Method for providing a particulate tobacco product and device for the tobacco-processing industry
AssigneeHauni Maschinenbau AG
InventorsHelmut VOSS, Corinna ZU PUTLITZ
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Abstract
Method for providing a particulate tobacco product and a device of the tobacco processing industry for performing the method. After harvesting tobacco plant, the method includes shredding the harvested tobacco plant and processing the shreds of the tobacco plant to form flat reconstituted tobacco material. The method also includes conveying the flat reconstituted tobacco material in a processing plane to a punching station. Further, the method includes punching tobacco particles out of the tobacco material in the punching station with a punching tool and providing the punched-out tobacco particles as particulate tobacco product.
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A method for providing a particulate tobacco product from a harvested tobacco plant, the method comprising:
- a) shredding the harvested tobacco plant;
- b) processing the shreds of the tobacco plant to form flat reconstituted tobacco material;
- c) conveying the flat reconstituted tobacco material in a processing plane to a punching station;
- d) punching tobacco particles out of the tobacco material in the punching station with a punching tool;
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- e) providing the punched-out tobacco particles as particulate tobacco product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.