High void volume/enhanced firmness tobacco rod and method of processing tobacco
First Claim
1. A tobacco product comprising a tobacco rod, a wrapper around the rod, the rod having a plurality of tobacco shreds, with adjoining shreds being adhered to one another by binder leaving flow passageways within the rod, the wrapped rod being further characterized by a firmness and a void volume such that the void volume (%) is greater than a value represented by:
- ten times the firmness (mm), plus 108.4 mm, all divided by 2.2 mm.
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Abstract
A tobacco product characterized by improved void volume and firmness characteristics and a method of making a tobacco product by applying binder material to tobacco filler, treating the filler to the extent necessary to cause the filler to become substantially non-tacky, forming a rod, activating the binder and treating the rod to the extent necessary to cause the filler shreds to become bonded to one another.
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Citations
38 Claims
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1. A tobacco product comprising a tobacco rod, a wrapper around the rod, the rod having a plurality of tobacco shreds, with adjoining shreds being adhered to one another by binder leaving flow passageways within the rod, the wrapped rod being further characterized by a firmness and a void volume such that the void volume (%) is greater than a value represented by:
- ten times the firmness (mm), plus 108.4 mm, all divided by 2.2 mm.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of making a tobacco product, comprising the steps of:
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applying a binder to tobacco filler; treating the filler shreds to the extent necessary to cause the binder to become substantially non-tacky; forming the treated filler shreds into a rod; activating the binder, thus causing the filler shreds to adhere together; and treating the rod to the extent necessary to cause the filler shreds to become bonded to one another. - View Dependent Claims (11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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12. The method of making a tobacco product in a cigarette making machine having an entraining while entrained in the airstream and while traveling on its own momentum flows through the tube on the way to the rod forming apparatus in order to affect the orientation of the shreds.
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19. A method of making a tobacco product comprising the steps of:
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applying a water soluble or heat activated binder to tobacco filler; treating the filler to the extent necessary to cause the binder to become substantially non-tacky; entraining the treated filler in a steam stream, thereby causing the binder to become activated; conveying the entrained filler to the garniture of a cigarette maker where the steam stream is removed; forming the filler shreds into a rod; and treating the rod to the extent necessary to cause the shreds to become bonded to one another.
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21. A method for treating tobacco filler comprising the steps of:
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applying a binder to a moving bed of tobacco filler; treating the filler containing the binder to the extent necessary to cause the binder to become substantially non-tacky; providing a metered supply of substantially non-tacky tobacco filler containing the binder material; forming the metered supply of substantially non-tacky tobacco filler containing the binder material into a tobacco rod; and activating the binder to produce a tobacco rod having a plurality of tobacco shreds, with adjoining shreds being adhered to one another by a binder leaving flow passageways within the rod. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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