摘要:
The present invention is in the field of tobacco conditioning, which is performed generally after curing and before baling. It has been identified that cured tobacco is very brittle and difficult to handle without damaging the tobacco leaf. In order to address this issue an apparatus for post-curing conditioning of tobacco is provided. The apparatus includes a tobacco chamber for storing cured tobacco leaves for conditioning; and an air processing facility which includes: a ventilation system for creating an airflow through the apparatus, wherein said airflow is drawn into the air processing facility, passes from the air processing facility into the tobacco chamber, and subsequently exits the apparatus; a heater for adding heat to the airflow; and a humidity generator for adding moisture to the airflow.
摘要:
A package (10) for sale to a consumer containing tobacco material for combustible smoking articles, the package comprising outer packaging (12), a sealed inner pouch (14) within the outer packaging and pasteurised tobacco material within the sealed inner pouch. The pasteurised tobacco material has a cut width of between 0.3 mm and 0.9 mm within the sealed inner pouch.
摘要:
A freeze dried oral smokeless tobacco snuff or non-tobacco snuff product and a method of manufacturing the freeze dried oral smokeless tobacco snuff or non-tobacco snuff product.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for monitoring two components of an object, such as moisture content and density in a tobacco rod, using scattered electromagnetic radiation are provided. Both the real and imaginary parts of the dielectric constant of water vary greatly over frequencies in the gigahertz region while those of the remaining constituents of tobacco do not. At frequencies approaching 100 GHz, the real part of the dielectric constant of water is much closer to that of many organic polymers, such as those making up tobacco, than it is at lower frequencies. At frequencies approaching 100GHz the imaginary part is much lower than it is is in the region of 20 to 30 GHz. By comparing the scattering of electromagnetic radiation by a cigarette rod at two different frequencies and using a predetermined calibration curve based on a cigarette rod having a desired moisture content and density, one can determine the moisture content and density of the cigarette rod. If the monitoring is taking place on a cigarette making machine and the moisture content and density deviate from their desired values, the machine feeds can be adjusted automatically to restore the desired moisture content and density.
摘要:
A package (10) for sale to a consumer containing tobacco material for combustible smoking articles, the package comprising outer packaging (12), a sealed inner pouch (14) within the outer packaging and pasteurised tobacco material within the sealed inner pouch. The pasteurised tobacco material has a cut width of between 0.3 mm and 0.9 mm within the sealed inner pouch.
摘要:
Mikrowellenstrangmessvorrichtung (20) zur Messung von Eigenschaften eines Materialstrangs oder mehrerer Materialstränge der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, umfassend ein Gehäuse (21) mit wenigstens einem als Mikrowellenresonator (28) ausgebildeten Innenraum, der durch einen Materialstrang durchsetzbar ist und dem Mikrowellen zuführbar sind, mehrere genauigkeitsbestimmende elektronische Komponenten (31, 32), die im Gehäuse (21) angeordnet sind, wobei als genauigkeitsbestimmende elektronische Komponenten (31, 32) wenigstens ein Mikrowellengenerator und Signalverarbeitungskomponenten und Messelektronikkomponenten im Gehäuse (21) angeordnet sind, wobei das Gehäuse (21) einen Grundkörper (22), einen ersten Deckel (23) und einen zweiten Deckel (24) umfasst, die zu dem Gehäuse (21) zusammensetzbar sind, sowie einen Resonatordeckel (25), der den Mikrowellenresonator (28), der als Hohlraum im Grundkörper (22) ausgebildet ist, zu einer Seite hin abschließt, wobei der Resonatordeckel (25) Teil des zweiten Deckels (24) ist oder in einer Aussparung des zweiten Deckels (24) angeordnet ist, und das Gehäuse (21) ein oder mehrere voneinander in Bezug auf Mikrowellenstreufelder abgeschirmte Kammern (33, 34, 34') aufweist, in denen jeweils eine oder mehrere genauigkeitsbestimmende elektronische Komponenten (31, 32) angeordnet sind.
摘要:
There is provided an apparatus for processing consumer goods, particularly for manufacturing or packaging components of a tobacco product. The apparatus comprises spraying means for delivering flows of a mixture of gas and liquid into an operative region associated with the apparatus and sensor means for determining an environmental parameter in the operative region. Further, the apparatus comprises a control unit operatively connected to the spraying means and to the sensor means. The control unit is adapted to adjust the flow delivered by the spraying means in response to the environmental parameter determined by the sensor means in the operative region.