EP0524379A3 - Tobacco containing filaments and method and apparatus for their preparation - Google Patents

Tobacco containing filaments and method and apparatus for their preparation Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0524379A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: preparation; tobacco containing; containing filaments; filaments; tobacco
Prior art date: 1991-05-27
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19920106934

Other languages

German (de)

Other versions

EP0524379B1 (en

EP0524379A2 (en

Inventor

Uwe Dipl.-Ing Ehling

Juergen Nuesslein

Wilfried Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Stiller

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

British American Tobacco Germany GmbH

Original Assignee

BAT Cigarettenfabriken GmbH

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1991-05-27

Filing date

1992-04-23

Publication date

1993-03-17

1992-04-23 Application filed by BAT Cigarettenfabriken GmbH filed Critical BAT Cigarettenfabriken GmbH

1993-01-27 Publication of EP0524379A2 publication Critical patent/EP0524379A2/en

1993-03-17 Publication of EP0524379A3 publication Critical patent/EP0524379A3/en

1996-06-26 Application granted granted Critical

1996-06-26 Publication of EP0524379B1 publication Critical patent/EP0524379B1/en

2012-04-23 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
- A24B3/00—Preparing tobacco in the factory
- A24B3/14—Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
- A24B15/00—Chemical features or treatment of tobacco; Tobacco substitutes, e.g. in liquid form
- A24B15/10—Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes
- A24B15/12—Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of reconstituted tobacco
- A24B15/14—Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of reconstituted tobacco made of tobacco and a binding agent not derived from tobacco

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Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Manufacture Of Tobacco Products (AREA)

EP92106934A 1991-05-27 1992-04-23 Tobacco containing filaments and method and apparatus for their preparation Expired - Lifetime EP0524379B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE4117307		1991-05-27
DE4117307A DE4117307C1 (en)	1991-05-27	1991-05-27

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0524379A2 EP0524379A2 (en)	1993-01-27
EP0524379A3 true EP0524379A3 (en)	1993-03-17
EP0524379B1 EP0524379B1 (en)	1996-06-26

Family

ID=6432541

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP92106934A Expired - Lifetime EP0524379B1 (en)	1991-05-27	1992-04-23	Tobacco containing filaments and method and apparatus for their preparation

Country Status (3)

Country	Link
US (1)	US5353816A (en)
EP (1)	EP0524379B1 (en)
DE (2)	DE4117307C1 (en)

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GB0011351D0 (en) *	2000-05-12	2000-06-28	British American Tobacco Co	Tobacco reconstitution
AU2004289248B2 (en)	2003-11-07	2012-05-03	U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Llc	Tobacco compositions
US8627828B2 (en)	2003-11-07	2014-01-14	U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Llc	Tobacco compositions
JP7271506B2 (en) *	2017-08-09	2023-05-11	フィリップ・モーリス・プロダクツ・ソシエテ・アノニム	Aerosol-generating article having a rod with a plurality of longitudinally elongated elements of tobacco material

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1991
- 1991-05-27 DE DE4117307A patent/DE4117307C1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
1992
- 1992-04-23 EP EP92106934A patent/EP0524379B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-04-23 DE DE59206643T patent/DE59206643D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1992-05-06 US US07/878,998 patent/US5353816A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

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DE1432576A1 (en) *	1962-05-03	1968-11-28	British American Tabacco Compa	Process for producing a smoking tobacco material from tobacco dust
EP0039647A1 (en) *	1980-05-06	1981-11-11	Clextral	Device for making tobacco filaments
EP0143335A1 (en) *	1983-10-28	1985-06-05	B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken GmbH	Apparatus for the production of crinkled strands from reconstituted tobacco
EP0216926A1 (en) *	1985-03-22	1987-04-08	Japan Tobacco Inc.	Process for manufacturing wrinkled sheet tobacco
EP0325476A2 (en) *	1988-01-22	1989-07-26	R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company	Method of extruding tobacco material

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
DE4117307C1 (en)	1992-06-04
US5353816A (en)	1994-10-11
EP0524379B1 (en)	1996-06-26
EP0524379A2 (en)	1993-01-27
DE59206643D1 (en)	1996-08-01

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