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Method of manufacturing wrinkled sheet tobacco

US4770194A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 7, 1986
Grant dateSep 13, 1988
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24B3/14
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method of manufacturing wrinkled sheet tobacco by wetting a raw material powder containing tobacco with water, extruding the resultant wet powder through a gap between a pair of rollers, and separating sheet tobacco attached to the surface of one roller with a doctor knife, one of the substances selected from those enumerated below is added to the raw material powder in an amount specified below: (1) 4 to 10% by weight of an .alpha.-starch or propylene glycol alginate ester, (2) 4 to 11% by weight of a hydrolyzed starch having a molecular weight of 100,000 to 900,000, gum arabic, a carboxymethyl cellulose salt having a molecular weight of 10,000 to 20,000, or a high methoxyl pectin having a degree of methoxylation of 7 to 17% and a degree of esterification of 62 to 77%, and (3) a mixture of 1.9 to 7.9% by weight of a 4,4,6-triglucosaccharide polymer and 1.3 to 3.2% by weight of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.

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