Tobacco expansion apparatus

Details Tobacco expansion apparatus Tobacco expansion apparatus

1995-10-19

1997-11-04

Bahr, Jennifer

Tobacco

Tobacco treatment

Puffing

993234, A24B 318

Patent

active

056829078

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for expanding tobacco includes a chamber having a spool and shell arrangement and a device for compressing tobacco into the shell for impregnation. The spool includes first and second cylindrical end members and a connecting rod between the first and second end members. A seal is provided between the outer surface of the end members and the shell. Expansion agent is introduced into the chamber to impregnate the tobacco for expansion.

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"Breathing New Life Into Tobacco Expansion"; Tobacco International, Mar. 1, 1993.

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