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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:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
William H Graves, Jr, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Assignee:
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131370 ; 131372 ; 131375 ;
Abstract
Tobacco extender material is provided in strand form by contacting tobacco material and/or carbonized material in substantially dry form with a binding agent in substantially dry form, and then subjecting the mixture to a high rate of shear agitation in the presence of a relatively low moisture content. The material so processed is further processed using dry forming techniques in order to provide strands of reconstituted tobacco material and strands of carbonized material. The strands of tobacco extender are useful in the manufacture of cigarettes.