EP0524379A3 - Tobacco containing filaments and method and apparatus for their preparation - Google Patents

Tobacco containing filaments and method and apparatus for their preparation Download PDF

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EP0524379A3
EP0524379A3 EP19920106934 EP92106934A EP0524379A3 EP 0524379 A3 EP0524379 A3 EP 0524379A3 EP 19920106934 EP19920106934 EP 19920106934 EP 92106934 A EP92106934 A EP 92106934A EP 0524379 A3 EP0524379 A3 EP 0524379A3
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preparation
tobacco containing
containing filaments
filaments
tobacco
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EP0524379B1 (en
EP0524379A2 (en
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Uwe Dipl.-Ing Ehling
Juergen Nuesslein
Wilfried Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Stiller
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British American Tobacco Germany GmbH
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BAT Cigarettenfabriken GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B3/00—Preparing tobacco in the factory
    • A24B3/14—Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B15/00—Chemical features or treatment of tobacco; Tobacco substitutes, e.g. in liquid form
    • A24B15/10—Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes
    • A24B15/12—Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of reconstituted tobacco
    • A24B15/14—Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of reconstituted tobacco made of tobacco and a binding agent not derived from tobacco
EP92106934A 1991-05-27 1992-04-23 Tobacco containing filaments and method and apparatus for their preparation Expired - Lifetime EP0524379B1 (en)

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DE4117307A DE4117307C1 (en) 1991-05-27 1991-05-27
DE4117307 1991-05-27

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EP0524379A2 EP0524379A2 (en) 1993-01-27
EP0524379A3 true EP0524379A3 (en) 1993-03-17
EP0524379B1 EP0524379B1 (en) 1996-06-26

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DE (2) DE4117307C1 (en)

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GB0011351D0 (en) * 2000-05-12 2000-06-28 British American Tobacco Co Tobacco reconstitution
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US8627828B2 (en) 2003-11-07 2014-01-14 U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Llc Tobacco compositions
US11576422B2 (en) 2017-08-09 2023-02-14 Philip Morris Products S.A. Aerosol-generating article having rod with multiple longitudinal elongate elements of tobacco material

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DE1432576A1 (en) * 1962-05-03 1968-11-28 British American Tabacco Compa Process for producing a smoking tobacco material from tobacco dust
EP0039647A1 (en) * 1980-05-06 1981-11-11 Clextral Device for making tobacco filaments
EP0143335A1 (en) * 1983-10-28 1985-06-05 B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken GmbH Apparatus for the production of crinkled strands from reconstituted tobacco
EP0216926A1 (en) * 1985-03-22 1987-04-08 Japan Tobacco Inc. Process for manufacturing wrinkled sheet tobacco
EP0325476A2 (en) * 1988-01-22 1989-07-26 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Method of extruding tobacco material

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US5353816A (en) 1994-10-11
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DE59206643D1 (en) 1996-08-01
DE4117307C1 (en) 1992-06-04

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