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Apparatus for expanding tobacco

US6834653B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (GERMANY) GMBH · DE

Inventors

Frank Pluckhahn · Bayreuth, DE
Gerald Schmekel · Elmshorn, DE
Arno Weiss · Norderstedt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 3, 2002
Grant date	Dec 28, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24B3/182
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for expanding foodstuffs and luxury foodstuffs/tobacco materials capable of being expanded, in particular moist tobacco materials, wherein said materials in a carrier flow comprising steam pass through an expansion zone, comprising a Laval nozzle, in which the speed of sound is attained in the narrowest cross section.

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