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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:
Sep. 19, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1987
Gerard E Leonard, Kernersville, NC (US);
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A system and method for reclaiming tobacco from rejected products and byproducts of a cigarette manufacturing operation are disclosed. The tobacco that is reclaimed from rejected cigarettes, long ends and defective packs of cigarettes is screened to separate a fraction of larger tobacco particles that can be returned directly to the cigarette manufacturing machines. The fraction of smaller tobacco particles and fines produced by the screening treatment is combined with stem material and tobacco dust recovered from the manufacturing operation to produce strands of reconstituted tobacco which are incorporated into the cut tobacco that is supplied to the cigarette manufacturing machines.