Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconstituted tobacco sheets and related methods
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Application No.: US15305131Application Date: 2015-06-22
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Publication No.: US10791756B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Fabien Zuchuat , Alen Kadiric
- Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
- Applicant Address: CH Neuchatel
- Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
- Current Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Neuchatel
- Agency: Mueting Raasch Group
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@144055da
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/063979 WO 20150622
- International Announcement: WO2015/197554 WO 20151230
- Main IPC: A24B3/14
- IPC: A24B3/14 ; A24B15/12 ; A24B3/04 ; A24B15/14

Abstract:
The invention relates to a reconstituted tobacco sheet having a basis weight of less than about about 230 grams per square metre and comprising tobacco stem or tobacco stalk refined fibres having an average length of at least about 200 micrometres and tobacco cast leaf material. There is further provided a method of making a reconstituted tobacco sheet, the method comprising providing tobacco stems and conditioning the tobacco stems such that their moisture content is increased to at least about 40% Oven Volatiles (OV). The tobacco stems are processed in a twin screw extruder to so as to obtain a pulp suspension having a Schop-per-Riegler index of at least about 30 degrees and comprising tobacco stem or tobacco stalk refined fibres having an average length of at least about 200 micrometres. This pulp suspension is combined with tobacco cast leaf material to obtain a slurry and a sheet is formed from this slurry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170035095A1 RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO SHEETS AND RELATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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