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EP 0693885 A1 19960131 - CIGARETTE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE CIGARETTE

Title (en)

CIGARETTE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE CIGARETTE

Title (de)

ZIGARETTE UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DERSELBEN

Title (fr)

CIGARETTE ET PROCEDE DE PREPARATION

Publication

EP 0693885 A1 19960131 (EN)

Application

EP 94901118 A 19931117

Priority

  • SE 9300984 W 19931117
  • SE 9203465 A 19921118

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9410864A1] There is described cigarettes and a method for their manufacture. The cigarettes have a specific, desired firmness and include tobacco that has a high filling power. The method to produce the cigarettes involves use of a raw tobacco starting material consisting of tobacco components, which are comprised of mixtures of several tobacco grades, which components are processed individually and combined, particularly mixed, in a cut state in connection with feeding thereof into a cigarette machine. The tobacco material is dried to a desired moisture content of the cigarette at a late stage of the cigarette manufacturing process, preferably immediately prior to feeding the tobacco material into the cigarette machine. This facilitates combining of the components, particularly the mixing of the components, and enables the manufacturing conditions to be controlled in a manner to produce continuously cigarettes of a constant, desired firmness. There is also described an apparatus for carrying out the method, in which the tobacco components are roughly mixed during air transportation to the feed part of the cigarette machine, wherein the roughly mixed components are finely divided and homogeneously mixed mechanically.

IPC 1-7

A24B 3/00

IPC 8 full level

A24B 3/00 (2006.01); A24B 3/08 (2006.01); A24D 1/00 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A24B 3/00 (2013.01 - EP US); A24B 3/08 (2013.01 - EP); A24D 1/00 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9410864A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9410864 A1 19940526; AU 5581594 A 19940608; EP 0693885 A1 19960131; SE 9203465 D0 19921118

DOCDB simple family (application)

SE 9300984 W 19931117; AU 5581594 A 19931117; EP 94901118 A 19931117; SE 9203465 A 19921118