Global Patent Index - EP 3294075 B1

EP 3294075 B1 20190710 - AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR EXPANDING AND DRYING OF TOBACCO AND PLANT FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION

Title (en)

AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR EXPANDING AND DRYING OF TOBACCO AND PLANT FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION

Title (de)

VERBESSERTES VERFAHREN ZUM EXPANDIEREN UND TROCKNEN VON TABAK UND ANLAGE ZU DESSEN DURCHFÜHRUNG

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ AMÉLIORÉ POUR L'EXPANSION ET LE SÉCHAGE DU TABAC ET INSTALLATION POUR SA MISE EN OEUVRE

Publication

EP 3294075 B1 20190710 (EN)

Application

EP 15727468 A 20150508

Priority

IB 2015053368 W 20150508

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016181180A1] An improved method for expanding and drying tobacco, comprising: - a step of feeding the tobacco, - a step of expanding the tobacco by means of a process fluid, - a step of drying the expanded tobacco by means of the process fluid heated by a heat generator (24), characterised in that the process fl u id used for said expansion step is obtained by suitably mixing the process fluid withdrawn downstream of the drying step, after separating the tobacco, with the process fluid withdrawn downstream of the heat generator.

IPC 8 full level

A24B 3/04 (2006.01); A24B 3/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP)

A24B 3/04 (2013.01 - CN EP); A24B 3/182 (2013.01 - CN EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2016181180 A1 20161117; CN 107690286 A 20180213; EP 3294075 A1 20180321; EP 3294075 B1 20190710; HU E046433 T2 20200228; PL 3294075 T3 20200131; RS 59281 B1 20191031

DOCDB simple family (application)

IB 2015053368 W 20150508; CN 201580080773 A 20150508; EP 15727468 A 20150508; HU E15727468 A 20150508; PL 15727468 T 20150508; RS P20191099 A 20150508