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US 2010/0300465 A1Published application
Oral Pouch Products Including a Liner and Tobacco Beads
AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorStephen G. Zimmermann
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Abstract
Provided is a pouched, oral tobacco product including a porous membrane having a liner and an inner filling material. The inner filling material includes loose, fibrous tobacco material and tobacco beads formed from tobacco fines and dust which are too small to be included in traditional pouched tobacco products. The tobacco beads are extruded and spheronized.
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A pouched, oral tobacco product comprising:
- a porous membrane comprising an outer wrapper and an inner liner;
- and
- an inner filling material comprising:
- loose, fibrous tobacco;
- and
- tobacco beads comprising a majority amount of tobacco fines having a particle size of less than about 60 mesh, the tobacco fines being dispersed uniformly throughout the entirety of each tobacco bead,
- wherein the substantially spheroidal tobacco beads have a moisture content of about 0.5% to about 25%, the inner filling material is enclosed within a pouch formed by said porous membrane and the tobacco beads are substantially spheroidal tobacco beads included in the pouched, oral tobacco product in an amount of about 10% to about 95% by weight based on the weight of the pouched, oral tobacco product,
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A method of making a pouched, oral tobacco product comprising:
- spheronizing and/or extruding a plurality of tobacco beads;
- mixing the plurality of tobacco beads with loose, fibrous tobacco material to form an inner filling material;
- forming a pouch from a porous membrane material;
- adding a dissolvable liner to the pouch to form a lined pouch;
- placing the inner filling material in the lined pouch;
- and
- sealing the lined pouch to form a pouched, oral tobacco product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.