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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141559 | Relating to smoking article filters The invention describes a filter (1) with a first filter portion (6) comprising an adsorbent, for example carbon, and/or a catalyst, capable of reducing various vapor phase constituents of cigarette smoke. The adsorbent/catalyst is separated from a sec... | 03/27/2012 |
| 6668838 | Manufacturing method for cut tobacco and manufacturing system therefor In a manufacturing method and a manufacturing system for cut tobacco, a first additive mainly containing a humectant is added to laminar tobacco, the laminar tobacco provided with the first additive is shredded to form cut tobacco, a second additive conta... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6467488 | Method for cutting the tie-leaf on bundled leaf tobacco A method is provided for cutting tying elements of successive tobacco leaf bundles, wherein the butt ends of the leaves of each bundle are grouped and secured together by a transversely extending tying element disposed in surrounding relation to the group... | 10/22/2002 |
| 5193556 | Method of and apparatus for breaking up bales of condensed tobacco Bales of condensed relatively dry tobacco particles are broken up by subdividing each bale into slabs which are thereupon mechanically fragmentized, heated and moisturized with steam or steam and hot water, shredded while still heated, and thereupon subje... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5143095 | Method of cutting tobacco A method of converting particles of tobacco leaves, particularly bales or portions of bales of compacted tobacco leaf laminae, into cut tobacco involves admitting portions of and/or entire bales into a tobacco cutter while the temperature of compacted par... | 09/01/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4696312 | Method and apparatus for producing cigarette filler A method and apparatus for producing tobacco filler by cutting whole tobacco leaves, including stems, is provided. The leaves, with stems in, are cut to produce strands of lamina and strands of stem and lamina. The strands are carded to disentangle them a... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4620556 | Loose leaf chewing tobacco A loose leaf chewing tobacco product is prepared from leaf tobacco by removing the stems and major veins, then cutting the leaves across the grain of the remaining veins in a uniform manner with the cuts being spaced no greater than 1/4 inch apart, then c... | 11/04/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4350172 | Tobacco stripper This machine is for stripping the leaves from tobacco stalks, so as to confine the "tip grade" leaves in one container, the "leaf grade" in another container, and the "trash grade" in another container, in order to get the tobacco to the market in the thr... | 09/21/1982 |
