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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Silvia Capo, Capaccio-Paestum, IT;
Marc A. F. Van Den Boogaart, Giez, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a casting apparatus () to cast a sheet () of a material containing alkaloids, the casting apparatus including: ⋅ a casting box () adapted to contain a slurry () to be cast to form the sheet, the casting box defining an inner volume; ⋅ a slurry supply element () defining a supply channel () adapted to feed the slurry along a supply direction in the inner volume of the casting box from an inlet (), the supply direction forming an angle with a horizontal plane comprised between about −45 degrees and about +45 degrees; ⋅ a movable support (); ⋅ and a casting element () adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet. The invention also relates to a method to cast a sheet of a material containing alkaloids.