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Reordering expanded tobacco by water mist

US4202357A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1978
Grant dateMay 13, 1980
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Expiry dateOct 27, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S131/903
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A process for rapidly and uniformly reordering tobacco material which has been subjected to an expansion treatment is disclosed. The process comprises spraying the tobacco material with a fine water mist characterized by an average droplet size of between about 1 and 120 microns diameter.

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