Abstract: The invention relates to an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one evaporator unit with at least one electric evaporator for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator and comprising an electronic controller for controlling and/or regulating the at least one evaporator unit. The inhaler has at least one replaceable cartridge, wherein the cartridge has the evaporator unit and a liquid tank which is connected or can be connected to the evaporator unit.

Abstract: An embossing device and a method for embossing, employing an electromagnetic induction device such as to induce an eddy current prevalently on the outer surface of an embossing roller. The eddy currents are such as to prevalently heat the outer surface of the embossing roller.

Abstract: A machine for embossing, including at least one pair of embossing nips for plies of paper, at least one laminating nip to bond the plies of paper, a pair of embossing cylinders, each having on its surface a respective plurality of embossing protrusions, each defining a wrap angle for the at least one ply of paper, and defining therebetween a transfer nip, a pair of pressure cylinders, each associated with a respective one of the embossing cylinder, the embossing nip being defined between each pair formed of embossing cylinder and pressure cylinder, a laminating device for bonding the plies delivered from the transfer nip, at least one distribution device of material to facilitate ply-bonding arranged upstream of the laminating device, and at least one heating device for at least one of the embossing cylinders.

Abstract: An embossing device and a method for embossing, employing an electromagnetic induction device such as to induce an eddy current prevalently on the outer surface of an embossing roller. The eddy currents are such as to prevalently heat the outer surface of the embossing roller.

Abstract: A vaporiser insert for an electronic cigarette product comprises at least one electrical vaporiser for vaporising fluid supplied to the vaporiser and for supplying the vaporised fluid to an airflow, a main part having a lateral face which surrounds an airflow duct through which the airflow can flow, at least one fluid opening for supplying vaporisable fluid from the outside into the vaporiser insert and to the vaporiser being arranged on the lateral face of the main part. The vaporiser insert comprises a support for retaining the vaporiser, and the support comprises a passage opening that corresponds to the fluid opening in order to supply fluid to the vaporiser.

Abstract: The invention relates to an inhaler, particularly an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one evaporator device having at least one electrical evaporator for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator and an electronic control device for controlling and/or regulating the evaporator. A plurality of liquids are associated or can be associated with the evaporator device in such a way that the composition and/or the vapour production rate of the vapour/aerosol produced by the at least one evaporator can be adjusted and/or modified in a targeted manner, as the control device is designed for individual control of the at least one or each individual evaporator and/or for group control of the evaporators.

Abstract: An arrangement for an inhaler comprises at least one electric evaporator for evaporating liquid supplied from the evaporator, and for adding the evaporated liquid to an air flow flowing through the inhaler to form an aerosol, and a flow rate measuring arrangement for measuring the volume and/or mass flow of the air flow flowing through the inhaler. The flow rate measuring arrangement comprises a heating device, a downstream temperature sensor arranged downstream of the heating device for measuring an air outlet temperature and an electronic control device, wherein the electronic control device is adapted to determine the volume and/or mass flow of the air flow flowing through the inhaler on the basis of a temperature difference between the air outlet temperature and an air inlet temperature of the air flow upstream of the heating device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid store for an inhaler (10), in particular for an electronic cigarette product, having an outlet end (53) which can be fluidically connected to a heating element (60) in order to evaporate liquid (50) supplied to the heating element (60) from the liquid store (18). The liquid store (18) has at least one air inlet end (52) and at least one channel (51). The channel (51) extends from the air inlet end (52) to the outlet end (53) through the liquid store (18), wherein the channel (51) is designed to transfer the liquid (50) stored in the liquid store (18) to the outlet end (53) through the channel (51) via capillary forces.

Abstract: An evaporator unit for an inhaler, in particular for an electronic cigarette product, comprises an electrically operable, in particular planar, heating body which has an inlet side and an outlet side, and a plurality of microchannels which each extend from the inlet side to the outlet side through the heating body, the heating body being designed to evaporate, by applying a heating voltage, liquid transferred through the microchannels. A porous and/or capillary wick structure is arranged on the inlet side of the heating body, which structure rests flat against and in contact with the heating body and covers all of the microchannels on the inlet side.

Abstract: The invention relates to an evaporator unit for an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising an electrically operable heating body, in particular a flat heating body, which has an inlet side and an outlet side, and a plurality of microchannels, each of which extends from the inlet side to the outlet side through the heating body. The heating body is designed to evaporate liquid being transferred through the microchannels by applying a heating voltage. A porous and/or capillary wick structure is arranged on the inlet side of the heating body, said wick structure being fluidically connected or connectable to a liquid store. The wick structure has a shaft which extends through a passage opening of the support, and a collar, which is arranged between the support and the heating body, wherein the diameter of the collar is greater than the diameter of the passage opening of the support.

