公开(公告)号：US4791942A

公开(公告)日：1988-12-20

申请号：US892005

申请日：1986-08-01

申请人： Frederic L. Rickett ,  Peder M. Pedersen ,  Eugene Glock

发明人： Frederic L. Rickett ,  Peder M. Pedersen ,  Eugene Glock

IPC分类号： A24B3/18

CPC分类号： A24B3/182 ,  Y10S131/90 ,  Y10S131/901

摘要： A process for expanding tobacco includes the steps of adjusting the moisture content of cut tobacco, pressurizing the cut tobacco with or without treatment, releasing the pressurized cut tobacco rapidly into a dryer and reordering the tobacco. The apparatus includes a housing having at least one chamber and preferably a chamber divided into a plurality of isolated sectors. Tobacco is received in the chamber or in each sector and released quickly from the housing following at least the step of pressurization of tobacco by steam. The apparatus may be used for batch and continuous treatment of tobacco. According to the continuous treatment, the sectors are formed by a rotating member, and each sector of the member is filled with tobacco as the member rotates relative to an inlet. The inlet and an outlet through which treated tobacco falls are in vertical alignment.

摘要翻译： 一种扩大烟草的方法包括以下步骤：调节烟草的含水量，对已经或不经处理的烟草进行加压，将加压切割的烟草快速释放到干燥器中并重新排序烟草。 该装置包括具有至少一个室并且优选地被分成多个隔离扇区的室的壳体。 烟草在室内或每个扇区中被接收，并且至少在蒸汽对烟草加压的步骤之后迅速地从壳体释放。 该设备可用于批量和连续处理烟草。 根据连续处理，这些扇区由旋转构件形成，并且当构件相对于入口旋转时，构件的每个扇区都填充有烟草。 经处理的烟草落下的入口和出口垂直对齐。