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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320326 | Method for the treatment of tobacco In a process for the treatment of tobacco, in particular Burley tobacco, the tobacco, which is preferably in the form of leaf tobacco, is treated with a casing, which preferably contains sugar. A thermal treatment of the casing-treated tobacco with saturated steam f... | 01/22/2008 |
| 6394098 | Method and apparatus for processing tobacco A method and apparatus for processing tobacco, in which tobacco leaves are threshed to form a mixture of free lamina, clean stem pieces from which lamina has been completely or substantially completely removed and uncleaned stem pieces which have useful p... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6227205 | Method for treatment of tobacco fine cut The invention relates to a method of treating tobacco fine cut in which the cut tobacco is preheating and moistening is moistened to a moisture content of a maximum of 18 to 18.5%, after which it is supplied without any further drying to a screening and c... | 05/08/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5722431 | Method and plant for treating tobacco leaves for the production of cut tobacco The invention relates to a method and a plant for the treatment of tobacco leaves for the production of cut tobacco for smokable articles, in which stems or winnowings, on the one hand, and the lamina material of the tobacco leaves, on the other, are cond... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5165426 | Processing of tobacco leaves Lamina and stem components of tobacco leaf are fed simultaneously to a milling machine such that there is produced a fluent mixture of lamina and stem particles. The mixture, with little or no further particle size reduction can be fed to a cigarette maki... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5148820 | Processing of tobacco leaves Whole tobacco leaf is fed to a milling machine such that there is produced a mixture of lamina flakes and intact stem lengths. The lamina fraction, with little or no further particle size reduction can be fed to a cigarette making machine. The stem fracti... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5025813 | Method and apparatus for making tobacco shreds Bales or portions of bales of relatively dry compressed tobacco leaf laminae or ribs are heated microwaves, or in an to a temperature not less than 50° C., and are immediately admitted into a shredding machine without previous cooling and/or breaking up.... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5012824 | Cutting machines The present invention provides a rotary drum (22) cutting machine for cutting or shredding lamina material such as tobacco leaf, comprising a support frame (10), means for compressing and feeding material to be cut, as a plug, to a mouth (14) mounted on t... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4898189 | Method of and apparatus for treating uncured tobacco Uncured tobacco leaves are heated by microwaves or in an electric high-frequency field prior to subdivision into ribs and strips. The strips are separated from the ribs, preferably with a stream of conditioned air, and are thereupon heated again and conde... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4805643 | Apparatus for adjusting gaps between a plurality of members disposed in a line and tobacco thresher adopting the same A tobacco threshing system of the present invention comprises a housing, a threshing rotor arranged in the housing, and a threshing basket which covers a lower portion of the rotor. The threshing basket includes a plurality of arcuated plates arranged to ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4799501 | Method and apparatus for making tobacco shreds Bales or portions of bales of relatively dry compressed tobacco leaf laminae or ribs are dielectrically heated by microwaves, or in an electric high-frequency field, to a temperature not less than 50° C., and are immediately admitted into a shredding mac... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4765349 | System for controlling lamina size in a raw material treatment process for tobacco leaves A system for controlling the lamina size, in a material treatment process for tobacco leaves. The system comprises measuring means for measuring the production ratio of the lamina larger than a given size in the raw material treatment process in which the... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4672982 | Process for the production of a smoking material from cigarette maker winnowings and apparatus A process for converting cigarette tobacco winnowings into usable form for cigarette making, comprises crushing the winnowings, which have a moisture content compatible with cigarette making, effecting a first sieving operation on the resulting crushed wi... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4567903 | Formation of tobacco material blend Tobacco feed material suitable for cigarette formation is formed by blending shredded tobacco stem material and shredded tobacco lamina material while in partially-dried form and drying the blend to the final moisture content.... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4532946 | Method and apparatus for tipping tobacco leaves packed in bales A tobacco bale tipping apparatus (10) delaminates tobacco bale (12) into slabs of tobacco. The slabs of tobacco are separated into right hand and left hand wedges (14) by conveyor belts (27) and (26) and by weight chains (24). The wedges (14) are tipped b... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4449540 | Separation of lamina from stems in baled tobacco Disclosed is a method and apparatus for processing baled tobacco leaves to separate the lamina portions of the leaves from the stem portions. The bale is cut symmetrically, crosswise to its length, into three or preferably five separate sections, of diffe... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4392501 | Method of processing fresh tobacco leaves Freshly cut tobacco leaves are processed wherein the processing includes particle size reduction and drying immediately upon harvesting.... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4364402 | Apparatus for automatic compensation of wear upon orbiting knives in tobacco cutting machines or the like Apparatus for moving the knives relative to their rotary holder in a tobacco cutting machine has a crankshaft which is rotatable and is rotated once during several successive revolutions of the holder. The crankshaft is the input element of a step-down tr... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4307808 | Apparatus for refining herbage A device for cleaning or refining herbage or herbal substances which operates to separate out twigs, seeds or other roughage by an agitating and straining process. The device includes a cylindrical main body internally divided into a pair of chambers by a... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4289147 | Process for obtaining deproteinized tobacco freed of nicotine and green pigment, for use as a smoking product Described herein is a process for obtaining a smoking product from tobacco leaves. The leaves, or leaves and stalk together when immature plants are used in the process, are ground or otherwise pulverized to liberate the liquid portion of the leaves from ... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4269202 | Method and device for stretching tobacco leaves or portions thereof A method and a device for stretching a tobacco leaf or portions thereof, which is distinguished in that each tobacco leaf is deposited on an omnidirectionally elastic, substantially flat carrier, pressure is exerted on the leaf on the side remote from the... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4254781 | Method and apparatus for delivering particles of tobacco to shredding machines The channel between the convergent tobacco compacting upper and lower chain conveyors of a tobacco shredding machine receives particles of tobacco from one or more vibrating troughs which define paths extending in parallelism with the direction of travel ... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4213468 | Method and device for dividing tobacco leaves or the like into pieces A method and a device for dividing tobacco leaves or the like into pieces, said pieces are suitable for effective and automatic processing, said method is distinguished in that the leaf is applied in a flat state on a supporting element and subsequently a... | 07/22/1980 |
