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AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorsReynald Aeschlimann, Eric De Borst, Manfred Drabner, Gebhard Durner, Lucien Meier, Gurdrun Schwub-Gwinner, Stephanie Tiling, Marcel Van Rijssel, Kerstin Velser
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The invention relates to a continuous tobacco slab (10) made of shredded tobacco which slab has a substantially uniform composition and a substantially uniform distribution of the shredded tobacco. The invention further relates to a multi-layer structure comprising the tobacco slab and in addition at least one layer, preferably one or two layers, of a smokable material other than shredded tobacco. Furthermore, the invention provides a package comprising the tobacco slab or multi-layer structure.
A continuous tobacco slab made of shredded tobacco obtainable by a process comprising the steps of
A process for making a tobacco slab made of shredded tobacco characterized in that it is continuous and has a substantially uniform composition and a substantially uniform distribution of the shredded tobacco or a multi-layer structure comprising the tobacco slab and in addition at least one layer, preferably one or two layers, of a smokable material other than shredded tobacco, said process comprising the steps of
A package comprising a tobacco slab made of shredded tobacco which slab is continuous and has a substantially uniform composition and a substantially uniform distribution of the shredded tobacco, said package being characterized in that it has a pre-defined three-dimensional shape.
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