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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5681596 | Dual parison stacked clamp blow molding apparatus A blow molding apparatus including a clamp for clamping two molds in back-to-back relationship, the clamp having first and second movable, inner platens supporting interior sections of two molds; first and second movable outer platens supporting exterior ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5678774 | Fiberglass cutting apparatus and method Fiberglass filament hulls are cut to form fiberglass staple fibers with an apparatus comprising a cutting roller with a plurality of equally spaced, circular, diamond coated cutting blades separated by circular spacers having a diameter less than the diam... | 10/21/1997 |
| 4280903 | Apparatus for separating sand from botanical fines A mixture of botanical fines and sand is separated by a porous separating medium horizontally disposed within an enclosed chamber in which an upflowing stream of gas carries out the separation. The porous separating medium is comprised of a pair of oppose... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4273139 | Firmness improvement in cigarette rod An apparatus and method for improving the firmness of cigarettes utilizing high energy gas waves for reorienting tobacco in a cigarette rod during manufacture. The apparatus includes a housing having means therein directing a cigarette rod therethrough an... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4273600 | Bonding fibrillated polypropylene smoke filter with ethylene-vinylacetate emulsion The invention relates to the treatment of fibre, particularly for making rods of bonded, fibrillated polyolefin fibre which can be used for example as or in tobacco smoke filters. The fibres may be crimped or straight and are bonded with a polymeric or co... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4270552 | Process and apparatus for producing paper reconstituted tobacco A process and apparatus for producing reconstituted tobacco by a papermaking process. Tobacco material is mixed with aqueous tobacco extract or water to wet the tobacco, the resulting slurry is fed to a deflaker in which the bundles of tobacco fibers are ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4266561 | Tobacco smoke filtering compositions The disclosure is of compositions useful for chemisorption of undesirable chemical compounds found in tobacco smoke. The compositions comprise a base of alumina (aluminum oxide) impregnated with various proportions of zinc acetate, acetic acid and polyeth... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4258728 | Process for improving the fill power of reconstituted tobacco A process for improving the fill power of reconstituted tobacco including the steps of wrinkling the tobacco and then shattering the wrinkled tobacco material. The wrinkling is accomplished by simultaneously steaming and tumbling the tobacco, and the shat... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4256122 | Cigarette filter A filter for a cigarette includes a porour filter rod circumscribed by a non-porous or smoke impervious wrapper wherein the filter rod with the non-porous wrapper therearound is provided with grooves extending from one end thereof a preselected distance l... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4248253 | Method for separating veins from lamina of tobacco leaf A system and process for removing the veins from bulk strip tobacco utilizing an attrition mill having a pair of spaced discs therein wherein one of the discs is rotatable and the other is stationary. The attrition mill is utilized to mill the bulk strip ... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4237909 | Method and apparatus for tobacco leaf destemming The disclosure is of a method and apparatus for stripping leaf lamina from tobacco leaf stems. The apparatus comprises two pairs of opposed rollers in tandem relationship. The first set of rollers is driven at a fixed speed and serves to engage and feed t... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4235249 | Method and apparatus for producing expanded tobacco from whole tobacco stems Whole tobacco stems are converted to expanded tobacco particles by opening the cellular structure of the stems and moisturizing the stems by the simultaneous application of water and steam. The stems, at a first induced moisture content of from 20 to 40% ... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4228393 | Moisture meter A meter for measuring the dielectric constant of a predetermined amount of tobacco to determine the moisture content. The meter includes a sample holder with a capacitor to retain a predetermined amount of tobacco between the plates of the capacitor. A st... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4216080 | Method and apparatus for separating sand from botanical fines A mixture of botanical fines and sand is separated by a porous separating medium horizontally disposed within an enclosed chamber in which an upflowing stream of gas carries out the separation. The porous separating medium is comprised of a plurality of p... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4210157 | Smokable tobacco products Disclosed is a smokable tobacco product comprised of a tobacco portion consisting essentially of tobacco particles having a mean ratio of area to perimeter squared of at least about 0.049 and a short dimension not in excess of 0.5 inch wherein the particl... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4191199 | Apparatus and process for reclaiming tobacco Apparatus and a process for reclaiming tobacco from rejected cigarettes is described in which cigarettes are first treated with hot water to saturate the paper wrapper and soften the glue holding together the edges of the cigarette wrapper. Saturation of ... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4177576 | Method and apparatus for conditioning material utilizing airflow control means A method and preferred apparatus for conditioning materials such as tobacco using an airflow distributor means. A conveyor transports the material along a path, and means to control the conditioning of the material are located at selected locations. A sou... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4167191 | Tobacco drying process The disclosure is of a process for reducing the moisture content of expanded tobacco while minimizing yield losses and reducing particle lamination while maintaining filling power. The process comprises drying the expanded tobacco at a temperature within ... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4077414 | Smoking articles A smoking article has a paper wrapper provided with alternate bands, encircling the article, of low and higher porosity, the low porosity being within the range of from 0 to 100 and the higher porosity in the range of from 150 to 2000, while the average p... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4074722 | Smokable tobacco products and manufacturing methods therefor Disclosed is a process for manufacturing smokable tobacco products through selective handling of strip tobacco based on particle size and shape. In the process, small strip tobacco is removed from bulk tobacco. The bulk tobacco is then cut to reduce its s... