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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Siew Hock Soo, St-Sulpice, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a casting apparatus for the production of a cast web of homogenized tobacco material, said casting apparatus comprising • o a casting box () adapted to contain a slurry of said homogenized tobacco material; • o a movable support; • o a casting blade () adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast web; • o wherein said casting blade has a transverse cross section defining a blade edge, said blade edge including a first point having a first radius of curvature and a second point having a second radius of curvature, said first and second radii of curvature being comprised between about 1 and about 500 and being different from each other.