Tobacco pouch product

• US 20070261707A1
• Filed: 05/02/2006
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Philip Morris USA Incorporated (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Philip Morris USA Incorporated (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rinehart, Steve, Winterson, Warren, Cochran, Timothy, Torrence, Karen, Holland, Tommy, Scott, G.
• Granted Patent: US 9,044,049 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 131/352
• CPC Class Codes: A24B 13/00 Tobacco for pipes, for cigars, e.g. cigar inserts, or for cigarettes; Chewing tobacco; Snuff reconstituted tobacco products A24B3/14
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 9/207 the web advancing continuously B65B9/22 takes precedence

Abstract

A pouched tobacco product includes a lined pouch material of a web and a water-soluble liner adjacent the web and a tobacco component at a moisture content of 10 to 15% contained within the lined pouch material. The water-soluble liner is interposed between the web and the tobacco component. The liner preferably reduces staining of the web by the tobacco component. Additionally, the liner may include a flavorant.

Claims

1. A pouched tobacco product, comprising:

a lined pouch material comprising;

a web; and

a water-soluble liner adjacent said web; and

a tobacco component at a moisture content of 10 to 15% contained within said lined pouch material;

wherein said water-soluble liner is interposed between said web and said tobacco component.

2. The pouched tobacco product according to claim 1, wherein said pouched tobacco product comprises a transverse seam and a longitudinal seam, said longitudinal seam essentially free of said liner, said longitudinal seam constructed from overlapping longitudinal edge portions of said web, which are essentially in web-to-web relation with one another.

3. The pouched tobacco product according to claim 1, wherein the tobacco component comprises pasteurized tobacco.

4. The pouched tobacco product according to claim 1, wherein the pouched tobacco product is hermetically sealed in a package.

5. The pouched tobacco product according to claim 1, wherein the tobacco component has a moisture content of about 12%.

7. The pouched tobacco product of claim 1, wherein the moisture content is low enough to allow the pouched tobacco to have a shelf life without refrigeration of at least 6 months.

8. The pouched tobacco product of claim 1, wherein the moisture content is low enough to allow the pouched tobacco to have a shelf life without refrigeration of at least 1 year.

6. A pouched tobacco product, comprising:

a lined pouch material comprising;

a web; and

a water-soluble liner adjacent said web; and

a tobacco component at a moisture content of 10 to 15% contained within said lined pouch material;

wherein said water-soluble liner is interposed between said web and said tobacco component, the tobacco component having a moisture content which allows the tobacco pouched product to be marketed without refrigeration.