Pressure-conditioning device

US7380554B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (GERMANY) GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Werner Ehling · Goldkronach, DE
• Gerald Schmekel · Elmshorn, DE
• Frank Pluckhahn · Bayreuth, DE
• Hans-Werner Fuchs · Thurnau, DE
• Matthias Link · Bayreuth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23P30/32
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a continuous method for pressure-conditioning material for food and/or semi-luxury consumables, wherein said material (12) is introduced through an entrance (4) into a hyperbarically pressurized conditioning chamber (2), where it is treated with a conditioning agent, and extracted again from said conditioning chamber (2) at an exit (8), wherein the material (12) is conveyed continuously from said entrance (4) to said exit (8) in a conditioning chamber (2) inclined obliquely upwards, by means of a mixing conveyor, in particular a conveying screw (3). It further relates to a device for pressure-conditioning material for food and/or semi-luxury consumables, in particular for comminuted tobacco material, preferably tobacco stem material, comprising: a hyperbarically pressurized conditioning chamber (2), into which the material (12) is introduced through an entrance (4); supply nozzles (1) for treating the material (12) with a conditioning agent; and an exit (8) for extracting the material (12) from said conditioning chamber (2), wherein the conditioning chamber (2) is arranged obliquely inclined upwards and comprises a mixing conveyor, in particular a conveying…