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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:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Yukio Nakanishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinori Ota, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Kan, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiko Shimono, Ibaraki, JP;
Kiyotaka Kawai, Shiga, JP;
Yoshisato Miyakoshi, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroaki Narita, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiki Iijima, Tokyo, JP;
Kouichi Hagiwara, Shiga, JP;
Other;
Abstract
Sheet tobacco according to the present invention includes a carrier sheet made of nonwoven plant fibers, and a tobacco powder layer formed on the carrier sheet and containing a powder mixture of tobacco lamina powder and binder powder. In a sheet tobacco manufacturing process according to the present invention, a carrier sheet of plant fibers is formed by a nonwoven fabric production process, a tobacco powder layer is formed by spreading the powder mixture on the carrier sheet, and a cover sheet of plant fibers is optionally formed on the tobacco powder layer. Subsequently, the carrier sheet, the tobacco powder layer and the optical cover sheet are all together subjected to heating and pressing, thereby producing sheet tobacco with a two- or three-layer structure. The present invention also provides a manufacturing system for carrying out the sheet tobacco manufacturing process.
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