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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger Z de la Burde, Powhatan, VA (US);
Patrick E Aument, Hopewell, VA (US);
Francis V Utsch, Chester, VA (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ; A24B / ; A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1311 / ; 1311 / ; 131138 ; 1311 / ;
Abstract
A process for rapidly and uniformly reordering tobacco material which has been subjected to an expansion treatment is disclosed. The process comprises spraying the tobacco material with a fine water mist characterized by an average droplet size of between about 1 and 120 microns diameter.