METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRODUCING A METERED AMOUNT OF PARTICLES INTO A CONTINUOUS FLOW OF MATERIAL - Patent 2925168

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EP 2 925 168 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.10.2015 Bulletin 2015/41

(21)	Application number: 13795799.9

(22)	Date of filing: 28.11.2013

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A24C 5/18^(2006.01)

A24D 3/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2013/074944

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2014/083094 (05.06.2014 Gazette 2014/23)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	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
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME

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Priority:

29.11.2012 EP 12194769

(71)	Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
	2000 Neuchâtel (CH)

(72)	Inventors:
	GARTHAFFNER, Martin T. Chesterfield, VA 23832 (US) GRABIEC, Alan R. Midlothian, VA 23112 (US)

(74)	Representative: Bohest AG
	Holbeinstrasse 36 4051 Basel 4051 Basel (CH)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRODUCING A METERED AMOUNT OF PARTICLES INTO A CONTINUOUS FLOW OF MATERIAL