EP 0123116 B1 19880518 - TOBACCO FILLING CAPACITY PROCESS
Title (en)
TOBACCO FILLING CAPACITY PROCESS
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 3314474 A 19830421
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4577646A] Process for improving the fillability of tobacco, such as cut tobacco leaves or ribs and tobacco additives by treating the tobacco in an autoclave with a containing nitrogen and/or argon at pressures up to 1000 bar, with subsequent decompression and a gas heat treatment. The tobacco or the treatment gas supplied to the reactor and/or the decompression step are carried out in such a way that the discharged tobacco which is thereafter supplied to a subsequent heat treatment has a temperature, at introduction to the heat treatment step, below 0 DEG C. This is achieved by precooling the treatment gas prior to supplying it to the autoclave or cooling the treatment gas while supplying it to the autoclave and/or additionally cooling the autoclave and/or precooling the tobacco and/or injecting subcooled or liquefied treatment gas into the autoclave. The process includes multistage treatment gas whereby supply and decompression steps are carried out in a cascade-like manner.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A24B 3/12 (2006.01); A24B 3/18 (2006.01); A24B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A24B 3/182 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH FR GB IT LI NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0123116 A2 19841031; EP 0123116 A3 19860319; EP 0123116 B1 19880518; AT E34284 T1 19880615; AU 2717984 A 19841025; AU 558305 B2 19870122; CA 1219508 A 19870324; JP H0458309 B2 19920917; JP S59205971 A 19841121; US 4577646 A 19860325; ZA 842969 B 19841224
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 84102907 A 19840316; AT 84102907 T 19840316; AU 2717984 A 19840419; CA 452529 A 19840419; JP 7932284 A 19840419; US 60242584 A 19840420; ZA 842969 A 19840419