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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gitta Junemann, Hamburg, DE;
Gerald Schmekel, Elmshorn, DE;
Arno Weiss, Norderstedt, DE;
Wilfried Stiller, Holm, DE;
Assignee:
Brown & Williamson Tobaccco Corporation, Louisville, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131297 ; 131298 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of denitrating tobacco stem material in which the tobacco stem material is input at a first point in a housing, guided through a solvent and output at a second point from the housing, the complete method being implemented at an overpressure, and to an apparatus for implementing the method with an elongated, approximately cylindrical housing and at least one rotatable feeder screw, said housing being configured pressure-tight and comprising locks or nozzles or inputting and/or outputting process flows.