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4072789 | Sheet material A predetermined pattern of impervious material is deposited on a sheet of coarse, self-cohesive filter material. The impervious material is fusible and adapted to be bonded to the filter material. The pattern of impervious material is such that when the s... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4062368 | Tobacco-smoke filters According to the invention, a material for the filtration of tobacco smoke by reduction of vapor-phase constituents without adverse effect on the taste of the smoke comprises carbon particles of a size substantially within the range of 300 to 1700 micron,... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4056047 | Method and apparatus for assembling a package The present invention is a method and apparatus for assembling a package comprising an open-topped receptacle and a slide actuated closure member. The closure member is comprised of a slide portion connected to a closure portion by a hinge portion. The op... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4049117 | Package having a slide actuated closure member A package for cigarettes or other articles comprised of a receptacle for housing the cigarettes or other articles and defining an open top for removal of said articles and an integral slide actuated lid structure including a closure member operatively con... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4038993 | Process for reduction of nicotine content of tobacco by microbial treatment A process for the reduction of the nicotine content of tobacco by microbial treatment is disclosed. Tobacco is subjected, under controlled conditions, to the action of a microorganism effective to degrade nicotine through a biochemical reaction in which, ... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4037609 | Process for reduction of nicotine content of tobacco by microbial treatment A process for the reduction of the nicotine content of tobacco by microbial treatment is disclosed. Tobacco is subjected, under controlled conditions, to the action of a microorganism effective to degrade nicotine through a biochemical reaction in which, ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4036114 | Apparatus for cigarette filter manufacture The invention relates to an apparatus for treating porous wrapping material for a smoking article, for example a cigarette filter. According to the invention, the porous material is provided, by coating with a film-forming substance, with an impervious re... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4034868 | Apparatus for extracting contents of a package An apparatus for extracting contents of package by sequentially moving individual packages from a storage area to a first dwell position in which a first structure removes the outer wrap while holding the inner wrap and contents motionless and then moving... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4034766 | Reinforcement of tobacco structure Expanded tobacco is appropriately treated to improve its physical strength and prevent collapse of the tobacco walls following expansion.... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4035220 | Method for making porous filter tip A ventilated filter for a smoking product, particularly a smoking tobacco product, is provided by adhering inherently porous tipping wrap to inherently porous plug wrap by a multiplicity of randomly positioned, nonporous discrete areas of adhesive, thus l... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4033283 | Apparatus for interacting with articles passing therethrough An apparatus for interacting with articles passing through the apparatus. A spacially separate pair of switches are placed along the direction of movement of the articles and are disposed to detect the leading and trailing edges of the article. Output fro... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033361 | Tobacco-smoke filters A tobacco-smoke filter contains, as adsorbent for volatile tobacco-smoke constituents, a macroporous amine-type anion-exchange resin which contains substantially primary amino groups only, for instance a cross-linked polyvinyl aromatic compound such as po... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4020850 | Thermoplastic cigarette wrapper A cigarette wrapper comprising a microporous sheet formed from a cellulose derivative binder filled with finely ground paper. The wrapper also includes a small amount of potassium nitrate. Such cigarette wrappers are effective to selectively reduce the ni... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4019520 | Tobacco substitute containing boric oxide, boron oxyacids, and ammonium, alkali metal, or alkaline earth metal salts of boron oxyacids Tobacco substitutes comprising an organic binder containing boric oxide or boron oxyacids and their ammonium, alkali metal and alkaline earth metal salts are disclosed. The disclosed tobacco substitute may comprise from about 2 to about 95% by weight bori... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4016830 | Apparatus for dispensing spaced deposits of particulate material An apparatus having a rotating material transport member with a plurality of openings through a rim on the transport member that divides particulate material supplied to the interior of the member into a plurality of metered amounts by placing the materia... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4011141 | Process for maximizing the growth and nicotine degrading activity of microorganisms A process is disclosed for maximizing the growth and nicotine degrading activity of microorganisms effective to degrade nicotine through a biochemical mechanism in which 3-succinoylpyridine is formed. The process involves inoculating a nicotine-containing... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4009723 | Method for cutting a tobacco product rod and increasing the end strength thereof A tobacco rod is cut with a laser beam using specified time constraints and power levels under essentially atmospheric conditions without utilizing coolant means to prevent charring of the cigarette paper. Additionally, end integrity of cut rods can be in... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4006824 | Display and dispensing stand A stand for displaying and dispensing articles having at least one inclined article holding tray. The tray has a plurality of parallel channels made up of upstanding parallel sidewalls terminating at a front end wall. Two of the sidewalls that are symmetr... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4000748 | Apparatus and process for shredding and crimping smoking materials Apparatus and method are provided for the substantially simultaneous shredding and crimping of smoking material, such as reconstituted tobacco, into strips of the material. The crimped strips provide tobacco smoking material having substantially increased... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3991892 | Method for extracting contents of a package A method for extracting the contents of a package by sequentially moving packages from a storage area to a dwell position in which the outer wrap is removed while holding the inner wrap and the contents of the package motionless. The inner wrap is then mo... | 11/16/1976 |
