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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Volker Kuhl, Bayreuth, DE;
Thomas Jung, Bayreuth, DE;
Assignee:
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 1/18 ; A24C 5/18 ; A24B 3/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C 1/18 ; A24C 5/18 ; A24B 3/12 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for applying a liquid medium, more particularly, a flavor or menthol, to tobacco in a cigarette maker equipped with a conduit for feeding the liquid medium, and provided at the end of the conduit with a nozzle orifice, disposed under the suction band of a cigarette former of the maker and, through its nozzle orifice, applies the liquid medium to the tobacco in contact with the tobacco carpet. The nozzle orifice sweeps past the surface of the tobacco and applies a fine continuous jet of the non-foamed liquid medium, or an aerosol jet of the liquid medium, onto the tobacco.