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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335847 | Method and apparatus for foreign-body separation from a material flow Method and apparatus for the separation of foreign bodies from a material flow, in particular a tobacco stream. Method is characterized in that at least a portion of the material from the material flow is conveyed into the area of a foreign-body detection device in ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6508254 | Reduced protein reconstituted tobacco and method of making same A process for manufacturing reconstituted tobacco with reduced nitrogenous content by submitting cured tobacco material, including whole leaf, stems, scraps, fines and lamina, as well as burley leaf and stem, to an extraction with a solution containing so... | 01/21/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6082550 | Cooling and sieve drum for tobacco material The invention relates to a cooling and screening drum for tobacco materials comprising a material inlet, a rotary drum including lifting webs running longitudinally along the inner wall, a cross-flow cooling system and a material outlet, the lifting webs ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5564444 | Processing tobacco leaf stem Tobacco leaf stem is separated into large-stem and small-stem fractions, the large-stem fraction is cut in a stem cutter and the small-stem fraction is shredded in a mill, whereafter the cut and shredded materials are mixed.... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5358122 | Multiple stage tobacco classifier Apparatus for classifying tobacco includes a plurality of vertical lift, single-pass, closed loop apparatus projecting a stream of mixed tobacco components across a classifying chamber of each module, and a portion thereof directly into the infeed apparat... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5325875 | Apparatus for separating threshed leaf tobacco Apparatus for separating lighter particles such as lamina containing little or no stem from tobacco particles contained in threshed leaf tobacco which comprises a plurality of tobacco particle separating units, each including a separation chamber each a f... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5299583 | Method of and apparatus for separating fragments of tobacco ribs from shredded tobacco A mixture of unsatisfactory fragments of tobacco ribs and shreds of tobacco leaf laminae and/or tobacco ribs which are bonded to each other and/or are clumped together and/or crimped is treated to loosen the coherent and/or clumped shreds and/or uncrimp i... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5205415 | Modular classifier Apparatus for classifying tobacco includes a plurality of vertical lift, single-pass, closed loop apparatus projecting a stream of mixed tobacco components across a classifying chamber of each module, and a portion thereof directly into the infeed apparat... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5188128 | Apparatus for classifying particles of tobacco and the like Apparatus for separating longer tobacco particles from shorter tobacco particles has an elongated vibratory trough for the advancement of a stream containing a mixture of shorter and longer particles from a delivering conveyor to a collecting receptacle. ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5119836 | Preparation of cigarette fillings A method of preparing a cigarette filling comprising tobacco and a partly fibrous herbal or spice additive, comprising processing the additive to form a sheet material thereof, cutting that sheet material into generally leaf sized portions, blending the c... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5115819 | Method of homogenizing the constituents of a tobacco stream An inhomogeneous stream of tobacco particles is homogenized by feeding the stream onto a vibrating support having openings through which the particles descend onto a conveyor serving to transport the thus homogenized stream in a direction counter to that ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5099863 | Apparatus for separating threshed leaf tobacco A separation device for separating threshed leaf tobacco into (1) lighter particles such as lamina containing little or no stem and (2) heavier particles such as lamina with attached stems or naked stems. The device includes a housing defining a separatio... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4991598 | Method of and apparatus for automatically analyzing the degradation of processed leaf tobacco A method of and apparatus for automatically analyzing the degradation of processed leaf tobacco are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a conveyor system for diverting a sample of leaf tobacco from an operating tobacco processing line, supplying the tobacc... | 02/12/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4723560 | System for controlling lamina size in raw material treatment process for tobacco leaves A system for controlling the lamina size in a raw material treatment process for tobacco leaves comprising measuring means for measuring the production rate of the laminae larger than a given size in the raw material treatment process in which the tobacco... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4719928 | Method and apparatus for determining stem content of baled tobacco An apparatus for determining the stem content of a mass of plant leaves including a size reduction and classifying mechanism for separating the leaves into a stem and lamina portion and a means for introducing the leaves into the reduction and classifying... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4701256 | Recirculating pneumatic separator A pneumatic separator for separating lighter particles from heavier stem particles and the like, as in tobacco threshing, including a separating chamber having air circulating in a generally upward path therethrough, an inlet rotary impeller mounted on on... | 10/20/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4649940 | Method and apparatus for threshing ribs from tobacco leaves and the like A method and apparatus for threshing ribs from tobacco leaves and the like. The method comprises a basket having a grid in which a threshing gear formed with a rotary drum including teeth on its periphery is accommodated in such a manner that the outside ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4641265 | System for controlling the proportion of leaf vein in tobacco raw material treating process A new system for controlling the proportion of leaf vein in a tobacco raw material treating process is provided. In general, the process involves feeding a raw leaf tobacco to a humidity controller to impart thereto moisture and temperature necessary for ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4566470 | Tobacco leaf processing Tobacco leaf is processed into a form suitable for use in the manufacture of cigarettes by first cutting the leaf into strips, air classifying the strips into a lamina fraction and a stem fraction, threshing the stem fraction to separate lamina associated... | 01/28/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4328816 | 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... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4323083 | Method for separating veins from lamina of tobacco leaf A method and apparatus for removing veins from the lamina in a bulk strip of tobacco wherein the stems have been removed. The veins are removed by running the bulk strip through a hammermill and then through a separating screen for separating the veins fr... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4303502 | Herb processing machine A portable batch type herb processing machine has a housing sized to fit on a counter top and is easily carried by a single person. Leafy portions of herbal material are separated from stems, seeds and twigs by introducing the herbal material into a selec... | 12/01/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4233996 | Cutting leaf tobacco Leaf tobacco is processed to form cut tobacco suitable for direct formation of cigarettes therefrom. The leaf is cut into shreds dimensioned for direct use in cigarette rod-forming, the shreds are air classified into a heavier stem containing fraction and... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4201229 | Process for treating a flow of tobacco leaves Process for treating a flow of tobacco leaves, characterized in that it comprises removing the parenchyma from the ligneous parts at a time when at least said ligneous parts of the leaves have a relative humidity of at least 70%, separating the leaf fragm... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4195646 | Process for shredding tobacco stems A process for shredding tobacco stems into fibrillar stem fragments by striking stem shards protreptically against the inertia thereof while in dynamic suspension.... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4018674 | Apparatus for automatically grading leaf tobacco A system wherein tobacco leaves are dropped onto a continuously moving belt in a grid like pattern defined by means which are arranged to deliver the tobacco leaf in a sequential manner on the moving belt. The leaves, when arranged on the belt, are passed... | 04/19/1977 |
