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7568485 |
System for dispersing powder materials in a cigarette rod
A system and method is provided for dispersing fine catalyst powders having nanoscale or microscale particles throughout the tobacco rod portion of a cigarette. A source of vacuum is connected to...
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7556046 |
Method of reducing nitrosamines content in tobacco leaves
A method of reducing the content of TSNA in tobacco leaves, comprising treating tobacco leaves with a microorganism which has the capability to reduce TSNA and which is selected from the group...
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7549425 |
Method of reducing nitrosamine content in tobacco leaves
A method of reducing the content of TSNA in tobacco leaves, comprising treating the tobacco leaves with a microorganism having no nitrate-reducing ability but having the ability of...
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7549426 |
Method of reducing nitrite and/or nitrosamine in tobacco leaves using microorganism having denitrifying ability
A method of reducing the content of nitrite and/or nitrosamine in tobacco leaves, having treating the tobacco leaves with a microorganism belonging to Agrobacterium genus and having the...
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7538071 |
Methods of reducing the nicotine content of tobacco plants and tobacco plants obtained thereby
The present invention is directed to a method of reducing the nicotine content of a tobacco plant to less than addictive levels. The method includes the step of administering to the tobacco plant...
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7445011 |
Method for improving the loading capacity of tobacco
The invention relates to a process for enhancing the filling capacity of tobacco, such as cut tobacco leaf or tobacco midribs, or tobacco additional material, by treating the tobacco material...
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7404406 |
Tobacco processing
Tobaccos are cured in a manner so as to provide tobaccos having extremely low tobacco specific nitrosamine (TSNA) contents. Harvested Virginia tobacco is subjected to flue-curing so as to provide...
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7320326 |
Method for the treatment of tobacco
In a process for the treatment of tobacco, in particular Burley tobacco, the tobacco, which is preferably in the form of leaf tobacco, is treated with a casing, which preferably contains sugar. A...
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7293564 |
Method for chemically modifying tobacco during curing
A method for chemically modifying a tobacco material during a curing process involves treating the tobacco material in a curing enclosure at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce cured...
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7028694 |
Method for dispersing powder materials in a cigarette rod
A system and method is provided for dispersing fine catalyst powders having nanoscale or microscale particles throughout the tobacco rod portion of a cigarette. A source of vacuum is connected to...
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7025066 |
Method of reducing the sucrose ester concentration of a tobacco mixture
The flavor and aroma characteristics of the smoke of a tobacco blend incorporating Oriental tobacco are improved by subjecting that blend to heat treatment. Oriental tobacco having a relatively...
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7004177 |
Method and device for detecting foreign bodies in cigarettes
The invention relates to a method for detecting and selecting foreign parts in cigarettes, in which the tobacco is exposed in the vicinity of the cigarette maker to microwave radiation and both a...
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6959712 |
Method of making a smoking composition
The present invention relates to smoking articles such as cigarettes, and in particular to catalytic systems containing metallic or carbonaceous particles that reduce the content of certain harmful...
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6846177 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating a tobacco curing process
Apparatus and method for facilitating a tobacco curing process, with the apparatus being for use in a tobacco barn, with the tobacco barn having a plurality of internal cross members for supporting...
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6834653 |
Apparatus for expanding tobacco
The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for expanding foodstuffs and luxury foodstuffs/tobacco materials capable of being expanded, in particular moist tobacco materials, wherein said...
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6786221 |
Method and system for assay and removal of harmful toxins during processing of tobacco products
A process and system for continuous assay and removal of toxins from tobacco. Products such as tobacco contaminated with mycotoxins, particularly aflatoxins, and benzpyrene and its precursors, are...
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6772767 |
Process for reducing nitrogen containing compounds and lignin in tobacco
A process for reducing lignin and nitrogenous content in tobacco lamina and tobacco fiber material, including whole leaf, stems, scraps, fines and lamina, as well as burley leaf and stem, in an...
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6755200 |
Method for reduction of tobacco specific nitrosamines
Tobacco is treated before or during curing to lower or eliminate bacterial populations and/or activity, fungal growth, and/or tobacco-specific nitrosamine or bacterial endotoxin levels in the cured...
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6752156 |
Humidification cylinder and method of humidifying material
A humidifying cylinder includes a first rotatable cylinder having an inlet end and an outlet end and a plurality of first blades extending substantially radially outwardly from an exterior surface...
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6732742 |
Method of conditioning cigars
In a cigar-making machine, the cigars advance continuously in orderly succession occupying a plurality of respective pockets transported by a conveyor along a predetermined feed path toward a...
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6694985 |
Process for lowering nicotine contents in tobacco
A process for lowering toxic substance including nicotine in tobacco is disclosed. The process of the present invention comprises treating tobacco leaves with water, alcoholic drink, or a mixture...
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6668838 |
Manufacturing method for cut tobacco and manufacturing system therefor
In a manufacturing method and a manufacturing system for cut tobacco, a first additive mainly containing a humectant is added to laminar tobacco, the laminar tobacco provided with the first...
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6637438 |
Method for assay and removal of harmful toxins during processing of tobacco products
A process and system for continuous assay and removal of toxins from tobacco. Products such as tobacco contaminated with mycotoxins, particularly aflatoxins, and benzpyrene and its precursors, are...
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6615841 |
Fulcrum and cantilever humidor
A humidor 30 for the retaining and preserving of tobacco products includes multiple independent storage compartments 29 arranged vertically with hygrometers 9 mounted externally for ease of...
