EP 0546986 B1 19960417 - Expanding and drying of tobacco
Title (en)
Expanding and drying of tobacco
Title (de)
Expandieren und Trocknen von Tabak
Title (fr)
Expansion et sèchage du tabac
Publication
Application
Priority
CH 360891 A 19911209
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0546986A1] A method and an apparatus are described for the expanding and drying of tobacco by means of steam and/or hot gas, according to which method the tobacco is metered into the inner compartment (4), defined at least from two flat jets (3, 3') which flow into the channel from the opposing sources outside the channel walls and are guided into each other at an acute angle, and the tobacco, after the acceleration of speed by means of the flat jets, is deflected by means of a cross-flow, accelerated again, expanded and dried. <??>The device preferably consists of a partially rectangular metering channel section (A-A), which, farther on, is arranged with a gas-permeable channel segment (5) for extracting part of the treatment medium in the channel, the latter, at least in its last section, terminating with a vertical channel (8) connected thereto at 90 DEG , which is surrounded by a wider pipe (9) called a "tower". <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
CPC (source: EP KR US)
A24B 3/04 (2013.01 - KR); A24B 3/182 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 131/903 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LU NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0546986 A1 19930616; EP 0546986 B1 19960417; AT E136741 T1 19960515; BR 9204959 A 19930615; CA 2084388 A1 19930610; CH 683226 A5 19940215; DE 4227008 A1 19930701; DE 4227008 C2 19931223; DE 59206040 D1 19960523; DK 0546986 T3 19960826; ES 2089473 T3 19961001; GR 3020552 T3 19961031; HU 215652 B 19990128; HU 9203895 D0 19930329; HU T69611 A 19950928; JP H05236927 A 19930917; KR 930011913 A 19930720; US 5307822 A 19940503; ZA 929353 B 19930714
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 92810532 A 19920713; AT 92810532 T 19920713; BR 9204959 A 19921209; CA 2084388 A 19921202; CH 360891 A 19911209; DE 4227008 A 19920814; DE 59206040 T 19920713; DK 92810532 T 19920713; ES 92810532 T 19920713; GR 960401920 T 19960716; HU 389592 A 19921209; HU 9203895 A 19921209; JP 32952192 A 19921209; KR 920023648 A 19921208; US 98600392 A 19921204; ZA 929353 A 19921202