(43) International Publication Date (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBL (19) World Intellectual Property = SHED UNDER TH p PATE! ‘T COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) ANOKA A (10) International Publication Number WO 2012/112062 Al 23 August 2012 (23.08.2012) WIPO|PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every AC 5/36 206.01) ind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, Seen AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BIL, BR, BW, BY, BZ, 21) International Application Number: | CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR. CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, PCTIPL20124050006 hy" BC, EE, EG, ES, Fl, GB, GD, GE, Gl, GM, GT, HN, 2 HR, HU, ID, TL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP) KR, 15 February 201215022012) KZ, LA, LC, LK, CR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, 25) Filing Language: English OM, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA; RO, RS, RU, RW, SC. SD, 26) Publication Language: nals SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV. SY, TH, TH, TM, TN, TR, eae oam Fnalish TT,1Z, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC. VN, ZA, ZM, ZW (80) Priority Data So00eg 6 rebruary 2011 (16.02.2011) PL (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, Gl, (1) Applicant (jor all designated States except US): INVER- GM, KE, LR. LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, 82, TZ, NATIONAL TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND SP. UG,,2M, ZW), Farssian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, ZO. [PLPLI: ul. Warsztatowa 192, PL-26-600 Radom TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, eu, DK, BE, ES, Fl, FR, GB, GR, HR HU, IE, iS, FF, LT.LU, (72) Inventors; and LY. MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, Sl. SK (73) InventorsiApplicants (for US only): SIEREDZINSKI, SM; TR), OAPI (BE, BY, CF. CG, C1, CM, GA, GN, GQ, cy Marek [PLPL]; ul. Goma 24, PL-26.600 Radom (PL) JANCZYK, Wojeiech [PLPL}, Kowala 24, PL-26-624 Kowala (PL). ‘Agent: KARCZ, Katarzyna; Patpol Sp. 2 0.0.. Nowour synowska 162J, Ursynéw, PL-02-776 Warszawa (PL) GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17; 4 to applicants entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17()) 1 10 the applicant's enldement to claim the priory of the earlier application Rule 4.176) {Continued on next page} = 3 g s a a Ss & ° = (4) Title: METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPENING CIGARETTES CONSTITUTING CIGARETTE WASTE ($7) Abstract: A method for opening cigarettes constituting cigarette waste in adeviee comprising a rotational drum (1) the inner wall of which is provided with at least one scraping away element 2, 2") extending generally along the drum, and atleast one rotational bester (4, 4,4") located in side the drum (1) striking against the cigarettes, wherein the cigafettes fel into the rotating dam (1) and being lifted by means of atthe least one scraping away element (2, 2, 2") and falling by gravity, ae struck against by means of the at Teast ‘one rotational beater 4, 4,4") in a direction sub- stantially perpendicular to the axes of the cigar tates with a force enabling their opening. A device for realisation of the method ofthe invention.WO 2012/112062 A1 MINING INN 0 ALAC Published: — with international search report (drt. 21(3))WO 2012/112062 PCT/PL2012/050006 Method and device for opening cigarettes constituting cigarette waste The object of the invention is a method and a device 5 for opening cigarettes constituting cigarette waste rejected from the process of production and packaging of cigarettes. An important issue related to a cigarette production process is reclaiming tobacco from the cigarettes 10 constituting the production process waste generated during start-up of machines for production and packaging of cigarettes. The cigarette waste is constituted by finished cigarettes which do not meet quality requirements. The cigarette waste may also include the cigarettes meeting the 15 quality requirements but packed into defective packs. The tobacco reclaimed from the waste cigarettes is reused in the production process. An initial step of the tobacco recycling process is opening the waste cigarettes which can be preceded for example by perforating or cutting the 20 cigarette paper wrappers. In the case of cutting non-filter cigarettes, the cigarette paper wrapper is cut along the whole length of a cigarette. In the case of filter cigarettes, the paper wrapper should only be cut along the tobacco portion, while in the filter portion the paper 25 wrapping the filter must remain unimpaired. The reclaimed