Class 131/79 - With tobacco treatment

Subclass of Class 131 - Tobacco
Definition: Combinations including means to treat the tobacco to change
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 11/14/2006

Number	Title	Issue Date
7135152	Conjoined reactor system A gas-agitated multiphase reactor system with multiple reaction zones comprising gas-liquid or gas-liquid-solid mixtures that can maximize the production rate while allowing better control of the temperature distribution and better control of the liquid and solid ph...	11/14/2006
6732740	Method of making a tobacco rod with embedded additive The filler of a cigarette rod has a tubular portion made of shredded tobacco and surrounding at least one row of spherical inserts made of aromatic material or aerosol. The tubular portion is made by feeding tobacco shreds against the underside of the horizontal low...	05/11/2004
6516809	Method of and apparatus for making a tobacco rod with embedded additive The filler of a cigarette rod has a tubular portion made of shredded tobacco and surrounding at least one row of spherical inserts made of aromatic material or aerosol. The tubular portion is made by feeding tobacco shreds against the underside of the hor...	02/11/2003
6443160	Method and device for forming a cigarette rod containing an additive material The invention relates to a method for forming a cigarette rod containing an additive material in a cigarette making machine, in which a continuous tobacco rod is fed along a vacuum conveyor and particles of the additive material are fed to and incorporate...	09/03/2002
6263881	Apparatus for applying a liquid medium to tobacco The invention relates to an apparatus for applying a liquid medium, more particularly, a flavor or menthol, to tobacco in a cigarette maker equipped with a conduit for feeding the liquid medium, and provided at the end of the conduit with a nozzle orifice...	07/24/2001
6153119	Method and product for reducing tar and nicotine in cigarettes A process, and product which uses the process, for reducing tar and nicotine in cigarettes, whereby a novel emulsified complex of Sterotex/permanganate is incorporated into a cigarette. The complex displays a synergistic reaction having a dose response re...	11/28/2000
5645087	Method of and apparatus for decontaminating the exposed surfaces of filter mouthpieces in smokers' products Fragments of plastic fibers, such as cellulose acetate fibers, forming part of mouthpieces of filter cigarettes or like rod-shaped smokers' products tend to become separated from the respective filter mouthpieces at the end faces which develop in response...	07/08/1997
5340609	Applying fluid additive to fibrous material Air is blown into filter tow during or immediately after the application of plasticizer; this foams and distributes the plasticizer in the tow. Air may be delivered from a porous plate closely adjacent to the path of the tow or from nozzles in an air inje...	08/23/1994
5261423	Droplet jet application of adhesive or flavoring solutions to cigarette ends A method and apparatus are provided for applying an adhesive or flavoring solution to the coal end of a cigarette by means of a precisely controlled liquid jet spray to bond shreds of tobacco in the cigarette end and to thereby reduce the amount of tobacc...	11/16/1993
5060663	Process for minimizing loose ends in cigarettes A method for producing a tobacco-containing rod from tobacco materials is disclosed. The method comprises shredding tobacco material, mixing a binder with the shredded tobacco material, activating the binder and forming a tobacco-containing rod. The binde...	10/29/1991
5052412	Making of smoking articles In a method of making lengths of smoking-material rod, particularly cigaret lengths, smoking material and wrapper-web material are each continuously fed to a rod maker operable to wrap and seam-seal the wrapper material about the smoking material to provi...	10/01/1991
5012823	Tobacco processing A method and apparatus are disclosed for applying foamed material to tobacco, and for drying and setting the foamed material, particularly in connection with the making of cigarettes. The foamed material may be added to the tobacco, for example, in the pa...	05/07/1991
4995405	Process and apparatus for producing aromatized strand-shaped smoking material Aromatized liquid is introduced into the tobacco in the area of the settling path (AS) at a point at which nearly half the final tobacco layer has accumulated. Subsequently, the second half will settle thereon so that the inserted liquid is inside the fin...	02/26/1991
4993434	Cigarette rods with liquid flavor centers Methods and apparatus for applying liquid strands containing additives to cigarette rods. Liquid is extruded to form one or more strands that are applied to loose tobacco filler in the chimney section of a conventional cigarette maker. The liquid has a vi...	02/19/1991
4986284	Cigarette manufacture Apparatus for applying adhesive foam or other liquid-based ingredients to the ends of cigarettes includes a source of suction, a device for carrying and moving a series of flexible tubular sealing members 50 each of which is aligned with a respective ciga...	01/22/1991
4966169	Process for manufacturing cigarettes A process for manufacturing cigarettes which imposes reduced health risks to the smokers thereof. According to this process redried cut rag tobacco is directly sprayed with one or more pre-selected alcohols which are capable, when the vapors thereof are i...	10/30/1990
4966170	Tobacco processing A method and apparatus are disclosed for applying foamed material to tobacco, and for drying and setting the foamed material, particularly in connection with the making of cigarettes. The foamed material may be added to the tobacco, for example, in the pa...	10/30/1990
