Process for providing tobacco extender material
Patent 4724850 Issued on February 16, 1988. Estimated Expiration Date: 
February 5, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
February 5, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/826462 filed on 02/05/1986US Classes:131/370, METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO131/372, Slurry131/375ExtrusionExaminersPrimary: Millin, V.International ClassesA24B 3/14 (20060101)A24B 3/00 (20060101) AbstractTobacco 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 the presence of a relatively low moisture content. The material so processed is further processed using dry forming techniques in order to provide strands of reconstituted tobacco material and strands of carbonized material. The strands of tobacco extender are useful in the manufacture of cigarettes. | |
