressure drop.
Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, a comparison of ventilated web and tow filters is illustrated. FIG. 3 shows tar delivery at different levels of ventilation while FIG. 4 shows nicotine delivery at the same levels. In both Figures it can be seen that the tar and nicotine are substantially lower for the web filters than for the tow filters.
A comparison of the web made according to the instant invention with the web disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,274,914 shows that the addition of the fusible fibers has no appreciable effect on removal efficiencies. The instant web exhibits a smoke removal efficiency of about 65% and a tar removal efficiency of about 69% at 20 mm lengths and a pressure drop of 60 mm H2 O. Table II of U.S. Pat. No. 4,274,914 reveals comparable values of 68% and 64.9%, respectively.
The following examples are given in order that the effectiveness of the present invention may be more fully understood. These examples are set forth for the purpose of illustration only and are not intended in any way to limit the practice of the invention. Unless otherwise specified, all parts are given by weight.
A fiber furnish was prepared having a fiber content of 76 percent cellulose acetate fibers with a length of 1/4 inch and a denier per filament of 1.8, 20 percent cellulose acetate fibrets and 4 percent polyvinyl alcohol fibers having a length of 3 mm and a denier per filament of 1.0 (Unitika Type SML). Using an inclined wire papermaking machine, a web was formed and conveyed to the drier section where it passed over steam heated drier drums having a surface temperature in excess of 200� F. The resultant web material had a basis weight of 33.6 g/m2, a thickness of 104 microns and an air flow of 86 l/m/100 cm2. It exhibited a tensile strength of 657 g/25 mm in the machine direction and 290 g/25 mm in the cross direction.
The web material was corrugated and formed into a cylindrical filter rod. The rod then was cut into suitable lengths for cigarette filter and tested. The results are set forth in Table I.
The procedure of Example 1 was followed except that the amounts of cellulose acetate fibers were reduced to 72 percent and the amount of polyvinyl alcohol fibers were increased to 8 percent. Although the resultant sheet material exhibited slightly greater tensile strength characteristics, its performance as a filter plug was substantially unchanged over the filter of Example 1.
The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except that the fiber furnish was changed primarily by the incorporation of natural cellulosic fibers. Table II sets forth the fiber composition and tests results for three different web materials.
TABLE II______________________________________ WEB A WEB B WEB C______________________________________FiberCellulose acetate fiber, % 76 76 66Cellulose acetate fibret, % 10 10 15Polyvinyl alcohol, % 4 4 4Harwood kraft, % 10 -- 5Softwood kraft, % -- 10 10PropertiesBasis Wt. g/m2 32.0 31.4 29.9Thickness, % 99 107 104Air flow, 1/m/100 cm2 261 416 205Tensile strength, MD 740 913 1234Tensile strength, CD 429 604 611______________________________________
As can be seen the incorporation of natural cellulosic fibers significantly increased both the air flow and strength characteristics of the web materials. The increased levels of fibret in web C relative to webs A and B tended to reduce the air flow characteristics of the filter material.
As will be apparent to persons skilled in the art, various modifications, adaptations and variations of the foregoing specific disclosure can be made without departing from the teaching of the present invention.
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