4936920	High void volume/enhanced firmness tobacco rod and method of processing tobacco A tobacco product characterized by improved void volume and firmness characteristics and a method of making a tobacco product by applying binder material to tobacco filler, treating the filler to the extent necessary to cause the filler to become substant...	06/26/1990
4913166	Method for adding a flavoring substance to a tobacco rod and apparatus for carrying out the method In order to provide when smoking a cigarette a substantially uniform concentration of the flavoring substance or substances supplied to the tobacco rod (23) in the form of at least one flavoring substance, the flow of flavoring substance is controlled, in...	04/03/1990
4898187	Cigarette manufacture Loss of tobacco from the ends of cigarettes is reduced or prevented by applying foamed adhesive thereto. The foam may in general be blown onto the cigarette ends [(FIGS. 1, 2 and 4)] or may be "printed" onto the cigarette ends [(FIG. 3 and FIGS. 5 and 6)]...	02/06/1990
4856536	Cigarette manufacture Apparatus for applying measured quantities of foamed adhesive to the ends of cigarettes comprises a drum 10 arranged to having apertures 14A aligned with the respective cigarettes 12 and arranged to recieve foam from a source 18 adjacent to the plate, cha...	08/15/1989
4785831	Method and apparatus for minimizing loose ends in cigarettes Loss of tobacco from the ends of cigarettes is reduced or prevented by applying foamed adhesive thereto. The foam may in general be blown onto the cigarette ends or may be "printed" onto the cigarette ends. The expansion ratio of the foam in preferably at...	11/22/1988
4781203	Method and apparatus for making self-extinguishing cigarette A cigarette making apparatus for making self-extinguishing cigarettes including an electromagnetically actuated spray nozzle for directing a solution of sodium silicate onto a stream of tobacco at predetermined intervals such that when the stream of tobac...	11/01/1988
4777966	Manufacturing machine for producing cigarettes composed of tobacco portions having different characteristics A cigarette manufacturing machine, comprising an ascending shaft arranged to feed a tobacco mixture into a belt conveyor in such a manner as to form thereon a substantially continuous tobacco layer, a trimmer device arranged to reduce and regularize the t...	10/18/1988
4763672	Apparatus for injecting liquid-type material in the chimney of a cigarette maker Apparatus is provided for injecting liquids or liquid foams into the stream of tobacco on the suction tape in the chimney of a cigarette maker. An insert is placed in the suction rod channel to reduce its width over an initial section of the channel. The ...	08/16/1988
4715388	Cigarettes having minimized loose ends and a process for preparing same Cigarettes having reduced loose end propensity and a process for preparing same are disclosed. The cigarettes are prepared from shredded smoking material having been uniformly treated with a free-flowing non-deliquescent, hygroscopic powder and aged prior...	12/29/1987
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
4619276	Tobacco processing A method and apparatus are disclosed for applying foamed material to tobacco, particularly in connection with the making of cigarettes. The foamed material may be added to the tobacco, for example, in the paper guide section of a cigarette maker at the ga...	10/28/1986
4522214	Method and apparatus for controlling a cigarette maker to produce a cigarette rod with predetermined moisture content A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling the operation of a cigarette maker to produce a cigarette rod having a predetermined moisture content. The moisture of the rod leaving the maker is sensed and the tobacco being input to the maker is tre...	06/11/1985
4513756	Process of making tobacco pellets A blend of dark-fired and one-sucker tobacco and a cased cigar type tobacco are cut to obtain a shredded product. After the addition of water and a binder, the resultant mixture is heated, dried and then pelletized into individual discrete pellets. Variou...	04/30/1985
4510950	Foamed, extruded, tobacco-containing smoking article and method of making same A substantially cylindrical foamed, extruded, tobacco-containing smoking article is provided which has properties substantially equivalent to those of a conventional cigarette and which contains from about 5 to about 98 wt. % of tobacco particles having a...	04/16/1985
4488562	Cigarette making with temperature conditioning A method and apparatus for producing a tobacco rod of predictable characteristics whereby the tobacco filler is tempered prior to forming into a rod in a cigarette making apparatus. The tobacco filler is tempered prior to entry into the maker region to a ...	12/18/1984
4409995	Method for applying particulate matter to tobacco A method and apparatus for applying particulate matter to tobacco during the cigarette making process is disclosed. The amount of particulate matter that is lost during the cigarette making process is minimized by applying the particulate matter to the to...	10/18/1983
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
4347855	Method of making smoking articles A method of making smoking articles wherein a combustible tobacco material is mixed with one or more other ingredients including a liquid, the mixture being subjected to further processing to produce a shaped coherent mass having a through passage. Shapin...	09/07/1982
4330002	Method of producing cheroots and similar tobacco articles and an apparatus for carrying out this method In the production of cheroots and similar tobacco articles with a wrapper made from natural tobacco relieved of central rib portions but containing portions of side ribs, the said ribs are flattened solely in the end flap of the wrapper....	05/18/1982

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