US1927984A - Process of manufacturing smoker's articles - Google Patents

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Patented fiept. 25, 1%33 PROCESS F MANUFACTURING SMOKERS ARTICLES Louis .l. Krensky and Samuel Gcssler, Chicago, ill; said Gessler assignor to said Krensky No Drawing. Application November 13, 1931 Serial No. 574,924

13 Claims.

The invention relates to smoking tobacco and has as an object the provision of a process of preparing tobacco for smoking particularly adaptable to the manufacture of cigars.

It is a further object of the invention to so treat tobacco as to improve its smoking qualities.

it is a further object of the invention to provide a process for manufacturing a cigar, cigarette or the like whereby its qualities of smoothness, taste, and odor are markedly improved.

It is a further object of the invention to pro vide a cigar comprising a novel combination of materials whereby its smoking qualities will be equal to the usual cigar made of tobacco of a better grade than that actually embodied in the product of the invention.

ifundaroental principle of the invention he combination oi the materials of coffee with z c olts secur-ed are due to a combination of expedients for efiecting the above result, the elements oi which combination each has virtue itself and when both are applied achieve the full advantage of the invention. One of said elements is the combination of the coliee berry physically with the tobacco and the other elemerit is the treatment of the tobacco by the vapore oi a boiling coffee infusion.

in the preferred embodiment of the process e tobacco is first cased in a solution of amniobium carbonate, is then shaken out, packed in burlap, and allowed to cure fora period of substantially twelve hours. When applied to the ufacture of cigars the filler tobacco is treated in this manner. The cased material after curing is then shaken and aerated. The next step in the preferred embodiment of the invention is the subjection of the material to the vapors of a boiling cofiee infusion. For this purpose a receptacle is provided which is desirably equipped with a tight closure and a wire mesh rack standing above the level of the liquid therein. A coifee miusion is placed in the liquid containing portion oi the boiler desirably of a strength correspending with one-half gallon of water to onehalf pound of finely ground coflee. This infusion is brought to the boiling point upon which the material cured as above described is placed upon the rack and the boiler closed. The boiling of the liquid is then continued desirably for a period of from six to twelve hours and the heat in the boiler is preferably raised to substantially 240 F.

After treatment by the resulting vapors of the coffee infusion for the time indicated, heating is discontinued and the contents of the boiler are allowed to stand for an additional period of substantially eight hours whereby the vapors will have condensed within and upon the material. 60 The tobacco is then removed, thoroughly shaken, aerated, and packed tightly in burlap and allowed to lie for further curing for a period of about eight days. The thus cured tobacco is shaken, aerated and dusted with pulverized coffee. The amount of coffee thus combined with the tobacco depends entirely upon the taste. For manufacture of cigars the cofiee dusted leaves are stripped, booked, and allowed to lie until in proper condition to be worked by the cigar maker. The filler as above described is bunched with a binder cased in a solution of coffee flavoring extract. Desirably the wrapper which is subse quently applied to the cigar is also cased in the same manner, each being allowed to lie for substantially eight hours after casing to soften to a condition for use.

'geous results may be had by use of either oi w these elements without the other. In the manufacture of pipe or cigarette tobacco the material may be treated as above described wlth the mixture of the comminuted colfee in the mass thereof.

The coffee berry included with the tobacco when ready for use may be either raw or roasted, certain advantages inhering in each of these forms. Some aroma escapes when a raw berry is roasted. Hence when the raw berry is used, we it 'will be gradually roasted and burned as the tobacco is consumed and greater aroma will be given off. On the other hand roasted berry pul verizes more readily than raw berry and good results have been secured with roasted commlnuted berry.

Minor changes may be made in the steps oi the process or in the physical embodiment of the article without departing from the spirit of the invention within the scope of the appended no claims.

I claim:

1. The process 01 treating smoking tobacco which comprises subjecting the material to vapors given ed by a boiling cofiee infusion at a temperature substantially in excess of 212 F.

2. The process of treatingsmoking tobacco which comprises subjecting the material to vapors given off by a boiling coffee infusion at a temperature substantially in excess of 212 F. and subsequently combining the thus treated material with comminuted cofiee berry.

3. The process of treating smoking tobacco which comprises suspending thematerial over a boiling cofiee infusion in a closed space for a period of hours, discontinuing heating and allowing the material to cool in the closed space, and removing and aerating the material.

4. The process of treating smoking tobacco which comprises casing the material by impregnating the same with a solution of ammonium carbonate and packing for fermentation, subjecting the thus treated material to vapors of a boiling cofiee infusion.

5. The process of treating smoking tobacco which comprises casing the material by impregmating the same with a solution of ammonium carbonate and packing for fermentation, subjecting the thus treated material to vapors of a. boiling coffee infusion and allowing the material to cool in presence of said vapors whereby to condense the vapors within and upon the mass of the material.

6. The process of making a cigar, cigarette or the like which comprises subjecting filling material to vapors oi a boiling cofiee infusion, combining the thus prepared material with a small quantity of comminuted coffee berry and wrapping for use.

i. The process of making a cigar which comprises subjecting filler tobacco to the vapors of boiling coffee infusion, sprinkling comminuted coffee berry upon a binder of leaf tobacco, wrapping the binder and codes about a bunch of the treated filler, and finally wrapping the bunch of tobacco and coffee for use.-

8. The process of making a cigar which comprises subjecting filler tobacco in a closed space under pressure to the action of vapors of coffee iniusion boiling at a temperature in excess of 112 F, allowing the material to cool while said space remains closed, forming a bunch of the thus treated filler by enclosure with a binder sprinkled with comminuted coffee berry and wrapping the thus formed bunch for use.

9. The process of making a cigar which com prises casing filler tobacco in ammonium carbonate solution, subjecting the thus treated filler to vapors of boiling coffee infusion under pressure, causing said vapors to condense in and upon the filler while cooling, packing the thus treated filler to cure for a period of days, forming the filler into a bunch comprising a small amount of comminuted coffee berry and wrapping the bunch for use.

10. The process of making a cigar which comprises treating filler tobacco with vapors oi a boiling coffee infusion, casing binder tobacco leaf in a solution of extract of codes, forming a bunch of the thus treated filler and binder and a small quantity of comminuted coffee berry and wrap ping the bunch for use.

11. The process of making a cigar which comprises casing filler tobacco in a solution of ammonium carbonate and packing the same to cure, subjecting the cured material to the action of vapors of boiling coffee infusion, allowing said vapors to condense in and upon the material, aerating the material and again packing the same to cure, casing binder and wrapper ieai each in a solution containing extract of coffee combining the filler binder and wrapper to form the finimhed product.

12. The process of making a cigar which comprises casing filler tobacco in a solution comprising ammonium carbonate, closely packing the thus treated material in an air pervious covering to cure for a period of days, subjecting the cured filler to the action of vapors of a boiling coffee infusion for a period of hours in a closed space, allowing the material to cool in said space for a further period of hours, casing binder and wrapper leaf each in a solution containing extract of coffee, enclosing the filler in the binder carrying a sprinkling of comminuted coffee berry and enclosing the thus formed bunch in the manner. 13. In a process of curing tobacco the step of steaming the tobacco over a boiling coiiee in fusion for an extended period of time.

LOUIS J. imENSiiIY. SAMUEL GESSMSR.

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