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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2020
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Pierre Buffat, Neuchatel, CH;
Stefan Lauenstein, Cormondreche, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
The dryer comprises a dryer receptacle having an inner space for receiving herbaceous material, an access assembly providing access to the inner space of the dryer receptacle, and a heating system comprising at least one access heating element for actively heating the access assembly. The access assembly comprises at least one of an inlet conveyor for supplying herbaceous material into the inner space of the dryer receptacle and an outlet conveyor for removing herbaceous material from the inner space of the dryer receptacle. The at least one access heating element comprises a conveyor heating element incorporated into the conveyor.