Product portion enrobing machines and methods
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsAndrew Nathan Carroll, Shannon Maxwell Black, Yan Helen Sun, William J. Burke, Robert Smith
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Abstract
An apparatus for enrobing a product portion can include at least one polymer spray head adapted to create at least one flow of polymeric fibers to produce at least one polymer enrobing zone and a conveyor system adapted to move at least one product portion from at least one position below at least one polymer enrobing zone and to at least one position above at least one polymer enrobing zone to drop each product portion through one or more polymer enrobing zones a plurality times at different orientations to enrobe each product portion with polymeric fibers.
Claims20
An oral product comprising:
- an outer material formed from nonwoven fibers, the nonwoven fibers including,
- a compound polymer including,
- an elastomer, and
- a filler that increases a hydraulic permittivity of the outer material;
- and
- an inner material including,
- a cellulosic material, and
- an additive.
An oral product comprising:
- an outer material formed from nonwoven fibers, the nonwoven fibers including,
- a compound polymer including,
- an elastomer, and
- a filler that increases a hydraulic permittivity of the outer material;
- and
- an inner mixture including,
- a cellulosic material,
- an additive,
- a flavorant,
- a sweetener,
- a pH modifier, and
- a plasticizer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.