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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Earl E Kohnhorst, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D / ; A24L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131 / ; 131 / ; 1311 / ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for manufacturing smokable tobacco products through selective handling of strip tobacco based on particle size and shape. In the process, small strip tobacco is removed from bulk tobacco. The bulk tobacco is then cut to reduce its size. The removed small strip tobacco is thereafter combined with the cut tobacco. The combined cut tobacco and small strip tobacco are then passed through machinery which forms the smokable tobacco product. A specified inclusion level of small strip tobacco of total tobacco in the smokable product is thus obtained resulting in a product having improved physical and chemical properties.