Class 131/355 - Tobacco particles bonded by nontobacco adhesive

Subclass of Class 131 - Tobacco
Definition: Reconstituted tobacco wherein the adhesive used is derived
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 12/18/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
7308898	Process for making a bandcast tobacco sheet and smoking article therefrom A bandcast tobacco sheet for use in a cigarette includes from about 5 to 15% by weight of wood pulp, from about 15 to 40% by weight of binder and from about 15 to 40% by weight of tobacco. A humectant may be included up to 30% by weight and an additive, such as ment...	12/18/2007
6761175	Sheet tobacco Sheet tobacco according to the present invention includes a carrier sheet made of nonwoven plant fibers, and a tobacco powder layer formed on the carrier sheet and containing a powder mixture of tobacco lamina powder and binder powder. In a sheet tobacco manufacturi...	07/13/2004
6408856	Smokable filler material for smoking articles The invention relates to a smokable filler material which attempts to mimic tobacco leaf in its simplest components in order to provide a simpler smoke to the smoker. The smokable filler material comprises aerosol generating means, a substantially non-com...	06/25/2002
6397852	Smokable filler material for smoking articles A smokeable filler material which includes casing material as a fuel material, along with an inorganic filler, a binder and an aerosol generating source. This material has good taste and flavour characteristics and contains relatively little tobacco mater...	06/04/2002
6378528	Cigarette with improved tobacco substrate An improved substrate for use in smoking articles is produced by infusing aerosol forming material into tobacco. The infusion can take place in one or multiple steps. Preferably, about 10% to about 40% by weight of aerosol former, such as glycerin is infu...	04/30/2002
5709229	Method of producing a tobacco product for smoking The invention relates to a method of producing a tobacco product for smoking. In order to develop a novel tobacco product for smoking, the following method steps are proposed: a) a mixed mass of tobacco particles, starch or a starch-containing product as ...	01/20/1998
5598868	Cigarette and smokable filler material therefor material for use in smoking articles A smokable filler material includes an aerosol forming material (e.g., glycerin) and as binding agent. Tobacco extracts and/or pieces of tobacco laminae can be incorporated into the smokable filler material, and/or the smokable filler material can be blen...	02/04/1997
5584306	Reconstituted tobacco material and method of its production Reconstituted tobacco sheet having improved homogeneity and wet and dry tensile strength are produced by a process including mixing a water-soluble polysaccharide and a humectant under a first high shear; subjecting the resulting aqueous binder compositio...	12/17/1996
5167241	Tobacco product consisting of a pre-portioned tobacco supply surrounded by cigarette paper of tubular shape, and method of and device for preparing such a tobacco product Tobacco product, consisting of a pre-portioned tobacco supply (15) surrounded by cigarette paper (11; 17) of tubular shape. The tobacco supply is configured as a dimensionally stable tobacco charge of the finished cigarette and is unsmokable by itself but...	12/01/1992
5105836	Cigarette and smokable filler material therefor A combustible smokable filler material includes an agglomerated matrix filler having an inorganic component (e.g., particles of calcium carbonate) and a carbonaceous component (e.g., calcined molasses). The smokable filler material includes a binding agen...	04/21/1992
5074321	Cigarette Cigarettes include tobacco-containing smokable material wrapped in a low porosity paper wrapper. The smokable material includes an intimate mixture of tobacco extract, pyrolyzed alpha-cellulose, agglomerated calcium carbonate particles, glycerin and carbo...	12/24/1991
4977908	Tobacco reconstitution Tobacco is reconstituted to provide a product of tobacco-filler size particles. Particulate tobacco, from 5 to 10 weight percent of starch, up to 10 weight percent binder and water are fed to an extruder, the operating conditions being such that in the sh...	12/18/1990
4972855	Shredded tobacco leaf pellets, production process thereof and cigarette-like snuffs A shredded tobacco leaf pellet is composed of tobacco leaf shreds bound together with a nicotine-non-absorptive thermoplastic binder while retaining air permeability. The pellet is produced by mixing tobacco leaf shreds and a nicotine-non-absorptive therm...	11/27/1990
4880018	Extruded tobacco materials Extruded smokable material is provided by extruding a moist mixture of divided tobacco and a binding agent which includes locust bean gum and xanthan gum. The mixture is subjected to temperatures about 80° C. during extrusion such that this binding agent...	11/14/1989
4836225	Shredded tobacco leaf pellet and production process thereof A shredded tobacco leaf pellet is composed of tobacco leaf shreds bound together with a resin binder while retaining air permeability. The shredded tobacco leaf pellet is produced by applying a polyol and a polyisocyanate to tobacco leaf shreds and then r...	06/06/1989
4681126	Process for manufacturing reconstituted tobacco A process for manufacturing reconstituted tobacco from tobacco stems and tobacco fines includes treating the tobacco stems to a fibrous form, and mixing the fibrous tobacco stems with tobacco lamina fines. The mixture is then deposited on a moving mesh sc...	07/21/1987
4674519	Cohesive tobacco composition A process for making a cohesive tobacco composition in which tobacco pectins within the tobacco itself serve as the binder by contacting dry tobacco particles with a solution, which contains an agent to destroy the alkaline earth metal cross-links of the ...	06/23/1987
