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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Uwe Werner Ehling, Goldkronach, DE;
Frank Plückhahn, Bayreuth, DE;
Gerald Schmekel, Elmshorn, DE;
Arno Weiss, Nordersted, DE;
Assignee:
British American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 1/02 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for conditioning comminuted tobacco material by heating and moistening with water vapor, wherein the comminuted tobacco material free-falls down through a chamber operating in a continuous process and is treated during free-fall with water vapor via nozzles; a hyperbaric pressure is maintained in said chamber.