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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1978
Filed:
May. 25, 1976
Laszlo Egri, Basel, CH;
Tamag Basel AG, Birsfelden, CH;
Abstract
Smokable, substantially homogeneous, flake-like or leaf-like products of approximately equal thickness, and containing tobacco and/or tobacco substitutes, are disclosed, together with a process and apparatus for obtaining said products. The apparatus comprises a belt for transporting a wetted mixture of tobacco particles, means for distributing the wetted mixture to the belt, a second belt in close confronting relationship to the transport belt and movable in the same direction but at a different speed, the second belt being adapted to spread the mixture on the transport belt and form a layer, means downstream from the second belt and adapted to be in contact with the layer of wetted mixture for at least partially cutting the layer into irregularly shaped particles, means downstream of the cutting means for removing such particles from the transport belt, and means for drying and separating the irregularly shaped particles.
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