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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1988
Gus D Keritsis, Richmond, VA (US);
Robert S Mullins, Manakin-Sabot, VA (US);
Jose G Nepomuceno, Richmond, VA (US);
Lewis A Haws, Richmond, VA (US);
Harry A Jones, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Veronica Y Manuel, Highland Springs, VA (US);
Wesley G Sanderson, Richmond, VA (US);
John F Sherwood, Midlothian, VA (US);
Warren D Winterson, Midlothian, VA (US);
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A tobacco product characterized by improved void volume and firmness characteristics and a method of making a tobacco product by applying binder material to tobacco filler, treating the filler to the extent necessary to cause the filler to become substantially non-tacky, forming a rod, activating the binder and treating the rod to the extent necessary to cause the filler shreds to become bonded to one another.