Reordering expanded tobacco by water mist
US4202357A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 1978 |
| Grant date | May 13, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 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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