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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manfred Lasch, Hamburg, DE;
Reinhard Liebe, Bornsen, DE;
Assignee:
Korber AG, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131322 ; 131290 ; 294107 ; 294126 ;
Abstract
Bales of condensed relatively dry tobacco particles are broken up by subdividing each bale into slabs which are thereupon mechanically fragmentized, heated and moisturized with steam or steam and hot water, shredded while still heated, and thereupon subjected to one or more additional treatments. The bales are subdivided into slabs by cutting them transversely of the layers of compressed tobacco particles therein, and the heating and moisturizing steps can be carried out in a drum or in a closed tunnel of a vibratory conveyor.