Class 131/372 - Slurry

Subclass of Class 131 - Tobacco
Definition: Process or apparatus wherein tobacco particles are mixed
No. of patents: 34
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
6499490	METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAT-IRREVERSIBLY COAGULATED GLUCAN SHEET CONTAINING A LEAF TOBACCO EXTRACT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TOBACCO FLAVOR-GENERATING MEDIUM USING A HEAT-IRREVERSIBLY COAGULATED GLUCAN SHEET A leaf tobacco extract or a concentrate thereof is used as a dispersion medium, which is mixed with powder of a heat-irreversibly coagulating glucan and a dispersion interference-preventing agent including an organic acid. The resultant mixture is stirred...	12/31/2002
6216706	Method and apparatus for producing reconstituted tobacco sheets An apparatus and method for drying reconstituted tobacco sheets includes positioning a steam box below an endless conveyor belt. A slurry is cast onto the conveyor belt and conveyed over a steam box before entry into a drying apparatus. The steam box func...	04/17/2001
5947128	Method for making a reconstituted tobacco sheet using steam exploded tobacco A process to improve the smoke quality and mechanical properties of reconstituted tobacco is accomplished by adding tobacco materials to an aqueous solution containing ammonium salts and urea. The resulting first tobacco slurry is then pressurized under s...	09/07/1999
5908034	Method for making a band cast reconstituted tobacco sheet using steam exploded tobacco A process for improving smoke quality and mechanical properties of a cast reconstituted tobacco sheet is accomplished by adding tobacco materials to an aqueous solution containing ammonium salts and ammonium hydroxide. The resulting first tobacco slurry i...	06/01/1999
5724998	Reconstituted tobacco sheets and methods for producing and using the same Reconstituted tobacco sheets manufactured from tobacco dust and binder are described herein. More particularly, the tobacco dust has a mean particle size in the range of from about 60 mesh to about 400 mesh to afford reconstituted tobacco sheets having ab...	03/10/1998
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
5533530	Tobacco reconstitution process The process of the present invention involves extracting components from a tobacco material or other plant material using a solvent having an aqueous character to provide separately an aqueous tobacco extract and a water insoluble tobacco portion. The ins...	07/09/1996
5499636	Cigarette for electrical smoking system A novel cigarette adapted for use in an electrical cigarette system comprising a tobacco rod having filled and untilled tobacco rod portions and being arranged so that electrical heater elements may overlap the filled and untilled tobacco rod portions. Th...	03/19/1996
5360024	Relating to polymer viscosity and application of such polymers This invention relates to methods of increasing the viscosity of a dispersion containing an alginate by subjecting the dispersion to high shear, such as the shear in a laboratory valve homogeniser. The viscosity of the dispersion increases within the rang...	11/01/1994
5339838	Method for providing a reconstituted tobacco material The present invention relates to a method for providing a reconstituted tobacco material. The process includes contacting tobacco material with a liquid having an aqueous character to provide a mixture (slurry). The slurry is then contacted with a pectin ...	08/23/1994
5327917	Method for providing a reconstituted tobacco material The present invention relates to a method for providing a reconstituted tobacco material. The method includes contacting tobacco material dispersed in a liquid having an aqueous character with a humectant or binding agent or both under high shear mixing c...	07/12/1994
5325877	Tobacco reconstitution process The invention relates to a process for collecting dispersed plant material particles during the formation of a reconstituted plant material, such as a reconstituted tobacco material. The process involves extracting components from a plant material using a...	07/05/1994
5322076	Process for providing tobacco-containing papers for cigarettes A tobacco-containing paper is provided using a reconstituted tobacco material as a component thereof. A reconstituted tobacco material, provided using papermaking techniques from a refined tobacco pulp, is refined into a pulp form and provided as a slurry...	06/21/1994
5148821	Processes for producing a smokable and/or combustible tobacco material Smokable and/or combustible tobacco material is provided by altering the character of tobacco material. Tobacco material is extracted using a solvent to provide a tobacco extract within the solvent and an extracted tobacco material. The extracted tobacco ...	09/22/1992
5143097	Tobacco reconstitution process Reconstituted tobacco has phosphate salts incorporated therein. Tobacco is extracted with water to yield an insoluble portion and an aqueous portion containing water soluble tobacco components. The aqueous portion is contacted with diammonium hydrogen ort...	09/01/1992
5129408	Cigarette and smokable filler material therefor A combustible smokable filler material includes an agglomerated matrix of an inorganic component (e.g., particles of calcium carbonate) and an organic component (e.g., an alginate). The smokable filler material also includes a binding agent, and an aeroso...	07/14/1992