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6602555 |
Tobacco extract composition and method
A method of extracting corrosion inhibiting constituents from tobacco comprises the steps of soaking tobacco in an extraction solution under certain extraction conditions, followed by filtration to...
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6568401 |
Process for providing cut filler for cigarettes
A process for preparing tobacco stem for use as filler for a smoking article includes classifying the green tobacco stem by diameter to provide a plurality of stem grades and rolling each grade...
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RE38123 |
Tobacco products having reduced nitrosamine content
Methods of reducing the content of and preventing formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines in harvested leafy plants such as tobacco and marijuana, are disclosed. The methods are directed to...
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6482359 |
Process for the sterilization of sewer systems and closed rooms in general
The present invention relates to a process for the sterilization of sewer systems and other closed rooms consisting in the introduction and retention of a mixture of nitrogen and carbon...
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6446633 |
Tobacco bale slicing apparatus and method
The present application relates to a tobacco bale splitting apparatus for splitting a bale of compressed tobacco having a plurality of generally parallel tobacco leaves having stems. The present...
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6397851 |
Method for expanding tobacco
A method and an apparatus for expanding foodstuffs and luxury foodstuffs/tobacco materials capable of being expanded, in particular moist tobacco materials, wherein said materials in a carrier flow...
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6395236 |
System for tobacco smoke neutralization
A non-aerosol, non-wick pump spray system consisting of an emulsion of triethylene glycol in a range of about 0.5% to about 6.0% in distilled water, a surfactant such as sodium alkylbenzene...
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6321758 |
Tobacco leaf handling assembly
The present invention relates to a method for transferring harvested tobacco leaves from an amorphous mass of harvested tobacco leaves to a bulk curing container component for subsequent transfer...
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6311695 |
Method of treating tobacco to reduce nitrosamine content, and products produced thereby
Methods of reducing the content of and preventing formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines in harvested leafy plants such as tobacco and marijuana, are disclosed. The methods are directed to...
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6298858 |
Tobacco flavoring components of enhanced aromatic content and method of providing same
Improved flavorful and aromatic tobacco materials and a method for producing flavorful and aromatic components from all natural tobacco materials are provided. A first tobacco material is contacted...
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6298859 |
Use of a phenol oxidizing enzyme in the treatment of tobacco
A process for preparing tobacco, which process comprises the steps of treating a tobacco material with a phenol oxidising enzyme, such as by extracting tobacco with a solvent to provide an extract...
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6286515 |
Humidification cylinder
A humidifying cylinder includes a first rotatable cylinder having an inlet end and an outlet end and a plurality of first blades extending substantially radially outwardly from an exterior surface...
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6279581 |
Portable cigar humidor
A portable, flexible humidor for cigars is provided. A flexible cigar storage compartment and a flexible moisture control compartment are connected by a passageway having a staggered series of...
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6263881 |
Apparatus for applying a liquid medium to tobacco
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,...
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6227205 |
Method for treatment of tobacco fine cut
The invention relates to a method of treating tobacco fine cut in which the cut tobacco is preheating and moistening is moistened to a moisture content of a maximum of 18 to 18.5%, after which it...
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6209546 |
Apparatus and method for improved hydrate formation and improved efficiency of recovery of expansion agent in processes for expanding tobacco and other agricultural products
An apparatus and a method for recovering additional expansion agent in a process for the expansion of tobacco or another agricultural product are disclosed. One embodiment is a method for...
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6185843 |
Tobacco dryers
A pneumatic conveyance tobacco dryer which includes a conveyance duct having a first portion, a second, upwardly extending portion and a third, curved portion intercommunicating the first and...
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6131584 |
Tobacco treatment process
Two types of tobacco are placed into and kept separate in an aqueous medium wherein water-soluble chemical components of each of the two types of tobacco are solubilized to form a tobacco extract....
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6109272 |
Method for producing a tobacco flavor-tasting article
A tobacco flavor-tasting article is manufactured by preparing a heat-irreversibly coagulated glucan sheet containing a tobacco extract. The glucan sheet is prepared by preparing a sheet-like...
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6092533 |
Portable cigar humidifier
A portable and compact cigar humidifier has a pull-out member encasing a slab of spongy material. A pair of circular windows cut through opposite walls of the member have a diameter slightly larger...
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6082369 |
Process for treating tobacco
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6053175 |
Method for treating smoking article
A method for treating a formed tobacco product/smoking article is disclosed. The method includes a two phase process. The first phase involves exposing the formed tobacco product to aromatic...
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6048404 |
Tobacco flavoring components of enhanced aromatic content and method of providing same
Improved flavorful and aromatic tobacco materials and processes for producing flavorful and aromatic components from tobacco material are provided. The processes involve subjecting substantially...
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5884632 |
Humidor
A humidor for more than one tobacco product, such as a cigar, includes a storage portion defining a tobacco storage area for storing the cigars end-to-end and a sealing portion for sealing the...
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5826590 |
Method and plant for treating tobacco stems for the production of cut tobacco
The invention relates to a method and plant of treating tobacco stems for the production of cut tobacco for smokable articles, wherein uncut stem are sauced to a moisture content of approximately...
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5816264 |
Bio-humidor
An apparatus for and method of imparting moisture to a cigar or tobacco product is a bio-humidor. The bio-humidor includes a moisture impervious housing configured to hold the cigar, a moisture...
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