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Priority claimed from US08/732,928external-prioritypatent/US5755238A/en
Priority claimed from PCT/US1997/001157external-prioritypatent/WO1997027766A1/en
Application filed by Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.filedCriticalBrown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
Publication of BG102742ApublicationCriticalpatent/BG102742A/en
Publication of BG63705B1publicationCriticalpatent/BG63705B1/en
The method includes full and even drying and cooling of thetobacco, continuously through the entire tobacco layer gettingacross the drier (38) and the cooler (32). The device consists ofmultiple individually controlled heating zones with fluidized bed(22) 0) for drying the tobacco. An additional cooling zone withfluidized bed (32) cools the tobacco before its secondary wetting.A infinite conveyor (14) is spread over the heating and coolingzones. A vibration conveyor (60) feeds the dried tobacco across asteam tunnel (40) where the moisture content is increased topreset levels.16 claims, 5 figures
BG102742A1996-02-021998-09-01Method and device for tobacco cooling and drying
BG63705B1
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