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8176923 |
Smoking articles and method for treating tobacco material with a suspension containing bismuth containing compounds and optionally glycerin
Provided is a method for reducing TPM cytotoxicity, mutagenicity, and/or phenolic compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the particulate phase of mainstream smoke. Also provided is a...
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8051859 |
Formation and deposition of sputtered nanoscale particles in cigarette manufacture
Nanoscale particles are formed and deposited in situ on tobacco cut filler, cigarette paper and/or cigarette filter materials by physical vapor deposition. The nanoscale particles are capable of...
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8011373 |
Method of treating tobacco extract solution to reduce magnesium ions and method of manufacturing a treated tobacco material
A method of treating a tobacco extract solution includes bringing an extract solution, which is obtained by extracting a natural tobacco material with an aqueous extracting solvent, into contact...
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7856988 |
Method of making reconstituted tobacco with bonded flavorant
A process of manufacturing a reconstituted tobacco material is provided which includes: preparing a heated mixture of water and sugar; providing a liquid flavorant such as menthol; mixing tobacco...
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7819123 |
Process and apparatus for applying palladium salts to tobacco filler
An apparatus and method for the process of applying palladium salts to tobacco cut filler and other smokable products so that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can be reduced in both...
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7757697 |
Method for reducing nitrosamines in tobacco
Nitrosamines are reduced in tobacco by treating a whole tobacco leaf with ferulic acid. Treatment is conducted by applying an aqueous solution of ferulic acid to the whole tobacco leaf immediately...
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7650892 |
Methods for hindering formation of tobacco-specific nitrosamines
The present invention relates to methods for hindering formation of tobacco-specific nitrosamines during processing of dark fire tobacco, as well as a facility in which at least portions of these...
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7500485 |
Foamed tobacco products and method of making same
Disclosed herein is a foamed tobacco composition which includes tobacco particles, water and a foam stabilizer which is a hydrophobically modified hydroxyalkylated carbohydrate. In another form of...
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7337782 |
Process to remove protein and other biomolecules from tobacco extract or slurry
A process is disclosed for removing proteins and other undesirable biomolecules from tobacco extract or slurry via foam fractionation, thereby concentrating the tobacco extract or slurry. The...
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7322361 |
Method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product
The invention relates to a method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco rod of a smoking product, wherein the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the tobacco...
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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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6766803 |
Method of manufacturing cigarettes containing gold or silver particles
The present invention relates to cigarettes containing gold or silver particles and manufacturing methods of cigarette filters. The tobacco leaves, added with ion particles of gold, are prepared...
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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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6745778 |
Device for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product
The invention relates to a method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product (2), wherein the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the rod is...
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6732740 |
Method of making a tobacco rod with embedded additive
The filler of a cigarette rod has a tubular portion made of shredded tobacco and surrounding at least one row of spherical inserts made of aromatic material or aerosol. The tubular portion is made...
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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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6695924 |
Method of improving flavor in smoking article
A method for improving the flavor and aroma characters of a smoking article is provided. A mixture consisting essentially of a reducing sugar and optionally a hydroxide of an alkali metal is...
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6679270 |
Reduction of nitrosamines in tobacco and tobacco products
A method for reducing the content of nitrosamines (e.g., N′-Nitrosonornicotine, 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, N′-Nitrosoanatabine, and N′-Nitrosoanabasine) in tobacco is provi...
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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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6591841 |
Method of providing flavorful and aromatic tobacco suspension
Processes for producing flavorful and aromatic compounds from tobacco material are provided. The processes involve providing a tobacco suspension comprising finely ground tobacco material, and...
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6575170 |
Method and apparatus for expanding tobacco material
A process for exapanding tobacco employs gaseous impregnant at elevated pressure. Tobacco is passed through a gaseous impregnant atmosphere using mechanical devices (e.g., pressure locks, pocket...
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6571801 |
Tobacco treatment process
In a process to reduce fines and objectionable stem from tobacco in a smoking article, a humectant, particularly glycerin, is added to whole leaf tobacco prior de-stemming. After de-stemming, stems...
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6516809 |
Method of and apparatus for making a tobacco rod with embedded additive
The filler of a cigarette rod has a tubular portion made of shredded tobacco and surrounding at least one row of spherical inserts made of aromatic material or aerosol. The tubular portion is made...
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6508254 |
Reduced protein reconstituted tobacco and method of making same
A process for manufacturing reconstituted tobacco with reduced nitrogenous content by submitting cured tobacco material, including whole leaf, stems, scraps, fines and lamina, as well as burley...
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6499489 |
Tobacco-based cooked casing formulation
Processes for producing flavorful and aromatic compounds from flue-cured tobacco material are provided. The processes involve providing a tobacco suspension comprising finely ground flue-cured...
