Method of processing tobacco leaves
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsBrian Salmon, Osny Gilmar Konrath
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of processing whole tobacco leaves with stem, veins, and lamina material. The whole tobacco leaves are tipped, in order to receive tips and butts. The tips and butts are then separated. The separated tips are further processed by cutting or shredding, in order to receive light and heavy tip material. Once the light tip material is separated from the heavy tip material, the light tip material is dried, before it is finally packaged.
Claims7
Method of processing segments of tobacco leaves, the segments of the tobacco leaves being tips of tobacco leaves, comprising:
- cutting or shredding the tips to obtain light and heavy tip material, respectively,
- guiding the tips of the tobacco leaves towards circular blades, which are able to rotate, and
- directing the tips towards the circular blades with a stem of the tips being parallel to the blades rotation.
Method of processing segments of tobacco leaves, the segments of the tobacco leaves being butts or tips of tobacco leaves, comprising:
- cutting or shredding the butts or tips to obtain light and heavy butt material or light and heavy tip material, respectively,
- guiding the tips or butts of the tobacco leaves separately towards circular blades, which are able to rotate, and
- directing the tips or butts towards the circular blades with a stem of the tips or butts being parallel to the blades rotation;
- separating the light butt material from the heavy butt material, wherein the light butt material is transferred into light tip material and the heavy butt material is transferred to a further cutting or shredding operation.
Method of processing segments of tobacco leaves, the segments of the tobacco leaves being butts or tips of tobacco leaves, comprising:
- cutting or shredding the butts or tips to obtain light and heavy butt material or light and heavy tip material, respectively,
- guiding the tips or butts of the tobacco leaves separately towards circular blades, which are able to rotate, and
- directing the tips or butts towards the circular blades with a stem of the tips or butts being parallel to the blades rotation;
- separating the light tip material from the heavy tip material;
- drying the light tip material;
- packaging the light tip material;
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- separating the light butt material from the heavy butt material, wherein the light butt material is transferred into the light tip material and the heavy butt material is transferred to a further cutting or shredding operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.