Patent · US Expired

Method of and apparatus for breaking up bales of condensed tobacco

US5193556A · kind A · utility

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13References

32Claims

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Assignee

Korber AG · DE

Inventors

Manfred Lasch · Hamburg, DE
Reinhard Liebe · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 19, 1991
Grant date	Mar 16, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 19, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24B7/14
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Bales of condensed relatively dry tobacco particles are broken up by subdividing each bale into slabs which are thereupon mechanically fragmentized, heated and moisturized with steam or steam and hot water, shredded while still heated, and thereupon subjected to one or more additional treatments. The bales are subdivided into slabs by cutting them transversely of the layers of compressed tobacco particles therein, and the heating and moisturizing steps can be carried out in a drum or in a closed tunnel of a vibratory conveyor.

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