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US 10,420,365 B2Granted
Method for the production of homogenized tobacco material
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsYorick Klipfel, Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg, Michael Elliott Doyle, Juan David Manzur Bedoya, Pascal Rausis
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Abstract
The present invention relates to method for production of a slurry for homogenized tobacco material, said method comprising: —Selecting tobacco of one or more tobacco types; —Coarse grinding said tobacco; —Blending said tobacco of one or more tobacco types; and—Fine grinding said tobacco of one or more tobacco types.
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A method for production of homogenized tobacco material, said method comprising:
- selecting tobacco of two or more tobacco types;
- coarse grinding the two or more tobacco types in parallel or in series to obtain tobacco particles of a mean size between about 0.25 millimeters and about 2.0 millimeters;
- blending the two or more tobacco types, to form a blend of tobacco, wherein blending the two or more tobacco types takes place after coarse grinding the tobacco;
- fine grinding the blend of tobacco, wherein the fine grinding forms a tobacco powder having a mean size up to about 0.12 millimeters.
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