5099864	Tobacco reconstitution process Reconstituted tobacco material is provided by forming a slurry of tobacco dust in water and providing the slurry at a near neutral pH. The slurry is contacted with diammonium hydrogen orthophosphate, and the slurry is maintained at about 140° F. for abou...	03/31/1992
5078156	Method and apparatus for producing sheet tobacco A sheet tobacco producing apparatus comprises a mixer, a kneader, a crusher, and a shaping machine. The mixer mixes tobacco chips with auxiliary substances including water, to produce wet round pieces. The kneader has a pair of rollers for kneading the we...	01/07/1992
5016656	Cigarette and method of making same A cigarette including a tube of tobacco having a circumferential wall fabricated of a tobacco material with ridges and grooves from in the circumferential wall extending longitudinally of the tobacco tube, a wrapper of combustible material circumscribing ...	05/21/1991
5007440	Process for providing smokable material Processed smokable materials are provided by forming a slurry of combustible material (e.g., a carbonaceous material) in an aqueous liquid. The slurry then is contacted with a foaming agent which includes a mixture of a surfactant and a polymeric film-for...	04/16/1991
4972854	Apparatus and method for manufacturing tobacco sheet material An apparatus and method for manufacturing tobacco sheet material comprising the steps of acoustic mixing with ultrasonic vibration a slurry containing tobacco components and forming sheets of tobacco material by casting the slurry after acoustic mixing. A...	11/27/1990
4724850	Process for providing tobacco extender material Tobacco extender material is provided in strand form by contacting tobacco material and/or carbonized material in substantially dry form with a binding agent in substantially dry form, and then subjecting the mixture to a high rate of shear agitation in t...	02/16/1988
4700727	Method of treating lettuce and other leafy vegetable plants and products produced therefrom Lettuce and leafy vegetables are processed and enzymatically treated with proteolytic or amylolytic enzymes under predetermined temperature and pH conditions for the production of tobaccoless smokes and edible products such as pita-like pockets and chips ...	10/20/1987
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
4421126	Process for utilizing tobacco fines in making reconstituted tobacco A process for employing tobacco fines in a system for preparing reconstituted tobacco is disclosed. The tobacco fines are incorporated into concentrated extract before the extract is recombined with the reconstituted sheet or into an aqueous carrier. The ...	12/20/1983
4391285	Smoking article Smoking articles comprising a high density, relatively low porosity coherent mass of combustible tobacco-containing material having at least one passage extending therethrough are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the smoking article is a cylinder havi...	07/05/1983
4333484	Modified cellulosic smoking material and method for its preparation An improved smoking material affording reduced particulate matter and puff count yet having the flavor and aromatic qualities of natural tobacco, which comprises cellulosic material having incorporated therein a metal salt from the group consisting of cal...	06/08/1982
4325391	Instantaneous slurry preparation on a continuous basis The method and apparatus for combining a liquid baseweb and dry comminuted tobacco to produce a homogeneous mix of baseweb/tobacco which is shapable prior to the slurry being in its equilibrium state, and the shaped dried product resulting therefrom....	04/20/1982
4319593	Method for high consistency refining of tobacco for film casting A process for making cast film from all-tobacco material which includes mixing particles of tobacco materials, adjusting the water content of said mixture, refining the tobacco slurry to a CS freeness of about -500 ml to about -900 ml, passing the slurry ...	03/16/1982
4306358	Air drying apparatus An apparatus for the drying of a slurry being conveyed on a movable support including a steam producing arrangement below the movable support forming a steam atmosphere. A film of condensed vapor is produced above the slurry caused by heat transfer throug...	12/22/1981
4256126	Smokable material and its method of preparation A method of producing a smokable material having reduced particulate matter, particularly tar, nicotine and puff count, while still maintaining the desirable characteristics of a smoking material is disclosed. The method comprises pyrolyzing a carbohydrat...	03/17/1981
4244381	Upgraded tobacco stem material and its method of preparation A method of upgrading tobacco by-product material, such as stems, into a smokable filler component such that it can beneficially be blended with conventional tobacco filler to impart a mild smoke with low impact and no undesirable "woody taste" is disclos...	01/13/1981
3986515	Process for the production of smokable products Reconstituted tobacco product and process of making same. Process comprises disposing a mist, tobacco-containing mass on a transport surface, compressing the moist mass between the transport surface and a counterpart surface to form a substantially flat s...	10/19/1976

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