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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Applicant:
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
Jerry Wayne Marshall, Stokesdale, NC (US);
Susan Marlene Adams, Pine Hall, NC (US);
Darlene Madeline Lawson, Kernersville, NC (US);
Michael Francis Dube, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Assignee:
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 15/42 (2006.01); A24B 15/30 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 15/42 (2013.01); A24B 15/28 (2013.01); A24B 15/30 (2013.01); A24B 15/302 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of curing tobacco. The method comprises the steps of contacting a tobacco material with a curing additive comprising one or more salts and curing the tobacco material under conditions and temperature for a time sufficient to produce cured tobacco wherein the amount of the one or more salts contacted with the tobacco is at least 5 percent of the dry weight of the cured tobacco.