Abstract: Converting line for paper rolls, including at least one converting apparatus adapted to convert paper plies, wound in parent reels, into rolls, a packing machine that in turn includes—a carrier conveyor, on which the rolls coming from the converting apparatus are arranged, —at least one side area at the side of the carrier conveyor, where the rolls are packed, —at least one robot adapted to take the rolls from the at least one conveyor belt and to put them in the at least one side area.

Abstract: A sorting system and a method for sorting piece goods provide for conveying the piece goods to be sorted on a delivery level to a delivery point and delivering them there into or onto a receiving device moving on a collection level receiving the piece goods. The collection level is disposed below the delivery level. The receiving device travels over an individually determined route on the collection level.

Abstract: The machine includes a feed channel of a product to be cut and members for feeding the product along the feed channel. A cutting blade is provided to cut the products into articles according to cutting planes orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the products and a sharpening unit is provided to sharpen the cutting blade. The machine further includes an adjustment system that receives in input at least one information on the operation of the cutting machine and provides, in response to the information, an adjustment command of the cutting machine.

Abstract: An interfolding machine (1) for producing stacks (100) of interfolded sheets according to a predetermined interfolding configuration, starting from a web (50) of paper, or similar materials, provides a feeding section (10), which provides to apply a tension on the web (50) and to move the same along a feeding direction (101) to feed the same to a cutting section (20), in which the web of paper (50) is cut into a series of sheets (11) of length predetermined, at a cutting point arranged between a cutting roller (25) and a counter-cutting element (26). Downstream of the cutting section (20) a folding section (30) is provided comprising a first and a second folding rollers (31,32) counter-rotating one with respect to the other.

Abstract: For bonding together two or more plies of cellulose fibers, the plies are fed to a lamination nip between a ply-bonding rotating element and an anvil element. The ply-bonding rotating element has rollers with a cylindrical surface provided with small protuberances co-acting with larger protuberances provided on a cylindrical surface of the anvil rotating element. The plies are bonded, if necessary with the aid of a functional fluid, not containing adhesive, due to the effect of the pressure between the protuberances.

Abstract: A tote accumulator includes stack retaining latches that are configured to be acted on by a cam and follower mechanism and additionally by a holding mechanism. The cam and follower mechanism is configured to act on the stack retaining latches when the stack of totes is moved vertically by a lifting member, to move the stack retaining latches into an active dwell wherein the stack retaining latches are engaged with the stack of totes. The holding mechanism is configured to be activated to extend the active dwell after the cam and follower mechanism ceases to act on the stack retaining latches. The active dwell is extended even further by a mechanical interlocking feature between the latches and the totes. In various implementations, the design of the cam and follower arrangement and the activation timing of the holding mechanism may be adapted to execute a stacking or an unstacking operation.

Abstract: A system for removing unstable articles from an automated processing stream includes an automated processing stream with a plurality of processing units including a flow diverter and configured to carry a stream of articles, a vision system, and a control system interfacing with the automated processing stream and the vision system, wherein the vision system is configured to detect positions of an article and to transmit position data to the control system, and wherein the control system is configured, through operation of a processor, to determine an expected position of the article based on a first detected position, compare the expected position to a second detected position of the article, determine a deviation of the second detected position from the expected position, and control the flow diverter to divert the article based on the deviation.

Abstract: The machine includes a device for spreading a wrapping sheet and an elevator, adapted to move a roll to be wrapped with respect to the wrapping sheet, so as to wrap the wrapping sheet around the roll as a result of the movement between the wrapping sheet and the roll. The machine further includes members adapted to reduce the formation of creases in the wrapping sheet during the movement of the roll with respect to the wrapping sheet.

Abstract: The machine for packaging groups of products in a wrapping sheet, includes a device for spreading a wrapping sheet and a handling device, adapted to reciprocally move a group of products to be packaged and the wrapping sheet, so as to wrap the wrapping sheet around the group of products as a result of the reciprocal movement between the wrapping sheet and group of products. The machine further includes temporary support members adapted to support flaps of the wrapping sheet protruding with respect to the group of products during a step of reciprocal movement between the group of products to be packaged and the wrapping sheet.

Abstract: An improved conveying roller for a web or a sheet in a paper converting machine comprises a first cylindrical tubular body having a plurality of radial holes arranged in substantially longitudinal rows, and a second fixed tubular body arranged coxially within the first cylindrical tubular body. The first cylindrical tubular body is capable of rotation relative to the second fixed tubular body. Slidable sealing elements are positioned between the first cylindrical body and the second fixed tubular body to define at least one suction or vacuum chamber. The chamber is suitable for being brought selectively in communication with at least one row of the radial holes during the relative rotation of the bodies.