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US 6,668,838 B2Granted
Manufacturing method for cut tobacco and manufacturing system therefor
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsKazue Takase, Yukio Nakanishi, Junichi Fujiwara
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Abstract
In a manufacturing method and a manufacturing system for cut tobacco, a first additive mainly containing a humectant is added to laminar tobacco, the laminar tobacco provided with the first additive is shredded to form cut tobacco, a second additive containing a perfume is added to the cut tobacco, the cut tobacco is dried thereafter, and a top flavoring as a third additive is added to the dried cut tobacco.
Claims14
A cut tobacco manufacturing method, comprising the steps of:
- conditioning leafy tobacco material to a given water content;
- providing said conditioned tobacco material with a first liquid additive containing a humectant;
- shredding said tobacco material provided with the first additive, thereby obtaining cut tobacco;
- providing said cut tobacco with a second liquid additive containing a perfume and adjusting the water content of said cut tobacco to a pre-drying water content;
- drying said cut tobacco having said pre-drying water content to a target water content;
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- providing said dried cut tobacco with a third additive containing a perfume.
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A cut tobacco manufacturing system, comprising:
- a conditioning apparatus for conditioning leafy tobacco material to a given water content;
- a first providing apparatus for providing said conditioned tobacco material with a first liquid additive containing a humectant;
- at least one curing silo for storing said tobacco material provided with said first additive to cure the tobacco material;
- a shredder for shredding said tobacco material received from said at least one curing silo, thereby obtaining cut tobacco;
- a second providing apparatus for providing said cut tobacco received from said shredder with a second liquid additive containing a perfume and adjusting the water content of said cut tobacco to a pre-drying water content;
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- a dryer for drying said cut tobacco received from said second providing apparatus to a target water content.
4 more elements
A cut tobacco manufacturing apparatus, comprising:
- a conditioning apparatus for conditioning leafy tobacco material to a given water content;
- a first providing apparatus for providing said conditioned tobacco material with a first liquid additive containing a humectant;
- a shredder for shredding said tobacco material received from said first providing apparatus, thereby obtaining cut tobacco;
- a second providing apparatus for providing said cut tobacco received from said shredder with a second liquid additive containing a perfume and adjusting the water content of said cut tobacco to a pre-drying water content;
- a dryer for drying said cut tobacco received from said second providing apparatus to a target water content;
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- a third providing apparatus for providing said dried cut tobacco with a third additive containing a perfume.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.