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US 5,711,320 AGranted
Process for flavoring shredded tobacco and apparatus for implementing the process
AssigneeComas-Costruzional Machine Speciali-S.p.A.
InventorMario Martin
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Abstract
A process and apparatus for flavouring shredded tobacco by which a mixture of alcohol, water and flavouring essences are fed into a rotary cylinder, wherein the mixture is cooled to below ambient temperature before being fed into the cylinder.
Claims10
A process for flavoring shredded tobacco compromising:
- introduction shredded tobacco to an inside of a rotary cylinder through a first opening of said rotary cylinder,
- advancing said shredded tobacco along said rotary cylinder,
- cooling an outside of said rotary cylinder, a liquid mixture of alcohol, water and flavoring essences to a temperature below ambient temperature, and
- atomizing said liquid mixture onto said shredded tobacco in correspondence of a second opening facing said first opening.
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