4632131	Foamed, extruded, coherent multistrand smoking articles An extruded, coherent, multistrand, tobacco-containing, generally cylindrical smoking article and a process for making it are disclosed. The smoking article contains a plurality of strands that are adhered to one another so as to form passageways between ...	12/30/1986
4625737	Foamed, extruded, tobacco-containing smoking article and method of making the same A substantially cylindrical foamed, extruded, tobacco-containing smoking article and a method of making the article. The article has properties substantially equivalent to a conventional cigarette. It contains from about 5 to about 98 wt. % of particulate...	12/02/1986
4617945	Process for flavoring tobacco Process for flavoring tobacco by mixing dry cut tobacco with one or more micro-encapsulated flavors as well as with an aqueous adhesive solution containing such quantity of water that said quantity may at least be adsorbed for the most part by the tobacco...	10/21/1986
4611608	Process for utilizing tobacco dust A process for utilizing tobacco dust by affixing it to cut, shredded or otherwise comminuted tobacco, reconstituted tobacco or tobacco substitute by thoroughly mixing tobacco dust, a powdered water soluble hydrocolloid, optionally an organic solvent, the ...	09/16/1986
4545392	Tobacco product A smokeless tobacco product is disclosed which contains cut or otherwise comminuted tobacco treated with a particulated gum composition that adheres as a discontinuous coating to the surface of the tobacco. The gum composition provides improved "gathering...	10/08/1985
4497331	Tobacco product with high filling power and process of making same A tobacco product with a high specific volume and particularly suited for use as cigarette or cigar filler produced by laminating together two sheets of reconstituted tobacco sheet under conditions so that the resulting laminate, after shredding, contains...	02/05/1985
4489738	Self-extinguishing cigarettes This invention concerns the use of specific coatings that are applied to the paper wrapper that encloses the cigarette's smoking medium for limiting in a predictable manner the free burning time of the treated cigarette, or controlling the lapsed time pri...	12/25/1984
4341228	Method for employing tobacco dust in a paper-making type preparation of reconstituted tobacco and the smoking material produced thereby A method for employing tobacco dust in a paper-making process for the preparation of reconstituted tobacco is disclosed. The method for employing the tobacco dust comprises admixing tobacco dust with a bonding material to form a mixture, treating the mixt...	07/27/1982
4306578	Tobacco sheet reinforced with hardwood pulp Tobacco sheet is prepared from high solids aqueous slurries incorporating a reinforcing agent constituted by unrefined short cellulose fiber, having an average length of less than 2.0 mm....	12/22/1981
4306059	Shaped products of alpha-glucan Products such as film, sheet, paper, fiber, coating material, binder, and molded materials e.g. capsules, cups et al are disclosed. The products are prepared by use of an alpha-glucan comprising repeating units of [3)-Glc-(1.fwdarw.4)-Glc-(1.fwdarw.4)-Glc...	12/15/1981
4186756	Method of processing smoking composition The smoking composition referring to the reconstituted tobacco or tobacco substitute and composing of natural tobacco material and/or organic or inorganic material(s), which are combustible as raw materials, and of CMC-Na as binder, is heated at 110°-240...	02/05/1980
4144894	Reconstituted tobacco composition and process for manufacturing same Reconstituted tobacco compositions comprising tamarind gum as an adhesive agent, and processes for preparing reconstituted tobacco at high solids levels with controlled viscosity....	03/20/1979
4142535	Smoking product A smoking product comprising tobacco including as a film-forming or binding agent a pectin having a degree of methylation between 30% and 75% and an inherent viscosity between 2 and 6.5 deciliters per gram....	03/06/1979
4109663	Tobacco product containing a thermo-gelable ଲ-1,3-glucan-type polysaccharide A smoking tobacco product, which is produced by incorporating in smoking material a thermo-gelable ଲ-1,3-glucan-type polysaccharide, either as the sole smoking material or as its partial replacement, has improved smoking characteristics such as flav...	08/29/1978
4033359	Smoking mixture Tobacco based smoking mixture containing a minimum amount of tobacco and a maximum amount of harmless inorganic filler, the composition of the filler having been selected so as to impart a commercially acceptable burning rate to the mixture....	07/05/1977
4018233	Shaped matters of tobaccos and process for producing the same A shaped matter of tobacco excellent in aroma and flavor is obtained by coating and binding starting tobacco materials with pullulan or a pullulan derivative....	04/19/1977
4002178	Foams and sponge sheet for cigar manufacture Cigar tobacco sheet of low density, smoking articles prepared therewith, and foamed intermediates therefor. Fine-bubble stable foams, wherein at least 80% of the bubbles are less than about 100 microns in normalized dimension are formed in a high shear sy...	01/11/1977
3983884	Method for manufacturing tobacco foil A method for producing tobacco in calendered foil form from a mixture of pre-comminuted tobacco, a powdered cellulose derivative binder, water and an organic solvent in which the solvent is mixed with the dry mixture of binder and tobacco to swell and moi...	10/05/1976

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Class 131/355 - Tobacco particles bonded by nontobacco adhesive