Global Patent Index - EP 0345477 B1

EP 0345477 B1 19930804 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING PIECES OF TOBACCO SHEETS FROM RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING PIECES OF TOBACCO SHEETS FROM RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO

Publication

EP 0345477 B1 19930804 (DE)

Application

EP 89108420 A 19890510

Priority

DE 3819534 A 19880608

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0345477A2] In a method and an apparatus for making pieces of tobacco sheets from reconstituted tobacco, tobacco wastes in dust form and/or ground tobacco are mixed with binders and optional additives; the mixture obtained is divided into an even number of mechanically/geometrically identical cylindrical rods; each pair of adjacent rods are rolled together to form a sheet strip which is then cut to give the pieces of sheets. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

A24B 3/14

IPC 8 full level

A24B 3/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A24B 3/14 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (examination)

DE 3339247 C1 19850509 - BAT CIGARETTENFAB GMBH

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE ES FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0345477 A2 19891213; EP 0345477 A3 19920603; EP 0345477 B1 19930804; DE 3819534 C1 19891207; DE 58905111 D1 19930909; ES 2046367 T3 19940201

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 89108420 A 19890510; DE 3819534 A 19880608; DE 58905111 T 19890510; ES 89108420 T 19890510