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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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6273093 |
Incorporating smoke-modifying agents in smoking material rods
A method of, and apparatus for, incorporating particulate smoke-modifying agent in a smoking material rod, wherein said agent is introduced into a flow of filamentary smoking material to the...
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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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6067994 |
Tobacco expansion batch forming, unloading and expansion agent purging process and apparatus
Processes and apparatus are provided for processing tobacco for expansion thereof including process and apparatus for forming a batch of tobacco for delivery to a tobacco impregnation apparatus and...
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5873372 |
Process for steam explosion of tobacco stem
This invention relates to a process of exploding tobacco stems to improve smoke quality, and more particularly to a process of exploding the cells of tobacco stems with high pressure saturated...
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5601097 |
Tobacco treatment
The invention provides a method for reducing the protein content of tobacco material which includes either: (1) extracting the tobacco material with an anionic surfactant; (2) treating the tobacco...
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5311886 |
Tobacco extract treatment with insoluble adsorbent
This invention provides a method for reducing the protein content of tobacco material which includes extracting the tobacco material with a solution containing a surfactant. The tobacco material...
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5103843 |
Process for improving the taste and aroma of tobacco
The invention provides a process for improving the taste and aroma of tobacco by finely dispersing over it an emulsion comprising an emulsifier, an aqueous phase and an oil phase containing at...
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4987907 |
Chewing tobacco composition and process for producing same
The chewing tobacco composition contains 25 to 40% by weight cut tobacco, 0.1 to 10% by weight powdered cellulose pulp and 60 to 75% by weight casing solids. The use of powdered cellulose pulp in...
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4986286 |
Tobacco treatment process
Flavorful tobacco substances are provided by extracting tobacco with water, spray drying the resulting liquid tobacco extract, contacting the spray dried extract with a glycerine carrier, and...
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4967772 |
Tobacco smoking article and treatment of tobacco smoke with at least one alcohol
A tobacco smoking article including smoking tobacco held in a container and an alcohol supported by the container. The alcohol has two or more carbon atoms and is capable when the vapor thereof is...
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4962774 |
Tobacco reconstitution process
Reconstituted Tobacco has ammonia incorporated therein. Tobacco is extracted with water to yield an insoluble portion and an aqueous portion containing water soluble tobacco components. The aqueous...
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4889142 |
Smoking article and methods of making the same
The invention is for a multi-fold improvement for tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars, pipe smoking and other smoking devices by decreasing the health hazards thereof by: 1. Replacing and/or...
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4848373 |
Nicotine removal process and product produced thereby
A process for removing nicotine from tobacco which does not adversely affect the flavor and aroma of the product tobacco is disclosed. The process entails mixing a tobacco having a moisture content...
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4825884 |
Process for forming flavor compounds in tobacco
A tobacco treating process for forming favorable flavor compounds in a moisturized tobacco including the steps of contacting the tobacco with citrus pectin, invert sugar, or diammonium phosphate,...
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4785833 |
Process for the aromatization of tobacco
Process for the aromatization of tobacco leaves or tobacco particles, powder or sheets of natural or artificial origin by means of a volatile, water immiscible active flavor, which process is...
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4716911 |
Method for protein removal from tobacco
An improved process for removing insoluble nitrogen-containing compounds from cured tobacco uses alkali or a combination of protease and nonprotease depolymerase, rather than simple protease...
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4715388 |
Cigarettes having minimized loose ends and a process for preparing same
Cigarettes having reduced loose end propensity and a process for preparing same are disclosed. The cigarettes are prepared from shredded smoking material having been uniformly treated with a...
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4700722 |
Process for retaining alkaloids by treating with strong acids before drying
A method of treating tobacco with a strong acid to inhibit alkaloid loss during drying. The tobacco is then treated with weak base to neutralize the acid. The preferred strong acid is phosphoric....
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4687007 |
Process for drying and expanding tobacco
An improved tobacco treating process for smoking articles including the steps of introducing tobacco to be dryed into a restricted pressure and flow controllable system to be entrained by...
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4665931 |
Method of pest controlling tobaccos and a system for carrying out said method
In order to pest control tobacco there is provided in a gas tight tobacco storage room an inert O2 lacking atmosphere with O2 between 0 and 5%, CO2 between 1 and 20% and the balance N2. This...
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4619276 |
Tobacco processing
A method and apparatus are disclosed for applying foamed material to tobacco, particularly in connection with the making of cigarettes. The foamed material may be added to the tobacco, for example,...
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4617945 |
Process for flavoring tobacco
Process for flavoring tobacco by mixing dry cut tobacco with one or more micro-encapsulated flavors as well as with an aqueous adhesive solution containing such quantity of water that said quantity...
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4607646 |
Process for modifying the smoke flavor characteristics of tobacco
Burley tobacco when cured is sought after as a component of commercial cigarette blends. The inventors have found that, to avoid its less desirable features, one may replace Burley with cured...
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