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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2004
Uwe Werner Ehling, Goldkronach, DE;
Gerald Schmekel, Elmshorn, DE;
Frank Plückhahn, Bayreuth, DE;
Hans-werner Fuchs, Thurnau, DE;
Matthias Link, Bayreuth, DE;
Uwe Werner Ehling, Goldkronach, DE;
Gerald Schmekel, Elmshorn, DE;
Frank Plückhahn, Bayreuth, DE;
Hans-Werner Fuchs, Thurnau, DE;
Matthias Link, Bayreuth, DE;
British American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a continuous method for pressure-conditioning material for food and/or semi-luxury consumables, wherein said material () is introduced through an entrance () into a hyperbarically pressurized conditioning chamber (), where it is treated with a conditioning agent, and extracted again from said conditioning chamber () at an exit (), wherein the material () is conveyed continuously from said entrance () to said exit () in a conditioning chamber () inclined obliquely upwards, by means of a mixing conveyor, in particular a conveying screw (). It further relates to a device for pressure-conditioning material for food and/or semi-luxury consumables, in particular for comminuted tobacco material, preferably tobacco stem material, comprising: a hyperbarically pressurized conditioning chamber (), into which the material () is introduced through an entrance (); supply nozzles () for treating the material () with a conditioning agent; and an exit () for extracting the material () from said conditioning chamber (), wherein the conditioning chamber () is arranged obliquely inclined upwards and comprises a mixing conveyor, in particular a conveying screw (), by means of which the material () is conveyed continuously from said entrance to said exit. It further relates to corresponding tobacco materials and smoking products.